Comparison of Sources and Methods for the Isolation of Equine Adipose Tissue-Derived Stromal/Stem Cells and Preliminary Results on Their Reaction to Incubation with 5-Azacytidine.
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Summary
The research paper outlines a study investigating the most effective sources and methods for obtaining stem cells from horse adipose tissue and tests their potential transformation into cardiomyocyte-like cells using 5-azacytidine as an accelerator. This is with the aim to create an in vitro model to study equine heart electrophysiology.
Objective and Methods
The main objectives of the research were to compare different adipose tissues (abdominal, retrobulbar, and subcutaneous) as sources for isolating stem cells, and to compare two isolation methods: collagenase digestion and direct explant culture. Further, the researchers aimed to test the effect of 5-Azacytidine (5-AZA) on inducing stem cells’ differentiation into cardiomyocyte-like (CM) cells, a process already established in rats, rabbits, and humans.
- The researchers took adipose tissue samples from the three specified areas and applied two different methods of isolation.
- The isolated stem cells were then subjected to flow cytometry and real-time quantitative PCR to identify the expression of stem cell markers such as CD29, CD44, and CD90, and pluripotency markers.
- Isolated stem cells were then exposed to a compound called 5-AZA, a molecule known to induce CM differentiation in other species.
Findings and Conclusion
The research concluded that out of the three sources of adipose tissue, the abdominal adipose tissue provided the most promising samples for isolating stem cells. The two isolation methods being compared yielded comparable results in terms of the number of “CD45-/CD34-negative cells” that expressed the stem cell and pluripotency markers.
- The success of abdominal adipose tissue in yielding ASCs implies that it might be the preferable site for obtaining horse-derived stem cells in future research.
- Results indicated no significant difference between the collagenase digestion method and the direct explant culture method, making either applicable for future research.”
- However, treating equine ASCs with 5-AZA did not successfully induce differentiation into CM cells. Notably, both the early and late differentiation markers were not upregulated after exposure to 5-AZA.
Overall, although the study found successes in ASCs isolation, it showed negative results for 5-AZA’s differentiation-inducing properties in equine ASCs. Therefore, the researchers suggest that future work should focus on identifying optimal conditions for facilitating CM differentiation in horse-derived stem cells, possibly exploring sources beyond adipose tissue.
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Researcher Affiliations
- Equine Clinic: Surgery and Radiology, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Oertzenweg 19b, 14163 Berlin, Germany.
- Clinical Unit of Equine Internal Medicine, Department for Companion Animals and Horses, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Veterinärplatz 1, 1210 Vienna, Austria.
- Equine Clinic: Surgery and Radiology, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Oertzenweg 19b, 14163 Berlin, Germany.
- Institute of Immunology, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Robert-von-Ostertag-Str. 7, 14163 Berlin, Germany.
- Institute of Veterinary Physiology, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Oertzenweg 19b, 14163 Berlin, Germany.
- Institute of Veterinary Physiology, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Oertzenweg 19b, 14163 Berlin, Germany.
- Institute of Veterinary Physiology, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Oertzenweg 19b, 14163 Berlin, Germany.
- Institute for Veterinary Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Königsweg 67, 14163 Berlin, Germany.
- Institute of Veterinary Physiology, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Oertzenweg 19b, 14163 Berlin, Germany.
- Equine Clinic: Surgery and Radiology, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Oertzenweg 19b, 14163 Berlin, Germany.
Grant Funding
- grant Number 071045 / scholarship of the Elsa-Neumann foundation
- n/a / Internal Research Funding, Research Committee of the Freie Universitu00e4t Berlin
Conflict of Interest Statement
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