Yong-Long Chen, Xiang-Lan Feng, Kin-Wai Tam, Chao-Yang Fan, May Pui-Lai Cheung, Yong-Ting Yang, Stanley Wong, Daisy Kwok-Yan Shum, Ying-Shing Chan, Chi-Wai Cheung, Martin Cheung, Jessica Aijia Liu
{"title":"Intrinsic and extrinsic actions of human neural progenitors with SUFU inhibition promote tissue repair and functional recovery from severe spinal cord injury.","authors":"Yong-Long Chen, Xiang-Lan Feng, Kin-Wai Tam, Chao-Yang Fan, May Pui-Lai Cheung, Yong-Ting Yang, Stanley Wong, Daisy Kwok-Yan Shum, Ying-Shing Chan, Chi-Wai Cheung, Martin Cheung, Jessica Aijia Liu","doi":"10.1038/s41536-024-00352-4","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41536-024-00352-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Neural progenitor cells (NPCs) derived from human pluripotent stem cells(hPSCs) provide major cell sources for repairing damaged neural circuitry and enabling axonal regeneration after spinal cord injury (SCI). However, the injury niche and inadequate intrinsic factors in the adult spinal cord restrict the therapeutic potential of transplanted NPCs. The Sonic Hedgehog protein (Shh) has crucial roles in neurodevelopment by promoting the formation of motorneurons and oligodendrocytes as well as its recently described neuroprotective features in response to the injury, indicating its essential role in neural homeostasis and tissue repair. In this study, we demonstrate that elevated SHH signaling in hNPCs by inhibiting its negative regulator, SUFU, enhanced cell survival and promoted robust neuronal differentiation with extensive axonal outgrowth, counteracting the harmful effects of the injured niche. Importantly, SUFU inhibition in NPCs exert non-cell autonomous effects on promoting survival and neurogenesis of endogenous cells and modulating the microenvironment by reducing suppressive barriers around lesion sites. The combined beneficial effects of SUFU inhibition in hNPCs resulted in the effective reconstruction of neuronal connectivity with the host and corticospinal regeneration, significantly improving neurobehavioral recovery in recipient animals. These results demonstrate that SUFU inhibition confers hNPCs with potent therapeutic potential to overcome extrinsic and intrinsic barriers in transplantation treatments for SCI.</p>","PeriodicalId":54236,"journal":{"name":"npj Regenerative Medicine","volume":"9 1","pages":"13"},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10959923/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140195087","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Usha Nekanti, Pooja S Sakthivel, Atena Zahedi, Dana A Creasman, Rebecca A Nishi, Courtney M Dumont, Katja M Piltti, Glenn L Guardamondo, Norbert Hernandez, Xingyuan Chen, Hui Song, Xiaoxiao Lin, Joshua Martinez, Lillian On, Anita Lakatos, Kiran Pawar, Brian T David, Zhiling Guo, Stephanie K Seidlits, Xiangmin Xu, Lonnie D Shea, Brian J Cummings, Aileen J Anderson
{"title":"Multichannel bridges and NSC synergize to enhance axon regeneration, myelination, synaptic reconnection, and recovery after SCI.","authors":"Usha Nekanti, Pooja S Sakthivel, Atena Zahedi, Dana A Creasman, Rebecca A Nishi, Courtney M Dumont, Katja M Piltti, Glenn L Guardamondo, Norbert Hernandez, Xingyuan Chen, Hui Song, Xiaoxiao Lin, Joshua Martinez, Lillian On, Anita Lakatos, Kiran Pawar, Brian T David, Zhiling Guo, Stephanie K Seidlits, Xiangmin Xu, Lonnie D Shea, Brian J Cummings, Aileen J Anderson","doi":"10.1038/s41536-024-00356-0","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41536-024-00356-0","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Regeneration in the injured spinal cord is limited by physical and chemical barriers. Acute implantation of a multichannel poly(lactide-co-glycolide) (PLG) bridge mechanically stabilizes the injury, modulates inflammation, and provides a permissive environment for rapid cellularization and robust axonal regrowth through this otherwise inhibitory milieu. However, without additional intervention, regenerated axons remain largely unmyelinated (<10%), limiting functional repair. While transplanted human neural stem cells (hNSC) myelinate axons after spinal cord injury (SCI), hNSC fate is highly influenced by the SCI inflammatory microenvironment, also limiting functional repair. Accordingly, we investigated the combination of PLG scaffold bridges with hNSC to improve histological and functional outcome after SCI. In vitro, hNSC culture on a PLG scaffold increased oligodendroglial lineage selection after inflammatory challenge. In vivo, acute PLG bridge implantation followed by chronic hNSC transplantation demonstrated a robust capacity of donor human cells to migrate into PLG bridge channels along regenerating axons and integrate into the host spinal cord as myelinating oligodendrocytes and synaptically integrated neurons. Axons that regenerated through the PLG bridge formed synaptic circuits that connected the ipsilateral forelimb muscle to contralateral motor cortex. hNSC transplantation significantly enhanced the total number of regenerating and myelinated axons identified within the PLG bridge. Finally, the combination of acute bridge implantation and hNSC transplantation exhibited robust improvement in locomotor recovery. These data identify a successful strategy to enhance neurorepair through a temporally layered approach using acute bridge implantation and chronic cell transplantation to spare tissue, promote regeneration, and maximize the function of new axonal connections.</p>","PeriodicalId":54236,"journal":{"name":"npj Regenerative Medicine","volume":"9 1","pages":"12"},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2024-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10948859/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140159473","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Henriette Henze, Sören S Hüttner, Philipp Koch, Svenja C Schüler, Marco Groth, Björn von Eyss, Julia von Maltzahn
{"title":"Denervation alters the secretome of myofibers and thereby affects muscle stem cell lineage progression and functionality.","authors":"Henriette Henze, Sören S Hüttner, Philipp Koch, Svenja C Schüler, Marco Groth, Björn von Eyss, Julia von Maltzahn","doi":"10.1038/s41536-024-00353-3","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41536-024-00353-3","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Skeletal muscle function crucially depends on innervation while repair of skeletal muscle relies on resident muscle stem cells (MuSCs). However, it is poorly understood how innervation affects MuSC properties and thereby regeneration of skeletal muscle. Here, we report that loss of innervation causes precocious activation of MuSCs concomitant with the expression of markers of myogenic differentiation. This aberrant activation of MuSCs after loss of innervation is accompanied by profound alterations on the mRNA and protein level. Combination of muscle injury with loss of innervation results in impaired regeneration of skeletal muscle including shifts in myogenic populations concomitant with delayed maturation of regenerating myofibers. We further demonstrate that loss of innervation leads to alterations in myofibers and their secretome, which then affect MuSC behavior. In particular, we identify an increased secretion of Osteopontin and transforming growth factor beta 1 (Tgfb1) by myofibers isolated from mice which had undergone sciatic nerve transection. The altered secretome results in the upregulation of early activating transcription factors, such as Junb, and their target genes in MuSCs. However, the combination of different secreted factors from myofibers after loss of innervation is required to cause the alterations observed in MuSCs after loss of innervation. These data demonstrate that loss of innervation first affects myofibers causing alterations in their secretome which then affect MuSCs underscoring the importance of proper innervation for MuSC functionality and regeneration of skeletal muscle.</p>","PeriodicalId":54236,"journal":{"name":"npj Regenerative Medicine","volume":"9 1","pages":"10"},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10904387/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139998297","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Egidijus Simoliunas, Inés Ruedas-Torres, Yolanda Jiménez-Gómez, Elle Edin, Mozhgan Aghajanzadeh-Kiyaseh, Mostafa Zamani-Roudbaraki, Rimvydas Asoklis, Milda Alksne, Neethi C Thathapudi, Bijay K Poudel, Ieva Rinkunaite, Kasparas Asoklis, Monika Iesmantaite, Laura Ortega-Llamas, Almantas Makselis, Marcelo Munoz, Daiva Baltriukiene, Virginija Bukelskiene, Jaime Gómez-Laguna, Miguel González-Andrades, May Griffith
{"title":"Inflammation-suppressing cornea-in-a-syringe with anti-viral GF19 peptide promotes regeneration in HSV-1 infected rabbit corneas.","authors":"Egidijus Simoliunas, Inés Ruedas-Torres, Yolanda Jiménez-Gómez, Elle Edin, Mozhgan Aghajanzadeh-Kiyaseh, Mostafa Zamani-Roudbaraki, Rimvydas Asoklis, Milda Alksne, Neethi C Thathapudi, Bijay K Poudel, Ieva Rinkunaite, Kasparas Asoklis, Monika Iesmantaite, Laura Ortega-Llamas, Almantas Makselis, Marcelo Munoz, Daiva Baltriukiene, Virginija Bukelskiene, Jaime Gómez-Laguna, Miguel González-Andrades, May Griffith","doi":"10.1038/s41536-024-00355-1","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41536-024-00355-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pathophysiologic inflammation, e.g., from HSV-1 viral infection, can cause tissue destruction resulting in ulceration, perforation, and ultimately blindness. We developed an injectable Cornea-in-a-Syringe (CIS) sealant-filler to treat damaged corneas. CIS comprises linear carboxylated polymers of inflammation-suppressing 2-methacryloyloxyethyl phosphorylcholine, regeneration-promoting collagen-like peptide, and adhesive collagen-citrate glue. We also incorporated GF19, a modified anti-viral host defense peptide that blocked HSV-1 activity in vitro when released from silica nanoparticles (SiNP-GF19). CIS alone suppressed inflammation when tested in a surgically perforated and HSV-1-infected rabbit corneal model, allowing tissue and nerve regeneration. However, at six months post-operation, only regenerated neocorneas previously treated with CIS with SiNP-GF19 had structural and functional features approaching those of normal healthy corneas and were HSV-1 virus-free. We showed that composite injectable biomaterials can be designed to allow regeneration by modulating inflammation and blocking viral activity in an infected tissue. Future iterations could be optimized for clinical application.</p>","PeriodicalId":54236,"journal":{"name":"npj Regenerative Medicine","volume":"9 1","pages":"11"},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10907611/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140013748","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Naimeh Mahheidari, Mohammad Kamalabadi-Farahani, Mohammad Reza Nourani, Amir Atashi, Morteza Alizadeh, Niloofar Aldaghi, Majid Salehi
{"title":"Biological study of skin wound treated with Alginate/Carboxymethyl cellulose/chorion membrane, diopside nanoparticles, and Botox A.","authors":"Naimeh Mahheidari, Mohammad Kamalabadi-Farahani, Mohammad Reza Nourani, Amir Atashi, Morteza Alizadeh, Niloofar Aldaghi, Majid Salehi","doi":"10.1038/s41536-024-00354-2","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41536-024-00354-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A hydrogel-based wound dressing with desirable properties is necessary for achieving functional skin integrity post-injury. This study focuses on preparing a hydrogel using Alginate/Carboxymethyl cellulose (Alg/CMC) as a base material. To evaluate its regenerative effects on full-thickness wounds, diopside nanoparticles and Botulinum toxin A (BTX-A) were incorporated into the hydrogel along with chorion membrane. The diopside nanoparticles (DNPs) act as a proangiogenic factor, promoting proliferation and regulating inflammation, while the chorion membrane facilitates these processes. Additionally, BTX-A prevents scar formation and aids in wound closure. The nanoparticles and hydrogel were characterized using various techniques, and their cytocompatibility was assessed. In vivo studies and quantitative polymerase chain reaction analysis showed that wound area reduction was significant after two weeks of treatment with the Alg/CMC/ChNPs/DNPs/BTX-A hydrogel. Overall, this scaffold demonstrated potential for promoting tissue regeneration and new epithelization formation, making it a promising candidate for enhancing skin restoration in wound treatments.</p>","PeriodicalId":54236,"journal":{"name":"npj Regenerative Medicine","volume":"9 1","pages":"9"},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10899239/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139984490","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hendrik Oudhoff, Vincent Hisler, Florian Baumgartner, Lana Rees, Dogan Grepper, Anna Jaźwińska
{"title":"Skeletal muscle regeneration after extensive cryoinjury of caudal myomeres in adult zebrafish.","authors":"Hendrik Oudhoff, Vincent Hisler, Florian Baumgartner, Lana Rees, Dogan Grepper, Anna Jaźwińska","doi":"10.1038/s41536-024-00351-5","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41536-024-00351-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Skeletal muscles can regenerate after minor injuries, but severe structural damage often leads to fibrosis in mammals. Whether adult zebrafish possess the capacity to reproduce profoundly destroyed musculature remains unknown. Here, a new cryoinjury model revealed that several myomeres efficiently regenerated within one month after wounding the zebrafish caudal peduncle. Wound clearance involved accumulation of the selective autophagy receptor p62, an immune response and Collagen XII deposition. New muscle formation was associated with proliferation of Pax7 expressing muscle stem cells, which gave rise to MyoD1 positive myogenic precursors, followed by myofiber differentiation. Monitoring of slow and fast muscles revealed their coordinated replacement in the superficial and profound compartments of the myomere. However, the final boundary between the muscular components was imperfectly recapitulated, allowing myofibers of different identities to intermingle. The replacement of connective with sarcomeric tissues required TOR signaling, as rapamycin treatment impaired new muscle formation, leading to persistent fibrosis. The model of zebrafish myomere restoration may provide new medical perspectives for treatment of traumatic injuries.</p>","PeriodicalId":54236,"journal":{"name":"npj Regenerative Medicine","volume":"9 1","pages":"8"},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2024-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10879182/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139914055","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J G Bartolacci, M N Behun, J P Warunek, T Li, A Sahu, G K Dwyer, A Lucas, J Rong, F Ambrosio, H R Turnquist, S F Badylak
{"title":"Matrix-bound nanovesicle-associated IL-33 supports functional recovery after skeletal muscle injury by initiating a pro-regenerative macrophage phenotypic transition.","authors":"J G Bartolacci, M N Behun, J P Warunek, T Li, A Sahu, G K Dwyer, A Lucas, J Rong, F Ambrosio, H R Turnquist, S F Badylak","doi":"10.1038/s41536-024-00346-2","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41536-024-00346-2","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Injuries to skeletal muscle are among the most common injuries in civilian and military populations, accounting for nearly 60% of extremity injuries. The standard of care for severe extremity injury has been focused upon limb salvage procedures and the utilization of tissue grafts or orthotics in conjunction with rehabilitation to avoid amputation. Nonetheless, many patients have persistent strength and functional deficits that permanently impact their quality of life. Preclinical and clinical studies have shown that partial restoration of functional skeletal muscle tissue following injury can be achieved by the implantation of a biologic scaffold composed of extracellular matrix (ECM). These favorable outcomes are mediated, at least in part, through local immunomodulation. The mechanisms underlying this immunomodulatory effect, however, are poorly understood. The present study investigates a potential mechanistic driver of the immunomodulatory effects; specifically, the effect of selected ECM components upon inflammation resolution and repair. Results show that the host response to skeletal muscle injury is profoundly altered and functional recovery decreased in il33<sup>-/-</sup> mice compared to age- and sex-matched wildtype counterparts by 14 days post-injury. Results also show that IL-33, contained within matrix-bound nanovesicles (MBV), supports skeletal muscle regeneration by regulating local macrophage activation toward a pro-remodeling phenotype via canonical and non-canonical pathways to improve functional recovery from injury compared to untreated il33<sup>-/-</sup> counterparts. Taken together, these data suggest that MBV and their associated IL-33 cargo represent a novel homeostatic signaling mechanism that contributes to skeletal muscle repair.</p>","PeriodicalId":54236,"journal":{"name":"npj Regenerative Medicine","volume":"9 1","pages":"7"},"PeriodicalIF":6.4,"publicationDate":"2024-01-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10821913/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139572147","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bárbara M de Sousa, Clara R Correia, Jorge A F Ferreira, João F Mano, Edward P Furlani, Marco P Soares Dos Santos, Sandra I Vieira
{"title":"Author Correction: Capacitive interdigitated system of high osteoinductive/conductive performance for personalized acting-sensing implants.","authors":"Bárbara M de Sousa, Clara R Correia, Jorge A F Ferreira, João F Mano, Edward P Furlani, Marco P Soares Dos Santos, Sandra I Vieira","doi":"10.1038/s41536-024-00350-6","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41536-024-00350-6","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":54236,"journal":{"name":"npj Regenerative Medicine","volume":"9 1","pages":"5"},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10799926/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139514075","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maneesh Dave, Atul Dev, Rodrigo A. Somoza, Nan Zhao, Satish Viswanath, Pooja Rani Mina, Prathyush Chirra, Verena Carola Obmann, Ganapati H. Mahabeleshwar, Paola Menghini, Blythe Durbin-Johnson, Jan Nolta, Christopher Soto, Abdullah Osme, Lam T. Khuat, William J. Murphy, Arnold I. Caplan, Fabio Cominelli
{"title":"MSCs mediate long-term efficacy in a Crohn’s disease model by sustained anti-inflammatory macrophage programming via efferocytosis","authors":"Maneesh Dave, Atul Dev, Rodrigo A. Somoza, Nan Zhao, Satish Viswanath, Pooja Rani Mina, Prathyush Chirra, Verena Carola Obmann, Ganapati H. Mahabeleshwar, Paola Menghini, Blythe Durbin-Johnson, Jan Nolta, Christopher Soto, Abdullah Osme, Lam T. Khuat, William J. Murphy, Arnold I. Caplan, Fabio Cominelli","doi":"10.1038/s41536-024-00347-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1038/s41536-024-00347-1","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are novel therapeutics for the treatment of Crohn’s disease. However, their mechanism of action is unclear, especially in disease-relevant chronic models of inflammation. Thus, we used SAMP-1/YitFc (SAMP), a chronic and spontaneous murine model of small intestinal inflammation, to study the therapeutic effects and mechanism of action of human bone marrow-derived MSCs (hMSC). hMSC dose-dependently inhibited naïve T lymphocyte proliferation via prostaglandin E<sub>2</sub> (PGE<sub>2</sub>) secretion and reprogrammed macrophages to an anti-inflammatory phenotype. We found that the hMSCs promoted mucosal healing and immunologic response early after administration in SAMP when live hMSCs are present (until day 9) and resulted in a complete response characterized by mucosal, histological, immunologic, and radiological healing by day 28 when no live hMSCs are present. hMSCs mediate their effect via modulation of T cells and macrophages in the mesentery and mesenteric lymph nodes (mLN). Sc-RNAseq confirmed the anti-inflammatory phenotype of macrophages and identified macrophage efferocytosis of apoptotic hMSCs as a mechanism that explains their long-term efficacy. Taken together, our findings show that hMSCs result in healing and tissue regeneration in a chronic model of small intestinal inflammation and despite being short-lived, exert long-term effects via sustained anti-inflammatory programming of macrophages via efferocytosis.</p>","PeriodicalId":54236,"journal":{"name":"npj Regenerative Medicine","volume":"14 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139508938","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"hUC-MSCs-derived MFGE8 ameliorates locomotor dysfunction via inhibition of ITGB3/ NF-κB signaling in an NMO mouse model.","authors":"Huiming Xu, Wei Jiang, Xuejia Li, Jiaohua Jiang, Shabbir Khan Afridi, Longhui Deng, Rui Li, Ermei Luo, Zhaoqing Zhang, Yu-Wen Alvin Huang, Yaxiong Cui, Kwok-Fai So, Haijia Chen, Wei Qiu, Changyong Tang","doi":"10.1038/s41536-024-00349-z","DOIUrl":"10.1038/s41536-024-00349-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is a severe autoimmune inflammatory disease of the central nervous system that affects motor function and causes relapsing disability. Human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hUC-MSCs) have been used extensively in the treatment of various inflammatory diseases, due to their potent regulatory roles that can mitigate inflammation and repair damaged tissues. However, their use in NMO is currently limited, and the mechanism underlying the beneficial effects of hUC-MSCs on motor function in NMO remains unclear. In this study, we investigate the effects of hUC-MSCs on the recovery of motor function in an NMO systemic model. Our findings demonstrate that milk fat globule epidermal growth 8 (MFGE8), a key functional factor secreted by hUC-MSCs, plays a critical role in ameliorating motor impairments. We also elucidate that the MFGE8/Integrin αvβ3/NF-κB signaling pathway is partially responsible for structural and functional recovery, in addition to motor functional enhancements induced by hUC-MSC exposure. Taken together, these findings strongly support the involvement of MFGE8 in mediating hUC-MSCs-induced improvements in motor functional recovery in an NMO mouse model. In addition, this provides new insight on the therapeutic potential of hUC-MSCs and the mechanisms underlying their beneficial effects in NMO.</p>","PeriodicalId":54236,"journal":{"name":"npj Regenerative Medicine","volume":"9 1","pages":"4"},"PeriodicalIF":7.2,"publicationDate":"2024-01-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10798960/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139503233","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}