Tianjin Medical Journal ›› 2024, Vol. 52 ›› Issue (2): 129-135.doi: 10.11958/20230437

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Comparative study on the directed differentiation ability of mouse bone marrow and adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells

ZHONG Jiashuai(), FENG Yumei()   

  1. Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, National Clinical Research Center for Cancer;Tianjin’s Clinical Research Center for Cancer;Key Laboratory of Cancer Prevention and Therapy, Tianjin;Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, Tianjin 300060, China
  • Received:2023-03-27 Revised:2023-05-08 Published:2024-02-15 Online:2024-01-26
  • Contact: E-mail:ymfeng@tmu.edu.cn E-mail:whutzjs@163.com;ymfeng@tmu.edu.cn

Abstract:

Objective To investigate the targeted differentiation ability of mouse bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSCs) and adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (AD-MSCs). Methods BM-MSCs and AD-MSCs were isolated and cultured from bone marrow of femur and white adipose tissue of groin of C57BL/6J mice respectively, and the two types of cells were induced by osteogenic, chondrogenic and adipogenic differentiation medium respectively. Alizarin red, alcian blue and oil red O staining were used to detect the differentiated degree of osteogenic, chondrogenic and lipogenic differentiation. Real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR (qPCR) was used to identify MSCs and detected expression levels of directed differentiation-related genes Runx2, Sp7 (osteoblast), Sox9, Col2a1 (chondroblast), Pparg and Cebpa (lipogenesis) to determine the directed differentiation ability of cells. Based on gene expression profiles of mouse and human BM-MSCs and AD-MSCs in GEO database GSE43804 and GSE122778, the differentially expressed genes and their enrichment signal pathways were analyzed. Results The cell morphology of BM-MSCs and AD-MSCs obtained by isolation and culture was different, and spindle-shaped morphology was more obvious in AD-MSCs. Both cells expressed CD29, CD44 and CD90, but did not express CD34 and CD45. AD-MSCs showed higher osteogenic and lipogenic differentiation than those of BM-MSCs after directed induction, while chondrogenic differentiation was lower in AD-MSCs than that of BM-MSCs (P<0.05). After directional induction, expression levels of Runx2, Pparg and Cebpa mRNA were higher in AD-MSCs than those in BM-MSCs, and Sox9 mRNA expression levels were lower than those in BM-MSCs (P<0.05). Highly expressed genes of AD-MSCs in mice and human were enriched in PPAR and WNT signaling pathways. Highly expressed genes of BM-MSCs were enriched in cartilage and bone developmental signaling pathways. Conclusion The osteogenic and adipogenic differentiation ability of mouse AD-MSCs is stronger than those of BM-MSCs, while the chondrogenic differentiation ability AD-MSCs is weaker than that of BM-MSCs. The activation status of PPAR, WNT, cartilages and skeletal system development signaling pathways plays an important regulatory role in determining the different directional differentiation potential of AD-MSCs and BM-MSCs.

Key words: mesenchymal stem cells, bone marrow, fats, PPAR gamma, Wnt signaling pathway, osteogenic differentiation, chondrogenic differentiation, adipogenic differentiation

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