Effects of dexamethasone on phospholipase activities in palate mesenchyme cells in vitro.

K P Chepenik, Mindy George-Weinstein, R M Greene

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Abstract

Treatment of primary cultures of palate mesenchyme cells from AJAX strain embryos with dexamethasone inhibited only phospholipase activity expressed at pH 7.5. A similar treatment did not have such an effect on palate mesenchyme cells from C57BL/6J strain embryos. Since the AJAX strain embryo is sensitive to the induction of cleft palate by exogenous glucocorticoids and the C57BL/6J strain is less so, these data allow consideration of phospholipase activity as a site of regulation for development of the palate.

Original languageAmerican English
JournalTeratology
Volume32
StatePublished - Aug 1 1985

Keywords

  • Animals
  • Cells
  • Cultured
  • Dexamethasone
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • Inbred Strains
  • Mice
  • Palate
  • Phospholipases

Disciplines

  • Medicine and Health Sciences

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