RRC ID 45092
Author Takebayashi T, Horii T, Denno H, Nakamachi N, Otomo K, Kitamura S, Miyamoto K, Horiuchi T, Ohta Y.
Title Human mesenchymal stem cells differentiate to epithelial cells when cultured on thick collagen gel.
Journal Biomed Mater Eng
Abstract The stem cell niche is crucial to the control of stem cell fate determination in vitro as well as in vivo, and an understanding of these niches is required for the progression of stem cell and tissue engineering. The goal of our study was to commit human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) to the epithelial lineage. To do this, we cultured bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) on plates coated with type I collagen gel with or without 10 μM all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA).We found depth-dependent differentiation of hMSCs to the epithelial lineage, with the thick collagen gel (1900 μm) generating more than 80% cytokeratin-18 (CK-18)-positive cells, whereas the thin collagen gel (100 μm) generated significantly fewer CK-18-positive cells. In addition, we found that supplementation of 10 μM ATRA enhanced CK-18 expression and induced cluster-formation in cells grown on the thick collagen gel. The effect of gel depth on hMSC differentiation appears to be caused by partial cytoskeletal disruption.These results suggest that ATRA and a collagen extracellular matrix may have a synergistic effect on differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells to epithelial lineage.
Volume 23(1-2)
Pages 143-53
Published 2013-1-1
DOI 10.3233/BME-120739
PII J6H7381J20G357J1
PMID 23442244
MeSH Bone Marrow Cells / cytology Bone Marrow Cells / metabolism Cell Adhesion / drug effects Cell Differentiation / drug effects* Cell Proliferation / drug effects Cells, Cultured Collagen Type I / pharmacology* Drug Synergism Epithelial Cells / cytology* Epithelial Cells / drug effects Epithelial Cells / metabolism Extracellular Matrix / metabolism Fluorescent Antibody Technique Gels / chemistry* Humans Keratin-18 / analysis Mesenchymal Stem Cells / cytology* Tissue Engineering / methods Tretinoin / pharmacology*
IF 3.943
Times Cited 20
WOS Category PHARMACOLOGY & PHARMACY IMMUNOLOGY
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Human and Animal Cells hMSCs