Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2018, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (33): 5255-5258.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.0658

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Feasibility of mixed human AB serum to expand human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells in vitro

Hou Ping, Li Xiao-feng, Li Wei-wei, Li Jian-ping   

  1. Shenyang Center Blood (Liaoning Blood Center), Shenyang 110044, Liaoning Province, China
  • Revised:2018-07-26 Online:2018-11-28 Published:2018-11-28
  • Contact: Li Jian-ping, Chief physician, Shenyang Center Blood (Liaoning Blood Center), Shenyang 110044, Liaoning Province, China
  • About author:Hou Ping, Master, Associate chief physician, Shenyang Center Blood (Liaoning Blood Center), Shenyang 110044, Liaoning Province, China
  • Supported by:

    the 2017 Liaoning Provincial Doctoral Research Startup Fund Guidance Project, No. 21070520339

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: At present, human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells (HUMSCs) are mainly cultured in a medium containing 10% fetal bovine serum or a combination of various cytokines or cultured in commercial serum-free medium, but there is no low-cost, relatively safe standardized culture system applicable to the clinical utility.
OBJECTIVE: To explore the effective expansion of HUMSCs by mixed human AB serum.
METHODS: HUMSCs were isolated by tissue explant method, and then cultured in the basal medium containing 10% mixed human AB serum or in the serum-free medium. Differences between the two culture systems were then detected, involving the morphological characteristics, proliferative capacity and cell cycle.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: There was no significant difference in cell morphology between the two culture systems, and all the cultured cells were long shuttle-shaped. However, HUMSCs cultured with human AB serum had stronger adhesion. Flow cytometry results showed that HUMSCs highly expressed CD73 and CD90, but lowly expressed CD45 and HLA-DR, and the expression levels had no significant difference in both culture systems (P > 0.05). The cell cycle results showed that most cells were in G0-G1 and S phases, and the DNA index and coefficient of variation values in both culture systems were within the normal range. To conclude, the mixed human AB serum is considered to be a human-derived serum of clinical grade for safe use in the HUMSCs culture medium. 

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

Key words: ABO Blood-Group System, Serum, Umbilical Cord, Mesenchymal Stem Cells, Immunophenotyping, Cell Cycle, Tissue Engineering

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