《Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice》 ›› 2009, Vol. 15 ›› Issue (11): 1017-1018.

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Action Potential of Cardiomyocyte-like Cells Differentiated from Human Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Vitro

DENG Fang-ge,GUO Lian-feng,MA Ying-zhi,et al   

  1. Key Laboratory for Pathobiology of the Ministry of Education, Jilin University, Changchun 130021, Jilin, China;State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Diseases, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical Co
  • Received:2009-08-25 Revised:2009-09-27 Published:2009-11-01 Online:2009-11-01

Abstract: Objective To detect whether the cardiomyocyte-like cells differentiated from human marrow mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) could produce action potential (AP). Methods Isolated and cultured hMSCs were induced into cardiomyocyte-like cells with 5-Azacytine in vitro. They were measured for their AP by patch clamp technique, and compared with those of hMSCs of the same generation and beating cardiomyocytes (CMs) derived from 2 day-old SD rats. Results 6/30 cardiomyocyte-like cells produced AP. The CMs produced significant AP, hMSCs appeared no AP, and cardiomyocyte-like cells appeared weak AP. Conclusion The hMSCs manifested the potential to differentiate into CMs in the electrophysiology characteristics following 5-Azacytine induction.

Key words: human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs), cardiomyocyte-like cells, patch clamp, action potential (AP), excitability