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Journal of Cell Science, Vol 20, Issue 1 29-46, Copyright © 1976 by Company of Biologists

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Regulation of interstitial cell differentiation in Hydra attenuata. I. Homeostatic control of interstitial cell population size

HR Bode, KM Flick and GS Smith

Mechanisms regulating the population size of the multipotent interstitial cell (i-cell) in Hydra attenuata were investigated. Treatment of animals with 3 cycles of a regime of 24 h in 10-2 M hydroxyurea (HU) alternated with 12 h in culture medium selectively killed 95-99% of the i-cells, but had little effect on the epithelial cells. The i-cell population recovered to the normal i-cell:epithelial cell ratio of I:I within 35 days. Continuous labelling experiments with [3H]thymidine indicate that the recovery of the i-cell population is not due to a change in the length of the cell cycle of either the epithelial cells or the interstitial cells. In control animals 60% of the i-cell population undergo division daily while 40% undergo differentiation. Quantification of the cell types of HU-treated animals indicates that a greater fraction of the i-cells were dividing and fewer differentiating into nematocytes during the first 2 weeks of the recovery after HU treatment. Therefore, the mechanism for recovery involves a shift of the 60:40 division:differentiation ratio of i-cells towards a higher fraction in division until the normal population size of the i-cells is regained. This homeostatic mechanism represents one of the influences affecting i-cell differentiation.


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