Summary

El aislamiento y enriquecimiento de Human adiposo derivado de células estromales de la osteogénesis mejorada

Published: January 12, 2015
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Summary

The transcriptional heterogeneity within human adipose-derived stromal cells can be defined on the single cell level using cell surface markers and osteogenic genes. We describe a protocol utilizing flow cytometry for the isolation of cell subpopulations with increased osteogenic potential, which may be used to enhance craniofacial skeletal reconstruction.

Abstract

Bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cells (BM-MSCs) are considered the gold standard for stem cell-based tissue engineering applications. However, the process by which they must be harvested can be associated with significant donor site morbidity. In contrast, adipose-derived stromal cells (ASCs) are more readily abundant and more easily harvested, making them an appealing alternative to BM-MSCs. Like BM-MSCs, ASCs can differentiate into osteogenic lineage cells and can be used in tissue engineering applications, such as seeding onto scaffolds for use in craniofacial skeletal defects. ASCs are obtained from the stromal vascular fraction (SVF) of digested adipose tissue, which is a heterogeneous mixture of ASCs, vascular endothelial and mural cells, smooth muscle cells, pericytes, fibroblasts, and circulating cells. Flow cytometric analysis has shown that the surface marker profile for ASCs is similar to that for BM-MSCs. Despite several published reports establishing markers for the ASC phenotype, there is still a lack of consensus over profiles identifying osteoprogenitor cells in this heterogeneous population. This protocol describes how to isolate and use a subpopulation of ASCs with enhanced osteogenic capacity to repair critical-sized calvarial defects.

Introduction

The heterogeneous nature of stem cell populations is not yet fully understood and remains a major impediment to the development of clinically effective stem cell-based therapeutic applications. One of the most common ways to characterize a heterogeneous population of stem cells is to employ a cell sorting method, such as fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS), to separate cells based on their surface marker expression profiles. As sorting methods become more complex, it becomes possible to identify more distinct functional subpopulations of cells. Microfluidic-based technologies are becoming more and more frequently utilized in analysis of gene expression at the single cell level. Multiplexed quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) within a microfluidic chip allows for effective and reliable high-resolution, single cell transcriptional analysis.1-5

In a previous study using single cell transcriptional profiling of 48 genes, considerable transcriptional heterogeneity was observed among ASCs.6 However, the distribution of genes MSX2, BMP-5, BMP-7, ALP, OCN, RUNX2 exhibited a strong association with a cluster of cells possessing highly osteogenic transcriptional profiles. To isolate cells according to this osteogenic gene expression profile, surface antigen expression patterns were correlated with transcription patterns and surface marker expression of endoglin (CD105) was subsequently discovered to closely correlate with enhanced osteogenic differentiation potential of ASCs. Independent of CD105 expression, expression of surface receptor Thy-1 (CD90), a glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol-linked membrane protein previously shown by Chen et al. to be associated with osteoprogenitor cells, was also correlated with osteogenic gene expression.6,7 These findings provide the opportunity to prospectively isolate subpopulations within the larger heterogeneous pool of ASCs with increased osteogenic capacity for cell-based bone tissue engineering applications.

Protocol

NOTA: Todas las muestras de los pacientes se obtuvieron con consentimiento informado, y los protocolos experimentales fueron revisados ​​y aprobados por la Universidad de la Junta de Revisión Institucional de Stanford (Protocolo # 2188 y # 9999). 1. Aislamiento de células y Cultura: Obtener tejido adiposo subcutáneo humano a partir de pacientes de sexo femenino sanos sometidos a lipoaspiración electiva del abdomen, flanco, y / o la región del muslo bajo anestesia local / …

Representative Results

El uso de CD90 como un marcador para las células con una mejora de los resultados de la osteogénesis en el aislamiento de una población altamente enriquecido de ASC humanos (Figura 1A, 1B). ASC se tiñeron con Pacific Blue-CD45 conjugado anti-humano, conjugado con FITC anti-CD105 humano, y CD90 anti-humano conjugado con APC. Después de la clasificación, el nivel de pureza era mayor que 98%, cuantificada por análisis post-especie. Definición de grupos de células en ba…

Discussion

Actualmente, el aislamiento de las subpoblaciones homogéneos de ASC de la SVF de tejido adiposo humano sigue siendo un reto aunque objetivo deseable. El aislamiento de subpoblaciones ASC pro-osteogénicas es particularmente deseable, ya que tales células se pueden utilizar para estudiar la formación y la homeostasis de los tejidos esqueléticos. Sin embargo, el SVF del tejido adiposo alberga heterogeneidad significativa con respecto al vástago capacidad de la célula y el potencial de diferenciación. 11

Disclosures

The authors have nothing to disclose.

Acknowledgements

Este estudio fue apoyado por los Institutos Nacionales de Salud de Investigación de subvención R01-DE021683-01 y los Institutos Nacionales de Salud de Investigación de subvención R01-DE019434 a MTL; Instituto Médico Howard Hughes de Becas de Investigación para MTCDCW fue apoyado por la AEC Franklin Martin Facultad de Becas de Investigación, El Laboratorio Hagey Pediátrica Medicina Regenerativa, y el Premio Académico Facultad Instituto de Investigación de Salud Infantil de la Universidad de Stanford.

Materials

Name of Reagent/Material Company Catalog Number Comments
Disposable 250 mL Conical Tubes Corning (Thomas Scientific) 2602A43
Penicillin-Streptomycin (10,000 U/mL) Gibco 15140-122
DMEM, high glucose, GlutaMAX Supplement Gibco 10566-016
PBS, pH 7.4 Gibco 10010-023
Betadine – Antiseptic Povidone/Iodine Solution Purdue  PFC-67618015017
Hank's Balanced Salt Solution, 1X Cellgro 21-023-CV
Fetal Bovine Serum, Certified, US Origin Gibco 16000-044
Collagenase from Clostridium histolyticum Sigma-Aldrich C0130-5G
ACCUTASE Cell Detachment Solution Stem Cell Technologies 7920
APC Mouse Anti-Human CD90 BD Pharmingen 559869
FITC Mouse anti-Human CD105 (Endoglin) BD Pharmingen 561443
Anti-Human CD45 eFluor 450 (Pacific Blue replacement)  eBioscience 48-9459-41
Anti-Human CD34 APC eBioscience 17-0349-41
Anti-Human CD31 (PECAM-1) PE eBioscience 12-0319-41
Streptavidin PE-Cyanine7 eBioscience 25-4317-82
BD FACS Aria II instrument BD Biosciences
BD FACSDiva Software BD Biosciences

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Zielins, E. R., Tevlin, R., Hu, M. S., Chung, M. T., McArdle, A., Paik, K. J., Atashroo, D., Duldulao, C. R., Luan, A., Senarath-Yapa, K., Walmsley, G. G., Wearda, T., Longaker, M. T., Wan, D. C. Isolation and Enrichment of Human Adipose-derived Stromal Cells for Enhanced Osteogenesis. J. Vis. Exp. (95), e52181, doi:10.3791/52181 (2015).

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