Cell and Tissue Journal

Abstract The electrical functions of the organs of the body, such as the nervous system and the bone marrow, has led to the use of one of the most widely used therapies called electrotherapy, especially in relieving pain. On the other hand, advancement of medical science in the field of stem cells and regenerative medicine has made many perspective in treatment. Electric field-based therapies have recently been widely used in the treatment of cancer. The main issues in regenerative medicine are the proliferation of stem cells to the required extent and their guidance towards differentiation into the target tissue. Electric field stimulation (EF) can also play an important role in generating appropriate stem cell responses and guiding stem cell differentiation through osteogenesis/neurogenesis/cardiomyogenesis. Nanosecond pulsed electric field as well as the tumor treating field have attracted a lot of attention today for the treatment of cancer. Major signaling pathways and cellular responses elicited by electrical stimulation are included reactive oxygen species and heat shock proteins, intracellular calcium ion fluctuation, so ATP production, clustering or re-accumulation of cell surface receptors, Skeletal regeneration and so on that they can affect the stem cell fate. Also, none invasive, ease of usage, and reasonable price have caused that the treatment of cancer with an electric field to be increasingly used. This study seeks to provide a brief overview of the effects of electrical signals on the behavior of stem cells, as well as examples of their therapeutic effects in the treatment of tissue lesions and cancer.
 

Abstract Aim: The aim of this study is to evaluate the spermatogonial stem cells differentiation into male gametes.
Materia and Methods: Spermatogonial stem cells were cultured in T25 flasks after the enzymatically isolation of the testicular biopsies through azoospermic patients. In the third passage, cells divided into 4 different groups and were treated for 1 to 4weeks under the effect of a medium containing extracts of sheep testes as inducer and then expression of sperm maturation genes: Acrosin and Protamine1 were investigated by using of western blotting technique.
Results: After spermatogonial stem cells treatment by the extracts of sheep testes, variations were seen in cell shape and they convert into sperm- like. Moreover, Acrosin and Protamine1 expression were confirmed.
Conclusion: examination of induced cells showed that Acrosin and Protamin1 were expressed. Since Acrosin and Protamine1 are the major proteins of the spermiogenesis, it could be concluded that these cells had been completed spermatogenesis stage and started the spermiogenesis stage.
 

Abstract Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the validity of bulge hypothesis on the limited proliferative potential of epidermal cells located at the basal end of hair follicle.
Material and methods: Fibers of rat vibrissa follicles were plucked once or repeatedly and then pattern of cell replication and sequence of regenerative events was examined by measuring length of growing fiber, histology of regenerating follicle and immunohistochemistry (BrdU uptake of epidermal cells).
Results: Data provided here demonstrated that after single or multiple depletions, a new epidermal matrix originated merely from the residual germinative epidermal cells of the follicle base and cells from the bulge region had no role in formation of this structure. The matrix is the source of a new fiber which grows at a equivalent rate to its native counterparts from unplucked follicles. The total length of hair produced from the plucked follicles was much longer when compared to the fiber produced in normal follicles.
Conclusion: Based on our results, replicative potential of epidermal cells located at the follicle base is not limited to a single cycle. We therefore consider it unlikely as cessation of growth phase of follicle is due to restricted proliferative potential of these cells.