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Effect of intermittent fluid shear stress on cardiomyogenic differentiation of rat bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells

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Abstract

Fluid shear stress (FSS) is known to regulate the proliferation and differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) various signaling pathways; therefore it is widely used in the research of tissue engineering. Our previous study has shown that continuous FSS treatment at 10 dyne/cm2 for 24 h could promote cardiomyogenic differentiation of rBMSCs. The aim of this study is to investigate the effects of intermittent FSS on cardiomyogenic differentiation of rat BMSCs (rBMSCs) in vitro. rBMSCs were isolated from marrow of rat femur and tibia using density gradient centrifugation combined with adhesion method. A parallel-plate flow chamber was used to shear cultured rBMSCs. The results demonstrated that intermittent FSS treatment alone induced cardiomyogenic differentiation of rBMSCs, as confirmed by the expression of cardiomyocyte- related markers at both mRNA and protein levels. Furthermore, there were no significant differences in the expression of cardiomyocyte-related markers between cells sheared intermittently versus continuously. These results suggest that FSS is an important factor affecting cardiomyogenic differentiation of rBMSCs. Fluid flow may be beneficial component of a bioreactorstrategy to form more orientated differentiated stem cells suitable for regenerative medicine.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationWorld Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering
Pages1953-1956
Number of pages4
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
EventWorld Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering - Beijing, China
Duration: 26 May 201231 May 2012

Publication series

NameIFMBE Proceedings
Volume39 IFMBE
ISSN (Print)1680-0737

Conference

ConferenceWorld Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period26/05/1231/05/12

Keywords

  • Cardiomyocytes
  • Differentiation
  • Intermittent stimulation
  • Mesenchymal stem cells
  • Shear stress

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