Isolation and in vitro characterisation of dental pulp stem cells from natal teeth

Erdal Karaöz, Burcu Nur Doğan, Ayça Aksoy, Gülçin Gacar, Serap Akyüz, Selda Ayhan, Zehra Seda Genç, Sinan Yürüker, Gökhan Duruksu, Pınar Çetinalp Demircan, Ayla Eker Sarıboyacı
2009 Histochemistry and Cell Biology  
Dental pulp stem cells were primarily derived from the pulp tissues of exfoliated deciduous teeth, primary incisors and permanent third molar teeth. The aim of this study was to isolate and extensively characterise SCs derived from human natal dental pulp (hNDP). For characterisation, proliferation capacity, phenotypic properties, ultrastructural and diVerentiation characteristics and gene expression proWles were utilised. A comparison was done between the properties of NDP-SCs and the
more » ... s of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) from bone marrow (BM) of the human. Stem cells isolated from hNDP and hBM were analysed by Xow cytometry, reverse transcriptase-PCR, Real Time-PCR, and immunocytochemistry. Both cell lines were directionally diVerentiated towards adipogenic, osteogenic chondrogenic, myogenic and neurogenic lineages. hNDP-SCs and hBM-MSCs expressed CD13, CD44, CD90, CD146 and CD166, but not CD3, CD8, CD11b, CD14, CD15, CD19, CD33, CD34, CD45, CD117, and HLA-DR. Ultrastructural characteristics of hNDP-SCs showed more developed and metabolically active cells. hNDP-SCs and hBM-MSCs expressed some adipogenic (leptin, adipophilin and PPAR ), myogenic (desmin, myogenin, myosinIIa, and -SMA), neurogenic ( -enolase, MAP2a,b, c-fos, nestin, NF-H, NF-L, GFAP and betaIII tubulin), osteogenic (osteonectin, osteocalcin, osteopontin, Runx-2, and type I collagen) and chondrogenic (type II collagen, SOX9) markers without any stimulation towards diVerentiation under basal conditions. Embryonic stem cell markers Oct4, Rex-1, FoxD-3, Sox2, and Nanog were also identiWed. The diVerentiation potential of hNDP-SCs and hBM-MSCs to adipogenic, osteogenic, chondrogenic, myogenic and neurogenic was shown. This report described the Wrst successful isolation and characterisation of hNDP-SCs.
doi:10.1007/s00418-009-0646-5 pmid:19816704 fatcat:nsw262okfvca7oahetuc42nrku