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In vitro visualization of osteo-adipogenic lineage choice of bone marrow stromal/stem cells (BMSCs)

Qiu, D.; Wei, W.; Chen, J.; Huang, J.; Yang, Y.; Luo, Z.

2024-01-14 cell biology
10.1101/2024.01.05.574292 bioRxiv
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Bone marrow stromal/stem cells (BMSCs) are primitive and heterogeneous cells that can be differentiated into osteoblasts, adipocytes and other subsets. Their bone-fat lineage commitment is responsible for the homeostasis of bone marrow microenvironment. However, there are little effective methods and evidence to simultaneously evaluate the lineage commitment of BMSCs. Here we provide a mixed osteo-adipogenic (OA) differentiation medium that could enable BMSCs differentiation into osteoblasts and adipocytes in vitro, and establish a method for simultaneous assessment of bone-fat lineage allocation of BMSCs based on the Alizarin red S and Oil red O staining, which have been used for detection of specific mineralized nodules and lipid droplets, respectively. This assay provides a specifically simple but effective and low-cost method to visualize the osteogenesis and adipogenesis of BMSCs, and evaluate the differentiation efficiency of lineage allocation of BMSCs.

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