ABSTRACT
Objective To study the effects of concentration of glucose on the proliferation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMMSCs).Methods BMMSCs passaged to the 4th to 6th were inoculated and cultured.The control group was treated with DMEM/F12 (1∶1) standard medium,and the basal glucose concentration was 5.5 mmol/L.The experimental group was treated with DMEM/F12 (1∶1) high-glucose medium with the concentration of 20.5,25.5,30.5 and 35.5 mmol/L respectively,and continuously cultured for 15 d.The absorbance (A) values of each group once per day were measured by thiazolyl blue (MTT) colorimetry.Results Compared with the control group,the absorbance was increased at the 2nd,3rd,and 5th days in the 20.5 and 30.5 mmol/L groups,and the differences were statistically significant (all P＜0.05).For the 25.5 mmol/L group,the absorbance was increased at the 2nd,3rd,5th and 8th days,and the differences were statistically significant (all P＜0.05).For the 35.5 mmol/L group,the absorbance was increased at the 2nd,3rd,5th and 8th days and decreased at the 8th day,and the differences were statistically significant (all P＜0.05).The results of 20.5,25.5,30.5 and 35.5 mmol/L groups were further compared one another.The results showed that the absorbance at the 4th and 12th days in the 35.5 mmol/L group were lower than that of the 20.5 mmol/L group,and the differences were statistically significant (all P＜0.05).The absorbance at the 11th and 14th days in the 30.5 and 35.5 mmol/L groups were lower than that of the 20.5 mmol/L group,and the differences were statistically significant (all P＜0.05).Conclusions High-glucose environment can promote the proliferation of BMMSCs in a short time.However,with the prolongation of culture time,this effect is gradually weakened because of the inhibiting effect of high-glucose environment to the cell proliferation.