• Medicine · Jul 2017

    Epidermal growth factor promotes proliferation and maintains multipotency of continuous cultured adipose stem cells via activating STAT signal pathway in vitro.

    • Guihai Ai, Xiaowen Shao, Meng Meng, Liwen Song, Jin Qiu, Yi Wu, Jianhong Zhou, Jiajing Cheng, and Xiaowen Tong.
    • Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital Shanghai First Maternity and Infant Hospital Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
    • Medicine (Baltimore). 2017 Jul 1; 96 (30): e7607.

    AbstractThis study aimed to investigate the effects of epidermal growth factor (EGF) on the proliferation and differentiation of adipose stem cells (ASC) during the repeated passaging and probe the underlying signal pathway. Results showed that the Ki67 positive rate remained at a high level, the number of ASCs in G0/G1 phase reduced significantly, but ASCs in G2/M phase and S phase increased markedly in ASCs treated with EGF when compared with ASCs without EGF treatment, indicating that EGF made more ASCs in proliferation phase. The adipogenic capability of ASCs without EGF was compromised when compared with that of ASCs after EGF treatment, although significant difference was not observed. The osteogenic and chondrogenic potencies increased significantly in ASC with EGF treatment indicating EGF could maintain differentiative capacity of ASCs. Gene Set Enrichment Analysis showed EGF upregulated the expression of molecules in the epithelial mesenchymal transition and G2/M checkpoint signal pathways. GeneMANIA database analysis indicated the network interaction between EGF and STAT. EGF receptor (EGFR) inhibitor and STAT3 inhibitor were independently used to validate the role of both pathways in these effects. After inhibition of EGFR or STAT3, the proliferation of ASCs was significantly inhibited, and Western blotting showed EGF was able to markedly increase the expression of EGFR and STAT3. These findings suggest EGF not only promotes the proliferation of ASCs and delays their senescence, but also maintains the differentiation potency of ASCs, which are related to the EGF-induced activation of STAT signal pathway.

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