PMID- 24405418 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20141230 LR - 20140512 IS - 1557-8534 (Electronic) IS - 1547-3287 (Linking) VI - 23 IP - 10 DP - 2014 May 15 TI - A mouse bone marrow stromal cell line with skeletal stem cell characteristics to study osteogenesis in vitro and in vivo. PG - 1097-108 LID - 10.1089/scd.2013.0367 [doi] AB - Bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) are composed of progenitor and multipotent skeletal stem cells, which are able to differentiate in vitro into osteocytes, adipocytes, and chondrocytes. Mouse BMSCs (mBMSCs) are a versatile model system to investigate factors involved in BMSC differentiation in vitro and in vivo as a variety of transgenic mouse models are available. In this study, mBMSCs were isolated and osteogenic differentiation was investigated in tissue culture and in vivo. Three out of seven independent cell isolates showed the ability to differentiate into osteocytes, adipocytes, and chondrocytes in vitro. In vitro multipotency of an established mBMSC line was maintained over 45 passages. The osteogenic differentiation of this cell line was confirmed by quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) analysis of specific markers such as osteocalcin and shown to be Runx2 dependent. Notably, the cell line, when transplanted subcutaneously into mice, possesses full skeletal stem cell characteristics in vivo in early and late passages, evident from bone tissue formation, induction of vascularization, and hematopoiesis. This cell line provides, thus, a versatile tool to unravel the molecular mechanisms governing osteogenesis in vivo thereby aiding to improve current strategies in bone regenerative therapy. FAU - Raeth, Sebastian AU - Raeth S AD - 1 Institute of Cell Biology and Immunology, University of Stuttgart , Stuttgart, Germany . FAU - Sacchetti, Benedetto AU - Sacchetti B FAU - Siegel, Georg AU - Siegel G FAU - Mau-Holzmann, Ulrike A AU - Mau-Holzmann UA FAU - Hansmann, Jan AU - Hansmann J FAU - Vacun, Gabriele AU - Vacun G FAU - Hauk, Thomas G AU - Hauk TG FAU - Pfizenmaier, Klaus AU - Pfizenmaier K FAU - Hausser, Angelika AU - Hausser A LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20140218 PL - United States TA - Stem Cells Dev JT - Stem cells and development JID - 101197107 RN - 0 (Core Binding Factor Alpha 1 Subunit) RN - 0 (Runx2 protein, mouse) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Bone Marrow Cells/cytology/*metabolism MH - *Cell Differentiation MH - Core Binding Factor Alpha 1 Subunit/metabolism MH - Mice MH - Multipotent Stem Cells/cytology/*metabolism MH - *Osteogenesis MH - Stromal Cells/cytology/metabolism EDAT- 2014/01/11 06:00 MHDA- 2014/12/31 06:00 CRDT- 2014/01/11 06:00 PHST- 2014/01/11 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/01/11 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/12/31 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1089/scd.2013.0367 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Stem Cells Dev. 2014 May 15;23(10):1097-108. doi: 10.1089/scd.2013.0367. Epub 2014 Feb 18.