title: Age-dependent response of murine female bone marrow cells to hyperbaric oxygen.
abstract: Consequences of age on the effects of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) on bone marrow (BM) derived stem cells and progenitors (SCPs) are largely unknown. We treated 2- and 18-month old C57BL/6 female mice by HBO. Hematopoietic stem cells and progenitors, enumerated as colony-forming units in culture, were doubled only in peripheral leukocytes and BM cells of young mice receiving HBO. In old mice colony-forming unit fibroblast numbers, a measure of mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) from BM, were high but unaffected by HBO. To further explore this finding, in BM-MSCs we quantified the transcripts of adipocyte early-differentiation genes peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ, CCAAT/enhancer binding protein-β and fatty-acid binding protein 4; these transcripts were not affected by age or HBO. However, osteoblast gene transcripts runt-related transcription factor 2, osterix (OSX) and alkaline phosphatase (AP) were twofold to 20-fold more abundant in MSCs from old control mice relative to those of young control mice. HBO affected expression of osteoblast markers only in old MSCs (OSX gene expression was reduced by twofold and AP expression was increased threefold). Our data demonstrate the impact of aging on the response of BM SCPs to HBO and indicate the potentially different age-related benefit of HBO in wound healing and tissue remodeling.
authors.affiliation: Stem Cell Laboratory, Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA.
authors.forename: Christian R
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Gomez
authors.forename: Gaylord J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Knutson
authors.forename: Kari B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Clifton
authors.forename: Claire A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Schreiber
authors.forename: Stanimir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vuk-Pavlović
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D016207:Cytokines / Q000378:metabolism; D017931:DNA Primers; D005260:Female; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation; D018836:Inflammation Mediators / Q000378:metabolism; D008262:Macrophage Activation; D008264:Macrophages / Q000166:cytology; D059630:Mesenchymal Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D060888:Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
chemical_list: D016207:Cytokines; D017931:DNA Primers; D018836:Inflammation Mediators