Extracellular Vesicles of Stem Cells to Prevent BRONJ

2020 ◽  
Vol 99 (5) ◽  
pp. 552-560 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Watanabe ◽  
K. Sakai ◽  
Y. Urata ◽  
N. Toyama ◽  
E. Nakamichi ◽  
...  

Extracellular vesicles (EVs), several tens to hundreds of nanometers in size, are vesicles secreted by cells for intercellular communication. EVs released from mesenchymal stem cells (MSC-EVs) have the potential to treat multiple diseases. This study aimed to determine the effects of MSC-EVs on bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaw (BRONJ), whose pathogenesis and treatment are not yet established. To this end, zoledronic acid (ZOL) was administered to bone marrow cells and fibroblasts in vitro. In vivo, a BRONJ model was produced by administering ZOL to rats and extracting teeth. Each MSC-EV-treated and nontreated group was compared histologically and molecularly. In vitro, the nontreated group showed an increased number of β-galactosidase-positive cells and expression of senescence-associated genes p21, pRB and senescence-related inflammatory cytokines. Conversely, MSC-EV administration decreased the number of senescent cells and expression levels of p21, pRB and inflammatory cytokines. In vivo, in the nontreated group, the socket was partially uncovered by the oral epithelium, leaving an exposed bone. Conversely, in the MSC-EV-treated group, the socket was healed. Besides, in the nontreated group, β-galactosidase-positive cells existed in the socket and colocalized with the CD90 and periostin-positive cells. However, there were few β-galactosidase-positive cells in the MSC-EV-treated group. Furthermore, gene expression of stem cell markers Bmi1 and Hmga2 and the vascular endothelial marker VEGF was significantly increased in the MSC-EV-treated group, compared with that in the nontreated group. These results indicate that MSC-EVs prevent ZOL-induced senescence in stem cells, osteoblasts, and fibroblasts and reduce inflammatory cytokines. Furthermore, administration of MSC-EVs prevented senescence of cells involved in wound healing and the spread of chronic inflammation around senescent cells, thereby promoting angiogenesis and bone regeneration and preventing BRONJ.

Biology ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 29
Author(s):  
Raghubendra Singh Dagur ◽  
Moses New-Aaron ◽  
Murali Ganesan ◽  
Weimin Wang ◽  
Svetlana Romanova ◽  
...  

Background: Alcohol abuse is common in people living with HIV-1 and dramaticallyenhances the severity of HIV-induced liver damage by inducing oxidative stress and lysosomaldysfunction in the liver cells. We hypothesize that the increased release of extracellular vesicles(EVs) in hepatocytes and liver humanized mouse model is linked to lysosome dysfunction. Methods:The study was performed on primary human hepatocytes and human hepatoma RLWXP-GFP (Huh7.5 cells stably transfected with CYP2E1 and XPack-GFP) cells and validated on ethanol-fed liverhumanizedfumarylacetoacetate hydrolase (Fah)-/-, Rag2-/-, common cytokine receptor gamma chainknockout (FRG-KO) mice. Cells and mice were infected with HIV-1ADA virus. Results: We observedan increase in the secretion of EVs associated with a decrease in lysosomal activity and expressionof lysosomal-associated membrane protein 1. Next-generation RNA sequencing of primary humanhepatocytes revealed 63 differentially expressed genes, with 13 downregulated and 50 upregulatedgenes in the alcohol–HIV-treated group. Upstream regulator analysis of differentially expressedgenes through Ingenuity Pathway Analysis identified transcriptional regulators affecting downstreamgenes associated with increased oxidative stress, lysosomal associated disease, and function andEVs biogenesis. Our in vitro findings were corroborated by in vivo studies on human hepatocytetransplantedhumanized mice, indicating that intensive EVs’ generation by human hepatocytes andtheir secretion to serum was associated with increased oxidative stress and reduction in lysosomalactivities triggered by HIV infection and ethanol diet. Conclusion: HIV-and-ethanol-metabolisminducedEVs release is tightly controlled by lysosome status in hepatocytes and participates in thedevelopment of double-insult-induced liver injury.


Author(s):  
Bruna Lima Correa ◽  
Nadia El Harane ◽  
Ingrid Gomez ◽  
Hocine Rachid Hocine ◽  
José Vilar ◽  
...  

Abstract Aims The cardioprotective effects of human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiovascular progenitor cells (CPC) are largely mediated by the paracrine release of extracellular vesicles (EV). We aimed to assess the immunological behaviour of EV-CPC, which is a prerequisite for their clinical translation. Methods and results Flow cytometry demonstrated that EV-CPC expressed very low levels of immune relevant molecules including HLA Class I, CD80, CD274 (PD-L1), and CD275 (ICOS-L); and moderate levels of ligands of the natural killer (NK) cell activating receptor, NKG2D. In mixed lymphocyte reactions, EV-CPC neither induced nor modulated adaptive allogeneic T cell immune responses. They also failed to induce NK cell degranulation, even at high concentrations. These in vitro effects were confirmed in vivo as repeated injections of EV-CPC did not stimulate production of immunoglobulins or affect the interferon (IFN)-γ responses from primed splenocytes. In a mouse model of chronic heart failure, intra-myocardial injections of EV-CPC, 3 weeks after myocardial infarction, decreased both the number of cardiac pro-inflammatory Ly6Chigh monocytes and circulating levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines (IL-1α, TNF-α, and IFN-γ). In a model of acute infarction, direct cardiac injection of EV-CPC 2 days after infarction reduced pro-inflammatory macrophages, Ly6Chigh monocytes, and neutrophils in heart tissue as compared to controls. EV-CPC also reduced levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines IL-1α, IL-2, and IL-6, and increased levels of the anti-inflammatory cytokine IL-10. These effects on human macrophages and monocytes were reproduced in vitro; EV-CPC reduced the number of pro-inflammatory monocytes and M1 macrophages, while increasing the number of anti-inflammatory M2 macrophages. Conclusions EV-CPC do not trigger an immune response either in in vitro human allogeneic models or in immunocompetent animal models. The capacity for orienting the response of monocyte/macrophages towards resolution of inflammation strengthens the clinical attractiveness of EV-CPC as an acellular therapy for cardiac repair.


Lupus ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-59 ◽  
Author(s):  
X Yang ◽  
J Yang ◽  
X Li ◽  
W Ma ◽  
H Zou

Background The objective of this paper is to analyze the role of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSCs) on the differentiation of T follicular helper (Tfh) cells in lupus-prone mice. Methods Bone marrow cells were isolated from C57BL/6 (B6) mice and cultured in vitro, and surface markers were identified by flow cytometry. Naïve CD4+ T cells, splenocytes and Tfh cells were isolated from B6 mice spleens and co-cultured with BM-MSCs. The proliferation and the differentiation of CD4+ T cells and Tfh cells were analyzed by flow cytometry. Lupus-prone MRL/Mp-lpr/lpr (MRL/lpr) mice were treated via intravenous injection with expanded BM-MSCs, the differentiation of Tfh cells was detected, and the relief of lupus nephritis was analyzed. Results MSCs could be successfully induced from bone marrow cells, and cultured BM-MSCs could inhibit T cell proliferation dose-dependently. BM-MSCs could prevent Tfh cell development from naïve CD4+ T cells and splenocytes. BM-MSCs could inhibit IL-21 gene expression and cytokine production and inhibit isolated Tfh cells and STAT3 phosphorylation. In vivo study proved that BM-MSCs intravenous injection could effectively inhibit Tfh cell expansion and IL-21 production, alleviate lupus nephritis, and prolong the survival rate of lupus-prone mice. Conclusions BM-MSCs could effectively inhibit the differentiation of Tfh cells both in vitro and in vivo. BM-MSC treatment could relieve lupus nephritis, which indicates that BM-MSCs might be a promising therapeutic method for the treatment of SLE.


Blood ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 104 (11) ◽  
pp. 3171-3171
Author(s):  
Yue Si ◽  
Cordula Leurs ◽  
Edward Srour ◽  
Samantha Ciccone ◽  
Helmut Hanenberg ◽  
...  

Abstract Fanconi anemia (FA) is a complex autosomal recessive genetic disorder characterized within the hematological system by progressive bone marrow aplasia, a high propensity to develop acute myeloid leukemia, and hypersensitivity to alkylating agents including mitomycin c. The identification of individual FA genes raises the potential of using gene transfer technology to express/introduce the functional cDNA in/into deficient autologous stem cells. We have previously shown that in the absence of genetic correction with a retroviral mediated Fancc transgene, ex vivo culture of Fancc−/− stem/progenitor cells (HSPC) predisposes uncorrected Fancc−/− HSPC cells to clonal hematopoiesis (Haneline, Blood 2003). Therefore we examined the potential of a helper-free human foamy virus (HFV) derived construct that encodes both the human FANCC and EGFP transgenes to transduce murine Fancc−/− HSC in the absence of prestimulation. In initial experiments, we determined that 40–80% of progenitors were transduced following a single overnight HFV infection using a 20:1 moiety of infection. Subsequent studies demonstrated that HFV efficiently transduced primitive hematopoietic progenitors in G0 and G1 phases of the cell cycle as evidenced both by using multicolor fluorescence activated cell sorting and subsequent culture of sorted cell populations in high proliferating potential (HPP-CFC) and low proliferating potential colony forming assays. Aliquots of HFV transduced cells that were transduced with the construct encoding both Fancc and EGFP, or the reporter transgene only were transplanted into irradiated recipient mice. Four months following transplantation, bone marrow cells were isolated from the reconstituted recipients and clonogenic assays were established in a range of mitomycin c (MMC) concentrations. In these experiments, the MMC hypersensitivity of Fancc−/− progenitors was corrected to wild-type levels. To assess quantitatively the potential of HFV expressed FANCC to correct stem cell repopulating ability, we next utilized the competitive repopulating assay. In two replicate experiments, we determined that the repopulating activity of HFV-transduced Fancc−/− stem cells was comparable to wildtype controls six months following transplantation in primary and secondary recipients. Collectively, these data provide in vivo evidence that the HFV vector is an efficient vehicle for introducing a functional hFANCC transgene into quiescent Fancc−/− HSC in the absence of prestimulation and for complementing the cellular FA defect in vitro and in vivo.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qingjie Wang ◽  
Le Zhang ◽  
Zhiqin Sun ◽  
Boyu Chi ◽  
Ailin Zou ◽  
...  

Abstract Aims Naturally secreted extracellular vesicles (EVs) play important roles in stem-mediated cardioprotection. This study aimed to investigate the cardioprotective function and underlying mechanisms of EVs derived from HIF-1a engineered mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in a rat model of AMI.Methods and Results EVs isolated from HIF-1a engineered MSCs (HIF-1a-EVs) and control MSCs (MSCs-EVs) were prepared. In in vitro experiments, the EVs were incubated with cardiomyocytes and endothelial cells exposed to hypoxia and serum deprivation (H/SD); in in vivo experiments, the EVs were injected in the acutely infarcted hearts of Sprague-Dawley rats. Compared with MSCs-EVs, HIF-1a-EVs significantly inhibited the apoptosis of cardiomyocytes and enhanced angiogenesis of endothelial cells; meanwhile, HIF-1a-EVs also significantly shrunk fibrotic area and strengthened cardiac function in infarcted rats. After treatment with EVs/RGD-biotin hydrogels, we observed longer retention, higher stability in HIF-1a-EVs, and stronger cardiac function in the rats. Quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR) displayed that miRNA-221-3p was highly expressed in HIF-1a-EVs. After miR-221-3p was inhibited in HIF-1a-EVs, the biological effects of HIF-1a EVs on apoptosis and angiogenesis were attenuated.Conclusion EVs released by MSCs with HIF-1a overexpression can promote the angiogenesis of endothelial cells and the apoptosis of cardiomyocytes via upregulating the expression of miR-221-3p. RGD hydrogels can enhance the therapeutic efficacy of HIF-1a engineered MSC-derived EVs.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jian Zang ◽  
Min-hua Zheng ◽  
Xiu-li Cao ◽  
Yi-zhe Zhang ◽  
Yu-fei Zhang ◽  
...  

Abstract BackgroundGlioma stem cells (GSCs) are glioma cells with stemness and are responsible for a variety of malignant behaviors of glioma. Evidence has shown that signals from tumor microenvironment (TME) enhance stemness of glioma cells, but the identity of the signaling molecules and underlying mechanisms have been incompletely elucidated.MethodsHuman samples and glioma cell lines were cultured in vitro to determine the effects of viral infection by sphere formation, qRT-PCR, Western blot, FACS and immunofluorescence; for in vivo analysis, mice subcutaneous tumor model was carried; while bioinformatics analysis and qRT-PCR were applied for further mechanistic studies.ResultsIn this study, we show that infection of patient-derived glioma cells with adenovirus (ADV) increases the formation of tumor spheres. ADV infection upregulated stem cell markers, and the resultant tumor spheres held the capacities of self-renewal and multi-lineage differentiation, and had stronger potential to form xenograft tumors in immune-compromised mice. ADV promoted GSC formation likely via TLR9, because TLR9 was upregulated after ADV infection, and knockdown of TLR9 reduced ADV-induced GSCs. Consistently, MYD88, as well as total STAT3 and phosphorylated (p-)STAT3, were also upregulated in ADV-induced GSCs. Knockdown of MYD88 or pharmaceutical inhibition of STAT3 attenuated stemness of ADV-induced GSCs. Moreover, we found that ADV infection upregulated lncRNA NEAT1, which is downstream to TLRs and play important roles in cancer stem cells via multiple mechanisms including strengthening STAT3 signaling. Indeed, knockdown of NEAT1 impaired stemness of ADV-induced GSCs. Lastly, we show that HMGB1, a damage associated molecular pattern (DAMP) that also triggers TLR signaling, upregulated stemness markers in glioma cells.ConclusionsIn summary, our data indicate that ADV, which has been developed as vectors for gene therapy and oncolytic virus, promotes the formation of GSCs via TLR9/NEAT1/STAT3 signaling.


BMC Cancer ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Chao Sun ◽  
Xingliang Dai ◽  
Dongliang Zhao ◽  
Haiyang Wang ◽  
Xiaoci Rong ◽  
...  

Abstract Background and objective Tumor angiogenesis is vital for tumor growth. Recent evidence indicated that bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) can migrate to tumor sites and exert critical effects on tumor growth through direct and/or indirect interactions with tumor cells. However, the effect of BMSCs on tumor neovascularization has not been fully elucidated. This study aimed to investigate whether fusion cells from glioma stem cells and BMSCs participated in angiogenesis. Methods SU3-RFP cells were injected into the right caudate nucleus of NC-C57Bl/6 J-GFP nude mice, and the RFP+/GFP+ cells were isolated and named fusion cells. The angiogenic effects of SU3-RFP, BMSCs and fusion cells were compared in vivo and in vitro. Results Fusion cells showed elevated levels of CD31, CD34 and VE-Cadherin (markers of VEC) as compared to SU3-RFP and BMSCs. The MVD-CD31 in RFP+/GFP+ cell xenograft tumor was significantly greater as compared to that in SU3-RFP xenograft tumor. In addition, the expression of CD133 and stem cell markers Nanog, Oct4 and Sox2 were increased in fusion cells as compared to the parental cells. Fusion cells exhibited enhanced angiogenic effect as compared to parental glioma cells in vivo and in vitro, which may be related to their stem cell properties. Conclusion Fusion cells exhibited enhanced angiogenic effect as compared to parental glioma cells in vivo and in vitro, which may be related to their stem cell properties. Hence, cell fusion may contribute to glioma angiogenesis.


2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 842 ◽  
Author(s):  
Satoshi Komasa ◽  
Mariko Nishizaki ◽  
Honghao Zhang ◽  
Seiji Takao ◽  
Derong Yin ◽  
...  

Ingredients and surface modification methods are being continually developed to improve osseointegration of dental implants and reduce healing times. In this study, we demonstrate in vitro that, by applying concentrated alkali treatment to NANOZR with strong bending strength and fracture toughness, a significant improvement in the bone differentiation of rat bone marrow cells can be achieved. We investigated the influence of materials modified with this treatment in vivo, on implanted surrounding tissues using polychrome sequential fluorescent labeling and micro-computer tomography scanning. NANOZR implant screws in the alkali-treated group and the untreated group were evaluated after implantation in the femur of Sprague–Dawley male rats, indicating that the amount of new bone in the alkali-modified NANOZR was higher than that of unmodified NANOZR. Alkali-modified NANOZR implants proved to be useful for the creation of new implant materials.


Blood ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 106 (11) ◽  
pp. 1696-1696
Author(s):  
Yasuhiro Yamada ◽  
Hirosada Miyake ◽  
Eishi Nishimoto ◽  
Hiroaki Mitsuya ◽  
Yuji Yonemura

Abstract Several research groups have recently reported that certain bone marrow cells (BMCs) differentiate into hepatocytes in vitro as well as in vivo in rodents through both transdifferentiation and cell fusion. Hematopoietic myelomonocytic cells are thought to be the major source of hepatocyte fusion partners in the tyrosinaemia type I mouce transplantation model. Transdifferentiation of murine BMCs can be induced with various cytokines and extracellular matrix. We previously reported that when Sca-1+ BMCs were co-cultured with fetal liver cells (FLCs) on laminin-coated dishes, alpha-fetoprotein (AFP)-expressing BMCs became completely adherent by day 4 and expressed albumin as assessed with immunochemistry and RNA-PCR (Yamada et al., Exp Hematol. in press). In the present study, we attempted to further delineate the characteristics of BMCs that differentiate into hepatic-like cells. It was found that AFP-expressing cells were in CD5+ or B220+ lymphoid lineage, mostly Sca-1+CD5+ lineage and that CD5+CD4−CD8− and CD5+CD4+CD8+ thymocytes expressed AFP. When cKit+Sca-1+ lineage BMCs (KSLs) which did not express AFP, CD5+ BMCs, and CD5+ thymocytes, all from green fluorescence protein (GFP)-expressing transgenic mice, were co-cultured with FLCs from ROSA26 mice (X-gal+ FLCs), fractionated cells gave rise to adherent hepatic-like cells, which expressed albumin and cytokeratin 8 (CK 8) as assessed with immunochemistry and AFP, albumin, transthyretin and dipeptidylpeptidase IV as examined with RNA-PCR. The hepatic-like cells from KSLs, CD5+ BMCs and CD5+ thymocytes emerged at the frequency of 1 in 50, 1x103 and 3.5x105 by titration assay. These data suggest that AFP-expressing cells in BMCs were derived from hematopoietic stem cells and that lymphoid precursors differentiated into hepatic-like cells and their hepatogenic ability could diminish over lymphoid maturation.


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