Comparative Study of Biological Characteristics, and Osteoblast Differentiation of Mesenchymal Stem Cell Established from Camelu
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animals Article Comparative Study of Biological Characteristics, and Osteoblast Differentiation of Mesenchymal Stem Cell Established from Camelus dromedarius Skeletal Muscle, Dermal Skin, and Adipose Tissues Young-Bum Son 1, Yeon Ik Jeong 1, Yeon Woo Jeong 1, Mohammad Shamim Hossein 1, Alex Tinson 2, Kuhad Kuldip Singh 2 and Woo Suk Hwang 1,* 1 UAE Biotech Research Center, Abu Dhabi 30310, United Arab Emirates; [email protected] (Y.-B.S.); [email protected] (Y.I.J.); [email protected] (Y.W.J.); [email protected] (M.S.H.) 2 Hilli E.T. Cloning and Surgical Centre Presidential Camels and Camel Racing Affairs, Al-Ain P.O. Box 17292, Unitied Arab Emirates; [email protected] (A.T.); [email protected] (K.K.S.) * Correspondence: [email protected] Simple Summary: Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) can be isolated in various types of tissues and exhibit different characteristics. In this study, MSCs were established from skeletal muscle, dermal skin, and adipose tissue from a single Camelus dromedarius donor. We also identified an efficient source for osteoblast differentiation and analyzed biological characteristics. Citation: Son, Y.-B.; Jeong, Y.I.; Jeong, Abstract: Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) showed in vitro mesoderm-lineage differentiation and Y.W.; Hossein, M.S.; Tinson, A.; Singh, self-renewal capacity. However, no comparative study was reported on the biological characteristics K.K.; Hwang, W.S. Comparative of stem cells derived from skeletal muscle (SM-MSCs), dermal skin (DS-MSCs), and adipose tissues Study of Biological Characteristics, (A-MSCs) from a single donor in camels. The present study aimed to evaluate the influence of and Osteoblast Differentiation of MSCs source on stem cell characteristics. We evaluated proliferation capacity and mesoderm- Mesenchymal Stem Cell Established from Camelus dromedarius Skeletal lineage differentiation potential from SM-MSCs, DS-MSCs, and A-MSCs. They showed spindle-like Muscle, Dermal Skin, and Adipose morphology after homogenization. The proliferation ability was not significantly difference in any Tissues. Animals 2021, 11, 1017. of the groups. Furthermore, the portion of the cell cycle and expression of pluripotent markers https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11041017 (Oct4, Sox2, and Nanog) were similar in all cell lines at passage 3. The differentiation capacity of A-MSCs into adipocytes was significantly higher than that of SM-MSCs and DS-MSCs. However, Academic Editor: the osteoblast differentiation capacity of A-MSCs was significantly lower than that of SM-MSCs and Ioanna-Katerina Aggeli DS-MSCs. Additionally, after osteoblast differentiation, the alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity and calcium content significantly decreased in A-MSCs compared to SM-MSCs and DS-MSCs. To the Received: 24 February 2021 best of our knowledge, we primarily established MSCs from the single camel and demonstrated Accepted: 2 April 2021 their comparative characteristics, including expression of pluripotent factors and proliferation, and Published: 4 April 2021 in vitro differentiation capacity into adipocytes and osteoblasts. Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neutral Keywords: mesenchymal stem cells; Camelus dromedarius; skeletal muscle; dermal skin; adipose with regard to jurisdictional claims in tissue; differentiation published maps and institutional affil- iations. 1. Introduction The Camelus dromedarius is a domesticated camel and is a unique animal providing milk Copyright: © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. and meat in desert areas because of its physiological adaptation to high temperature, intense This article is an open access article sunlight, and adaptability to water shortages [1,2]. Furthermore, camel racing is a very distributed under the terms and popular sport in the gulf areas and has great economic value [2]. As these racing camels are conditions of the Creative Commons trained from a young age, bone diseases, including bone fractures, are becoming a problem, Attribution (CC BY) license (https:// which is pointed out as a major cause of lameness in animals [3]. Generally, minor bone creativecommons.org/licenses/by/ defects due to fractures frequently appear, and most of them are regenerated into original 4.0/). tissues, but extensive bone defects due to severe trauma are difficult to treat [4]. Autogenous Animals 2021, 11, 1017. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani11041017 https://www.mdpi.com/journal/animals Animals 2021, 11, 1017 2 of 12 bone graft has been attempted as a treatment for these extensive bone defects [5]. However, collecting autogenous bones accompanied by additional invasive surgery increases the risk of infection and pain [6]. Furthermore, the quantity of bones required for the grafts may be difficult to harvest and the quality of bone is also unpredictable [6,7]. Accordingly, attention has been focused on research for overcoming these bone diseases using stem cells. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are a promising source of multipotent cells hav- ing self-replication, and multi-lineage capacity, including adipocytes, chondrocytes, and osteoblasts [8–11]. They are suitable for stem cell therapeutic applications without any ethical issues and immune-reaction [10,11]. Accordingly, several studies were reported on cell-based bone tissue engineering using MSCs in various mammalians [12–14]. Studies have found stem cells were transplanted into bond defects resulted in fusion [12]. Canine allogenic bone marrow-derived MSCs (BM-MSCs) transplanted into the site of critical-sized segmental bone defect, and the defect site was filled with new bone [13]. Furthermore, interesting studies confirmed that when human stem cells were transplanted with a scaffold into a miniature pig, the formation of new bones was confirmed at the transplant site, and it was reported that no immune rejection reaction was observed even when the xenogeneic stem cells were transplanted [9,14]. Applying an efficient cell source is essential for bone regeneration [15]. Therefore, there is increasing interest in improving the efficiency of differentiation into osteoblasts for bone regeneration. Several studies were reported on the isolation and culture of MSCs using various tissues including bone barrow [16–19]. However, BM-MSCs have lower proliferation and differentiation capacity than other sources of stem cells and show a small number of cells and donor-age-dependent characteristics [20]. Recently, many studies have been conducted on the source of MSCs that can replace bone marrow, and it has been reported that mesenchymal stem cells can be obtained from many tissues, including skeletal muscle, dermal skin, and adipose tissue [17–19]. Additionally, MSCs from skeletal muscle, dermal skin, and adipose tissue were reported for the presence of osteoblast differentiation capacity [21–23]. However, there was no comparative study of different sources of single donor-derived MSCs for the osteoblast differentiation in camel. In the present study, the stem cells derived from a single donor of skeletal muscle (SM-MSCs), dermal skin (DS-MSCs), and adipose tissues (A-MSCs) were successfully established. We also evaluated osteoblast differentiation capacity on the basis of evaluation under the same induction conditions. 2. Materials and Methods 2.1. Chemicals and Media We purchased all chemicals from Sigma (St. Louis, MO, USA) unless otherwise noted. 2.2. Establishment and Culture of Skeletal Muscle, Dermal Skin, and Adipose Tissue-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells The isolation and culture of mesenchymal stem cells from skeletal muscle (SM-MSCs), dermal skin (DS-MSCs), and adipose tissues (A-MSCs) were conducted following previ- ously reported techniques with minor modification [8,10]. All animal procedures were conducted following the animal study guidelines, which were approved by the Institu- tional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) at the Management of Scientific Centers and Presidential Camels (Accession No: PC4.1.5). In the present study, a total of four female camels aged from 4 to 5 years and weighing approximately 400 kg were used. The animals were sedated with ketamine hydrochloride (Ilium, Hlendenning, Australia; 0.25 mg/kg body weight) and xylazine (Ceva, Libourne, France; 0.25 mg/kg body weight) through intravenous injection using an 18-gauge needle. A meniscus pattern of 2 cm × 1 cm was infiltrated with local anesthetic on the left flank of the abdomen in front of the anterior crest of the ilium using 2% Lidocaine (Jeil, Daegu, Korea). The skin, fat, and muscle were exposed and obtained through a longitudinal incision in a meniscus shape (1.5 cm; depth and 2 cm × 1 cm diameter) using a combination of the scalpel blade, forceps, and Animals 2021, 11, 1017 3 of 12 surgical scissors. The incision site was covered with two layers using 2-0 vicryl and 2-0 nylon sutures. The obtained tissues washed two times in Dulbecco’s Phosphate-buffered saline (DPBS; Welgene, Gyeongsan, Korea) supplemented with 1% antibiotic-antimycotic (Thermo fisher scientific, Waltham, MA, USA). We minced the samples into small pieces with a surgical blade. They were dissociated with in high-glucose Dulbecco’s modified Eagle’s medium (DMEM; Thermo fisher scientific, Waltham, MA, USA) containing 0.1% collagenase type I (Thermo fisher scientific, Waltham, MA, USA) at 38 ◦C in a humidified atmosphere of 5% CO2 and O2 for 4 h. The cells released with collagenase were washed with high-glucose DMEM containing 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS; Invitrogen, Carlsbad, California, USA) by centrifugation at 300× g for 3 min and filtered through 40 µm nylon strainer