Sheep is a relevant large animal model that is frequently used to test innovative tissue engineering (TE) approaches especially for bone reconstruction. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are used in TE applications because they represent key component of adult tissue repair. Importantly, MSCs from different species show similar characteristics, which facilitated their application in translational studies using animal models. Nowadays, many researches are focusing on the use of ovine mesenchymal stem cells (oMSCs) in orthopedic preclinical settings for regenerative medicine purposes. Therefore, there is a need to amplify our knowledge on the mechanisms underlying the behaviour of these cells. Recently, several studies have shown that MSC function is largely dependent on factors that MSCs release in the environment as well as in conditioned medium (CM). It has been demonstrated that MSCs through autocrine and paracrine signals are able to stimulate proliferation, migration and differentiation of different type of cells including themselves. In this study, we investigated the effects of the CM produced by oMSCs on oMSCs themselves and we explored the signal pathways involved. We observed that CM caused an enhancement of oMSC migration. Furthermore, we found that CM increased levels of two membrane proteins involved in cell migration, Aquaporin 1 (AQP1) and C-X-C chemokine receptor type 4 (CXCR4), and activated Akt and Erk intracellular signal pathways.

Autocrine signals increase Ovine Mesenchymal Stem Cells migration throughAquaporin-1 and CXCR4 overexpression / Pelagalli, A.; Nardelli, A.; Lucarelli, E.; Zannetti, A.; Brunetti, A.. - In: JOURNAL OF CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY. - ISSN 1097-4652. - 233:8(2018), pp. 1-29. [10.1002/jcp.26493]

Autocrine signals increase Ovine Mesenchymal Stem Cells migration throughAquaporin-1 and CXCR4 overexpression

Pelagalli A.
;
Zannetti A.;Brunetti A.
2018

Abstract

Sheep is a relevant large animal model that is frequently used to test innovative tissue engineering (TE) approaches especially for bone reconstruction. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are used in TE applications because they represent key component of adult tissue repair. Importantly, MSCs from different species show similar characteristics, which facilitated their application in translational studies using animal models. Nowadays, many researches are focusing on the use of ovine mesenchymal stem cells (oMSCs) in orthopedic preclinical settings for regenerative medicine purposes. Therefore, there is a need to amplify our knowledge on the mechanisms underlying the behaviour of these cells. Recently, several studies have shown that MSC function is largely dependent on factors that MSCs release in the environment as well as in conditioned medium (CM). It has been demonstrated that MSCs through autocrine and paracrine signals are able to stimulate proliferation, migration and differentiation of different type of cells including themselves. In this study, we investigated the effects of the CM produced by oMSCs on oMSCs themselves and we explored the signal pathways involved. We observed that CM caused an enhancement of oMSC migration. Furthermore, we found that CM increased levels of two membrane proteins involved in cell migration, Aquaporin 1 (AQP1) and C-X-C chemokine receptor type 4 (CXCR4), and activated Akt and Erk intracellular signal pathways.
2018
Autocrine signals increase Ovine Mesenchymal Stem Cells migration throughAquaporin-1 and CXCR4 overexpression / Pelagalli, A.; Nardelli, A.; Lucarelli, E.; Zannetti, A.; Brunetti, A.. - In: JOURNAL OF CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY. - ISSN 1097-4652. - 233:8(2018), pp. 1-29. [10.1002/jcp.26493]
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