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CELLS
Volume 11, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/cells11040709
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liver transplant; ischemia; reperfusion; inflammation; apoptosis; hAMSCs; priming; 3D culture
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This study aimed to define an in vitro model to test the effect of primed hAMSCs in reducing immune and hepatic cell damage caused by IRI. The results showed that IFN-gamma pre-treatment and 3D culture significantly reduced inflammation induced by M1-differentiated macrophages, and primed hAMSCs inhibited parenchymal apoptosis at early reperfusion timepoints by blocking the activation of caspase 3/7.
Ischemia/reperfusion injury (IRI) represents one of the leading causes of primary non-function acute liver transplantation failure. IRI, generated by an interruption of organ blood flow and the subsequent restoration upon transplant, i.e., reperfusion, generates the activation of an inflammatory cascade from the resident Kupffer cells, leading first to neutrophils recruitment and second to apoptosis of the parenchyma. Recently, human mesenchymal stromal/stem cells (hMSCs) and derivatives have been implemented for reducing the damage induced by IRI. Interestingly, sparse data in the literature have described the use of human amnion-derived MSCs (hAMSCs) and, more importantly, no evidence regarding hMSCs priming on liver IRI have been described yet. Thus, our study focused on the definition of an in vitro model of liver IRI to test the effect of primed hAMSCs to reduce IRI damage on immune and hepatic cells. We found that the IFN gamma pre-treatment and 3D culture of hAMSCs strongly reduced inflammation induced by M1-differentiated macrophages. Furthermore, primed hAMSCs significantly inhibited parenchymal apoptosis at early timepoints of reperfusion by blocking the activation of caspase 3/7. All together, these data demonstrate that hAMSCs priming significantly overcomes IRI effects in vitro by engaging the possibility of defining the molecular pathways involved in this process.
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