Inhibition of CD26 in human cord blood CD34+ cells enhances their engraftment of nonobese diabetic/severe combined immunodeficiency mice

CD26, a surface serine dipeptidylpeptidase IV (DPPIV) expressed on different cell types, cleaves the amino-terminal dipeptide from some chemokines, including stromal-derived factor-1 (SDF-1/CXCL12). SDF-1/CXCL12 plays important roles in hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) homing, engraftment, and mobilization. Inhibition of CD26 peptidase activity enhances homing, engraftment, and competitive repopulation in congenic mouse bone marrow cell transplants. Our studies evaluated a role for CD26 in in vivo engraftment of HSCs from human umbilical cord blood (CB) into nonobese diabetic/severe combined immunodeficiency (NOD/SCID) mice. Pretreating purified CD34(+) human CB cells with Diprotin A, a DPPIV inhibitor, for 15 min significantly enhanced engraftment. Treatment did not affect differentiation of CD34(+) cells in vivo, as measured phenotypically by human markers CD33, CD38, CD19, and CD34. We found that the percentage of CD26(+) cells within the more immature cells (CD34(+)CD38()) was significantly higher than in the more mature population (CD34(+)CD38(+)). These results suggest that inhibition of CD26 may be one way to enhance engraftment of limiting numbers of stem cells during CB transplantation.     

高糖高脂对人脐带间充质干细胞增殖及凋亡的影响

背景：研究证实,间充质干细胞移植进入糖尿病患者体内后,疗效受多种因素影响,其中血糖、血脂起着关键作用。 目的：模拟糖尿病患者体内高糖高脂环境,进一步验证高糖高脂对体外培养脐带间充质干细胞的影响。 方法：葡萄糖和软质酸不同浓度分别体外干预人脐带间充质干细胞,分为对照组、低糖组、低脂组、低糖低脂组、高糖组、高脂组及高糖高脂组。干预48 h后通过CCK-8方法酶标仪测定细胞增殖,Annexin-V/PI方法流式细胞仪检测各组细胞的凋亡情况。 结果与结论：在高糖高脂的条件下,短期培养后细胞增殖及凋亡明显改变,与对照组相比,人脐带间充质干细胞增殖率明显减低(P < 0.01)、凋亡率明显增高(P < 0.01),且随着血糖血脂浓度的增加,人脐带间充质干细胞增殖率明显受到抑制,凋亡率明显上升;低糖低脂组和高脂组均抑制细胞增殖(均P < 0.05),促进细胞凋亡(均P < 0.01),高糖则促进人脐带间充质干细胞生长(P < 0.01)。结果提示,糖尿病患者体内处于高糖高脂状态,将抑制脐带间充质干细胞的生长。在间充质干细胞移植之前,控制患者血糖血脂水平,将更有利于干细胞在体内发挥作用。     

人与家兔脂肪来源干细胞体外培养特性的比较***

背景：不同种属来源的脂肪来源干细胞在体外培养时特性是否存在差异目前尚未定论。 目的：观察在相同培养条件下,人与家兔脂肪来源干细胞体外培养特性的异同。 方法：体外分离人腹部取皮植皮术来源的脂肪来源干细胞、家兔背部皮下脂肪来源的脂肪来源干细胞,体外培养并传代,观察各自生长形态,取第3代脂肪来源干细胞,比较二者生长及增殖能力、表面CD分子鉴定情况及成脂、成骨分化能力。 结果与结论：人和家兔皮下脂肪均能在体外分离出“成纤维细胞样”贴壁生长呈长梭形的细胞;人脂肪来源干细胞一般6~     8 d可传代,兔脂肪来源干细胞则需要四五天传代。四唑盐结果显示兔、人脂肪来源干细胞分别在第4,6天达到生长高峰。表面标记流式鉴定二者均显示CD29+CD31-。体外分离培养的人脂肪来源干细胞和兔脂肪来源干细胞均具有干细胞的培养特性。与人脂肪来源干细胞相比,兔脂肪来源干细胞具有更强的增殖和诱导成脂能力,但诱导成骨能力较差,家兔是做脂肪移植研究实验动物不错的选择。      

A comparative study of proliferation and osteogenic differentiation of adipose-derived stem cells on akermanite and beta-TCP ceramics

This study investigated the in vitro effects of akermanite, a new kind of Ca-, Mg-, Si-containing bioceramic, on the attachment, proliferation and osteogenic differentiation of human adipose-derived stem cells (hASCs). Parallel comparison of the cellular behaviors of hASCs on the akermanite was made with those on beta-tricalcium phosphate (beta-TCP). Scanning electron microscope (SEM) observation and fluorescent DiO labeling were carried out to reveal the attachment and growth of hASCs on the two ceramic surfaces, while the quantitative assay of cell proliferation with time was detected by DNA assay. Osteogenic differentiation of hASCs cultured on the akermanite and beta-TCP was assayed by ALP expression and osteocalcin (OCN) deposition, which was further confirmed by Real-time PCR analysis for markers of osteogenic differentiation. It was shown that hASCs attached and spread well on the akermanite as those on beta-TCP, and similar proliferation behaviors of hASCs were observed on the two ceramics. Both of them exhibited good compatibility to hASCs with only minor cytotoxicity as compared with the tissue culture plates. Interestingly, the osteogenic differentiation of hASCs could be enhanced on the akermanite compared with that on the beta-TCP when the culture time was extended to approximately 10 days. Thus, it can be ascertained that akermanite ceramics may serve as a potential scaffold for bone tissue engineering.     

CD146 Expression Influences Periapical Cyst Mesenchymal Stem Cell Properties

Recent studies have identified a new human dental derived progenitor cell population with multi-lineage differentiation potential referred to as human periapical cyst mesenchymal stem cells (hPCy-MSCs). In the present study, we compared two subpopulations of hPCy-MSCs characterised by the low or high expression of CD146 to establish whether this expression can regulate their stem cell properties. Using flow cytometry, we evaluated the stem cell marker profile of hPCy-MSCs during passaging. Furthermore, CD146^Low and CD146^High cells were sorted by magnetic beads and subsequently both cell populations were evaluated for differences in their proliferation, self-renewal, stem cell surface markers, stemness genes expression and osteogenic differentiation potential.We found that hPCy-MSCs possessed a stable expression of several mesenchymal stem cell surface markers, whereas CD146 expression declined during passaging.In addition, sorted CD146^Low cells proliferated significantly faster, displayed higher colony-forming unit-fibroblast capacity and showed higher expression of Klf4 when compared to the CD146^High subset. Significantly, the osteogenic potential of hPCy-MSCs was greater in the CD146^Low than in CD146^High population. These results demonstrate that CD146 is spontaneously downregulated with passaging at both mRNA and protein levels and that the high expression of CD146 reduces the proliferative, self-renewal and osteogenic differentiation potential of hPCy-MSCs. In conclusion, our study demonstrates that changes in the expression of CD146 can influence the stem cell properties of hPCy-MSCs.     

The late dividing population of gamma-retroviral vector transduced human mobilized peripheral blood progenitor cells contributes most to gene-marked cell engraftment in nonobese diabetic/severe combined immunodeficient mice

We used the nonobese diabetic/severe combined immunodeficient (NOD/SCID) mouse model to assess the repopulation potential of subpopulations of mobilized human CD34+ peripheral blood progenitor cells (PBPC). First, PBPC were transduced with gamma-retrovirus vector RD114-MFGS-CFP, which requires cell division for successful transduction, at 24 hours, 48 hours, and 72 hours to achieve 96% cyan fluorescent protein (CFP)-positive cells. Cells were sorted 12 hours after the last transduction into CFP-positive (divided cells) and CFP-negative populations. CFP-positive cells were transplanted postsort, whereas the CFP-negative cells were retransduced and injected at 120 hours. The CFP-negative sorted and retransduced cells contained markedly fewer vector copies and resulted in a 32-fold higher overall engraftment and in a 13-fold higher number of engrafted transgene positive cells. To assess cell proliferation as an underlying cause for the different engraftment levels, carboxyfluorescein succinimidyl ester-labeling of untransduced PBPC was performed to track the number of cell divisions. At 72 hours after initiation of culture, when 95% of all cells have divided, PBPC were sorted into nondivided and divided fractions and transplanted into NOD/SCID mice. Nondivided cells demonstrated 45-fold higher engraftment than divided cells. Late dividing PBPC in ex vivo culture retain high expression of the stem cell marker CD133, whereas rapidly proliferating cells lose CD133 in correlation to the number of cell divisions. Our studies demonstrate that late dividing progenitors transduced with gamma-retroviral vectors contribute most to NOD/SCID engraftment and transgene marking. Confining the gamma-retroviral transduction to CD133-positive cells on days 3 and 4 could greatly reduce the number of transplanted vector copies, limiting the risk of leukemia from insertional mutagenesis. Disclosure of potential conflicts of interest is found at the end of this article.     

Human adipose-derived stromal cells efficiently support hematopoiesis in vitro and in vivo: a key step for therapeutic studies

Adipose-derived stromal cells (ADSCs) are close relatives of bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells (BM-MSCs). The ease of access to subcutaneous fat pad and the abundance of stromal precursors make fat tissue an attractive source of stromal cells for clinicians. However, their ability to support hematopoietic stem cells in vitro and in vivo has not been established definitively. Thus, their usefulness in supporting hematopoietic stem cell engraftment is not as clear as with BM-MSCs. In this article, we show that human ADSCs, cultured with a good manufacturing practice medium, maintain in vitro human early and committed hematopoietic progenitors and support their complete differentiation toward myeloid and lymphoid lineages. Compared with BM-MSCs, ADSCs elicit a more precocious early progenitor formation and faster proliferation and differentiation of hematopoietic progenitors. Further, in vivo, when co-injected in NOD.Cg-Prkdc(scid) Il2(rgtm1Wjl)/SzJ (NSG) mice with a low number of human CD34(+) cells, ADSCs enabled the higher production of immature human hematopoietic progenitors and CD45(+) cells when compared with BM-MSCs. As a whole, our results indicate that human ADSCs, isolated and expanded under clinical-grade conditions, support hematopoiesis in vitro and in vivo and thus provide the rationale for their use in supporting hematopoietic reconstitution in clinical settings.     

The therapeutic efficacy of human adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells on experimental autoimmune hearing loss in mice

Autoimmune inner ear disease is characterized by progressive, bilateral although asymmetric, sensorineural hearing loss. Patients with autoimmune inner ear disease had higher frequencies of interferon-γ-producing T cells than did control subjects tested. Human adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hASCs) were recently found to suppress effector T cells and inflammatory responses and therefore have beneficial effects in various autoimmune diseases. The aim of this study was to examine the immunosuppressive activity of hASCs on autoreactive T cells from the experimental autoimmune hearing loss (EAHL) murine model. Female BALB/c mice underwent β-tubulin immunization to develop EAHL; mice with EAHL were given hASCs or PBS intraperitoneally once a week for 6 consecutive weeks. Auditory brainstem responses were examined over time. The T helper type 1 (Th1)/Th17-mediated autoreactive responses were examined by determining the proliferative response and cytokine profile of splenocytes stimulated with β-tubulin. The frequency of regulatory T (Treg) cells and their suppressive capacity on autoreactive T cells were also determined. Systemic infusion of hASCs significantly improved hearing function and protected hair cells in established EAHL. The hASCs decreased the proliferation of antigen-specific Th1/Th17 cells and induced the production of anti-inflammatory cytokine interleukin-10 in splenocytes. They also induced the generation of antigen-specific CD4(+) CD25(+) Foxp3(+) Treg cells with the capacity to suppress autoantigen-specific T-cell responses. The experiment demonstrated that hASCs are one of the important regulators of immune tolerance with the capacity to suppress effector T cells and to induce the generation of antigen-specific Treg cells.     

Cotransplantation of ex vivo expanded and unexpanded cord blood units in immunodeficient mice using insulin growth factor binding protein-2-augmented mesenchymal cell cocultures

Ex vivo expansion of cord blood (CB) hematopoietic stem cells and cotransplantation of 2 CB units (CBUs) could enhance the applicability of CB transplantation in adult patients. We report an immunodeficient mouse model for cotransplantation of ex vivo expanded and unexpanded human CB, showing enhanced CB engraftment and provide proof of concept for this transplantation strategy as a means of overcoming the limiting cell numbers in each CBU. CBUs were expanded in serum-free medium supplemented with stem cell factor, Flt-3 ligand, thrombopoietin, and insulin growth factor binding protein-2 together with mesenchymal stromal cell coculture. Unexpanded and expanded CB cells were cotransplanted by tail vein injection into 45 sublethally irradiated nonobese diabetic SCID-IL2γ(-/-) (NSG) mice. Submandibular bleeding was performed monthly, and mice were sacrificed 4 months after transplantation to analyze for human hematopoietic engraftment. Expansion of non-CD34(+) selected CB cells yielded 40-fold expansion of CD34(+) cells and 3.1-fold expansion of hematopoietic stem cells based on limiting dilution analysis of NSG engraftment. Mice receiving expanded grafts exhibited 4.30% human cell repopulation, compared with 0.92% in mice receiving only unexpanded grafts at equivalent starting cell doses, even though the unexpanded graft predominated in long-term hematopoiesis (P = .07). Ex vivo expanded grafts with lower initiating cell doses also showed equivalent engraftment to unexpanded grafts with higher cell dose (8.0% versus 7.9%; P = .93). In conclusion, ex vivo expansion resulted in enhanced CB engraftment despite eventual rejection by the unexpanded CBU.     

Gene-expression profiling of CD34+ cells from various hematopoietic stem-cell sources reveals functional differences in stem-cell activity

The replacement of bone marrow (BM) as a conventional source of stem cell (SC) by umbilical cord blood (UCB) and granulocyte-colony stimulating factor-mobilized peripheral blood SC (PBSC) has brought about clinical advantages. However, several studies have demonstrated that UCB CD34(+) cells and PBSC significantly differ from BM CD34(+) cells qualitatively and quantitatively. Here, we quantified the number of SC in purified BM, UCB CD34(+) cells, and CD34(+) PBSC using in vitro and in vivo assays for human hematopoietic SC (HSC) activity. A cobblestone area-forming cell (CAFC) assay showed that UCB CD34(+) cells contained the highest frequency of CAFC(wk6) (3.6- to tenfold higher than BM CD34(+) cells and PBSC, respectively), and the engraftment capacity in vivo by nonobese diabetic/severe combined immunodeficiency repopulation assay was also significantly greater than BM CD34(+), with a higher proportion of CD45(+) cells detected in the recipients at a lower cell dose. To understand the molecular characteristics underlying these functional differences, we performed several DNA microarray experiments using Affymetrix gene chips, containing 12,600 genes. Comparative analysis of gene-expression profiles showed differential expression of 51 genes between BM and UCB CD34(+) SC and 64 genes between BM CD34(+) cells and PBSC. These genes are involved in proliferation, differentiation, apoptosis, and engraftment capacity of SC. Thus, the molecular expression profiles reported here confirmed functional differences observed among the SC sources. Moreover, this report provides new insights to describe the molecular phenotype of CD34(+) HSC and leads to a better understanding of the discrepancy among the SC sources.     

脐血单个核细胞与骨髓间充质干细胞滋养层的共培养

背景：骨髓间充质干细胞具有维持骨髓正常造血功能,在造血调控中发挥重要的作用。 目的：观察骨髓间充质干细胞的生物学性状和多向分化能力,并检测其在体外支持造血的能力。 方法：利用密度梯度培养法分离骨髓单个核细胞进行培养,流式细胞仪检测骨髓间充质干细胞表型;接种脐血单个核细胞于骨髓间充质干细胞滋养层培养板上共培养,观察粒-单系祖细胞集落变化。 结果与结论：骨髓间充质干细胞呈典型的成纤维样细胞形态,强表达CD44,CD29,不表达CD34和CD106。可促进脐血单个核细胞扩增并形成造血祖细胞集落。提示骨髓间充质干细具有造血支持作用。     

Overexpression of CXCR4 increases migration and proliferation of human adipose tissue stromal cells

Stromal-derived factor-1 (SDF-1)-mediated CXCR4 signaling plays important roles in migration, engraftment, and proliferation of stem cells. We report here that CXCR4 overexpression on human adipose tissue stromal cells (hADSCs) using a lentiviral gene transfer technique helped navigate these cells to the injured tissues in response to SDF-1 signaling. Transduced hADSCs, expressing high levels of CXCR4, displayed an increased capacity for cellular growth and protection against etoposide-induced cell death. CXCR4-overexpressed cells showed higher ERK activity than that of vector-transduced cells. U0126, an ERK inhibitor, and AMD3100, a CXCR4 antagonist, inhibited the proliferation of CXCR4 overexpression-induced proliferation and ERK phosphorylation. CXCR4-overexpressing cells showed increased level of beta-catenin and luciferase activity driven by the Tcf promoter. Our results suggest CXCR4 overexpression for improved hADSC motility, retention, and proliferation could be beneficial for in vivo navigation and expansion of stem cells.     

冠心病与非冠心病患者骨髓间充质干细胞基本生物学特性比较

BACKGROUND:It is unclear whether the body differences in patients with different types of heart diseases affect the characteristics and performance of stem cells. OBJECTIVE:To explore the biological characteristics of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells from patients with different types of heart diseases. METHODS:Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells were extracted using density gradient centrifugation from the bone marrow of 27 patients with coronary heart diseases and 20 patients with other heart diseases. Cell morphology was observed in the two groups. CD13, CD34, CD45, CD54, CD106 and CD44 positive expression was detected by flow cytometry. Cell proliferation was detected by MTT method, and the in vitro cell growth curves of the two groups were described. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:The bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells of the two groups showed a long spindle shape, and there was no significant difference in the cell morphology between the two groups. In all the patients, the positive rates of CD34 and CD455 were less than 3.0%, while the positive rates of CD13 and CD44 were higher than 95.0%. However, the positive rates of CD54 and CD106 were higher in patients with coronary heart disease as compared with those with other heart diseases (P < 0.05). The in vitro growth curves of cells in the two groups were basically consistent, and the cell proliferation was only a little higher in the patients with other heart diseases compared with those with coronary heart disease. Experimental results show that different types of heart diseases in patients have no influence on morphology and proliferation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells, but some function-related proteins may exhibit certain difference in their expressions.     

GSK-3β inhibition promotes engraftment of ex vivo-expanded hematopoietic stem cells and modulates gene expression

Glycogen synthase kinase-3β (GSK-3β) has been identified as an important regulator of stem cell function acting through activation of the wingless (Wnt) pathway. Here, we report that treatment with an inhibitor of GSK-3β, 6-bromoindirubin 3'-oxime (BIO) delayed cell cycle progression by increasing cell cycle time. BIO treatment resulted in the accumulation of late dividing cells enriched with primitive progenitor cells retaining the ability for sustained proliferation. In vivo analysis using a Non-obese diabetic/severe combined immunodeficient (NOD/SCID) transplantation model has demonstrated that pretreatment with BIO promotes engraftment of ex vivo-expanded hematopoietic stem cells. BIO enhanced the engraftment of myeloid, lymphoid and primitive stem cell compartments. Limiting dilution analysis of SCID repopulating cells (SRC) revealed that BIO treatment increased human chimerism without increasing SRC frequency. Clonogenic analysis of human cells derived from the bone marrow of transplant recipient mice demonstrated that a higher level of human chimerism and cellularity was related to increased regeneration per SRC unit. Gene expression analysis showed that treatment with BIO did not modulate the expression of canonical Wnt target genes upregulated during cytokine-induced cell proliferation. BIO increased the expression of several genes regulating Notch and Tie2 signaling downregulated during ex vivo expansion, suggesting a role in improving stem cell engraftment. In addition, treatment with BIO upregulated CDK inhibitor p57 and downregulated cyclin D1, providing a possible mechanism for the delay seen in cell cycle progression. We conclude that transient, pharmacologic inhibition of GSK-3β provides a novel approach to improve engraftment of expanded HSC after stem cell transplantation.     

Cycling G1 CD34+/CD38+ cells potentiate the motility and engraftment of quiescent G0 CD34+/CD38-/low severe combined immunodeficiency repopulating cells

The mechanism of human stem cell expansion ex vivo is not fully understood. Furthermore, little is known about the mechanisms of human stem cell homing/repopulation and the role that differentiating progenitor cells may play in these processes. We report that 2- to 3-day in vitro cytokine stimulation of human cord blood CD34(+)-enriched cells induces the production of short-term repopulating, cycling G1 CD34(+)/CD38(+) cells with increased matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9 secretion as well as increased migration capacity to the chemokine stromal cell-derived factor-1 (SDF-1) and homing to the bone marrow of irradiated nonobese diabetic severe/combined immunodeficiency (NOD/SCID) mice. These cycling G1 cells enhance SDF-1-mediated in vitro migration and in vivo homing of quiescent G0 CD34(+) cells, which is partially abrogated after inhibition of MMP-2/-9 activity. Moreover, the engraftment potential of quiescent G0 SCID repopulating cells (SRCs) is also increased by the cycling G1 CD34(+)/CD38(+) cells. This effect is significantly abrogated after incubation of cycling G1 cells with a neutralizing anti-CXCR4 antibody. Our data suggest synergistic interactions between accessory cycling G1 CD34(+)/CD38(+) committed progenitor cells and quiescent, primitive G0 CD34(+)/CD38(-/low) SRC/stem cells, the former increasing the motility and engraftment potential of the latter, partly via secretion of MMP-9.     

New Adipose Tissue Formation by Human Adipose-Derived Stem Cells with Hyaluronic Acid Gel in Immunodeficient Mice

Background: Currently available injectable fillers have demonstrated limited durability. This report proposes the in vitro culture of human adipose-derived stem cells (hASCs) on hyaluronic acid (HA) gel for in vivo growth of de novo adipose tissue.Methods: For in vitro studies, hASCs were isolated from human adipose tissue and were confirmed by multi-lineage differentiation and flow cytometry. hASCs were cultured on HA gel. The effectiveness of cell attachment and proliferation on HA gel was surveyed by inverted light microscopy. For in vivo studies, HA gel containing hASCs, hASCs without HA gel, HA gel alone were allocated and subcutaneously injected into the subcutaneous pocket in the back of nude mice (n=6) in each group. At eight weeks post-injection, the implants were harvested for histological examination by hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) stain, Oil-Red O stain and immunohistochemical staining. The human-specific Alu gene was examined.Results: hASCs were well attachment and proliferation on the HA gel. In vivo grafts showed well-organized new adipose tissue on the HA gel by histologic examination and Oil-Red O stain. Analysis of neo-adipose tissues by PCR revealed the presence of the Alu gene. This study demonstrated not only the successful culture of hASCs on HA gel, but also their full proliferation and differentiation into adipose tissue.Conclusions: The efficacy of injected filler could be permanent since the reduction of the volume of the HA gel after bioabsorption could be replaced by new adipose tissue generated by hASCs. This is a promising approach for developing long lasting soft tissue filler.     

Human adipose-derived stem cells as future tools in tissue regeneration: osteogenic differentiation and cell-scaffold interaction

Tissue engineering is now contributing to new developments in several clinical fields, and mesenchymal stem cells derived from adipose tissue (hASCs) may provide a novel opportunity to replace, repair and promote the regeneration of diseased or damaged musculoskeletal tissue. Our interest was to characterize and differentiate hASCs isolated from twenty-three donors. Proliferation, CFU-F, cytofluorimetric and histochemistry analyses were performed. HASCs differentiate into osteogenic, chondrogenic, and adipogenic lineages, as assessed by tissue-specific markers such as alkaline phosphatase, osteopontin expression and deposition of calcium matrix, lipid-vacuoles formation and Glycosaminoglycans production. We also compared osteo-differentiated hASCs cultured on monolayer and loaded on biomaterials routinely used in the clinic, such as hydroxyapatite, cancellous human bone fragments, deproteinized bovine bone granules, and titanium. Scaffolds loaded with pre-differentiated hASCs do not affect cell proliferation and no cellular toxicity was observed. HASCs tightly adhere to scaffolds and differentiated-hASCs on human bone fragments and bovine bone granules produced, respectively, 3.4- and 2.1-fold more calcified matrix than osteo-differentiated hASCs on monolayer. Moreover, both human and deproteinized bovine bone is able to induce osteogenic differentiation of CTRL-hASCs. Although our in vitro results need to be confirmed in in vivo bone regeneration models, our data suggest that hASCs may be considered suitable biological tools for the screening of innovative scaffolds that would be useful in tissue engineering.     

Behaviour of human mesenchymal stem cells on a polyelectrolyte-modified HEMA hydrogel for silk-based ligament tissue engineering

The aim of this study was to design a functional bio-engineered material to be used as scaffold for autologous mesenchymal stem cells in ligament tissue engineering. Polyelectrolyte modified HEMA hydrogel (HEMA-co-METAC), applied as coating on silk fibroin fibres, has been formulated in order to take advantage of the biocompatibility of the polyelectrolyte by increasing its mechanical properties with silk fibres. Human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells behaviour on such reinforced polyelectrolyte has been studied by evaluating cell morphology, cell number, attachment, spreading and proliferation together with collagen matrix production and its mRNA expression. Silk fibroin fibres matrices with HEMA-co-METAC coating exhibited acceptable mechanical behaviour compared to the natural ligament, good human mesenchymal stem cell adhesion and with mRNA expression studies higher levels of collagen types I and III expression when compared to control cells on polystyrene. These data indicate high expression of mRNA for proteins responsible for the functional characteristics of the ligaments and suggest a potential for use of this biomaterial in ligament tissue-engineering applications.     

Mesenchymal stem cell-like cells from children foreskin inhibit the growth of SGC-7901 gastric cancer cells

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) become a research hotspot in recent years because of their roles in regenerative medicine and tissue injury repair. However, the limited source for MSCs hampers its clinical application. In this study, we isolated and identified human mesenchymal stem cell-like cells from foreskin (hFMSCs) by explant culture. HFMSCs had similar morphology and immunophenotype to that of human bone marrow derived-mesenchymal stem cells. HFMSCs formed colonies after 9 days of inoculation and could be propagated for more than 50 passages. HFMSCs had a normal karyotype and high G0/G1 phase independent of passage number. Further, hFMSCs could be induced to differentiate into osteocytes and adipocytes. We found that the growth of SGC-7901 (human gastric adenocarcinoma) cells could be suppressed by simultaneous injection of hFMSCs in vivo. HFMSCs also inhibited SGC-7901 cell proliferation in vitro. HFMSC co-injection resulted in a decrease in PCNA-positive and an increase in apoptotic tumor cells. HFMSCs derived conditioned medium inhibited the expression of BCL-2 while increased the expression of BAX and caspase-3 in SGC-7901 cells. Taken together, our findings suggest that children foreskin is a new source for MSCs and hFMSCs could inhibit gastric cancer cell growth both in vitro and in vivo.     

DNA去甲基化对大鼠骨髓间充质干细胞增殖细胞核抗原的调节

背景：DNA去甲基化是一种重要的表观遗传修饰。 目的：观察DNA去甲基化对骨髓间充质干细胞增殖及增殖细胞核抗原蛋白表达的影响。 方法：全骨髓贴壁培养法分离培养大鼠骨髓间充质干细胞,免疫组化法鉴定骨髓间充质干细胞CD44和CD45蛋白的表达,MTT法检测5-杂氮胞苷对骨髓间充质干细胞增殖的影响,免疫组化法检测5-杂氮胞苷对骨髓间充质干细胞增殖细胞核抗原蛋白表达的影响。 结果与结论：①第3代骨髓间充质干细胞不表达或低表达CD45,高表达CD44。②与未加入5-杂氮胞苷组比较,5-杂氮胞苷干预48 h,6,12,24 μmol/L组显著促进细胞增殖活性(P < 0.05),无浓度依赖性。③与未加入5-杂氮胞苷组比较,5-杂氮胞苷干预48 h,6,12,24 μmol/L 组增殖细胞核抗原蛋白积分吸光度值显著增加 (P < 0.05),组间差异无显著性意义。结果显示在一定浓度范围内,5-杂氮胞苷发挥去甲基化作用,激活增殖细胞核抗原蛋白表达,从而促进骨髓间充质干细胞增殖。