Prager, Patrick and Schieker, Matthias and Jakob, Franz and Docheva, Denitsa and Konrads, Christian and Steinert, Andre (2019) Characterization of human telomerase reverse transcriptase immortalized anterior cruciate ligament cell lines. BIOMEDICAL JOURNAL, 42 (6). pp. 371-380. ISSN 2319-4170, 2320-2890
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Background: The anterior-cruciate-ligament (ACL) contains mesenchymal stem cells (ACL-MSCs), suggesting the feasibility of regenerative treatments of this tissue. The immortalization of isolated cells results in cell-lines applicable to develop cell-based therapies. Immortal cell lines eliminate the need for frequent cell isolation from donor tissues. The objective of this study was to characterize cell lines that were generated from isolated ACL-MSCs using TERT gene transfer. Methods: We isolated ACL-MSCs from human ACLs derived at the time of ACL reconstruction surgery or total knee arthroplasty. We generated cell lines and compared them to non-immortalized ACL-MSCs. We assessed the cellular morphology and we detected surface antigen expression. The resistance to senescence was inferred using the beta galactosidase activity. Histology, immunohistochemistry, and reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) were used to evaluate the multilineage differentiation capacity. Results: The morphology of hTERT-ACL-MSCs was similar to ACL up to the last assessment at passage eight. We detected a strong surface expression of CD44, CD90, CD105, and STRO-1 in hTERT-ACL-MSCs. No substantial reduction in the ATP activity was observed in hTERT-ACL-MSCs. Conclusion: Cell lines generated from ACL-MSCs maintain their morphology, surface antigen expression profile, and proliferative capacity; while markers of senescence appear to be reduced. These cell-lines maintained their multilineage differentiation capacity. The demonstrated model systems can be used for further development of new cell-based regenerative approaches in anterior cruciate ligament research, which may lead to new therapeutic strategies in the future.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; RECONSTRUCTION; Anterior cruciate ligament; Mesenchymal stem cells; Immortalization; Senescence; Multilineage differentiation |
| Subjects: | 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine |
| Divisions: | Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Unfallchirurgie |
| Depositing User: | Dr. Gernot Deinzer |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Mar 2020 11:26 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Mar 2020 11:26 |
| URI: | https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/25717 |
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