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L-carnitine significantly decreased aging of rat adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells

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Mesenchymal stem cells are undifferentiated cells that have the ability to divide continuously and tissue regeneration potential during the transplantation. Aging and loss of cell survival, is one of the main problems in cell therapy. Since the production of free radicals in the aging process is effective, the use of antioxidant compounds can help in scavenging free radicals and prevent the aging of cells. The aim of this study is evaluate the effects of L-carnitine (LC) on proliferation and aging of rat adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells (rADSC). rADSCs were isolated from inguinal region of 5 male Rattus rats. Oil red-O, alizarin red-S and toluidine blue staining were performed to evaluate the adipogenic, osteogenic and chondrogenic differentiation of rADSCs, respectively. Flow cytometric analysis was done for investigating the cell surface markers. The methyl thiazol tetrazolium (MTT) method was used to determine the cell proliferation of rADSCs following exposure to different concentrations of LC. rADSCs aging was evaluated by beta-galactosidase staining. The results showed significant proliferation of rADSCs 48 h after treatment with concentrations of 0.2 mM LC. In addition, in the presence of 0.2 mM LC, rADSCs appeared to be growing faster than control group and 0.2 mM LC supplementation could significantly decrease the population doubling time and aging of rADSCs. It seems that LC would be a good antioxidant to improve lifespan of rADSCs due to the decrease in aging.

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Acknowledgements

The authors wish to thank Dr. Azadeh Montaseri for donating chondrogenic differentiation medium and Dr. Abdolrahim Absalan for doing osteogenic differentiation. This research was supported by grant from the University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran.

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  1. Department of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran

    Halimeh Mobarak, Ezzatollah Fathi & Sara Javanmardi

  2. Cardiovascular Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

    Raheleh Farahzadi

  3. Department of Medical Biotechnology, Faculty of Advanced Medical Sciences, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran

    Nosratollah Zarghami

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Mobarak, H., Fathi, E., Farahzadi, R. et al. L-carnitine significantly decreased aging of rat adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells. Vet Res Commun 41, 41–47 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11259-016-9670-9

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