Human gingival mesenchymal stem cells pretreated with vesicular moringin nanostructures as a new therapeutic approach in a mouse model of spinal cord injury.
Santa MammanaAgnese GugliandoloEugenio CavalliFrancesca DiomedeRenato IoriRomina ZappacostaPlacido BramantiPio ContiAntonella FontanaJacopo PizzicannellaEmanuela MazzonPublished in: Journal of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine (2019)
Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a neurological disorder that arises from a primary acute mechanical lesion, followed by a pathophysiological cascade of events that leads to further spinal cord tissue damage. Several preclinical and clinical studies have highlighted the ability of stem cell therapy to improve long-term functional recovery in SCI. Previously, we demonstrated that moringin (MOR) treatment accelerates the differentiation process in mesenchymal stem cells inducing an early up-regulation of neural development associated genes. In the present study, we investigated the anti-inflammatory, anti-apoptotic, and regenerative effects of gingival mesenchymal stem cells (GMSCs) pretreated with nanostructured liposomes enriched with MOR in an animal model of SCI. SCI was produced by extradural compression of the spinal cord at levels T6-T7 in ICR (CD-1) mice. Animals were randomly assigned to the following groups: Sham, SCI, SCI + GMSCs (1 × 106 cell/i.v.), SCI + MOR-GMSCs (1 × 106 cell/i.v.). Our data show that MOR-treated GMSCs exert anti-inflammatory and anti-apoptotic activities. In particular, MOR-treated GMSCs are able to reduce the spinal cord levels of COX-2, GFAP, and inflammatory cytokines IL-1β and IL-6 and to restore spinal cord normal morphology. Also, MOR-treated GMSCs influenced the apoptotic pathway, by reducing Bax, caspase 3, and caspase 9 expressions.
Keyphrases
- spinal cord injury
- cell therapy
- spinal cord
- mesenchymal stem cells
- anti inflammatory
- cell death
- neuropathic pain
- umbilical cord
- stem cells
- bone marrow
- mouse model
- endothelial cells
- induced apoptosis
- oxidative stress
- single cell
- skeletal muscle
- liver failure
- electronic health record
- type diabetes
- mass spectrometry
- dna methylation
- transcription factor
- drug induced
- induced pluripotent stem cells
- endoplasmic reticulum stress
- machine learning
- big data
- high resolution