5-azacytidine improves the osteogenic differentiation potential of aged human adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells by DNA demethylation

Xueying Yan, Sabrina Ehnert, Mihaela Culmes, Anastasia Bachmann, Claudine Seeliger, Lilianna Schyschka, Zhiyong Wang, Afshin Rahmanian-Schwarz, Ulrich Stöckle, Paul A De Sousa, Jaroslav Pelisek, Andreas K Nussler

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The therapeutic value of adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (Ad-MSCs) for bone regeneration is critically discussed. A possible reason for reduced osteogenic potential may be an age-related deterioration of the Ad-MSCs. In long term in vitro culture, epigenomic changes in DNA methylation are known to cause gene silencing, affecting stem cell growth as well as the differentiation potential. In this study, we observed an age-related decline in proliferation of primary human Ad-MSCs. Decreased Nanog, Oct4 and Lin28A and increased Sox2 gene-expression was accompanied by an impaired osteogenic differentiation potential of Ad-MSCs isolated from old donors (>60 a) as compared to Ad-MSCs isolated from younger donors (
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)e90846
JournalPLoS ONE
Volume9
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 6 Mar 2014

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