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STEM CELL RESEARCH & THERAPY
卷 6, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
BIOMED CENTRAL LTD
DOI: 10.1186/s13287-015-0218-7
关键词
Mesenchymal stem cell; Hepatocyte; Co-culture; Hypoxic preconditioning; Reactive oxygen species; Collagen; Cytokines; Apoptosis
资金
- KORS fellowship from King's Graduate School, London, United Kingdom
- UCCL on behalf of GBCET
- Han Suyin Trust
- KAF fellowship from King's Graduate School, London, United Kingdom
- KINGS PhD fellowships from King's Graduate School, London, United Kingdom
- NIHR Biomedical Research Centre
Introduction: Mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSCs) improve the metabolic function of co-cultured hepatocytes. The present study aimed to further enhance the trophic effects of co-culture with hepatocytes using hypoxic preconditioning (HPc) of the MSCs and also to investigate the underlying molecular mechanisms involved. Methods: Human adipose tissue-derived MSCs were subjected to hypoxia (2 % O-2; HPc) or normoxia (20 % O-2) for 24 h and then co-cultured with isolated human hepatocytes. Assays of metabolic function and apoptosis were performed to investigate the hepatotrophic and anti-apoptotic effects of co-culture. Indirect co-cultures and co-culture with MSC-conditioned medium investigated the role of paracrine factors in the hepatotrophic effects of co-culture. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) activity was antagonised with N-acetylcysteine to investigate whether HPc potentiated the effects of MSCs by intracellular ROS-dependent mechanisms. Tumour necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha, transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta 1, and extracellular collagen production was determined and CASP9 and BAX/ BCL-2 signalling pathways analysed to investigate the role of soluble factors, extracellular matrix deposition, and apoptosis-associated gene signalling in the effects of co-culture. Results: HPc potentiated the hepatotrophic and anti-apoptotic effects of co-culture by ROS-dependent mechanisms. There was increased MSC TGF-beta 1 production, and enhanced MSC deposition of extracellular collagen, with reduced synthesis of TNF-alpha, as well as a downregulation of the expression of pro-apoptotic CASP9, BAX, BID and BLK genes and upregulated expression of anti-apoptotic BCL-2 in hepatocytes. Conclusions: HPc potentiated the trophic and anti-apoptotic effects of MSCs on hepatocytes via mechanisms including intracellular ROS, autocrine TGF-beta, extracellular collagen and caspase and BAX/ BCL-2 signalling pathways.
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