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The Mechanism of a BMP-Driven Mesenchymal-to-Epithelial Transition in the Reprogramming of Induced Pluripotent Stem CellsLiu, Da 18 March 2014 (has links)
Somatic cells can be reprogrammed to induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) by the ectopic expression of defined factors. iPSCs hold great promise for pharmaceutical screening and regenerative medicine but the mechanism of reprogramming is not well understood. This work examines a component process of reprogramming that is the mesenchymal-to-epithelial transition (MET), an important step in the generation of iPS cells. In this thesis I demonstrate a connection between BMP signaling and the reprogramming factor Klf4 in the activation of the MET expression program. Using ChIP-Seq I mapped the binding of Klf4 and BMP Smads across the genome and linked their co-binding to a MET expression program determined by RNA-Seq. My work uncovers a thus-far unreported interaction between Klf4 and BMP signaling in cellular epithelialization that can directly improve the technical methods of reprogramming and have important implications for the induction of epithelial tissues in general.
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The Mechanism of a BMP-Driven Mesenchymal-to-Epithelial Transition in the Reprogramming of Induced Pluripotent Stem CellsLiu, Da 18 March 2014 (has links)
Somatic cells can be reprogrammed to induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) by the ectopic expression of defined factors. iPSCs hold great promise for pharmaceutical screening and regenerative medicine but the mechanism of reprogramming is not well understood. This work examines a component process of reprogramming that is the mesenchymal-to-epithelial transition (MET), an important step in the generation of iPS cells. In this thesis I demonstrate a connection between BMP signaling and the reprogramming factor Klf4 in the activation of the MET expression program. Using ChIP-Seq I mapped the binding of Klf4 and BMP Smads across the genome and linked their co-binding to a MET expression program determined by RNA-Seq. My work uncovers a thus-far unreported interaction between Klf4 and BMP signaling in cellular epithelialization that can directly improve the technical methods of reprogramming and have important implications for the induction of epithelial tissues in general.
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Mesenchymal stromal cells of human umbilical cord Wharton's jelly accelerate wound healing by paracrine mechanismsUeda, Minoru, Kikkawa, Fumitaka, Hibi, Hideharu, Iwase, Akira, Takikawa, Sachiko, Yamamoto, Akihito, Shohara, Ryutaro 09 1900 (has links)
名古屋大学博士学位論文 学位の種類 : 博士(医学)(課程) 学位授与年月日:平成25年1月31日 匠原龍太郎氏の博士論文として提出された
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Untersuchung der Chondrogenese verkapselter humaner Stammzellen und deren Abschirmung vor dem Immunsystem in MäusenLichtenberg, David 21 November 2013 (has links) (PDF)
Mesenchymale Stammzellen bieten eine interessante Option in der regenerativen Medizin, da sie praktisch unlimitiert verfügbar sind. Um das Verhalten von humanen MSC zu studieren, werden Untersuchungen momentan an immundefizienten Mäusen durchgeführt, deren Verwendung kostenintensiv und aufwendig ist. Fra-gestellung war, ob durch Immunisolation (Alginat, Dialyseschlauch, Diffusionskammer) die Knorpel erhaltenden -, bzw. bildenden Eigenschaften von MSC-Konstrukten ebenso gut in immunkompetenten Mäusen untersucht werden können. Gleichzeitig sollte geprüft werden, ob die mit einer Immunabschirmung einhergehende Reduktion der Zellversorgung und damit die Annäherung an die Gelenksituation ihre Mineralisierung vermindern kann und ob Mauszellen für eine Veränderung der vordifferenzierten Knorpelpellets verantwortlich sind.
Hierzu wurden hBMSC chondrogen differenziert. Die Zellpellets wurden mit Alginat, dem Dialyseschlauch oder der Diffusionskammer verkapselt und parallel zu unver-kapselten Kontrollpellets subkutan in immundefiziente SCID-Mäuse sowie in immunkompetente BDF1-Mäuse implantiert. Die Explantate wurden mit Alzianblau-, Alizarinrot-, Kollagen Typ II-Färbungen, sowie einer ALU in-situ Hybridisierung mar-kiert und mittels Histologiescore doppelt blind bewertet (MannWhitneyU). Überra-schenderweise zeigten die unverkapselten Kontrollen in den BDF1-Mäusen weder Zeichen von Inflammation noch von Destruktion und 4/5 der Pellets waren auf Kol-lagen Typ-II und Alzianblau positiv. Gleichzeitig war der Grad der Mineralisierung in den BDF1-Mäusen gegenüber SCID-Mäusen reduziert (p = 0,03). Durch Alginat wurde die Mineralisierung in den BDF1 Mäusen (0/8) völlig verhindert, während in den SCID-Mäusen noch 7/8 der Pellets Kalzifizierung zeigten (p = 0,001). Die Verkapselung mit Alginat verglichen mit der Kontrolle führte in beiden Mausstämmen zu höheren Scores für Kollagen Typ II (SCID: p = 0,013, BDF1: p = 0,042) und zeigte gleichzeitig eine Reduktion der Mineralisierung (SCID: p = 0,018, BDF1: p = 0,031). In SCID-Mäusen war außerdem der Alzianblau-Wert gegenüber den Kontrollen erhöht (p = 0,003). Die Diffusionskammer erwies sich als ungeeignet, da die Pellets ihre knorpeligen Eigenschaften verloren. Durch die Verwendung des Dialyseschlauches konnte lediglich in der SCID-Maus eine Erhöhung der Kollagen Typ II (p = 0,03) und eine Reduktion der Kalzifizierung (p = 0,004) erreicht werden. Sowohl im Alginatbead in der BDF1-Maus (1/3 Spendern), als auch im Dialyseschlauch mit Kollagenmembran (2/3 Spendern) konnte eine erfolgreiche in vivo Chondrogenese durchgeführt werden.
Zur Untersuchung der in vivo Stabilität knorpeliger MSC-basierter Konstrukte stellt die BDF1-Maus eine attraktive, kostengünstige Alternative mit einer gegenüber der SCID-Maus verringerten Mineralisierungsrate dar. Die in vitro gebildete knorpelige Extrazellulärmatrix erzeugt dabei bereits eine Immunisolation, welche die Transplantatdestruktion verhindert. Ob ein intaktes lymphozytäres System die Knorpelstabilität gegenüber defizienten Immunsystemen begünstigt, muss durch die Untersuchung weiterer Ansätze belegt werden. Im Gegensatz zur Diffusionskammer bietet Alginat das richtige Maß an Versorgungsreduktion, um die Stabilisierung des Knorpelphänotyps der Konstrukte zu ermöglichen.
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MicroRNA Expression During Chondrogenic Differentiation and Inflammation of Equine CellsBuechli, Midori 10 January 2013 (has links)
Understanding the molecular networks that maintain articular cartilage and regulate chondrogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) are important prerequisites for the improvement of cartilage repair strategies. The first study within this thesis demonstrates that equine cord blood-derived MSCs induced towards a chondrogenic phenotype showed significantly increased miR-140 expression from day 0 to day 14, which was accompanied by decreased expression of previously identified miR-140 targets; ADAMTS-5 and CXCL12. The second study shows that in vitro chondrogenesis on fibronectin coated-PTFE inserts results in more homogeneous hyaline-like cartilage with an increased number of differentiated cells compared with pellet cultures. Finally, the expression of miR-140, miR-9, miR-155 and miR-146a was investigated in an in vitro model of osteoarthritis and suggests a possible role for miR-146a. These results suggest that microRNAs may be useful for directing or enhancing eCB-MSC chondrogenic differentiation and for developing novel biomarker panels of in vivo joint health. / Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation; Equine Guelph; Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation; BioE.
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Effects of macrophages and noggin suppression on the BMP-2-induced osteogenesis of human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cellsChen, Chao Unknown Date
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Characterization of Genetically Modified HUCPVCs as an Osteogenic Cell Source.Estrada-Vallejo, Catalina 09 January 2014 (has links)
Tissue engineering and ex vivo gene therapy can be used synergically as tool to regenerate bone, which overcome the problems of currently available bone replacements. Recently, a new source of mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) has been found in the umbilical cord; human umbilical cord perivascular cells (HUCPVCs) provide an alternative to bone marrow derived MSCs and due to their easy harvest, fast expansion, and non-immunogeneic and immunomodulatory phenotype we hypothesized that HUCPVCs are a putative candidate cell source for osteogenic ex vivo gene therapy. This work proposes the generation of cocktails of genetically modified HUCPVCs and their cryopreservation as an “off the shelf” therapeutic. This approach involves the engineering of osteogenic cell populations, by genetically modifying HUCPVCs using recombinant adenoviruses to deliver four fundamental genes for bone formation: bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP-2), runt-related transcription factor 2 (Runx2), Osterix (OSX/SP7) transcription factor and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF). Our results show that HUCPVCs can be efficiently modified by adenoviruses and can be cryopreserved without affecting the production efficiency and bioactivity of proteins of interest produced by the cells. Moreover, overexpression of BMP2, Runx2 and SP7 enhances ALP activity levels in HUCPVCs and upregulates ALP, OPN, COL1A1 and OCN gene expression; data that provides the first evidence of the effects of combinational expression of BMP2, Runx2 and SP7. Furthermore, we report for the first time the genetic modification of human BMSCs to express SP7 and Runx2, which enhances their ALP activity and matrix mineralization capacity.
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Mesenchymal stem cells for cellular cardiomyoplasty : the role of anti-inflammatory cytokinesChen, Guangyong. January 2008 (has links)
BACKGROUND Adult bone marrow derived MSCs had been explored to treat myocardial infarction (MI) and heart failure, for which various beneficial paracrine effects had been suggested. Since MSCs in vitro express anti-inflammatory cytokines, we tested the hypothesis that changes in the pro-/anti-inflammatory cytokine ratio in the infarct microenvironment may provide such a paracrine mechanism to improve early cardiac function following acute coronary occlusion. / Methods Rats (n=88) underwent acute left coronary artery ligations and were randomized into groups M and C and then injected with culture media or MSCs, respectively. These rats underwent blinded echocardiography to evaluate left ventricular ejection fractions (LVEF). Real Time PCR was used to compare cytokine gene expression for IL-1beta, IL-6, IL-8 (pro-inflammatory) and IL-10 (anti-inflammatory) at various times. Extra-cellular matrix (ECM) deposition and inflammatory cell infiltration were also analyzed. / Results As early as 12 hours, the ratio of pro-/anti-inflammatory cytokine gene expression in group C was significantly lower than group M. Similar results were found at 24 hours, 1 and 2 weeks, respectively. LVEF improved significantly in group C (M=62% vs C=68% at 12 hours* , M=66% vs C=75% at 24 hours*, M=57% vs C=75% at 1 week *, and M=52% vs C=70% at 2 weeks*, *p<0.01). The ratio of MMP-2/TIMP1 levels was lower in the Group C at all time frames, reaching significance at 12 and 24 hours and 2 weeks. In group C, histopathological analysis revealed significantly less ECM deposition (M=1.95% vs C=0.75% at 24 hours*, M=19.30% vs C=9.36% at 1 week*, M=24.46% vs C=7.57% at 2 weeks*, *p<0.01). This was associated with significantly decreased inflammatory cell infiltration after 24 hours. / Conclusions The current data suggests that MSCs therapy decreases the pro-/anti-inflammatory cytokine ratio in the infarct microenvironment. This is associated with improved cardiac function, reduced ECM deposition, and decreased inflammatory cell infiltration. This paracrine mechanism of MSCs therapy may explain the early functional improvement after MI before cell transdifferentiation or other mechanisms takes place.
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Skirtingų titano implantų paviršiaus modifikavimo strategijų poveikis dantenų fibroblastų savybėms / The influence of different modification strategies of Titanium implant surfaces on gingival fibroblasts propertiesVičiūnaitė, Neringa 26 July 2012 (has links)
Baigiamajame darbe įvertintas skirtingų titano implantų paviršiaus modifikavimo
strategijų poveikis pirminių dantenų fibroblastų savybėms – adhezijai, proliferacijai ir
diferenciacijai. Tyrimuose naudoti titano mėginiai, kurių paviršiaus šiurkštumas pakeistas
fizikiniais metodais – smėliasrove ir lazeriu. Iš gingivektomijos metu paimto ţmogaus
dantenų subepitelinio audinio buvo išskirtos ir charakterizuotos dantenų fibroblastų ląstelės.
Tiriant šių ląstelių adheziją ant modifikuotų titano mėginių paviršių nustatyta, kad
ankstyvuoju laikotarpiu dantenų fibloblastų adhezija buvo panaši ant visų tirtų įvairiai
modifikuotų titano mėginių paviršių, tačiau vėliau efektyviausias ląstelių prikibimui
paviršius buvo lazeriu suformuotos grotelės. Siekiant pagerinti modifikuotų titano paviršių
adhezines savybes, jie papildomai buvo padengti tarpląstelinio uţpildo baltymais – kolagenu
ir lamininu, įvertintas tokio padengimo poveikis ląstelių prikibimui ir augimui. Analizuojant
mechanizmus, reguliuojančius ląstelių adhezijos ant modifikuotų paviršių procesus, buvo
tirta FAK ir Akt kinazių raiška ir aktyvinimas. Vertinant karkasų paviršiaus topografijos
poveikį ląstelių diferenciacijai, buvo palygintas osteogeninės diferenciacijos laipsnis
ląstelėse augintose ant įvairiai modifikuotų titano mėginių paviršių.
Darbą sudaro 6 dalys: įvadas, literatūros apţvalga, medţiagos ir metodai, rezultatai ir
jų aptarimas, išvados, literatūros sąrašas.
Darbo apimtis – p. teksto be priedų, 24 pav., 2 lent... [toliau žr. visą tekstą] / The influence of different modification strategies of titanium implant surfaces on gingival fibroblasts properties - adhesion, proliferation, and differentiation was studies in this final master thesis. Different titanium surface roughness modifications using physical methods such as sand-blasting as well as laser irradiation were developed. Gingival fibroblasts derived from human gingival subepithelial tissues obtained during gingivectomy were isolated and characterized. The data suggested that the initial adhesion between tested cells and various modified titanium surfaces was similar, but the most efficient surface for subsequent cell attachment was laser-ablated holey arranged in grid-like structures. Additionally, in order to improve the modified titanium surface adhesion properties, these surfaces were coated by extracellular matrix proteins - collagen and laminin. The coating influence on the cell growth and adhesion was evaluated. To analyze the mechanisms regulating cell adhesion processes on the modified surfaces, FAK and Akt kinase expression as well as activation were studied. In order to evaluate the effect of surface topography on cell differentiation, the level of osteogenic differentiation was compared. Structure: introduction, literature review, materials and methods, results and discussion, conclusions, references.
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AN ORGANIC BOVINE HYDROXYAPATITE-PLGA COMPOSITES FOR BONE TISSUE ENGINEERINGRaman, Harini 01 January 2005 (has links)
The objective of the present study was to synthesize porous, biodegradable poly (D, l- lactide-co-glycolide) PLGA-B-HA (Bovine hydroxyapatite) composite and evaluate the effect of ceramic content on bone marrow cell differentiation in vitro. A macroporous biodegradable PLGA-B-HA composite with the pore size varying from 0.1 to 1000?? and a highly interconnected structure was fabricated using the freeze-drying/lyophilization technique. A pilot study was done to determine the effects of B-HA on to the osteoblast function. The main study was done to determine the effect of the increase in B-HA concentration on to the mesenchymal stem cell differentiation. Morphological characteristics of the composites were analyzed using FTIR and SEM/EDX analysis. The composites were seeded with neonatal rat calvarial osteoblasts (NRCO). The polymer: ceramic ratio in this study was 35%:65%. For comparison parallel experiments involving pure HA-200 discs were performed. SEM results indicated a higher proliferation and mineralization on PLGA-B-HA composites than pure HA discs. In addition, we evaluated the in vitro characteristics of PLGA-B-HA composites with varying ratios, i.e., 1:1, 1:2 and 1:3, seeded with rat marrow cells. FTIR indicated an increase in the area under the ceramic peak as ceramic concentration was increased. In addition, the average roughness values increased in the order of 1:3 andgt; 1:2 andgt; 1:1. Both compressive strength and modulus of 1:1 were significantly higher than 1:2 and 1:3 PLGA-B-HA composites. No significant difference in compressive modulli and strengths could be observed for 1:2 and 1:3 PLGA-B-HA composites. Cellular activity was determined by measuring AP activity, total protein analysis and osteocalcin concentration. Evaluation of alkaline phosphatase activity showed bone cells attached to 1:3 (PLGA-B-HA) expressed significantly higher alkaline phosphatase as compared to 1:1 and 1:2 PLGA-B-HA composites. In addition, cells seeded on to 1:3 composites secreted significantly higher osteocalcin and at a relatively short time period as compared to the other samples. Corrosion studies (ICP) and pH values indicate minimal difference in the concentration of Ca and P and pH in tissue culture media for all the samples at the end of all time periods. Hence we conclude that an increase in the ceramic concentration stimulated mesenchymal stem cell differentiation thereby promoting osteogenesis.
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