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Maleki F, Sadeghian H, Bahrami AR, Goftari SN, Matin MM. Investigating the Anti-tumor and Apoptosis-inducing Effects of Coumarin Derivatives as Potent 15-Lipoxygenase Inhibitors on PC-3 Prostate Cancer Cells. Anticancer Agents Med Chem 2023; 23:1722-1730. [PMID: 37171011 DOI: 10.2174/1871520623666230511102531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2022] [Revised: 02/11/2023] [Accepted: 02/28/2023] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Prostate cancer is the second most prevalent cancer among men. Despite different treatments, including surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, hormone therapy and immunotherapy for this disease, patients ultimately progress to advanced states. Thus, there is a need for new treatment options targeting cell growth and apoptosis to better control the proliferation and metastasis of these cells. There are many reports indicating overexpression of the 15-lipoxygenase-1 (15-LOX-1) enzyme in prostate tumors. Studies have also shown that inhibition of this enzyme prevents the progression of prostate cancer. OBJECTIVE This study was conducted to assess the anti-cancer properties of some coumarin derivatives as possible 15- LOX-1 inhibitors, on PC-3 prostate cancer cells. METHODS In this study, the activity of 15-LOX-1 was evaluated in PC-3 cells by a spectrophotometric assay. In addition, due to high similarity between the 15-LOX-1 and soybean 15-lipoxygenase (SLO) (L1; EC 1, 13, 11, 12) active sites, the soybean SLO was used to investigate inhibitory effects of synthetic coumarin compounds 8- isopentenyloxycoumarin (8-IC), 8-isopentenyloxy-3-carboxycoumarin (8-ICC), 8-geranyloxycoumarin (8-GC), 8- geranyloxy-3-carboxycoumarin (8-GCC), and 8-farnesyloxy-3-carboxycoumarin (8-FCC) on this enzyme. Moreover, the cytotoxic and anticancer effects of the coumarin compounds were examined on PC-3 (Prostate Cancer) and HDF-1 (Human Dermal Fibroblast) cells by alamarBlue assay. Finally, apoptosis-inducing effects of all synthetic compounds were determined by flow cytometry. RESULTS The IC50 values obtained by the alamarBlue test revealed that 8-IC, 8-GC and 8-GCC had cytotoxic effects on PC-3 cells. Treating both PC-3 and HDF-1 cells with 8-ICC and 8-FCC did not significantly reduce cell number. Furthermore, the IC50 values of 8-IC on HDF-1 cells showed cytotoxic effects, while treating these cells with 8-GC and 8- GCC did not show any significant cytotoxicity on these normal human fibroblasts. Assessing the ability of 4-MMPB (as a specific inhibitor of 15-LOX-1), 8-GC, and 8-GCC compounds to inhibit SLO revealed that these compounds exerted strong 15-LOX-1 inhibitory activity, while 8-IC and 8-FCC had a weak inhibitory effect and also 8-ICC showed no inhibitory effect on SLO enzyme. In addition, flow cytometric analysis by FITC (fluorescein isothiocyanate)- annexin V and propidium iodide showed that treatment with IC50 values of 8-GC and 8-GCC induced apoptosis in 35.2% and 30.8% of PC-3 cells, respectively. CONCLUSION Thus, 8-GC and 8-GCC can be introduced as effective anticancer agents with apoptosis-inducing properties. Furthermore, our results suggest that the cytotoxic effects of these compounds might be related to the inhibition of 15-LOX-1 enzyme in PC-3 cells. On the other hand, the cytotoxic effects of 8-IC might be due to the inhibition of other signaling pathways in PC-3 cells. However, further in vivo experiments are required to determine the exact mechanisms involved in the anticancer effects of these coumarin compounds.
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- Fatemeh Maleki
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Laboratory Sciences, Neurogenic Inflammation Research Center, School of Paramedical Sciences, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
- Industrial Biotechnology Research Group, Institute of Biotechnology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
- Novel Diagnostics and Therapeutics Research Group, Institute of Biotechnology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
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Rezaeian Z, Bahrami AR, Matin MM, Hosseiny SS. Investigation the effects of vitreous humor on proliferation and dedifferentiation of differentiated NTERA2 cells. BRAZ J BIOL 2021; 84:e250151. [PMID: 34817042 DOI: 10.1590/1519-6984.250151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2021] [Accepted: 09/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Mammals have a limited capacity to regenerate their tissues and organs. One of the mechanisms associated with natural regeneration is dedifferentiation. Several small molecules such as vitamin C and growth factors could improve reprogramming efficiency. In this study, the NTERA2-D1 (NT2) cells were induced towards differentiation (NT2-RA) with 10-5 M retinoic acid (RA) for three days and then subjected to various amounts of vitreous humor (VH). Results show that the growth rate of these cells was reduced, while this rate was partly restored upon treatment with VH (NT2-RA-VH). Cell cycle analysis with PI method also showed that the numbers of cells at the S phase of the cell cycle in these cells were increased. The levels of SSEA3 and TRA-1-81 antigens in NT2-RA were dropped but they increased in NT2- RA-VH to a level similar to the NT2 cells. The level of SSEA1 had an opposite pattern. Expression of OCT4 gene dropped after RA treatment, but it was recovered in NT2-RA-VH cells. In conclusion, we suggest VH as a potent mixture for improving the cellular reprogramming leading to dedifferentiation.
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- Z Rezaeian
- Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Institute of Biotechnology, Cellular and Molecular Biotechnology Research Group, Mashhad, Iran
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- Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Institute of Biotechnology, Cellular and Molecular Biotechnology Research Group, Mashhad, Iran.,Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology, Mashhad, Iran
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- Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Institute of Biotechnology, Cellular and Molecular Biotechnology Research Group, Mashhad, Iran
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- Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Institute of Biotechnology, Cellular and Molecular Biotechnology Research Group, Mashhad, Iran
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Shahraki S, Moghaddam Matin M, Ebrahimzadeh Bideskan A, Aslzare M, Bahrami AR, Hosseinian S, Iranpour S, Samadi Noshahr Z, Khajavi Rad A. Kidney tissue engineering using a well-preserved acellular rat kidney scaffold and mesenchymal stem cells. Vet Res Forum 2021; 12:339-348. [PMID: 34815846 PMCID: PMC8576151 DOI: 10.30466/vrf.2019.104640.2491] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2019] [Accepted: 09/14/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The aim of this study was to acquire an effective method for preparation of rat decellularized kidney scaffolds capable of supporting proliferation and differentiation of human adipose tissue derived mesenchymal stem cells (AD-MSCs) into kidney cells. We compared two detergents, the sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and triton X-100 for decellularization. The efficiency of these methods was assessed by Hematoxylin and Eosin (H&E), 4', 6 diamidino-2-phenylindole and immunohistochemistry (IHC) staining. In the next step, AD-MSCs were seeded into the SDS-treated scaffolds and assessed after three weeks of culture. Proliferation and differentiation of AD-MSCs into kidney-specific cell types were then analyzed by H&E and IHC staining. The histological examinations revealed that SDS was more efficient in removing kidney cells at all-time points compared to triton X-100. Also, in the SDS-treated sections the native extracellular matrix was more preserved than the triton-treated samples. Laminin was completely preserved during decellularization procedure using SDS. Cell attachment in the renal scaffold was observed after recellularization. Furthermore, differentiation of AD-MSCs into epithelial and endothelial cells was confirmed by expression of Na-K ATPase and vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 (VEGFR-2) in seeded rat renal scaffolds, respectively. Our findings illustrated that SDS was more effective for decellularization of rat kidney compared to triton X-100. We presented an optimized method for decellularization and recellularization of rat kidneys to create functional renal natural scaffolds. These natural scaffolds supported the growth of AD-MSCs and could also induce differentiation of these cells into epithelial and endothelial cells.
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- Samira Shahraki
- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Zahedan University of Medical Sciences, Zahedan, Iran; ,Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran;
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran; ,Novel Diagnostics and Therapeutics Research Group, Institute of Biotechnology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran; ,Correspondence Abolfazl Khajavi Rad. MD, PhD , Applied Biomedical Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran . E-mail: . Maryam Moghaddam Matin. PhD , Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran, E-mail:
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- Urology and Nephrology Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran;
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran; ,Novel Diagnostics and Therapeutics Research Group, Institute of Biotechnology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran;
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran; ,Applied Biomedical Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran;
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran;
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- Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran; ,Applied Biomedical Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran. ,Correspondence Abolfazl Khajavi Rad. MD, PhD , Applied Biomedical Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran . E-mail: . Maryam Moghaddam Matin. PhD , Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran, E-mail:
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Shafieian R, Matin MM, Rahpeyma A, Fazel A, Sedigh HS, Nabavi AS, Hassanzadeh H, Ebrahimzadeh-Bideskan A. Effects of Human Adipose-derived Stem Cells and Platelet-Rich Plasma on Healing Response of Canine Alveolar Surgical Bone Defects. Arch Bone Jt Surg 2017; 5:406-418. [PMID: 29299496 PMCID: PMC5736890] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2017] [Accepted: 08/05/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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BACKGROUND Due to the known disadvantages of autologous bone grafting, tissue engineering approaches have become an attractive method for ridge augmentation in dentistry. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study conducted to evaluate the potential therapeutic capacity of PRP-assisted hADSCs seeded on HA/TCP granules on regenerative healing response of canine alveolar surgical bone defects. This could offer a great advantage to alternative approaches of bone tissue healing-induced therapies at clinically chair-side procedures. METHODS Cylindrical through-and-through defects were drilled in the mandibular plate of 5 mongrel dogs and filled randomly as following: I- autologous crushed mandibular bone, II- no filling material, III- HA/TCP granules in combination with PRP, and IV- PRP-enriched hADSCs seeded on HA/TCP granules. After the completion of an 8-week period of healing, radiographic, histological and histomorphometrical analysis of osteocyte number, newly-formed vessels and marrow spaces were used for evaluation and comparison of the mentioned groups. Furthermore, the buccal side of mandibular alveolar bone of every individual animal was drilled as normal control samples (n=5). RESULTS Our results revealed that hADSCs subcultured on HA/TCP granules in combination with PRP significantly promoted bone tissue regeneration as compared with those defects treated only with PRP and HA/TCP granules (P<0.05). CONCLUSION In conclusion, our results indicated that application of PRP-assisted hADSCs could induce bone tissue regeneration in canine alveolar bone defects and thus, present a helpful alternative in bone tissue regeneration.
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- Reihaneh Shafieian
- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
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Afra S, Makhdoumi A, Matin MM, Feizy J. A novel red pigment from marine Arthrobacter sp. G20 with specific anticancer activity. J Appl Microbiol 2017; 123:1228-1236. [PMID: 28862783 DOI: 10.1111/jam.13576] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2017] [Revised: 08/15/2017] [Accepted: 08/25/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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AIMS Bacterial pigments are promising compounds in the prevention and treatment of various cancers. In the current study, the antioxidant, cytotoxic and antimicrobial effects of a red pigment obtained from a marine bacterial strain were investigated. METHODS AND RESULTS Optimization of the pigment production by the marine strain was conducted using the one-factor-at-a-time approach. Chemical identification of the pigment was achieved by UV-visible, FTIR and HPLC analyses. The biological activities of the pigment were evaluated by DPPH, MTT and microbroth dilution assays. The strain was identified as Arthrobacter, and its pigment was related to carotenoids. The EC50 antioxidant activity of the pigment was evaluated as 4·5 mg ml-1 . It showed moderate anticancer effects on an oesophageal cancer cell line, KYSE30, while no inhibition was observed on normal HDF (human dermal fibroblasts) cells. The pigment had no antibacterial effects on the four tested strains. CONCLUSION The antitumour activity of a carotenoid-related pigment from Arthrobacter sp. was reported for the first time. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY Marine environments are interesting sources for the identification of novel bioproducts. The identification of carotenoid pigments from marine bacteria with remarkable antioxidant and anticancer activities would result in better insights into the potential pharmaceutical applications of carotenoids and marine environments.
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- S Afra
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.,Cell and Molecular Biotechnology Research Group, Institute of Biotechnology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
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- Research Institute of Food Science and Technology, Mashhad, Iran
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Farshchian M, Matin MM, Bahrami M, Geerts D, Dastpak M, Shahriyari M, Tajeran M, Mirahmadi M, Bahrami AR. Pluripotency induction in HEK293T cells by concurrent expression of STELLA, OCT4 and NANOS2. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2016; 480:635-640. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2016.10.108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2016] [Accepted: 10/25/2016] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Irfan-Maqsood M, Matin MM, Heirani-Tabasi A, Bahrami M, Naderi-Meshkin H, Mirahmadi M, Hassanzadeh H, Sanjar Moussavi N, Raza-Shah H, Raeesolmohaddeseen M, Bidkhori H, Bahrami AR. Adipose derived mesenchymal stem cells express keratinocyte lineage markers in a co-culture model. Cell Mol Biol (Noisy-le-grand) 2016; 62:44-54. [PMID: 27188869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/22/2016] [Accepted: 04/28/2016] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Cutaneous wound healing is a complex type of biological event involving proliferation, differentiation, reprograming, trans/de-differentiation, recruitment, migration, and apoptosis of a number of cells (keratinocytes, fibroblasts, endothelial cells, nerve cells and stem cells) to regenerate a multi-layered tissue that is damaged by either internal or external factors. The exact regeneration mechanism of damaged skin is still unknown but the epithelial and other kinds of stem cells located in skin play crucial roles in the healing process. In this work, a co-culture model composed of adipose derived mesenchymal stem cells and keratinocytes was developed to understand the cellular differentiation behaviour in wound healing. Human mesenchymal stem cells were isolated from waste lipoaspirates. Keratinocytes were isolated from neonatal rats skin as well from human adult skin. Both types of cells were cultured and their culturing behaviour was observed microscopically under regular intervals of time. The identity of both cells was confirmed by flow cytometry and qRT-PCR. Cells were co-cultured under the proposed co-culturing model and the model was observed for 7, 14 and 21 days. The cellular behaviour was studied based on change in morphology, colonization, stratification, migration and expression of molecular markers. Expression of molecular markers was studied at transcriptional level and change in cellular morphology and migration capabilities was observed under the invert microscope regularly. Successfully isolated and characterized mesenchymal stem cells were found to express keratinocyte lineage markers i.e. K5, K10, K14, K18, K19 and Involucrin when co-cultured with keratinocytes after 14 and 21 days. Their expression was found to increase by increasing the time span of cell culturing. The keratinocyte colonies started to disappear after 10 days of culturing which might be due to stratification process initiated by possibly transdifferentiated stem cells. It can be concluded that mesenchymal stem cells can regenerate the damaged skin if transplanted to damaged area but for their successful differentiation and enhanced regeneration, they need a population of keratinocytes in situ which need further experiments for validation of co-culture model and its potential for being used in clinics.
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- M Irfan-Maqsood
- Ferdowsi University of Mashhad Department of Biology, Faculty of Science Mashhad Iran
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- Ferdowsi University of Mashhad Department of Biology, Faculty of Science Mashhad Iran
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- ACECR-Khorasan Razavi Branch Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Research Group Mashhad Iran
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- Ferdowsi University of Mashhad Department of Biology, Faculty of Science Mashhad Iran
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- ACECR-Khorasan Razavi Branch Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Research Group Mashhad Iran
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- ACECR-Khorasan Razavi Branch Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Research Group Mashhad Iran
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- ACECR-Khorasan Razavi Branch Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Research Group Mashhad Iran
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- Islamic Azad University-Mashhad Branch Department of surgery, Faculty of Medicine Mashhad Iran
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- Mashhad University of Medical Sciences Shahid Hasheminejad Hospital Mashhad Iran
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- ACECR-Khorasan Razavi Branch Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Research Group Mashhad Iran
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- ACECR-Khorasan Razavi Branch Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Research Group Mashhad Iran
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- Ferdowsi University of Mashhad Department of Biology, Faculty of Science Mashhad Iran
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Bidkhori HR, Ahmadiankia N, Matin MM, Heirani-tabasi A, Farshchian M, Naderi-meshkin H, Shahriyari M, Dastpak M, Bahrami AR. Chemically primed bone-marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells show enhanced expression of chemokine receptors contributed to their migration capability. Iran J Basic Med Sci 2016; 19:14-9. [PMID: 27096059 PMCID: PMC4823610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The limited homing potential of bone-marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSC) is the key obstacle in MSC-based therapy. It is believed that chemokines and chemokine receptor interactions play key roles in cellular processes associated with migration. Meanwhile, MSCs express a low level of distinct chemokine receptors and they even lose these receptors on their surface after a few passages which influence their therapeutic applications negatively. This study investigated whether treatment of BM-MSCs with hypoxia-mimicking agents would increase expression of some chemokine receptors and cell migration. MATERIALS AND METHODS BM-MSCs were treated at passage 2 for our gene expression profiling. All qPCR experiments were performed by SYBR Green method in CFX-96 Bio-Rad Real-Time PCR. The Boyden chamber assay was utilized to investigate BM-MSC homing. RESULTS Possible approaches to increasing the expression level of chemokine receptors by different hypoxia-mimicking agents such as valproic acid (VPA), CoCl2, and desferrioxamine (DFX) are described. Results show DFX efficiently up-regulate the CXCR7 and CXCR4 gene expression while VPA increase only the CXCR7 gene expression and no significant change in expression level of CXCR4 and the CXCR7 gene was detectable by CoCl2 treatment. Chemotaxis assay results show that pre-treatment with DFX, VPA, and Cocl2 enhances significantly the migration ability of BM-MSCs compared with the untreated control group and DFX treatment accelerates MSCs homing significantly with a higher rate than VPA and Cocl2 treatments. CONCLUSION Our data supports the notion that pretreatment of MSC with VPA and DFX improves the efficiency of MSC therapy by triggering homing regulatory signaling pathways.
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- Hamid Reza Bidkhori
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran,Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Research Department, ACECR-Khorasan Razavi Branch, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran,Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Research Department, ACECR-Khorasan Razavi Branch, Mashhad, Iran
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- Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Research Department, ACECR-Khorasan Razavi Branch, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran,Molecular Medicine Research Department, ACECR-Khorasan Razavi Branch, Mashhad, Iran
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- Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Research Department, ACECR-Khorasan Razavi Branch, Mashhad, Iran
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- Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Research Department, ACECR-Khorasan Razavi Branch, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran,Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Research Department, ACECR-Khorasan Razavi Branch, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran,Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Research Department, ACECR-Khorasan Razavi Branch, Mashhad, Iran,Cell and Molecular Biotechnology Research group, Institute of Biotechnology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran,Corresponding author: Ahmad Reza Bahrami. Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.
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Mishan MA, Ahmadiankia N, Matin MM, Heirani-Tabasi A, Shahriyari M, Bidkhori HR, Naderi-Meshkin H, Bahrami AR. Role of Berberine on molecular markers involved in migration of esophageal cancer cells. Cell Mol Biol (Noisy-le-grand) 2015; 61:37-43. [PMID: 26667771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2015] [Accepted: 12/11/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
Abstract
Berberine is an isoquinoline alkaloid found in several plant species like famous chinese herb, Rhizoma coptidis which has been used locally as a strong gastrointestinal remedy for thousands of years. The inhibitory effects of berberine on tumor progression properties have been reported before. In this study, we investigated the effect of berberine on an esophageal cancer cell line, KYSE-30 with emphasis on its effects on the expression of certain chemokine receptors. The cytotoxic effect of berberine on KYSE-30 cells was analyzed by MTT assay. In vitro cell migration assay was also applied to the treated cells and the expression levels of the selected chemokine receptors (CXCR4 and CCR7) was measured at mRNA level. A retarded growth, associated with increasing concentrations of berberine, was obvious. On the other hand, the migration rate of the cells was decreased when they were treated with different concentrations of berberine and the expression levels of the two chemokine receptors, involved in the migration and metastasis of esophageal cancer cells, were decreased following the same treatments. With these results, we tend to conclude that berberine might be a proper candidate for further investigations, by targeting the chemokine receptors, and possible applications as anti-metastatic agent in cancer studies.
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MESH Headings
- Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic/isolation & purification
- Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic/pharmacology
- Berberine/isolation & purification
- Berberine/pharmacology
- Biomarkers, Tumor/antagonists & inhibitors
- Biomarkers, Tumor/genetics
- Biomarkers, Tumor/metabolism
- Cell Line, Tumor
- Cell Movement/drug effects
- Cell Proliferation/drug effects
- Cell Survival/drug effects
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Drugs, Chinese Herbal/isolation & purification
- Drugs, Chinese Herbal/pharmacology
- Epithelial Cells/drug effects
- Epithelial Cells/metabolism
- Epithelial Cells/pathology
- Esophagus/drug effects
- Esophagus/metabolism
- Esophagus/pathology
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Humans
- RNA, Messenger/antagonists & inhibitors
- RNA, Messenger/genetics
- RNA, Messenger/metabolism
- Receptors, CCR7/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, CCR7/genetics
- Receptors, CCR7/metabolism
- Receptors, CXCR4/antagonists & inhibitors
- Receptors, CXCR4/genetics
- Receptors, CXCR4/metabolism
- Signal Transduction
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- M A Mishan
- Ferdowsi University of Mashhad Department of Biology, Faculty of Science Mashhad Iran
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- Shahroud University of Medical Sciences Shahroud Iran
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- Ferdowsi University of Mashhad Department of Biology, Faculty of Science Mashhad Iran
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- ACECR-Khorasan Razavi Branch Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Research Department, Mashhad Iran
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- ACECR-Khorasan Razavi Branch Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Research Department, Mashhad Iran
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- ACECR-Khorasan Razavi Branch Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Research Department, Mashhad Iran
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- ACECR-Khorasan Razavi Branch Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Research Department, Mashhad Iran
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- Ferdowsi University of Mashhad Department of Biology, Faculty of Science Mashhad Iran
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Tavassoli A, Matin MM, Niaki MA, Mahdavi-Shahri N, Shahabipour F. Mesenchymal stem cells can survive on the extracellular matrix-derived decellularized bovine articular cartilage scaffold. Iran J Basic Med Sci 2015; 18:1221-7. [PMID: 26877852 PMCID: PMC4744362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVE S The scarcity of articular cartilage defect to repair due to absence of blood vessels and tissue engineering is one of the promising approaches for cartilage regeneration. The objective of this study was to prepare an extracellular matrix derived decellularized bovine articular cartilage scaffold and investigate its interactions with seeded rat bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSCs). MATERIALS AND METHODS Bovine articular cartilage that was cut into pieces with 2 mm thickness, were decellularized by combination of physical and chemical methods including snap freeze-thaw and treatment with sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS). The scaffolds were then seeded with 1, 1'-dioctadecyl-3, 3, 3', 3'-tetramethylindocarbocyanine perchlorate (DiI) labeled BM-MSCs and cultured for up to two weeks. RESULTS Histological studies of decellularized bovine articular cartilage showed that using 5 cycles of snap freeze-thaw in liquid nitrogen and treatment with 2.5% SDS for 4 hr led to the best decellularization, while preserving the articular cartilage structure. Adherence and penetration of seeded BM-MSCs on to the scaffold were displayed by histological and florescence examinations and also confirmed by electron microscopy. CONCLUSION ECM-derived decellularized articular cartilage scaffold provides a suitable environment to support adhesion and maintenance of cultured BM-MSCs and could be applied to investigate cellular behaviors in this system and may also be useful for studies of cartilage tissue engineering.
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- Amin Tavassoli
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran,Cell and Molecular Biotechnology Research Group, Institute of Biotechnology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran,Cell and Molecular Biotechnology Research Group, Institute of Biotechnology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran,Corresponding author: Nasser Mahdavi-Shahri. Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran. Tel/Fax: +985118762227;
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
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Naderi S, Akbarzadeh Niaki M, Mahdavi Shahri N, Moghaddam Matin M, Fereidoni M, Naseri F. In vitro histological investigation of interactions between rat decellularized large intestine scaffold and human adipose derived mesenchymal stem cells. Vet Res Forum 2015; 6:251-5. [PMID: 26893817 PMCID: PMC4611981] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2014] [Accepted: 05/10/2015] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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The aim of this study was to investigate the interactions between rat intestine decellularized scaffold and human adipose derived mesenchymal stem cells. Rat large intestine was dissected in fragments and decellularized by physicochemical methods. The scaffolds were loaded by human adipose derived mesenchymal stem cells expressing green fluorescent protein. Microscopic sections were prepared from the scaffolds after two weeks of culture with stem cells and studied by histological methods. The interactions of scaffolds with MSCs were also studied by electron microscopy. Histological and electron microscopy studies revealed human mesenchymal stem cell adhesion, migration, division and maintenance during the 14 days of culture in vitro. According to the results, scaffolds prepared from rat intestine matrix could be a suitable scaffold for studying in vitro cell behaviors such as division, migration and attachment. These various behaviors of cultured cells might be due to inductive effects of the extracellular matrix derived scaffold. However, more investigations are required to discover the exact effects of this scaffold and its interactions with mesenchymal stem cells.
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- Somayeh Naderi
- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran;
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran; ,Stem Cell Biotechnology Research Group, Institute of Biotechnology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran; ,Correspondence: Nasser Mahdavi Shahri. PhD, Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran and Stem Cell Biotechnology Research Group, Institute of Biotechnology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran. E-mail:
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran; ,Cell and Molecular Biotechnology Research Group, Institute of Biotechnology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran; ,Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Research Group, Iranian Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research (ACECR),Khorasan Razavi Branch,Mashhad, Iran;
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran;
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- Central Laboratory, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.
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Matin MM, Nakhaeizadeh H, Bahrami AR, Iranshahi M, Arghiani N, Rassouli FB. Ferutinin, an Apoptosis Inducing Terpenoid from Ferula ovina. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev 2014; 15:2123-8. [DOI: 10.7314/apjcp.2014.15.5.2123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Bagherpoor AJ, Bahrami AR, Matin MM, Mahdavi-Shahri N, Edalatmanesh MA. Investigating the effects of vitreous humour (crude extract) on growth and differentiation of rat mesenchymal stem cells (rMSCs) and human NTERA2 cells. Tsitol Genet 2010; 44:15-21. [PMID: 21250547] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Two main characteristics of all types of stem cells are their potency for differentiation and self renewal capacity. There is a lot of interest to find the conditions and factors, which govern these behaviours of stem cells. It is very well documented that retinoic acid (RA) reduces growth rate by induction of cell differentiation in certain conditions and cell lines. On the other hand, hyaluronic acid (HA) is known for its growth induction on cultured cells. A natural source of HA, rabbit vitreous humour (VH), was previously shown to promote wound repair in model animals. In search for its possible mechanisms, VH extract was tested on the cultured mesenchymal stem cells and NTERA2 as human embryonal carcinoma cells in the presence of RA. Changes in some cellular and molecular markers (A2B5, Oct4, Sox2) showed that VH and possibly HA interfere with differentiating effects of RA. Therefore, this reagent may affect cell proliferation and tissue regeneration by inhibition of cell differentiation.
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- A J Bagherpoor
- Institute of Biotechnology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran.
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Behnam Rassouli F, Matin MM, Iranshahi M, Bahrami AR, Neshati V, Mollazadeh S, Neshati Z. Mogoltacin enhances vincristine cytotoxicity in human transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) cell line. Phytomedicine 2009; 16:181-187. [PMID: 18707855 DOI: 10.1016/j.phymed.2008.06.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2008] [Revised: 04/24/2008] [Accepted: 06/13/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Bladder cancer is the second common cancer of the genitourinary system throughout the world and intravesical chemotherapy is usually used to reduce tumour recurrence and progression. Human transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) is an epithelial-like adherent cell line originally established from primary bladder carcinoma. Here we report the effect of mogoltacin, a sesquiterpene coumarin from Ferula badrakema on TCC cells. Mogoltacin was isolated from the fruits of F. badrakema, using silica gel column chromatography and preparative thin layer chromatography. Mogoltacin did not have any significant cytotoxicity effect on neoplastic TCC cells at 16, 32, 64, 128, 200 and 600 microg ml(-1) concentrations. In order to analyse its combination effect, TCC cells were cultured in the presence of various combining concentrations of mogoltacin and vincristine. Cells were then observed for morphological changes (by light microscopy) and cytotoxicity using MTT assay. The effect of mogoltacin on vincristine toxicity was studied after 24, 48 and 72 h of drug administration. The results of MTT assay showed that mogoltacin can significantly enhance the cytotoxicity of vincristine and confirmed the morphological observations. Results revealed that combination of 40 microg ml(-1) vincristine with 16 microg ml(-1) mogoltacin increased the cytotoxicity of vincristine after 48 h by 32.8%.
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- F Behnam Rassouli
- Institute of Biotechnology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
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Jafarnejad SM, Mowla SJ, Matin MM. Knocking-down the expression of nucleostemin significantly decreases rate of proliferation of rat bone marrow stromal stem cells in an apparently p53-independent manner. Cell Prolif 2008; 41:28-35. [PMID: 18211284 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2184.2007.00505.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Nucleostemin (NS) is a recently identified GTP-binding protein, predominantly expressed in embryonic and adult stem cells but not in terminally differentiated cells. NS is expressed in bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells, and its expression ceases upon induction of neural differentiation. The major aim of this study was to determine whether down-regulation of NS expression acts as a promoter, or otherwise as a by-product of differentiation and senescence processes. MATERIALS AND METHODS We used RNA interference protocols to specifically knock down NS in rat bone marrow-derived stromal stem cells. Changes in rate of proliferation and cell cycle profile after knocking-down of NS were measured. In addition, changes in expression of associated genes were studied by semiquantitative RT-PCR, Western blotting and immunocytochemistery. RESULTS Knocked-down expression of NS caused a significant decrease in the rate of cell proliferation with concomitant shutting off of expression of cyclin D1 and survivin, two other well-known regulators of cell proliferation. Interestingly, we noticed no obvious changes in expression level of p21, the main effector of p53 for its cell cycle repressing function. CONCLUSION Our findings revealed a master role for NS in promoting proliferation of rat bone marrow-derived stromal stem cells. Moreover, we suggest that despite previous proposals, the cell cycle arrest/inhibitory role of NS is unlikely to be related to its proposed property of interaction with p53.
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- S M Jafarnejad
- Department of Genetics, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
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Andrews PW, Matin MM, Bahrami AR, Damjanov I, Gokhale P, Draper JS. Embryonic stem (ES) cells and embryonal carcinoma (EC) cells: opposite sides of the same coin. Biochem Soc Trans 2006; 33:1526-30. [PMID: 16246161 DOI: 10.1042/bst20051526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Embryonal carcinoma (EC) cells are the stem cells of teratocarcinomas, and the malignant counterparts of embryonic stem (ES) cells derived from the inner cell mass of blastocyst-stage embryos, whether human or mouse. On prolonged culture in vitro, human ES cells acquire karyotypic changes that are also seen in human EC cells. They also 'adapt', proliferating faster and becoming easier to maintain with time in culture. Furthermore, when cells from such an 'adapted' culture were inoculated into a SCID (severe combined immunodeficient) mouse, we obtained a teratocarcinoma containing histologically recognizable stem cells, which grew out when the tumour was explanted into culture and exhibited properties of the starting ES cells. In these features, the 'adapted' ES cells resembled malignant EC cells. The results suggest that ES cells may develop in culture in ways that mimic changes occurring in EC cells during tumour progression.
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- P W Andrews
- The Centre for Stem Cell Biology and Department of Biomedical Science, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield S10 2TN, UK.
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We describe here the construction of a plasmid that combines positive selection with tetracycline resistance. The vector comprises a modified version of the gene encoding the cytosine-specific DNA methyltransferase MspI and a modified form of the pBR322 tetA(C) gene. The combination of these two genes facilitates the selection of recombinant plasmids in broth cultures, thereby eliminating the need for bacterial plating.
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- M M Matin
- The Transgenomic Research Laboratory, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, S10 2TN, United Kingdom
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Matin MM, Hornby DP. Exploring the structural flexibility of 5m-cytosine-DNA methyltransferases. Biochem Soc Trans 1998; 26:S394. [PMID: 10047908 DOI: 10.1042/bst026s394] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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- M M Matin
- Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, University of Sheffield, UK
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