title: The effect of simulated microgravity on human mesenchymal stem cells cultured in an osteogenic differentiation system: a bioinformatics study.
abstract: One proposed strategy for bone regeneration involves ex vivo tissue engineering, accomplished using bone-forming cells, biodegradable scaffolds, and dynamic culture systems, with the goal of three-dimensional tissue formation. Rotating wall vessel bioreactors generate simulated microgravity conditions ex vivo, which lead to cell aggregation. Human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) have been extensively investigated and shown to possess the potential to differentiate into several cell lineages. The goal of the present study was to evaluate the effect of simulated microgravity on all genes expressed in hMSCs, with the underlying hypothesis that many important pathways are affected during culture within a rotating wall vessel system. Gene expression was analyzed using a whole genome microarray and clustering with the aid of the National Institutes of Health's Database for Annotation, Visualization and Integrated Discovery database and gene ontology analysis. Our analysis showed 882 genes that were downregulated and 505 genes that were upregulated after exposure to simulated microgravity. Gene ontology clustering revealed a wide variety of affected genes with respect to cell compartment, biological process, and signaling pathway clusters. The data sets showed significant decreases in osteogenic and chondrogenic gene expression and an increase in adipogenic gene expression, indicating that ex vivo adipose tissue engineering may benefit from simulated microgravity. This finding was supported by an adipogenic differentiation assay. These data are essential for further understanding of ex vivo tissue engineering using hMSCs.
authors.affiliation: Skeletal Biotechnology Laboratory, Faculty of Dental Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
authors.forename: Dima
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Sheyn
authors.forename: Gadi
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Pelled
authors.forename: Dvir
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Netanely
authors.forename: Eytan
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Domany
authors.forename: Dan
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gazit
mesh_terms: D050156:Adipogenesis / Q000235:genetics; D000368:Aged; D019149:Bioreactors; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000235:genetics; D002470:Cell Survival; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D019295:Computational Biology; D015536:Down-Regulation / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D059630:Mesenchymal Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D008648:Mesoderm / Q000378:metabolism; D008875:Middle Aged; D009928:Organ Specificity / Q000235:genetics; D010012:Osteogenesis / Q000235:genetics; D015854:Up-Regulation / Q000235:genetics; D018474:Weightlessness Simulation
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