Journal: Chinese Medical Journal
Article Title: Semaphorin 3A-hypoxia inducible factor 1 subunit alpha co-overexpression enhances the osteogenic differentiation of induced pluripotent stem cells-derived mesenchymal stem cells in vitro
doi: 10.1097/cm9.0000000000000612
Figure Lengend Snippet: Figure 5: iPSC-MSCs modified by Sema3A-HIF1a overexpression grew better and preferred to osteogenic differentiation on HA scaffolds. (A) Two days post the seed of iPSC-MSCs onto HA scaffolds under a SEM (Bar = 20 mm). The iPSC-MSCs were cultured with or without (Blank) HA scaffold for 14 days, and then harvested for qRT-PCR (B, C), Western blotting (D, E), ALP activity (F), and MTT assays (G). ∗P < 0.05. ALP: Alkaline phosphatase; HA: Hydroxyapatite; HIF1a: Hypoxia inducible factor 1 subunit alpha; iPSCs: Induced pluripotent stem cells; MSCs: Mesenchymal stem cells; MTT: Methyl thiazoleterazolium; qRT-PCR: Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction; Ocn: Osteocalcin; oeLenti: Overexpression lentiviruses; Opn: Osteopontin; Sema3A: Semaphorin 3A; SEM: Scanning electron microscope.
Article Snippet: Overexpression of Sema3A and HIF1a fusion protein in iPSC-MSCs The coding sequence (CDS) areas of SEMA3A andHIF1A genes were linked with a three (GGGGS; G, glycine; S, serine) linker and inserted into lentivirus-enhanced green fluorescent protein (LV-EGFP) shuttle plasmid (Addgene).
Techniques: Over Expression, Cell Culture, Quantitative RT-PCR, Western Blot, Activity Assay, Real-time Polymerase Chain Reaction, Microscopy