title: Functional neural differentiation of human adipose tissue-derived stem cells using bFGF and forskolin.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Adult mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) derived from adipose tissue have the capacity to differentiate into mesenchymal as well as endodermal and ectodermal cell lineage in vitro. We characterized the multipotent ability of human adipose tissue-derived stem cells (hADSCs) as MSCs and investigated the neural differentiation potential of these cells.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Human ADSCs from earlobe fat maintained self-renewing capacity and differentiated into adipocytes, osteoblasts, or chondrocytes under specific culture conditions. Following neural induction with bFGF and forskolin, hADSCs were differentiated into various types of neural cells including neurons and glia in vitro. In neural differentiated-hADSCs (NI-hADSCs), the immunoreactivities for neural stem cell marker (nestin), neuronal markers (Tuj1, MAP2, NFL, NFM, NFH, NSE, and NeuN), astrocyte marker (GFAP), and oligodendrocyte marker (CNPase) were significantly increased than in the primary hADSCs. RT-PCR analysis demonstrated that the mRNA levels encoding for ABCG2, nestin, Tuj1, MAP2, NFL, NFM, NSE, GAP43, SNAP25, GFAP, and CNPase were also highly increased in NI-hADSCs. Moreover, NI-hADSCs acquired neuron-like functions characterized by the display of voltage-dependent tetrodotoxin (TTX)-sensitive sodium currents, outward potassium currents, and prominent negative resting membrane potentials under whole-cell patch clamp recordings. Further examination by RT-PCR showed that NI-hADSCs expressed high level of ionic channel genes for sodium (SCN5A), potassium (MaxiK, Kv4.2, and EAG2), and calcium channels (CACNA1C and CACNA1G), which were expressed constitutively in the primary hADSCs. In addition, we demonstrated that Kv4.3 and Eag1, potassium channel genes, and NE-Na, a TTX-sensitive sodium channel gene, were highly induced following neural differentiation.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These combined results indicate that hADSCs have the same self-renewing capacity and multipotency as stem cells, and can be differentiated into functional neurons using bFGF and forskolin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physiology, Chonnam National University Medical School, Gwangju 501190, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Sujeong
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: Hyong-Ho
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Yong-Bum
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: Jong-Seong
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Han-Seong
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Jeong
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000166:cytology*; D000293:Adolescent; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects*; D002469:Cell Separation; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005576:Colforsin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004431:Ear, External / Q000166:cytology; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D009474:Neurons / Q000166:cytology*; D039904:Pluripotent Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D005576:Colforsin; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors
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