China Animal Husbandry and Veterinary Medicine ›› 2022, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (12): 4878-4886.doi: 10.16431/j.cnki.1671-7236.2022.12.035

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Effects of EGF and FGF-2 on Proliferation and Differentiation of Porcine Subcutaneous Adipose Neural Crest Stem Cells

DONG Bowen, CUI Xiaozhen, BAI Rui, ZHENG Mingxue, ZHANG Li, LYU Xiaoling, REN Yuhong   

  1. College of Veterinary Medicine, Shanxi Agricultural University, Taigu 030801, China
  • Received:2022-04-18 Online:2022-12-05 Published:2022-12-01

Abstract: 【Objective】 The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of epidermal growth factor (EGF) and fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF-2) on proliferation and differentiation of porcine subcutaneous adipose neural crest stem cells (NCSCs), so as to optimize the culture conditions of porcine subcutaneous adipose NCSCs.【Method】 The primary porcine subcutaneous adipose NCSCs were isolated and cultured in vitro, and the NCSCs marker p75 NTR was identified by immunofluorescence staining.The porcine subcutaneous adipose NCSCs were treated with different concentrations of EGF and FGF-2 (0 and 0, 10 and 10, 10 and 20, 20 and 10, 20 and 20, 30 and 30 ng/mL).The cell proliferation rate was tested by CCK-8 kit to determine the optimal concentration of EGF and FGF-2 for cell growth.The experiment was divided into control and optimal concentration groups.The cell growth curve of two groups was drawn, and the lipid droplet production of cells in two groups was compared by oil red O staining after the adipogenic induction.【Result】 The results of immunofluorescence staining showed that the primary porcine subcutaneous adipose NCSCs were positive by p75 NTR.The results of CCK-8 cell proliferation showed that EGF and FGF-2 had the best proliferative effect on porcine subcutaneous adipose NCSCs when the concentration of EGF and FGF-2 was 20 ng/mL, respectively.The results of growth curve showed that the cells in two groups were in logarithmic growth phase from 5th to 9th days, and the cell proliferation slowed down from 10th to 15th days, and gradually reached stagnation stage.The results of oil red O staining showed that the amount of lipid droplets in the cytoplasm of the optimal concentration group was much more than that of control group.【Conclusion】 Adding 20 ng/mL EGF and 20 ng/mL FGF-2 in culture medium could promote the proliferation and differentiation of porcine subcutaneous adipose NCSCs.

Key words: porcine subcutaneous adipose; epidermal growth factor (EGF); fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF-2); neural crest stem cells (NCSCs)

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