Yang, Y.Hu, M.Zhang, Y.Li, H.Miao, Z.2022-04-192022-04-192014-12Yang, Y., Hu, M., Zhang, Y., Li, H., & Miao, Z. (2014). CD29 of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells is required for expansion of CD34(+) cells. Cell proliferation, 47(6), 596–603. https://doi.org/10.1111/cpr.12130https://hdl.handle.net/1805/28552Objectives: Human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells (hUCMSCs) play a critical role in expanding haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) by providing the essential microenvironment for haematopoiesis. In this study, we sought to investigate whether CD29 of hUCMSCs would play a key role in the ability of hUCMSCs to help expand HSCs in vivo and in vitro. Material and methods: To investigate whether CD29 of hUCMSCs would play a key role for the ability of hUCMSCs to expand HSCs, soluble anti-CD29 antibody was added to co-cultures of hUCMSCs and cord blood (CB) CD34(+) cells. It significantly blocked expansion of CB CD34(+) cells induced by hUCMSCs. Using CD29-deficient hUCMSCs models, long-term culture-initiating cell and non-obese diabetic/severe combined immunodeficient disease mouse repopulating cell assay, revealed that CB CD34(+) cells co-cultured with CD29-deficient hUCMSCs only retained the capacity of multipotent differentiation for 5 weeks at the most. Results: Soluble anti-CD29 antibody significantly blocked expansion of CB CD34(+) cells induced by hUCMSCs. CB CD34(+) cells co-cultured with CD29-deficient hUCMSCs only retained the capacity of multipotent differentiation for 5 weeks at the most. Conclusions: CB CD34(+) cells co-cultured with CD29-deficient hUCMSCs gave rise to all major haematopoietic lineages, but failed to engraft long term.en-USAttribution 4.0 InternationalUmbilical cordsStem cellsHaematopoiesisArticle