PMID- 19951089 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20100702 LR - 20181201 IS - 1937-335X (Electronic) IS - 1937-3341 (Linking) VI - 16 IP - 4 DP - 2010 Apr TI - Multilineage potential of bone-marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cell cell sheets: implications for tissue engineering. PG - 1421-31 LID - 10.1089/ten.TEA.2009.0501 [doi] AB - Bone-marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) are a promising source of cells for tissue engineering due to their multilineage mesenchymal differentiation potential. Their ability to proliferate and differentiate into the osteogenic, chondrogenic, and adipogenic lineage makes them an attractive cell source as compared to the terminally differentiated cells. In tissue engineering, use of cell sheet technology is gaining popularity. It is based on culturing cells until hyperconfluence, and it has resulted in the reduction of the number of cells lost when seeding onto scaffolds. Thus, formation of cell sheets with multipotent cells, such as BMSCs, would be a promising alternative to the conventional method of cell seeding, that is, single-cell suspension. However, the multilineage potential of BMSC cell sheets has yet to be verified. Therefore, the aim of this study was to characterize the formation of a hyperconfluent BMSC cell sheet as well as the effects of the hyperconfluent culture conditions on the multipotentiality of BMSCs. Our results showed that the BMSC cell sheets remained viable. The cell sheets were rich with type I collagen and were shown to have retained their multipotentiality. Hence, the use of BMSC cell sheets for tissue engineering application seems promising. FAU - See, Eugene Yong-Shun AU - See EY AD - National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore. FAU - Toh, Siew Lok AU - Toh SL FAU - Goh, James Cho Hong AU - Goh JC 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 (Coated Materials, Biocompatible) RN - 0 (Core Binding Factor Alpha 1 Subunit) RN - 0 (DNA Primers) RN - 0 (PPAR gamma) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (SOX9 Transcription Factor) SB - IM MH - Adipogenesis/genetics MH - Animals MH - Base Sequence MH - Bone Marrow Cells/*cytology/metabolism MH - Cell Culture Techniques/methods MH - Cell Differentiation MH - Cell Proliferation MH - Chondrogenesis/genetics MH - Coated Materials, Biocompatible MH - Core Binding Factor Alpha 1 Subunit/genetics MH - DNA Primers/genetics MH - Mesenchymal Stem Cells/*cytology/metabolism MH - Multipotent Stem Cells/*cytology/metabolism MH - Osteogenesis/genetics MH - PPAR gamma/genetics MH - RNA, Messenger/genetics/metabolism MH - Rabbits MH - SOX9 Transcription Factor/genetics MH - Tissue Engineering/*methods EDAT- 2009/12/03 06:00 MHDA- 2010/07/03 06:00 CRDT- 2009/12/03 06:00 PHST- 2009/12/03 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/12/03 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/07/03 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1089/ten.TEA.2009.0501 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Tissue Eng Part A. 2010 Apr;16(4):1421-31. doi: 10.1089/ten.TEA.2009.0501.