PMID- 20350359 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20100719 LR - 20161125 IS - 1555-3892 (Electronic) IS - 0963-6897 (Linking) VI - 19 IP - 2 DP - 2010 TI - Purification of mouse bone marrow-derived stem cells promotes ex vivo neuronal differentiation. PG - 193-202 LID - 10.3727/096368910X492599 [doi] AB - The main objective of this study is to test the potential of specific populations of mouse bone marrow-derived stem cells (BMSCs) to differentiate into the neuronal cell lineage. Bone marrow of 33 mice was aspirated under general anesthesia. The collected marrows were analyzed for cell counts, compositions, and percentages of different stem cell types. We used the Midi MACS magnetic separator to purify specific populations of stem cells from the aspirated bone marrow. Cells were analyzed using flow cytometry. We assessed the presence of stem cell antigen-1 (Sca-1(+)) and prominin-1(+) cells in the cellular fraction that was depleted of lineage-committed cells (lineage(-)). Both purified and nonpurified cells were cultured ex vivo using specific growth media with factors that drive the cells to differentiate into the neuroglial cell types. Cells were then analyzed by flow cytometry for expression of specific neuronal markers. Our results showed that there was an increase of Sca-1(+) and prominin-1(+) cells in the lineage(-) fraction over the unpurified BM. After lineage depletion, the percentages of Sca-1(+) and prominin-1(+) cells increased from 4.9% and 2.6%, up to 76.1% and 59%, respectively. Unpurified mouse BM differentiated into fibroblasts, whereas Sca-1(+) cells were able to generate astrocytes. Interestingly, purified prominin-1(+) cells were able to generate neuronal cells. Purification of adult bone marrow-derived stem cells enhances their potentiality for differentiating into specific neuronal cell lineages. FAU - Jamous, Mohammad AU - Jamous M AD - Department of Neurosciences, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan. mojamous@yahoo.com FAU - Al-Zoubi, Adeeb AU - Al-Zoubi A FAU - Khabaz, Mohamad Nidal AU - Khabaz MN FAU - Khaledi, Rana AU - Khaledi R FAU - Al Khateeb, Mohammad AU - Al Khateeb M FAU - Al-Zoubi, Zaid AU - Al-Zoubi Z LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20100326 PL - United States TA - Cell Transplant JT - Cell transplantation JID - 9208854 RN - 0 (AC133 Antigen) RN - 0 (Antigens, CD) RN - 0 (Antigens, Ly) RN - 0 (Biomarkers) RN - 0 (Glycoproteins) RN - 0 (Ly6a protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Membrane Proteins) RN - 0 (Peptides) RN - 0 (Prom1 protein, mouse) SB - IM MH - AC133 Antigen MH - Animals MH - Antigens, CD/metabolism MH - Antigens, Ly/metabolism MH - Biomarkers/metabolism MH - Bone Marrow Cells/cytology/*physiology MH - Cell Lineage MH - Cell Separation/*methods MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Glycoproteins/metabolism MH - Membrane Proteins/metabolism MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred BALB C MH - *Neurogenesis MH - Neurons/cytology/*physiology MH - Peptides/metabolism MH - Stem Cells/cytology/*physiology EDAT- 2010/03/31 06:00 MHDA- 2010/07/20 06:00 CRDT- 2010/03/31 06:00 PHST- 2010/03/31 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2010/03/31 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/07/20 06:00 [medline] AID - ct2333jamous [pii] AID - 10.3727/096368910X492599 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cell Transplant. 2010;19(2):193-202. doi: 10.3727/096368910X492599. Epub 2010 Mar 26.