In vitro cardiomyocyte differentiation of umbilical cord blood cells: crucial role for c-kit(+) cells

Cytotherapy
Maria Grazia IachininotoGiuseppe Leone

Abstract

Although bone marrow c-kit(+) progenitor cells support myocardial regeneration, the cardiomyocyte differentiation potential of umbilical cord blood (UCB) c-kit(+) cells is unknown. UCB mononuclear cells (MNCs) and c-kit(+) cells purified by use of immunomagnetic beads were used. Cardiomyocyte differentiation was induced with (i) α-minimum essential medium (MEM) with cyclosporine A, (ii) α-MEM with bone morphogenic protein 4 (BMP-4) and transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) or (iii) MEM with dexamethasone. The expression of cardiac markers (GATA4, GATA6, β-myosin heavy chain, α-sarcomeric actin and cardiac Troponin T) was investigated, and whole-cell current and voltage-clamp recordings were performed. Although c-kit(+) cells revealed an immature gene profile, with high expression of CD34, CD133, aldehyde dehydrogenase-A1 and c-myc RNAs, purified c-kit(+) cells did not succeed in differentiating into cardiomyocyte-like cells in culture. In contrast, MNCs (either in α-MEM plus cyclosporine A or in α-MEM plus BMP-4 and TGF-β) produced large, adherent cells expressing several cardiac genes and exhibiting an excitable phenotype. Cardiomyocyte-like cell formation was prevented by removing the c-kit(+) cell fraction from MNCs. Furtherm...Continue Reading

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