scholarly journals Homing of Super Paramagnetic Iron Oxide Nanoparticles (SPIONs) Labeled Adipose-Derived Stem Cells by Magnetic Attraction in a Rat Model of Parkinson’s Disease

2020 ◽  
Vol Volume 15 ◽  
pp. 1297-1308 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ardeshir Moayeri ◽  
Marzieh Darvishi ◽  
Mansour Amraei
RSC Advances ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (21) ◽  
pp. 12010-12019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meihua Xie ◽  
ShuLin Luo ◽  
Ying Li ◽  
Laiya Lu ◽  
Cuijun Deng ◽  
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The chitosan modified IO-CS nanoparticles are biocompatible and efficient MRI reagents for the adipose-derived stem cell labeling and tracking in an osteoarthritis rat model.


2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Coralie Sclavons ◽  
Sébastien Boutry ◽  
Sophie Laurent ◽  
Luce Vander Elst ◽  
Robert N Muller

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is one of the most common neurodegenerative disease and remains difficult to diagnose by conventional methods of early detection. It is characterized by the apoptotic loss of dopaminergic neurons (DN) and a neuroinflammation mainly located in the ventral midbrain (VM). The aim of this work is to study new vectorized contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) detection of PD injured areas by targeting apoptosis and inflammation. Two peptides selected by phage display were used for the experiments: R826 peptide, selected for its affinity for the phosphatidylserine (PS) exposed at the external surface of apoptotic cells, and 2C peptide, selected for its affinity for TNF-α (tumor necrosis factor alpha), one of the most abundant cytokines secreted during inflammation. These peptides were grafted to pegylated iron oxide nanoparticles (PEG-USPIO) and gadolinium-diethylenetriamine pentaacetic acid (Gd-DTPA) for in vitro and in vivo studies, respectively. PD was simulated on mice with the MPTP (1-methyl-4-phenyl-1, 2, 3, 6-tetrahydropyridine) neurotoxin and its active metabolite MPP+ (1-methyl-4-phenylpyridinium) for in vitro studies. The results showed that PEG-USPIO-R826 and PEG-USPIO-2C enabled the detection of apoptosis and inflammation, respectively, on MPP+-treated culture cells. PEG-USPIO-2C also allowed detection of inflammation on histological brain sections of MPTP-treated mice. The 2C peptide grafted to Gd-DTPA showed encouraging results in MRI detection of injured brain areas in MPTP-treated mice. These observations suggest that a targeting of damaged cells and injured areas by these new specific contrast agents occurs, offering a new tool for early diagnosis of neurodegenerative disorders like PD by MRI. 


2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 654
Author(s):  
Ka Young Kim ◽  
Keun-A Chang

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease characterized by the loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra. Several treatments for PD have focused on the management of physical symptoms using dopaminergic agents. However, these treatments induce various adverse effects, including hallucinations and cognitive impairment, owing to non-targeted brain delivery, while alleviating motor symptoms. Furthermore, these therapies are not considered ultimate cures owing to limited brain self-repair and regeneration abilities. In the present study, we aimed to investigate the therapeutic potential of human adipose-derived stem cells (hASCs) using magnetic nanoparticles in a 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA)-induced PD mouse model. We used the Maestro imaging system and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for in vivo tracking after transplantation of magnetic nanoparticle-loaded hASCs to the PD mouse model. The Maestro imaging system revealed strong hASCs signals in the brains of PD model mice. In particular, MRI revealed hASCs distribution in the substantia nigra of hASCs-injected PD mice. Behavioral evaluations, including apomorphine-induced rotation and rotarod performance, were significantly recovered in hASCs-injected 6-OHDA induced PD mice when compared with saline-treated counterparts. Herein, we investigated whether hASCs transplantation using magnetic nanoparticles recovered motor functions through targeted brain distribution in a 6-OHDA induced PD mice. These results indicate that magnetic nanoparticle-based hASCs transplantation could be a potential therapeutic strategy in PD.


Membranes ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 484
Author(s):  
Yue Gao ◽  
Anna Jablonska ◽  
Chengyan Chu ◽  
Piotr Walczak ◽  
Miroslaw Janowski

Rapidly ageing populations are beset by tissue wear and damage. Stem cell-based regenerative medicine is considered a solution. Years of research point to two important aspects: (1) the use of cellular imaging to achieve sufficient precision of therapeutic intervention, and the fact that (2) many therapeutic actions are executed through extracellular vesicles (EV), released by stem cells. Therefore, there is an urgent need to interrogate cellular labels in the context of EV release. We studied clinically applicable cellular labels: superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (SPION), and radionuclide detectable by two main imaging modalities: MRI and PET. We have demonstrated effective stem cell labeling using both labels. Then, we obtained EVs from cell cultures and tested for the presence of cellular labels. We did not find either magnetic or radioactive labels in EVs. Therefore, we report that stem cells do not lose labels in released EVs, which indicates the reliability of stem cell magnetic and radioactive labeling, and that there is no interference of labels with EV content. In conclusion, we observed that direct cellular labeling seems to be an attractive approach to monitoring stem cell delivery, and that, importantly, labels neither locate in EVs nor affect their basic properties.


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