PMID- 29882916 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20181015 LR - 20181114 IS - 1422-0067 (Electronic) IS - 1422-0067 (Linking) VI - 19 IP - 6 DP - 2018 May 24 TI - Supplementation with IL-6 and Muscle Cell Culture Conditioned Media Enhances Myogenic Differentiation of Adipose Tissue-Derived Stem Cells through STAT3 Activation. LID - 10.3390/ijms19061557 [doi] LID - 1557 AB - Mature skeletal muscle cells cannot be expanded in culture systems. Therefore, it is difficult to construct an in vitro model for muscle diseases. To establish an efficient protocol for myogenic differentiation of human adipose tissue-derived stem cells (hADSCs), we investigated whether addition of IL-6 and/or myocyte-conditioned media (CM) to conventional differentiation media can shorten the differentiation period. hADSCs were differentiated to myocytes using the conventional protocol or modified with the addition of 25 pg/mL IL-6 and/or C2C12 CM (25% v/v). The expression of MyoD and myogenine mRNA was significantly higher at 5(-)6 days after differentiation using the modified protocol than with the conventional protocol. mRNA and protein expression of myosin heavy chain, a marker of myotubes, was significantly upregulated at 28 and 42 days of differentiation using the modified protocol, and the level achieved after a 4-week differentiation period was similar to that achieved at 6 weeks using the conventional protocol. The expression of p-STAT3 was significantly increased when the modified protocol was used. Similarly, addition of colivelin, a STAT3 activator, instead of IL-6 and C2C12 CM, promoted the myogenic differentiation of ADSCs. The modified protocol improved differentiation efficiency and reduced the time required for differentiation of myocytes. It might be helpful to save cost and time when preparing myocytes for cell therapies and drug discovery. FAU - Seo, Eunhui AU - Seo E AD - College of Pharmacy and Gachon Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, Gachon University, Incheon 21936, Korea. eunhuiseo@gachon.ac.kr. AD - Lee Gil Ya Cancer and Diabetes Institute, Gachon University, Incheon 21999, Korea. eunhuiseo@gachon.ac.kr. FAU - Kang, Hwansu AU - Kang H AD - College of Pharmacy and Gachon Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, Gachon University, Incheon 21936, Korea. hwansu83@naver.com. FAU - Lim, Oh-Kyung AU - Lim OK AD - Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Gil Hospital, Incheon 21565, Korea. phmed@gilhospital.com. FAU - Jun, Hee-Sook AU - Jun HS AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-1166-4932 AD - College of Pharmacy and Gachon Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, Gachon University, Incheon 21936, Korea. hsjun@gachon.ac.kr. AD - Lee Gil Ya Cancer and Diabetes Institute, Gachon University, Incheon 21999, Korea. hsjun@gachon.ac.kr. AD - Gachon Medical Research Institute, Gil Hospital, Incheon 21565, Korea. hsjun@gachon.ac.kr. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20180524 PL - Switzerland TA - Int J Mol Sci JT - International journal of molecular sciences JID - 101092791 RN - 0 (Culture Media, Conditioned) RN - 0 (Interleukin-6) RN - 0 (RNA, Messenger) RN - 0 (STAT3 Transcription Factor) SB - IM MH - Adipose Tissue/*cytology MH - Animals MH - Cell Differentiation/*drug effects MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Culture Media, Conditioned/*pharmacology MH - Humans MH - Interleukin-6/*pharmacology MH - Mice MH - Muscle Development/*drug effects MH - RNA, Messenger/genetics/metabolism MH - STAT3 Transcription Factor/drug effects/*metabolism MH - Stem Cells/*metabolism PMC - PMC6032255 OTO - NOTNLM OT - ADSCs OT - IL-6 OT - STAT3 OT - muscle cell conditioned media OT - myogenic differentiation COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2018/06/09 06:00 MHDA- 2018/10/16 06:00 PMCR- 2018/06/01 CRDT- 2018/06/09 06:00 PHST- 2018/04/27 00:00 [received] PHST- 2018/05/20 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2018/05/22 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/06/09 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2018/06/09 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2018/10/16 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/06/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - ijms19061557 [pii] AID - ijms-19-01557 [pii] AID - 10.3390/ijms19061557 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Int J Mol Sci. 2018 May 24;19(6):1557. doi: 10.3390/ijms19061557.