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MOLECULAR MEDICINE REPORTS
Volume 14, Issue 1, Pages 643-648Publisher
SPANDIDOS PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2016.5314
Keywords
mesenchymal stem cells; nuclear factor-kappa B; extracellular signal-regulated kinase; c-Jun N-terminal kinase; tumor necrosis factor-alpha; vascular cell adhesion molecule-1
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [30900645]
- Guangzhou Pearl River Scientific and Technological New Star Capitals [2012J2200008]
- Medical Science and Technology Research of the 12th 'Five-Year' Planning's Key Project of Chinese Army [BWS11J071]
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The migration of circulating mesenchymal stem cells ( MSCs) to injured tissue is an important step in tissue regeneration and requires adhesion to the microvascular endothelium. The current study investigated the underlying mechanism of MSC adhesion to endothelial cells during inflammation. In in vitro MSC culture, tumor necrosis factor-a (TNF-alpha) increased the level of vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 (VCAM-1) expression in a dose-dependent manner. The nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-kappa B), extracellular signal-regulated kinase (ERK) and c-Jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) signaling pathway inhibitors, pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate (PDTC), U0126 and SP600125, respectively, suppressed VCAM-1 expression induced by TNF-alpha at the mRNA and protein levels (P<0.05). TNF-alpha augmented the activation of NF-kappa B, ERK and JNK, and promoted MSC adhesion to human umbilical vein endothelial cells; however, the inhibitors of NF-kappa B, ERK and JNK did not affect this process in these cells. The results of the current study indicate that adhesion of circulating MSCs to the endothelium is regulated by TNF-alpha-induced VCAM-1 expression, which is potentially mediated by the NF-kappa B, ERK and JNK signaling pathways.
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