Isolation and identification of stem cells from degenerated human intervertebral discs and their migration characteristics

• 来源期刊: 生物化学与生物物理学报（英文版）
• 关键词: intervertebral disc mesenchymal stem cell biological characteristics cell migration
• 年，卷（期）: 2017,（2）
• 页码范围: 101-109
• 页数: 9页
• 语种: 英文
• DOI: 10.1093/abbs/gmw121

摘要

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have been isolated and identified separately from the three components of in.tervertebral disc,i.e.annulus fibrosus (AF),nucleus pulposus (NP),and cartilage endplate (CEP).However,few studies have been carried out to compare the properties of these three kinds of stem cells,especially their migration ability which is essential for their potential clinical application.In this study,MSCs were isolated from AF,NP,and CEP,respectively,of human degenerated discs and identified by surface markers and multilineage differentiation assay at passage 3.These three types of stem cells were named as AF-MSCs,NP-MVSCs,and CEP-MSCs.Then,their biological characteristics were compared in terms of proliferation,passage,colony formation,migration,and invasion capacity.Results showed that all the three types of cells were identified as MSCs and had similar characteristics in proliferation,passage,and colony formation capacity.CEPMSCs showed the highest migration and invasion potency,while NP-MSCs showed the lowest migration ability and almost no invasion potency,suggesting that CEP-MSCs had the most powerful properties of migration and invasion when compared with AF-MSCs and NP-MSCs.It was also found that the expression of CXCR4 was higher in CEP-MSCs than in the other two,suggesting that SDF-1/CXCR4 axis may play significant roles in the migration of these cells.