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A comprehensive study on optimization of proliferation and differentiation potency of bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells under prolonged culture condition

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Bone marrow derived stem cells (BMSC) have paved way to clinical approaches for its utilization in a variety of diseases due to its ease of isolation combined with its multilineage differentiation capacity. However, the applicability of BMSC is not successful due to the lesser number of nucleated cells obtained from large samples. Hence, culture expansion of BMSC is a prerequisite, as high numbers of stem cells are needed to meet the standards of clinical advancement. There are attempts on optimizing culture condition for large scale production of BMSC. It was believed that, prolonged culture of BMSC is difficult since they tend to lose their characteristics and differentiation potential. Hence, our study aims to determine whether BMSCs could retain its proliferative and differentiation capacity in prolonged in vitro culture by a comparative study on extensive culturing of BMSC with the following four media, DMEM LG (DMEM-Low Glucose), DMEM KO (DMEM-Knock Out), Alpha MEM (Alpha Minimal Essential Medium), DMEM F 12. We found that two samples among the three cultured tend to lose their property in long term culturing. Besides, we also found that DMEM LG and Alpha MEM were the optimal media for in vitro culturing of BMSC. Overall, it was concluded that BMSC can be cultured until passage 15 without losing its characteristics. However, its potency beyond passage 15 has to be further elucidated for utilization of the ex vivo expanded BMSC for subsequent cellular therapies.

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We thank Dr. Radhakrishnan for bone marrow sampling and the donors, who made this study possible.

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  1. Stem Cell Department, Lifeline Multispeciality Hospital, Chennai, 600 096, India

    M. Dhanasekaran, R. P. Lissa, R. Harikrishnan & J. S. Rajkumar

  2. Department of Zoology and Biotechnology, Loyola College, Chennai, 600 096, India

    S. Indumathi & D. Sudarsanam

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Table S1 Comparison of surface antigenic expression of bone marrow derived MSC in different media. Statistical significance: * p<0.05, ** p<0.01 (DOC 1255 kb)

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Dhanasekaran, M., Indumathi, S., Lissa, R.P. et al. A comprehensive study on optimization of proliferation and differentiation potency of bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells under prolonged culture condition. Cytotechnology 65, 187–197 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10616-012-9471-0

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