RRC ID 41898
著者 Yamazaki S, Miki K, Hasegawa K, Sata M, Takayama T, Makuuchi M.
タイトル Sera from liver failure patients and a demethylating agent stimulate transdifferentiation of murine bone marrow cells into hepatocytes in coculture with nonparenchymal liver cells.
ジャーナル J Hepatol
Abstract BACKGROUND/AIMS:The plasticity of bone marrow cells (BMCs) is shown by their ability to differentiate into mesenchymal as well as endodermal and ectodermal lineages. Transdifferentiation of BMCs into hepatocytes has also been demonstrated, both in vitro and in vivo. In the present study we investigated the effects of liver nonparenchymal cells (NPCs) and sera from liver failure patients (HSLF) on the in vitro transdifferentiation of murine BMCs into hepatocytes.
METHODS:Liver NPCs from wild-type mice, and 5-azacytidine-treated BMCs from green fluorescence protein transgenic mice, were cocultured in medium containing HSLF in combination with several cytokines. Hepatocyte-specific gene expression in BMCs was identified by immunocytochemistry and reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction.
RESULTS:Bone marrow cell-derived hepatocyte-like colonies appeared after several days of coculture in medium containing HSLF, oncostatin M (OSM) and hepatocyte growth factor (HGF). These colonies expressed hepatocyte-specific genes. Transdifferentiation was enhanced by 5-azacytidine treatment, and by HSLF, OSM and HGF. It did not take place when the BMCs were separated from the NPCs in a dual chamber dish, or cultured with other mesenchymal cells.
CONCLUSIONS:Direct interaction of murine BMCs with liver NPCs, as well as soluble factors in the HSLF and a demethylating agent, strongly stimulate transdifferentiation into hepatocytes.
巻・号 39(1)
ページ 17-23
公開日 2003-7-1
DOI 10.1016/s0168-8278(03)00150-8
PII S0168827803001508
PMID 12821039
MeSH Animals Antimetabolites, Antineoplastic / pharmacology* Azacitidine / pharmacology* Blood Proteins / pharmacology Bone Marrow Cells / cytology* Bone Marrow Cells / drug effects Cell Culture Techniques / methods Cell Differentiation / drug effects Child Coculture Techniques Hepatocytes / cytology* Hepatocytes / drug effects Humans Liver / cytology Liver Failure / blood* Male Methylation Mice Mice, Inbred C57BL Mice, Transgenic Middle Aged
IF 20.582
引用数 10
リソース情報
ヒト・動物細胞 OP9(RCB1124)