PMID- 33817193 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20210406 IS - 2391-5412 (Electronic) IS - 2391-5412 (Linking) VI - 14 DP - 2019 Jan TI - Co-cultured Bone-marrow Derived and Tendon Stem Cells: Novel Seed Cells for Bone Regeneration. PG - 568-575 LID - 10.1515/biol-2019-0063 [doi] AB - Tendon-bone healing after injury is an unsolved problem. Several types of stem cells are used as seed cells. However, the optimal co-culture ratio of different types of cells suitable for tissue engineering as well as the stimulator for facilitating the differentiation of stem cells in tendon-bone healing is unclear. In this study, the proliferation of both bone marrow-derived stem cells (BMSCs) and tendon stem cells (TSCs) was increased at a 1:1 co-cultured ratio, and proliferation was suppressed by Tenascin C (TNC). TNC treatment can promote osteogenesis or chondrogenesis of both BMSCs and TSCs under a 1:1 co-cultured ratio. In addition, the expression level of Rho-associated kinase (ROCK) increased in the process of TNC-induced osteogenesis and decreased in the process of TNC-induced chondrogenesis. Furthermore, the level of insulin-like growth factor 1 receptor (IGF-1R) and mitogen-activated protein kinase (MEK) was upregulated during the osteogenesis and chondrogenesis of both BMSCs and TSCs after TNC treatment. Although our study was conducted in rats with no direct evaluation of the resulting cells for tendon-bone healing and regeneration, we show that the proliferation of BMSCs and TSCs was enhanced under a 1:1 co-cultured ratio. TNC has a significant impact on the proliferation and differentiation of co-cultured BMSCs and TSCs. IGF-IR, ROCK, and MEK may become involved in the process after TNC treatment. CI - (c) 2019 Yang Liu et al., published by De Gruyter. FAU - Liu, Yang AU - Liu Y AD - Department of Orthopaedics, First Affiliated Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing, P.R. China 400038. FAU - Yuan, Chengsong AU - Yuan C AD - Department of Orthopaedics, First Affiliated Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing, P.R. China 400038. FAU - Zhou, Mei AU - Zhou M AD - Department of Orthopaedics, First Affiliated Hospital, Army Medical University, Chongqing, P.R. China 400038. FAU - Tang, Kanglai AU - Tang K AD - Department of Orthopaedics, First Affiliated Hospital, Army Military Medical University, Chongqing 400038, P.R. China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20191231 PL - Poland TA - Open Life Sci JT - Open life sciences JID - 101669614 PMC - PMC7874801 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Bone-marrow derived stem cells OT - Co-culture OT - Tenascin-C OT - Tendon stem cells COIS- Conflict of interest: Authors state no conflict of interest. EDAT- 2019/12/31 00:00 MHDA- 2019/12/31 00:01 PMCR- 2019/12/31 CRDT- 2021/04/05 06:13 PHST- 2019/03/18 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/07/18 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/04/05 06:13 [entrez] PHST- 2019/12/31 00:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/12/31 00:01 [medline] PHST- 2019/12/31 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - biol-2019-0063 [pii] AID - 10.1515/biol-2019-0063 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Open Life Sci. 2019 Dec 31;14:568-575. doi: 10.1515/biol-2019-0063. eCollection 2019 Jan.