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Glypicans are a group of membrane-bound heparan sulfate proteoglycans (HSPG) that are tissue specific and developmentally regulated. Transcripts for avian glypican are found in endocardial cushions, limb buds, somites and forebrain of early chick embryos. Since avian glypican is not well characterized, the cellular localization, regulation of expression, and possible function during cardiac development have been studied. A polyclonal antibody was raised against a 20-amino acid peptide corresponding to an antigenic sequence within avian glypican core protein. The antibody recognized the expressed core protein in bacterial lysates and the endogenous HSPG in the proteoglycan fraction from chick forebrain. Immunolocalization studies indicated that the core protein is associated with cell membranes. The level of mRNA for avian glypican in MEQC (myc embryonic quail cardiomyocytes) grown in medium containing 10% fetal calf serum was compared to the message levels in cells grown without serum for 3 days. By Northern analysis, glypican transcripts were increased markedly after serum starvation. Up-regulation of glypican transcripts by serum withdrawal was partially prevented by addition of TGFbeta-1 and bFGF, suggesting that these growth factors may regulate its expression. MEQC cells deprived of serum migrated into clumps that could be blocked by an antisense OND (oligodeoxynucleotide) to the mRNA encoding the avian glypican. The same antisense OND inhibited the migration of endothelial cells from chick tubular heart explants over the surface of collagen gels. These results indicate that avian glypican may play a role in cell migration during development of endocardial cushions.
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PMID:Structure, regulation and function of avian glypican. 951 30

Prostacyclin-stimulating factor (PSF) acts on vascular endothelial cells to stimulate the synthesis of the vasodilatory molecule prostacyclin (PGI2). We have examined the expression, regulation, and hemodynamic bioactivity of PSF both in whole retina and in cultured cells derived from this tissue. PSF was expressed in all retinal cell types examined in vitro, but immunohistochemical analysis revealed PSF mainly associated with retinal vessels. PSF expression was constitutive in retinal pericytes (RPCs) but could be modulated in bovine retinal capillary endothelial cells (RECs) by cell confluency, hypoxia, serum starvation, high glucose concentrations, or inversely by soluble factors present in early vs. late retinopathy, such as TGF-beta, VEGF, or bFGF. In addition, RPC-conditioned media dramatically increased REC PGI2 production, a response inhibited by blocking PSF with a specific antisense oligodeoxynucleotide (ODN). In vivo, PGI2 increased retinal blood flow (RBF) in control and diabetic animals. Furthermore, the early drop in RBF during the initial weeks after inducing diabetes in rats, as well as the later increase in RBF, both correlated with levels of retinal PSF. RBF also responded to treatment with RPC-conditioned media, and this effect could be partially blocked using the antisense PSF ODN. We conclude that PSF expressed by ocular cells can induce PGI2, retinal vascular dilation, and increased retinal blood flow, and that alterations in retinal PSF expression may explain the biphasic changes in RBF observed in diabetes.
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PMID:Retinal expression, regulation, and functional bioactivity of prostacyclin-stimulating factor. 1095 29

We have fabricated a topographical substrate with a packed polystyrene bead array for the development of cell-based assay systems targeting voltage-gated calcium channels (VGCCs). Human neural progenitor cells (H945RB.3) cultured on both flat and topographical substrates were analyzed in terms of morphological spreading, neuronal commitment, resting membrane potential (V(m)) establishment and VGCC function development. We found, by SEM imaging, that arrayed substrates, formed with both sub-micrometer (of 0.51 microm in mean diameter) and micrometer (of 1.98 microm in mean diameter) beads, were capable of promoting the spreading of the progenitor cells as compared with the flat polystyrene surfaces. With the micrometer beads, it was found that arrayed substrates facilitated the neural progenitor cells' maintenance of less negative V(m) values upon differentiation with bFGF starvation, which favored predominant neuronal commitment. Almost all the progenitor cells were responsive to 50 mM K(+) depolarization with an increase in [Ca(2+)](i) either before or upon differentiation, suggesting the expression of functional VGCCs. Compared to the flat polystyrene surfaces, microbead arrayed substrates facilitated the development of higher VGCC responsiveness by the progenitor cells upon differentiation. The enhancement of both VGCC responsiveness and cell spreading by arrays of micrometer beads was most significant on day 14 into differentiation, which was the latest time point of measurement in this study. This study thus rationalized the possibility for future substrate topography engineering to manipulate ion channel function and to meet the challenge of low VGCC responsiveness found in early drug discovery.
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PMID:Effects of topography on the functional development of human neural progenitor cells. 2019 56

Although mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) can be obtained from the fetal membrane (FM), little information is available regarding biological differences in MSCs derived from different layers of the FM or their therapeutic potential. Isolated MSCs from both amnion and chorion layers of FM showed similar morphological appearance, multipotency, and cell-surface antigen expression. Conditioned media obtained from amnion- and chorion-derived MSCs inhibited cell death caused by serum starvation or hypoxia in endothelial cells and cardiomyocytes. Amnion and chorion MSCs secreted significant amounts of angiogenic factors including HGF, IGF-1, VEGF, and bFGF, although differences in the cellular expression profile of these soluble factors were observed. Transplantation of human amnion or chorion MSCs significantly increased blood flow and capillary density in a murine hindlimb ischemia model. In addition, compared to human chorion MSCs, human amnion MSCs markedly reduced T-lymphocyte proliferation with the enhanced secretion of PGE2, and improved the pathological situation of a mouse model of acute graft-versus-host disease. Our results highlight that human amnion- and chorion-derived MSCs, which showed differences in their soluble factor secretion and angiogenic/immuno-suppressive function, could be ideal cell sources for regenerative medicine.
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PMID:Comparison of angiogenic, cytoprotective, and immunosuppressive properties of human amnion- and chorion-derived mesenchymal stem cells. 2455 Oct 87

Layer-by-Layer (LbL) assemblies of heparin (Hep) and chitosan (Chi) were prepared for use as reservoirs for acidic and basic fibroblast growth factors (aFGFs and bFGFs, respectively). The effects of the architecture and composition of the reservoirs on the viability and proliferation of NIH-3T3 fibroblast cells were studied under starvation conditions. The reservoir stability was monitored by ellipsometry. The aFGF and bFGF loadings were determined using a dissipation-enhanced quartz crystal microbalance (QCM-D). Stability and release assays were performed in a phosphate buffer at physiological conditions. The results demonstrated that the amount of aFGF and bFGF loaded into and released from LbL reservoirs composed of 3 and 6 layer pairs could be controlled. Cell culture assays in low serum culture medium (LSCM) demonstrated that incorporating very small amounts of aFGF and bFGF into the (Hep/Chi)n multilayers significantly improved the proliferation of the NIH-3T3 fibroblasts. The cells did not proliferate on (Hep/Chi)n assemblies prepared in the absence of FGF under identical conditions. The LbL reservoirs were highly effective for the long-term storage (up to 9 months) of aFGF and bFGF. This work demonstrates the potential of LbL reservoirs for use as biomaterial coatings.
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PMID:Layer-by-Layer assembled growth factor reservoirs for steering the response of 3T3-cells. 2670 Feb 36

Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells undergo differentiation to different lineages with different efficiencies when induced by different factors. We added a bFGF-chitosan controlled release system (bFGF-CCRS) as an inducer into conditioned medium to facilitate the oriented differentiation of BMSCs into neural lineage cells (eventually mature neurons); furthermore, we synchronized BMSCs to the G0/G1 phase via serum starvation to observe the effect of the inducer on the differentiation direction and efficiency. The nonsynchronized group, chitosan alone (not loaded with bFGF) group, soluble bFGF group, and conditioned medium group served as controls, and we observed the dynamic process of differentiation of BMSCs into neural lineage cells at different time points after the beginning of coculture. We analyzed the binding patterns of bFGF and chitosan and assayed the expression differences of key factors (FGFR1, ERK, and c-fos) and molecular switches (BTG2) that regulate the transformation from cell proliferation to differentiation. We also investigated the potential molecular mechanism of BMSC differentiation into neural lineage cells at a high percentage when induced by bFGF-CCRS.
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PMID:Differentiation of Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells into Neural Lineage Cells Induced by bFGF-Chitosan Controlled Release System. 3103 49