Poly-L-lactic acid (PLLA), PLLA/hydroxyapatite (HA), PLLA/multiwalled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs)/HA, PLLA/trifluoroethanol (TFE), PLLA/gelatin, and carbon nanofibers (CNFs)/β-tricalcium phosphate (β-TCP) composite membranes (scaffolds) were fabricated by electrospinning and their morphologies, and mechanical properties were characterized for use in bone tissue regeneration/guided tissue regeneration. MWNTs and HA nanoparticles were well distributed in the membranes and the degradation characteristics were improved. PLLA/MWNTs/HA membranes enhanced the adhesion and proliferation of periodontal ligament cells (PDLCs) by 30% and inhibited the adhesion of gingival epithelial cells by 30%. Osteoblast-like MG-63 cells on the randomly fiber oriented PLLA/TEF membrane showed irregular forms, while the cells exhibited shuttle-like shapes on the parallel fiber oriented membrane. Classical supersaturated simulated body fluids were modified by CO2 bubbling and applied to promote the biomineralization of the PLLA/gelatin membrane; this resulted in predictions of bone bonding bioactivity of the substrates. The β-TCP membranes exhibit good biocompatibility, have an effect on PDLC growth comparable to that of pure CNF membrane, and can be applied as scaffolds for bone tissue regeneration.

The remarkable regenerative capacity of the adult liver provides a setting to test the functional consequences of grafting human cells generated from pluripotent stem cells. This presentation describes a procedure to differentiate hepatocytes from human embryonic stem and induced pluripotent stem cells using only defined factors. Two cell populations generated in vitro were grafted into the spleen of mice treated with the hepato-toxin carbon tetra-chloride. The population containing few hepatocytes generated few surviving cells that produced low levels of albumin and did not support regeneration of the host liver. The cells enriched in donor hepatocytes efficiently engrafted around the branches of the portal vein, expressed hepatic features for at least 5 weeks. These cells also contributed to the endogenous tissue regeneration and function of the host liver. These results show that the controlled differentiation of hepatocytes from human pluripotent cells provides new approaches to define the mechanisms of tissue regeneration and restore liver function.

In this study, we established a novel somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration system through cell suspension culture of white dandelion (Taraxacum coreanum NAKAI.). Embryogenic calli could be initiated from leaf and root explants of sterile seedlings on solid Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium supplemented with 1.0 mg/L 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) after 3-week cultures. To proliferate embryogenic calli rapidly, cell suspension culture was performed with transferred to liquid MS medium with various combinations of plant growth regulators (PGRs) including 2,4-D, α-naphthalene acetic acid (NAA), indole-3-acetic acid (IAA), N6-benzylamino purine (BAP), thidiazuron (TDZ), and kinetin. During suspension cultures, embryogenic calli not only greatly proliferated, but shoot organogenesis also simultaneously occurred from the surface of somatic embryos. Among them, TDZ at lower concentration, 0.1 mg/L produced the highest efficiency of somatic embryo formation and shoot organogenesis. Rooting of embryogenic calli with adventitious shoots was done on solid MS medium containing 0.1 mg/L NAA and 0.3% activated carbon. Nearly 80% of embryogenic calli with shoot organogenesis could be rooted normal. Well-rooted plantlets were transferred into pots under a greenhouse condition, and plants derived from this system appeared phenotypically normal.

An efficient somatic embryogenesis and plant regeneration protocol was developed for Schisandra chinensis Baill, using embryogenic cell suspensions and optimized media conditions. Friable embryogenic callus was induced from cotyledonary leaf and hypocotyl explants of 7 days old seedlings on MS agar medium supplemented with 1.0 to 4.0 mg l-1 of 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D). Fast growing and well dispersed embryogenic cell suspensions were developed within two months when embryogenic calli were transferred to MS liquid medium containing 1.0 mg l-1 2,4-D. One third strength of MS medium was the best for both overall growth and development of somatic embryos in liquid culture. Over 3400 viable somatic embryos were produced from each 150 ml flask with an initial cell density of 30 mg in 30 ml medium. Germinated somatic embryos developed in liquid medium converted into plantlets after transferred to half-strength MS semi-solid medium. Approximately 90% of the converted plantlets were successfully transplanted to soil and grew into fertile plants.

본 연구를 통해 헛개나무의 기내유묘의 조직절편으로부터 배발생캘러스의 유기 및 2차 배형성, 그리고 배발생캘러스의 현탁배양계로부터 체세포배를 대량생산하여 식물체로 재분화시키는 시스템을 확립하였다. 현탁배양을 통해 배발생세포의 유도 및 증식에는 모두 30℃의 고온이 효과적이었는데 이와 같은 온도조건에서 배발생캘러스 유도율과 배발생캘러스의 생장량은 각각 100%와 894.6 mg로 25℃에 비해 1.53배와 9.19배로 높게 나타났다. 배발생세포를 18℃에서 배양할 경우 체세포배로 전환되었고 배양 5주후 체세포배로 발달하였으며 25℃ 이상의 배양온도에서는 배발생세포는 증식만 할뿐 체세포배는 형성되지 않았다. 체세포배로부터 식물체의 형성은 18℃ 저온에서만 가능하였다. 배지에 0.1과 0.5 mg/l BA를 첨가할 경우 식물체 재분화율은 37%와 28%로 생장조절물질을 처리하지 않은 배지에 비해 2.2배와 1.7배로 높게 나타났다 재분화된 식물체의 성장에 주는 무기염의 영향을 조사하기 위하여 유식물체를 MS와 1/3MS 고체배지에 옮겨 배양한 결과 1/3MS배지가 줄기신장과 뿌리의 유도에 적합하였다.

현탁배양에 의하여 fusaric acid 저항성인 세포주를 선발하고, 선발된 세포주들의 fusaric acid 저항성, 저항성의 안정성 및 식물체 재분화 능력을 조사하였다. 선발된 20개의 세포주의 저항성 정도는 세포주에 따라 상이하였으나, 일반적으로 fusaric acid 감수성인 세포주보다 fusaric acid가 첨가된 배지에서 높은 캘러스 생장을 보여 높은 저항성을 나타냈으며 RF-9, RF-11, RF-15는 100 μM에서도 70% 이상의 높은 캘러스 생장을 나타냈다. Fusaric acid가 첨가되지 않은 배지에서 5주 동안 계대 배양한 후, fusaric acid 안정성을 조사한 결과, 10 μM에서는 모두60% 이상의 생장율을 나타냈으며, 100 μM에서는 약 30%에서 80%까지 생장이 억제됨을 보여 농도가 높아질수록 캘러스 생장 억제 정도가 증가함을 알수 있었다. Fusaric acid 저항성 세포주들의 식물체 분화능력은 세포주에 따라 상이하였으며, 50 μM fusaric acid 농도에서도 13개의 세포주들이 1개 이상의 줄기가 분화되었고 두개의 세포주는 분화가 되지 않았다.