Xu L, Sun X, Cao K, Wu Y, Zou D, Liu Y, Zhang X, Zhang X, Wang G, Huang Q, Jiang X
Department of Prosthodontics, Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, China; Oral Bioengineering and Regenerative Medicine Lab, Shanghai Research Institute of Stomatology, Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Stomatology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Oral Dis. 2014 Jul;20(5):430-9. doi: 10.1111/odi.12148. Epub 2013 Jul 19.
Hypoxic culture potentiates mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) to survive and secrete various growth factors. Genetically modified stem cells overexpressing bone morphogenic protein-2 (BMP-2) demonstrate strong osteogenic ability. Hence, we investigated the coeffect of hypoxic culture conditions and BMP-2 overexpression on the osteogenic ability of rabbit adipose-derived stem cells (rASCs) in vitro.
Rabbit adipose-derived stem cells with or without adenoviral-BMP-2 transduction were cultured in hypoxic (1%) and normoxic (21%) conditions. Cell viability, attachment, and proliferation were compared. Real-time PCR amplification of osteogenic and angiogenic genes including alkaline phosphatase (ALP), osteocalcin (OCN), HIF-1α, and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) was performed. Moreover, ALP activity, immunofluorescent staining of OCN, and mineralization assay by alizarin red S quantification and von Kossa staining were conducted.
Cells under hypoxic conditions attached better within 12 h and proliferated faster. While BMP-2 overexpression and hypoxic condition separately elevated the transcription of key osteogenic and angiogenic genes, a cooperative effect was observed to enhance the upregulation of osteogenic as well as angiogenic genes. Identical changes were observed in ALP activity, immunofluorescent staining of OCN, and mineralization assay.
Hypoxic culture can enhance the osteogenic ability of BMP-2 gene-modified rASCs, which provides a strategy to improve the osteogenesis of rASCs for in vivo bone regeneration.
缺氧培养可增强间充质干细胞(MSCs)的存活能力并促使其分泌多种生长因子。过表达骨形态发生蛋白-2(BMP-2)的基因修饰干细胞具有很强的成骨能力。因此,我们研究了缺氧培养条件和BMP-2过表达对兔脂肪来源干细胞(rASCs)体外成骨能力的协同作用。
将转导或未转导腺病毒-BMP-2的兔脂肪来源干细胞在缺氧(1%)和常氧(21%)条件下培养。比较细胞活力、贴壁情况和增殖能力。对包括碱性磷酸酶(ALP)、骨钙素(OCN)、低氧诱导因子-1α(HIF-1α)和血管内皮生长因子(VEGF)在内的成骨和血管生成基因进行实时PCR扩增。此外,进行了ALP活性检测、OCN免疫荧光染色以及茜素红S定量和冯科萨染色的矿化分析。
缺氧条件下的细胞在12小时内贴壁更好且增殖更快。虽然BMP-2过表达和缺氧条件分别提高了关键成骨和血管生成基因的转录,但观察到二者具有协同作用,可增强成骨和血管生成基因的上调。在ALP活性、OCN免疫荧光染色和矿化分析中也观察到了相同的变化。
缺氧培养可增强BMP-2基因修饰的rASCs的成骨能力,这为改善rASCs在体内骨再生中的成骨作用提供了一种策略。