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Generation and characterization of human cardiac resident and non-resident mesenchymal stem cell

Cytotechnology volume 68, pages 2061–2073 (2016)Cite this article

Abstract

Despite the surgical and other insertional interventions, the complete recuperation of myocardial disorders is still elusive due to the insufficiency of functioning myocardiocytes. Thus, the use of stem cells to regenerate the affected region of heart becomes a prime important. In line with this human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hUC-MSCs) have gained considerable interest due to their potential use for mesodermal cell based replacement therapy and tissue engineering. Since MSCs are harvested from various organs and anatomical locations of same organism, thus the cardiac regenerative potential of human cardiac-derived MSCs (hC-MSCs) and human umbilical cord Wharton’s Jelly derived MSC (hUC-MSCs) were tested concurrently. At in vitro culture, both hUC-MSCs and hC-MSCs assumed spindle shape morphology with expression of typical MSC markers namely CD105, CD73, CD90 and CD44. Although, hUC-MSCs and hC-MSCs are identical in term of morphology and immunophenotype, yet hUC-MSCs harbored a higher cell growth as compared to the hC-MSCs. The inherent cardiac regenerative potential of both cells were further investigated with mRNA expression of ion channels. The RT-PCR results demonstrated that both MSCs were expressing a notable level of delayed rectifier-like K+ current (I KDR ) ion channel, yet the relative expression level was considerably varied between hUC-MSCs and hC-MSCs that Kv1.1(39 ± 0.6 vs 31 ± 0.8), Kv2.1 (6 ± 0.2 vs 21 ± 0.12), Kv1.5 (7.4 ± 0.1 vs 6.8 ± 0.06) and Kv7.3 (27 ± 0.8 vs 13.8 ± 0.6). Similarly, the Ca2+-activated K+ current (I KCa ) channel encoding gene, transient outward K+ current (I to ) and TTX-sensitive transient inward sodium current (I Na.TTX ) encoding gene (Kv4.2, Kv4.3 and hNE-Na) expressions were detected in both groups as well. Despite the morphological and phenotypical similarity, the present study also confirms the existence of multiple functional ion channel currents IKDR, IKCa, Ito, and INa.TTX in undifferentiated hUC-MSCs as of hC-MSCs. Thus, the hUC-MSCs can be exploited as a potential candidate for future cardiac regeneration.

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Abbreviations

MSCs:

Mesenchymal stem cells

BM-MSCs:

Bone marrow-derived MSCs

CSC:

Cardiac stem cells

hC-MSC:

Human cardiac MSC

hUC-MSCs:

Human umbilical cord derived MSCs

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  1. Nichi-Asia Life Sdn Bhd., 47810, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia

    Baskar Subramani, Sellamuthu Subbannagounder & Chithra Ramanathanpullai

  2. Bharathiyar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

    Baskar Subramani

  3. Departments of Zoology, Government Arts College (Autonomous), Salem, 636007, Tamil Nadu, India

    Sekar Palanivel

  4. Cardiothoracic Surgery Unit, National Heart Institute, 50400, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Sivakumar Sivalingam & Azhari Yakub

  5. Micro Therapeutic Research Labs Pvt. Ltd, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

    Manjunath SadanandaRao

  6. Department of Veterinary Pathology and Microbiology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia

    Arivudainambi Seenichamy

  7. Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, 50603, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Ashok Kumar Pandurangan

  8. Regeneration Medicine Cluster, Advanced Medicine and Dental Institute, Universiti Sains Malaysia, George Town, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

    Jun Jie Tan

  9. Stem Cell and Immunity Group, Immunology Laboratory Unit, Department Of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

    Rajesh Ramasamy

  10. Stem Cell Research Laboratory, Genetic and Regenerative Medicine Research Center, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiti Putra Malaysia, 43400, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

    Rajesh Ramasamy

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Subramani, B., Subbannagounder, S., Palanivel, S. et al. Generation and characterization of human cardiac resident and non-resident mesenchymal stem cell. Cytotechnology 68, 2061–2073 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10616-016-9946-5

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