Abstract:Objective: To explore the effect of small molecule compound combined with 3D culture on the stemness of mouse embryonic fibroblast (MEF), and the effect of extruded vesicles on the growth of different tumor cells. Methods: First, MEFs were treated with different concentrations of small molecule drugs β-nicotinamide mononucleotide (NMN), betaine, rapamycin and vitamin C under 2D culture conditions, and Oct-4 mRNA expression level was detected by realtime quantitative PCR, and the optimal concentration for promoting cell stemness was screened out; 2, 3, 4 combinations of 4 drugs were used to treat MEF according to the optimal concentration, and the optimal combination was screened. Secondly, the selected chemical combinations were combined with 3D culture, and the mRNA and protein expression levels of stemness indicators Oct-4 and Nanog were detected by realtime quantitative PCR and Western blotting, respectively, and the optimal combination for promoting cell stemness was screened out. Finally, MEFs were prepared into vesicles by extrusion method, and Hepa1-6, Lewis and GL261 tumor cells were treated with vesicles, and the effect of vesicles on the growth of several tumor cells and MEFs was detected by CCK8 method, respectively. Results: The optimal concentration of NMN, betaine and rapamycin on MEF stemness promotion was 10 μmol/L, and the optimal concentration of vitamin C was 100μmol/L; the combination of NMN+betaine had the strongest effect on promoting MEFs stemness. Compared with the 2D culture group, the expression level of Oct-4 mRNA in the NMN+betaine combined with 3D culture group was significantly increased by nearly 600 times (P<0.05). The results of Western blotting showed that the expression levels of Oct-4 and Nanog in the combined 3D culture group of betaine+vitamin C, NMN+betaine, rapamycin+betaine, ect. were significantly increased, and the expression level in NMN+betaine combined 3D culture group was the highest (P<0.05). The extruded vesicles of NMN+betaine combined with 3D culture group greatly inhibited the growth of mouse hepatoma cells Hepa1-6, glioma cells GL261 and lung cancer cells Lewis (P<0.05), but the inhibitory effect on MEFs was not obvious. Conclusion:NMN+betaine combined with 3D culture could significantly enhanced the stemness of MEFs, and its extruded vesicles could markedly inhibit the growth of Hepa1-6, Lewis and GL261 tumor cells.
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