Matsumoto Y et al. (DEC 2013)
Orphanet journal of rare diseases 8 1 190
Induced pluripotent stem cells from patients with human fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva show increased mineralization and cartilage formation.
BACKGROUND: Abnormal activation of endochondral bone formation in soft tissues causes significant medical diseases associated with disability and pain. Hyperactive mutations in the bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) type 1 receptor ACVR1 lead to fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP),a rare genetic disorder characterized by progressive ossification in soft tissues. However,the specific cellular mechanisms are unclear. In addition,the difficulty obtaining tissue samples from FOP patients and the limitations in mouse models of FOP hamper our ability to dissect the pathogenesis of FOP.backslashnbackslashnMETHODS: To address these challenges and develop a disease model in a dish"�
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Maldonado M et al. (MAY 2015)
Biomaterials 50 1 10--19
The effects of electrospun substrate-mediated cell colony morphology on the self-renewal of human induced pluripotent stem cells
The development of xeno-free,chemically defined stem cell culture systems has been a primary focus in the field of regenerative medicine to enhance the clinical application of pluripotent stem cells (PSCs). In this regard,various electrospun substrates with diverse physiochemical properties were synthesized utilizing various polymer precursors and surface treatments. Human induced pluripotent stem cells (IPSCs) cultured on these substrates were characterized by their gene and protein expression to determine the effects of the substrate physiochemical properties on the cells' self-renewal,i.e.,proliferation and the maintenance of pluripotency. The results showed that surface chemistry significantly affected cell colony formation via governing the colony edge propagation. More importantly,when surface chemistry of the substrates was uniformly controlled by collagen conjugation,the stiffness of substrate was inversely related to the sphericity,a degree of three dimensionality in colony morphology. The differences in sphericity subsequently affected spontaneous differentiation of IPSCs during a long-term culture,implicating that the colony morphology is a deciding factor in the lineage commitment of PSCs. Overall,we show that the capability of controlling IPSC colony morphology by electrospun substrates provides a means to modulate IPSC self-renewal.
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Sakai R et al. (MAR 2003)
Toxicological sciences : an official journal of the Society of Toxicology 72 1 84--91
TCDD treatment eliminates the long-term reconstitution activity of hematopoietic stem cells.
2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD),an endocrine disrupting chemical (EDC),can cause carcinogenesis,immunosuppression,and teratogenesis,through a ligand-activated transcription factor,the aryl hydrocarbon receptor (AhR). Despite remarkable recent advances in stem cell biology,the influence of TCDD on hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs),which possess the ability to reconstitute long-term multilineage hematopoiesis,has not been well investigated. In this study we examined the influence of TCDD on HSCs enriched for CD34(-),c-kit(+),Sca-1(+),lineage negative (CD34-KSL) cells. The number of the CD34-KSL cells was found to be increased about four-fold upon a single oral administration of TCDD (40 micro g/kg body weight). Surprisingly,we found that these TCDD-treated cells almost lost long-term reconstitution activity. This defect was not present in AhR(-/-) mice. These findings suggest that modulation of AhR/ARNT system activity may have an effect on HSC function or survival.
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Lioznov MV et al. (MAY 2005)
Bone marrow transplantation 35 9 909--14
Aldehyde dehydrogenase activity as a marker for the quality of hematopoietic stem cell transplants.
Taking advantage of fluorescent substrates for their metabolic marker aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH),hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) were defined as SSC(lo)ALDH(br) - reflecting their low orthogonal light scattering and bright fluorescence intensity in flow cytometry. Based thereon,we investigated the usefulness of ALDH activity for characterizing HSC graft quality,particularly under stress conditions. We first compared the expression of ALDH vs CD34 in bone marrow and peripheral blood stem cell (PBSC) samples over 7 days. We noted that (i) only ALDH activity but not CD34 expression strongly reflected colony-forming ability over time,and that (ii) PBSC grafts stored at room temperature lost most of their progenitor cells within just 48 h. We then retrospectively related ALDH and CD34 expression as well as granulocyte-macrophage colony-forming units (CFU-GM) potential for 19 cryopreserved allogeneic PBSC grafts to engraftment data. Strikingly,in all six patients who received markedly decreased numbers of SSC(lo)ALDH(br) cells,this was associated not only with almost complete loss of CFU-GM potential but also with delayed establishment/permanent absence of full hematopoietic donor cell chimerism,whereas all other patients showed early complete donor chimerism. In conclusion,we suggest to measure ALDH activity as a surrogate marker for HSC activity,and to transport and store PBSC under controlled cooling conditions.
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