Journal
STEM CELL RESEARCH & THERAPY
Volume 14, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s13287-023-03277-9
Keywords
Acute lung injury (ALI); Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS); Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2); Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs); Priming
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This study used PGE2 to prime MSCs and investigated their therapeutic potential in ALI models. The results showed that PGE2-MSCs effectively ameliorated lung injury and reduced total cell numbers, neutrophils, macrophages, and protein levels in BALF. Furthermore, PGE2 priming improved the therapeutic efficacy of MSCs through M2 macrophage polarization and cytokine production regulation.
BackgroundMesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have demonstrated remarkable therapeutic promise for acute lung injury (ALI) and its severe form, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). MSC secretomes contain various immunoregulatory mediators that modulate both innate and adaptive immune responses. Priming MSCs has been widely considered to boost their therapeutic efficacy for a variety of diseases. Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) plays a vital role in physiological processes that mediate the regeneration of injured organs.MethodsThis work utilized PGE2 to prime MSCs and investigated their therapeutic potential in ALI models. MSCs were obtained from human placental tissue. MSCs were transduced with firefly luciferase (Fluc)/eGFP fusion protein for real-time monitoring of MSC migration. Comprehensive genomic analyses explored the therapeutic effects and molecular mechanisms of PGE2-primed MSCs in LPS-induced ALI models.ResultsOur results demonstrated that PGE2-MSCs effectively ameliorated lung injury and decreased total cell numbers, neutrophils, macrophages, and protein levels in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF). Meanwhile, treating ALI mice with PGE2-MSCs dramatically reduced histopathological changes and proinflammatory cytokines while increasing anti-inflammatory cytokines. Furthermore, our findings supported that PGE2 priming improved the therapeutic efficacy of MSCs through M2 macrophage polarization.ConclusionPGE2-MSC therapy significantly reduced the severity of LPS-induced ALI in mice by modulating macrophage polarization and cytokine production. This strategy boosts the therapeutic efficacy of MSCs in cell-based ALI therapy.
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