Determine exogenous human DDAH2 gene function in rabbit bone marrow-derived endothelial progenitor cells in vitro.
The in vitro amplification of endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) is an important method because of its role in gene transferring and regenerative medicine. In this study, we isolated rabbit bone marrow-derived EPCs to further manipulation and overexpression of dimethylarginine dimethylaminohydrolase (DDAH) in EPCs. Isolated EPCs were cultured, expanded in endothelial basal medium. Morphology of EPCs and expression levels of surface markers detected using immunocytochemistry staining and through the use of flow cytometery. Endothelial progenitor cells were transfected with plasmid vectors expressing human DDAH2 (DDAH2-EPCs). Three days after gene transfer, positive transfected-EPCs proliferation and DDAH activity were assayed. We observed colonies conformation and endothelium-like morphology gradually in the third week of culture. Characterization results revealed positive expression of EPC surface markers CD106, Flk-1, vWF, and CD34 using few identification techniques. Overexpression of DDAH2 increased citrulline production after 96 hours of transfection, 235.34 ± 0.69 vs 95.26 ± 5.76 ng/mL; P = .023. These results suggest that cell population with EPC characteristics can be simply isolated from rabbit bone marrow and successfully engineered to overexpress exogenous gene. In this study, we offer a feasible method to isolate and identify EPCs from bone marrow. In addition, an efficient transfection with a plasmid vector (without risk of interference) can be constructed a hybrid structure with EPC and DDAH2 gene to examine their function in vitro.
Department of Medical Biotechnology, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Sara
S
Shoeibi
Department of Basic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Gonabad University of Medical Sciences, Gonabad, Iran.
Shabnam
S
Mohammadi
Pharmacological Research Center of Medicinal Plants, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Hamid Reza
HR
Sadeghnia
Department of Medical Biotechnology, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Elahe
E
Mahdipour
Cardiovascular Research Center, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.|Biochemistry of Nutrition Research Center, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
Majid
M
Ghayour-Mobarhan
D000581:Amidohydrolases / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D018952:Antigens, CD34 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000378:metabolism; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D060846:Cell Engineering / Q000379:methods*; D048430:Cell Shape; D002956:Citrulline / Q000096:biosynthesis; D066026:Endothelial Progenitor Cells / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D015870:Gene Expression; D006801:Humans; D016130:Immunophenotyping; D008297:Male; D010957:Plasmids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D061251:Primary Cell Culture; D011817:Rabbits; D014162:Transfection; D019076:Transgenes; D019010:Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D040301:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D014841:von Willebrand Factor / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
D018952:Antigens, CD34; D015415:Biomarkers; D019010:Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1; D014841:von Willebrand Factor; D002956:Citrulline; D040301:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2; D000581:Amidohydrolases; C059999:dimethylargininase
DDAH activity; EPCs; bone marrow; characterization; gene transfer