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Human Umbilical Cord-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy Effectively Protected the Brain Architecture and Neurological Function in Rat After Acute Traumatic Brain Injury.

ABSTRACT: Intracranial hemorrhage from stroke and head trauma elicits a cascade of inflammatory and immune reactions detrimental to neurological integrity and function at cellular and molecular levels. This study tested the hypothesis that human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cell (HUCDMSC) therapy effectively protected the brain integrity and neurological function in rat after acute traumatic brain injury (TBI). Adult male Sprague-Dawley rats (n = 30) were equally divided into group 1 (sham-operated control), group 2 (TBI), and group 3 [TBI + HUCDMSC (1.2 × 10⁶ cells/intravenous injection at 3 h after TBI)] and euthanized by day 28 after TBI procedure. The results of corner test and inclined plane test showed the neurological function was significantly progressively improved from days 3, 7, 14, and 28 in groups 1 and 3 than in group 2, and group 1 than in group 3 (all P < 0.001). By day 28, brain magnetic resonance imaging brain ischemic volume was significantly increased in group 2 than in group 3 (P < 0.001). The protein expressions of apoptosis [mitochondrial-bax positive cells (Bax)/cleaved-caspase3/cleaved-poly(adenosine diphosphate (ADP)-ribose) polymerase], fibrosis (Smad3 positive cells (Smad3)/transforming growth factor-?), oxidative stress (NADPH Oxidase 1 (NOX-1)/NADPH Oxidase 2 (NOX-2)/oxidized-protein/cytochrome b-245 alpha chain (p22phox)), and brain-edema/deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA)-damaged biomarkers (Aquaporin-4/gamma H2A histone family member X ( (?-H2AX)) displayed an identical pattern to neurological function among the three groups (all P < 0.0001), whereas the protein expressions of angiogenesis biomarkers (vascular endothelial growth factor/stromal cell-derived factor-1?/C-X-C chemokine receptor type 4 (CXCR4)) significantly increased from groups 1 to 3 (all P < 0.0001). The cellular expressions of inflammatory biomarkers (cluster of differentiation 14 (+) cells (CD14+)/glial fibrillary acidic protein positive cells (GFAP+)/ a member of a new family of EGF-TM7 molecules positive cells (F4/80+)) and DNA-damaged parameter (?-H2AX) exhibited an identical pattern, whereas cellular expressions of neural integrity (hexaribonucleotide Binding Protein-3 positive cells (NeuN+)/nestin+/doublecortin+) exhibited an opposite pattern of neurological function among the three groups (all P < 0.0001). Xenogeneic HUCDMSC therapy was safe and it significantly preserved neurological function and brain architecture in rat after TBI.

SUBMITTER: Chen KH

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7784577 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Human Umbilical Cord-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy Effectively Protected the Brain Architecture and Neurological Function in Rat After Acute Traumatic Brain Injury.

Chen Kuan-Hung KH Shao Pei-Lin PL Li Yi-Chen YC Chiang John Y JY Sung Pei-Hsun PH Chien Hui-Wen HW Shih Fu-Yuan FY Lee Mel S MS Chen Wu-Fu WF Yip Hon-Kan HK

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Intracranial hemorrhage from stroke and head trauma elicits a cascade of inflammatory and immune reactions detrimental to neurological integrity and function at cellular and molecular levels. This study tested the hypothesis that human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cell (HUCDMSC) therapy effectively protected the brain integrity and neurological function in rat after acute traumatic brain injury (TBI). Adult male Sprague-Dawley rats (<i>n</i> = 30) were equally divided into group 1 (sh ...[more]

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Project description:BackgroundStroke is the leading cause of disability worldwide, resulting in severe damage to the central nervous system and disrupting neurological functions. There is no effective therapy for promoting neurological recovery. Growing evidence suggests that the composition of exosomes from different microenvironments may benefit stroke. Therefore, it is reasonable to assume that exosomes secreted in response to infarction microenvironment could have further therapeutic effects.MethodsIn our study, cerebral infarct tissue extracts were used to pretreat umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells (UCMSC). Infarct-preconditioned exosomes were injected into rats via tail vein after middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO). The effect of infarct-preconditioned exosomes on the neurological recovery of rats was examined using Tunel assay, 2,3,5-triphenyltetrazolium chloride (TTC) assay, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) analyses, modified Neurological Severity Score (mNSS), Morris water maze (MWM), and vascular remodeling analysis. Mi-RNA sequencing and functional enrichment analysis were used to validate the signal pathway involved in the effect of infarct-preconditioned exosomes. Human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) were co-cultured with the isolated exosomes. Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK-8) assay, scratch healing, and Western blot analysis were used to detect the biological behavior of HUVECs.ResultsThe results showed that compared with normal exosomes, infarct-preconditioned exosomes further promoted vascular remodeling and recovery of neurological function after stroke. The function of upregulated miRNAs and their target genes which is beneficial to vascular smooth muscle cells verified the importance of vascular remodeling in improving stroke. Better resistance to oxygen-glucose deprivation/reoxygenation (OGD/R), reduced apoptosis, and enhanced migration were observed in infarct-preconditioned exosomes-treated umbilical vein endothelial cells.ConclusionsOur results demonstrated that infarct-preconditioned exosomes promoted neurological recovery after stroke by enhancing vascular endothelial remodeling, suggested that infarct-preconditioned exosomes could be a novel way to alleviate brain damage following a stroke.

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Human Umbilical Cord-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy Effectively Protected the Brain Architecture and Neurological Function in Rat After Acute Traumatic Brain Injury.

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