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Triiodothyronine does not influence in vitro chondrogenic differentiation of adipose tissue-derived stem cells from young female rat

  • Nathalia Chicon Elert,
  • Higor Azevedo Assis,
  • Letícia Parmanhani Romão,
  • Rogéria Serakides,
  • Natália de Melo Ocarino,
  • Alfredo Miranda de Goes,
  • Francisco de Paula Careta,
  • Greiciane Gaburro Paneto,
  • Adriana Madeira Alvares da Silva,
  • Jankerle Neves Boeloni

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1590/0103-8478cr20210509
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 52, no. 12

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ABSTRACT: The objective of this study was to investigate the in vitro action of triiodothyronine (T3) on the chondrogenic differentiation of adipose tissue-derived stem cells (ASCs) of female rats, with different time periods and doses. ASCs were extracted from female Wistar rats and were cultured in chondrogenic medium with and without the presence of T3. Five groups were established: 1) ASCs without T3; and 2,3,4,5) ASCs with 0.01, 1, 100 and 1,000 nM T3, respectively). After 7, 14 and 21 days, cell morphology, chondrogenic matrix formation, and expression of Sox9, aggrecan, collagen II, and collagen X were evaluated. The Student-Newman-Keuls test was used. ASCs showed CD54, CD73, and CD90 before chondrogenic differentiation. The hormone treatment did not alter chondrogenic matrix formation, Sox9 expression at 14 or 21 days, or expression of collagen II or collagen X at any time. However, the 0.01, 1, and 1000 nM T3 doses decreased Sox9 expression at 7 days. In conclusion, chondrogenic differentiation of ASCs of female rats is not influenced by T3.

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