期刊
STEM CELLS TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE
卷 5, 期 12, 页码 1730-1738出版社
ALPHAMED PRESS
DOI: 10.5966/sctm.2015-0321
关键词
Mesenchymal stromal/stem cells; Chondrogenesis; Hypoxia; Vascular endothelial growth factor blockade
资金
- Disc Regeneration Grant EU FP7 [NMP3-LA-2008-213904]
- OPHIS Grant EU [FP7-NMP-2009-SMALL-3-246373]
- AO Start-Up Grant [S-13-173C]
Chondrogenic differentiation of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal/stem cells (MSCs) can be induced by presenting morphogenetic factors or soluble signals but typically suffers from limited efficiency, reproducibility across primary batches, and maintenance of phenotypic stability. Considering the avascular and hypoxic milieu of articular cartilage, we hypothesized that sole inhibition of angiogenesis can provide physiological cues to direct in vivo differentiation of uncommitted MSCs to stable cartilage formation. Human MSCs were retrovirally transduced to express a decoy soluble vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) receptor-2 (sFlk1), which efficiently sequesters endogenous VEGF in vivo, seeded on collagen sponges and immediately implanted ectopically in nude mice. Although naive cells formed vascularized fibrous tissue, sFlk1-MSCs abolished vascular ingrowth into engineered constructs, which efficiently and reproducibly developed into hyaline cartilage. The generated cartilage was phenotypically stable and showed no sign of hypertrophic evolution up to 12 weeks. In vitro analyses indicated that spontaneous chondrogenic differentiation by blockade of angiogenesis wasrelated to the generation of a hypoxic environment, in turn activating the transforming growth factor-beta pathway. These findings suggest that VEGF blockade is a robust strategy to enhance cartilage repair by endogenous or grafted mesenchymal progenitors. This article outlines the general paradigm of controlling the fate of implanted stem/progenitor cells by engineering their ability to establish specific microenvironmental conditions rather than directly providing individual morphogenic cues.
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