中国组织工程研究 ›› 2019, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (21): 3329-3335.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.1761

• 干细胞培养与分化 stem cell culture and differentiation • 上一篇    下一篇

miR-20调控人乳牙牙髓干细胞向神经元样细胞的定向分化

邓 轩1,阳 芳1,唐西清1,赵 焱2   

  1. 1南华大学附属第二医院口腔科,湖南省衡阳市 421001;2三亚市人民医院口腔科,海南省三亚市 572000
  • 修回日期:2019-03-08 出版日期:2019-07-28 发布日期:2019-07-28
  • 作者简介:邓轩,男,1985年生,湖北省荆州市人,2016年南华大学毕业,硕士,主治医师,主要从事口腔疾病诊疗工作。
  • 基金资助:

    海南省自然科学基金(814390),项目参与人:赵焱

MicroRNA-20 regulates directional differentiation of stem cells from human exfoliated deciduous teeth

Deng Xuan1, Yang Fang1, Tang Xiqing1, Zhao Yan2   

  1. 1Department of Stomatology, the Second Hospital of University of South China, Hengyang 421001, Hunan Province, China; 2Department of Stomatology, People’s Hospital of Sanya, Sanya 572000, Hainan Province, China
  • Revised:2019-03-08 Online:2019-07-28 Published:2019-07-28
  • About author:Deng Xuan, Master, Attending physician, Department of Stomatology, the Second Hospital of University of South China, Hengyang 421001, Hunan Province, China
  • Supported by:

    the Natural Science Foundation of Hainan Province, No. 814390 (to ZY)

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文题释义:
miRNAs:
是单链非编码小分子RNA,长度为19-25个核苷酸,能够广泛参与生物体内细胞增殖、分化、凋亡以及细胞周期调控等过程。
乳牙牙髓干细胞的分化功能:人乳牙牙髓干细胞主要从脱落乳牙中分离得到,具有多向分化潜能以及高度的增殖能力。人乳牙牙髓干细胞在适当条件下可分化为牙本质细胞、成骨细胞、脂肪细胞以及神经细胞等多种细胞。

 

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背景:
研究发现miR-20在促进骨髓间充质干细胞以及炎症牙周膜干细胞的成骨分化中具有重要意义,但其在牙髓干细胞向神经元细胞分化中的调节功能尚未完全阐明。
目的:探讨miR-20调控骨形态发生蛋白信号通路诱导人乳牙牙髓干细胞向神经元样细胞定向分化的机制。
方法:从人脱落乳牙中分离纯化乳牙牙髓干细胞并进行神经诱导分化,观察诱导分化期间细胞形态变化,检测Nestin、NSE、miR-20、BMP2的表达。将乳牙牙髓干细胞分为如下5组:阴性对照组(转染阴性对照序列)、miR-20 mimic组(转染miR-20模拟物48 h)、miR-20 inhibitor组(转染miR-20 抑制物48 h)、通路抑制剂组(骨形态发生蛋白通路抑制剂处理细胞10 d)、联合组(转染miR-20模拟物并且在转染后24 h在培养基中添加通路抑制剂处理细胞10 d)。各组乳牙牙髓干细胞在神经诱导分化第12天,采用Real-time PCR 和Western blot检测BMP2、BMPR2、Nestin和NSE的mRNA和蛋白水平,免疫荧光染色观察Ⅲβ-tubulin的表达,高尔基染色检测神经元细胞树突棘数目。
结果与结论:①乳牙牙髓干细胞随时间的延长逐渐分化为神经元样细胞,Nestin表达在分化期间先增高后降低,NSE、miR-20和BMP2表达水平逐渐升高;②与阴性对照组相比,miR-20 mimic组BMP2、BMPR2、Ⅲβ-tubulin、Nestin和NSE水平上调并且诱导神经元树突棘生成;而miR-20 inhibitor组和通路抑制剂组BMP2、BMPR2、Ⅲβ-tubulin、Nestin和NSE蛋白表达下调并抑制神经元树突棘生成;骨形态发生蛋白通路抑制剂能逆转miR-20对乳牙牙髓干细胞神经分化的诱导。③上述结果表明,miR-20能够通过激活骨形态发生蛋白信号通路从而诱导乳牙牙髓干细胞向神经元样细胞定向分化。


中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点:干细胞;骨髓干细胞;造血干细胞;脂肪干细胞;肿瘤干细胞;胚胎干细胞;脐带脐血干细胞;干细胞诱导;干细胞分化;组织工程
ORCID:
0000-0002-1209-1128(邓轩)

关键词: 人乳牙牙髓干细胞, 神经元细胞, miR-20, 神经向诱导分化, 骨形态发生蛋白信号通路, Ⅲβ-tubulin, 神经元细胞树突棘, 海南省自然科学基金

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: In recent years, microRNA-20 (miR-20) has been found to plays an important role in promoting the osteogenic differentiation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells and inflammatory periodontal ligament stem cells. However, whether it can regulate the differentiation of dental pulp stem cells into neurons has not been fully clarified.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the mechanism by which miR-20 regulates the differentiation of stem cells from human exfoliated deciduous teeth towards neuronal cells through bone morphogenetic protein signaling pathway. 
METHODS: Stem cells from human exfoliated deciduous teeth were separated and purified. Cell morphology was observed during cell induction and differentiation. Nestin, neuron-specific enolase, miR-20 and bone morphogenetic protein-2 expressions were detected. The stem cells from human exfoliated deciduous teeth were divided into five groups: negative control group (transfected with negative control sequence), miR-20 mimic group (transfected with miR-20 mimic for 48 hours), miR-20 inhibitor group (transfected with miR-20 inhibitor for 48 hours), pathway inhibition group (treated with bone morphogenetic protein pathway inhibitor for 10 days), and combined treatment group (transfected with miR-20 mimic for 24 hours and then treated with bone morphogenetic protein pathway inhibitor for 10 days). Subsequently, the expressions of bone morphogenetic protein-2, bone morphogenetic protein receptor type 2, Nestin and neuron-specific enolase were detected using real-time PCR and western blot assay at 12 days of neuronal induction. Immunofluorescence was adopted to determine the expression of III β-tubulin. Golgi staining was performed to detect the number of dendritic spines in neurons. 
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The stem cells from human exfoliated deciduous teeth were gradually differentiated into neuron-like cells. During the differentiation period, the expression of Nestin was increased and then decreased, but the expression levels of neuron-specific enolase, miR-20 and bone morphogenetic protein-2 were gradually increased. Compared with the negative control group, miR-20 overexpression up-regulated the levels of bone morphogenetic protein-2, bone morphogenetic protein receptor type 2, III β-tubulin, Nestin and neuron-specific enolase as well as induced generation of neuronal dendritic spines. But inhibition of miR-20 or bone morphogenetic protein pathway down-regulated the protein expression of bone morphogenetic protein-2, bone morphogenetic protein receptor type 2, III β-tubulin, Nestin and neuron-specific enolase and inhibited the generation of dendritic spines in neurons. At the same time, bone morphogenetic protein inhibitor reversed the inducement of stem cells from human exfoliated deciduous teeth to neurons caused by miR-20. Thus, miR-20 can induce the differentiation of stem cells from human exfoliated deciduous teeth towards neuron-like cells through activating the bone morphogenetic protein signaling pathway.

Key words: stem cells from human exfoliated deciduous teeth, neuronal cells, miR-20, neural differentiation, bone morphogenetic protein signaling pathway, III β-tubulin, neuronal cell dendritic spine, Natural Science Foundation of Hainan Province

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