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Differential Expression of the hTERT Gene in Umbilical Cord-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Cocultured with B Cell Precursor Leukemia Cell Microparticles or CD41+/CD61+ Platelet Microparticles

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Several investigations are being done to increase the short lifetime of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). One of the crucial genes involved in the immortalization of MSCs, hTERT (human telomerase reverse transcriptase), is activated in most publications using viral-based techniques. In this work, we investigated the use of platelet-derived (PMPs) and B cell precursor leukemia-derived microparticles as a nonviral method to trigger and compare the expression of the hTERT gene in MSCs. MSCs were extracted from the umbilical cord for the current investigation and identified using a flow cytometry approach and an inverted microscope. The Nalm-6 cell line and platelet concentrate were used to isolate microparticles (MPs). MSCs and MPs were cocultured for 14 days at 25-, 50-, and 100 μg/ml concentrations. qRT-PCR was used to research the expression of the hTERT gene. SPSS 26.0’s t test was used to compare the outcomes. After coculture with platelet MPs, MSCs had higher levels of hTERT gene expression than the control group. In contrast, this gene’s expression was concurrently decreased in MSCs exposed to MPs generated from Nalm-6. We demonstrated that following 14-day treatment, PMP significantly boosted the hTERT gene expression in MSCs, while the Nalm-6 MPs lowered the gene expression. However, additional studies are necessary due to the stability of hTERT gene expression and the immortalization of MSCs following exposure.

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The Blood Transfusion Research Center, High Institute for Research and Education in Transfusion Medicine, and Iranian Blood Transfusion Organization, Tehran, funded this research.

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  1. Department of Hematology and Medical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Allied Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

    Muhammad Hossein Ashoub, Hajar Mardani valandani & Roohollah Mirzaee Khalilabadi

  2. Blood Transfusion Research Center, High Institute for Research and Education in Transfusion Medicine, Tehran, Iran

    Fatemeh Yari, Naser Amirizadeh & Mahin Nikougoftar

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FY: investigation, writing—original draft, visualization, methodology. MHA: formal analysis, writing- reviewing and editing. NA: methodology, writing—reviewing and editing. MN: methodology, writing- reviewing and editing. HMV: formal analysis, writing- reviewing and editing. RMK: conceptualization, supervision, methodology, formal analysis, validation, writing- reviewing and editing.

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Yari, F., Ashoub, M.H., Amirizadeh, N. et al. Differential Expression of the hTERT Gene in Umbilical Cord-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Cocultured with B Cell Precursor Leukemia Cell Microparticles or CD41+/CD61+ Platelet Microparticles. Biochem Genet (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10528-023-10565-9

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