オカノ テルオ   OKANO Teruo
  岡野 光夫
   所属   研究施設 研究施設
   職種   特任顧問
論文種別 原著
言語種別 英語
査読の有無 査読あり
表題 Umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cell sheets transplanted subcutaneously enhance cell retention and survival more than dissociated stem cell injections.
掲載誌名 正式名:Stem cell research & therapy
略  称:Stem Cell Res Ther
ISSNコード:17576512/17576512
掲載区分国外
巻・号・頁 14(1),pp.352
著者・共著者 Mitsuyoshi Nakao†, Makoto Matsui, Kyungsook Kim, Nobuhiro Nishiyama, David W. Grainger, Teruo Okano, Hideko Kanazawa, Kenichi Nagase*
発行年月 2023/12
概要 BACKGROUND:Human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cell (hUC-MSC) sheets have recently attracted attention as an alternative approach to injected cell suspensions for stem cell therapy. However, cell engraftment and cytokine expression levels between hUC-MSC sheets and their cell suspensions in vivo have not yet been compared. This study compares hUC-MSC in vivo engraftment efficacy and cytokine expression for both hUC-MSC sheets and cell suspensions.METHODS:hUC-MSC sheets were prepared using temperature-responsive cell culture; two types of hUC-MSC suspensions were prepared, either by enzymatic treatment (trypsin) or by enzyme-free temperature reduction using temperature-responsive cell cultureware. hUC-MSC sheets and suspensions were transplanted subcutaneously into ICR mice through subcutaneous surgical placement and intravenous injection, respectively. hUC-MSC sheet engraftment after subcutaneous surgical transplantation was investigated by in vivo imaging while intravenously injected cell suspensions were analyzing using in vitro organ imaging. Cytokine levels in both transplant site tissues and blood were quantified by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.RESULTS:After subcutaneous transplant, hUC-MSC sheets exhibited longer engraftment duration than hUC-MSC suspensions. This was attributed to extracellular matrix (ECM) and cell-cell junctions retained in sheets but enzymatically altered in suspensions. hUC-MSC suspensions harvested using enzyme-free temperature reduction exhibited relatively long engraftment duration after intravenous injection compared to suspensions prepared using trypsin, as enzyme-free harvest preserved cellular ECM. High HGF and TGF-β1 levels were observed in sheet-transplanted sites compared to hUC-MSC suspension sites. However, no differences in human cytokine levels in murine blood were detected, indicating that hUC-MSC sheets might exert local paracrine rather than endocrine effects.CONCLUSIONS:hUC-MSC sheet transplantation could
DOI 10.1186/s13287-023-03593-0
PMID 38072920