Effect of hypoxic treatment on bone marrow cells that are able to migrate to the injured liver

  • Sun Young Ju
  • , Kyung Ah Cho
  • , Su Jin Cho
  • , Yun Jae Jung
  • , So Youn Woo
  • , Ju Young Seoh
  • , Ho Seong Han
  • , Kyung Ha Ryu

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Abstract

Restricted numbers and poor regenerative properties limit the use of adult stem cells. We tested the effect of hypoxic treatment as a method by which to increase cell migration. Bone marrow cells (BMCs) were cultured under oxygen saturations of 0.1, 3, and 20% for 24 h. After hypoxic treatment, BMCs of apoptotic fraction were decreased. The expression of CXCR4 was noticeably increased in the hypoxia-treated BMCs and their migration in response to SDF-1α was enhanced compared with cells cultured under normoxic condition. Hypoxic BMCs had a higher degree of engraftment to the CCl4-injured liver than the normoxic cells. Hypoxic treatment of BMCs may have merits in decreasing apoptosis of those cells as well as in enhancing cellular migration to SDF-1α, the chemokine which binds to BMCs expressed CXCR4 and to the injured tissue, such as CCl4 damaged liver.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)31-35
Number of pages5
JournalCell Biology International
Volume33
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2009

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This study was supported by a grant from the Korea Research Foundation (KRF-2003-041-E00136).

Keywords

  • Bone marrow cells
  • Cell migration
  • Hypoxia
  • SDF-1

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