TY - JOUR A1 - Schmalzl, Jonas A1 - Plumhoff, Piet A1 - Gilbert, Fabian A1 - Gohlke, Frank A1 - Konrads, Christian A1 - Brunner, Ulrich A1 - Jakob, Franz A1 - Ebert, Regina A1 - Steinert, Andre F. T1 - Tendon-derived stem cells from the long head of the biceps tendon JF - Bone & Joint Research N2 - Objectives The long head of the biceps (LHB) is often resected in shoulder surgery and could therefore serve as a cell source for tissue engineering approaches in the shoulder. However, whether it represents a suitable cell source for regenerative approaches, both in the inflamed and non-inflamed states, remains unclear. In the present study, inflamed and native human LHBs were comparatively characterized for features of regeneration. Methods In total, 22 resected LHB tendons were classified into inflamed samples (n = 11) and non-inflamed samples (n = 11). Proliferation potential and specific marker gene expression of primary LHB-derived cell cultures were analyzed. Multipotentiality, including osteogenic, adipogenic, chondrogenic, and tenogenic differentiation potential of both groups were compared under respective lineage-specific culture conditions. Results Inflammation does not seem to affect the proliferation rate of the isolated tendon-derived stem cells (TDSCs) and the tenogenic marker gene expression. Cells from both groups showed an equivalent osteogenic, adipogenic, chondrogenic and tenogenic differentiation potential in histology and real-time polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) analysis. Conclusion These results suggest that the LHB tendon might be a suitable cell source for regenerative approaches, both in inflamed and non-inflamed states. The LHB with and without tendinitis has been characterized as a novel source of TDSCs, which might facilitate treatment of degeneration and induction of regeneration in shoulder surgery. KW - biceps tendon KW - tendon-derived stem cell KW - mesenchymal stem cell KW - tissue engineering KW - shoulder Y1 - 2019 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-200370 VL - 8 IS - 9 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Armbruster, Nicole A1 - Krieg, Jennifer A1 - Weißenberger, Manuel A1 - Scheller, Carsten A1 - Steinert, Andre F. T1 - Rescued Chondrogenesis of Mesenchymal Stem Cells under Interleukin 1 Challenge by Foamyviral Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Gene Transfer JF - Frontiers in Pharmacology N2 - Background: Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and their chondrogenic differentiation have been extensively investigated in vitro as MSCs provide an attractive source besides chondrocytes for cartilage repair therapies. Here we established prototype foamyviral vectors (FVV) that are derived from apathogenic parent viruses and are characterized by a broad host range and a favorable integration pattern into the cellular genome. As the inflammatory cytokine interleukin 1 beta (IL1β) is frequently present in diseased joints, the protective effects of FVV expressing the human interleukin 1 receptor antagonist protein (IL1RA) were studied in an established in vitro model (aggregate culture system) of chondrogenesis in the presence of IL1β. Materials and Methods: We generated different recombinant FVVs encoding enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) or IL1RA and examined their transduction efficiencies and transgene expression profiles using different cell lines and human primary MSCs derived from bone marrow-aspirates. Transgene expression was evaluated by fluorescence microscopy (EGFP), flow cytometry (EGFP), and ELISA (IL1RA). For evaluation of the functionality of the IL1RA transgene to block the inhibitory effects of IL1β on chondrogenesis of primary MSCs and an immortalized MSC cell line (TERT4 cells), the cells were maintained following transduction as aggregate cultures in standard chondrogenic media in the presence or absence of IL1β. After 3 weeks of culture, pellets were harvested and analyzed by histology and immunohistochemistry for chondrogenic phenotypes. Results: The different FVV efficiently transduced cell lines as well as primary MSCs, thereby reaching high transgene expression levels in 6-well plates with levels of around 100 ng/ml IL1RA. MSC aggregate cultures which were maintained in chondrogenic media without IL1β supplementation revealed a chondrogenic phenotype by means of strong positive staining for collagen type II and matrix proteoglycan (Alcian blue). Addition of IL1β was inhibitory to chondrogenesis in untreated control pellets. In contrast, foamyviral mediated IL1RA expression rescued the chondrogenesis in pellets cultured in the presence of IL1β. Transduced MSC pellets reached thereby very high IL1RA transgene expression levels with a peak of 1087 ng/ml after day 7, followed by a decrease to 194 ng/ml after day 21, while IL1RA concentrations of controls were permanently below 200 pg/ml. Conclusion: Our results indicate that FVV are capable of efficient gene transfer to MSCs, while reaching IL1RA transgene expression levels, that were able to efficiently block the impacts of IL1β in vitro. FVV merit further investigation as a means to study the potential as a gene transfer tool for MSC based therapies for cartilage repair. KW - mesenchymal stem cell KW - chondrogenesis KW - pellet culture KW - foamy virus KW - virus vectors KW - IL1RA KW - interleukin 1 receptor antagonist KW - arthritis Y1 - 2017 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-170919 VL - 8 IS - 255 ER - TY - THES A1 - Heitmann, Maximilian T1 - Vergleich der genetischen Eigenschaften von Bone Marrow derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells und Trabecular Bone derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells T1 - Comparison of the genetic character of Bone Marrow derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Trabecular Bone derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells N2 - Technische Neuerungen und steigende Ansprüche an die Gesundheit stellen die moderne Medizin immer wieder vor neue Herausforderungen und führen zur Entwicklung von neuen Therapiekonzepten wie dem Tissue Engineering. Vielfach kommen dabei adulte pluripotente Stammzellen zum Einsatz. Bei der Regeneration mesenchymalen Gewebes wie Knochen, Knorpel und Muskulatur leisten Mesenchymale Stammzellen (MSCs) einen entscheidenden Beitrag. Diese lassen sich aus allen mesenchymalen Geweben des Körpers gewinnen und stellen daher zwar keine homogene Zellpopulation dar, doch sie lassen sich aufgrund phänotypischer und molekularbiologischer Gemeinsamkeiten charakterisieren. In großer Zahl lassen sich MSCs aus dem Knochenmark gewinnen und werden als stromale MSCs bzw. mhMSCs (marrow-derived human MSCs) bezeichnet. Auf der Suche nach homogenen Subpopulationen von MSCs wurde in dieser Arbeit eine Zellpopulation aus Knochentrabekeln gewonnen, sogenannte bhMSCs (trabecular bone-derived MSCs), und anhand ihrer Genexpression mit mhMSCs verglichen. Dafür wurde RNA aus beiden Populationen in einem Microarray mit anschließender SAM (significance analysis of microarrays) analysiert um unterschiedliche Expressionsmuster zwischen mhMSCs und bhMSCs aufzuzeigen. Diese Ergebnisse wurden durch konventionelle Reverse Transkriptase Polymerase Kettenreaktion (RT-PCR) bestätigt, wobei das Augenmerk vor allem auf solche Gene gerichtet wurde, die differentiell exprimiert waren und zudem als Markergene ein Differenzierungspotential in bestimmte Gewebe wie Muskel und Knochen vorhersagen. Dabei konnte sowohl eine gute Übereinstimmung zwischen Microarray und RT-PCR demonstriert als auch die Hoffnung auf eine homogene (trabekuläre) MSC-Population mit anderen Differenzierungseigenschaften geweckt werden. Im Verlauf weitergehender Untersuchungen der SAM fiel eine unerklärlich hohe Expression von Immunglobulinketten in der mhMSC-Kultur (Passage 0) auf, die letztlich auf eine Kontamination der Zellkultur mit Plasmazellen schließen ließ. Da die Ergebnisse des Microarrays (Passage 0 Kultur) somit zu hinterfragen waren, wurde die Kontamination der Plasmazellen durch Passagieren der mhMSC-Zellkultur (Passage 1) beseitigt und erneut ein Microarray mit SAM durchgeführt. Dabei relativierten sich fast alle Expressionsunterschiede, die somit auf die Kontamination der Plasmazellen zurückgeführt werden mussten. Einzig drei Gene (CD24, TRIB2, AHNAK) wurden in diesem zweiten Array differentiell exprimiert, was sich bei CD24 und TRIB2 auch durch RT-PCR untermauern ließ. Es lässt sich also schlussfolgern, dass bhMSCs wahrscheinlich in der Zukunft des Tissue Engineering keinen Stellenwert haben werden, zumal ihre Gewinnung im Vergleich zu mhMSC deutlich aufwendiger ist. N2 - Technical innovations and increasing demands on health confront modern medicine constantly with new challenges and lead to the development of new therapeutic concepts such as tissue engineering. Often adult pluripotent stem cells are used thereby. In the regeneration of mesenchymal tissues such as bone, cartilage and muscle Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) make a significant contribution. These can be harvested from all mesenchymal tissues of the body and do not represent a homogeneous cell population, but they can be characterized due to phenotypic and molecular similarities. In large numbers MSCs can be harvested from the bone marrow and are called stromal MSCs or mhMSCs (marrow-derived human MSCs). Looking for homogeneous subpopulations of MSCs in this thesis was harvested a cell population derived from bone trabeculae, called bhMSCs (trabecular bone-derived MSCs), and was compared with mhMSCs based on their gene expression. RNA was isolated from both populations and analyzed in a microarray followed by SAM (significance analysis of microarrays) to point out different expression patterns between mhMSCs and bhMSCs. These results were confirmed by conventional reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR). The attention was directed primarily to those genes that were differentially expressed and also predicted the differentiation potential to certain tissues such as muscle and bone as so-called marker genes. Both equivalence between microarray and RT-PCR was demonstrated and the hope of a homogeneous (trabecular) MSC population with other differentiating features was awakened. In the course of further investigations of the SAM an inexplicably high expression of immunoglobulin chains in the mhMSC culture (passage 0) was noticed, which indicated a contamination of the cell culture with plasma cells. Since the results of the microarray (passage 0 culture) were thus to question the contamination of the plasma cells was removed by passaging the mhMSC cell culture (passage 1) and a second microarray with SAM was performed. In this case, we could not find these expression differences between both populations anymore. Due to the contamination with plasma cells in the MSC culture all previous results were not valid any more. Only three genes (CD24, Trib2, AHNAK) were differentially expressed in this second array. It can be concluded, therefore, that bhMSCs likely in the future tissue engineering have no value, especially since their harvesting compared to mhMSC is much more complex. KW - Mesenchymale Stammzelle KW - Polymerase-Kettenrektion KW - Microarray KW - Differenzierung KW - Adulte Stammzelle KW - Mesenchymale Stammzelle KW - Polymerase Kettenreaktion KW - Microarray KW - Differenzierung KW - Trabekuläre Mesenchymale Stammzelle KW - mesenchymal stem cell KW - polymerase chain reaction KW - microarray KW - differentiation KW - trabecular bone-derived mesenchymal stem cell Y1 - 2014 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-108612 ER - TY - THES A1 - Arnholdt, Jörg T1 - Vergleichende Genexpressions-Analyse unterschiedlicher Populationen mesenchymaler Stammzellen T1 - Comparing microarray analysis between different populations of mesenchymal stem cells N2 - Neben den omnipotenten embryonalen Stammzellen existieren im menschlichen Körper adulte mesenchymale Stammzellen (MSZ). Diese Zellen sind in mesenchymalen Geweben über den gesamten Organismus verteilt und sorgen für die Entwicklung und Erneuerung von mesenchymalen Geweben wie Knochen, Knorpel und Bändern. Daher gelten die MSZ im Gegensatz zu den omnipotenten embryonalen Stammzellen als multipotent. Diese verschiedenen MSZ stellen keine homogene Population dar, zeigen aber sowohl in vivo und auch in vitro ein ähnliches Differenzierungsverhalten. In der vorliegenden Arbeit wurde nun eine aus den Knochentrabekeln selbst isolierte MSZ-Population, so genannte bhMSZ, mit MSZ aus dem Knochenmark, mhMSZ genannt, mittels Array-Analyse miteinander verglichen. Die technische Evaluation des Array respektive der zugehörigen SAM-Analyse (significance analysis of microarrays) mittels konventioneller oder Real-Time PCR diente dazu, die Verlässlichkeit der Aussage der Hybridisierungsverfahren zu überprüfen. Dies wurde mit einem Set an ausgewählten Genen durchgeführt, die signifikant differentiell exprimiert waren, und die im Rahmen der Stammzellbiologie relevant erschienen. Die Analyse zeigte, dass die Übereinstimmung der Aussage im Array in über 80 % mit den Ergebnissen der RT-PCR kongruent war. Auf Grund starker interindividueller Schwankungen zeigte sich aber auch, dass die Anzahl der Spender 5 nicht unterschreiten sollte. Im Rahmen der Untersuchungen ergab sich, dass offenbar bei MSZ der Passage 0 eine Kontamination der MSZ mit Plasmazellen vorliegt. Weitere Versuche zeigten, dass erst das Passagieren der MSZ kontaminierende Plasmazellen weitgehend aus der Zellkultur entfernte. Aus diesem Grund wurde in einer weiteren Array Analyse das Transkriptom von MSZ aus Knochentrabekeln mit MSZ aus dem Knochenmark in Passage 1 verglichen. Es zeigten sich in einer stringenten SAM-Analyse keine Unterschiede im Transkriptom. Für klinische Anwendungen scheinen die bhMSZ daher auf Grund der aufwendigeren Isolierung und des dennoch eher geringen Zellgewinns nicht im gleichen Maß für klinische Anwendungen geeignet wie mhMSZ. N2 - The human body contains besides omnipotent embryonal stem cells also adult mesenchymal stem cells (MSC). These cells are spread all over the organism in mesenchymal tissues and are responsible for the development and regeneration of mesenchymal tissues like bone, cartilage and ligaments. Therefore these cells are called multipotent in comparison to the omnipotent embryonal stem cells. The different types of MSC are not a homogeneous population, but show in vivo and in vitro a similar differentiation behavior. The aim of this work was to compare the population of MSC isolated from bone marrow stroma (bhMSC) with MSC isolated from bone fragments (bhMSC) via microarray analysis. The technical evaluation of this array was performed by conventional or real-time PCR to evaluate the reliability of the hybridization procedure. This was done with an assortment of genes, which were differentially expressed, and were estimated to be relevant for the biology of stem cells. The analysis showed 80% accordance between the results of the microarray analysis and the PCR. In addition, the results showed that the number of the analysed individuals shouldn’t be under 5, because of a high interindividual variability. Besides this the experiments showed, that MSC of passage 0 are obviously contaminated with plasma cells. Further tests showed that contaminating plasma cells were widely removed in cell cultures of MSC passage 1. Therefore an additional array analysis was performed comparing MSC isolated from bone marrow stroma in passage 1 with those isolated from bone fragments. No difference could be observed in terms of their transcriptomes obtained by stringent SAM analysis. For clinical purposes bhMSC seem to be less suited because of the more sophisticated isolation procedure and nevertheless the lower cell number yield. KW - Adulte Stammzelle KW - Array KW - Reverse Transkriptase-Polymerase-Kettenreaktion KW - mesenchymal stem cell KW - Array KW - RT-PCR Y1 - 2010 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-53512 ER - TY - THES A1 - Rackwitz, Lars T1 - In-vitro-Untersuchungen zur chondrogenen Differenzierung von humanen mesenchymalen Stammzellen in einem Kollagen I Hydrogel für den Gelenkknorpelersatz T1 - Chondrogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells in collagen I hydrogels for articular cartilage repair N2 - No abstract available KW - mesenchymale Stammzellen KW - Chondrogenese KW - Hydrogel KW - Tissue Engineering KW - Gelenkknorpelrekonstruktion KW - mesenchymal stem cell KW - chondrogenesis KW - tissue engineering KW - hydrogel KW - articular cartilage repair Y1 - 2007 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-22547 ER -