Effect of bone morphogenetic protein-4 overexpression on the biological activity of mouse induced pluripotent stem cells.
- Author:
Jin QIU
1
;
Hui-Yu ZHANG
1
;
Li LIU
2
;
Ying-Hui TAN
1
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords: bone morphogenetic protein-4; induced pluripotent stem cells; odontogenic differentiation; proliferation
- From: West China Journal of Stomatology 2018;36(2):190-193
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
OBJECTIVEThis study aimed to construct the expression of bone morphogenetic protein-4 (BMP4) lentiviral vector gene and explore its influence on the biological activity of mouse induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells.
METHODSiPS cell lines stably overexpressing BMP4 were constructed by lentivirus transfection (BMP4-overexpressing group). Cells without transfection served as the blank group, and cells with only vector transfection served as the empty-vector group. Cell proliferation was detected by CCK8, and the expression levels of ameloblastin (AMBN), cytokeratin (CK) 14, dentin sialophospho-protein (DSPP), bone sialoprotein (BSP), and Runx2 mRNA were detected by quantitative polymerase chain reaction. Alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity was used to detect the degree of cell differentiation.
RESULTSCompared with blank and empty-vector groups, proliferation activity and ALP activity of BMP4-overexpressing group obvious increased (P<0.05), BMP4, AMBN, CK14, DSPP, BSP, Runx2 mRNA expression also increased (P<0.05).
CONCLUSIONSBMP4 can significantly promote the odontogenic differentiation of iPS.