Abstract
Exploring the therapeutic potential of mesenchymal stem cells is contingent upon the ease of isolation, potency toward differentiation, and the reliability and robustness of the source. We describe here a stepwise protocol for the isolation of mesenchymal stem cells from human umbilical cord tissue (uMSCs), their immunophenotyping, and the propagation of such cultures over several passages. In this procedure, the viability of the uMSCs is high because there is no enzymatic digestion. Further, the removal of blood vessels, including the umbilical cord arteries and the vein, ensures that there is no contamination of cells of endothelial origin. Using flow cytometry, uMSCs upon isolation are CD45-CD34-, indicating an absence of cells from the hematopoietic lineage. Importantly, they express key surface markers, CD105, CD90, and CD73. Upon establishment of cultures, this paper describes an efficient method to induce differentiation in these uMSCs into the skeletal muscle lineage. A detailed analysis of myogenic progression in differentiated uMSCs reveals that uMSCs express Pax7, a marker for myogenic progenitors in the initial stages of differentiation, followed by the expression of MyoD and Myf5, and, finally, a terminal differentiation marker, myosin heavy chain (MyHC).
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