PMID- 27021637 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170907 LR - 20181202 IS - 1432-0436 (Electronic) IS - 0301-4681 (Linking) VI - 92 IP - 1-2 DP - 2016 Jul-Aug TI - Mouse bone marrow stromal cells differentiate to neuron-like cells upon inhibition of BMP signaling. PG - 1-9 LID - S0301-4681(15)30066-9 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.diff.2016.03.003 [doi] AB - Bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) are a source of autologous stem cells that have the potential for undergoing differentiation into multiple cell types including neurons. Although the neuronal differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells has been studied for a long time, the molecular players involved are still not defined. Here we report that the genetic deletion of two members of the bone morphogenetic protein (Bmp) family, Bmp2 and Bmp4 in mouse BMSCs causes their differentiation into cells with neuron-like morphology. Surprisingly these cells expressed certain markers characteristic of both neuronal and glial cells. Based on this observation, we inhibited BMP signaling in mouse BMSCs through a brief exposure to Noggin protein which also led to their differentiation into cells expressing both neuronal and glial markers. Such cells seem to have the potential for further differentiation into subtypes of neuronal and glial cells and thus could be utilized for cell-based therapeutic applications. CI - Copyright (c) 2016 International Society of Differentiation. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. FAU - Saxena, Monika AU - Saxena M AD - Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur 208016, Uttar Pradesh, India. FAU - Prashar, Paritosh AU - Prashar P AD - Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur 208016, Uttar Pradesh, India. FAU - Yadav, Prem Swaroop AU - Yadav PS AD - Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur 208016, Uttar Pradesh, India. FAU - Sen, Jonaki AU - Sen J AD - Department of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur 208016, Uttar Pradesh, India. Electronic address: jonaki@iitk.ac.in. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20160325 PL - England TA - Differentiation JT - Differentiation; research in biological diversity JID - 0401650 RN - 0 (Bmp2 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Bmp4 protein, mouse) RN - 0 (Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2) RN - 0 (Bone Morphogenetic Protein 4) RN - 0 (Carrier Proteins) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 148294-77-3 (noggin protein) SB - IM EIN - Differentiation. 2020 Nov - Dec;116:38. PMID: 31983490 MH - Animals MH - Blotting, Western MH - Bone Morphogenetic Protein 2/antagonists & inhibitors/*physiology MH - Bone Morphogenetic Protein 4/antagonists & inhibitors/*physiology MH - Carrier Proteins/genetics/*metabolism MH - *Cell Differentiation MH - Cell Proliferation MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Gene Expression Regulation MH - Mesenchymal Stem Cells/*cytology/metabolism MH - Mice MH - Mice, Knockout MH - Neurons/*cytology/metabolism MH - RNA, Messenger/genetics MH - Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction MH - Signal Transduction MH - Stem Cells/*cytology/metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - BMP OT - Bone marrow stromal cells OT - Neuron-like cells OT - Noggin EDAT- 2016/03/30 06:00 MHDA- 2017/09/08 06:00 CRDT- 2016/03/30 06:00 PHST- 2015/10/22 00:00 [received] PHST- 2016/03/06 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2016/03/17 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2016/03/30 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/03/30 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/09/08 06:00 [medline] AID - S0301-4681(15)30066-9 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.diff.2016.03.003 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Differentiation. 2016 Jul-Aug;92(1-2):1-9. doi: 10.1016/j.diff.2016.03.003. Epub 2016 Mar 25.