2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Studies of the melanocytes induction from adipose-derived stem cells and the mechanisms of melanin production in melanocytes applied to the treatment of vitiigo
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15K19672
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Dermatology
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| Research Institution | Tohoku University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
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| Keywords | 色素細胞 / 間葉系幹細胞 / Muse細胞 / 脂肪組織由来幹細胞 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
In this study, we quantitate Muse cells in adipose-mesenchymal stem cells of human subcutaneous tissue obtained from 11 subjects of various ages, and measured efficacy of melanocytes induction from Adipose-MSC-derived Muse cells. There was a statistically significant negative correlation between the age of donors and the numbers of adipose-MSCs recovered per g fat as well as the percentage of SSEA3+ cells in the adipose-MSC populations, but isolated hASC-Muse cells showed pluripotency and growth curves equally regardless the age of donors. Adipose-Muse cells sequentially expressed melanocyte-related genes including KIT, MITF, TYRP1 PMEL, DCT, melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R), and TYR at a comparable level to melanocytes during 6-week culture. These studies suggest that induction of melanocytes from adipose-Muse is a novel approach to obtain sufficient numbers of melanocytes for clinical application and in vitro study of melanocyte differentiation.
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| Free Research Field |
間葉系幹細胞
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