Differentiation of Enhanced Green Fluorescent Protein-Labeled Mouse Amniotic Fluid-Derived Stem Cells into Cardiomyocyte-Like Beating Cells.
Acta Cardiol Sin
; 31(3): 209-14, 2015 May.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Amniotic fluid-derived stem cells (AFSCs) possess optimal differentiation potential and are a promising resource for cell therapy and tissue engineering. Mouse is a good model to be studied for pre-clinical research.METHODS:
In this study, we successfully established enhanced green fluorescent protein mouse-derived amniotic fluid stem cells (EGFP-mAFSCs) and investigated whether EGFP-mAFSCs possess the ability to differentiate into cardiomyocytes by in vitro culture. We evaluated stem-cell differentiation using immunofluorescence.RESULTS:
This study showed that EGFP-mAFSCs can give rise to spontaneously beating cardiomyocyte-like cells expressing the specific markers c-kit, myosin heavy chain, and cardiac troponin I.CONCLUSIONS:
We demonstrated that mAFSCs have the in vitro propensity to acquire a cardiomyogenic phenotype and to a certain extent cardiomyocytes; however the process efficiency which gives rise to cardiomyocyte-like cells remains quite low (2 out of 10 were found). KEY WORDS Amniotic fluid; Cardiomyocytes; In vitro differentiation; Stem cells.
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