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Force and scleraxis synergistically promote the commitment of human ES cells derived MSCs to tenocytes.

ABSTRACT: As tendon stem/progenitor cells were reported to be rare in tendon tissues, tendons as vulnerable targets of sports injury possess poor self-repair capability. Human ESCs (hESCs) represent a promising approach to tendon regeneration. But their teno-lineage differentiation strategy has yet to be defined. Here, we report that force combined with the tendon-specific transcription factor scleraxis synergistically promoted commitment of hESCs to tenocyte for functional tissue regeneration. Force and scleraxis can independently induce tendon differentiation. However, force alone concomitantly activated osteogenesis, while scleraxis alone was not sufficient to commit, but augment tendon differentiation. Scleraxis synergistically augmented the efficacy of force on teno-lineage differentiation and inhibited the osteo-lineage differentiation by antagonized BMP signaling cascade. The findings not only demonstrated a novel strategy of directing hESC differentiation to tenocyte for functional tendon regeneration, but also offered insights into understanding the network of force, scleraxis and bmp2 controlling tendon-lineage differentiation.

SUBMITTER: Chen X

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3522101 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Force and scleraxis synergistically promote the commitment of human ES cells derived MSCs to tenocytes.

Chen Xiao X Yin Zi Z Chen Jia-lin JL Shen Wei-liang WL Liu Huan-huan HH Tang Qiao-mei QM Fang Zhi Z Lu Lin-rong LR Ji Junfeng J Ouyang Hong-wei HW

Scientific reports 20121214

As tendon stem/progenitor cells were reported to be rare in tendon tissues, tendons as vulnerable targets of sports injury possess poor self-repair capability. Human ESCs (hESCs) represent a promising approach to tendon regeneration. But their teno-lineage differentiation strategy has yet to be defined. Here, we report that force combined with the tendon-specific transcription factor scleraxis synergistically promoted commitment of hESCs to tenocyte for functional tissue regeneration. Force and ...[more]

PMID: 23243495

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