Reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide fluorescence lifetime separates human mesenchymal stem cells from differentiated progenies

Han Wen Guo, Chien Tsun Chen, Yau Huei Wei, Oscar K. Lee, Vladimir Gukassyan, Fu Jen Kao, Hsing Wen Wang*

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Abstract

The metabolic changes of human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) during osteogenic differentiation were accessed by reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) fluorescence lifetime. An increase in mean fluorescence lifetime and decrease in the ratio between free NADH and protein-bound NADH correlated with our previously reported increase in the adenosine triphosphate (ATP) level of hMSCs during differentiation. These findings suggest that NADH fluorescence lifetime may serve as a new optical biomarker for noninvasive selection of stem cells from differentiated progenies.

Original languageEnglish
Article number050505
JournalJournal of Biomedical Optics
Volume13
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2008
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • fluorescence lifetime
  • microscopy
  • stem cell

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