
Anaerobiosis and Stemness
An Evolutionary Paradigm for Therapeutic Applications
- 1st Edition - November 28, 2015
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Authors: Zoran Ivanovic, Marija Vlaski-Lafarge
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 0 0 5 4 0 - 8
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 0 0 6 1 1 - 5
Anaerobiosis and Stemness: An evolutionary paradigm provides a context for understanding the many complexities and evolutionary features of stem cells and the clinical implicati… Read more
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Anaerobiosis and Stemness: An evolutionary paradigm provides a context for understanding the many complexities and evolutionary features of stem cells and the clinical implications of anaerobiosis stem cells. Combining theoretical and experimental knowledge, the authors provide a broad understanding of how the absence or low concentration of oxygen can play an influential role in the maintenance and self-renewal of stem cells and stem cell differentiation. This understanding has clinical implications for the fields of regenerative medicine, cancer biology and transplantation, as well as cell engineering and cell therapy. Anaerobiosis and Stemness is an important resource for stem cell and developmental biologists alike, as well as oncologists, cancer biologists, and researchers using stem cells for regeneration.
- Highlights the molecular and evolutionary features of stem cells which make them so important to all biological research
- Explores methods of isolation, characterization, activation, and maintenance of stem cells
- Includes models for clinical application in regenerative medicine, cancer therapy, and transplantation
- Quotes
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Special Remarks
- 1. What Entity Could Be Called a Stem Cell?
- 1.1. First Notions of Morphologically Nonrecognizable Cells Exhibiting a High Proliferative and Differentiation Potential
- 1.2. Hematopoiesis as a Paradigmatic Case
- 1.3. Functional Definition of Stem Cell Entity
- 1.4. Quest for the Phenotype Definition of HSC: Quest for the Holy Grail
- 1.5. LSK (KLS) Case
- 1.6. Stem Cells from Other Tissues: Mesenchymal Stem Cell Example
- 2. In Situ Normoxia versus “Hypoxia”
- 2.1. Physioxia (Normoxia In Situ)
- 2.2. Dissolved and Pericellular O2 Concentration in Culture
- 2.3. Hypoxia
- 2.4. Confusion Created by Considering the Atmospheric O2 Concentration as “Normoxia” in Ex Vivo Cell Studies
- 1. What Entity Could Be Called a Stem Cell?
- Part One. Anaerobiosis and Stem Cell Entity
- 3. The “Hypoxic” Stem Cell Niche
- 3.1. Embryonic and Fetal Development
- 3.2. “Hypoxic” Stem Cell Niche during the Postnatal Life
- 3.3. Location and “Hypoxic” Character of HSC and Their Niche
- 3.4. Low Oxygen Stem Cell Niche in Other Tissues
- 4. Low O2 Concentrations and the Maintenance of Stem Cells Ex Vivo
- 4.1. First Notions of Oxygenation Ex Vivo
- 4.2. Oxygenation Level and Ex Vivo Cultures of the Embryonic, Fetal, and Adult Cells
- 4.3. Oxygenation Level and Culture of Stem and Progenitor Cells
- 4.4. Conclusions
- 5. Quiescence/Proliferation Issue and Stem Cell Niche
- 5.1. Embryo and Embryonic Cells
- 5.2. Stem Cells in “Hypoxic Niche”—Quiescence and/or Slow Proliferation; Case of Hematopoietic Stem Cells
- 5.3. Mesenchymal Stem Cell Case
- 5.4. Conclusions
- 6. Metabolic Peculiarities of the Stem Cell Entity: Energetic Metabolism and Oxidative Status
- 6.1. Embryonic Stem Cells
- 6.2. Adult Stem Cells
- 6.3. Oxidative Status of the Stem Cells
- 6.4. Technical Limitations in the Stem Cell Metabolic Studies
- 7. Molecular Basis of “Hypoxic” Signaling, Quiescence, Self-Renewal, and Differentiation in Stem Cells
- 7.1. Stem Cell Signaling Transducing Pathways Triggered by Extrinsic Factors
- 7.2. Intrinsic Factors Associated with Stem Cell Maintenance
- 7.3. “Hypoxic Signaling” in Stem Cell Maintenance
- 7.4. Epigenetic Regulation of the Stem Cell Fate
- 7.5. Conclusion
- 3. The “Hypoxic” Stem Cell Niche
- Part Two. Anaerobic-to-Aerobic Eukaryote Evolution: A Paradigm for Stem Cell Self-Renewal, Commitment and Differentiation?
- 8. Evolution of Eukaryotes with Respect to Atmosphere Oxygen Appearance and Rise: Anaerobiosis, Facultative Aerobiosis, and Aerobiosis1
- 8.1. From the First Prokaryotes to the Great Oxidation Event
- 8.2. Appearance of Eukaryotes, First Eukaryotic Common Ancestor, Last Eukaryotic Common Ancestor, and Diversification of Eukaryotes
- 8.3. Neoproterozoic Oxygenation Event and Metazoan Controversy
- 8.4. Cambrian Period, Further Increase in Atmospheric O2 Concentration, Paleozoic Era, and Definitive Stabilization 650Million Years Ago
- 8.5. Conclusions
- 9. Evolution of Mitochondria in Eukaryotes versus Mitochondria “Maturing” from the Stage of Stem Cells to Committed Progenitors and Mature Cells1
- 9.1. Integration of Bacterial Endosymbiont and the Acquisition of Aerobic Respiration: A Simultaneous or Two-Step Process?
- 9.2. Organelle of Mitochondrial Origin
- 9.3. Anaerobic Respiration Is More Primitive Than Aerobic
- 9.4. Mitochondria Issue and Stem Cells
- 9.5. Conclusions
- 10. Evolutionary Origins of Stemness: Relationship between Self-Renewal and Ancestral Eukaryote Biology; Conservation of Self-Renewal Principle in Parallel with Adaptation to O2
- 10.1. Stemness as Perceived on the Basis of Mammalian Studies
- 10.2. Stem Cells in Bilateria
- 10.3. Stemness in Basal Metazoans
- 10.4. Stemness Features in Protists
- 10.5. The Oxygen and Stem Cell Entity
- 10.6. The Oxygen Evolutionary Paradigm and Stemness
- 10.7. Integrative Model of Stemness
- 11. Metabolic and Genetic Features of Ancestral Eukaryotes versus Metabolism and “Master Pluripotency Genes” of Stem Cells
- 11.1. Ancestral Energetic Character of the Stem Cells
- 11.2. Genetic Features of Ancestral Eukaryotes with Respect to “Master Pluripotency Genes” of Stem Cells
- 11.3. Evolution of HIF Pathway
- 11.4. Conclusion
- 12. Other Features Concerning the Analogy “Stem Cells: Primitive Eukaryotes”: ABC Transporters’ Anaerobiosis/Stemness Link
- 12.1. ATP-Binding Cassette Transporters
- 12.2. The Physiological Role of ABC Transporters
- 12.3. ABC Transporters and Their Connection with Anaerobiosis and Stemness
- 12.4. ABC Transporters, Protist Anaerobiosis/Microaerophilia, and Life Cycle
- 12.5. Conclusion
- 13. Harnessing Anaerobic Nature of Stem Cells for Use in Regenerative Medicine
- 13.1. Ex Vivo Approximation of Physiological Oxygenation
- 13.2. Cultures Exposed to Physiologically Relevant Oxygenation or to Hypoxia in Cell Therapy
- 13.3. Conclusions
- 14. Cancer Stem Cell Case and Evolutionary Paradigm
- 14.1. Concept of Cancer Stem Cell
- 14.2. Metabolic Aspect of Cancer and Cancer Stem Cells versus Normal Tissue Stem Cells
- 14.3. Multidrug Resistance Phenomenon
- 14.4. Tissue Migration (“Invasiveness”), Circulation, and “Seeding”: A General Stem Cell Property
- 14.5. Evolutionary Roots of Cancer: Link with Stemness
- 14.6. Primary Cause of Cancer
- 8. Evolution of Eukaryotes with Respect to Atmosphere Oxygen Appearance and Rise: Anaerobiosis, Facultative Aerobiosis, and Aerobiosis1
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: November 28, 2015
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Language: English
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