Project description:The olfactory mucosa (OM) has the unique characteristic of pursuing almost continuous neurogeneration during adulthood in response to external injuries to maintain olfactory function due to the presence of stem cells. The easily accessibility of the OM in humans is a feature that makes these stem cells relevant candidates for the development of regenerative therapies. In this report we present an in depth characterization of patient derived OM together with the characterization of their respective OM derived cultures. In addition, we present a method for the enrichment and isolation of OM stem cells that can be used for future translational sought studies regarding plasticity, neuro-regeneration or disease modeling.
Project description:We previously identified multipotent stem cells within the lamina propria of the human olfactory mucosa, located in the nasal cavity. We also demonstrated that this cell type differentiates into neural cells and improves locomotor behavior after transplantation in a rat model of Parkinsonâs disease. Yet, next to nothing is known about their specific stemness characteristics. We therefore devised a study aiming to compare olfactory lamina propria stem cells from 4 individuals to bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells from 4 age- and gendermatched individuals. Using pangenomic microarrays and immunostaining with 34 cell surface marker antibodies, we show here that olfactory stem cells are closely related to bone marrow stem cells. However, olfactory stem cells exhibit also singular traits. By means of techniques such as proliferation assay, cDNA microarrays, RT-PCR, in vitro and in vivo differentiation, we report that, when compared to bone marrow stem cells, olfactory stem cells display i) a high proliferation rate; ii) a propensity to differentiate into osseous cells and iii) a disinclination to give rise to chondrocytes and adipocytes. Since peripheral olfactory stem cells originate from a neural crest-derived tissue and, as shown here, exhibit an increased expression of neural cellrelated genes, we propose to name them olfactory ecto-mesenchymal stem cells (OE-MSC). Further studies are now required to corroborate the therapeutic potential of OE-MSCs in animal models of bone and brain diseases. Keywords: cell type comparison Expression profiles of olfactory ectomesenchymal stem cells, bone marrow MSC, periosteal cells, neural progenitors, and synovial fibroblasts were compared against each other and with different lineages of purified hematopoietic cells from bone marrow to characterise human olfactory ectomesenchymal stem cells molecularly
Project description:The aim of this study was to use global gene expression profiling to define intrinsic molecular differences that distinguish olfactory ensheathing cells from mucosa (OM-OECs) from olfactory ensheathing cells from olfactory bulb (OB-OECs). 10,000 OECs from olfactory mucosa (OM) or olfactory bulb (OB) were isolated from 4 rats.
Project description:We used RNAseq based transcriptome analysis to compare gene expression changes in the olfactory mucosa resulting from CRISPR-based deletion of a putative enhancer in the class I odorant receptor gene cluster.
Project description:We used RNAseq based transcriptome analysis to compare gene expression changes in the olfactory mucosa resulting from CRISPR-based deletion of a putative enhancer in the class I odorant receptor gene cluster.
Project description:We used RNAseq based transcriptome analysis to compare gene expression changes in the olfactory mucosa resulting from CRISPR-based deletion of a putative enhancer in the class I odorant receptor gene cluster.
Project description:We used RNAseq based transcriptome analysis to compare gene expression changes in the olfactory mucosa resulting from CRISPR-based deletion of a putative enhancer in the class I odorant receptor gene cluster.
Project description:Global gene expression profiling was performed using RNA from human embryonic neural stem cells (hENSCs) and adult human olfactory bulb-derived neural stem cells (OBNSCs) to define a gene expression pattern and signaling pathways that are specific for each cell lineage. Subtractive gene expression profiling between both cell lineages provides a list of potential genes that are related to their multipotentiality, proliferation, migration, and alternative signaling pathways. To confirm the validity of our DNA microarray data, our results were compared with data from various databases. The gene expression profile of adult olfactory bulb neural stem cells (n=6) was compared with that of human embryonic neural stem cells (n=3).
