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Establishment and Molecular Characterization of a Human Stem Cell Line from a Primary Cell Culture Obtained from an Ectopic Calcified Lesion of a Tumoral Calcinosis Patient Carrying a Novel

Simone Donati, Gaia Palmini, Cinzia Aurilia, Irene Falsetti, Francesca Marini, Gianna Galli, Roberto Zonefrati, Teresa Iantomasi, Lorenzo Margheriti, Alessandro Franchi and 4 more

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Simone DonatiDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, University of Florence, Viale Pieraccini 6, 50139 Florence, Italy.
Gaia PalminiFirmoLab, Fondazione F.I.R.M.O. Onlus and Stabilimento Chimico Farmaceutico Militare (SCFM), 50141 Florence, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8376-7404
Cinzia AuriliaDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, University of Florence, Viale Pieraccini 6, 50139 Florence, Italy.
Irene FalsettiDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, University of Florence, Viale Pieraccini 6, 50139 Florence, Italy.
Francesca MariniFirmoLab, Fondazione F.I.R.M.O. Onlus and Stabilimento Chimico Farmaceutico Militare (SCFM), 50141 Florence, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3678-4922
Gianna GalliDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, University of Florence, Viale Pieraccini 6, 50139 Florence, Italy.
Roberto ZonefratiFirmoLab, Fondazione F.I.R.M.O. Onlus and Stabilimento Chimico Farmaceutico Militare (SCFM), 50141 Florence, Italy.
Teresa IantomasiDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences, University of Florence, Viale Pieraccini 6, 50139 Florence, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-7461-330X
Lorenzo MargheritiStabilimento Chimico Farmaceutico Militare (SCFM)-Agenzia Industrie Difesa (AID), 50141 Florence, Italy.
Alessandro FranchiDepartment of Translational Research and of New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, University of Pisa, 56126 Pisa, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1332-5838
Giovanni BeltramiDepartment of Orthopaedic Oncology and Reconstructive Surgery, Azienda Ospedaliero, Universitaria Careggi, 50134 Firenze, Italy.
Laura MasiMetabolic Bone Diseases Unit, University Hospital of Florence, AOU Careggi, 50139 Florence, Italy.
Arcangelo MoroStabilimento Chimico Farmaceutico Militare (SCFM)-Agenzia Industrie Difesa (AID), 50141 Florence, Italy.
Maria Luisa BrandiFirmoLab, Fondazione F.I.R.M.O. Onlus and Stabilimento Chimico Farmaceutico Militare (SCFM), 50141 Florence, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8741-0592

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Abstract

BACKGROUND/

objectivesTumoral calcinosis (TC) is an extremely rare inherited disease characterized by multilobulated, dense ectopic calcified masses, usually in the periarticular soft tissue regions. In a previous study, we isolated a primary cell line from an ectopic lesion of a TC patient carrying a previously undescribed

methodsA putative SC subpopulation was initially isolated by the sphere assay (marked as TC1-SC line) and characterized for its stem-like phenotype through several cellular and molecular assays, including colony forming unit assay, immunofluorescence staining for mesenchymal SC (MSC) markers, gene expression analyses for embryonic SC (ESC) marker genes, and multidifferentiation capacity. In addition, a preliminary expression pattern of osteogenesis-related pathways miRNAs and genes were assessed in the TC1-SC by quantitative Real-Time PCR (qPCR).

resultsThese cells were capable of differentiating into both the adipogenic and the osteogenic lineages. Moreover, they showed the presence of the MSC and ESC markers, confirmed respectively by using immunofluorescence and qualitative reverse transcriptase PCR (RT-PCR), and a good rate of clonogenic capacity. Finally, qPCR data revealed a signature of miRNAs (i.e., miR-21, miR-23a-3p, miR-26a, miR-27a-3p, miR-27b-3p, and miR-29b-3p) and osteogenic marker genes (i.e.,

conclusionsThe establishment of this in vitro cell model system could advance the understanding of mechanisms underlying TC pathogenesis, thereby paving the way for the discovery of new diagnostic and novel gene-targeted therapeutic approaches for TC.

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CalcinosisMesenchymal Stem CellsN-AcetylgalactosaminyltransferasesCell DifferentiationCell LineHumansMutationOsteogenesisPolypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferasePrimary Cell CultureN-AcetylgalactosaminyltransferasesPolypeptide N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferaseectopic calcificationembryonic stem cellsepigeneticsmesenchymal stem cellsmicroRNAssphere formation assaystem cellsthree-dimensional cell culturetumoral calcinosis

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