We verified expression of CXCL12 and Hoxa3 transcription factors of differentiation in cultures of human embryonic pancreatic and bronchial cells and CXCL12 and WEGC1 factors in a culture of human prostatic fibroblasts. Reduced expression of these differentiation markers was detected in late-passage (aging) cultures. The expression of differentiation factors CXCL12, Hoxa3, and WEGC1 was tissue-specifically stimulated by short peptides: pancragen (Lys-Glu-Asp-Trp) in pancreatic cells, bronchogen (Ala-Glu-Asp-Leu) in bronchial epithelial cells, and vesugen (Lys-Glu-Asp) in fibroblasts. The inducing effect of peptides on the expression of differentiation factors was more pronounced in aged cultures, which can serve as a mechanism of their geroprotective effect.
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Translated from Kletochnye Tekhnologii v Biologii i Meditsine, No. 1, pp. 34-37, January, 2012
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Khavinson, V.K., Linkova, N.S., Polyakova, V.O. et al. Peptides Tissue-Specifically Stimulate Cell Differentiation during Their Aging. Bull Exp Biol Med 153, 148–151 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10517-012-1664-1
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