Journal
MOLECULAR NEUROBIOLOGY
Volume 52, Issue 1, Pages 792-803Publisher
HUMANA PRESS INC
DOI: 10.1007/s12035-014-8912-5
Keywords
Hypoxia/reoxygenation preconditioning; Mesenchymal stromal cells; Ischemic stroke
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- Korean Health Technology RAMP
- D Project, Ministry for Health, Welfare AMP
- Family Affairs, Republic of Korea [A101712]
- Korea Health Promotion Institute [A101712] Funding Source: Korea Institute of Science & Technology Information (KISTI), National Science & Technology Information Service (NTIS)
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Bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cells (BM-MSCs) represent a promising tool for stem cell-based therapies. However, the majority of MSCs fail to reach the injury site and have only minimal therapeutic effect. In this study, we assessed whether hypoxia/reoxygenation (H/R) preconditioning of human BM-MSCs could increase their functional capacity and beneficial effect on ischemic rat cortical neurons. Human BM-MSCs were cultured under hypoxia (1 % O-2) and with long-term reoxygenation for various times to identify the optimal conditions for increasing their viability and proliferation. The effects of H/R preconditioning on the BM-MSCs were assessed by analyzing the expression of prosurvival genes, trophic factors, and cell migration assays. The functionally improved BM-MSCs were cocultured with ischemic rat cortical neurons to compare with normoxic cultured BM-MSCs. Although the cell viability and proliferation of BM-MSCs were reduced after 1 day of hypoxic culture (1 % O-2), when this was followed by 5-day reoxygenation, the BM-MSCs recovered and multiplied extensively. The immunophenotype and trilineage differentiation of BM-MSCs were also maintained under this H/R preconditioning. In addition, the preconditioning enhanced the expression of prosurvival genes, the messenger RNA (mRNA) levels of various trophic factors and migration capacity. Finally, coculture with the H/R-preconditioned BM-MSCs promoted the survival of ischemic rat cortical neurons. H/R preconditioning of BM-MSCs increases prosurvival signals, trophic factor release, and cell migration and appears to increase their ability to rescue ischemic cortical neurons. This optimized H/R preconditioning procedure could provide the basis for a new strategy for stem cell therapy in ischemic stroke patients.
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