Title: Comparison of Capability of Human Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Endometrial Stem Cells to Differentiate into Motor Neurons on Electrospun Poly (Ε-Caprolactone) Scaffold
Journal: Molecular neurobiology
Author: 1. Hooshang Saberi, Abbas Norouzi-Javidan, Babak Arjmand, 1,2,3. Sadegh Shirian, 1,4. Jafar Ai, 3. Sayed Mostafa Modarres Mousavi, 4. Somayeh Ebrahimi-Barough, 5. Mohammad Ali Derakhshan.
Year: 2015
Address: 1. Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Research Center, Neuroscience
Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
2. Department of Pathology, School of Veterinary Medicine,
Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran.
3. Shefa Neuroscience Research Center, Khatam-Al-Anbia Hospital,
Tehran, Iran.
4. Department of Tissue Engineering, Faculty of Advanced
Technologies in Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences,
Tehran, Iran.
5. Department of Medical Nanotechnology, School of Advanced
Technologies in Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences,
Tehran, Iran.
Abstract: Human endometrial and bone marrow-derived
mesenchymal stem cells can be differentiated into a number
of cell lineages. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are potential
candidates for cellular therapy. The differentiation of human
bone marrow MSCs (hBM-MSCs) and endometrial stem cells
(hEnSCs) into motor neuron-like cells has been rarely investigated
previously; however, the comparison between these
stem cells when they are differentiated into motor neuronlike
cell is yet to be studied. The aim of this study was therefore
to investigate and compare the capability of hBM-MSCs
and hEnSCs cultured on tissue culture polystyrene (TCP) and
poly ε-caprolactone (PCL) nanofibrous scaffold to differentiate
into motor neuron-like cells in the presence of neural inductive
molecules. Engineered hBM-MSCs and hEnSCs
seeded on PCL nanofibrous scaffold were differentiated into
beta-tubulin III, islet-1, Neurofilament-H (NF-H), HB9, Pax6,
and choactase-positive motor neurons by immunostaining and
real-time PCR, in response to the signaling molecules. The
data obtained from PCR and immunostaining showed that
the expression of motor neuron markers of both hBM-MSCs
and hEnSCs differentiated cells on PCL scaffold are significantly
higher than that of the control group. The expression of
these markers in hEnSCs differentiated cells was higher than
that in hBM-MSCs. However, this difference was not statistically
significant. In conclusion, differentiated hBM-MSCs
and hEnSCs on PCL can provide a suitable threedimensional
situation for neuronal survival and outgrowth
for regeneration of the central nervous system. Both cells
may be potential candidates for cellular therapy in motor neuron
disorders. However, differentiation of hEnSCs into motor
neuron-like cells was better than hBM-MSCs.
Keywords: Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell .
Endometrial stem cell . Motor neuron-like cell . Signaling
molecules . PCL nanofibrous scaffold . Differentiation
Application: Scaffold
Product Model 1: Electroris
Product Model 2:
URL: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12035-015-9442-5#="https://link.springer.com" & "/article/10.1007/s12035-015-9442-5"#