PMID- 23124633 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20121106 LR - 20211021 IS - 2041-5346 (Electronic) IS - 2041-5346 (Linking) VI - 19 IP - 2 DP - 2012 Sep 6 TI - hMSCs possess the potential to differentiate into DP cells in vivo and in vitro. PG - e00019 LID - 10.1042/CBR20120003 [doi] LID - e00019 AB - DP (dermal papilla) is a mesenchyme-derived structure situated at the base of the HF (hair follicle) that plays an important role in embryonic hair morphogenesis and maintenance of the hair growth cycle. hMSCs (human mesenchymal stem cells) have gained widespread attention in the field of tissue engineering, but not much is known about the differentiation of hMSCs into DP cells. hMSCs involved in HF formation were examined in our previous study. Here, we have explored the differentiation potential of hMSCs into DP cells by co-culturing hMSCs with DP cells, which proved to be the case. During the differentiation process, the expression of versican, CD133, SCF (stem cell factor), ET-1 (endothelin-1) and bFGF (basic fibroblast growth factor) increased. Compared with hMSCs alone, the aggregate number clearly increased when co-cultured with DP cells. The expression in vivo of HLA-I (human leucocyte antigen class I) was confined to DP of the newly formed HF. The data suggest that hMSCs possess the potential to differentiate into DP cells in vivo and in vitro. FAU - Wu, Minjuan AU - Wu M AD - Department of Histology and Embryology and Research Center of Developmental Biology, Second Military Medical University, Shanghai, 200433, People's Republic of China. FAU - Sun, Qing AU - Sun Q FAU - Guo, Xiaocan AU - Guo X FAU - Liu, Houqi AU - Liu H LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20120906 PL - England TA - Cell Biol Int Rep (2010) JT - Cell biology international reports JID - 101574535 PMC - PMC3475446 OTO - NOTNLM OT - DMEM, Dulbecco's minimum essential medium OT - DP, dermal papilla OT - ET-1, endothelin-1 OT - FBS, fetal bovine serum OT - H&E, haematoxylin and eosin OT - HF, hair follicle OT - HLA-I, human leucocyte antigen class 1 OT - RT-PCR, reverse transcription-PCR OT - SCF, stem cell factor OT - bFGF, basic fibroblast growth factor OT - co-culture OT - dermal papilla cells OT - differentiation OT - hMSC, human mesenchymal stem cell OT - hair follicle OT - human mesenchymal stem cells OT - alpha-SMA, alpha-smooth muscle actin EDAT- 2012/11/06 06:00 MHDA- 2012/11/06 06:01 PMCR- 2012/09/06 CRDT- 2012/11/06 06:00 PHST- 2012/06/25 00:00 [received] PHST- 2012/06/28 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2012/11/06 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/11/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/11/06 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2012/09/06 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - e00019 [pii] AID - 10.1042/CBR20120003 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Cell Biol Int Rep (2010). 2012 Sep 6;19(2):e00019. doi: 10.1042/CBR20120003.