PMID- 22280954 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120906 LR - 20181201 IS - 1090-2392 (Electronic) IS - 0011-2240 (Linking) VI - 64 IP - 3 DP - 2012 Jun TI - Effectiveness of human mesenchymal stem cells derived from bone marrow cryopreserved for 23-25 years. PG - 167-75 LID - 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2012.01.004 [doi] AB - OBJECTIVE: To evaluate long-term cryopreserved human bone marrow cells (BMCs) as a source of functional mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). METHODS: Samples of human BMCs that were cryopreserved for 23-25 years (n=20) were thawed to obtain an initial culture and a primary culture (P(0)) that was propagated through five passages (P(1)-P(5)) to obtain MSCs. Freshly collected human bone marrow samples (n=20) were used as controls for comparison of efficiency of recovery and growth characteristics of MSCs. P(3) cultures were tested for their capacity to differentiate into osteoblasts, adipocytes, and neuronal cells. Appropriate staining, immunohistochemical and biochemical methods were employed to ascertain cell type identities at different stages of culturing. RESULTS: In the initial culture, the cell adherence rate of the cryopreserved cells was significantly lower than that of controls (19.7% vs. 38.2%, p<0.05) while the relative rate of recovery of MSCs was only 48.5+/-8.6% in P(0). At the end of P(3), fibroblast-like cells accounted for about 95% of cells in both cryopreserved and control groups (p>0.05). These cells were positive for essential MSC surface molecules (CD90, CD105, CD166, CD44, CD29, CD71, CD73) and negative for haematopoietic and endothelial cell markers (CD45, CD34, HLA-DR). The cell growth and cell cycle patterns were similar for both groups. MSCs at P(3) from both groups had similar capacities to differentiate in vitro into osteoblasts, adipocytes, and neuronal cells. CONCLUSION: Using the methods described here, long-term (23-25 years) cryopreserved human BMCs can be successfully cultivated to obtain MSCs that have good differentiation capabilities. CI - Copyright (c) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Shen, Jian-liang AU - Shen JL AD - Department of Haematology, PLA Navy General Hospital, Beijing 100048, China. shenjianliang@csco.org.cn FAU - Huang, You-zhang AU - Huang YZ FAU - Xu, Shi-xia AU - Xu SX FAU - Zheng, Pei-hao AU - Zheng PH FAU - Yin, Wen-jie AU - Yin WJ FAU - Cen, Jian AU - Cen J FAU - Gong, Li-zhong AU - Gong LZ LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20120118 PL - Netherlands TA - Cryobiology JT - Cryobiology JID - 0006252 RN - 0 (Antigens, CD) RN - 0 (Cryoprotective Agents) RN - YOW8V9698H (Dimethyl Sulfoxide) SB - IM MH - Adipocytes/cytology MH - Antigens, CD/analysis MH - Biological Specimen Banks/*statistics & numerical data MH - Bone Marrow Cells/*cytology/drug effects MH - Cell Adhesion/drug effects MH - Cell Count MH - Cell Cycle/drug effects MH - Cell Differentiation/drug effects MH - Cell Proliferation/drug effects MH - Cell Survival/drug effects MH - Cells, Cultured MH - *Cryopreservation MH - Cryoprotective Agents/pharmacology MH - Dimethyl Sulfoxide/pharmacology MH - Humans MH - Immunohistochemistry MH - Immunophenotyping MH - Mesenchymal Stem Cells/*cytology/drug effects MH - Neurons/cytology MH - Osteoblasts/cytology MH - Time Factors EDAT- 2012/01/28 06:00 MHDA- 2012/09/07 06:00 CRDT- 2012/01/28 06:00 PHST- 2011/06/29 00:00 [received] PHST- 2011/12/15 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2012/01/09 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2012/01/28 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/01/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/09/07 06:00 [medline] AID - S0011-2240(12)00005-3 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2012.01.004 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cryobiology. 2012 Jun;64(3):167-75. doi: 10.1016/j.cryobiol.2012.01.004. Epub 2012 Jan 18.