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Nonterminally differentiated cells express decreased growth factor responsiveness

B J Hoerl1, R E Scott

  • 1Section of Experimental Pathology, Mayo Clinic/Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 55905.

Journal of Cellular Physiology
|April 1, 1989
PubMed

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Nonterminally differentiated mesenchymal stem cells require specific plasma factors for proliferation, unlike undifferentiated or terminally differentiated cells. This highlights unique mitogenic responsiveness changes during differentiation.

Area of Science:

  • Cell Biology
  • Stem Cell Biology
  • Developmental Biology

Background:

  • Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) exist in multiple biological states, including predifferentiation growth arrest, nonterminal differentiation, terminal differentiation, and serum-deficient growth arrest.
  • These states influence cell differentiation and proliferation control.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the mitogenic responsiveness of MSCs across four distinct biological states.
  • To determine if nonterminally differentiated cells exhibit reduced responsiveness to specific mitogens.

Main Methods:

  • Evaluation of 25 different combinations of serum, plasma, and growth factors.
  • Assessment of mitogenic responsiveness in undifferentiated, nonterminally differentiated, terminally differentiated, and growth-arrested MSCs.

Main Results:

  • Undifferentiated, growth-arrested MSCs are highly responsive to numerous mitogens.
  • Terminally differentiated MSCs are unresponsive to all tested mitogens.
  • Nonterminally differentiated MSCs proliferate with high concentrations of serum or plasma plus growth factors, but not with combinations of purified growth factors alone.

Conclusions:

  • Nonterminal differentiation involves significant alterations in the factors and cofactors required for stimulating cell proliferation.
  • Plasma contains essential factors/cofactors necessary for stimulating the proliferation of nonterminally differentiated MSCs.

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