Shu-Wei Yang , Ming-Feng Liao , Tzu-Wei Wang , Yu-Hui Hung , Yun-Lin Lee , Quyen Thuc Dang , Pin-Yan Chen , Long-Sun Ro , Yu-Chen Hu
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Neuropathic pain attenuation by adipose-derived stem cells engineered with RNA-guided gene activation
Background
Neuropathic pain affects 3-10% of the worldwide population, but current therapies are inadequate to provide sustained pain relief. Inflammation plays key role in neuropathic pain, and anti-inflammatory interleukin 10 (IL-10) represses inflammation and pain.
Methods
Cre/loxP system is a genetic tool that enables site-specific DNA recombination. Here, we developed a hybrid Cre/loxP-based baculovirus system to deliver RNA-guided CRISPR activation (CRISPRa) to trigger IL-10 expression in adipose-derived stem cells (ASC), hoping to synergize the immunosuppressive effects of ASC and IL-10 to mitigate inflammation and attenuate neuropathic pain. We constructed a hybrid baculovirus system for CRISPRa delivery into ASC to activate IL-10.
Significant findings
We showed that rat ASC does not naturally express IL-10 but can be activated by baculovirus-mediated CRISPRa delivery to specifically induce prolonged IL-10 secretion. The extended IL-10 expression in ASC promoted macrophage polarization from pro-inflammatory M1-like towards anti-inflammatory M2-like phenotype under inflammatory conditions, which simultaneously suppressed pro-inflammatory tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α)/ interleukin 6 (IL-6) and upregulated anti-inflammatory IL-10/transforming growth factor β1 (TGF-β1). The IL-10 activation in ASC improved the dorsal root ganglion (DRG) neuron outgrowth, repressed the hypersensitivity of DRG neurons in vitro, and prevented the mechanical/cold allodynia and heat hyperalgesia starting from day 7 and persisted for at least 28 days. RNA-guided activation system to trigger IL-10 expression in ASC thus represents a new durable therapeutic approach for neuropathic pain relief.
期刊介绍:
Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical Engineers (formerly known as Journal of the Chinese Institute of Chemical Engineers) publishes original works, from fundamental principles to practical applications, in the broad field of chemical engineering with special focus on three aspects: Chemical and Biomolecular Science and Technology, Energy and Environmental Science and Technology, and Materials Science and Technology. Authors should choose for their manuscript an appropriate aspect section and a few related classifications when submitting to the journal online.