Journal: Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
Article Title: Functionality of lyophilized osteoinductive EVs: a mechanistic study
doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2024.1452428
Figure Lengend Snippet: Osteoinductive property of the lyophilized BMP2 EVs (A) Osteoinductive gene expression levels in fresh and lyophilized BMP2 EV HMSCs at day 3 and 5 with respect to control (no EV) group. Data are represented as mean fold changes ± SD (n = 4). *: statistical significance with respect to BMP2 EV group as measured by student’s t-test (P< 0.05). (B) Graph representing relative luciferase activity in HMSCs transfected with a BMP2 reporter luciferase plasmid (n = 4). Recombinant BMP2 protein (BMP2 GF) was used as positive control. Note the significant increase in luciferase activity in fresh and lyophilized BMP2 EV treated groups compared to control. *: statistical significance with respect to control, #: statistical significance with respect to BMP2 GF group as measured by Tukey’s test post ANOVA (P< 0.05). (C) Graph representing relative alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity in HMSCs treated with osteogenic differentiation medium (OS) in the presence/absence of fresh and lyophilized BMP2 EVs at 3 and 7 days (n = 4). *: statistical significance with respect to control, #: statistical significance with respect to OS + BMP2 EV group as measured by Student’s t-test (P< 0.05). (D) Quantitative in-cell western for the presence of phosphorylated SMAD 1/5/8 and the corresponding tubulin expression in a 96 well plate assay (n = 6). The graph represents quantitation of the fluorescence from the wells using the LICOR Odyssey imager normalized to tubulin. *: statistical significance with respect to control group as measured by Tukey’s test post ANOVA (P< 0.05).
Article Snippet: Primary human bone marrow derived MSCs (HMSCs) were purchased from Lonza and cultured in αMEM basal media (Gibco) supplemented with 20% fetal bovine serum (FBS, Gibco), 1% (v/v) L-Glutamine (Gibco) and 1% (v/v) antibiotic-antimycotic solution (Gibco).
Techniques: Gene Expression, Control, Luciferase, Activity Assay, Transfection, Plasmid Preparation, Recombinant, Positive Control, In-Cell ELISA, Expressing, Quantitation Assay, Fluorescence