• Reproductive and Developmental Biology
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• 제34권3호
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• pp.175-180
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• 2010

Nanotechnology is currently receiving considerable attention in various fields of biotechnology. The uptake of nanoparticles by cells for labeling and tracking is a critical process for many biomedical therapeutic applications. However, nanoparticle labeling of porcine hematopoietic cells has not been demonstrated so far. In the present study, silica-coated nanoparticles conjugated with rhodamine B isothiocyanate (SR-RITC) were used to investigate the uptake of nanoparticles by porcine hematopoietic cells. Flow cytometric and confocal microscopic analyses reveled that the cells were efficiently internalized by the silica-coated nanoparticles. Furthermore, biocompatibility tests demonstrated that the SR nanoparticles were not cytotoxic, and they had no impact on proliferation. Our study demonstrates that silica-coated nanoparticles are taken up very rapidly and with high efficiency into porcine hematopoietic cells, with no apparent deleterious effects. Therefore, silica-coated nanoparticles appear to be a promising tool for tracking porcine hematopoietic cells.

• Reproductive and Developmental Biology
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.1-7
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• 2008

본 연구는 돼지 골수에서 존재하는 조혈 줄기 세포 및 전구 세포를 이용해 이종 동물 모델인 태아 마우스 복강 생체 이식을 통하여 돼지 조혈 세포의 이종 조혈 조직에서의 증식과 분화 특성을 규명하였다. 선천성 면역 부전 마우스인 NOD/SCID 마우스 태아 조혈 환경에 돼지 골수 유래 조혈 줄기 세포 및 전구 세포를 이식하고, 이식 후 5주령에 마우스 조혈기관에서의 돼지 조혈 세포의 증식과 분화 특성을 돼지 특이적 항체 면역 염색으로 유세포 분석을 실시한 결과, 마우스 조혈 조직인 골수, 흉선, 간장, 비장 및 림파절에서 돼지 조혈 세포의 분화 및 증식이 관찰되었다. 특히 돼지의 T 면역세포가 골수계 세포에 비해서 높은 chimerism이 관찰되어 태생 초기의 NOD/SCID 조혈 환경에 의한 특이적 T 면역세포의 증식에 적합한 조혈 환경을 제공하고 있다는 사실이 밝혀졌다. 본 마우스 신생 NOSD/SCID 복강 이식 동물 모델을 이용해 돼지 T 면역세포의 분화 발달 연구 및 이종 장기 이식 기전 연구에 좋은 모델로서 활용이 기대된다.

• Reproductive and Developmental Biology
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• 제31권1호
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• pp.1-6
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• 2007

NOD/SCID 마우스는 선천성 면역결핍을 지닌 마우스로서 이종 세포 및 조직 이식을 위한 실험동물로서 가장 많이 활용되고 있다. 본 연구는 돼지의 골수조직에서 채취한 조혈줄기세포를 면역결핍마우스의 정맥 주입을 통하여 생체 내 주입을 실시한 결과, 마우스의 조혈조직에서 대단히 높은 돼지 T면역세포의 증식이 관찰되었다. 유세포 분석기를 이용해 돼지 골수 조혈세포 생체 이식 6주의 마우스에서의 돼지 T면역세포의 증식과 분화 특성을 분석한 결과, 마우스 조혈조직인 골수($5.4{\pm}1.9%$), 비장($15.4{\pm}7.3%$), 간($21.3{\pm}1.4%$), 림프절($33.5{\pm}32.8%$)에서 돼지 조혈줄기세포 유래 T 세포의 증식과 분화가 관찰되었고, 돼지 helper T 세포와 cytotoxic T 세포의 발달도 확인되었다. 또한 조직 면역염색을 통하여 마우스의 비장조직에 이식한 돼지 면역세포의 중식을 관찰하였다. 본 연구는 NOD/SCID 마우스를 이용해 돼지 조혈줄기세포로부터 T 면역세포로의 분화 및 발달과정을 생체 내에서 분석할 수 있는 유용한 동물모델로서 이용할 수 있음을 보여준다.

• Molecules and Cells
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.343-350
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• 2007

Mesenchymal stem/progenitor cells (MPCs) were isolated from porcine umbilical cord blood (UCB) and their morphology, proliferation, cell cycle status, cell-surface antigen profile and expression of hematopoietic cytokines were characterized. Their capacity to differentiate in vitro into osteocytes, adipocytes and chondrocytes was also evaluated. Primary cultures of adherent porcine MPCs (pMPCs) exhibited a typical fibroblast-like morphology with significant renewal capacity and proliferative ability. Subsequent robust cell growth was indicated by the high percentage of quiescent (G0/G1) cells. The cells expressed the mesenchymal surface markers, CD29, CD49b and CD105, but not the hematopoietic markers, CD45 and CD133 and synthesized hematopoietic cytokines. Over 21 days of induction, the cells differentiated into osteocytes adipocytes and chondrocytes. The expression of lineage specific genes was gradually upregulated during osteogenesis, adipogenesis and chondrogenesis. We conclude that porcine umbilical cord blood contains a population of MPCs capable of self-renewal and of differentiating in vitro into three classical mesenchymal lineages.

• The Korean Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology
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• 제16권3호
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• pp.167-174
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• 2012

Natural killer (NK) cells provide one of the initial barriers of cellular host defense against pathogens, in particular intracellular pathogens. Because bone marrow-derived hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs), lymphoid protenitors, can give rise to NK cells, NK ontogeny has been considered to be exclusively lymphoid. Here, we show that porcine c-$kit^+$ bone marrow cells (c-$kit^+$ BM cells) develop into NK cells in vitro in the presence of various cytokines [interleukin (IL)-2, IL-7, IL-15, IL-21, stem cell factor (SCF), and fms-like tyrosine kinase-3 ligand (FLT3L)]. Adding hydrocortisone (HDC) and stromal cells greatly increases the frequency of c-$kit^+$ BM cells that give rise to $CD2^+CD8^+$ NK cells. Also, intracellular levels of perforin, granzyme B, and NKG2D were determined by RT-PCR and western blotting analysis. It was found that of perforin, granzyme B, and NKG2D levels significantly were increased in cytokine-stimulated c-$kit^+$ BM cells than those of controls. And, we compared the ability of the cytotoxicity of $CD2^+CD8^+$ NK cells differentiated by cytokines from c-$kit^+$ BM cells against K562 target cells for 28 days. Cytokines-induced NK cells as effector cells were incubated with K562 cells as target in a ratio of 100 : 1 for 4 h once a week. In results, $CD2^+CD8^+$ NK cells induced by cytokines and stromal cells showed a significantly increased cytotoxicity 21 days later. Whereas, our results indicated that c-$kit^+$ BM cells not pretreated with cytokines have lower levels of cytotoxicity. Taken together, this study suggests that cytokines-induced NK cells from porcine c-$kit^+$ BM cells may be used as adoptive transfer therapy if the known obstacles to xenografting (e.g. immune and non-immune problems) were overcome in the future.