Hepatocyte-like cells from human mesenchymal stem cells engrafted in regenerating rat liver tracked with in vivo magnetic resonance imaging
| Autor: | Hee Jeong Cheong, Jin Seok Jeon, Hyunsoo Khang, Kang Won Song, Jung Hoon Kim, Seung Sam Paik, Jong Ho Won, Yun Seob Song, Misun Lim, Hee Sook Park, Sook Ja Kim, Dong Ho Choi |
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| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
| Předmět: |
Pathology
medicine.medical_specialty Cell Transplantation Green Fluorescent Proteins Biomedical Engineering Medicine (miscellaneous) Bioengineering Biology Ferric Compounds Rats Sprague-Dawley Magnetics Cell transplantation In vivo medicine Image Processing Computer-Assisted Animals Hepatectomy Humans Regeneration medicine.diagnostic_test Mesenchymal stem cell Magnetic resonance imaging Mesenchymal Stem Cells Magnetic Resonance Imaging Alternative treatment Rats medicine.anatomical_structure Liver Hepatocyte Rat liver Hepatocytes Stem cell |
| Zdroj: | Tissue engineering. Part C, Methods. 14(1) |
| ISSN: | 1937-3384 |
| Popis: | Cell transplantation using hepatocytes derived from stem cells has been regarded as a possible alternative treatment for various hepatic disorders. Recently, mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) from the bone marrow have shown the potential to differentiate into hepatocytes in in vitro and in vivo conditions. Noninvasive imaging techniques allowing in vivo assessment of the location of cells are of great value for experimental studies in which these cells are transplanted. We labeled human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) with green fluorescence protein (GFP) and superparamagnetic iron oxide (SPIO) using a transfection agent (GenePORTER). Cellular labeling was evaluated with magnetic resonance (MR) imaging of labeled suspensions, and Prussian blue staining for iron assessment. hMSCs labeled with SPIO and GFP were injected into the portal veins of immunosuppressed, hepatic-damaged rats. MR imaging findings were compared histologically. To identify the differentiation of hMSCs into hepatocytes and to trace the hepatocytes with molecular imaging, we observed the potential of SPIO and GFP double-labeled hMSCs to differentiate into hepatocyte-like cells in the regenerating rat liver. Serial MR imaging showed the possible detection of transplanted cells in the early period of transplantation. Our results indicate that magnetic labeling of hMSCs with SPIO may enable cellular MR imaging and tracking in experimental in vivo settings. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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