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Mignone JL, Roig-Lopez JL, Fedtsova N, Schones DE, Manganas LN, Maletic-Savatic M, Keyes WM, Mills AA, Gleiberman A, Zhang MQ, Enikolopov G. Neural potential of a stem cell population in the hair follicle. Cell Cycle 2007; 6:2161-70. [PMID: 17873521 PMCID: PMC3789384 DOI: 10.4161/cc.6.17.4593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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The bulge region of the hair follicle serves as a repository for epithelial stem cells that can regenerate the follicle in each hair growth cycle and contribute to epidermis regeneration upon injury. Here we describe a population of multipotential stem cells in the hair follicle bulge region; these cells can be identified by fluorescence in transgenic nestin-GFP mice. The morphological features of these cells suggest that they maintain close associations with each other and with the surrounding niche. Upon explantation, these cells can give rise to neurosphere-like structures in vitro. When these cells are permitted to differentiate, they produce several cell types, including cells with neuronal, astrocytic, oligodendrocytic, smooth muscle, adipocytic, and other phenotypes. Furthermore, upon implantation into the developing nervous system of chick, these cells generate neuronal cells in vivo. We used transcriptional profiling to assess the relationship between these cells and embryonic and postnatal neural stem cells and to compare them with other stem cell populations of the bulge. Our results show that nestin-expressing cells in the bulge region of the hair follicle have stem cell-like properties, are multipotent, and can effectively generate cells of neural lineage in vitro and in vivo.
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- John L. Mignone
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory; Cold Spring Harbor, New York USA
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- Department of Psychiatry; University of California; San Diego and San Diego VA Medical Center; La Jolla, California USA
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory; Cold Spring Harbor, New York USA
- Stony Brook University; Stony Brook, New York USA
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory; Cold Spring Harbor, New York USA
- Stony Brook University; Stony Brook, New York USA
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory; Cold Spring Harbor, New York USA
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- Department of Medicine; University of California; La Jolla, California USA
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- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory; Cold Spring Harbor, New York USA
- Correspondence to: Grigori Enikolopov; Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory; 1 Bungtown Road; Cold Spring Harbor 11724 New York; Tel.: 516.367.8316; Fax: 516.367.6805;
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Rogers I, Yamanaka N, Bielecki R, Wong CJ, Chua S, Yuen S, Casper RF. Identification and analysis of in vitro cultured CD45-positive cells capable of multi-lineage differentiation. Exp Cell Res 2007; 313:1839-52. [PMID: 17433293 DOI: 10.1016/j.yexcr.2007.02.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2006] [Revised: 02/14/2007] [Accepted: 02/15/2007] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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We report on a subset of cells that co-purify with CD45-positive/Lineage minus (CD45(pos)/Lin(minus)) hematopoietic cells that are capable of in vitro differentiation into multi-potential cells including cells with neuroectoderm properties. Although these cells are CD45 positive and have properties similar to CD45-negative mesenchymal progenitor cells (MPC) derived from bone marrow (BM), they are neither hematopoietic cells nor mesenchymal cells. These CD45(pos)/Lin(minus) cells can be expanded in vitro, express the stem cell genes Oct-4 and Nanog and can be induced to differentiate into endothelial cells, osteoblasts, muscle cells and neural cells at frequencies similar to those reported for bone marrow mesenchymal cells. Long-term culture of these cells followed by transplantation into NOD/SCID mice resulted in positive bone marrow stromal cell engraftment but not hematopoietic engraftment, suggesting that despite their CD45-positive status these cells do not have the same properties as hematopoietic stem cells. Clonal cell analysis determined that the culture period caused a broadening in the differentiation potential of the starting population.
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- Ian Rogers
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Rm. 876 Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital and the University of Toronto, 600 University Ave, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1X5.
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Sharma AD, Cantz T, Manns MP, Ott M. The role of stem cells in physiology, pathophysiology, and therapy of the liver. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 2:51-8. [PMID: 17142887 DOI: 10.1007/s12015-006-0009-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/1999] [Revised: 11/30/1999] [Accepted: 11/30/1999] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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The objectives of the present review is to update readers with the rapidly changing concepts in liver stem cell biology and related clinical applications. The liver has adapted to the inflow of ingested toxins by the evolutionary development of unique regenerative properties and responds to injury or tissue loss by rapid division of the mature cells, hepatocytes, and bile duct epithelial cells. Proliferation of the parenchymal cells is regulated by numerous cytokine/growth factor-mediated pathways and is timely synchronized with extracellular matrix degradation and the restoration of the vasculature. The putative role of stem cells in physiology, pathophysiology, and therapy is not yet precisely known but currently is under intensive investigation. Resident hepatic stem/ progenitor cells have been identified in small numbers and implicated in liver tissue repair, when hepatocyte and bile duct replication capacity is exhausted or experimentally inhibited. Several independent reports have suggested that bone marrow cells can give rise to different hepatic epithelial cells types, including hepatic stem cells, hepatocytes, and bile duct epithelium. These observations have resulted in the hypothesis that extrahepatic stem cells, specifically bone marrow-derived stem cells, are an important source for liver epithelial cell replacement, particularly during chronic injury. Most of published data, however, now suggest that they do not play a relevant role in replacement of epithelial cells in any known form of hepatic injury. In vitro differentiation protocols for various adult extrahepatic stem cells might eventually provide valuable sources of cells for transplantation and therapy. Amniotic epithelial stem cells, fetal liver progenitor cells as well as embryonic stem cells currently emerge as alternative stem cell sources and open new possibilities for cellular therapies of liver disease.
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- Amar Deep Sharma
- Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Endocrinology, Center of Internal Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
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Day K, Shefer G, Richardson JB, Enikolopov G, Yablonka-Reuveni Z. Nestin-GFP reporter expression defines the quiescent state of skeletal muscle satellite cells. Dev Biol 2006; 304:246-59. [PMID: 17239845 PMCID: PMC1888564 DOI: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2006.12.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 128] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/25/2006] [Revised: 11/07/2006] [Accepted: 12/12/2006] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Repair of adult skeletal muscle depends on satellite cells, quiescent myogenic stem cells located beneath the myofiber basal lamina. Satellite cell numbers and performance decline with age and disease, yet the intrinsic molecular changes accompanying these conditions are unknown. We identified expression of GFP driven by regulatory elements of the nestin (NES) gene within mouse satellite cells, which permitted characterization of these cells in their niche. Sorted NES-GFP+ cells exclusively acquired a myogenic fate, even when supplemented with media supporting non-myogenic development. Mutual and unique gene expression by NES-GFP+ cells from hindlimb and diaphragm muscles demonstrated intra- and inter-muscular heterogeneity of satellite cells. NES-GFP expression declined following satellite cell activation and was reacquired in late stage myogenic cultures by non-proliferating Pax7+ progeny. The dynamics of this expression pattern reflect the cycle of satellite cell self-renewal. The NES-GFP model reveals unique transcriptional activity within quiescent satellite cells and permits novel insight into the heterogeneity of their molecular signatures.
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- Kenneth Day
- Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195
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- Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195
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- Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195
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- Department of Biological Structure, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195
- Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195
- Corresponding author: Zipora Yablonka-Reuveni, Ph.D., Department of Biological Structure, Box 357420, Magnuson Health Sciences Center, room G514, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA 98195, Tel: 206-685-2708; Fax: 206-543-1524, E-mail:
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Kruse C, Bodó E, Petschnik AE, Danner S, Tiede S, Paus R. Towards the development of a pragmatic technique for isolating and differentiating nestin-positive cells from human scalp skin into neuronal and glial cell populations: generating neurons from human skin? Exp Dermatol 2006; 15:794-800. [PMID: 16984261 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2006.00471.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Nestin+ hair follicle-associated cells of murine skin can be isolated and differentiated in vitro into neuronal and glial cells. Therefore, we have asked whether human skin also contains nestin+ cells, and whether these can be differentiated in vitro into neuronal and/or glial cell populations. In this methodological pilot study, we show that both are indeed the case - employing purposely only very simple techniques for isolating, propagating, and differentiating nestin+ cells from normal human scalp skin and its appendages that do not require selective microdissection and tissue compartment isolation prior to cell culture. We show that, it is in principle, possible to maintain and propagate human skin nestin+ cells for extended passage numbers and to differentiate them into both neuronal (i.e. neurofilament+ and/or PGP9.5+) and glial (i.e. GFAP+, MBP+ and/or O4+) cell populations. Therefore, human scalp skin can serve as a highly accessible, abundant, and convenient source for autologous adult stem cell-like cells that offer themselves to be exploited for neuroregenerative medicine purposes.
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- Charli Kruse
- Fraunhofer-Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Group of Cell Differentiation and Cell Technology at the University of Lübeck, MFC Innovationscampus, Maria-Goeppert-Strasse 1, D-23538 Lübeck, Germany.
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Sicklick JK, Choi SS, Bustamante M, McCall SJ, Pérez EH, Huang J, Li YX, Rojkind M, Diehl AM. Evidence for epithelial-mesenchymal transitions in adult liver cells. Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol 2006; 291:G575-83. [PMID: 16710052 DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00102.2006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Both myofibroblastic hepatic stellate cells (HSC) and hepatic epithelial progenitors accumulate in damaged livers. In some injured organs, the ability to distinguish between fibroblastic and epithelial cells is sometimes difficult because cells undergo epithelial-mesenchymal transitions (EMT). During EMT, cells coexpress epithelial and mesenchymal cell markers. To determine whether EMT occurs in adult liver cells, we analyzed the expression profile of primary HSC, two HSC lines, and hepatic epithelial progenitors. As expected, all HSC expressed HSC markers. Surprisingly, these markers were also expressed by epithelial progenitors. In addition, one HSC line expressed typical epithelial progenitor mRNAs, and these epithelial markers were inducible in the second HSC line. In normal and damaged livers, small ductular-type cells stained positive for an HSC marker. In conclusion, HSC and hepatic epithelial progenitors both coexpress epithelial and mesenchymal markers, providing evidence that EMT occurs in adult liver cells.
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- Jason K Sicklick
- Duke Univ. Medical Center, Division of Gastroenterology, Snyderman-GSRB I Suite 1073, 595 LaSalle St., Box 3256, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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Koenig S, Probst I, Becker H, Krause P. Zonal hierarchy of differentiation markers and nestin expression during oval cell mediated rat liver regeneration. Histochem Cell Biol 2006; 126:723-34. [PMID: 16835754 DOI: 10.1007/s00418-006-0204-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/17/2006] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Oval cells constitute a heterogeneous population of proliferating progenitors found in rat livers following carcinogenic treatment (2-acetylaminofluorene and 70% hepatectomy). The aim of this study was to investigate the cellular pattern of various differentiation and cell type markers in this model of liver regeneration. Immunophenotypic characterisation revealed at least two subtypes emerging from the portal field. First, a population of oval cells formed duct-like structures and expressed bile duct (CD49f) as well as hepatocytic markers (alpha-foetoprotein, CD26). Second, a population of non-ductular oval cells was detected between and distally from the ductules expressing the neural marker nestin and the haematopoietic marker Thy1. Following oval cell isolation, a subset of the nestin-positive cells was shown to co-express hepatocytic and epithelial markers (albumin, CD26, pancytokeratin) and could be clearly distinguished from anti-desmin reactive hepatic stellate cells. The gene expression profiles (RT-PCR) of isolated oval cells and oval cell liver tissue were found to be similar to foetal liver (ED14). The present results suggest that the two oval cell populations are organised in a zonal hierarchy with a marker gradient from the inner (displaying hepatocytic and biliary markers) to the outer zone (showing hepatocytic and extrahepatic progenitor markers) of the proliferating progeny clusters.
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- Sarah Koenig
- Department of General Surgery, University Hospital, Robert-Koch-Strasse 40, 37099 Goettingen, Germany.
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