A Novel Tension Machine Promotes Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cell Osteoblastic and Fibroblastic Differentiation by Applying Cyclic Tension

Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) are intraosseous stem cells, and the effects of tensile strain on BMSC differentiation mediate several bone-related treatments. To study the response of BMSCs under tension, we designed and developed a small cellular tension instrument, iStrain. When iStrai...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Yi Zhao (Author), Yiping Huang (Author), Lingfei Jia (Author), Ruoxi Wang (Author), Kuang Tan (Author), Weiran Li (Author)
Format: Book
Published: Hindawi Limited, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
Subjects:
Online Access:Connect to this object online.
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) are intraosseous stem cells, and the effects of tensile strain on BMSC differentiation mediate several bone-related treatments. To study the response of BMSCs under tension, we designed and developed a small cellular tension instrument, iStrain. When iStrain applied tension on BMSCs, these cells exhibited convergence in the alignment direction and lengthening of the cell processes and cell body. Real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR) and western blotting demonstrated that iStrain-mediated cyclic tension promotes the differentiation of BMSCs toward osteogenesis and fibrogenesis. And the mRNA and protein expression of differentiation-related genes changes with the extension of tension time.
Item Description:1687-966X
1687-9678
10.1155/2021/6647651