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. 2021 Aug 27;10(9):2226. doi: 10.3390/cells10092226

Table 1.

The effects of real microgravity and its simulation on matrisome components of stromal lineage cells.

Object Cell Type Duration Matrisome Exp. Approach Study
Core Matrisome ECM-Associated Molecules
Collagens Proteoglycans,
Glycoproteins
Space flight
Medaka fish OB, Ocl (ISS) 1, 5, 8 d U: COL10A1 U: OCN U: MMP9 DsRed live-imaging, GGA [58]
Mouse MG-63, osteoinduced (Foton 10) 9 d D: COL1A; ND: collagen type I D: OCN RT-PCR, WB [59]
Mouse 2T3 OB (STS-54) 6 d D: OCN RT-PCR [60]
Chicken OB (STS-59) 12 d D: COL1A; ND: collagen type I D: OCN RT-PCR, WB [61]
Rat OB (STS-65) 5 d D: OCN RT-PCR [62]
Human OB, MSC-derived (SJ-10) 2 d D: COL1A1, -1A2, -3A1, -4A1, -5A1, -6A1, -8A1 D: TNC, COMP U: MMP1 RT-PCR [63]
Human OB, MSC-derived (SJ-10) 5 d D: COL1A1 RT-PCR [63]
Hind-limb suspension (HS)
Rat MSC-BM, tibia 5 d D: OCN RT-PCR [60]
Rat MSC-BM, tibia 14 d U: OCN RT-PCR [60]
Rat MSC-BM, femur 28 d D: RUNX2, COLI, ALP, OCN D: osteogenic potential; expression of osteoblast gene marker mRNAs under osteogenic conditions. RT-PCR, HS [64]
Mouse MSC-BM, femur 7 d D: mineralization HS [65]
Rotating-Wall Vessel (RWV)
Human MSC-BM 7 d D: COL2A1, COL10A1 D: ON RT-PCR [68]
Mouse OB MC3T3-E1 1–14 d ND: COL1A2 ND: OCN RT-PCR [68]
Mouse OB/OC MLO-A5 1–14 d ND: COL1A3 ND: OCN, OPN RT-PCR [69]
Mouse MSC C3H10T(1/2) 1–14 d ND: OCN, OPN, COL1A4 ND: OCN, OPN RT-PCR [69]
Mouse OB MC3T3-E1 1 d D: OCN RT-PCR [70]
Human MG-63, osteoinduced 3 d D: COL1 D: OCN RT-PCR [71]
Human ChB, MSC-derived 21 d D: COL1 D: AGN RT-PCR [72]
Mouse OB 1d ND: COL1A2 ND: OCN, OPN RT-PCR [73]
Random Positioning Machine (RPM)
Human FB 3 d U: COL4A5 U: FN/FN U: TGF RT-PCR, WB [3]
Human MSC-AT 4 d U: COL12A1, COL15A1, COL16A1, COL1A1, COL5A1, COL8A1 U: THBS1, THBS2, THBS3, LAMA, SPARC, TNC, VCAN, VTN; D: CLEC3B RT-PCR [74]
Human MSC-AT 10 d D: COL11A1; D: collagenous proteins D: LAMB3, TNC; U: non-collagenous proteins RT-PCR, HC [75]
Human MSC-BM, osteoinduced 20 d U: COL1A1 D: OMD; ND: OCN D: ECM mineralization RT-PCR, HC [76]
Human MSC-BM 5 d D: COL9A1, COL2A1 RT-PCR [77]
Human MSC-BM, osteoinduced 10 d ND: COL1A1 D: OMD; ND: OCN RT-PCR, ICC 77]
Human MSC-BM 20 d ND: COL1A1; ND: collagen tot RT-PCR, ICC [77]
Human OB 20 d U: ECM mineralization HC [77]
Mouse 2T3 OB 3 d D: OMD RT-PCR [78]
2D, 3D-clinorotation
Mouse MC3T3-E2 3 d U: PLOD1, PLOD2; U: enzymes activity RT-PCR, enzyme assay [79]
Human MSC-AT 7 d U: COL1 COL3 D: FBN1 D: MMP1 RT-PCR [80]
Mouse MC3T3-E1 7 d D: COL1A1 RT-PCR [81]
Rat MSC 1–4 d D: cbfa1/RUNX2 RT-PCR [82]

Abbreviations: cell types: MSC—mesenchymal stromal cell; OB—osteoblast; OC—osteocyte; ChB—chondroblast; OCl—osteoclast. MSC sources: BM—bone marrow; AT—adipose tissue. Experimental approaches: RT-PCR; ICC—immunocytochemistry; HC—histochemistry; WB—Western blot; GGA—Hiseq global gene analysis. Matrisome and matrisome-associated molecules: COL—collagen, FN—fibronectin, FBN1—fibrillin; LAMA—laminin; OMD—osteomodulin; cbfa1/RUNX2—master transcription factor of osteogenic differentiation; OCN (BGLAP)—osteocalcin; ON (SPARC)—osteonectin; OPN (SPP1)—osteopontin; AGN—aggrecan; THBS—trombospondin; TNC—tenascin, VCAN—versican; VTN—vitronection; TNC—tenascin. The direction of the effects: D—downregulation; U—upregulation; ND—no difference.