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Journal of Cell Science, Vol 32, Issue 1 363-376, Copyright © 1978 by Company of Biologists

JOURNAL ARTICLES

The effects of surfactants on cell aggregation

E Owen, J Clifford and A Marson

Trypsin-dissociated HeLa and human amnion cells were employed to investigate the effects of an anionic, a cationic, and a non-ionic surfactant on cell reaggregation. All the surfactants inhibited the reaggregation process, the effect increasing with surfactant concentration, and becoming significant at concentrations of about 10(-6) M for the anionic surfactant and about 10(-5) M for the others. The effects of temperature and ionic strength on HeLa cell aggregation, and of surfactants on the electrophoretic mobility of HeLa cells and the release of sialic acid from their surfaces by neuraminidase, were also examined. The results indicate that although electrostatic effects occur and are likely to be of importance in cell reaggregation, the effect of surfactants cannot be accounted for on this basis alone, and it is suggested that interactions involving the cell-surface glycoproteins, possibly indirectly via effects on the fluidity of the cell membrane, are also significant in this respect.




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