Related Experiment Videos
Nonterminally differentiated cells express decreased growth factor responsiveness
1Section of Experimental Pathology, Mayo Clinic/Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 55905.
Journal of Cellular Physiology
|April 1, 1989
Summary
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.