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To investigate the characteristics of multilineage-differentiating stress-enduring (Muse) cells labeled with chloromethyl dialkylcarbocyanine (CM-Dil) in culture and in skin wounds of rats. Normal human dermal fibroblasts (NHDFs) were obtained from foreskins and were confirmed by immunocytochemistry with vimentin. Muse cells were derived from NHDFs using long-term trypsinization (LTT), were confirmed using immunocytochemistry with antibodies against stage specific embryonic antigen-3 (SSEA-3) and CD105 and were expanded in suspension cultures. The Muse cells were labeled with CM-Dil and were further evaluated with respect to their biological properties using CCK-8 assays and scratch tests. One hundred µl CM-Dil-labeled Muse cells at a concentration of 5 × 103/µl were injected subcutaneously at the edges of skin wounds in adult male SD rats. At weeks 1, 3 and 5 after the injection, the distribution of CM-Dil-labeled Muse cells in skin tissues was observed using immunofluorescence microscopy. Muse cells were double-positive for CD105 and SSEA-3. ALP staining of the M-clusters were positive and they displayed orange-red fluorescence after labelling with CM-Dil, which had no adverse effects on their viability, migration or differentiation capacity. One week after the subcutaneous injection of CM-Dil-labeled Muse cells, many cells with orange-red fluorescence were observed at the edges of the skin injuries; those fluorescent spots gradually decreased over time, and only a few Muse cells with fluorescence could be detected by week 5. CM-Dil can be used to label Muse cells without affecting their proliferation, migration or differentiation, and can be used for short-term tracking of Muse cells for the treatment of skin wounds in a rat model.
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The authors are very grateful to Professor Elizabeth Hearing for help with the English‐language editing. This study was supported by funds of Pudong New Area Science and Technology Development (PKJ2019-Y55) and the Project fund of Shanghai Pudong New Area Health Committee (PW2021A-21).
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YC, KG and TH performed the experiments and contributed to data analysis, YC and JN wrote the manuscript. ZR designed the experiments, provided experimental materials and supervised the experimental work. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
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Cao, Yy., Ning, J., Zhang, Rz. et al. Characterization of CM-Dil-labeled Muse cells in culture and in skin wounds in rats. Cell Tissue Bank 25, 285–294 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10561-022-10067-9
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