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Objectives  Bone-marrow mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and chondrocytes are currently used for cell-based therapy in cartilage repair. Chondroprogenitors (CPs), resident cells of articular cartilage, demonstrate likeness to stem cells. Reports suggest that chondrocytes phenotype is altered in culture, thus making differentiation between the two cell populations difficult. Our objectives were to electrophysiologically assess chondrocytes and CPs, compare their mRNA expression with that of ionic channels already reported in MSCs, and to observe the effect of time in culture and osteoarthritic damage on cells.    Design and Results  Chondrocytes and CPs at passages 0 (p0) and 5 (p5) derived from normal and osteoarthritic (OA) knee joints were used. Ionic currents were recorded by subjecting cells to depolarizing voltage pulses, and reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was used for studying ion channel expression. Our results demonstrated that both chondrocytes and CPs showed the presence of similar currents belonging to voltage-gated potassium channel subfamily, with RT-PCR confirming high mRNA expression of Maxi K, HKv1.1, HKv1.4, HKv4.2, and hEAG1 channels. Our finding also suggested that CPs were comparatively more sensitive to increased time in culture and inflammatory processes as observed in OA, as was evidenced by the significant decrease in mean current density (p0 normal CP: 183.171 ± 50.80 pA/pF; p5 normal CP: 50.225 ± 17.63 pA/pF; P = 0.0280) and significant increase in cellular size (p0 normal CP: 21.564 ± 2.98 pF; p0 OA CP: 37.939 ± 3.55 pF; P = 0.0057).    Conclusion  Both cell types appear to be optimal candidates for cell-based therapy although initial seeding density, cell source (normal vs. OA), and time in culture are matters of concern, prior to cell-type selection.

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Comparison of Electrophysiological Properties and Gene Expression between Human Chondrocytes and Chondroprogenitors Derived from Normal and Osteoarthritic Cartilage