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- C-kit+ cardiac stem cells (CSCs) were isolated from neonatal rats and exhibit the presence of important cardiac development genes Nkx2.5 and GATA-4.
- The study involved co-culturing these CSCs with bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMMSCs) to investigate protein expression changes.
- Findings revealed that co-culture with BMMSCs upregulated p27, TGF-beta R II, and Smad2, while downregulating CDK2, indicating that BMMSCs may enhance the differentiation of CSCs via the TGF-beta signaling pathway.
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C-kit+ cardiac stem cells (CSCs) were isolated from neonatal rat and tested for the expression of Nkx2.5 and GATA-4 genes which are important in cardiac development. C-kit+ CSCs were plated into the well below the insert of transwell inserts and bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMMSCs) were plated into the inserts. The expression of cardiac Troponin T (cTnT), p27, CDK2, transforming growth factor-beta receptor II (TGF-beta R II), and Smad2 protein in CSCs were tested by western blot. Expression of p27, TGF-beta R II and Smad2 was found to be upregulated in the co-culture group. In contrast, the expression of CDK2 was downregulated. Our results suggest that BMMSCs could promote the differentiation of c-kit+ CSCs, probably through paracrine activity via the TGF-beta signaling pathway.
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