Oct3/4 expression and notch signaling in bone marrow stromal cells reprogrammed by Xenopus egg extract
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ABSTRACT: Bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) are multipotent stem cells that preferentially differentiate into mesenchymal cells. If they can be dedifferentiated into embryonic stem cell-like cells, they will be a highly attractive source for cell therapy. Cell and egg extracts have been used in a few studies to evaluate nuclear reprogramming, but these have not examined cell pluripotency in any detail. In this study, we used a cell reversible permeabilization method to treat BMSC with Xenopus laevis mitotic egg extract. We observed an upregulation of the pluripotent protein Oct3/4 in BMSCs treated by this extract. We also further evaluated transcriptional changes with a focused stem cell oligonucleotide array. A number of genes involved in the Notch or Wnt signaling pathways were upregulated in BMSC exposed to Xenopus egg extract. In conclusion, our microarray data from BMSCs exposure to egg extracts may provide interesting clues regarding factors involved in nuclear reprogramming. Our approach is an alternative method towards dedifferentiation of cells without genetic modification, which is preferable in the clinical situation. Keywords: Cell type comparison Expression profiling was performed on murine bonemarrow stromal cells cultured in-vitro versus stromal cells exposed to Xenopus extract and compared with murine embryonic stem cells
Project description:Bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) are multipotent stem cells that preferentially differentiate into mesenchymal cells. If they can be dedifferentiated into embryonic stem cell-like cells, they will be a highly attractive source for cell therapy. Cell and egg extracts have been used in a few studies to evaluate nuclear reprogramming, but these have not examined cell pluripotency in any detail. In this study, we used a cell reversible permeabilization method to treat BMSC with Xenopus laevis mitotic egg extract. We observed an upregulation of the pluripotent protein Oct3/4 in BMSCs treated by this extract. We also further evaluated transcriptional changes with a focused stem cell oligonucleotide array. A number of genes involved in the Notch or Wnt signaling pathways were upregulated in BMSC exposed to Xenopus egg extract. In conclusion, our microarray data from BMSCs exposure to egg extracts may provide interesting clues regarding factors involved in nuclear reprogramming. Our approach is an alternative method towards dedifferentiation of cells without genetic modification, which is preferable in the clinical situation. Keywords: Cell type comparison
Project description:Bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) provide hematopoietic support, immunoregulation and contain a stem cell fraction capable of skeletogenic differentiation. A heterogeneous population of primary bone marrow BMSCs were isolated from a single human donor (FH181), and a lentiviral expression system was used to overexpress human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) and generate single cell-derived immortalised BMSC lines for multi-level analysis of functional markers for BMSC subsets. All clones expressed typical BMSC cell surface antigens, however clones Y101 and Y201 displayed typical BMSC tri-lineage differentiation capacity where clones Y102 and Y202 lacked significant tri-lineage differentiation potential. High quality RNA samples were isolated from all lines, and global gene expression analysis was performed in triplicate arrays (using Agilent SurePrint G3 Human Gene Expression 8x60K v2 Microarrays) in order to identify distinguishing characteristics of these lines, compared to the parental primary BMSCs from which they were derived.
Project description:Human bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) are key elements of the hematopoietic environment and they play a central role in bone and bone marrow physiology. However, how key BMSC functions are regulated is largely unknown. We analyzed the role of the immediate early response transcription factor EGR1 as key BMSC regulator and found that EGR1 was highly expressed in prospectively-isolated primary BMSCs, downregulated upon culture, and lower in non-CFU-F-containing CD45neg BM cells. Furthermore, EGR1 expression was lower in proliferative regenerating adult and fetal primary cells compared to adult steady-state BMSCs. Accordingly, EGR1 overexpression markedly decreased BMSC proliferation but considerably improved hematopoietic stroma support function as indicated by an increased production of transplantable CD34+CD90+ hematopoietic stem cells in expansion co-cultures. The improvement of BMSC stroma support function was mediated by increased expression of hematopoietic supporting genes, such as VCAM1 and CCL28. On the other hand, EGR1 knockdown increased ROS-mediated BMSC proliferation, and clearly reduced BMSC hematopoietic stroma support potential. These findings thus show that EGR1 is a key BMSC transcription factor with a dual role in regulating proliferation and hematopoietic stroma support function that is controlling a genetic program to coordinate the specific functions of BMSC in their different biological contexts.
Project description:Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPION) are increasingly used to label human bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs, also called mesenchymal stem cells) to monitor their fate by in vivo MRI and histology after Prussian blue (PB) staining. SPION-labeling appears to be safe as assessed by in vitro differentiation of BMSCs, however, we chose to determine the effect of labeling on maintaining the “stemness” of cells within the BMSC population. Colony forming efficiency, CD146 expression, gene expression profiling, bone and myelosupportive stroma formation in vivo were evaluated. SPION-labeling did not alter these assays. Equivalent bone with host hematopoiesis was formed by SPION-labeled and unlabeled BMSCs. PB+ adipocytes were noted, definitively demonstrating their donor origin, as well as PB+ pericytes, indicative of self-renewal of the stem cell in the BMSC population. This study confirms that SPION labeling does not alter the differentiation potential of the subset of stem cells within BMSCs. We performed gene expression profiling on BMSCs labeled with FePro. For comparison, gene express profiling on human embryonic stem cells (hES) WA09 (H9) and adult cells: fibroblasts (FB), endothelial cells (EC) and smooth muscle cells (SMC) was conducted. Total RNA from PBMCs pooled from six normal donors was amplified into aRNA to serve as the reference.
Project description:Superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPION) are increasingly used to label human bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs, also called mesenchymal stem cells) to monitor their fate by in vivo MRI and histology after Prussian blue (PB) staining. SPION-labeling appears to be safe as assessed by in vitro differentiation of BMSCs, however, we chose to determine the effect of labeling on maintaining the “stemness” of cells within the BMSC population. Colony forming efficiency, CD146 expression, gene expression profiling, bone and myelosupportive stroma formation in vivo were evaluated. SPION-labeling did not alter these assays. Equivalent bone with host hematopoiesis was formed by SPION-labeled and unlabeled BMSCs. PB+ adipocytes were noted, definitively demonstrating their donor origin, as well as PB+ pericytes, indicative of self-renewal of the stem cell in the BMSC population. This study confirms that SPION labeling does not alter the differentiation potential of the subset of stem cells within BMSCs.
Project description:Abstract Background: Bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) are being used for immune modulatory, anti-inflammatory and tissue engineering applications, but the properties responsible for these effects are not completely understood. Human BMSCs were characterized to identify factors that might be responsible for their clinical effects and biomarkers for assessing their quality. Methods: Early passage BMSCs prepared from marrow aspirates of 4 healthy subjects were compared to 3 human embryonic stem cell (hESC) samples, CD34+ cells from 3 healthy subjects and 3 fibroblast cell lines. The cells were analyzed with oligonucleotide expression microarrays with more than 35,000 probes. Results: BMSC gene expression signatures of BMSCs differed from those of hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), hESCs and fibroblasts. Genes up-regulated in BMSCs were involved with cell movement, cell-to-cell signaling and interaction and proliferation. The BMSC up-regulated genes were most likely to belong to integrin signaling, integrin linked kinase (ILK) signaling, NFR2-mediated oxidative stress response, regulation of actin-based motility by Rho, actin cytoskeletal signaling, caveolar-mediated endocytosis, clathrin-mediated endocytosis and Wnt/beta catenin signaling pathways. Among the most highly up-regulated genes were structural extracellular (ECM) proteins: alpha1 and beta1 integrin chains, fibronectin, collagen type IIIalpha1, and collagen type Valpha1 and functional EMC proteins: connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) and transforming growth factor beta induced protein (TGFBI) and ADAM12. Conclusions: Global analysis of human BMSCs suggests that they are mobile, metabolically active, proliferative and interactive cells that make use of integrins and integrin signaling. They produce abundant ECM proteins; some of which may contribute to their clinical immune modulatory and anti-inflammatory effects. Seven samples from early passage BMSCs were prepared from marrow aspirates of healthy subjects and compared to 3 human embryonic stem cell (hESC) samples, CD34+ cells from 3 healthy subjects and 3 fibroblast cell lines. Total RNA from a pool of PBMCs from six healthy subjects was extracted and amplified into aRNA to serve as a reference.
Project description:In multiple myeloma (MM), abnormal plasma cells interact with bone marrow (BM) stromal cells and vascular cells among others. Bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) interact with MM cells in the bone marrow (BM), and also create a permissive microenvironment for MM cell growth and survival. Recent evidence indicated that extracellular vesicles (EVs)-mediated MM cell-BMSC communication plays an important role in the MM microenvironment. In this study, we investigated the biological property of the EVs and EV-miRNAs derived from BMSCs, aiming to establish the emerging strategies to target MM microenvironment to prevent tumor growth and spread. We found that the MM-BMSC-EVs enhanced the cell proliferation of RPMI8226. The EV-miRNA expression was different between MM-BMSCs and Normal-BMSCs, and some miRNAs, including miR-10a, were significantly up-regulated in the MM-BMSC-EVs. We then visualized with an in vitro model the uptake of Cy3-labeled miR-10a into RPMI8226 via EVs. To identify the function of miR-10a in MM cells, miR-10a mimic was transfected into RPMI8226 cells.
Project description:Ex vivo expansion of Bone Marrow Stromal Cells (BMSC) is required to obtain clinical dose for cellular therapy, and different labs use different confluence in their practice, however, the impacts of 100% confluence on the biological properties of BMSC remain controversial. In this study, we detected the changes occurred to BMSCs when they reached 100% confluence, including viability, population doubling time (PDT), apoptosis, colony formation, immunosuppression, proteins in the culture supernatant, and surface markers; we also performed gene expression profiling and microRNA profiling on 50%, 80% and 100% confluent BMSCs. Our results showed that 100% confluent BMSCs had similar level of immunosuppression to 80% confluent BMSCs; they increased the expression of CD10, CD54, CD106, CD200, TLR4, but decreased CD49f and PODXL; we detected of 39 proteins in the culture supernatant, which displayed different patterns and an increase on the PEDF/VEGF ratio was observed with higher confluence. We identified 26 differentially expressed microRNAs, which were reported to be involved in the proliferation and differentiation of BMSC; and 2708 genes that were involved in extracellular matrix, cell adhesion, immune response and inflammatory response; particularly, angiogenesis inhibitor PEDF, and Wnt Singling inhibitors DKK1, DKK2, and DKK3 were up-regulated by 100% confluent BMSCs. These data suggest that 100% confluent BMSC may retain immunosuppressive activities but have comprised pro-angiogenesis effects. Gene expression profiling on BMSCs of 3 confluences (50%, 80% and 100%) from 5 healthy donors: 09FC37 (n=3), 09FC43 (n=3), 09FC44 (n=3), 09FC45 (n=3), 09FC49 (n=3) as biological repeats.
Project description:Hypertension and persistent activation of the renin-angiotensin system (RAS) are predisposing factors for development of acute kidney injury (AKI). Although bone marrow-derived stromal cells (BMSCs) have shown therapeutic promise in treatment of AKI, the impact of pathological RAS on BMSC functionality has remained unresolved. RAS and its local components in the bone marrow are involved in several key steps of cell maturation processes. This may also render BMSC population vulnerable to alterations even in the early phases of RAS pathology. We isolated TG-BMSCs from young, end organ disease-free rats with increased RAS activation (human angiotensinogen/renin double transgenic rats; dTGR) that eventually develop hypertension and die of end-organ damage and kidney failure at 8-weeks-of-age. Control cells were isolated from wild-type Sprague-Dawley rats (SD-BMSCs). Cell phenotype, mitochondrial reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and respiration were assessed, and gene expression profiling was carried out using microarrays. Cells’ therapeutic efficacy was evaluated in a rat model of acute ischemia-reperfusion-induced AKI. Serum urea and creatinine were measured at 24h and 48h. Acute tubular damage was scored and immunohistochemistry was used for evaluation for markers of inflammation (MCP-1, ED-1), and kidney injury (KIM-1, NGAL). TG-BMSCs showed distinct mitochondrial morphology, decreased cell respiration, and increased production of ROS. Gene expression profiling revealed a pronounced pro-inflammatory phenotype. In contrast to the therapeutic effect of SD-BMSCs, administration of TG-BMSCs in the AKI model resulted in exacerbation of kidney injury and high mortality. Our results demonstrate that early persistent RAS activation can dramatically compromise therapeutic potential of BMSCs by shift into a pro-inflammatory phenotype with mitochondrial dysfunction. A comparison of transcriptome of a bone marrow-derived stromal cells from a double-transgene rats compared to those from control rats
Project description:The aging of bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) lead to decreased ability to maintain hematopoiesis, however, effects of aging on BMSC-derived exosomes in bone marrow microenvironment remain unclear. The aim of this study is therefore to determine the age-related change of BMSC-derived exosomal miRNAs.