Isolation and Characterization of Feline Wharton’s Jelly-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Animals
2.2. Cell Isolation
2.3. Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
2.4. Cumulative Population Doubling Level Analysis
2.5. Scratch Test, Colony Forming Unit Test
2.6. Karyotype Analysis
2.7. Flow Cytometry
2.8. Osteogenic Differentiation
2.9. Adipogenic Differentiation
2.10. Chondrogenic Differentiation
2.11. Quantitative Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
2.12. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Isolation and Culture of fWJ-MSCs
3.2. Scratch Test, Colony Forming Unit (CFU) Test
3.3. Expression Pattern of Stem Cell Markers
3.4. Analysis of Karyotype
3.5. Flow Cytometry
3.6. Induction of Differentiation
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Genes | Forward Primer (5′-3′) | Reverse Primer (5′-3′) | Product Size |
---|---|---|---|
OCT4 | GCCCGAAAGAGAAAGCGAAC | CGACGATTGCAGAACCACAC | 161 bp |
SOX2 | GCCCTGCAGTACAACTCCAT | TGGAGTGGGAGGAAGAGGTA | 175 bp |
KLF4 | ACCAAGAGCTCATGCCACCT | AAGGCTTCTCACCTGTGTGG | 183 bp |
MYC | AGGAGAAACGAGCTGAAACG | GTTCTCGTCGCTTCCTCAAC | 181 bp |
GAPDH | GTGGAGGGACTCATGACCAC | GTGAGCTTCCCATTCAGCTC | 176 bp |
Marker | Antibody | Company/Catalog number |
---|---|---|
CD105 | MOUSE ANTI HUMAN CD105 | BIO-RAD/MCA1557 |
CD90 | PE Mouse Anti-Human CD90 | BD Pharmingen/555596 |
CD45 | FITC Mouse Anti-Human CD45 | BD Pharmingen/555482 |
CD44 | PE anti-mouse/human CD44 Antibody | BioLegend/103024 |
CD34 | FITC Mouse Anti-Human CD34 | BD Pharmingen/555821 |
CD14 | MOUSE ANTI HUMAN CD14 | BIO-RAD/MCA1568 |
Genes | Forward Primer (5′-3′) | Reverse Primer (5′-3′) | Product Size |
---|---|---|---|
MSX2 | GCCTCCAAGACACATGAGC | CCTGGGTCTCTGTGAGGTTC | 185 bp |
COL1A1 | GAGCGGAGAATACTGGATCG | ATGCTCTCGCCATACCAGAC | 180 bp |
LPL | TGGCGGAGGAATTTCACTAT | AGGAGAAAGGCGACTTGGAG | 176 bp |
LEPTIN | AGCAGCTTGGCTGACAATTT | CCAGCAATCACTCCTGGTCT | 178 bp |
FABP4 | CATCAGTGTGAATGGGGATG | CCACTTCTGCACCTGTACCA | 169 bp |
COL2A1 | CCCTAGAGGTCCTCCTGGTC | CAAAGGCAGACATGTCGATG | 188 bp |
GAPDH | GTGGAGGGACTCATGACCAC | GTGAGCTTCCCATTCAGCTC | 176 bp |
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Seo, M.-S.; Kang, K.-K.; Oh, S.-K.; Sung, S.-E.; Kim, K.-S.; Kwon, Y.-S.; Yun, S. Isolation and Characterization of Feline Wharton’s Jelly-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells. Vet. Sci. 2021, 8, 24. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci8020024
Seo M-S, Kang K-K, Oh S-K, Sung S-E, Kim K-S, Kwon Y-S, Yun S. Isolation and Characterization of Feline Wharton’s Jelly-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells. Veterinary Sciences. 2021; 8(2):24. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci8020024
Chicago/Turabian StyleSeo, Min-Soo, Kyung-Ku Kang, Se-Kyung Oh, Soo-Eun Sung, Kil-Soo Kim, Young-Sam Kwon, and Sungho Yun. 2021. "Isolation and Characterization of Feline Wharton’s Jelly-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells" Veterinary Sciences 8, no. 2: 24. https://doi.org/10.3390/vetsci8020024