Abstract Domestic cats are preferred models for normal physiology and several human diseases. In the present study feline fetal fluids and membranes were evaluated as possible sources of MSCs. Samples were recovered from 4 pregnant queens after ovarian-hysterectomy. Gestational sacs were separated from uterine wall; after allantoic and amniotic fluids aspiration and chorion-allantois and amniotic membranes separation, all cell lineages were cultured into 25 cm2 flasks, in DMEM/TCM199, in a 5% CO2 incubator at 38.5° C. At passage 3, chondrogenic, osteogenic and adipogenic differentiation ability were evaluated by culturing cell monolayers in differentiating media for 21 days. Cellular characterization with CD90, CD44, CD105, CD73, CD34, CD14, CD45, was performed by flow cytometry. In all samples, adherent fibroblastoid spindle-shaped cells were observed. Positive von Kossa and Alizarin Red staining confirmed osteogenesis. Alcian blue staining of matrix glycosaminoglycans illustrated chondrogenesis, and positive Oil Red O lipid droplets within cell cytoplasm suggested adipogenesis. All cell lines isolated were positive for CD90, CD44, CD105 and negative for CD34, CD14 and CD45; as unexpected and different from human cells, feline cells resulted negative for CD73. Based on this preliminary results, fetal fluids and membranes could represent an alternative sources for mesenchymal stem cells in feline species.

Iacono E, Cunto M, Zambelli D, Ricci F, Tazzari PL, Merlo B (2012). Could fetal fluid and membranes be an alternative source for Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs) in the feline species? A preliminary study. VETERINARY RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS, 36(2), 107-118 [10.1007/s11259-012-9520-3].

Could fetal fluid and membranes be an alternative source for Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs) in the feline species? A preliminary study.

IACONO, ELEONORA;CUNTO, MARCO;ZAMBELLI, DANIELE;MERLO, BARBARA
2012

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Abstract Domestic cats are preferred models for normal physiology and several human diseases. In the present study feline fetal fluids and membranes were evaluated as possible sources of MSCs. Samples were recovered from 4 pregnant queens after ovarian-hysterectomy. Gestational sacs were separated from uterine wall; after allantoic and amniotic fluids aspiration and chorion-allantois and amniotic membranes separation, all cell lineages were cultured into 25 cm2 flasks, in DMEM/TCM199, in a 5% CO2 incubator at 38.5° C. At passage 3, chondrogenic, osteogenic and adipogenic differentiation ability were evaluated by culturing cell monolayers in differentiating media for 21 days. Cellular characterization with CD90, CD44, CD105, CD73, CD34, CD14, CD45, was performed by flow cytometry. In all samples, adherent fibroblastoid spindle-shaped cells were observed. Positive von Kossa and Alizarin Red staining confirmed osteogenesis. Alcian blue staining of matrix glycosaminoglycans illustrated chondrogenesis, and positive Oil Red O lipid droplets within cell cytoplasm suggested adipogenesis. All cell lines isolated were positive for CD90, CD44, CD105 and negative for CD34, CD14 and CD45; as unexpected and different from human cells, feline cells resulted negative for CD73. Based on this preliminary results, fetal fluids and membranes could represent an alternative sources for mesenchymal stem cells in feline species.
2012
Iacono E, Cunto M, Zambelli D, Ricci F, Tazzari PL, Merlo B (2012). Could fetal fluid and membranes be an alternative source for Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs) in the feline species? A preliminary study. VETERINARY RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS, 36(2), 107-118 [10.1007/s11259-012-9520-3].
Iacono E; Cunto M; Zambelli D; Ricci F; Tazzari PL; Merlo B
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