Journal
JOURNAL OF BIOSCIENCE AND BIOENGINEERING
Volume 106, Issue 1, Pages 46-50Publisher
SOC BIOSCIENCE BIOENGINEERING JAPAN
DOI: 10.1263/jbb.106.46
Keywords
mesenchymal stem cell; serum; differentiation; chondrogenesis
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Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) should be expanded in vitro while maintaining their multilineage potential before differentiation to one mesenchymal lineage for application to regeneration therapy. The effect of fetal calf serum (FCS) on undesirable differentiation during subcultivations for the expansion was investigated. The expression level of the aggrecan gene, which is a marker of chondrogenic differentiation, gradually and markedly increased during the subcultivations of MSCs with the addition of 10% FCS and without additional cytokines. The percentage of cells positive for CD90 and CD166, which are markers of MSCs, decreased, and the percentage of large polygonal cells and the average cell adhesion area increased during the expansion. There was a marked difference in the increase in the aggrecan expression level between the two expansion cultures employing different FCS lots, although their proliferation rates were almost the same. The decrease in FCS concentration resulted in a higher percentage of CD90(+)CD166(+) cells, a lower percentage of large polygonal cells, and a lower level of aggrecan expression. Consequently, FCS components could stimulate MSC differentiation to chondrocytes and a lower concentration could decrease this differentiation.
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