EFFECTS OF TRIPLOIDY ON RAINBOW-TROUT MYOGENESIS IN-VITRO

To examine the effects of triploidy on rainbow trout myogenesis in vitro, mononuclear cells were liberated enzymatically from the lateralis muscles of diploid and triploid trout. The muscle of diploids yielded 1 x 10(6) +/- 1 x 10(5) (+/- S.E.M.) mononuclear cells g(-1) muscle compared to 0.7 x 10(6) +/- 8 x 10(4) cells g(-1) from triploids (P<0.01). The plating efficiencies of diploid and triploid mononuclear cells on Matrigel(R) following 18 h of culture in Leibovitz's L-15 + 10% foetal bovine serum were not significantly different, 35.0 +/- 3 5% and 33.0 +/- 2.9%, respectively. For most time points examined, the proportion of nuclei in multinucleated cells and the proportion of nuclei in myosin positive cells were not significantly different for diploid and triploid trout. Taken together, these data suggest that diploid and triploid myogenic cells will differentiate similarly when compared under identical, in vitro conditions.