Abstract
Cells from different origins behave differently regarding the incorporation of exogenous genetic material and the formation of transgenic cells. In this context, the objective of this study was to verify the potential of transfection of bovine mesenchymal stem cells from Wharton's jelly and adipose tissue, comparing two transfection protocols, using Lipofectamine LTX and Plus or Xfect reagents, with the integration of humanized anti-CD3. Skin fibroblasts were used as a control group. Humanized anti-CD3 is a monoclonal antibody that interacts with the CD3 molecule of the T-cell receptor, leading to the suppression of T-cells. This antibody is considered an option in the treatment of human autoimmune diseases and against the rejection of transplanted organs. Humanized anti-CD3 was used in this work for the production of bovine transgenic cells that, in the future, will be used in the development of bioreactor animals. In all steps of this study, cell types were cultured in Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium (DMEM) supplemented with 10% fetal calf serum (FCS) and antibiotics, in an incubator at 39°C with 5% CO2 in air with saturated humidity. All cells were plated at 5×105 into 24-well culture dishes and co-transfected with vector pBC1-anti-CD3-IRES-FEO and pEF-NEO-GFP using Lipofectamine LTX with reagent Plus or Xfect. Forty-eight hours after transfection, neomycin was added in each treatment and cells were cultured for 2 weeks. Treated cells were submitted to fluorescence microscopy, flow cytometry, and PCR evaluations. Wharton's jelly cells were sensitive to treatments and started necrosis. In the flow cytometry assay, the median fluorescence was higher in adipocytes than in fibroblasts, for both the Xfect reagent (20.057±1.620.7 and 10.601±702.86, respectively, P<0.05) and for LTX (19.590±113.84 and 10.518±442.65 respectively, P<0.05). These results, associated with the evaluation of epifluorescence, demonstrated that adipocytes presented a better response to transfection than did other cells, independent of the kit used. Performing PCR on co-transfected adipocytes and fibroblasts demonstrated the presence of anti-CD3, making this approach feasible in future experiments. Southern blotting analysis is being performed to confirm DNA integration. Financial support was provided by Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Distrito Federal (FAPDF); Embrapa MP1.
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