PMID- 29633064 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20191120 IS - 0920-9069 (Print) IS - 1573-0778 (Electronic) IS - 0920-9069 (Linking) VI - 70 IP - 4 DP - 2018 Aug TI - Expression profile of long non-coding RNAs during the differentiation of human umbilical cord derived mesenchymal stem cells into cardiomyocyte-like cells. PG - 1247-1260 LID - 10.1007/s10616-018-0217-5 [doi] AB - We aimed to investigate the differentially expressed long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) during the differentiation of human umbilical cord derived mesenchymal stem cells (hUCMSCs) into cardiomyocyte-like cells induced by 5-aza. hUCMSCs were isolated and purified from umbilical cords. After treated with 10 mumol/L 5-Aza for 24 h, hUCMSCs wereas continued to be cultured for 14 days. Comparison of cardiac specific genes and the expression profile of lncRNAs on hUCMSCs between day 14 and day 0 was performed using immunofluorescence staining, immunohistochemistry, Western blot assay, RT-PCR and lncRNA microarray. Results show that well-organized sarcomeric structure and more cTnI and MLC2a staining were seen in hUCMSCs of day 14 after 5-aza-induced compared to those in day 0. Expression of Desmin, Nkx2.5, cTnI and MLC2a of hUCMSCs was much higher on day 14 compared with day 0 (P < 0.01). 41 differentially expressed lncRNAs were found on day 14 hUCMSCs compared those of day 0 were identified. Among them, 25 upregulated and 16 downregulated. Four out of the five upregulated lncRNAs (P = 0.00035, 0.014, 0.016 and 0.005 for uc010vei.1, X72487, BC064139, AK092074) and four out of the five downregulated lncRNAs (P = 0.038, 0.0014, 0.00026 and 0.004 for X85157, uc007keu.1, AK309872, NR_029399) showed significantly different expressions in further validation using RT-PCR. Our results illustrated that there was a dysregulation of the lncRNA profile during the differentiation of hUCMSCs into cardiomyocyte-like cells, which will provide the foundation for further study of the biological functions and mechanism of lncRNAs in the differentiation of hUCMSCs into cardiomyocyte-like cells. FAU - Ruan, Zhong-Bao AU - Ruan ZB AD - Department of Cardiology, Jiangsu Taizhou People's Hospital, Taizhou, 225300, People's Republic of China. tzcardiac@163.com. FAU - Chen, Ge-Cai AU - Chen GC AD - Department of Cardiology, Jiangsu Taizhou People's Hospital, Taizhou, 225300, People's Republic of China. FAU - Ren, Yin AU - Ren Y AD - Department of Cardiology, Jiangsu Taizhou People's Hospital, Taizhou, 225300, People's Republic of China. FAU - Zhu, Li AU - Zhu L AD - Department of Cardiology, Jiangsu Taizhou People's Hospital, Taizhou, 225300, People's Republic of China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20180409 PL - United States TA - Cytotechnology JT - Cytotechnology JID - 8807027 PMC - PMC6081922 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Cardiomyocyte-like cells OT - Differentiation OT - Expression profile OT - Human umbilical cord derived mesenchymal stem cells OT - Long non-coding RNAs COIS- CONFLICT OF INTEREST: The authors have no conflicts of interest. ETHICS APPROVAL AND CONSENT TO PARTICIPATE: This study is approved by institutional ethics committee of Jiangsu Taizhou People's Hospital and written informed consent was obtained from all patients. EDAT- 2018/04/11 06:00 MHDA- 2018/04/11 06:01 PMCR- 2019/08/01 CRDT- 2018/04/11 06:00 PHST- 2018/01/14 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/03/30 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/04/11 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/04/11 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2018/04/11 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/08/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1007/s10616-018-0217-5 [pii] AID - 217 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s10616-018-0217-5 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cytotechnology. 2018 Aug;70(4):1247-1260. doi: 10.1007/s10616-018-0217-5. Epub 2018 Apr 9.