PMID- 19196143 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20090916 LR - 20171116 IS - 1937-335X (Electronic) IS - 1937-3341 (Linking) VI - 15 IP - 7 DP - 2009 Jul TI - In vitro characterization of immune-related properties of human fetal bone cells for potential tissue engineering applications. PG - 1523-32 LID - 10.1089/ten.tea.2008.0222 [doi] AB - We describe herein some immunological properties of human fetal bone cells recently tested for bone tissue-engineering applications. Adult mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and osteoblasts were included in the study for comparison. Surface markers involved in bone metabolism and immune recognition were analyzed using flow cytometry before and after differentiation or treatment with cytokines. Immunomodulatory properties were studied on activated peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs). The immuno-profile of fetal bone cells was further investigated at the gene expression level. Fetal bone cells and adult MSCs were positive for Stro-1, alkaline phosphatase, CD10, CD44, CD54, and beta2-microglobulin, but human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-I and CD80 were less present than on adult osteoblasts. All cells were negative for HLA-II. Treatment with recombinant human interferon gamma increased the presence of HLA-I in adult cells much more than in fetal cells. In the presence of activated PBMCs, fetal cells had antiproliferative effects, although with patterns not always comparable with those of adult MSCs and osteoblasts. Because of the immunological profile, and with their more-differentiated phenotype than of stem cells, fetal bone cells present an interesting potential for allogeneic cell source in tissue-engineering applications. FAU - Montjovent, Marc-Olivier AU - Montjovent MO AD - Center of Translational Biomechanics, Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland. FAU - Bocelli-Tyndall, Chiara AU - Bocelli-Tyndall C FAU - Scaletta, Corinne AU - Scaletta C FAU - Scherberich, Arnaud AU - Scherberich A FAU - Mark, Silke AU - Mark S FAU - Martin, Ivan AU - Martin I FAU - Applegate, Lee Ann AU - Applegate LA FAU - Pioletti, Dominique P AU - Pioletti DP LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Tissue Eng Part A JT - Tissue engineering. Part A JID - 101466659 RN - 0 (Antibodies, Monoclonal) RN - 0 (CD28 Antigens) RN - 0 (CD3 Complex) RN - 0 (Histocompatibility Antigens Class I) RN - 0 (Histocompatibility Antigens Class II) RN - 0 (Immunologic Factors) RN - 0 (Recombinant Proteins) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) RN - 126547-89-5 (Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1) RN - 82115-62-6 (Interferon-gamma) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Aged MH - Antibodies, Monoclonal/immunology MH - Bone and Bones/*cytology/drug effects/*immunology MH - CD28 Antigens/metabolism MH - CD3 Complex/metabolism MH - Cell Proliferation/drug effects MH - Fetus/*cytology/drug effects/*immunology MH - Flow Cytometry MH - Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects MH - Histocompatibility Antigens Class I/immunology MH - Histocompatibility Antigens Class II/immunology MH - Humans MH - Immunologic Factors/pharmacology MH - Intercellular Adhesion Molecule-1/immunology MH - Interferon-gamma/pharmacology MH - Leukocytes, Mononuclear/cytology/drug effects MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Recombinant Proteins MH - Tissue Engineering/*methods MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/pharmacology EDAT- 2009/02/07 09:00 MHDA- 2009/09/17 06:00 CRDT- 2009/02/07 09:00 PHST- 2009/02/07 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/02/07 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2009/09/17 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1089/ten.tea.2008.0222 [pii] AID - 10.1089/ten.tea.2008.0222 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Tissue Eng Part A. 2009 Jul;15(7):1523-32. doi: 10.1089/ten.tea.2008.0222.