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ArticleTissue engineering. Part A2014

Live-cell, temporal gene expression analysis of osteogenic differentiation in adipose-derived stem cells.

Hetal V Desai, Indu S Voruganti, Chathuraka Jayasuriya, Qian Chen, Eric M Darling

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Article in Tissue engineering. Part A, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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5 authors.

Hetal V Desai1 Department of Molecular Pharmacology, Physiology, and Biotechnology, Brown University , Providence, Rhode Island.
Indu S Voruganti
Chathuraka Jayasuriya
Qian Chen
Eric M Darling

Funding

RI COBRE: REGULATION OF GROWTH PLATE DEVELOPMENT BYNUCLEAR/CYTOPLASMIC FACTORSP20RR024484 · NCRR · RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL · PI PHORNPHUTKUL, CHANIKA · 2007 to 2011
$11.9M
COBRE for Skeletal Health and RepairP20GM104937 · NIGMS · RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL · PI CHEN, QIAN · 2012 to 2016
$10.8M
Adult Stem Cell Enrichment via Biomechanical CharacterizationR00AR054673 · NIAMS · BROWN UNIVERSITY · PI DARLING, ERIC M · 2009 to 2011
$829k
NCRR NIH HHS P20 RR024484NIAMS NIH HHS R00 AR054673NIAMS NIH HHS R00AR054673NIGMS NIH HHS P20 GM104937NIGMS NIH HHS P20GM104937
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adipose-derived stem cells (ASCs) are a widely investigated type of mesenchymal stem cells with great potential for musculoskeletal regeneration. However, the use of ASCs is complicated by their cellular heterogeneity, which exists at both the population and single-cell levels. This study demonstrates a live-cell assay to investigate gene expression in ASCs undergoing osteogenesis using fluorescently tagged DNA hybridization probes called molecular beacons. A molecular beacon was designed to target the mRNA sequence for alkaline phosphatase (ALPL), a gene characteristically expressed during early osteogenesis. The percentage of cells expressing this gene in a population was monitored daily to quantify the uniformity of the differentiation process. Differentiating ASC populations were repeatedly measured in a nondestructive fashion over a 10-day period to obtain temporal gene expression data. Results showed consistent expression patterns for the investigated osteogenic genes in response to induction medium. Peak signal level, indicating when the most cells expressed ALPL at once, was observed on days 3-5. The differentiation response of sample populations was generally uniform when assessed on a well-by-well basis over time. The expression of alkaline phosphatase is consistent with previous studies of osteogenic differentiation, suggesting that molecular beacons are a viable means of monitoring the spatiotemporal gene expression of live, differentiating ASCs.

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Gene Expression RegulationAdipose TissueAdolescentAdultAlkaline PhosphataseCell CountCell DifferentiationCell SurvivalGene Expression ProfilingHEK293 CellsHumansMiddle AgedMolecular ProbesOsteogenesisReproducibility of ResultsSignal TransductionAlkaline PhosphataseMolecular Probes

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PMID24367991
PMCPMC3938923

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