PMID- 26334937 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20161013 LR - 20220321 IS - 1573-6776 (Electronic) IS - 0141-5492 (Linking) VI - 38 IP - 1 DP - 2016 Jan TI - Pretreatments with injured microenvironmental signals altered the characteristics of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells. PG - 157-65 LID - 10.1007/s10529-015-1946-6 [doi] AB - OBJECTIVE: Human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells (hUCMSCs) have renoprotective effects but the influence of the microenvironment on characteristics of hUCMSCs has not been well studied. Here, we investigate the effects of injury conditions on properties of hUCMSCs. RESULTS: hUCMSCs were treated in vitro under conditions mimicking the injury microenvironment of acute kidney injury. Cells stimulated with factor-treated medium proliferated slowly at first but quickly afterwards their morphology subsequently changed from spindle to stellate shape. Increased number of cells with strong expression of thymine-1 (Thy-1) or alpha-smooth muscle actin (alpha-SMA) was detected at 1 or 2 weeks after stimulation. Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) level markedly increased after culture for 6 h under hypoxia condition. The expressions of HGF and insulin growth factor-1 (IGF-1) were significantly up-regulated from 0.22 +/- 0.03 to 0.9 +/- 0.02 and 0.07 +/- 0.03 to 0.19 +/- 0.01 in H/R-treated hUCMSCs respectively. Co-culture with injured renal tubular epithelial cells significantly promoted the expression of HGF (1.19 +/- 0.21) and IGF-1 (0.24 +/- 0.03) in hUCMSCs. CONCLUSION: The characteristics of hUCMSCs change in response to inured conditions, which may enhance the efficacy of stem cell therapy and provide novel strategies in maximizing biological and functional properties of hUCMSCs. FAU - Cao, Huiling AU - Cao H AD - Department of Laboratory Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Jiangsu Province Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210029, People's Republic of China. FAU - Hui, Qian AU - Hui Q AD - Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Medical Science and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, 212013, People's Republic of China. FAU - Yan, Yongmin AU - Yan Y AD - Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Medical Science and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, 212013, People's Republic of China. FAU - Zhang, Chunbing AU - Zhang C AD - Department of Laboratory Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Jiangsu Province Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210029, People's Republic of China. FAU - Yang, Xuewen AU - Yang X AD - Department of Laboratory Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Jiangsu Province Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210029, People's Republic of China. FAU - Ge, Liang AU - Ge L AD - Department of Laboratory Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine, Jiangsu Province Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Nanjing, Jiangsu, 210029, People's Republic of China. FAU - Xu, Wenrong AU - Xu W AD - Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Medical Science and Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, 212013, People's Republic of China. iclsxu@163.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20150903 PL - Netherlands TA - Biotechnol Lett JT - Biotechnology letters JID - 8008051 RN - 0 (ACTA2 protein, human) RN - 0 (Actins) RN - 0 (Culture Media) RN - 0 (HGF protein, human) RN - 0 (IGF1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Thy-1 Antigens) RN - 67256-21-7 (Hepatocyte Growth Factor) RN - 67763-96-6 (Insulin-Like Growth Factor I) SB - IM MH - Actins/metabolism MH - Acute Kidney Injury/therapy MH - Animals MH - Cell Hypoxia MH - Cell Proliferation MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Coculture Techniques MH - Culture Media/*pharmacology MH - Epithelial Cells/*cytology MH - Female MH - Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects MH - Hepatocyte Growth Factor/metabolism MH - Humans MH - In Vitro Techniques MH - Insulin-Like Growth Factor I/metabolism MH - Kidney Tubules/*cytology MH - Mesenchymal Stem Cells/cytology/*drug effects MH - Pregnancy MH - Rats MH - Thy-1 Antigens/metabolism MH - Umbilical Cord/*cytology OTO - NOTNLM OT - Hepatocyte growth factor OT - Insulin growth factor OT - Kidney injury OT - Mesenchymal stem cells OT - Pretreatment OT - Stem cell therapy OT - Umbilical cord stem cells EDAT- 2015/09/04 06:00 MHDA- 2016/10/14 06:00 CRDT- 2015/09/04 06:00 PHST- 2015/06/23 00:00 [received] PHST- 2015/08/26 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/09/04 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/09/04 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/10/14 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1007/s10529-015-1946-6 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s10529-015-1946-6 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biotechnol Lett. 2016 Jan;38(1):157-65. doi: 10.1007/s10529-015-1946-6. Epub 2015 Sep 3.