ASAIO J. 2016 Nov 9. [Epub ahead of print]

Renal differentiation of Mesenchymal stem cells seeded on nanofibrous scaffolds improved by Human renal tubular cell lines conditioned medium.

Ardeshirylajimi A¹, Vakilian S, Salehi M.

Abstract

Kidney injuries and renal dysfunctions are one of the most important clinical problems and tissue engineering could be a valuable method for solving it. The objective of this study was to investigate the synergistic effect of renal cell line conditioned medium and Polycaprolactone nanofibers on renal differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells. In the present study, after stem cells isolation and characterization, Polycaprolactone nanofibrous scaffold was fabricated using electrospinning methods and characterized morphologically, mechanically and biocompatibility. And then the renal differentiation of seeded mesenchymal stem cells on the surface of Polycaprolactone nanofibers with and without human renal tubular cell lines conditioned medium was investigated by evaluation of eight important renal related genes expression by Real-time RT-PCR and immunocytochemistry. Fabricated nanofibrous scaffolds were good in all characterized items. Almost highest expression of all genes was detected in stem cells seeded on Polycaprolactone under conditioned media in comparison with the stem cells seeded on Polycaprolactone, tissue culture polystyrene under renal induction medium and tissue culture polystyrene under conditioned medium. According to the results, Polycaprolactone nanofibers in contribution with conditioned medium can provide the optimal conditions for renal differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells and could be a promising candidate for renal tissue engineering application.