Journal: Regenerative Therapy
Article Title: Exploring SSEA3 as an emerging biomarker for assessing the regenerative potential of dental pulp-derived stem cells
doi: 10.1016/j.reth.2024.05.004
Figure Lengend Snippet: Effects of Passage on hDPSC Characteristics. (A) Cell proliferation capacity was assessed using MTT assays after 48 h. Proliferation decreased at passage 20 compared to passages 5 and 10. (B) Left panel: representative immunostained images of hDPSCs. (Blue: DAPI, Green: Phalloidin) Scale bar: 100 μm. Cell size increased with passage number. (C) Left panel: representative cell migration assay images of each time points were exhibited. Migration capacity decreased with passage number. (D) Expression of pluripotency and osteogenic differentiation markers (Sox2 and Bglap) decreased with passage number. Expression of osteogenic and adipogenic differentiation markers (ALP and LPL) also decreased at passage 20 compared to passages 5 and 10, while Nestin, neural differentiation marker remained unchanged. (E) osteogenic and adipogenic differentiation (Alizarin Red and Oil Red O staining respectively) decreased with passage number.
Article Snippet: Briefly, for neuronal differentiation, hDPSCs were cultured in serum-free human neural proliferation medium (StemCell Technologies, Canada) supplemented with epidermal growth factor (20 ng/ml) and basic fibroblast growth factor (10 ng/ml) as growth factors and 1% antibiotics at 37 °C in a 5% CO 2 atmosphere.
Techniques: Cell Migration Assay, Migration, Expressing, Marker, Staining