4.8 Article

Sternness and transdifferentiation of adipose-derived stem cells using L-ascorbic acid 2-phosphate-induced cell sheet formation

Journal

BIOMATERIALS
Volume 35, Issue 11, Pages 3516-3526

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ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2014.01.015

Keywords

Adipose-derived stem cells; Stemness; Differentiation; Cell sheet; Collagen; Wound healing

Funding

  1. National Science Council of Taiwan [102-2628-B-002-018]
  2. National Taiwan University Hospital [102-S2082, UN101-056]
  3. E-Da Hospital-National Taiwan University Hospital Joint Research Program [102-EDN16]

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Cell sheet technology has emerged as an important tissue engineering approach. Adipose-derived stem cells (ASCs) have valuable applications in regenerative medicine, but their sternness and differentiation capabilities in the cell sheet format have not been well investigated. In this study, we found that L-ascorbate 2-phosphate (A2-P), a stable form of ascorbic acid, significantly enhanced ASC proliferation and induced ASC sheet fabrication in 7 days with abundant extracellular matrix deposition. Importantly, A2-P treatment significantly enhanced expression of pluripotent markers Sox-2, Oct-4 and Nanog, but treating ASCs with antioxidants other than A2-P revealed no sternness enhancement. Moreover, ASC treatment with A2-P and a collagen synthesis inhibitor, L-2-azetidine carboxylic acid or cis-4-hydroxy-D-proline, significantly inhibited the A2-P-enhanced expression of sternness markers. These findings demonstrated that A2-P enhances sternness of ASCs through collagen synthesis and cell sheet formation. We also showed that A2-P-stimulated collagen synthesis in ASCs may be mediated through ERK1/2 pathway. By culturing the ASC sheets in proper induction media, ASC transdifferentiation capabilities into neuron and hepatocyte-like cells were significantly enhanced after cell sheet formation, while adipogenic and osteogenic differentiation capacities were still maintained. Using a murine model of healing-impaired cutaneous wound, faster wound healing was noted in the group that received ASC sheet treatment, and we observed significantly more engrafted ASCs with evidence of differentiation toward endothelial and epidermal lineages in the cutaneous wound tissue. Therefore, A2-P-mediated ASC sheet formation enhanced ASC sternness and transdifferentiation capabilities, thereby representing a promising approach for applications in regenerative medicine. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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