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In vitro expansion of human adipose-derived stem cells in a spinner culture system using human extracellular matrix powders

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Stem cell therapy requires large numbers of stem cells to replace damaged tissues, but only limited numbers of stem cells can be harvested from a single patient. To obtain large quantities of stem cells with differentiation potential, we explored a spinner culture system using human extracellular matrix (hECM) powders. The hECM was extracted from adipose tissue and fabricated into powders. Human adipose-derived stem cells (hASCs) were isolated, seeded on hECM powders, and cultivated in a spinner flask. The 3-D culture system, using hECM powders, was highly effective for promoting cell proliferation. The number of hASCs in the 3-D culture system significantly increased for 10 days, resulting in an approximately 10-fold expansion, whereas a traditional 2-D culture system showed just a 2.8-fold expansion. Surface markers, transcriptional factors, and differentiation potential of hASCs were assayed to identify the characteristics of proliferated cells in 3-D culture system. The hASCs expressed the pluripotency markers, Oct-4 and Sox-2 during 3-D culture and retained their capacity to differentiate into adipogenic, osteogenic, and chondrogenic lineages. These findings demonstrate that the 3-D culture systems using hECM powders provide an efficient in vitro environment for stem cell proliferation, and could act as stem cell delivery carriers for autologous tissue engineering and cell therapy.

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  1. Departments of Chemical Engineering and Bionanotechnology, Hanyang University, Sa-3 dong, Sangnok-gu, Ansan, Gyeonggi-do, 426-791, Republic of Korea

    Ji Suk Choi, Beob Soo Kim, Jae Dong Kim, Young Chan Choi & Yong Woo Cho

  2. College of Bionanotechnology, Kyungwon University, Seongnam, 461-701, Republic of Korea

    Eun Kyu Lee

  3. Departments of Biomedical Engineering and Pharmaceutics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, 47907, USA

    Kinam Park

  4. Kangnam Plastic Surgery Clinic, 577-7 Sinsa-dong, Kangnam-gu, Seoul, 135-120, Republic of Korea

    Hee Young Lee

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This work was supported by the Basic Science Research Program (Grant No. 20090075546) and the Engineering Research Center Program (Grant No. R11-2008-044-02001-0) through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology. This work was also supported by the Human Resources Development of the Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (Grant No. 20104010100620) grant funded by the Ministry of Knowledge Economy, Republic of Korea.

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Choi, J.S., Kim, B.S., Kim, J.D. et al. In vitro expansion of human adipose-derived stem cells in a spinner culture system using human extracellular matrix powders. Cell Tissue Res 345, 415–423 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00441-011-1223-5

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