scholarly journals Overview on the Antioxidants, Egg Yolk Alternatives and Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Derivatives Used in Canine Sperm Cryopreservation

Animals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 1930
Author(s):  
Feriel-Yasmine Mahiddine ◽  
Min-Jung Kim
Keyword(s):  
Stem Cells ◽  
Mesenchymal Stem Cells ◽  
Reproductive Tract ◽  
Reactive Oxygen Species Generation ◽  
Egg Yolk ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Crystal Formation ◽  
Ice Crystal ◽  
Sperm Cryopreservation ◽  
Long Term Storage

Sperm cryopreservation is a widely used assisted reproductive technology for canine species. The long-term storage of dog sperm is effective for the breeding of dogs living far apart, scheduling the time of artificial insemination that suits the female, and preventing diseases of the reproductive tract. However, spermatozoa functions are impaired during the freeze–thaw processes, which may decrease reproductive performance. Numerous attempts have been made to restore such impairments, including the use of cryoprotectants to prevent the damage caused by ice crystal formation, and supplementation of antioxidants to reduce reactive oxygen species generation due to osmotic stress during the procedure. Egg yolk derivatives, antioxidants, and, more recently, mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and their derivatives have been proposed in this research field. This review article will summarize the current literature available on the topic.

285 VIABILITY AND GENE EXPRESSION OF MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS CRYOPRESERVED WITH DIFFERENT CRYOPROTECTANTS

2008 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 222 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. K. Kim ◽  
S. A. Ock ◽  
B. G. Jeon ◽  
J. H. Cho ◽  
G. J. Rho
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Stem Cells ◽  
Mesenchymal Stem Cells ◽  
Expression Patterns ◽  
Long Term Storage ◽  
Expression Of Genes ◽  
Cell Tissue ◽  
Fetal Bovine

Long-term storage of stem cells with self-renewal plays a pivotal role in cell tissue engineering, which could be a novel option for improving regenerative diseases. However, the choice of a selective cryoprotectant is still to be addressed. Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), which in current practice is the most widely used as a cryoprotectant for cell freezing, is known to have toxic side effects (Wang et al. 2007 Cryobiology 55, 60–65). In this study, therefore, the effect of two different cryoprotectants, used alone or in combination, on frozen–thawed porcine mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) was investigated by evaluating their viability, apoptosis, and gene expression patterns. MSCs isolated from bone marrow were cultured in advanced Dulbecco's modified Eagle medium (ADMEM) supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS) and characterized by the expression of alkaline phosphatase (AP) activity and cell-surface antigen profiles (CD105 as positive, CD45 and CD133 as negative markers). Subconfluent cultures of MSCs (1 � 106 cells mL–1) at 4–5 passages were equilibrated in different cryoprotectants: (1)ADMEM supplemented with 10% DMSO, (2) ADMEM supplemented with 1.5 m ethylene glycol (EG), and (3) ADMEM supplemented with 0.75 m EG and 5% DMSO, and frozen in a programmable freezer. The straws were cooled at –4�C min–1 from 25�C to –7�C. After being seeded, the straws were further cooled to –35�C at a –0.6�C min–1 ramp rate, and then immediately plunged into LN2 and stored at least a week. After thawing at 37�C in a water bath, viability and apoptosis of cells were analyzed by flow cytometry using an In Situ Cell Death Detection kit (Roche, Mannheim, Germany). Expression of HSP70, Nanog, and β-actin was analyzed by Western blotting and quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR), and compared to that of non-cryopreserved MSCs. Doubling time of cryopreserved MSCs was higher than for non-cryopreserved MSCs. There were no significant differences among cryopreserved groups. The rates of viability and apoptosis of non-cryopreserved MSCs (91% and 4.71%, respectively) was significantly (P < 0.05) higher than for MSCs cryopreserved with 10% DMSO, 1.5 m EG, or the 0.75 m EG and 5% DMSO mixture (71.78% and 3.45%, 70.09% and 3.22%, 68.97% and 2.42%, respectively), but the rates among different cryopreserved treatments did not differ. After thawing, expression of HSP70, Nanog, and β-actin in cryopreserved MSCs showed patterns similar to those of non-cryopreserved MSCs. In conclusion, the present study indicates that EG is an alternative cryoprotectant for cryopreservation of porcine MSCs. Further studies are needed to evaluate the possible effects on the expression of genes related to viability and apoptosis in MSCs cryopreserved with different cryoprotectants.

scholarly journals Strategies for Highly Efficient Rabbit Sperm Cryopreservation

Animals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (5) ◽  
pp. 1220
Author(s):  
Kazutoshi Nishijima ◽  
Shuji Kitajima ◽  
Fumikazu Matsuhisa ◽  
Manabu Niimi ◽  
Chen-chi Wang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Damage ◽  
Crystal Formation ◽  
Ice Crystal ◽  
Sperm Cryopreservation ◽  
Biomedical Sciences ◽  
Freezing And Thawing ◽  
Single Male ◽  
The Past ◽  
Thawing Process ◽  
Intracellular Ice

The rabbit is a valuable animal for both the economy and biomedical sciences. Sperm cryopreservation is one of the most efficient ways to preserve rabbit strains because it is easy to collect ejaculate repeatedly from a single male and inseminate artificially into multiple females. During the cooling, freezing and thawing process of sperms, the plasma membrane, cytoplasm and genome structures could be damaged by osmotic stress, cold shock, intracellular ice crystal formation, and excessive production of reactive oxygen species. In this review, we will discuss the progress made during the past years regarding efforts to minimize the cell damage in rabbit sperms, including freezing extender, cryoprotectants, supplements, and procedures.

scholarly journals Pioglitazone Improves the Function of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (9) ◽  
pp. 2314 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yeo Min Yoon ◽  
Jun Hee Lee ◽  
Chul Won Yun ◽  
Sang Hun Lee
Keyword(s):  
Reactive Oxygen Species ◽  
Chronic Kidney Disease ◽  
Stem Cells ◽  
Mesenchymal Stem Cells ◽  
Kidney Disease ◽  
Er Stress ◽  
Reactive Oxygen Species Generation ◽  
Reactive Oxygen ◽  
Cellular Prion Protein ◽  
Oxygen Species

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are optimal sources of autologous stem cells for cell-based therapy in chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, CKD-associated pathophysiological conditions, such as endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress and oxidative stress, decrease MSC function. In this work, we study the protective effect of pioglitazone on MSCs isolated from CKD patients (CKD-MSCs) against CKD-induced ER stress. In CKD-MSCs, ER stress is found to induce mitochondrial reactive oxygen species generation and mitochondrial dysfunction. Treatment with pioglitazone reduces the expression of ER stress markers and mitochondrial fusion proteins. Pioglitazone increases the expression of cellular prion protein (PrPC) in CKD-MSCs, which is dependent on the expression levels of proliferator-activated receptor gamma coactivator 1-alpha (PGC-1α). Treatment with pioglitazone is found to protect CKD-MSCs against reactive oxygen species generation, aberrant mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation of complexes I and IV, and aberrant proliferation capacity through the PGC-1α-PrPC axis. These results indicate that pioglitazone protects the mitochondria of MSCs from CKD-induced ER stress. Pioglitazone treatment of CKD-MSCs may be a potential therapeutic strategy for CKD patients.

scholarly journals Cryopreservation of Agronomic Plant Germplasm Using Vitrification-Based Methods: An Overview of Selected Case Studies

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (11) ◽  
pp. 6157
Author(s):  
Cesar Augusto Roque-Borda ◽  
Dariusz Kulus ◽  
Angela Vacaro de Souza ◽  
Behzad Kaviani ◽  
Eduardo Festozo Vicente
Keyword(s):  
Plant Species ◽  
Natural Populations ◽  
Crystal Formation ◽  
Ice Crystal ◽  
Tissue Samples ◽  
Endogenous Factors ◽  
Cryoprotective Agents ◽  
Long Term Storage ◽  
Cryopreservation Techniques

Numerous environmental and endogenous factors affect the level of genetic diversity in natural populations. Genetic variability is the cornerstone of evolution and adaptation of species. However, currently, more and more plant species and local varieties (landraces) are on the brink of extinction due to anthropopression and climate change. Their preservation is imperative for the sake of future breeding programs. Gene banks have been created worldwide to conserve different plant species of cultural and economic importance. Many of them apply cryopreservation, a conservation method in which ultra-low temperatures (−135 °C to −196 °C) are used for long-term storage of tissue samples, with little risk of variation occurrence. Cells can be successfully cryopreserved in liquid nitrogen (LN) when the adverse effect of ice crystal formation and growth is mitigated by the removal of water and the formation of the so-called biological glass (vitrification). This state can be achieved in several ways. The involvement of key cold-regulated genes and proteins in the acquisition of cold tolerance in plant tissues may additionally improve the survival of LN-stored explants. The present review explains the importance of cryostorage in agronomy and presents an overview of the recent works accomplished with this strategy. The most widely used cryopreservation techniques, classic and modern cryoprotective agents, and some protocols applied in crops are considered to understand which parameters provide the establishment of high quality and broadly applicable cryopreservation. Attention is also focused on the issues of genetic integrity and functional genomics in plant cryobiology.

scholarly journals Functional enhancement strategies for immunomodulation of mesenchymal stem cells and their therapeutic application

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Byung-Chul Lee ◽  
Kyung-Sun Kang
Keyword(s):  
Stem Cells ◽  
Mesenchymal Stem Cells ◽  
Genetic Manipulation ◽  
Culture Method ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Innate Immune ◽  
Patient Specific ◽  
Immune Disorders ◽  
Bioactive Substances ◽  
Promising Alternative

Abstract Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have recently been considered a promising alternative treatment for diverse immune disorders due to their unique biomedical potentials including the immunomodulatory property and ability to promote tissue regeneration. However, despite many years of pre-clinical studies in the research field, results from clinical trials using these cells have been diverse and conflicting. This discrepancy is caused by several factors such as poor engraftment, low survival rate, and donor-dependent variation of the cells. Enhancement of consistency and efficacy of MSCs remains a challenge to overcome the current obstacles to MSC-based therapy and subsequently achieve an improved therapeutic outcome. In this review, we investigated function enhancement strategies by categorizing as preconditioning, genetic manipulation, usage of supportive materials, and co-administration with currently used drugs. Preconditioning prior to MSC application makes up a large proportion of improvement strategies and preconditioning reagents include bioactive substances (cytokines, growth factors, and innate immune receptor agonists), hypoxia, and modification in culture method. With the piled results from previous studies using each method, disease- or patient-specific therapy has become more important than ever. On the other hand, genetic manipulation targeting therapeutic-associated factors or co-administration of biocompatible materials has also arisen as other therapeutic strategies. Thus, we summarized several specialized tactics by analyzing up-to-date results in the field and proposed some promising enhancement methods to improve the clinical outcomes for MSC therapy.

scholarly journals Prospective Isolation of Murine and Human Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells Based on Surface Markers

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yo Mabuchi ◽  
Diarmaid D. Houlihan ◽  
Chihiro Akazawa ◽  
Hideyuki Okano ◽  
Yumi Matsuzaki
Keyword(s):  
Stem Cells ◽  
Mesenchymal Stem Cells ◽  
Therapeutic Potential ◽  
Research Field ◽  
Specific Reference ◽  
Human Mscs ◽  
Surface Markers ◽  
Prospective Isolation

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are currently defined as multipotent stromal cells that undergo sustainedin vitrogrowth and can give rise to cells of multiple mesenchymal lineages, such as adipocytes, chondrocytes, and osteoblasts. The regenerative and immunosuppressive properties of MSCs have led to numerous clinical trials exploring their utility for the treatment of a variety of diseases (e.g., acute graft-versus-host disease, Crohn’s disease, multiple sclerosis, osteoarthritis, and cardiovascular diseases including heart failure and myocardial infarction). On the other hand, conventionally cultured MSCs reflect heterogeneous populations that often contain contaminating cells due to the significant variability in isolation methods and the lack of specific MSC markers. This review article focuses on recent developments in the MSC research field, with a special emphasis on the identification of novel surface markers for thein vivolocalization and prospective isolation of murine and human MSCs. Furthermore, we discuss the physiological importance of MSC subtypesin vivowith specific reference to data supporting their contribution to HSC niche homeostasis. The isolation of MSCs using selective markers (combination of PDGFRαand Sca-1) is crucial to address the many unanswered questions pertaining to these cells and has the potential to enhance their therapeutic potential enormously.

Methods for Long-Term Storage of Murine Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells

2017 ◽  
pp. 241-248
Author(s):  
Niketa Sareen ◽  
Ejlal Abu-El-Rub ◽  
Glen Lester Sequiera ◽  
Meenal Moudgil ◽  
Sanjiv Dhingra
Keyword(s):  
Stem Cells ◽  
Bone Marrow ◽  
Mesenchymal Stem Cells ◽  
Murine Bone Marrow ◽  
Long Term Storage ◽  
Term Storage

scholarly journals Vitrification of Rhesus Macaque Mesenchymal Stem Cells and the Effects on Global Gene Expression

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xufeng Fu ◽  
Yaping Yan ◽  
Shanshan Li ◽  
Junfeng Wang ◽  
Bin Jiang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Stem Cells ◽  
Mesenchymal Stem Cells ◽  
Rhesus Macaque ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Adult Stem Cells ◽  
Global Gene Expression ◽  
Surface Markers ◽  
Preclinical Research ◽  
Long Term Storage

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are one of the most promising adult stem cells for clinical application in a cell therapy. The development of large-scale cryopreservation techniques, such as vitrification, for MSCs is a prerequisite for clinical therapies. Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) and ethylene glycol (EG) are two types of cryoprotectants widely used for cell vitrification. However, the effects of DMSO and EG on the biological characteristics and transcriptome profiles of MSCs after cryopreservation remain unknown. In the present study, the viability, immunophenotype of cell surface markers, proliferation, differentiation potency, and global gene expression of rhesus macaque bone marrow-derived MSCs vitrified using DMSO and EG were studied. The results showed that vitrification did not affect the morphology, surface markers, and differentiation of the MSCs, and compared to DMSO, EG better protected cell viability and proliferation. Most importantly, vitrification resulted in changes in a large number of transcripts of MSCs either preserved using DMSO or EG. This report is the first to examine the effects of DMSO and EG on global gene expression in stem cells. These results will be beneficial to understanding the biological process involved in MSC vitrification and will contribute to improving cryopreservation protocols that maintain transcriptomic identity with high cryosurvival for preclinical research and clinical long-term storage.

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