Wnt inhibitors enhance chondrogenesis of human mesenchymal stem cells in a long-term pellet culture |
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Authors: | Im Gun-Il Lee Jong-Min Kim Hye-Joung |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Orthopaedics, Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital, 814 Siksa-Dong, Goyang, 411-773, Republic of Korea |
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Abstract: | The long-term effects (~3 weeks) of two Wnt inhibitors (dickkopf [DKK]-1 and secreted frizzled-related protein [sFRP]-1), on the chondrogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) was determined. Wnt inhibitors significantly increased the amount of glycosaminoglycan (GAG) in treated pellets (P < 0.05). The gene expression of COL2A1 increased and COL1A1 decreased while the gene expression of SOX-9 and COL10A1 did not change significantly after three weeks of in vitro culture. The protein expression of type II collagen significantly increased (P < 0.05) and that of type I collagen significantly decreased (P < 0.05) while SOX-9 and type X collagen protein expression was unaffected. These findings suggest that Wnt inhibitors promote the chondrogenic differentiation of hMSCs when treated for three weeks. |
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