PMID- 24248151 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140729 LR - 20181202 IS - 1791-3004 (Electronic) IS - 1791-2997 (Linking) VI - 9 IP - 1 DP - 2014 Jan TI - Cytotoxic effects of acrylonitrile on human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells in vitro. PG - 97-102 LID - 10.3892/mmr.2013.1802 [doi] AB - The effects of acrylonitrile (ACN) on human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells (hUC‑MSCs) remain unknown. The proliferation, differentiation, clonogenicity and apoptosis effects of ACN and/or N‑acetyl‑L‑cysteine (NAC) on hUC‑MSCs were investigated. The results showed that although ACN at a concentration of 0.1 microg/ml did not affect proliferation or the morphology of hUC‑MSCs compared with the control, osteogenic differentiation and the positive rate of alkaline phosphatase staining in the experimental group were significantly lower compared with the control (P<0.01). All of the effects of ACN were counteracted using NAC, a typical antioxidant. Using a flow cytometry assay, it was observed that ACN induced apoptosis in hUC‑MSCs. The results indicated that the toxic effect produced by ACN on hUC‑MSCs is based on a redox mechanism. FAU - Sun, Xiaochun AU - Sun X AD - School of Medical Science and Laboratory Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu 212013, P.R. China. FAU - Sun, Min AU - Sun M FAU - Xie, Yan AU - Xie Y FAU - Zhai, Wei AU - Zhai W FAU - Zhu, Wei AU - Zhu W FAU - Ma, Rui AU - Ma R FAU - Lu, Rongzhu AU - Lu R FAU - Xu, Wenrong AU - Xu W LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20131115 PL - Greece TA - Mol Med Rep JT - Molecular medicine reports JID - 101475259 RN - 0 (Antioxidants) RN - MP1U0D42PE (Acrylonitrile) RN - WYQ7N0BPYC (Acetylcysteine) SB - IM MH - Acetylcysteine/pharmacology MH - Acrylonitrile/*toxicity MH - Antioxidants/pharmacology MH - Apoptosis/drug effects MH - Cell Differentiation/drug effects MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Humans MH - Mesenchymal Stem Cells/cytology/*drug effects MH - Osteogenesis/drug effects MH - Umbilical Cord/*cytology EDAT- 2013/11/20 06:00 MHDA- 2014/07/30 06:00 CRDT- 2013/11/20 06:00 PHST- 2013/05/09 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/11/05 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/11/20 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/11/20 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/07/30 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.3892/mmr.2013.1802 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Mol Med Rep. 2014 Jan;9(1):97-102. doi: 10.3892/mmr.2013.1802. Epub 2013 Nov 15.