Effects of oxygen tension on the generation, expansion, proliferation and differentiation of stromal cell types is widely described in the literature. However, data on the internal heterogeneity of applied cell populations at different O2 levels and possible impacts on differentiation potentials are controversial. Here, the expression of 39 human HOX genes was determined in neonatal cord blood stromal cells and linked to differentiation-associated signatures. In cord blood, unrestricted somatic stromal cells (USSCs), lacking HOX gene expression, and cord blood-derived multipotent stromal cells (CB-MSCs), expressing about 20 HOX genes, are distinguished by their specific HOX code. Interestingly, 74% of the clones generated at 21% O2 were HOX-negative USSCs, whereas 73% of upcoming clones at 3% O2 were HOX-positive CB-MSCs. In order to better categorize distinct cell lines generated at 3% O2, the expression of all 39 HOX genes within HOX clusters A, B, C and D were tested and new subtypes defined: cells negative in all four HOX clusters (USSCs); cells positive in all four clusters (CB-MSCsABCD); and subpopulations missing a single cluster (CB-MSCsACD and CB-MSCsBCD). Comprehensive qPCR analyses of established chondro-osteomarkers revealed subtype-specific signatures verifiably associated with in vitro and in vivo differentiation capacity. The data presented here underline the necessity of better characterizing distinct cell populations at a clonal level, taking advantage of the inherent specific HOX code as a distinguishing feature between individual subtypes. Moreover, the correlation of subtype-specific molecular signatures with in vitro and in vivo bone formation is discussed.

Low oxygen tension reveals distinct HOX codes in human cord blood-derived stromal cells associated with specific endochondral ossification capacities in vitro and in vivo / Liedtke, Stefanie; Sacchetti, Benedetto; Laitinen, Anita; Donsante, Samantha; Klöckers, Robert; Laitinen, Saara; Riminucci, Mara; Kogler, Gesine. - In: JOURNAL OF TISSUE ENGINEERING AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE. - ISSN 1932-6254. - ELETTRONICO. - (2017). [10.1002/term.2167]

Low oxygen tension reveals distinct HOX codes in human cord blood-derived stromal cells associated with specific endochondral ossification capacities in vitro and in vivo

SACCHETTI, Benedetto;DONSANTE, SAMANTHA;RIMINUCCI, MARA;
2017

Abstract

Effects of oxygen tension on the generation, expansion, proliferation and differentiation of stromal cell types is widely described in the literature. However, data on the internal heterogeneity of applied cell populations at different O2 levels and possible impacts on differentiation potentials are controversial. Here, the expression of 39 human HOX genes was determined in neonatal cord blood stromal cells and linked to differentiation-associated signatures. In cord blood, unrestricted somatic stromal cells (USSCs), lacking HOX gene expression, and cord blood-derived multipotent stromal cells (CB-MSCs), expressing about 20 HOX genes, are distinguished by their specific HOX code. Interestingly, 74% of the clones generated at 21% O2 were HOX-negative USSCs, whereas 73% of upcoming clones at 3% O2 were HOX-positive CB-MSCs. In order to better categorize distinct cell lines generated at 3% O2, the expression of all 39 HOX genes within HOX clusters A, B, C and D were tested and new subtypes defined: cells negative in all four HOX clusters (USSCs); cells positive in all four clusters (CB-MSCsABCD); and subpopulations missing a single cluster (CB-MSCsACD and CB-MSCsBCD). Comprehensive qPCR analyses of established chondro-osteomarkers revealed subtype-specific signatures verifiably associated with in vitro and in vivo differentiation capacity. The data presented here underline the necessity of better characterizing distinct cell populations at a clonal level, taking advantage of the inherent specific HOX code as a distinguishing feature between individual subtypes. Moreover, the correlation of subtype-specific molecular signatures with in vitro and in vivo bone formation is discussed.
2017
BM-MSCs; CB-MSCs; chondrogenesis; endochondral signature; HOX code; in vivo bone; osteogenesis; USSCs; biomedical engineering; medicine (miscellaneous); biomaterials
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Low oxygen tension reveals distinct HOX codes in human cord blood-derived stromal cells associated with specific endochondral ossification capacities in vitro and in vivo / Liedtke, Stefanie; Sacchetti, Benedetto; Laitinen, Anita; Donsante, Samantha; Klöckers, Robert; Laitinen, Saara; Riminucci, Mara; Kogler, Gesine. - In: JOURNAL OF TISSUE ENGINEERING AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE. - ISSN 1932-6254. - ELETTRONICO. - (2017). [10.1002/term.2167]
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