Cochlear epithelial of dog fetuses: a new source of multipotent stem cells

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• 作者：Ana Carolina M. Santos ; Jéssica Borghesi ; Lara Carolina Mario…
• 关键词：Hearing loss ; Stem cells ; Cell therapy ; Animal model
• 刊名：Cytotechnology
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：February 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：69
• 期：1
• 页码：179-189
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• 刊物类别：Chemistry and Materials Science
• 刊物主题：Biotechnology; Biomedicine, general; Biochemistry, general;
• 出版者：Springer Netherlands
• ISSN：1573-0778
• 卷排序：69

文摘

Hearing loss caused by the damage of cochlea sensory cells or neurons is a common human disease, but also affects dogs and other animals. To test their progenitor nature as potential value for future therapies, we characterized cells derived from the cochlear epithelium in dog fetuses. In total, 8 fetuses of 35–40 days of gestation, derived from castration campaigns, were investigated. Cells were analysed by the MTT colorimetric assay and in regard to cell cycle, differentiation capacities, immunophenotypes and qPCR analysis. In culture, cells had a fibroblast-like morphology. Phenotypic immunocharacterization showed positive staining for mesenchymal stem cell and pluripotency markers and were negative for hematopoietic cell markers. Cells possessed differentiation capacity for the three main cell lineages: osteogenic, adipogenic and chondrogenic, altogether indicating their nature as mesenchymal stem cells. Thus, cells derived from fetal cochlear tissues indeed may provide valuable sources of progenitor cells for cell therapy of canine deafness and other diseases.