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Lu Y, Tian H, Peng H, Wang Q, Bunnell BA, Bazan NG, Hong S. Novel lipid mediator 7 S,14 R-docosahexaenoic acid: biogenesis and harnessing mesenchymal stem cells to ameliorate diabetic mellitus and retinal pericyte loss. Front Cell Dev Biol 2024; 12:1380059. [PMID: 38533089 PMCID: PMC10963555 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2024.1380059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2024] [Accepted: 02/29/2024] [Indexed: 03/28/2024] Open
Abstract
Introduction: Stem cells can be used to treat diabetic mellitus and complications. ω3-docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) derived lipid mediators are inflammation-resolving and protective. This study found novel DHA-derived 7S,14R-dihydroxy-4Z,8E,10Z,12E,16Z,19Z-docosahexaenoic acid (7S,14R-diHDHA), a maresin-1 stereoisomer biosynthesized by leukocytes and related enzymes. Moreover, 7S,14R-diHDHA can enhance mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) functions in the amelioration of diabetic mellitus and retinal pericyte loss in diabetic db/db mice. Methods: MSCs treated with 7S,14R-diHDHA were delivered into db/db mice i.v. every 5 days for 35 days. Results: Blood glucose levels in diabetic mice were lowered by 7S,14R-diHDHA-treated MSCs compared to control and untreated MSC groups, accompanied by improved glucose tolerance and higher blood insulin levels. 7S,14R-diHDHA-treated MSCs increased insulin+ β-cell ratio and decreased glucogan+ α-cell ratio in islets, as well as reduced macrophages in pancreas. 7S,14R-diHDHA induced MSC functions in promoting MIN6 β-cell viability and insulin secretion. 7S,14R-diHDHA induced MSC paracrine functions by increasing the generation of hepatocyte growth factor and vascular endothelial growth factor. Furthermore, 7S,14R-diHDHA enhanced MSC functions to ameliorate diabetes-caused pericyte loss in diabetic retinopathy by increasing their density in retina in db/db mice. Discussion: Our findings provide a novel strategy for improving therapy for diabetes and diabetic retinopathy using 7S,14R-diHDHA-primed MSCs.
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- Yan Lu
- Neuroscience Center of Excellence, School of Medicine, L.S.U. Health, New Orleans, LA, United States
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- Neuroscience Center of Excellence, School of Medicine, L.S.U. Health, New Orleans, LA, United States
- Tongji University, Shanghai, China
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- Biostatistics, Department of Environmental Health, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States
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- Neuroscience Center of Excellence, School of Medicine, L.S.U. Health, New Orleans, LA, United States
- Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei, China
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- Tulane University School of Medicine, Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, New Orleans, LA, United States
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- Neuroscience Center of Excellence, School of Medicine, L.S.U. Health, New Orleans, LA, United States
- Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, L.S.U. Health, New Orleans, LA, United States
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- Neuroscience Center of Excellence, School of Medicine, L.S.U. Health, New Orleans, LA, United States
- Department of Ophthalmology, School of Medicine, L.S.U. Health, New Orleans, LA, United States
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Lagarde CB, Kavalakatt J, Benz MC, Hawes ML, Arbogast CA, Cullen NM, McConnell EC, Rinderle C, Hebert KL, Khosla M, Belgodere JA, Hoang VT, Collins-Burow BM, Bunnell BA, Burow ME, Alahari SK. Obesity-associated epigenetic alterations and the obesity-breast cancer axis. Oncogene 2024; 43:763-775. [PMID: 38310162 DOI: 10.1038/s41388-024-02954-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2023] [Revised: 01/18/2024] [Accepted: 01/22/2024] [Indexed: 02/05/2024]
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Both breast cancer and obesity can regulate epigenetic changes or be regulated by epigenetic changes. Due to the well-established link between obesity and an increased risk of developing breast cancer, understanding how obesity-mediated epigenetic changes affect breast cancer pathogenesis is critical. Researchers have described how obesity and breast cancer modulate the epigenome individually and synergistically. In this review, the epigenetic alterations that occur in obesity, including DNA methylation, histone, and chromatin modification, accelerated epigenetic age, carcinogenesis, metastasis, and tumor microenvironment modulation, are discussed. Delineating the relationship between obesity and epigenetic regulation is vital to furthering our understanding of breast cancer pathogenesis.
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- Courtney B Lagarde
- Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology and Oncology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, 76107, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology and Oncology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology and Oncology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology and Oncology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology and Oncology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology and Oncology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, 76107, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology and Oncology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, LSU Health Science Center School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology and Oncology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA
- Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Louisiana State University and Agricultural Center, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology and Oncology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology and Oncology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, 76107, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology and Oncology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA.
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- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, LSU Health Science Center School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA.
- Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, LSU Health Science Center School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA.
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Sabnis N, Raut S, Nagarajan B, Kapic A, Dossou AS, Lothstein L, Fudala R, Bunnell BA, Lacko AG. A Spontaneous Assembling Lipopeptide Nanoconjugate Transporting the Anthracycline Drug N-Benzyladriamycin-14-valerate for Personalized Therapy of Ewing Sarcoma. Bioconjug Chem 2024; 35:187-202. [PMID: 38318778 DOI: 10.1021/acs.bioconjchem.3c00429] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2024]
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To meet the current need for a tumor-selective, targeted therapy regimen associated with reduced toxicity, our laboratory has developed a spontaneously assembled nanostructure that resembles high-density lipoproteins (HDLs). These myristoyl-5A (MYR-5A) nanotransporters are designed to safely transport lipophilic pharmaceuticals, including a novel anthracycline drug (N-benzyladriamycin-14-valerate (AD198)). This formulation has been found to enhance the therapeutic efficacy and reduced toxicity of drugs in preclinical studies of 2D and 3D models of Ewing sarcoma (EWS) and cardiomyocytes. Our findings indicate that the MYR-5A/AD198 nanocomplex delivers its payload selectively to cancer cells via the scavenger receptor type B1 (SR-B1), thus providing a solid proof of concept for the development of an improved and highly effective, potentially personalized therapy for EWS while protecting against treatment-associated cardiotoxicity.
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- Nirupama Sabnis
- Lipoprotein Drug Delivery Research Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas 76107, United States
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- Department of Physiology and Anatomy, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas 76107, United States
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- North Texas Research Eye Institute, Department of Pharmacology and Neuroscience, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas 76107, United States
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- Lipoprotein Drug Delivery Research Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas 76107, United States
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- Lipoprotein Drug Delivery Research Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas 76107, United States
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee 38103, United States
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- Lipoprotein Drug Delivery Research Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas 76107, United States
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- Lipoprotein Drug Delivery Research Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas 76107, United States
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- Lipoprotein Drug Delivery Research Laboratory, Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas 76107, United States
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Al-Ghadban S, Walczak SG, Isern SU, Martin EC, Herbst KL, Bunnell BA. Enhanced Angiogenesis in HUVECs Preconditioned with Media from Adipocytes Differentiated from Lipedema Adipose Stem Cells In Vitro. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:13572. [PMID: 37686378 PMCID: PMC10487727 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241713572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2023] [Revised: 08/25/2023] [Accepted: 08/31/2023] [Indexed: 09/10/2023] Open
Abstract
Lipedema is a connective tissue disorder characterized by increased dilated blood vessels (angiogenesis), inflammation, and fibrosis of the subcutaneous adipose tissue. This project aims to gain insights into the angiogenic processes in lipedema using human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) as an in vitro model. HUVECs were cultured in conditioned media (CM) collected from healthy (non-lipedema, AQH) and lipedema adipocytes (AQL). The impacts on the expression levels of multiple endothelial and angiogenic markers [CD31, von Willebrand Factor (vWF), angiopoietin 2 (ANG2), hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), matrix metalloproteinase (MMPs), NOTCH and its ligands] in HUVECs were investigated. The data demonstrate an increased expression of CD31 and ANG2 at both the gene and protein levels in HUVECs treated with AQL CM in 2D monolayer and 3D cultures compared to untreated cells. Furthermore, the expression of the vWF, NOTCH 4, and DELTA-4 genes decreased. In contrast, increased VEGF, MMP9, and HGF gene expression was detected in HUVECs treated with AQL CM cultured in a 2D monolayer. In addition, the results of a tube formation assay indicate that the number of formed tubes increased in lipedema-treated HUVECs cultured in a 2D monolayer. Together, the data indicate that lipedema adipocyte-CM promotes angiogenesis through paracrine-driven mechanisms.
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- Sara Al-Ghadban
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA; (S.G.W.); (S.U.I.)
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA; (S.G.W.); (S.U.I.)
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA; (S.G.W.); (S.U.I.)
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology and Oncology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA;
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA; (S.G.W.); (S.U.I.)
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Casy W, Garza IT, Chen X, Dong T, Hu Y, Kanchwala M, Trygg CB, Shyng C, Xing C, Bunnell BA, Braun SE, Gray SJ. SMRT Sequencing Enables High-Throughput Identification of Novel AAVs from Capsid Shuffling and Directed Evolution. Genes (Basel) 2023; 14:1660. [PMID: 37628711 PMCID: PMC10454592 DOI: 10.3390/genes14081660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2023] [Revised: 08/15/2023] [Accepted: 08/17/2023] [Indexed: 08/27/2023] Open
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The use of AAV capsid libraries coupled with various selection strategies has proven to be a remarkable approach for generating novel AAVs with enhanced and desired features. The inability to reliably sequence the complete capsid gene in a high-throughput manner has been the bottleneck of capsid engineering. As a result, many library strategies are confined to localized and modest alterations in the capsid, such as peptide insertions or single variable region (VR) alterations. The caveat of short reads by means of next-generation sequencing (NGS) hinders the diversity of capsid library construction, shifting the field away from whole-capsid modifications. We generated AAV capsid shuffled libraries of naturally occurring AAVs and applied directed evolution in both mice and non-human primates (NHPs), with the goal of yielding AAVs that are compatible across both species for translational applications. We recovered DNA from the tissues of injected animal and used single molecule real-time (SMRT) sequencing to identify variants enriched in the central nervous system (CNS). We provide insights and considerations for variant identification by comparing bulk tissue sequencing to that of isolated nuclei. Our work highlights the potential advantages of whole-capsid engineering, as well as indispensable methodological improvements for the analysis of recovered capsids, including the nuclei-enrichment step and SMRT sequencing.
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- Widler Casy
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA (I.T.G.); (X.C.); (Y.H.)
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA (I.T.G.); (X.C.); (Y.H.)
- Graduate School of Basic Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA (I.T.G.); (X.C.); (Y.H.)
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA (I.T.G.); (X.C.); (Y.H.)
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA (I.T.G.); (X.C.); (Y.H.)
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- Eugene McDermott Center for Human Growth & Development, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA; (M.K.)
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- Tulane National Primate Research Center, Tulane University School of Medicine, Covington, LA 70433, USA (B.A.B.); (S.E.B.)
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- Gene Therapy Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA;
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- Eugene McDermott Center for Human Growth & Development, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA; (M.K.)
- Department of Bioinformatics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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- Tulane National Primate Research Center, Tulane University School of Medicine, Covington, LA 70433, USA (B.A.B.); (S.E.B.)
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- Tulane National Primate Research Center, Tulane University School of Medicine, Covington, LA 70433, USA (B.A.B.); (S.E.B.)
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA (I.T.G.); (X.C.); (Y.H.)
- Department of Molecular Biology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
- Department of Neurology and Neurotherapeutics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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Li ZA, Sant S, Cho SK, Goodman SB, Bunnell BA, Tuan RS, Gold MS, Lin H. Synovial joint-on-a-chip for modeling arthritis: progress, pitfalls, and potential. Trends Biotechnol 2023; 41:511-527. [PMID: 35995600 PMCID: PMC9938846 DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2022.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/08/2022] [Revised: 07/14/2022] [Accepted: 07/25/2022] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Disorders of the synovial joint, such as osteoarthritis (OA) and rheumatoid arthritis (RA), afflict a substantial proportion of the global population. However, current clinical management has not been focused on fully restoring the native function of joints. Organ-on-chip (OoC), also called a microphysiological system, which typically accommodates multiple human cell-derived tissues/organs under physiological culture conditions, is an emerging platform that potentially overcomes the limitations of current models in developing therapeutics. Herein, we review major steps in the generation of OoCs for studying arthritis, discuss the challenges faced when these novel platforms enter the next phase of development and application, and present the potential for OoC technology to investigate the pathogenesis of joint diseases and the development of efficacious therapies.
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- Zhong Alan Li
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA; Department of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA; Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA; McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
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- Departments of Orthopaedic Surgery and Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA
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- McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA; Institute for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR 999077, China
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- Department of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA; Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA; McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA.
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Makarczyk MJ, Hines S, Yagi H, Li ZA, Aguglia AM, Zbikowski J, Padget AM, Gao Q, Bunnell BA, Goodman SB, Lin H. Using Microphysiological System for the Development of Treatments for Joint Inflammation and Associated Cartilage Loss-A Pilot Study. Biomolecules 2023; 13:384. [PMID: 36830751 PMCID: PMC9952916 DOI: 10.3390/biom13020384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2023] [Revised: 02/06/2023] [Accepted: 02/09/2023] [Indexed: 02/19/2023] Open
Abstract
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a painful and disabling joint disease affecting millions worldwide. The lack of clinically relevant models limits our ability to predict therapeutic outcomes prior to clinical trials, where most drugs fail. Therefore, there is a need for a model that accurately recapitulates the whole-joint disease nature of OA in humans. Emerging microphysiological systems provide a new opportunity. We recently established a miniature knee joint system, known as the miniJoint, in which human bone-marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hBMSCs) were used to create an osteochondral complex, synovial-like fibrous tissue, and adipose tissue analogs. In this study, we explored the potential of the miniJoint in developing novel treatments for OA by testing the hypothesis that co-treatment with anti-inflammation and chondroinducing agents can suppress joint inflammation and associated cartilage degradation. Specifically, we created a "synovitis"-relevant OA model in the miniJoint by treating synovial-like tissues with interleukin-1β (IL-1β), and then a combined treatment of oligodeoxynucleotides (ODNs) suppressing the nuclear factor kappa beta (NF-κB) genetic pathway and bone morphogenic protein-7 (BMP-7) was introduced. The combined treatment with BMP-7 and ODNs reduced inflammation in the synovial-like fibrous tissue and showed an increase in glycosaminoglycan formation in the cartilage portion of the osteochondral complex. For the first time, this study demonstrated the potential of the miniJoint in developing disease-modifying OA drugs. The therapeutic efficacy of co-treatment with NF-κB ODNs and BMP-7 can be further validated in future clinical studies.
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- Meagan J. Makarczyk
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 450 Technology Drive, Rm 217, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering, 450 Technology Drive, Rm 217, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 450 Technology Drive, Rm 217, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 450 Technology Drive, Rm 217, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 450 Technology Drive, Rm 217, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 450 Technology Drive, Rm 217, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering, 450 Technology Drive, Rm 217, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 450 Technology Drive, Rm 217, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering, 450 Technology Drive, Rm 217, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 450 Technology Drive, Rm 217, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94350, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Genetics University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94350, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 450 Technology Drive, Rm 217, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94350, USA
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Makarcyzk MJ, Li ZA, Yu I, Yagi H, Zhang X, Yocum L, Li E, Fritch MR, Gao Q, Bunnell BA, Goodman SB, Tuan RS, Alexander PG, Lin H. Creation of a Knee Joint-on-a-Chip for Modeling Joint Diseases and Testing Drugs. J Vis Exp 2023. [PMID: 36779602 PMCID: PMC10157796 DOI: 10.3791/64186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
Abstract
The high prevalence of debilitating joint diseases like osteoarthritis (OA) poses a high socioeconomic burden. Currently, the available drugs that target joint disorders are mostly palliative. The unmet need for effective disease-modifying OA drugs (DMOADs) has been primarily caused by the absence of appropriate models for studying the disease mechanisms and testing potential DMOADs. Herein, we describe the establishment of a miniature synovial joint-mimicking microphysiological system (miniJoint) comprising adipose, fibrous, and osteochondral tissue components derived from human mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). To obtain the three-dimensional (3D) microtissues, MSCs were encapsulated in photocrosslinkable methacrylated gelatin before or following differentiation. The cell-laden tissue constructs were then integrated into a 3D-printed bioreactor, forming the miniJoint. Separate flows of osteogenic, fibrogenic, and adipogenic media were introduced to maintain the respective tissue phenotypes. A commonly shared stream was perfused through the cartilage, synovial, and adipose tissues to enable tissue crosstalk. This flow pattern allows the induction of perturbations in one or more of the tissue components for mechanistic studies. Furthermore, potential DMOADs can be tested via either "systemic administration" through all the medium streams or "intraarticular administration" by adding the drugs to only the shared "synovial fluid"-simulating flow. Thus, the miniJoint can serve as a versatile in vitro platform for efficiently studying disease mechanisms and testing drugs in personalized medicine.
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- Meagan J Makarcyzk
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; Department of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine;
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University; Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; The Chinese University of Hong Kong
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering; McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine;
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Makarcyzk MJ, Li ZA, Yu I, Yagi H, Zhang X, Yocum L, Li E, Fritch MR, Gao Q, Bunnell BA, Goodman SB, Tuan RS, Alexander PG, Lin H. Creation of a Knee Joint-on-a-Chip for Modeling Joint Diseases and Testing Drugs. J Vis Exp 2023. [DOI: 10.3791/64186-v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/18/2023] Open
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Hamel KM, Liimatta KQ, Belgodere JA, Bunnell BA, Gimble JM, Martin EC. Adipose-Derived Stromal/Stem Cell Response to Tumors and Wounds: Evaluation of Patient Age. Stem Cells Dev 2022; 31:579-592. [PMID: 35262397 PMCID: PMC9836707 DOI: 10.1089/scd.2021.0280] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2021] [Accepted: 03/05/2022] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Tumors were characterized as nonhealing wounds by Virchow in 1858 and Dvorak in 1986. Since then, researchers have analyzed tumors from a new perspective. The parallels between tumorigenesis and physiological wound healing can provide a new framework for developing antitumor therapeutics. One commonality between tumors and wounds is the involvement of the stromal environment, particularly adipose stromal/stem cells (ASCs). ASCs exhibit dual functions, in which they stimulate tumor progression and assist in tissue repair and regeneration. Numerous studies have focused on the role of ASCs in cancer and wound healing, but none to date has linked age, cancer, and wound healing. Furthermore, very few studies have focused on the role of donor-specific characteristics of ASCs, such as age and their role in facilitating ASC behavior in cancer and wound healing. This review article is designed to provide important insights into the impact of donor age on ASC tumor and wound response and their role in facilitating ASC behavior in cancer and wound healing.
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- Katie M. Hamel
- Department of Biological Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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- University of North Texas Health Sciences Center, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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Hamel KM, King CT, Cavalier MB, Liimatta KQ, Rozanski GL, King TA, Lam M, Bingham GC, Byrne CE, Xing D, Collins-Burow BM, Burow ME, Belgodere JA, Bratton MR, Bunnell BA, Martin EC. Breast Cancer-Stromal Interactions: Adipose-Derived Stromal/Stem Cell Age and Cancer Subtype Mediated Remodeling. Stem Cells Dev 2022; 31:604-620. [PMID: 35579936 PMCID: PMC9595652 DOI: 10.1089/scd.2021.0279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/20/2021] [Accepted: 05/16/2022] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
Abstract
Adipose tissue is characterized as an endocrine organ that acts as a source of hormones and paracrine factors. In diseases such as cancer, endocrine and paracrine signals from adipose tissue contribute to cancer progression. Young individuals with estrogen receptor-alpha positive (ER-α+) breast cancer (BC) have an increased resistance to endocrine therapies, suggesting that alternative estrogen signaling is activated within these cells. Despite this, the effects of stromal age on the endocrine response in BC are not well defined. To identify differences between young and aged ER-α+ breast tumors, RNA sequencing data were obtained from The Cancer Genome Atlas. Analysis revealed enrichment of matrix and paracrine factors in young (≤40 years old) patients compared to aged (≥65 years old) tumor samples. Adipose-derived stromal/stem cells (ASCs) from noncancerous lipoaspirate of young and aged donors were evaluated for alterations in matrix production and paracrine secreted factors to determine if the tumor stroma could alter estrogen signaling. Young and aged ASCs demonstrated comparable proliferation, differentiation, and matrix production, but exhibited differences in the expression levels of inflammatory cytokines (Interferon gamma, interleukin [IL]-8, IL-10, Tumor necrosis factor alpha, IL-2, and IL-6). Conditioned media (CM)-based experiments showed that young ASC donor age elevated endocrine response in ER-α+ BC cell lines. MCF-7 ER-α+ BC cell line treated with secreted factors from young ASCs had enhanced ER-α regulated genes (PGR and SDF-1) compared to MCF-7 cells treated with aged ASC CM. Western blot analysis demonstrated increased activation levels of p-ER ser-167 in the MCF-7 cell line treated with young ASC secreted factors. To determine if ER-α+ BC cells heightened the cytokine release in ASCs, ASCs were stimulated with MCF-7-derived CM. Results demonstrated no change in growth factors or cytokines when treated with the ER-α+ secretome. In contrast to ER-α+ CM, the ER-α negative MDA-MB-231 derived CM demonstrated increased stimulation of pro-inflammatory cytokines in ASCs. While there was no observed change in the release of selected paracrine factors, MCF-7 cells did induce matrix production and a pro-adipogenic lineage commitment. The adipogenesis was evident by increased collagen content through Sirius Red/Fast Green Collagen stain, lipid accumulation evident by Oil Red O stain, and significantly increased expression in PPARγ mRNA expression. The data from this study provide evidence suggesting more of a subtype-dependent than an age-dependent difference in stromal response to BC, suggesting that this signaling is not heightened by reciprocal signals from ER-α+ BC cell lines. These results are important in understanding the mechanisms of estrogen signaling and the dynamic and reciprocal nature of cancer cell-stromal cell crosstalk that can lead to tumor heterogeneity and variance in response to therapy.
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- Katie M. Hamel
- Department of Biological Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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- Section of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Section of Hematology and Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, University of North Texas Health Sciences Center, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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- Department of Biological Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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Munmun F, Mohiuddin OA, Hoang VT, Burow ME, Bunnell BA, Sola VM, Carpentieri AR, Witt-Enderby PA. The role of MEK1/2 and MEK5 in melatonin-mediated actions on osteoblastogenesis, osteoclastogenesis, bone microarchitecture, biomechanics, and bone formation. J Pineal Res 2022; 73:e12814. [PMID: 35674448 DOI: 10.1111/jpi.12814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2021] [Revised: 04/30/2022] [Accepted: 05/11/2022] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
Melatonin, the primary hormone involved in circadian entrainment, plays a significant role in bone physiology. This study aimed to assess the role of MEK1/2 and MEK5 in melatonin-mediated actions in mouse and human mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and on bone using small-molecule inhibitors and CRISPR/Cas9 knockout approaches. Consistent with in vitro studies performed in mMSCs and hMSCs, nightly (25 mg/kg, i.p., 45 days) injections with PD184352 (MEK1/2 inhibitor) or Bix02189 (MEK5 inhibitor) or SC-1-151 (MEK1/2/5 inhibitor) demonstrated that MEK1/2 and MEK5 were the primary drivers underlying melatonin's actions on bone density, microarchitecture (i.e., trabecular number, separation, and connectivity density), and bone mechanical properties (i.e., ultimate stress) through increases in osteogenic (RUNX2, BMP-2, FRA-1, OPG) expression and decreases in PPARγ. Furthermore, CRISPR/Cas9 knockout of MEK1 or MEK5 in mMSCs seeded on PLGA scaffolds and placed into critical-size calvarial defects in Balb(c) mice (male and female) revealed that treatment with melatonin (15 mg/L; p.o., nightly, 90 days) mediates sex-specific actions of MEK1 and MEK5 in new bone formation. This study is the first to demonstrate a role for MEK1/2 and MEK5 in modulating melatonin-mediated actions on bone formation in vivo and in a sex-specific manner.
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- Fahima Munmun
- Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Duquesne University School of Pharmacy, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Oral Biology, Faculty of Odontology, National University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Argentina
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- Faculty of Odontology, National University of Cordoba and National Council for Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET); Institute for Health Sciences Research (INICSA), Cordoba, Argentina
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- Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Duquesne University School of Pharmacy, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Bunnell BA, Martin EC, Matossian MD, Brock CK, Nguyen K, Collins-Burow B, Burow ME. The effect of obesity on adipose-derived stromal cells and adipose tissue and their impact on cancer. Cancer Metastasis Rev 2022; 41:549-573. [PMID: 35999486 DOI: 10.1007/s10555-022-10063-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2022] [Accepted: 08/16/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The significant increase in the incidence of obesity represents the next global health crisis. As a result, scientific research has focused on gaining deeper insights into obesity and adipose tissue biology. As a result of the excessive accumulation of adipose tissue, obesity results from hyperplasia and hypertrophy within the adipose tissue. The functional alterations in the adipose tissue are a confounding contributing factor to many diseases, including cancer. The increased incidence and aggressiveness of several cancers, including colorectal, postmenopausal breast, endometrial, prostate, esophageal, hematological, malignant melanoma, and renal carcinomas, result from obesity as a contributing factor. The increased morbidity and mortality of obesity-associated cancers are attributable to increased hormones, adipokines, and cytokines produced by the adipose tissue. The increased adipose tissue levels observed in obese patients result in more adipose stromal/stem cells (ASCs) distributed throughout the body. ASCs have been shown to impact cancer progression in vitro and in preclinical animal models. ASCs influence tumor biology via multiple mechanisms, including the increased recruitment of ASCs to the tumor site and increased production of cytokines and growth factors by ASCs and other cells within the tumor stroma. Emerging evidence indicates that obesity induces alterations in the biological properties of ASCs, subsequently leading to enhanced tumorigenesis and metastasis of cancer cells. As the focus of this review is the interaction and impact of ASCs on cancer, the presentation is limited to preclinical data generated on cancers in which there is a demonstrated role for ASCs, such as postmenopausal breast, colorectal, prostate, ovarian, multiple myeloma, osteosarcoma, cervical, bladder, and gastrointestinal cancers. Our group has investigated the interactions between obesity and breast cancer and the mechanisms that regulate ASCs and adipocytes in these different contexts through interactions between cancer cells, immune cells, and other cell types present in the tumor microenvironment (TME) are discussed. The reciprocal and circular feedback loop between obesity and ASCs and the mechanisms by which ASCs from obese patients alter the biology of cancer cells and enhance tumorigenesis will be discussed. At present, the evidence for ASCs directly influencing human tumor growth is somewhat limited, though recent clinical studies suggest there may be some link.
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- Bruce A Bunnell
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, 3500 Camp Bowie Blvd., Fort Worth, TX, 76107, USA.
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- Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, University of Chicago, IL, Chicago, USA
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- Section of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Section of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Section of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Section of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, USA
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Riewruja K, Makarczyk M, Alexander PG, Gao Q, Goodman SB, Bunnell BA, Gold MS, Lin H. Experimental models to study osteoarthritis pain and develop therapeutics. Osteoarthr Cartil Open 2022; 4:100306. [PMID: 36474784 PMCID: PMC9718172 DOI: 10.1016/j.ocarto.2022.100306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2022] [Revised: 07/25/2022] [Accepted: 08/09/2022] [Indexed: 10/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Pain is the predominant symptom of osteoarthritis (OA) that drives patients to seek medical care. Currently, there are no pharmacological treatments that can reverse or halt the progression of OA. Safe and efficacious medications for long-term management of OA pain are also unavailable. Understanding the mechanisms behind OA pain generation at onset and over time is critical for developing effective treatments. In this narrative review, we first summarize our current knowledge on the innervation of the knee joint, and then discuss the molecular mechanism(s) currently thought to underlie OA pain. In particular, we focus on the contribution of each joint component to the generation of pain. Next, the current experimental models for studying OA pain are summarized, and the methods to assess pain in rodents are presented. The potential application of emerging microphysiological systems in OA pain research is especially highlighted. Lastly, we discuss the current challenge in standardizing models and the selection of appropriate systems to address specific questions.
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- Kanyakorn Riewruja
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA,Osteoarthritis and Musculoskeleton Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Chulalongkorn University, King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Thai Red Cross Society, Bangkok, 10330, Thailand
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA,Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA,Corresponding author.
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA,Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering, Pittsburgh, PA, USA,Corresponding author. Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
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Frazier T, March K, Garza JR, Bunnell BA, Darr KF, Rogers E, Hamel K, Gimble JM. Non-homologous use of adipose-derived cell and tissue therapies: Osteoarthritis as a case study. Bone Rep 2022; 17:101601. [PMID: 35874168 PMCID: PMC9305321 DOI: 10.1016/j.bonr.2022.101601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2022] [Revised: 06/22/2022] [Accepted: 06/29/2022] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
Abstract
Adipose tissue is widely recognized as an abundant and accessible human tissue that serves as a source of cells and extracellular matrix scaffolds for regenerative surgical applications. Increasingly, orthopedic surgeons are turning to adipose tissue as a resource in their treatment of osteoarthritis and related conditions. In the U.S., the regulatory landscape governing the orthopedic surgical utilization of autologous and allogeneic adipose tissue remains complex. This manuscript reviews the Food and Drug Administration's nomenclature and guidance regarding adipose tissue products. Additionally, it surveys recent pre-clinical and clinical trial literature relating to the application of adipose-derived cells and tissues in the treatment of osteoarthritis.
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- Trivia Frazier
- Obatala Sciences, New Orleans, LA, United States of America,Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, United States of America
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- University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States of America
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- Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, United States of America,University of Texas Health Sciences Center - San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States of America
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- University of North Texas Health Science Center, Ft. Worth, TX, United States of America
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- Covington Orthopedics Sports Medicine Institute, Covington, LA, United States of America
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- Obatala Sciences, New Orleans, LA, United States of America
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- Obatala Sciences, New Orleans, LA, United States of America
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- Obatala Sciences, New Orleans, LA, United States of America,Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, United States of America,Corresponding author at: Obatala Sciences, New Orleans, LA, United States of America.
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Li Z, Lin Z, Liu S, Yagi H, Zhang X, Yocum L, Romero‐Lopez M, Rhee C, Makarcyzk MJ, Yu I, Li EN, Fritch MR, Gao Q, Goh KB, O'Donnell B, Hao T, Alexander PG, Mahadik B, Fisher JP, Goodman SB, Bunnell BA, Tuan RS, Lin H. Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Miniature Joint System for Disease Modeling and Drug Testing. Adv Sci (Weinh) 2022; 9:e2105909. [PMID: 35436042 PMCID: PMC9313499 DOI: 10.1002/advs.202105909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2021] [Revised: 04/04/2022] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
Abstract
Diseases of the knee joint such as osteoarthritis (OA) affect all joint elements. An in vitro human cell-derived microphysiological system capable of simulating intraarticular tissue crosstalk is desirable for studying etiologies/pathogenesis of joint diseases and testing potential therapeutics. Herein, a human mesenchymal stem cell-derived miniature joint system (miniJoint) is generated, in which engineered osteochondral complex, synovial-like fibrous tissue, and adipose tissue are integrated into a microfluidics-enabled bioreactor. This novel design facilitates different tissues communicating while still maintaining their respective phenotypes. The miniJoint exhibits physiologically relevant changes when exposed to interleukin-1β mediated inflammation, which are similar to observations in joint diseases in humans. The potential of the miniJoint in predicting in vivo efficacy of drug treatment is confirmed by testing the "therapeutic effect" of the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug, naproxen, as well as four other potential disease-modifying OA drugs. The data demonstrate that the miniJoint recapitulates complex tissue interactions, thus providing a robust organ chip model for the study of joint pathology and the development of novel therapeutic interventions.
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- Zhong Li
- Center for Cellular and Molecular EngineeringDepartment of Orthopaedic SurgeryUniversity of Pittsburgh School of MedicinePittsburghPA15219USA
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- Center for Cellular and Molecular EngineeringDepartment of Orthopaedic SurgeryUniversity of Pittsburgh School of MedicinePittsburghPA15219USA
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- Department of PathologyUniversity of Pittsburgh School of MedicinePittsburghPA15261USA
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- Center for Cellular and Molecular EngineeringDepartment of Orthopaedic SurgeryUniversity of Pittsburgh School of MedicinePittsburghPA15219USA
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- Center for Cellular and Molecular EngineeringDepartment of Orthopaedic SurgeryUniversity of Pittsburgh School of MedicinePittsburghPA15219USA
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- Center for Cellular and Molecular EngineeringDepartment of Orthopaedic SurgeryUniversity of Pittsburgh School of MedicinePittsburghPA15219USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic SurgeryStanford UniversityStanfordCA94305USA
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- Center for Cellular and Molecular EngineeringDepartment of Orthopaedic SurgeryUniversity of Pittsburgh School of MedicinePittsburghPA15219USA
- Department of BioengineeringUniversity of Pittsburgh Swanson School of EngineeringPittsburghPA15260USA
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- Center for Cellular and Molecular EngineeringDepartment of Orthopaedic SurgeryUniversity of Pittsburgh School of MedicinePittsburghPA15219USA
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- Center for Cellular and Molecular EngineeringDepartment of Orthopaedic SurgeryUniversity of Pittsburgh School of MedicinePittsburghPA15219USA
- Department of BioengineeringUniversity of Pittsburgh Swanson School of EngineeringPittsburghPA15260USA
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- Center for Cellular and Molecular EngineeringDepartment of Orthopaedic SurgeryUniversity of Pittsburgh School of MedicinePittsburghPA15219USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic SurgeryStanford UniversityStanfordCA94305USA
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- Institute of PhysicsUniversity of FreiburgFreiburg79104Germany
- School of EngineeringMonash University MalaysiaSelangor47500Malaysia
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- Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative MedicineTulane University School of MedicineOrleansLA70112USA
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- Center for Cellular and Molecular EngineeringDepartment of Orthopaedic SurgeryUniversity of Pittsburgh School of MedicinePittsburghPA15219USA
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- Center for Cellular and Molecular EngineeringDepartment of Orthopaedic SurgeryUniversity of Pittsburgh School of MedicinePittsburghPA15219USA
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- Fischell Department of BioengineeringUniversity of MarylandCollege ParkMD20742USA
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- Fischell Department of BioengineeringUniversity of MarylandCollege ParkMD20742USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic SurgeryStanford UniversityStanfordCA94305USA
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- Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative MedicineTulane University School of MedicineOrleansLA70112USA
- Present address:
Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and GeneticsUniversity of North Texas Health Science CenterFort WorthTX76107USA
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- Center for Cellular and Molecular EngineeringDepartment of Orthopaedic SurgeryUniversity of Pittsburgh School of MedicinePittsburghPA15219USA
- Department of BioengineeringUniversity of Pittsburgh Swanson School of EngineeringPittsburghPA15260USA
- McGowan Institute for Regenerative MedicineUniversity of Pittsburgh School of MedicinePittsburghPA15219USA
- Present address:
The Chinese University of Hong KongShatinHong Kong SAR999077China
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- Center for Cellular and Molecular EngineeringDepartment of Orthopaedic SurgeryUniversity of Pittsburgh School of MedicinePittsburghPA15219USA
- Department of BioengineeringUniversity of Pittsburgh Swanson School of EngineeringPittsburghPA15260USA
- McGowan Institute for Regenerative MedicineUniversity of Pittsburgh School of MedicinePittsburghPA15219USA
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King CT, Matossian MD, Savoie JJ, Nguyen K, Wright MK, Byrne CE, Elliott S, Burks HE, Bratton MR, Pashos NC, Bunnell BA, Burow ME, Collins-Burow BM, Martin EC. Liver Kinase B1 Regulates Remodeling of the Tumor Microenvironment in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. Front Mol Biosci 2022; 9:847505. [PMID: 35755802 PMCID: PMC9214958 DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2022.847505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/02/2022] [Accepted: 03/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Liver kinase B1 (LKB1) is a potent tumor suppressor that regulates cellular energy balance and metabolism as an upstream kinase of the AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) pathway. LKB1 regulates cancer cell invasion and metastasis in multiple cancer types, including breast cancer. In this study, we evaluated LKB1’s role as a regulator of the tumor microenvironment (TME). This was achieved by seeding the MDA-MB-231-LKB1 overexpressing cell line onto adipose and tumor scaffolds, followed by the evaluation of tumor matrix-induced tumorigenesis and metastasis. Results demonstrated that the presence of tumor matrix enhanced tumorigenesis in both MDA-MB-231 and MDA-MB-231-LKB1 cell lines. Metastasis was increased in both MDA-MB-231 and -LKB1 cells seeded on the tumor scaffold. Endpoint analysis of tumor and adipose scaffolds revealed LKB1-mediated tumor microenvironment remodeling as evident through altered matrix protein production. The proteomic analysis determined that LKB1 overexpression preferentially decreased all major and minor fibril collagens (collagens I, III, V, and XI). In addition, proteins observed to be absent in tumor scaffolds in the LKB1 overexpressing cell line included those associated with the adipose matrix (COL6A2) and regulators of adipogenesis (IL17RB and IGFBP4), suggesting a role for LKB1 in tumor-mediated adipogenesis. Histological analysis of MDA-MB-231-LKB1-seeded tumors demonstrated decreased total fibril collagen and indicated decreased stromal cell presence. In accordance with this, in vitro condition medium studies demonstrated that the MDA-MB-231-LKB1 secretome inhibited adipogenesis of adipose-derived stem cells. Taken together, these data demonstrate a role for LKB1 in regulating the tumor microenvironment through fibril matrix remodeling and suppression of adipogenesis.
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- Connor T King
- Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
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- Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology & Medical Oncology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology & Medical Oncology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, United States
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- Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology & Medical Oncology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology & Medical Oncology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, United States
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- Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, United States.,BioAesthetics Corporation, Durham, NC, United States
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- Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology & Medical Oncology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, United States.,Department of Pharmacology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, United States
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology & Medical Oncology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, United States
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- Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
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Wise RM, Al-Ghadban S, Harrison MAA, Sullivan BN, Monaco ER, Aleman SJ, Donato UM, Bunnell BA. Short-Term Autophagy Preconditioning Upregulates the Expression of COX2 and PGE2 and Alters the Immune Phenotype of Human Adipose-Derived Stem Cells In Vitro. Cells 2022; 11:cells11091376. [PMID: 35563682 PMCID: PMC9101706 DOI: 10.3390/cells11091376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/25/2022] [Revised: 03/28/2022] [Accepted: 04/07/2022] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
Abstract
Human adipose-derived stem cells (hASCs) are potent modulators of inflammation and promising candidates for the treatment of inflammatory and autoimmune diseases. Strategies to improve hASC survival and immunoregulation are active areas of investigation. Autophagy, a homeostatic and stress-induced degradative pathway, plays a crucial role in hASC paracrine signaling—a primary mechanism of therapeutic action. Therefore, induction of autophagy with rapamycin (Rapa), or inhibition with 3-methyladenine (3-MA), was examined as a preconditioning strategy to enhance therapeutic efficacy. Following preconditioning, both Rapa and 3-MA-treated hASCs demonstrated preservation of stemness, as well as upregulated transcription of cyclooxygenase-2 (COX2) and interleukin-6 (IL-6). Rapa-ASCs further upregulated TNFα-stimulated gene-6 (TSG-6) and interleukin-1 beta (IL-1β), indicating additional enhancement of immunomodulatory potential. Preconditioned cells were then stimulated with the inflammatory cytokine interferon-gamma (IFNγ) and assessed for immunomodulatory factor production. Rapa-pretreated cells, but not 3-MA-pretreated cells, further amplified COX2 and IL-6 transcripts following IFNγ exposure, and both groups upregulated secretion of prostaglandin-E2 (PGE2), the enzymatic product of COX2. These findings suggest that a 4-h Rapa preconditioning strategy may bestow the greatest improvement to hASC expression of cytokines known to promote tissue repair and regeneration and may hold promise for augmenting the therapeutic potential of hASCs for inflammation-driven pathological conditions.
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- Rachel M. Wise
- Neuroscience Program, Tulane Brain Institute, Tulane University School of Science & Engineering, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA; (R.M.W.); (M.A.A.H.); (B.N.S.); (E.R.M.); (S.J.A.); (U.M.D.)
- Center for Stem Cell Research & Regenerative Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA;
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- Center for Stem Cell Research & Regenerative Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA;
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA
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- Neuroscience Program, Tulane Brain Institute, Tulane University School of Science & Engineering, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA; (R.M.W.); (M.A.A.H.); (B.N.S.); (E.R.M.); (S.J.A.); (U.M.D.)
- Center for Stem Cell Research & Regenerative Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA;
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- Neuroscience Program, Tulane Brain Institute, Tulane University School of Science & Engineering, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA; (R.M.W.); (M.A.A.H.); (B.N.S.); (E.R.M.); (S.J.A.); (U.M.D.)
- Center for Stem Cell Research & Regenerative Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA;
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- Neuroscience Program, Tulane Brain Institute, Tulane University School of Science & Engineering, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA; (R.M.W.); (M.A.A.H.); (B.N.S.); (E.R.M.); (S.J.A.); (U.M.D.)
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- Neuroscience Program, Tulane Brain Institute, Tulane University School of Science & Engineering, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA; (R.M.W.); (M.A.A.H.); (B.N.S.); (E.R.M.); (S.J.A.); (U.M.D.)
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- Neuroscience Program, Tulane Brain Institute, Tulane University School of Science & Engineering, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA; (R.M.W.); (M.A.A.H.); (B.N.S.); (E.R.M.); (S.J.A.); (U.M.D.)
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- Center for Stem Cell Research & Regenerative Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA;
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA
- Department of Pharmacology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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Over the last decade, stem cell-based regenerative medicine has progressed to clinical testing and therapeutic applications. The applications range from infusions of autologous and allogeneic stem cells to stem cell-derived products. Adult stem cells from adipose tissue (ASCs) show significant promise in treating autoimmune and neurodegenerative diseases, vascular and metabolic diseases, bone and cartilage regeneration and wound defects. The regenerative capabilities of ASCs in vivo are primarily orchestrated by their secretome of paracrine factors and cell-matrix interactions. More recent developments are focused on creating more complex structures such as 3D organoids, tissue elements and eventually fully functional tissues and organs to replace or repair diseased or damaged tissues. The current and future applications for ASCs in regenerative medicine are discussed here.
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- Department of Microbiology Immunology and Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, United States
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Brock CK, Hebert KL, Artiles M, Wright MK, Cheng T, Windsor GO, Nguyen K, Alzoubi MS, Collins-Burow BM, Martin EC, Lau FH, Bunnell BA, Burow ME. A Role for Adipocytes and Adipose Stem Cells in the Breast Tumor Microenvironment and Regenerative Medicine. Front Physiol 2021; 12:751239. [PMID: 34912237 PMCID: PMC8667576 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2021.751239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2021] [Accepted: 11/01/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
Abstract
Obesity rates are climbing, representing a confounding and contributing factor to many disease states, including cancer. With respect to breast cancer, obesity plays a prominent role in the etiology of this disease, with certain subtypes such as triple-negative breast cancer having a strong correlation between obesity and poor outcomes. Therefore, it is critical to examine the obesity-related alterations to the normal stroma and the tumor microenvironment (TME). Adipocytes and adipose stem cells (ASCs) are major components of breast tissue stroma that have essential functions in both physiological and pathological states, including energy storage and metabolic homeostasis, physical support of breast epithelial cells, and directing inflammatory and wound healing responses through secreted factors. However, these processes can become dysregulated in both metabolic disorders, such as obesity and also in the context of breast cancer. Given the well-established obesity-neoplasia axis, it is critical to understand how interactions between different cell types in the tumor microenvironment, including adipocytes and ASCs, govern carcinogenesis, tumorigenesis, and ultimately metastasis. ASCs and adipocytes have multifactorial roles in cancer progression; however, due to the plastic nature of these cells, they also have a role in regenerative medicine, making them promising tools for tissue engineering. At the physiological level, the interactions between obesity and breast cancer have been examined; here, we will delineate the mechanisms that regulate ASCs and adipocytes in these different contexts through interactions between cancer cells, immune cells, and other cell types present in the tumor microenvironment. We will define the current state of understanding of how adipocytes and ASCs contribute to tumor progression through their role in the tumor microenvironment and how this is altered in the context of obesity. We will also introduce recent developments in utilizing adipocytes and ASCs in novel approaches to breast reconstruction and regenerative medicine.
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- Courtney K Brock
- Section of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, United States
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- Section of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, United States
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, United States
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- Section of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, United States
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- Section of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, United States
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- Section of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, United States
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- Section of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, United States
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- Section of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, United States
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- Section of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, United States
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- Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States
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- Section of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, United States
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, United States
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- Section of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, United States
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The long-held belief about adipose tissue was that it was relatively inert in terms of biological activity. It was believed that its primary role was energy storage; however, that was shattered with the discovery of adipokines. Scientists interested in regenerative medicine then reported that adipose tissue is rich in adult stromal/stem cells. Following these initial reports, adipose stem cells (ASCs) rapidly garnered interest for use as potential cellular therapies. The primary advantages of ASCs compared to other mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) include the abundance of the tissue source for isolation, the ease of methodologies for tissue collection and cell isolation, and their therapeutic potential. Studies conducted both in vitro and in vivo have demonstrated that ASCs are multipotent, possessing the ability to differentiate into cells of mesodermal origins, including adipocytes, chondrocytes, osteoblast and others. Moreover, ASCs produce a broad array of cytokines, growth factors, nucleic acids (miRNAs), and other macromolecules into the surrounding milieu by secretion or in the context of microvesicles. The secretome of ASCs has been shown to alter tissue biology, stimulate tissue-resident stem cells, change immune cell activity, and mediate therapeutic outcomes. The quality of ASCs is subject to donor-to-donor variation driven by age, body mass index, disease status and possibly gender and ethnicity. This review discusses adipose stromal/stem cell action mechanisms and their potential utility as cellular therapeutics.
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- Bruce A Bunnell
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA
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Gimble JM, Blunk T, Rodriguez R, Rubin JP, Bunnell BA. International Federation for Adipose Therapeutics and Science and Stem Cells and Development: A Long-Term Relationship That Has Been Growing in Plain Sight. Stem Cells Dev 2021; 30:1139-1140. [PMID: 34809468 DOI: 10.1089/scd.2021.29008.jmg] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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- Jeffrey M Gimble
- Obatala Sciences Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.,Department of Medicine; Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Trauma, Hand, Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.,Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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Bunnell BA. Excision of latent HIV-1: CRISPR technology overcomes viral strain diversity. EBioMedicine 2021; 74:103720. [PMID: 34839262 PMCID: PMC8628217 DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2021.103720] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2021] [Accepted: 11/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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- Bruce A Bunnell
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, University of North Texas, Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, 76107, United States.
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Gao Q, Li Z, Rhee C, Xiang S, Maruyama M, Huang EE, Yao Z, Bunnell BA, Tuan RS, Lin H, Gold MS, Goodman SB. Macrophages Modulate the Function of MSC- and iPSC-Derived Fibroblasts in the Presence of Polyethylene Particles. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:12837. [PMID: 34884641 PMCID: PMC8657553 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222312837] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2021] [Revised: 11/21/2021] [Accepted: 11/24/2021] [Indexed: 01/15/2023] Open
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Fibroblasts in the synovial membrane secrete molecules essential to forming the extracellular matrix (ECM) and supporting joint homeostasis. While evidence suggests that fibroblasts contribute to the response to joint injury, the outcomes appear to be patient-specific and dependent on interactions between resident immune cells, particularly macrophages (Mφs). On the other hand, the response of Mφs to injury depends on their functional phenotype. The goal of these studies was to further explore these issues in an in vitro 3D microtissue model that simulates a pathophysiological disease-specific microenvironment. Two sources of fibroblasts were used to assess patient-specific influences: mesenchymal stem cell (MSC)- and induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived fibroblasts. These were co-cultured with either M1 or M2 Mφs, and the cultures were challenged with polyethylene particles coated with lipopolysaccharide (cPE) to model wear debris generated from total joint arthroplasties. Our results indicated that the fibroblast response to cPE was dependent on the source of the fibroblasts and the presence of M1 or M2 Mφs: the fibroblast response as measured by gene expression changes was amplified by the presence of M2 Mφs. These results demonstrate that the immune system modulates the function of fibroblasts; furthermore, different sources of differentiated fibroblasts may lead to divergent results. Overall, our research suggests that M2 Mφs may be a critical target for the clinical treatment of cPE induced fibrosis.
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- Qi Gao
- Orthopaedic Research Laboratories, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94304, USA; (Q.G.); (C.R.); (M.M.); (E.E.H.); (Z.Y.)
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- Center for Cellular and Molecular Engineering, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA; (Z.L.); (S.X.); (R.S.T.); (H.L.)
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- Orthopaedic Research Laboratories, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94304, USA; (Q.G.); (C.R.); (M.M.); (E.E.H.); (Z.Y.)
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- Center for Cellular and Molecular Engineering, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA; (Z.L.); (S.X.); (R.S.T.); (H.L.)
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- Orthopaedic Research Laboratories, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94304, USA; (Q.G.); (C.R.); (M.M.); (E.E.H.); (Z.Y.)
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- Orthopaedic Research Laboratories, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94304, USA; (Q.G.); (C.R.); (M.M.); (E.E.H.); (Z.Y.)
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- Orthopaedic Research Laboratories, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94304, USA; (Q.G.); (C.R.); (M.M.); (E.E.H.); (Z.Y.)
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA;
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- Center for Cellular and Molecular Engineering, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA; (Z.L.); (S.X.); (R.S.T.); (H.L.)
- Institute for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Center for Cellular and Molecular Engineering, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA; (Z.L.); (S.X.); (R.S.T.); (H.L.)
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- Department of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15219, USA;
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- Orthopaedic Research Laboratories, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA 94304, USA; (Q.G.); (C.R.); (M.M.); (E.E.H.); (Z.Y.)
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Hossain F, Majumder S, David J, Bunnell BA, Miele L. Obesity Modulates the Gut Microbiome in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer. Nutrients 2021; 13:nu13103656. [PMID: 34684657 PMCID: PMC8539565 DOI: 10.3390/nu13103656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2021] [Revised: 10/13/2021] [Accepted: 10/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is an aggressive, molecularly heterogeneous subtype of breast cancer. Obesity is associated with increased incidence and worse prognosis in TNBC through various potential mechanisms. Recent evidence suggests that the gut microbiome plays a central role in the progression of cancer, and that imbalances or dysbiosis in the population of commensal microbiota can lead to inflammation and contribute to tumor progression. Obesity is characterized by low-grade inflammation, and gut dysbiosis is associated with obesity, chronic inflammation, and failure of cancer immunotherapy. However, the debate on what constitutes a "healthy" gut microbiome is ongoing, and the connection among the gut microbiome, obesity, and TNBC has not yet been addressed. This study aims to characterize the role of obesity in modulating the gut microbiome in a syngeneic mouse model of TNBC. 16S rRNA sequencing and metagenomic analyses were performed to analyze and annotate genus and taxonomic profiles. Our results suggest that obesity decreases alpha diversity in the gut microbiome. Metagenomic analysis revealed that obesity was the only significant factor explaining the similarity of the bacterial communities according to their taxonomic profiles. In contrast to the analysis of taxonomic profiles, the analysis of variation of functional profiles suggested that obesity status, tumor presence, and the obesity-tumor interaction were significant in explaining the variation of profiles, with obesity having the strongest correlation. The presence of tumor modified the profiles to a greater extent in obese than in lean animals. Further research is warranted to understand the impact of the gut microbiome on TNBC progression and immunotherapy.
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- Fokhrul Hossain
- School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA; (F.H.); (S.M.); (J.D.)
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- School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA; (F.H.); (S.M.); (J.D.)
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- School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA; (F.H.); (S.M.); (J.D.)
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, University of North Texas Health Sciences Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA;
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- School of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA; (F.H.); (S.M.); (J.D.)
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Zanata F, Curley L, Martin E, Bowles A, Bunnell BA, Wu X, Ferreira LM, Gimble JM. Comparative Analysis of Human Adipose-Derived Stromal/Stem Cells and Dermal Fibroblasts. Stem Cells Dev 2021; 30:1171-1178. [PMID: 34486404 DOI: 10.1089/scd.2021.0164] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
Dermal fibroblasts (DFs) share several qualities with mesenchymal stem cell/multipotent stromal cells (MSCs) derived from various tissues, including adipose-derived stromal/stem cells (ASCs). ASCs and DFs are morphologically comparable and both cell types can be culture expanded through the utilization of their plastic-adherence properties. Despite these similar characteristics, numerous studies indicate that ASC and DF display distinct therapeutic benefits in clinical applications. To more accurately distinguish between these cell types, human DFs and ASCs isolated from three individual donors were analyzed for multipotency and cell surface marker expressions. The detection of cell surface markers, CD29, CD34, CD44, CD73, CD90, and CD105, were used for phenotypic characterization of the DFs and ASCs. Furthermore, both cell types underwent lineage differentiation based on histochemical staining and the expression of adipogenic related genes, CCAAT/Enhancer-Binding Protein alpha (CEBPα), Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPARγ), UCP1, Leptin (LEP), and Adiponectin (ADIPOQ); and osteogenic related genes, Runt related transcription factor 2 (Runx2), Alkaline phosphatase (ALPL), Osteocalcin (OCN), and Osteopontin (OPN). Evidence provided by this study demonstrates similarities between donor-matched ASC and DF with respect to morphology, surface marker expression, differentiation potential, and gene expression, although appearance of enhanced adipogenesis in the ASC based solely on spectrophotometric analyses with no significant difference in real-time polymerase chain reaction detection of adipogenic biomarkers. Thus, there is substantial overlap between the ASC and DF phenotypes based on biochemical and differentiation metrics.
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- Fabiana Zanata
- Plastic Surgery Division, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo UNIFESP/EPM, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Genetics, The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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- La Cell LLC, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Plastic Surgery Division, Universidade Federal de Sao Paulo UNIFESP/EPM, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- La Cell LLC, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.,Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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Bagdasarian FA, Yuan X, Athey J, Bunnell BA, Grant SC. NODDI highlights recovery mechanisms in white and gray matter in ischemic stroke following human stem cell treatment. Magn Reson Med 2021; 86:3211-3223. [PMID: 34355818 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.28929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2021] [Revised: 06/22/2021] [Accepted: 06/28/2021] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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PURPOSE Diffusion MRI offers insight into ischemic stroke progression in both human and rodent models. However, diffusion MRI to evaluate therapeutic application of mesenchymal stem cells is limited. Robust analytical techniques are required to identify potential physiological changes as a function of cell therapy in stroke. Here, we seek to establish Neurite Orientation Dispersion and Density Imaging (NODDI) as a feasible method in evaluating stroke evolution in response to cell-based therapeutics. METHODS Diffusion MRI data at 21.1T were acquired from 16 male rats. Rats were grouped randomly: naïve (baseline, N = 5), stroke with injections of phosphate buffered saline (N = 6), stroke with injection of 2D human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSC, N = 5). Data were acquired on days 1, 3, 7, and 21 post-surgery. DTI and NODDI maps were generated, with regions of interest placed in the ischemic hemisphere external capsule and striatum. Diffusion parameters were compared between groups each day, and within groups across hemispheres and longitudinally. Behavioral characterizations were on days 0 (pre-surgery), 3, 7, 14, and 21. RESULTS The 2D hMSC preserved diffusional restriction in the external capsule compared to saline (day 1: MD, P = .4060; AD, P = .0220). NODDI indicates that hMSC may have preserved intracellular volume fractions (ICVF: day 1, P = .0086; day 3, P = .0021; day 21, P = .0383). Diffusion metrics of hMSC treated animals were comparable to naïve for the external capsule. CONCLUSIONS NODDI compliments DTI metrics, enhances interpretation of tissue outcome in ischemic stroke following hMSC application, and may be useful in evaluating or predicting therapeutic response.
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- F Andrew Bagdasarian
- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.,Chemical & Biomedical Engineering, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.,Chemical & Biomedical Engineering, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.,Chemical & Biomedical Engineering, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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- National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA.,Chemical & Biomedical Engineering, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
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Byrne CE, Decombe JB, Bingham GC, Remont J, Miller LG, Khalif L, King CT, Hamel K, Bunnell BA, Burow ME, Martin EC. Evaluation of Extracellular Matrix Composition to Improve Breast Cancer Modeling. Tissue Eng Part A 2021; 27:500-511. [PMID: 33797977 PMCID: PMC8349725 DOI: 10.1089/ten.tea.2020.0364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2020] [Accepted: 02/19/2021] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
Abstract
The development of resistance to therapy is a significant obstacle to effective therapeutic regimens. Evaluating the effects of oncology drugs in the laboratory setting is limited by the lack of translational models that accurately recapitulate cell-microenvironment interactions present in tumors. Acquisition of resistance to therapy is facilitated, in part, by the composition of the tumor extracellular matrix (ECM), with the primary current in vitro model using collagen I (COL I). Here we seek to identify the prevalence of COL I-enhanced expression in the triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) subtype. Furthermore, we identify if methods of response to therapy are altered depending on matrix composition. We demonstrated that collagen content varies in patient tumor samples across subtypes, with COL I expression dramatically increased in typically less aggressive estrogen receptor (ER)-positive(ER+)/progesterone receptor (PGR)-positive (PGR+) cancers irrespective of patient age or race. These findings are of significance considering how frequently COL I is implicated in tumor progression. In vitro analyses of ER+ and ER-negative (ER-) cell lines were used to determine the effects of ECM content (collagen I, collagen IV, fibronectin, and laminin) on proliferation, cellular phenotype, and survival. Neither ER+ nor ER- cells demonstrated significant increases in proliferation when cultured on these ECM substrates. ER- cells cultured on these substrates were sensitized to both chemotherapy and targeted therapy. In addition, MDA-MB-231 cells expressed different morphologies, binding affinities, and stiffness across these substrates. We also demonstrated that ECM composition significantly alters transcription of senescence-associated pathways across ER+ and ER- cell lines. Together, these results suggest that complex matrix composites should be incorporated into in vitro tumor models, especially for the drug-resistant TNBC subtype. Impact statement The importance of tumor extracellular matrix (ECM) in disease progression is often inadequately represented in models of breast cancer that rely heavily on collagen I and Matrigel. Through immunohistochemistry analysis of patient breast tumors, we show a wide variation in collagen content based on subtype, specifically a repression of fibril collagens in the receptor negative subtype, irrespective of age and race. We also demonstrated that tumor ECM composition alters cellular elasticity and oncogenic pathway activation demonstrating that physiologically relevant three-dimensional models of breast cancer should include an ECM that is subtype specific.
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- Charles Ethan Byrne
- Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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- Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, Department of Pharmacology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Section of Hematology and Medical Oncology, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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Jeske R, Yuan X, Fu Q, Bunnell BA, Logan TM, Li Y. In Vitro Culture Expansion Shifts the Immune Phenotype of Human Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells. Front Immunol 2021; 12:621744. [PMID: 33777002 PMCID: PMC7988085 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2021.621744] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2020] [Accepted: 01/05/2021] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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Human mesenchymal stem or stromal cells (hMSCs) are known for their potential in regenerative medicine due to their differentiation abilities, secretion of trophic factors, and regulation of immune responses in damaged tissues. Due to the limited quantity of hMSCs typically isolated from bone marrow, other tissue sources, such as adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hASCs), are considered a promising alternative. However, differences have been observed for hASCs in the context of metabolic characteristics and response to in vitro culture stress compared to bone marrow derived hMSCs (BM-hMSCs). In particular, the relationship between metabolic homeostasis and stem cell functions, especially the immune phenotype and immunomodulation of hASCs, remains unknown. This study thoroughly assessed the changes in metabolism, redox cycles, and immune phenotype of hASCs during in vitro expansion. In contrast to BM-hMSCs, hASCs did not respond to culture stress significantly during expansion as limited cellular senescence was observed. Notably, hASCs exhibited the increased secretion of pro-inflammatory cytokines and the decreased secretion of anti-inflammatory cytokines after extended culture expansion. The NAD+/NADH redox cycle and other metabolic characteristics associated with aging were relatively stable, indicating that hASC functional decline may be regulated through an alternative mechanism rather than NAD+/Sirtuin aging pathways as observed in BM-hMSCs. Furthermore, transcriptome analysis by mRNA-sequencing revealed the upregulation of genes for pro-inflammatory cytokines/chemokines and the downregulation of genes for anti-inflammatory cytokines for hASCs at high passage. Proteomics analysis indicated key pathways (e.g., tRNA charging, EIF2 signaling, protein ubiquitination pathway) that may be associated with the immune phenotype shift of hASCs. Together, this study advances our understanding of the metabolism and senescence of hASCs and may offer vital insights for the biomanufacturing of hASCs for clinical use.
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- Richard Jeske
- Department of Chemical & Biomedical Engineering, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States
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- Department of Chemical & Biomedical Engineering, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States.,The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States
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- Department of Chemical & Biomedical Engineering, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States
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- Department of Chemical & Biomedical Engineering, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States.,Institute of Molecular Biophysics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States
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Adipose-derived stem cells (ASCs) can self-renew and differentiate along multiple cell lineages. ASCs are also potently anti-inflammatory due to their inherent ability to regulate the immune system by secreting anti-inflammatory cytokines and growth factors that play a crucial role in the pathology of many diseases, including multiple sclerosis, diabetes mellitus, Crohn's, SLE, and graft-versus-host disease. The immunomodulatory effects and mechanisms of action of ASCs on pathological conditions are reviewed here.
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- Sara Al-Ghadban
- Center for Stem Cell Research & Regenerative Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Center for Stem Cell Research & Regenerative Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana.,Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
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Makarczyk MJ, Gao Q, He Y, Li Z, Gold MS, Hochberg MC, Bunnell BA, Tuan RS, Goodman SB, Lin H. Current Models for Development of Disease-Modifying Osteoarthritis Drugs. Tissue Eng Part C Methods 2021; 27:124-138. [PMID: 33403944 PMCID: PMC8098772 DOI: 10.1089/ten.tec.2020.0309] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2020] [Accepted: 12/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Osteoarthritis (OA) is a painful and disabling disease that affects millions of people worldwide. Symptom-alleviating treatments exist, although none with long-term efficacy. Furthermore, there are currently no disease-modifying OA drugs (DMOADs) with demonstrated efficacy in OA patients, which is, in part, attributed to a lack of full understanding of the pathogenesis of OA. The inability to translate findings from basic research to clinical applications also highlights the deficiencies in the available OA models at simulating the clinically relevant pathologies and responses to treatments in humans. In this review, the current status in the development of DMOADs will be first presented, with special attention to those in Phase II-IV clinical trials. Next, current in vitro, ex vivo, and in vivo OA models are summarized and the respective advantages and disadvantages of each are highlighted. Of note, the development and application of microphysiological or tissue-on-a-chip systems for modeling OA in humans are presented and the issues that need to be addressed in the future are discussed. Microphysiological systems should be given serious consideration for their inclusion in the DMOAD development pipeline, both for their ability to predict drug safety and efficacy in human clinical trials at present, as well as for their potential to serve as a test platform for personalized medicine. Impact statement At present, no disease-modifying osteoarthritis (OA) drugs (DMOADs) have been approved for widespread clinical use by regulatory bodies. The failure of developing effective DMOADs is likely owing to multiple factors, not the least of which are the intrinsic differences between the intact human knee joint and the preclinical models. This work summarizes the current OA models for the development of DMOADs, discusses the advantages/disadvantages of each, and then proposes future model development to aid in the discovery of effective and personalized DMOADs. The review also highlights the microphysiological systems, which are emerging as a new platform for drug development.
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- Meagan J. Makarczyk
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Center for Cellular and Molecular Engineering, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Department of Bioengineering, Swanson School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University, California, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Center for Cellular and Molecular Engineering, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Center for Cellular and Molecular Engineering, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Neurobiology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Medicine and Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
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- Institute for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University, California, USA
- Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, California, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Center for Cellular and Molecular Engineering, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Department of Bioengineering, Swanson School of Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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Mancuso P, Chen C, Kaminski R, Gordon J, Liao S, Robinson JA, Smith MD, Liu H, Sariyer IK, Sariyer R, Peterson TA, Donadoni M, Williams JB, Siddiqui S, Bunnell BA, Ling B, MacLean AG, Burdo TH, Khalili K. CRISPR based editing of SIV proviral DNA in ART treated non-human primates. Nat Commun 2020; 11:6065. [PMID: 33247091 PMCID: PMC7695718 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-19821-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2020] [Accepted: 10/16/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Elimination of HIV DNA from infected individuals remains a challenge in medicine. Here, we demonstrate that intravenous inoculation of SIV-infected macaques, a well-accepted non-human primate model of HIV infection, with adeno-associated virus 9 (AAV9)-CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing construct designed for eliminating proviral SIV DNA, leads to broad distribution of editing molecules and precise cleavage and removal of fragments of the integrated proviral DNA from the genome of infected blood cells and tissues known to be viral reservoirs including lymph nodes, spleen, bone marrow, and brain among others. Accordingly, AAV9-CRISPR treatment results in a reduction in the percent of proviral DNA in blood and tissues. These proof-of-concept observations offer a promising step toward the elimination of HIV reservoirs in the clinic.
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- Pietro Mancuso
- Department of Neuroscience, Center for Neurovirology, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, 3500N. Broad Street, 7th Floor, Philadelphia, PA, 19140, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Center for Neurovirology, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, 3500N. Broad Street, 7th Floor, Philadelphia, PA, 19140, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Center for Neurovirology, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, 3500N. Broad Street, 7th Floor, Philadelphia, PA, 19140, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Center for Neurovirology, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, 3500N. Broad Street, 7th Floor, Philadelphia, PA, 19140, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Center for Neurovirology, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, 3500N. Broad Street, 7th Floor, Philadelphia, PA, 19140, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Center for Neurovirology, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, 3500N. Broad Street, 7th Floor, Philadelphia, PA, 19140, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Center for Neurovirology, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, 3500N. Broad Street, 7th Floor, Philadelphia, PA, 19140, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Center for Neurovirology, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, 3500N. Broad Street, 7th Floor, Philadelphia, PA, 19140, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Center for Neurovirology, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, 3500N. Broad Street, 7th Floor, Philadelphia, PA, 19140, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Center for Neurovirology, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, 3500N. Broad Street, 7th Floor, Philadelphia, PA, 19140, USA
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- Division of Comparative Pathology, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Covington, LA, 70433, USA
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- Department of Neuroscience, Center for Neurovirology, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, 3500N. Broad Street, 7th Floor, Philadelphia, PA, 19140, USA
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- Division of Comparative Pathology, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Covington, LA, 70433, USA
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- Division of Comparative Pathology, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Covington, LA, 70433, USA
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- Division of Comparative Pathology, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Covington, LA, 70433, USA
- Tulane Brain Institute, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 70118, USA
- Department of Pharmacology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX, 76107, USA
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- Division of Comparative Pathology, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Covington, LA, 70433, USA.
- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA.
- Texas Biomedical Research Institute, San Antonio, TX, 78227, USA.
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- Division of Comparative Pathology, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Covington, LA, 70433, USA.
- Tulane Brain Institute, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 70118, USA.
- Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA.
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- Department of Neuroscience, Center for Neurovirology, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, 3500N. Broad Street, 7th Floor, Philadelphia, PA, 19140, USA.
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- Department of Neuroscience, Center for Neurovirology, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, 3500N. Broad Street, 7th Floor, Philadelphia, PA, 19140, USA.
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Madsen SD, Giler MK, Bunnell BA, O'Connor KC. Illuminating the Regenerative Properties of Stem Cells In Vivo with Bioluminescence Imaging. Biotechnol J 2020; 16:e2000248. [PMID: 33089922 DOI: 10.1002/biot.202000248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2020] [Revised: 10/17/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Preclinical animal studies are essential to the development of safe and effective stem cell therapies. Bioluminescence imaging (BLI) is a powerful tool in animal studies that enables the real-time longitudinal monitoring of stem cells in vivo to elucidate their regenerative properties. This review describes the application of BLI in preclinical stem cell research to address critical challenges in producing successful stem cell therapeutics. These challenges include stem cell survival, proliferation, homing, stress response, and differentiation. The applications presented here utilize bioluminescence to investigate a variety of stem and progenitor cells in several different in vivo models of disease and implantation. An overview of luciferase reporters is provided, along with the advantages and disadvantages of BLI. Additionally, BLI is compared to other preclinical imaging modalities and potential future applications of this technology are discussed in emerging areas of stem cell research.
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- Sean D Madsen
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, School of Science and Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 70118, USA.,Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, School of Science and Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 70118, USA.,Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA
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- Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA.,Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, School of Science and Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 70118, USA.,Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA
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Chang TC, Matossian MD, Elliott S, Burks HE, Sabol RA, Ucar DA, Wathieu H, Zabaleta J, Valle LD, Gill S, Martin E, Riker AI, Miele L, Bunnell BA, Burow ME, Collins-Burow BM. Evaluation of deacetylase inhibition in metaplastic breast carcinoma using multiple derivations of preclinical models of a new patient-derived tumor. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0226464. [PMID: 33035223 PMCID: PMC7546483 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0226464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2019] [Accepted: 09/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Metaplastic breast carcinoma (MBC) is a clinically aggressive and rare subtype of breast cancer, with similar features to basal-like breast cancers. Due to rapid growth rates and characteristic heterogeneity, MBC is often unresponsive to standard chemotherapies; and novel targeted therapeutic discovery is urgently needed. Histone deacetylase inhibitors (DACi) suppress tumor growth and metastasis through regulation of the epithelial-to-mesenchymal transition axis in various cancers, including basal-like breast cancers. We utilized a new MBC patient-derived xenograft (PDX) to examine the effect of DACi therapy on MBC. Cell morphology, cell cycle-associated gene expressions, transwell migration, and metastasis were evaluated in patient-derived cells and tumors after treatment with romidepsin and panobinostat. Derivations of our PDX model, including cells, spheres, organoids, explants, and in vivo implanted tumors were treated. Finally, we tested the effects of combining DACi with approved chemotherapeutics on relative cell biomass. DACi significantly suppressed the total number of lung metastasis in vivo using our PDX model, suggesting a role for DACi in preventing circulating tumor cells from seeding distal tissue sites. These data were supported by our findings that DACi reduced cell migration, populations, and expression of mesenchymal-associated genes. While DACi treatment did affect cell cycle-regulating genes in vitro, tumor growth was not affected compared to controls. Importantly, gene expression results varied depending on the cellular or tumor system used, emphasizing the importance of using multiple derivations of cancer models in preclinical therapeutic discovery research. Furthermore, DACi sensitized and produced a synergistic effect with approved oncology therapeutics on inherently resistant MBC. This study introduced a role for DACi in suppressing the migratory and mesenchymal phenotype of MBC cells through regulation of the epithelial-mesenchymal transition axis and suppression of the CTC population. Preliminary evidence that DACi treatment in combination with MEK1/2 inhibitors exerts a synergistic effect on MBC cells was also demonstrated.
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- Tiffany C. Chang
- Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
- Department of Pharmacology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
- * E-mail: (TCC); (BMCB)
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
- Department of Pharmacology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
- Department of Pharmacology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
- Department of Pharmacology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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- Department of Genetics, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
- Department of Pharmacology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatrics, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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- Department of Agricultural Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States of America
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- Department of Surgery, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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- Department of Genetics, Louisiana State University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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- Department of Pharmacology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
- Department of Pharmacology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, Section of Hematology/Oncology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
- * E-mail: (TCC); (BMCB)
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Romero-López M, Li Z, Rhee C, Maruyama M, Pajarinen J, O'Donnell B, Lin TH, Lo CW, Hanlon J, Dubowitz R, Yao Z, Bunnell BA, Lin H, Tuan RS, Goodman SB. Macrophage Effects on Mesenchymal Stem Cell Osteogenesis in a Three-Dimensional In Vitro Bone Model. Tissue Eng Part A 2020; 26:1099-1111. [PMID: 32312178 PMCID: PMC7580572 DOI: 10.1089/ten.tea.2020.0041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2020] [Accepted: 04/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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As musculoskeletal (MSK) disorders continue to increase globally, there is an increased need for novel, in vitro models to efficiently study human bone physiology in the context of both healthy and diseased conditions. For these models, the inclusion of innate immune cells is critical. Specifically, signaling factors generated from macrophages play key roles in the pathogenesis of many MSK processes and diseases, including fracture, osteoarthritis, infection etc. In this study, we aim to engineer three-dimensional (3D) and macrophage-encapsulated bone tissues in vitro, to model cell behavior, signaling, and other biological activities in vivo, in comparison to current two-dimensional models. We first investigated and optimized 3D culture conditions for macrophages, and then co-cultured macrophages with mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), which were induced to undergo osteogenic differentiation to examine the effect of macrophage on new bone formation. Seeded within a 3D hydrogel scaffold fabricated from photocrosslinked methacrylated gelatin, macrophages maintained high viability and were polarized toward an M1 or M2 phenotype. In co-cultures of macrophages and human MSCs, MSCs displayed immunomodulatory activities by suppressing M1 and enhancing M2 macrophage phenotypes. Lastly, addition of macrophages, regardless of polarization state, increased MSC osteogenic differentiation, compared with MSCs alone, with proinflammatory M1 macrophages enhancing new bone formation most effectively. In summary, this study illustrates the important roles that macrophage signaling and inflammation play in bone tissue formation.
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- Mónica Romero-López
- Orthopedic Research Laboratories, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Center for Cellular and Molecular Engineering, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Orthopedic Research Laboratories, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Orthopedic Research Laboratories, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Orthopedic Research Laboratories, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Tulane Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine and Department of Pharmacology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Orthopedic Research Laboratories, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Orthopedic Research Laboratories, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Orthopedic Research Laboratories, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Orthopedic Research Laboratories, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Orthopedic Research Laboratories, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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- Tulane Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine and Department of Pharmacology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Center for Cellular and Molecular Engineering, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Center for Cellular and Molecular Engineering, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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- Orthopedic Research Laboratories, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA
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Wise RM, Harrison MAA, Sullivan BN, Al-Ghadban S, Aleman SJ, Vinluan AT, Monaco ER, Donato UM, Pursell IA, Bunnell BA. Short-Term Rapamycin Preconditioning Diminishes Therapeutic Efficacy of Human Adipose-Derived Stem Cells in a Murine Model of Multiple Sclerosis. Cells 2020; 9:E2218. [PMID: 33008073 PMCID: PMC7600854 DOI: 10.3390/cells9102218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2020] [Revised: 09/16/2020] [Accepted: 09/28/2020] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Human adipose-derived stem cells (ASCs) show immense promise for treating inflammatory diseases, attributed primarily to their potent paracrine signaling. Previous investigations demonstrated that short-term Rapamycin preconditioning of bone marrow-derived stem cells (BMSCs) elevated secretion of prostaglandin E2, a pleiotropic molecule with therapeutic effects in the experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis (EAE) model of multiple sclerosis (MS), and enhanced immunosuppressive capacity in vitro. However, this has yet to be examined in ASCs. The present study examined the therapeutic potential of short-term Rapamycin-preconditioned ASCs in the EAE model. Animals were treated at peak disease with control ASCs (EAE-ASCs), Rapa-preconditioned ASCs (EAE-Rapa-ASCs), or vehicle control (EAE). Results show that EAE-ASCs improved clinical disease scores and elevated intact myelin compared to both EAE and EAE-Rapa-ASC animals. These results correlated with augmented CD4+ T helper (Th) and T regulatory (Treg) cell populations in the spinal cord, and increased gene expression of interleukin-10 (IL-10), an anti-inflammatory cytokine. Conversely, EAE-Rapa-ASC mice showed no improvement in clinical disease scores, reduced myelin levels, and significantly less Th and Treg cells in the spinal cord. These findings suggest that short-term Rapamycin preconditioning reduces the therapeutic efficacy of ASCs when applied to late-stage EAE.
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- Rachel M. Wise
- Neuroscience Program, Tulane Brain Institute, Tulane University School of Science & Engineering, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA; (R.M.W.); (M.A.A.H.); (B.N.S.); (S.J.A.); (A.T.V.); (E.R.M.); (U.M.D.)
- Center for Stem Cell Research & Regenerative Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA; (S.A.-G.); (I.A.P.)
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- Neuroscience Program, Tulane Brain Institute, Tulane University School of Science & Engineering, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA; (R.M.W.); (M.A.A.H.); (B.N.S.); (S.J.A.); (A.T.V.); (E.R.M.); (U.M.D.)
- Center for Stem Cell Research & Regenerative Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA; (S.A.-G.); (I.A.P.)
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- Neuroscience Program, Tulane Brain Institute, Tulane University School of Science & Engineering, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA; (R.M.W.); (M.A.A.H.); (B.N.S.); (S.J.A.); (A.T.V.); (E.R.M.); (U.M.D.)
- Center for Stem Cell Research & Regenerative Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA; (S.A.-G.); (I.A.P.)
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- Center for Stem Cell Research & Regenerative Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA; (S.A.-G.); (I.A.P.)
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA
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- Neuroscience Program, Tulane Brain Institute, Tulane University School of Science & Engineering, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA; (R.M.W.); (M.A.A.H.); (B.N.S.); (S.J.A.); (A.T.V.); (E.R.M.); (U.M.D.)
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- Neuroscience Program, Tulane Brain Institute, Tulane University School of Science & Engineering, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA; (R.M.W.); (M.A.A.H.); (B.N.S.); (S.J.A.); (A.T.V.); (E.R.M.); (U.M.D.)
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- Neuroscience Program, Tulane Brain Institute, Tulane University School of Science & Engineering, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA; (R.M.W.); (M.A.A.H.); (B.N.S.); (S.J.A.); (A.T.V.); (E.R.M.); (U.M.D.)
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- Neuroscience Program, Tulane Brain Institute, Tulane University School of Science & Engineering, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA; (R.M.W.); (M.A.A.H.); (B.N.S.); (S.J.A.); (A.T.V.); (E.R.M.); (U.M.D.)
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- Center for Stem Cell Research & Regenerative Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA; (S.A.-G.); (I.A.P.)
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- Center for Stem Cell Research & Regenerative Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA; (S.A.-G.); (I.A.P.)
- Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Genetics, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA
- Department of Pharmacology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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Matossian MD, Giardina AA, Wright MK, Elliott S, Loch MM, Nguyen K, Zea AH, Lau FH, Moroz K, Riker AI, Jones SD, Martin EC, Bunnell BA, Miele L, Collins-Burow BM, Burow ME. Patient-Derived Xenografts as an Innovative Surrogate Tumor Model for the Investigation of Health Disparities in Triple Negative Breast Cancer. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2020; 1:383-392. [PMID: 33786503 PMCID: PMC7784803 DOI: 10.1089/whr.2020.0037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Despite a decline in overall incidence rates for cancer in the past decade, due in part to impressive advancements in both diagnosis and treatment, breast cancer (BC) remains the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in women. BC alone accounts for ∼30% of all new cancer diagnoses in women worldwide. Triple-negative BC (TNBC), defined as having no expression of the estrogen or progesterone receptors and no amplification of the HER2 receptor, is a subtype of BC that does not benefit from the use of estrogen receptor-targeting or HER2-targeting therapies. Differences in socioeconomic factors and cell intrinsic and extrinsic characteristics have been demonstrated in Black and White TNBC patient tumors. The emergence of patient-derived xenograft (PDX) models as a surrogate, translational, and functional representation of the patient with TNBC has led to the advances in drug discovery and testing of novel targeted approaches and combination therapies. However, current established TNBC PDX models fail to represent the diverse patient population and, most importantly, the specific ethnic patient populations that have higher rates of incidence and mortality. The primary aim of this review is to emphasize the importance of using clinically relevant translatable tumor models that reflect TNBC human tumor biology and heterogeneity in high-risk patient populations. The focus is to highlight the complexity of BC as it specifically relates to the management of TNBC in Black women. We discuss the importance of utilizing PDX models to study the extracellular matrix (ECM), and the distinct differences in ECM composition and biophysical properties in Black and White women. Finally, we demonstrate the crucial importance of PDX models toward novel drug discovery in this patient population.
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- Margarite D Matossian
- Section of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Biospecimen Core Laboratory, Louisiana Cancer Research Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Section of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Section of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Section of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Section of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Biospecimen Core Laboratory, Louisiana Cancer Research Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.,Department of Genetics and Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Biospecimen Core Laboratory, Louisiana Cancer Research Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.,Department of Pathology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.,Department of Surgery, DeCesaris Cancer Institute, Anne Arundel Medical Center, Luminis Health, Annapolis, Maryland, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Biological & Agricultural Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Genetics and Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, Louisiana Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Section of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Section of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.,Department of Pharmacology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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Rogers CJ, Harman RJ, Bunnell BA, Schreiber MA, Xiang C, Wang FS, Santidrian AF, Minev BR. Rationale for the clinical use of adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells for COVID-19 patients. J Transl Med 2020; 18:203. [PMID: 32423449 PMCID: PMC7232924 DOI: 10.1186/s12967-020-02380-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/26/2020] [Accepted: 05/14/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
Abstract
In late 2019, a novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) emerged in Wuhan, capital city of Hubei province in China. Cases of SARS-CoV-2 infection quickly grew by several thousand per day. Less than 100 days later, the World Health Organization declared that the rapidly spreading viral outbreak had become a global pandemic. Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is typically associated with fever and respiratory symptoms. It often progresses to severe respiratory distress and multi-organ failure which carry a high mortality rate. Older patients or those with medical comorbidities are at greater risk for severe disease. Inflammation, pulmonary edema and an over-reactive immune response can lead to hypoxia, respiratory distress and lung damage. Mesenchymal stromal/stem cells (MSCs) possess potent and broad-ranging immunomodulatory activities. Multiple in vivo studies in animal models and ex vivo human lung models have demonstrated the MSC's impressive capacity to inhibit lung damage, reduce inflammation, dampen immune responses and aid with alveolar fluid clearance. Additionally, MSCs produce molecules that are antimicrobial and reduce pain. Upon administration by the intravenous route, the cells travel directly to the lungs where the majority are sequestered, a great benefit for the treatment of pulmonary disease. The in vivo safety of local and intravenous administration of MSCs has been demonstrated in multiple human clinical trials, including studies of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Recently, the application of MSCs in the context of ongoing COVID-19 disease and other viral respiratory illnesses has demonstrated reduced patient mortality and, in some cases, improved long-term pulmonary function. Adipose-derived stem cells (ASC), an abundant type of MSC, are proposed as a therapeutic option for the treatment of COVID-19 in order to reduce morbidity and mortality. Additionally, when proven to be safe and effective, ASC treatments may reduce the demand on critical hospital resources. The ongoing COVID-19 outbreak has resulted in significant healthcare and socioeconomic burdens across the globe. There is a desperate need for safe and effective treatments. Cellular based therapies hold great promise for the treatment of COVID-19. This literature summary reviews the scientific rationale and need for clinical studies of adipose-derived stem cells and other types of mesenchymal stem cells in the treatment of patients who suffer with COVID-19.
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- Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA USA
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- Department of Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR USA
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- State Key Laboratory for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Infectious Diseases, The First Affiliated Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, 310003 China
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- Treatment and Research Center for Infectious Diseases, The Fifth Medical Center, Beijing, 100039 China
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- Calidi Biotherapeutics, Inc., San Diego, CA USA
- Department of Radiation Medicine and Applied Sciences, Moores UCSD Cancer Center, San Diego, CA USA
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Sabol RA, Villela VA, Denys A, Freeman BT, Hartono AB, Wise RM, Harrison MAA, Sandler MB, Hossain F, Miele L, Bunnell BA. Obesity-Altered Adipose Stem Cells Promote Radiation Resistance of Estrogen Receptor Positive Breast Cancer through Paracrine Signaling. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21082722. [PMID: 32326381 PMCID: PMC7216284 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21082722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2020] [Revised: 04/10/2020] [Accepted: 04/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Obesity is associated with poorer responses to chemo- and radiation therapy for breast cancer, which leads to higher mortality rates for obese women who develop breast cancer. Adipose stem cells (ASCs) are an integral stromal component of the tumor microenvironment (TME). In this study, the effects of obesity-altered ASCs (obASCs) on estrogen receptor positive breast cancer cell’s (ER+BCCs) response to radiotherapy (RT) were evaluated. We determined that BCCs had a decreased apoptotic index and increased surviving fraction following RT when co-cultured with obASCs compared to lnASCs or non-co-cultured cells. Further, obASCs reduced oxidative stress and induced IL-6 expression in co-cultured BCCs after radiation. obASCs produce increased levels of leptin relative to ASCs from normal-weight individuals (lnASCs). obASCs upregulate the expression of IL-6 compared to non-co-cultured BCCs, but BCCs co-cultured with leptin knockdown obASCs did not upregulate IL-6. The impact of shLeptin obASCs on radiation resistance of ER+BCCs demonstrate a decreased radioprotective ability compared to shControl obASCs. Key NOTCH signaling players were enhanced in ER+BBCs following co-culture with shCtrl obASCs but not shLep obASCs. This work demonstrates that obesity-altered ASCs, via enhanced secretion of leptin, promote IL-6 and NOTCH signaling pathways in ER+BCCs leading to radiation resistance.
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- Rachel A. Sabol
- Center for Stem Cell Research, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA; (R.A.S.); (V.A.V.); (A.D.); (R.M.W.); (M.A.A.H.); (M.B.S.)
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- Center for Stem Cell Research, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA; (R.A.S.); (V.A.V.); (A.D.); (R.M.W.); (M.A.A.H.); (M.B.S.)
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- Center for Stem Cell Research, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA; (R.A.S.); (V.A.V.); (A.D.); (R.M.W.); (M.A.A.H.); (M.B.S.)
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- Department of Structural and Cellular Biology, Tulane University School of Medicine, Tulane Cancer Center, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA;
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- Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA;
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- Center for Stem Cell Research, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA; (R.A.S.); (V.A.V.); (A.D.); (R.M.W.); (M.A.A.H.); (M.B.S.)
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- Center for Stem Cell Research, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA; (R.A.S.); (V.A.V.); (A.D.); (R.M.W.); (M.A.A.H.); (M.B.S.)
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- Center for Stem Cell Research, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA; (R.A.S.); (V.A.V.); (A.D.); (R.M.W.); (M.A.A.H.); (M.B.S.)
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- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (LSUHSC), Department of Genetics, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA; (F.H.); (L.M.)
- Louisiana Cancer Research Center (LCRC), Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, LSUSHC, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (LSUHSC), Department of Genetics, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA; (F.H.); (L.M.)
- Louisiana Cancer Research Center (LCRC), Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center, LSUSHC, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
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- Center for Stem Cell Research, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA; (R.A.S.); (V.A.V.); (A.D.); (R.M.W.); (M.A.A.H.); (M.B.S.)
- Department of Pharmacology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70112, USA
- Division of Regenerative Medicine, Tulane National Primate Research Center, Covington, LA 70433, USA
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +1-504-988-7071
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Azimi MS, Motherwell JM, Dutreil M, Fishel RL, Nice M, Hodges NA, Bunnell BA, Katz A, Murfee WL. A novel tissue culture model for evaluating the effect of aging on stem cell fate in adult microvascular networks. GeroScience 2020; 42:515-526. [PMID: 32206968 PMCID: PMC7205973 DOI: 10.1007/s11357-020-00178-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2019] [Accepted: 03/04/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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In vitro models of angiogenesis are valuable tools for understanding the underlying mechanisms of pathological conditions and for the preclinical evaluation of therapies. Our laboratory developed the rat mesentery culture model as a new tool for investigating mechanistic cell-cell interactions at specific locations across intact blood and lymphatic microvascular networks ex vivo. The objective of this study was to report a method for evaluating the effect of aging on human stem cell differentiation into pericytes during angiogenesis in cultured microvascular networks. DiI labeled exogenous stem cells were seeded onto harvested adult Wistar rat mesenteric tissues and cultured in alpha-MEM + 1% serum for up to 5 days according to four experimental groups: (1) adult human adipose-derived stem cells (hASCs), (2) aged hASCs, (3) adult human bone marrow-derived stem cells (hBMSCs), and (4) aged hBMSCs. Angiogenesis per experimental group was supported by observation of increased vessel density and capillary sprouting. For each tissue per experimental group, a subset of cells was observed in typical pericyte location wrapped along blood vessels. Stem cell differentiation into pericytes was supported by the adoption of elongated pericyte morphology along endothelial cells and positive NG2 labeling. The percentage of cells in pericyte locations was not significantly different across the experimental groups, suggesting that aged mesenchymal stem cells are able to retain their differentiation capacity. Our results showcase an application of the rat mesentery culture model for aging research and the evaluation of stem cell fate within intact microvascular networks.
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- Mohammad S Azimi
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 70118, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 70118, USA
- J. Crayton Pruitt Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA
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- Tulane Center for Stem Cell Research & Regenerative Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 70118, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 70118, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 70118, USA
- J. Crayton Pruitt Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA
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- Tulane Center for Stem Cell Research & Regenerative Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA
- Department of Pharmacology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, 70112, USA
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- Depart of Surgery, University of Florida School of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA
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- J. Crayton Pruitt Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA.
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O'Keefe RJ, Tuan RS, Lane NE, Awad HA, Barry F, Bunnell BA, Colnot C, Drake MT, Drissi H, Dyment NA, Fortier LA, Guldberg RE, Kandel R, Little DG, Marshall MF, Mao JJ, Nakamura N, Proffen BL, Rodeo SA, Rosen V, Thomopoulos S, Schwarz EM, Serra R. American Society for Bone and Mineral Research-Orthopaedic Research Society Joint Task Force Report on Cell-Based Therapies - Secondary Publication. J Orthop Res 2020; 38:485-502. [PMID: 31994782 DOI: 10.1002/jor.24485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2019] [Accepted: 06/13/2019] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
Abstract
Cell-based therapies, defined here as the delivery of cells in vivo to treat disease, have recently gained increasing public attention as a potentially promising approach to restore structure and function to musculoskeletal tissues. Although cell-based therapy has the potential to improve the treatment of disorders of the musculoskeletal system, there is also the possibility of misuse and misrepresentation of the efficacy of such treatments. The medical literature contains anecdotal reports and research studies, along with web-based marketing and patient testimonials supporting cell-based therapy. Both the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) and the Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) are committed to ensuring that the potential of cell-based therapies is realized through rigorous, reproducible, and clinically meaningful scientific discovery. The two organizations convened a multidisciplinary and international Task Force composed of physicians, surgeons, and scientists who are recognized experts in the development and use of cell-based therapies. The Task Force was charged with defining the state-of-the art in cell-based therapies and identifying the gaps in knowledge and methodologies that should guide the research agenda. The efforts of this Task Force are designed to provide researchers and clinicians with a better understanding of the current state of the science and research needed to advance the study and use of cell-based therapies for skeletal tissues. The design and implementation of rigorous, thorough protocols will be critical to leveraging these innovative treatments and optimizing clinical and functional patient outcomes. In addition to providing specific recommendations and ethical considerations for preclinical and clinical investigations, this report concludes with an outline to address knowledge gaps in how to determine the cell autonomous and nonautonomous effects of a donor population used for bone regeneration. © 2020 Orthopaedic Research Society. Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Orthop Res 38:485-502, 2020.
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- Regis J O'Keefe
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Institute for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Regenerative Medicine Institute, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Department of Endocrinology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Emory Healthcare, Emory University, Tucker, GA, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, McKay Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA
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- Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Orthopaedic Research and Biotechnology, Kids Research Institute, Westmead, Australia
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- Center for Biomedical Ethics and Humanities, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Division of Orthodontics, College of Dental Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Institute for Medical Science in Sports, Osaka Health Science University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine Research Laboratory, Harvard Medical School/Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Developmental Biology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
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- University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, USA
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Rodriguez RL, Frazier T, Bunnell BA, Mouton CA, March KL, Katz AJ, Rubin JP, Llull R, Sørensen JA, Gimble JM. Arguments for a Different Regulatory Categorization and Framework for Stromal Vascular Fraction. Stem Cells Dev 2020; 29:257-262. [DOI: 10.1089/scd.2019.0096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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- LaCell LLC, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Obatala Sciences, Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana
- Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Formerly Director of Investigations, Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Center for Regenerative Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida
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- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
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- Department of Plastic Surgery, McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, and Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- LaCell LLC, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Obatala Sciences, Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana
- Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana
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Pashos NC, Graham DM, Burkett BJ, O'Donnell B, Sabol RA, Helm J, Martin EC, Bowles AC, Heim WM, Caronna VC, Miller KS, Grasperge B, Sullivan S, Chaffin AE, Bunnell BA. Acellular Biologic Nipple-Areolar Complex Graft: In Vivo Murine and Nonhuman Primate Host Response Evaluation. Tissue Eng Part A 2020; 26:872-885. [PMID: 31950890 DOI: 10.1089/ten.tea.2019.0222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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There are more than 3 million breast cancer survivors living in the United States of which a significant number have undergone mastectomy followed by breast and nipple-areolar complex (NAC) reconstruction. Current strategies for NAC reconstruction are dependent on nonliving or nonpermanent techniques, including tattooing, nipple prosthetics, or surgical nipple-like structures. Described herein is a tissue engineering approach demonstrating the feasibility of an allogeneic acellular graft for nipple reconstruction. Nonhuman primate (NHP)-derived NAC tissues were decellularized and their extracellular matrix components analyzed by both proteomic and histological analyses. Decellularized NHP nipple tissue showed the removal of intact cells and greatly diminished profiles for intracellular proteins, as compared with intact NHP nipple tissue. We further evaluated the biocompatibility of decellularized grafts and their potential to support host-mediated neovascularization against commercially available acellular dermal grafts by performing in vivo studies in a murine model. A follow-up NHP pilot study evaluated the host-mediated neovascularization and re-epithelialization of onlay engrafted decellularized NAC grafts. The murine model revealed greater neovascularization in the decellularized NAC than in the commercially available control grafts, with no observed biocompatibility issues. The in vivo NHP model confirmed that the decellularized NAC grafts encourage neovascularization as well as re-epithelialization. These results support the concept that a biologically derived acellular nipple graft is a feasible approach for nipple reconstruction, supporting neovascularization in the absence of adverse systemic responses. Impact statement Currently, women in the United States most often undergo a mastectomy, followed by reconstruction, after being diagnosed with breast cancer. These breast cancer survivors are often left with nipple-areolar complex (NAC) reconstructions that are subsatisfactory, nonliving, and/or nonpermanent. Utilizing an acellular biologically derived whole NAC graft would allow these patients a living and permanent tissue engineering solution to nipple reconstruction.
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- Nicholas C Pashos
- Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.,Bioinnovation PhD Program, Tulane University, School of Science and Engineering, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.,BioAesthetics Corporation, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA.,Tulane National Primate Research Center, Covington, Louisiana, USA
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- BioAesthetics Corporation, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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- Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.,Bioinnovation PhD Program, Tulane University, School of Science and Engineering, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.,Department of Pharmacology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.,Department of Pharmacology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA
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- Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- BioAesthetics Corporation, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
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- BioAesthetics Corporation, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Tulane University, School of Science and Engineering, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Tulane National Primate Research Center, Covington, Louisiana, USA
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- Center for Restorative Breast Surgery, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Department of Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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- Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.,Tulane National Primate Research Center, Covington, Louisiana, USA.,Department of Pharmacology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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Bukowska J, Alarcon Uquillas A, Wu X, Frazier T, Walendzik K, Vanek M, Gaupp D, Bunnell BA, Kosnik P, Mehrara B, Katz AJ, Gawronska-Kozak B, Gimble JM. Safety of Human Adipose Stromal Vascular Fraction Cells Isolated with a Closed System Device in an Immunocompetent Murine Pressure Ulcer Model. Stem Cells Dev 2020; 29:452-461. [PMID: 31992147 DOI: 10.1089/scd.2019.0245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Pressure ulcers (PUs) result in part due to ischemia-reperfusion injury to the skin and present frequently in elderly or quadriplegic patients with reduced mobility. Despite the high economic and societal cost of this condition, PU therapy relies primarily on preventive strategies and invasive surgical intervention. A growing body of clinical literature suggests that localized injection of adipose-derived cells can accelerate and enhance the closure of PUs. The current study systematically evaluated the safety of human adipose stromal vascular fraction (SVF) cells isolated using a closed system device when injected into a murine PU injury model. The human SVF cells were characterized by colony-forming unit-fibroblast and differentiation assays before use. Young (2 months) immunocompetent C57BL/6 mice subjected to a magnet-induced ischemia-reperfusion injury were injected subcutaneously with human SVF cells at increasing doses (0.25-2 million cells). The size of the PU was monitored over a 20-day period. Both female and male mice tolerated the concentration-dependent injection of the SVF cells without complications. While male mice trended toward more rapid wound closure rates in response to lower SVF cell concentrations (0.25-0.5 million cells), female mice responded favorably to higher SVF cell concentrations (1-2 million cells); however, outcomes did not reach statistical significance in either sex. Overall, the study demonstrates that human SVF cells prepared with a closed system device designed for use at point of care can be safely administered for PU therapy in an immunocompetent host animal model.
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- Joanna Bukowska
- Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Olsztyn, Poland
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- LaCell LLC, New Orleans, Louisiana.,Obatala Sciences, Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana
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- LaCell LLC, New Orleans, Louisiana.,Obatala Sciences, Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Olsztyn, Poland
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- Center for Stem Cell Research & Regenerative Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Center for Stem Cell Research & Regenerative Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina
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- Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Olsztyn, Poland
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- LaCell LLC, New Orleans, Louisiana.,Obatala Sciences, Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana.,Center for Stem Cell Research & Regenerative Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana
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Graham D, Heim W, Caronna V, Chaffin A, Grasperge B, Sullivan S, Bunnell BA, Pashos NC. Abstract P6-14-13: New approach to nipple reconstruction: In vivo evaluation of acellular nipple-areolar complex grafts. Cancer Res 2020. [DOI: 10.1158/1538-7445.sabcs19-p6-14-13] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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There are over 3M breast cancer survivors in the US, many of whom have undergone breast reconstructive surgery. With one-third of early stage and two-thirds of late-stage breast cancer patients opting for mastectomies without a standard, viable method to reliably reconstruct a permanent and natural nipple-areolar complex (NAC). NAC reconstruction is of key psychological importance for these patients, decreasing feelings of distress and increasing body image and self-esteem. Current NAC reconstruction options include rubber prostheses, 3D tattoos, and surgical techniques to create NAC-like structures from a patient’s own skin tissue. These approaches produce NACs that either lack physical depth or fail to maintain a protrusion.
The objectives of the non-human primate 6 week engraftment studies with our decellularized human nipple areolar complex (hNAC) grafts were 1) to determine the biocompatibility of the hNAC graft and 2) to measure host-mediated recellularization of the hNAC graft on a nearest-to-human model species. If the hNAC graft maintains cell-derived insoluble matrix components yet is devoid of host cells, intracellular material, and pathogenic organisms, then the hNAC graft will not elicit an adverse humoral response and will show both good biocompatibility and recellularization.
The methods employed for our studies involved surgical engraftment of the hNAC graft along the dorsal midline of three adult male non-human primates (rhesus macaque). The number of hNAC grafts engrafted for each NHP was 12 for one NHP and 18 for the other two. Gross animal weight, complete blood count data, and metabolite data were collected weekly from periods before, during (span of 6-weeks), and after hNAC engraftment for each animal. In addition, hNACs were surgically removed at defined weekly time points during the study for histological analysis of recellularization. All data was compiled for each study and statistically analyzed separately and combined. Statistical analyses included unpaired, parametric comparisons of systemic indicators (i.e. weight, complete blood count, metabolites) at each period of the study and of re-epithelialization and neovascular content for individual hNAC grafts during host-mediated recellularization over time.
The results from this NHP study demonstrate good evidence of biocompatibility of the hNAC on non-human primates. Gross body weight remained unchanged for all NHPs and complete blood counts (e.g. red blood cells, white blood cells, platelets) and metabolites remained mostly within normal ranges for all NHPs. The hNAC grafts did not effect liver, kidney, or pancreas function. The hNAC grafts showed good recellularization during the study with significant increases measured for re-epithelialization and neovascularization. Histological analysis further revealed functioning microvasculature within grafts as early as 3-weeks post-engraftment.
These data suggest that the hNAC graft is biocompatible and capable of recellularization. The presence of de novo epithelia and vasculature within the hNAC grafts collectively support recellularization and regeneration of a hNAC.
Citation Format: David Graham, William Heim, Vincent Caronna, Abigail Chaffin, Brooke Grasperge, Scott Sullivan, Bruce A Bunnell, Nicholas C Pashos. New approach to nipple reconstruction: In vivo evaluation of acellular nipple-areolar complex grafts [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2019 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2019 Dec 10-14; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2020;80(4 Suppl):Abstract nr P6-14-13.
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Bukowska J, Alarcon Uquillas A, Wu X, Frazier T, Walendzik K, Vanek M, Gaupp D, Bunnell BA, Kosnik P, Mehrara B, Katz AJ, Gawronska-Kozak B, Gimble JM. Safety and Efficacy of Human Adipose-Derived Stromal/Stem Cell Therapy in an Immunocompetent Murine Pressure Ulcer Model. Stem Cells Dev 2020; 29:440-451. [PMID: 31950878 DOI: 10.1089/scd.2019.0244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Pressure injuries/ulcers are frequent complications in elderly, paraplegic, and quadriplegic patients, which account for considerable cost to the international health care economy and remain refractory to current treatment options. Autologous or allogeneic adult stromal/stem cells represent an alternative therapeutic approach. The current study extends prior findings by exploring the safety and efficacy of human adipose-derived stromal/stem cell (ASC) therapy in an established immunocompetent murine skin pressure ulcer model where dermal fibroblast cells (DFCs) served as a control. Human adipose tissue was processed using a closed system device designed for point-of-care use in the operating room and on file with the Food and Drug Administration. Cell characterization was performed using colony-forming unit-fibroblast, differentiation, and immunophenotypic assays in vitro. Wound healing was assessed over a 20-day period based on photomicrographs, histology, and immunohistochemistry. The isolated human ASCs displayed significantly greater colony formation relative to DFCs while both populations exhibited comparable immunophenotype and differentiation potential. Both fresh and cryopreserved human ASCs significantly accelerated and enhanced wound healing in young (2 month) mice of both sexes relative to DFC controls based on tissue architecture and CD68+ cell infiltration. In contrast, while injection of either fresh or cryopreserved human ASCs was safe in older mice, the fresh ASCs significantly enhanced wound closure relative to the cryopreserved ASCs. Overall, these findings support the safety and efficacy of human ASCs isolated using a closed system device designed for clinical procedures in the future treatment of pressure injuries.
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- Joanna Bukowska
- Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Olsztyn, Poland
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- LaCell LLC, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Obatala Sciences, Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana
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- LaCell LLC, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Obatala Sciences, Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Olsztyn, Poland
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Loyola University New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, North Carolina
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- Institute of Animal Reproduction and Food Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Olsztyn, Poland
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- LaCell LLC, New Orleans, Louisiana
- Obatala Sciences, Inc., New Orleans, Louisiana
- Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
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Madsen SD, Jones SH, Tucker HA, Giler MK, Muller DC, Discher CT, Russell KC, Dobek GL, Sammarco MC, Bunnell BA, O'Connor KC. Back Cover Image, Volume 117, Number 1, January 2020. Biotechnol Bioeng 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/bit.27184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Sean D. Madsen
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, School of Science and EngineeringTulane University New Orleans Louisiana
- Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, School of MedicineTulane University New Orleans Louisiana
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- Department of Comparative Medicine, School of MedicineTulane University New Orleans Louisiana
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- Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, School of MedicineTulane University New Orleans Louisiana
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, School of Science and EngineeringTulane University New Orleans Louisiana
- Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, School of MedicineTulane University New Orleans Louisiana
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, School of Science and EngineeringTulane University New Orleans Louisiana
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, School of Science and EngineeringTulane University New Orleans Louisiana
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, School of Science and EngineeringTulane University New Orleans Louisiana
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- Department of Comparative Medicine, School of MedicineTulane University New Orleans Louisiana
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- Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, School of MedicineTulane University New Orleans Louisiana
- Department of Surgery, School of MedicineTulane University New Orleans Louisiana
- Center for Aging, School of MedicineTulane University New Orleans Louisiana
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- Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, School of MedicineTulane University New Orleans Louisiana
- Center for Aging, School of MedicineTulane University New Orleans Louisiana
- Department of Pharmacology, School of MedicineTulane University New Orleans Louisiana
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, School of Science and EngineeringTulane University New Orleans Louisiana
- Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, School of MedicineTulane University New Orleans Louisiana
- Department of Surgery, School of MedicineTulane University New Orleans Louisiana
- Center for Aging, School of MedicineTulane University New Orleans Louisiana
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O'Keefe RJ, Tuan RS, Lane NE, Awad HA, Barry F, Bunnell BA, Colnot C, Drake MT, Drissi H, Dyment NA, Fortier LA, Guldberg RE, Kandel R, Little DG, Marshall MF, Mao JJ, Nakamura N, Proffen BL, Rodeo SA, Rosen V, Thomopoulos S, Schwarz EM, Serra R. American Society for Bone and Mineral Research-Orthopaedic Research Society Joint Task Force Report on Cell-Based Therapies. J Bone Miner Res 2020; 35:3-17. [PMID: 31545883 DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.3839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2019] [Revised: 05/28/2019] [Accepted: 06/13/2019] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Cell-based therapies, defined here as the delivery of cells in vivo to treat disease, have recently gained increasing public attention as a potentially promising approach to restore structure and function to musculoskeletal tissues. Although cell-based therapy has the potential to improve the treatment of disorders of the musculoskeletal system, there is also the possibility of misuse and misrepresentation of the efficacy of such treatments. The medical literature contains anecdotal reports and research studies, along with web-based marketing and patient testimonials supporting cell-based therapy. Both the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) and the Orthopaedic Research Society (ORS) are committed to ensuring that the potential of cell-based therapies is realized through rigorous, reproducible, and clinically meaningful scientific discovery. The two organizations convened a multidisciplinary and international Task Force composed of physicians, surgeons, and scientists who are recognized experts in the development and use of cell-based therapies. The Task Force was charged with defining the state-of-the art in cell-based therapies and identifying the gaps in knowledge and methodologies that should guide the research agenda. The efforts of this Task Force are designed to provide researchers and clinicians with a better understanding of the current state of the science and research needed to advance the study and use of cell-based therapies for skeletal tissues. The design and implementation of rigorous, thorough protocols will be critical to leveraging these innovative treatments and optimizing clinical and functional patient outcomes. In addition to providing specific recommendations and ethical considerations for preclinical and clinical investigations, this report concludes with an outline to address knowledge gaps in how to determine the cell autonomous and nonautonomous effects of a donor population used for bone regeneration. © 2019 American Society for Bone and Mineral Research.
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- Regis J O'Keefe
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, School of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Institute for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, Hong Kong SAR, China
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- Department of Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
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- Regenerative Medicine Institute, National University of Ireland Galway, Galway, Ireland
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- Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, USA
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- Department of Endocrinology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedics, Emory Healthcare, Emory University, Tucker, GA, USA
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, McKay Orthopaedic Research Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA
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- Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA
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- Mount Sinai Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Orthopaedic Research and Biotechnology, Kids Research Institute, Westmead, Australia
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- Center for Biomedical Ethics and Humanities, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Division of Orthodontics, College of Dental Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Institute for Medical Science in Sports, Osaka Health Science University, Osaka, Japan
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Sports Medicine Research Laboratory, Harvard Medical School/Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Developmental Biology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
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- Center for Musculoskeletal Research, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
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- University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL, USA
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Lin Z, Li Z, Li EN, Li X, Del Duke CJ, Shen H, Hao T, O'Donnell B, Bunnell BA, Goodman SB, Alexander PG, Tuan RS, Lin H. Osteochondral Tissue Chip Derived From iPSCs: Modeling OA Pathologies and Testing Drugs. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2019; 7:411. [PMID: 31921815 PMCID: PMC6930794 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2019.00411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2019] [Accepted: 11/27/2019] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Osteoarthritis (OA) is a chronic disease mainly characterized by degenerative changes in cartilage, but other joint elements such as bone are also affected. To date, there are no disease-modifying OA drugs (DMOADs), owing in part to a deficiency of current models in simulating OA pathologies and etiologies in humans. In this study, we aimed to develop microphysiological osteochondral (OC) tissue chips derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) to model the pathologies of OA. We first induced iPSCs into mesenchymal progenitor cells (iMPCs) and optimized the chondro- and osteo-inductive conditions for iMPCs. Then iMPCs were encapsulated into photocrosslinked gelatin scaffolds and cultured within a dual-flow bioreactor, in which the top stream was chondrogenic medium and the bottom stream was osteogenic medium. After 28 days of differentiation, OC tissue chips were successfully generated and phenotypes were confirmed by real time RT-PCR and histology. To create an OA model, interleukin-1β (IL-1β) was used to challenge the cartilage component for 7 days. While under control conditions, the bone tissue promoted chondrogenesis and suppressed chondrocyte terminal differentiation of the overlying chondral tissue. Under conditions modeling OA, the bone tissue accelerated the degradation of chondral tissue which is likely via the production of catabolic and inflammatory cytokines. These findings suggest active functional crosstalk between the bone and cartilage tissue components in the OC tissue chip under both normal and pathologic conditions. Finally, a selective COX-2 inhibitor commonly prescribed drug for OA, Celecoxib, was shown to downregulate the expression of catabolic and proinflammatory cytokines in the OA model, demonstrating the utility of the OC tissue chip model for drug screening. In summary, the iPSC-derived OC tissue chip developed in this study represents a high-throughput platform applicable for modeling OA and for the screening and testing of candidate DMOADs.
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- Zixuan Lin
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Center for Cellular and Molecular Engineering, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
- Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, China
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Center for Cellular and Molecular Engineering, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Center for Cellular and Molecular Engineering, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Center for Cellular and Molecular Engineering, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Center for Cellular and Molecular Engineering, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Center for Cellular and Molecular Engineering, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Center for Cellular and Molecular Engineering, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology, Center for Stem Cell Research, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, United States
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- Department of Pharmacology, Center for Stem Cell Research, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA, United States
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Center for Cellular and Molecular Engineering, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Center for Cellular and Molecular Engineering, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
- McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Center for Cellular and Molecular Engineering, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
- Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh Swanson School of Engineering, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
- McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
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Madsen SD, Jones SH, Tucker HA, Giler MK, Muller DC, Discher CT, Russell KC, Dobek GL, Sammarco MC, Bunnell BA, O'Connor KC. Survival of aging CD264 + and CD264 - populations of human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells is independent of colony-forming efficiency. Biotechnol Bioeng 2019; 117:223-237. [PMID: 31612990 DOI: 10.1002/bit.27195] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2019] [Revised: 09/20/2019] [Accepted: 10/07/2019] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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In vivo mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) survival is relevant to therapeutic applications requiring engraftment and potentially to nonengraftment applications as well. MSCs are a mixture of progenitors at different stages of cellular aging, but the contribution of this heterogeneity to the survival of MSC implants is unknown. Here, we employ a biomarker of cellular aging, the decoy TRAIL receptor CD264, to compare the survival kinetics of two cell populations in human bone marrow MSC (hBM-MSC) cultures. Sorted CD264+ hBM-MSCs from two age-matched donors have elevated β-galactosidase activity, decreased differentiation potential and form in vitro colonies inefficiently relative to CD264- hBM-MSCs. Counterintuitive to their aging phenotype, CD264+ hBM-MSCs exhibited comparable survival to matched CD264- hBM-MSCs from the same culture during in vitro colony formation and in vivo when implanted ectopically in immunodeficient NIH III mice. In vitro and in vivo survival of these two cell populations were independent of colony-forming efficiency. These findings have ramifications for the preparation of hBM-MSC therapies given the prevalence of aging CD264+ cells in hBM-MSC cultures and the popularity of colony-forming efficiency as a quality control metric in preclinical and clinical studies with MSCs.
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- Sean D Madsen
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, School of Science and Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana.,Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Department of Comparative Medicine, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, School of Science and Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana.,Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, School of Science and Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, School of Science and Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, School of Science and Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Department of Comparative Medicine, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana.,Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana.,Center for Aging, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana.,Center for Aging, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana.,Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, School of Science and Engineering, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana.,Center for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana.,Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana.,Center for Aging, School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
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