Project description:Culture medium of mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) is usually supplemented with either human platelet lysate (HPL) or fetal calf serum (FCS). Many studies have demonstrated that proliferation and cellular morphology is influenced by these additives – hence they may favor outgrowth of specific subpopulations, thereby affecting the heterogeneous composition of MSCs. We have isolated and expanded human bone marrow derived MSCs in parallel with HPL or FCS for two passages. In HPL the proliferation was significantly higher and cells reflected more spindle-shaped morphology. In contrast, global DNA-methylation profiles did not reveal any significant differences. None of the CpGs revealed significant differences between MSCs that were cultured in HPL versus FCS if the analysis was corrected for multiple testing (limma-adjusted P-value of <0.05). These results indicate that there is no systematic bias for specific subpopulations of MSCs by using either HPL or FCS.
Project description:Culture medium of mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) is usually supplemented with either human platelet lysate (HPL) or fetal calf serum (FCS). Many studies have demonstrated that proliferation and cellular morphology is influenced by these additives – hence they may favor outgrowth of specific subpopulations, thereby affecting the heterogeneous composition of MSCs. We have isolated and expanded human bone marrow derived MSCs in parallel with HPL or FCS for two passages. In HPL the proliferation was significantly higher and cells reflected more spindle-shaped morphology. Pairwise comparisons of gene expression profiles (Affymetrix HTA 2.0) revealed only moderate differences. When we apply a fold change >1.5 and limma-adjusted P-value of <0.05, only 69 transcripts were differentially expressed. These results indicate that there is no systematic bias for specific subpopulations of MSCs by using either HPL or FCS.
Project description:Gene expression was influenced most by the tissue source, followed by culture methodology, next by location where the cells were cultured and lastly the donor variability. On the normalized log2 expression values per gene a multifactorial Analyses of Variance (ANOVA) was conducted. Factors CELL CULTURES (cell source), MEDIUM (culture methodology), LOCATION (culture location), and SCAN DATE (hybridization batch) were included in the ANOVA model as independent factors. The following pairwise comparisons were made; Fetal calf serum vs. Human platelet lysate, Bone marrow vs. Adipose tissue, Utrecht vs. Leiden, Utrecht vs Nijmegen, and Leiden vs Nijmegen. Changes ≥2 and Benjamini Hochberg corrected p-values <0.05 were considered significant.
Project description:Despite similarities in morphology, phenotype and in vitro behavior, Mesenchymal Stromal Cells (MSC) form various tissue sources show striking differences in their in vivo potential to form bone, cartilage and hematopoietic support tissue. Comparing four commonly use MSC sources (bone marrow (BM), white adipose tissue (WAT), umbilical cord (UC) and skin) we found only bone marrow (BM)-derived MSCs capable of endochondral ossification and marrow attraction. To gain mechanistic insights explaining this differences we analyzed gene expression characteristics of MSC from all four tissue sources using Affymetrix Genechip Human Gene 2.0 ST Array. MSCs from BM, WAT, UC and skin were isolated using plastic adherence. Cells were expanded in standard alpha-MEM supplemented with pooled human platelet lysate fully replacing fetal bovine serum. MSCs were subcutaneously implanted into immune-compromised mice to comparatively evaluate bone formation and subsequent bone marrow attraction. In parallel we have isolated RNA from all sources to analyze tissue source specific gene expression profile.
Project description:mRNA expression profiling of human mesenchymal stromal cell samples grown in vitro under different conditions (foetal calf serum (FCS) based medium versus human platelet lysate (PL) based medium)
Project description:Most cell culture experiments utilize media containing fetal calf serum. Results are often interpreted regarding importance to human pathways. We studied gene expression in mouse macrophages grown in the absence of serum, and in fetal calf serum, mouse serum, and human serum using genome wide expression systems in resting conditions and after stimulation with lipopolysaccharide.
Project description:Measles virus infects serum activated airway epithelial cells and many adenocarcinoma cell lines. A microarray analysis was performed on virus permissive versus non-permissive cells. Membrane protein genes that were upregulated in permissive cells were tested as receptor/entry factors. Membrane protein genes that were upregulated in smooth airway epithelial cells (SAEC) following growth in 10% fetal calf serum that made the cell line permissive to measles virus were identified. Membrane protein genes that were upregulated in adenocarcinoma cells that were permissive to wild type measles virus infection were identified.
Project description:Measles virus infects serum activated airway epithelial cells and many adenocarcinoma cell lines. A microarray analysis was performed on virus permissive versus non-permissive cells. Membrane protein genes that were upregulated in permissive cells were tested as receptor/entry factors. Membrane protein genes that were upregulated in smooth airway epithelial cells (SAEC) following growth in 10% fetal calf serum that made the cell line permissive to measles virus were identified. Membrane protein genes that were upregulated in adenocarcinoma cells that were permissive to wild type measles virus infection were identified. [SAEC]: Airway cells (SAEC) grown in serum free media (SAGM) were purchaced from Lonza. Half the cells were cultured in SAGM, the other half were transferred into Dulbecco's 10% fetal calf serum for 24 hrs. RNA was harvested from the cells by the Qiagen RNAeasy [Adenocarcinoma cells]: MCF7, MDA-MB-468, T47D, NCI-H358, NCI-H125, MGH24 cells were permissive and A549 and MDA-MB-231 cells were non-permissive.