文献类型：期刊文献

英文题名：Mesenchymal Stem Cells Reshape and Provoke Proliferation of Articular Chondrocytes by Paracrine Secretion

作者：Xu, Lei[1];Wu, Yuxi[1];Xiong, Zhimiao[1];Zhou, Yan[1];Ye, Zhaoyang[1];Tan, Wen-Song[1]

机构：[1]East China Univ Sci & Technol, State Key Lab Bioreactor Engn, Shanghai 200237, Peoples R China

年份：2016

卷号：6

外文期刊名：SCIENTIFIC REPORTS

收录：;WOS:【SCI-EXPANDED(收录号:WOS:000382479900001)】；

基金：This work was supported by National Special Fund for State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering (2060204), Natural Science Foundation of Shanghai (16ZR1408700) and Basic Research Project of Shanghai Science and Technology Commission (15JC1401402).

语种：英文

摘要：Coculture between mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and articular chondrocytes (ACs) represents a promising strategy for cartilage regeneration. This study aimed at elaborating how ACs were regulated by MSCs. Rabbit ACs (rACs) and rabbit MSCs (rMSCs) were seeded separately in a Transwell system to initiate non-contact coculture in growth medium without chondrogenic factors. Cell morphology, cell proliferation, production of extracellular matrix (ECM), and gene expression of rACs were characterized. Upon coculture, rACs underwent a morphological transition from a rounded or polygonal shape into a fibroblast-like one and proliferation was provoked simultaneously. Such effects were dependent on the amount of rMSCs. Along with these changes, ECM production and gene expression of rACs were also perturbed. Importantly, when a ROCK inhibitor (Y27632) was supplemented to coculture, the effects except that on cell proliferation were inhibited, suggesting the involvement of RhoA/ROCK signaling. By applying an inhibitor (BIBF1120) of VEGFR1/2/3, FGFR1/2/3 and PDGFR alpha/beta in coculture, or supplementing FGF-1, VEGF-A and PDGFbb in monoculture, it was confirmed that the paracrine factors by rMSCs mediated the compounding effects on rACs. These findings shed light on MSCs-ACs interactions and might confer an insight view on cell-based cartilage regeneration.