128 Next-generation RNA sequencing of horse adipose and endometrial mesenchymal stem cells from the same donors unveils striking differences in their transcriptomic pattern

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 189
Author(s):  
F. Navarrete ◽  
E. Mellisho ◽  
Y. Wang ◽  
J. Cabezas ◽  
L. L. Rodriguez-Alvarez ◽  
...  

Earlier we successfully isolated and characterised endometrial (eMSC) and adipose (aMSC) mesenchymal stem cells from the same donors. Mesenchymal stem cells share biological traits but display different surface marker phenotype and migration ability. Here we extended our research to their mRNA signature using next-generation sequencing. The RNA from cells (3 biological replicates from each cell type and 3 technical replicates) at 90% confluence was extracted using a total RNA extraction kit and sent for mRNA-Seq (Norgen, Ontario, Canada; Illumina Sequencing Platform NextSEqn 500). Raw 76-bp single-end reads were aligned against the EquCab3 genome using RNA-STAR aligner. Counts were filtrated at a minimum of 5. Pairwise comparisons between the cell types were the input for gene ontology enrichment analysis. Only genes differentially expressed (DE) with 5 folds change (FC; P<0.05) were analysed. For DE analysis, eMSC were set as control and compared with aMSC. Unsupervised hierarchical clustering of the global gene expression signatures was done to compare the samples from each line using principal component analysis (PCA) and EdgeR: v3.20.9. Gene expression was normalized using FPKM. The heat map was built using R studio with G-plot package. A total of 14,896 transcripts with at least 5 reads were found; of these, 1598 were DE: 627 up-regulated (FC range: 2 to 236×) and 971 down-regulated (FC range: 2 to 464×) in eMSC. There was a marked dispersion in the FC of up- and down-regulated genes (>50×: 8 and 13; >20×, <50×: 9 and 17; >10×, <20×: 29 and 63; >5×, <10×: 91 and 130 and >2×, <5×: 490 and 748, respectively). Only genes DE with FC at least 5× were used for gene ontology and PCA analysis. Though 14,058 genes were common to both cell types, specific set of genes were found only in eMSC (n=162) or aMSC (n=676). Among the top 50 genes overexpressed in eMSC, several genes key for stem cell growth, immune response, migration and angiogenesis were found: TRIL, CXCL8, PDGF-D, SEMA5A, PTGS2, FGD, LAMA2, IL36G. In the top 50 down-regulated genes, some pivotal for osteoblast, adipogenic and neural differentiation were dramatically down-regulated (GPM6B, SCARA5 and NOTCH3 or NEFM, respectively), but no genes involved in immune rejection or stem cell proliferation were found. In gene ontology, the categories represented the most were cellular, developmental, metabolic, and immune system processes, as well as biological regulation, response to stimuli, organellar biogenesis, locomotion, localization and biological adhesion. Heat map and PCA analysis showed that one individual cell line from each type diverged markedly from the shared pattern. Individual variability of the donors may impinge upon the results; nevertheless, striking differences in the mRNA portfolio of eMSC and aMSC were detected. The importance and potential biological role of several of the genes and processes named above will be discussed in detail elsewhere. This work was supported by grant FONDECYT REGULAR 1150757 and the Government of Chile.

Catalysts ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 62
Author(s):  
Won-Yong Jeon ◽  
Seyoung Mun ◽  
Wei Beng Ng ◽  
Keunsoo Kang ◽  
Kyudong Han ◽  
...  

Enzymatic biofuel cells (EBFCs) have excellent potential as components in bioelectronic devices, especially as active biointerfaces to regulate stem cell behavior for regenerative medicine applications. However, it remains unclear to what extent EBFC-generated electrical stimulation can regulate the functional behavior of human adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hAD-MSCs) at the morphological and gene expression levels. Herein, we investigated the effect of EBFC-generated electrical stimulation on hAD-MSC cell morphology and gene expression using next-generation RNA sequencing. We tested three different electrical currents, 127 ± 9, 248 ± 15, and 598 ± 75 nA/cm2, in mesenchymal stem cells. We performed transcriptome profiling to analyze the impact of EBFC-derived electrical current on gene expression using next generation sequencing (NGS). We also observed changes in cytoskeleton arrangement and analyzed gene expression that depends on the electrical stimulation. The electrical stimulation of EBFC changes cell morphology through cytoskeleton re-arrangement. In particular, the results of whole transcriptome NGS showed that specific gene clusters were up- or down-regulated depending on the magnitude of applied electrical current of EBFC. In conclusion, this study demonstrates that EBFC-generated electrical stimulation can influence the morphological and gene expression properties of stem cells; such capabilities can be useful for regenerative medicine applications such as bioelectronic devices.


Circulation ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 142 (Suppl_3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muthukumar Gunasekaran ◽  
Rachana Mishra ◽  
Progyaparamita Saha ◽  
Xuebin Fu ◽  
Mohamed Abdullah ◽  
...  

Stem cells transplantation is being explored as an effective therapy for heart diseases. However, majority of stem cell therapies for adult patients with myocardial infarction (MI) had mixed and inconsistent results implying chronological age may influence the effectiveness of regenerative therapies. Therefore, herein, we performed a head-to-head comparison between different, well-studied stem cell types to identify the superior regenerative cell type using rodent MI model.After our standard characterization for each stem cell type (FACS for cell surface markers), 1 million neonatal Cardiac Mesenchymal Stem cells (nMSCs), adult MSCs (aMSCs), adult derived cardiosphere derived cells (aCDCs), umbilical cord derived cells (UCBCs), Bone Marrow derived Mesenchymal Stem cells (BM-MSCs), or cell-free Iscove Modified Dulbecco Medium (IMDM as placebo control) were injected into athymic rat myocardial infarct model. Although all the tested groups significantly improved ejection fraction, nMSCs outperformed other stem cells in cardiac functional recovery. Additionally, nMSCs also showed significant increased cardiac functional recovery compared to aMSCs in wild type rat MI model. Mason trichrome staining with heart sections revealed that decreased fibrosis was evident on nMSCs injection compared to aMSCs in both athymic and wild type rat MI model. Myocardial sections from rats received nMSCs showed significantly reduced M1 macrophages (inflammatory) and increased M2 macrophages (anti-inflammatory) compared with sections from rats having received aMSCs and IMDM control. Pro and anti-inflammatory cytokines analyzed on sera collected on day 2 and 7 revealed that anti-inflammatory cytokine (IL10) was significantly increased and inflammatory cytokines (IL4 and IL12) reduced in nMSCs compared to aMSCs transplanted MI rat model.In conclusion, nMSCs demonstrated superior functional abilities, reduced fibrosis, inflammatory cells and cytokines compared to all the other cell types and with aMSCs demonstrating that nMSCs is an ideal stem cell type for therapeutic application in myocardial infarction.


2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chengguang Wu ◽  
Long Chen ◽  
Yi-zhou Huang ◽  
Yongcan Huang ◽  
Ornella Parolini ◽  
...  

Human multipotent stem cell-based therapies have shown remarkable potential in regenerative medicine and tissue engineering applications due to their abilities of self-renewal and differentiation into multiple adult cell types under appropriate conditions. Presently, human multipotent stem cells can be isolated from different sources, but variation among their basic biology can result in suboptimal selection of seed cells in preclinical and clinical research. Thus, the goal of this study was to compare the biological characteristics of multipotent stem cells isolated from human bone marrow, placental decidua basalis, and urine, respectively. First, we found that urine-derived stem cells (USCs) displayed different morphologies compared with other stem cell types. USCs and placenta decidua basalis-derived mesenchymal stem cells (PDB-MSCs) had superior proliferation ability in contrast to bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs); these cells grew to have the highest colony-forming unit (CFU) counts. In phenotypic analysis using flow cytometry, similarity among all stem cell marker expression was found, excluding CD29 and CD105. Regarding stem cell differentiation capability, USCs were observed to have better adipogenic and endothelial abilities as well as vascularization potential compared to BMSCs and PDB-MSCs. As for osteogenic and chondrogenic induction, BMSCs were superior to all three stem cell types. Future therapeutic indications and clinical applications of BMSCs, PDB-MSCs, and USCs should be based on their characteristics, such as growth kinetics and differentiation capabilities.


Molecules ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 379
Author(s):  
Rabia Ikram ◽  
Shamsul Azlin Ahmad Shamsuddin ◽  
Badrul Mohamed Jan ◽  
Muhammad Abdul Qadir ◽  
George Kenanakis ◽  
...  

Thanks to stem cells’ capability to differentiate into multiple cell types, damaged human tissues and organs can be rapidly well-repaired. Therefore, their applicability in the emerging field of regenerative medicine can be further expanded, serving as a promising multifunctional tool for tissue engineering, treatments for various diseases, and other biomedical applications as well. However, the differentiation and survival of the stem cells into specific lineages is crucial to be exclusively controlled. In this frame, growth factors and chemical agents are utilized to stimulate and adjust proliferation and differentiation of the stem cells, although challenges related with degradation, side effects, and high cost should be overcome. Owing to their unique physicochemical and biological properties, graphene-based nanomaterials have been widely used as scaffolds to manipulate stem cell growth and differentiation potential. Herein, we provide the most recent research progress in mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) growth, differentiation and function utilizing graphene derivatives as extracellular scaffolds. The interaction of graphene derivatives in human and rat MSCs has been also evaluated. Graphene-based nanomaterials are biocompatible, exhibiting a great potential applicability in stem-cell-mediated regenerative medicine as they may promote the behaviour control of the stem cells. Finally, the challenges, prospects and future trends in the field are discussed.


2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruifeng Liu ◽  
Wenjuan Chang ◽  
Hong Wei ◽  
Kaiming Zhang

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) exhibit high proliferation and self-renewal capabilities and are critical for tissue repair and regeneration during ontogenesis. They also play a role in immunomodulation. MSCs can be isolated from a variety of tissues and have many potential applications in the clinical setting. However, MSCs of different origins may possess different biological characteristics. In this study, we performed a comprehensive comparison of MSCs isolated from bone marrow and skin (BMMSCs and SMSCs, resp.), including analysis of the skin sampling area, separation method, culture conditions, primary and passage culture times, cell surface markers, multipotency, cytokine secretion, gene expression, and fibroblast-like features. The results showed that the MSCs from both sources had similar cell morphologies, surface markers, and differentiation capacities. However, the two cell types exhibited major differences in growth characteristics; the primary culture time of BMMSCs was significantly shorter than that of SMSCs, whereas the growth rate of BMMSCs was lower than that of SMSCs after passaging. Moreover, differences in gene expression and cytokine secretion profiles were observed. For example, secretion of proliferative cytokines was significantly higher for SMSCs than for BMMSCs. Our findings provide insights into the different biological functions of both cell types.


Author(s):  
Ana M. Sotoca ◽  
Michael Weber ◽  
Everardus J. J. van Zoelen

Human mesenchymal stem cells have a high potential in regenerative medicine. They can be isolated from a variety of adult tissues, including bone marrow, and can be differentiated into multiple cell types of the mesodermal lineage, including adipocytes, osteocytes, and chondrocytes. Stem cell differentiation is controlled by a process of interacting lineage-specific and multipotent genes. In this chapter, the authors use full genome microarrays to explore gene expression profiles in the process of Osteo-, Adipo-, and Chondro-Genic lineage commitment of human mesenchymal stem cells.


2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 1252-1258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vivi Sofia ◽  
Moch Saiful Bachri ◽  
Rizki Rahmadian

BACKGROUND: Pharmacological therapy in the management of OA causes many new health problems due to side effects caused by long-term use of drugs, such as long-term use of Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) will cause gastric ulcers and impaired kidney function. In OA pathogenesis, PGE2 gene is involved in the inflammation process. AIM: This study aims to identify the influence of Wharton Jelly Mesenchymal Stem Cell (MSC-WJ) on PGE2 expression gene in synoviocyte by in vitro. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The method used in this study is the co-culture method of primary cells and stem cells in the appropriate media. This research is pure experimental research. The sample used came from synovial tissue of osteoarthritis patients who underwent Total Knee Replacement (TKR) surgery. This study was divided into 6 groups treated with 4 replications. The expression analysis of the Prostaglandin E2 gene was done using qPCR (Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction). The expression analysis of the Prostaglandin E2 gene was carried out before and after the co-culture with Wharton's Jelly and continued with the analysis of statistical data processing using the SPSS.15 program. PGE2 gene expression data were processed using the Kruskal-Wallis test and continued with the Mann-Whitney test with a 95% confidence level. RESULTS: The results showed that Mesenchymal Stem Cells Wharton Jelly could reduce the expression of Prostaglandin E2 gene after co-culture for 24 hours and 48 hours in synoviocyte cells osteoarthritis significantly compared with the control group. The administration of Mesenchymal Stem Cells for 24 hours reduced the expression level of PGE2 gene by 0.61 times compared to the control group (p < 0.05) and the administration of Mesenchymal Stem Cells for 48 hours decreased the expression level of PGE2 gene by 0, 47 times compared to the control group (p < 0.05). CONCLUSION: This study concluded that MSC-WJ in OA synoviocyte significantly reduced the expression of the PGE2 gene (p < 0.05).


Nanomaterials ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 2176
Author(s):  
Francesca Luzi ◽  
Ilaria Tortorella ◽  
Alessandro Di Michele ◽  
Franco Dominici ◽  
Chiara Argentati ◽  
...  

Herein we present the production of novel nanocomposite films consisting of polylactic acid (PLA) polymer and the inclusion of nanoparticles of lignin (LNP), ZnO and hybrid ZnO@LNP (ZnO, 3.5% wt, ICP), characterized by similar regular shapes and different diameter distribution (30–70 nm and 100–150 nm, respectively). The obtained set of binary, ternary and quaternary systems were similar in surface wettability and morphology but different in the tensile performance: while the presence of LNP and ZnO in PLA caused a reduction of elastic modulus, stress and deformation at break, the inclusion of ZnO@LNP increased the stiffness and tensile strength (σb = 65.9 MPa and EYoung = 3030 MPa) with respect to neat PLA (σb = 37.4 MPa and EYoung = 2280 MPa). Neat and nanocomposite PLA-derived films were suitable for adult human bone marrow-mesenchymal stem cells and adipose stem cell cultures, as showed by their viability and behavior comparable to control conditions. Both stem cell types adhered to the films’ surface by vinculin focal adhesion spots and responded to the films’ mechanical properties by orchestrating the F-actin–filamin A interaction. Collectively, our results support the biomedical application of neat- and nanocomposite-PLA films and, based on the absence of toxicity in seeded stem cells, provide a proof of principle of their safety for food packaging purposes.


2009 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 237 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. Kim ◽  
A. J. Maki ◽  
H.-J. Kong ◽  
E. Monaco ◽  
M. Bionaz ◽  
...  

Adipose tissue presents an appealing alternative to bone marrow as a source of mesenchymal stem cells (MSC). However, in order to enhance cell proliferation and differentiation, 3-dimensional (3-D) culture may be required. A 3-D culture has benefits due to its more in vivo-like environment. Further, to form a functional tissue, a scaffold material is required to ensure proper shape and allow for efficient delivery of nutrients and growth factors. Alginate, a resorbable hydrogel, is a potential injectable scaffold for fat and bone tissue engineering due to its high biocompatibility, gelation with calcium and slow dissolution in a physiologic environment. In the present study, we examined the viability, gene expression and morphology of MSC, isolated from porcine adipose (ADSC) and bone marrow (BMSC), during osteogenic and adipogenic differentiation in a 3D alginate hydrogel environment for 0, 7 and 14 days (d). ADSC and BMSC were infused into alginate hydrogels, which polymerized upon the addition of Ca+2 ions. Both stem cell types were differentiated into osteoblasts using 0.1 μm dexamethasone, 10 mm beta glycerophosphate and 50 μm ascorbic acid, whereas adipocytes were differentiated using 10 μm insulin, 1 μm dexamethasone, and 0.5 mm IBMX. Osteogenic differentiation was confirmed using alkaline phosphatase, Von Kossa, and alizarin red S staining and adipogenic differentiation was confirmed using Oil Red O. Cell viability and proliferation was quantified using the MTT assay. Gene expression was measured using qPCR. The morphology of ADSC and BMSC differentiated toward osteogenic lineages changed with both cell types forming osteogenic nodules over time. The nodules formed by ADSC were larger in diameter than those formed by BMSC. Unlike the osteogenic cells that formed nodules, the ADSC and BMSC differentiated into adipogenic cells showed no significant changes in cell size or aggregation. Gene expression results indicated increased PPARG expression in BMSC with time whereas ADSC showed a peak of expression on day 7 and then decreased. ADSC showed increased (14-fold) PPRG expression when compared with BMSC. ADSC had 160-fold less expression of ALP than BMSC. BMSC showed a 16-fold higher expression level of BGLAP than ADSC. ADSC showed a 15.8% higher expression than BMSC for COL1a1. Both ADSC and BMSC showed similar trends SPARC expression, but BMSC had a 12-fold higher expression of SPP1 than ADSC. In summary, both types of mesenchymal stem cells successfully differentiated into both lineages and maintained viability in the hydrogel over time. In conclusion, alginate is a viable scaffold material for the differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells for tissue engineering applications. These results allow for future studies using the pig as an in vivo fat and bone tissue engineering model. This research was supported by the Illinois Regenerative Medicine Institute.


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