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ArticleStem cell research2015

Characterization of neurons from immortalized dental pulp stem cells for the study of neurogenetic disorders.

Nora Urraca, Rawaha Memon, Ikbale El-Iyachi, Sarita Goorha, Colleen Valdez, Quynh T Tran, Reese Scroggs, Gustavo A Miranda-Carboni, Martin Donaldson, Dave Bridges and 1 more

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Article in Stem cell research, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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24citing papers in PubMed
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nora UrracaDepartment of Neurology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163, United States.
Rawaha MemonDepartment of Pediatric Dentistry, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163, United States.
Ikbale El-IyachiDepartment of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163, United States.
Sarita GoorhaDepartment of Neurology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163, United States.
Colleen ValdezDepartment of Neurology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163, United States.
Quynh T TranDepartment of Preventive Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163, United States.
Reese ScroggsDepartment Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163, United States.
Gustavo A Miranda-CarboniDepartment of Medicine, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163, United States.
Martin DonaldsonDepartment of Pediatric Dentistry, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163, United States.
Dave BridgesDepartment of Physiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163, United States; Department of Pediatrics; University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163, United States.
Lawrence T ReiterDepartment of Neurology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163, United States; Department Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163, United States; Department of Pediatrics; University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN 38163, United States. Electronic address: lreiter@uthsc.edu.
University of Tennessee Health Science Center · US

Funding

Regional Pilot And Feasibility Study Grants ProgramP30DK020572 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Mehboob A Hussain · 2013 to 2026
$24.3M
Tooth pulp as a source for neuronal precursor cells to study neurogenetic disordeR21NS075709 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCI CTR · PI REITER, LAWRENCE T · 2012 to 2013
$404k
NIDDK NIH HHS P30 DK020572NINDS NIH HHS R21 NS075709NINDS NIH HHS R21NS075709-02
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A major challenge to the study and treatment of neurogenetic syndromes is accessing live neurons for study from affected individuals. Although several sources of stem cells are currently available, acquiring these involve invasive procedures, may be difficult or expensive to generate and are limited in number. Dental pulp stem cells (DPSCs) are multipotent stem cells that reside deep the pulp of shed teeth. To investigate the characteristics of DPSCs that make them a valuable resource for translational research, we performed a set of viability, senescence, immortalization and gene expression studies on control DPSC and derived neurons. We investigated the basic transport conditions and maximum passage number for primary DPSCs. We immortalized control DPSCs using human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTERT) and evaluated neuronal differentiation potential and global gene expression changes by RNA-seq. We show that neurons from immortalized DPSCs share morphological and electrophysiological properties with non-immortalized DPSCs. We also show that differentiation of DPSCs into neurons significantly alters gene expression for 1305 transcripts. Here we show that these changes in gene expression are concurrent with changes in protein levels of the transcriptional repressor REST/NRSF, which is known to be involved in neuronal differentiation. Immortalization significantly altered the expression of 183 genes after neuronal differentiation, 94 of which also changed during differentiation. Our studies indicate that viable DPSCs can be obtained from teeth stored for ≥72 h, these can then be immortalized and still produce functional neurons for in vitro studies, but that constitutive hTERT immortalization is not be the best approach for long term use of patient derived DPSCs for the study of disease.

Indexed as

Cell DifferentiationCell ProliferationCells, CulturedDental PulpHumansNervous System DiseasesNeuronsStem CellsDental pulp stem cellsImmortalizationRNA-seqSenescenceShed teeth

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PMID26599327
PMCPMC4698085
OpenAlexW2186566700

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