title: Induced differentiation of human cord blood mesenchymal stem/progenitor cells into cardiomyocyte-like cells in vitro.
abstract: The feasibility of using cord blood mesenchymal stem/progenitor cells (CB-MSPCs) to regenerate cardiomyocytes and the optimal inducing conditions were investigated. The CB mononuclear cells were cultured in low serum DMEM medium to produce an adherent layer. After expansion, the adherent cells were added into cardiomyocyte inducing medium supplemented with 5-azacytidine. Cardiogenic specific contractile protein troponin T staining was performed to identify the cardiomyocyte-like cells. The results showed that the frequency of CB-MSPCs clones in CB mononuclear cells was 0.5 x 10(-6) and about 1.3 x 10(7)-fold expansion was achieved within 20 sub-cultivation. After cardiogenic induction, 70% CB-MSPCs was differentiated into cardiomyocyte-like cells. It was indicated that low serum culture could expand CB-MSPCs extensively and the expanded CB-MSPCs could be induced to differentiate into cardiomyocyte-like cells in high efficiency.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Hematology, Xiehe Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022.
authors.forename: Fanjun
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cheng
authors.forename: Ping
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zou
authors.forename: Handong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Zhengtong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Zhaodong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhong
mesh_terms: D001374:Azacitidine / Q000494:pharmacology; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D017077:Culture Media, Conditioned; D005260:Female; D005312:Fetal Blood / Q000166:cytology*; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D059630:Mesenchymal Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D032383:Myocytes, Cardiac / Q000166:cytology*; D011247:Pregnancy; D020107:Troponin T
chemical_list: D017077:Culture Media, Conditioned; D020107:Troponin T; D001374:Azacitidine