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A Comparative Study on the Adipogenic Differentiation of Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells in 2D and 3D Culture.

Anne Wolff, Marcus Frank, Susanne Staehlke, Kirsten Peters

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Article in Cells, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Anne WolffDepartment of Cell Biology, Rostock University Medical Centre, 18057 Rostock, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-6643-8433
Marcus FrankMedical Biology and Electron Microscopy Centre, Rostock University Medical Centre, 18057 Rostock, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-2517-4440
Susanne StaehlkeDepartment of Cell Biology, Rostock University Medical Centre, 18057 Rostock, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0251-8263
Kirsten PetersDepartment of Cell Biology, Rostock University Medical Centre, 18057 Rostock, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0254-176X
University of Rostock · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSC) are capable of renewing the progenitor cell fraction or differentiating in a tissue-specific manner. Adipogenic differentiation of adipose-tissue-derived MSC (adMSC) is important in various pathological processes. Adipocytes and their progenitors are metabolically active and secrete molecules (adipokines) that have both pro- and anti-inflammatory properties. Cell culturing in 2D is commonly used to study cellular responses, but the 2D environment does not reflect the structural situation for most cell types. Therefore, 3D culture systems have been developed to create an environment considered more physiological. Since knowledge about the effects of 3D cultivation on adipogenic differentiation is limited, we investigated its effects on adipogenic differentiation and adipokine release of adMSC (up to 28 days) and compared these with the effects in 2D. We demonstrated that cultivation conditions are crucial for cell behavior: in both 2D and 3D culture, adipogenic differentiation occurred only after specific stimulation. While the size and structure of adipogenically stimulated 3D spheroids remained stable during the experiment, the unstimulated spheroids showed signs of disintegration. Adipokine release was dependent on culture dimensionality; we found upregulated adiponectin and downregulated pro-inflammatory factors. Our findings are relevant for cell therapeutic applications of adMSC in complex, three-dimensionally arranged tissues.

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AdipogenesisMesenchymal Stem CellsAdipocytesAdipokinesCell DifferentiationAdipokines2D culture3D cultureadipogenic differentiationadipokinesmesenchymal stem/stromal cellsspheroids

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PMID35455993
PMCPMC9029885
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