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ArticleExperimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.)2021

Mitophagy promotes the stemness of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells.

Xiaorong Feng, Wen Yin, Jialing Wang, Li Feng, Y James Kang

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Article in Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

21 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Xiaorong FengRegenerative Medicine Research Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Sichuan, 610041, China.
Wen YinRegenerative Medicine Research Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Sichuan, 610041, China.
Jialing WangRegenerative Medicine Research Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Sichuan, 610041, China.
Li FengRegenerative Medicine Research Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Sichuan, 610041, China.
Y James KangRegenerative Medicine Research Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Sichuan, 610041, China.ORCID 0000-0001-8449-7904
Sichuan University · CNUniversity of Tennessee Health Science Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Previous studies demonstrated that mitochondrial fission arguments the stemness of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs). Because mitophagy is critical in removing damaged or surplus mitochondrial fragments and maintaining mitochondrial integrity, the present study was undertaken to test the hypothesis that mitophagy is involved in mitochondrial fission-enhanced stemness of BMSCs. Primary cultures of rat BMSCs were treated with tyrphostin A9 (TA9, a potent inducer of mitochondrial fission) to increase mitochondrial fission, which was accompanied by enhanced mitophagy as defined by increased co-staining of MitoTracker Green for mitochondria and LysoTracker Deep Red for lysosomes, as well as the increased co-localization of autophagy markers (LC3B, P62) and mitochondrial marker (Tom20). A mitochondrial uncoupler, carbonyl cyanide 4-(trifluoromethoxy) phenylhydrazone (FCCP) was used to promote mitophagy, which was confirmed by an increased co-localization of mitochondrial and lysosome biomarkers. The argumentation of mitophagy was associated with enhanced stemness of BMSCs as defined by increased expression of stemness markers Oct4 and Sox2, and enhanced induction of BMSCs to adipocytes or osteocytes. Conversely, transfection of BMSCs with siRNA targeting mitophagy-essential genes

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MitophagyAnimalsGene SilencingMesenchymal Stem CellsMitochondrial DynamicsProtein KinasesPTEN-Induced Putative KinaseRatsRats, Sprague-DawleyUbiquitin-Protein Ligasesparkin proteinProtein KinasesPTEN-Induced Putative KinaseUbiquitin-Protein LigasesBone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cellsmitochondrial fissionmitophagystem cell stemness

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PMID33172301
PMCPMC7797993
OpenAlexW3101440092

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