Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2016, Vol. 20 ›› Issue (28): 4136-4141.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2016.28.005

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Different culture methods for human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells

Liu Feng1, Jiang Xiang-lin1, Liu Ming-ming2   

  1. 1Sanxia Medical College of Chongqing, Chongqing 404020, China
    2School of Basic Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
  • Revised:2016-05-21 Online:2016-07-01 Published:2016-07-01
  • Contact: Liu Feng, Chongqing Sanxia Medical College, Chongqing 404020, China
  • About author:Liu Feng, Associate professor, Sanxia Medical College of Chongqing, Chongqing 404020, China

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Umbilical cord stem cells mainly derive from full-term infants, and common culture methods include tissue-attached method and trypsin-digestion mehod. However, effects of different culture methods on the separation of umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells remain many disputes.
OBJECTIVE: To observe the effects of different culture methods on umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells.
METHODS: Umbilical cords of 30 healthy full-term and caesarean delivery infants were selected, and cultured using tissue-attached method or trypsin-digestion method to isloate and culture human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells. Meanwhile, cell growth was measured by flow cytometry.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The fusiform-shaped cells began to separate from the umbilical cord tissue that was primary cultured using tissue-attached method, and 10 days later, the cell fusion reached 80%; after the umbilical cord was cultured using collagenase-trypsin digestion for 5 days, a small amount of adherent cells with different shapes appeared, and the fiber-like cells reached 80% of confluence until 2-week culture. There was no significant difference in the growth of umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells cultured by different culture methods (P > 0.05). Moreover, cells cultured by two methods were all positive for CD13, CD29, CD44 and CD105. These results demonstrate that human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells exhibit a high success rate in primary culture using tissue-attached method, which is superior to the trypsin-digestion method.

 

 

Key words: Tissue Engineering, Umbilical Cord, Stem Cells

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