title: Multipotent adult progenitor cells from swine bone marrow.
abstract: We show that multipotent adult progenitor cells (MAPCs) can be derived from both postnatal and fetal swine bone marrow (BM). Although swine MAPC (swMAPC) cultures are initially mixed, cultures are phenotypically homogenous by 50 population doublings (PDs) and can be maintained as such for more than 100 PDs. swMAPCs are negative for CD44, CD45, and major histocompatibility complex (MHC) classes I and II; express octamer binding transcription factor 3a (Oct3a) mRNA and protein at levels close to those seen in human ESCs (hESCs); and have telomerase activity preventing telomere shortening even after 100 PDs. Using quantitative-reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (Q-RT-PCR), immunofluorescence, and functional assays, we demonstrate that swMAPCs differentiate into chondrocytes, adipocytes, osteoblasts, smooth muscle cells, endothelium, hepatocyte-like cells, and neuron-like cells. Consistent with what we have shown for human and rodent MAPCs, Q-RT-PCR demonstrated a significant upregulation of transcription factors and other lineage-specific transcripts in a time-dependent fashion similar to development. When swMAPCs were passaged for 3-6 passages at high density (2,000-8,000 cells per cm(2)), Oct3a mRNA levels were no longer detectable, cells acquired the phenotype of mesenchymal stem cells (CD44(+), MHC class I(+)), and could differentiate into typical mesenchymal lineages (adipocytes, osteoblasts, and chondroblasts), but not endothelium, hepatocyte-like cells, or neuron-like cells. Even if cultures were subsequently replated at low density (approximately 100-500 cells per cm(2)) for >20 PDs, Oct3a was not re-expressed, nor were cells capable of differentiating to cells other than mesenchymal-type cells. This suggests that the phenotype and functional characteristics of swMAPCs may not be an in vitro culture phenomenon.
authors.affiliation: Stem Cell Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455, USA.
authors.forename: Lepeng
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rahrmann
authors.forename: Qingsong
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Troy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lund
authors.forename: Lee
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sandquist
authors.forename: Mike
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Felten
authors.forename: Timothy D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: O'Brien
authors.forename: Jianyi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Verfaillie
mesh_terms: D053687:Adult Stem Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002460:Cell Line; D019070:Cell Lineage; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D002469:Cell Separation / Q000379:methods; D048430:Cell Shape; D053686:Fetal Stem Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D005455:Fluorescent Antibody Technique; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D016130:Immunophenotyping; D007621:Karyotyping; D039902:Multipotent Stem Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D050814:Octamer Transcription Factor-3 / Q000378:metabolism; D010641:Phenotype; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000378:metabolism; D013552:Swine; D019098:Telomerase / Q000378:metabolism; D016615:Telomere / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D050814:Octamer Transcription Factor-3; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D019098:Telomerase