title: Ectopic neocartilage formation from predifferentiated human adipose derived stem cells induced by adenoviral-mediated transfer of hTGF beta2.
abstract: Chondrogenic potential of human adipose derived stem cells (hASCs) makes them a possible source of seeding cells for cartilage tissue engineering. In this study, chondrogenic differentiation of hASCs induced by transduction with replication-deficient adenovirus carrying human transforming growth factor beta2 (Ad5-hTGF beta2) was demonstrated by RT-PCR, immunohistochemistry staining, biochemical and western blot analysis. To evaluate if the in vitro differentiated hASCs could keep their chondrocytic phenotype and produce neo-cartilage in vivo, predifferentiated hASCs were seeded in different scaffolds and implanted in subcutaneous pockets on the dorsum of nude mice. After 4 and 12 weeks culture in vivo, specimens were harvested and examined by histological and immunohistochemical analysis, cartilage-like tissue formation was only found in alginate gel and PLGA/alginate compound groups, in PLGA group, fibrous tissues and angiogenesis ingrowth were observed. These findings demonstrated that adenovirus-mediated hTGF beta2 gene transfer could induce hASCs into a chondrogenic lineage in vitro, however, this predifferentiation did not guarantee ectopic cartilage formation in vivo unless appropriate three-dimensional scaffolds were used as the cell carry vehicles.
authors.affiliation: Orthopaedics Department, Peking University, Third Hospital, Beijing 100083, PR China.
authors.forename: Xiao bing
authors.initials: Xb
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Yong sheng
authors.initials: Ys
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Ke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Tai ping
authors.initials: Tp
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Xiao dong
authors.initials: Xd
authors.lastname: Ju
authors.forename: Si quan
authors.initials: Sq
authors.lastname: Lou
mesh_terms: D000256:Adenoviridae / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000166:cytology*; D000368:Aged; D000464:Alginates / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D002356:Cartilage / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000502:physiology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D020219:Chondrogenesis / Q000502:physiology*; D005822:Genetic Vectors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D020723:Glucuronic Acid / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D006603:Hexuronic Acids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D019344:Lactic Acid / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008819:Mice, Nude; D008875:Middle Aged; D011100:Polyglycolic Acid / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D000077182:Polylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid Copolymer; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology*; D023822:Tissue Engineering / Q000379:methods*; D053781:Transforming Growth Factor beta2 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D000464:Alginates; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D006603:Hexuronic Acids; D011108:Polymers; D053781:Transforming Growth Factor beta2; D000077182:Polylactic Acid-Polyglycolic Acid Copolymer; D011100:Polyglycolic Acid; D019344:Lactic Acid; D020723:Glucuronic Acid