title: Signalling pathway in the induction of neurite outgrowth in human mesenchymal stem cells.
abstract: Recent in vivo transplantation studies have shown that mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) were able to differentiate into mesoderm-derived cell types as well as cells with neuroectodermal characteristics, suggesting that transdifferentiation occurs in the mammalian system. We have reported an immortalized line of human MSCs (hMSCs), KP-hMSCs, which expresses CD29, CD44, CD90, and CD105, and complies with the characteristics shared by mere hMSCs. In a current experiment, we further demonstrated that expanded KP-hMSCs exhibited markers of neuroepithelial or neural precursor cells, such as Nestin, Musashi-1, Vimentin, NCAM, Pax-6, and Sox-9. KP-hMSCs simultaneously expressed proteins of the neuronal, astrocyte, and oligodendrocyte lineages during culture expansion; in addition, they initiated neurite outgrowth and eradicated protein expressions of astrocyte and oligodendrocyte lineages in response to the elevated signaling of the cAMP-PKA pathway after serum depletion in a defined neural induction medium. From the current results, KP-hMSCs may be used to elucidate molecular signaling on the neural differentiation of adult human non-neural tissues. We also presented evidence for the possibility that adult MSCs and fetal neuroepithelial or neural precursor cells both provide for the continual maintenance and repair of the postnatal neural tissues and may derive from the same origin or have one deriving from the other.
authors.affiliation: Stem Cell Laboratory, Medical Research and Education, Veterans General Hospital-Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC.
authors.forename: Mien-Sheng
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Chu
authors.forename: Ching-Fang
authors.initials: CF
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: Chuan-Ching
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Yi-Chi
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Bau
authors.forename: Larry Low-Tone
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: Shih-Chieh
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Hung
mesh_terms: D015056:1-Methyl-3-isobutylxanthine / Q000494:pharmacology; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology; D017362:Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D059630:Mesenchymal Stem Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D008875:Middle Aged; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1 / Q000378:metabolism; D048052:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3 / Q000378:metabolism; D016501:Neurites / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D010766:Phosphorylation; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D017362:Cyclic AMP Response Element-Binding Protein; D005576:Colforsin; D017868:Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinases; D019950:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 1; D048052:Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 3; D015056:1-Methyl-3-isobutylxanthine