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Optimizing proliferation and characterization of multipotent stem cells from porcine adipose tissue.

Wang KH., Kao AP., Wangchen H., Wang FY., Chang CH., Chang CC.

Animal Study, published in Biotechnol Appl Biochem (2008) — summary generated from the PubMed abstract.

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Study type
Animal Study
Journal
Biotechnol Appl Biochem (2008)
Country
United States
Reported sample size
—
Source database
PubMed
PMID
18279148
DOI
10.1042/BA20070201
Citations
24

Abstract (original English)

Porcine mesenchymal stem cells have been isolated previously from bone marrow but not from adipose tissue. In the present study a new cell-culture method, using a low-calcium medium supplemented with N-acetyl-L-cysteine and L-ascorbic acid 2-phosphate (the PM2 medium) was developed to grow pASCs (porcine adipose-tissue-derived stem cells). The pASCs developed using the new medium showed a high growth rate and a high proliferation potential, as measured by a cumulative population doubling level (55) that was significantly higher than those reported for ASCs in the literature. These pASCs lacked gap-junctional intercellular communication and were capable of differentiation into three mesodermal lineages (i.e. adipocytes, osteoblasts and chondrocytes) and an ectodermal lineage (i.e. neural cells). Surprisingly, osteogenic ability, but not adipogenesis, was found to increase dramatically with increasing passages. The high proliferative and differentiation potential of these pASCs should facilitate the development of a large-animal model to study the use of ASCs in regenerative and reparative medicine.

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.

Evidence level

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

How we grade evidence
AcetylcysteineAdipocytesAdipose TissueAnimalsAscorbic AcidCell Culture TechniquesCell DifferentiationCell ProliferationCell TransdifferentiationCells, Cultured

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