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Establishment of chicken dedifferentiated fat (DFAT) cells as a preadipocyte cell line for adipogenic differentiation studies.

Hagiwara R., Oki Y., Nishi T., Kano K.

Animal Study, published in Poult Sci (2025) — summary generated from the PubMed abstract.

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Study type
Animal Study
Journal
Poult Sci (2025)
Country
England
Reported sample size
—
Source database
PubMed
PMID
41442914
PMCID
PMC12800513
DOI
10.1016/j.psj.2025.106299

Abstract (original English)

Avian adipocyte differentiation differs from mammalian adipocyte differentiation; however, no useful preadipocyte cell line has been established to study avian adipocyte differentiation. This study investigated whether dedifferentiated fat (DFAT) cells derived from chick mature adipocytes have the same characteristics as stromal vascular fraction (SVF) cells derived from adipose tissues and whether DFAT cells can be used as an avian preadipocyte cell line. The floating top layer, which contained mature adipocytes, was isolated from chick abdominal fat tissue by collagenase digestion and filtration. To induce spontaneous dedifferentiation, the isolated mature adipocytes were cultured using the ceiling culture method. After 14 days of culture, the proliferation and differentiation potential of the resulting DFAT cells was evaluated. The isolated mature adipocytes successfully dedifferentiated into DFAT cells and actively proliferated in ceiling culture. The proliferative capacity of DFAT cells was similar to that of the SVF cells, although the ability of DFAT cells to differentiate into mature adipocytes was significantly higher than that of SVF cells. Subcultured DFAT cells maintained normal proliferation and differentiation into adipocytes for at least 33 passages. This study demonstrated that chicken DFAT cells provide a readily established preadipocyte cell line derived from

What this study does not prove

  • • This study does not prove SVF is an approved treatment or a replacement for standard care.
  • • This is preclinical work; animal or laboratory results cannot be applied to humans.

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Evidence from laboratory and animal studies provides groundwork for understanding mechanisms and potential before human studies continue.

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AnimalsChickensAdipocytesAdipogenesisCell LineCell DifferentiationCell DedifferentiationCell ProliferationCell Culture TechniquesAdipose Tissue

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