Abstract

Human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells (hUC-MSCs), originating in Wharton’s jelly, are multipotent stem cells that home to damaged tissues and can modulate the immune system. We examined whether administering extracts of MSCs (MSC-Ex) instead of MSCs could augment the beneficial effects of MSC therapy by overcoming the low homing efficiency of MSCs systemically administered in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). Dextran sodium sulfate-induced colitis model was established in C57BL/6 mice, and MSC-Ex was administered intraperitoneally. MSC-Ex reduced colitis, disease activity index (DAI), and histological colitis scores, and increased the body weight. Treatment with MSC-Ex completely blocked the induction of inflammatory cytokines, which were strongly detected in mice with colitis. MSC-Ex shifted the macrophage functional phenotype from M1 to M2 by decreasing the levels of MCP1, CXCL9, and iNOS, but increasing the levels of IL-10, LIGHT, CCL1, and Arg-1. MSC-Ex recovered the destruction of the epithelial barrier in the differentiated Caco-2 cells in vitro. Treatment with MSC-Ex was more potent than that with MSC in reducing DAI, the histological score, and nitrite levels. These data strongly support that MSC-Ex treatment can be a potent approach to overcome severe refractory IBD.

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Title
Umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cell extracts reduce colitis in mice by re-polarizing intestinal macrophages
Author
Ji-young, Song 1 ; Hyo Jeong Kang 2 ; Hong, Joon Seok 3 ; Kim, Chong Jai 4 ; Jae-Yoon, Shim 5 ; Lee, Christopher W 6 ; Choi, Jene 4 

 Institute for Life Science, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea 
 Department of Pathology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea; Department of Physiology, Asan-Minnesota Institute for Innovating Transplantation, Bio-Medical Institute of Technology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea 
 Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Gyeonggi-do, Korea 
 Department of Pathology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea 
 Department Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea 
 Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of California, Davis, Davis, California, USA 
Pages
1-11
Publication year
2017
Publication date
Aug 2017
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20452322
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
1957296550
Copyright
© 2017. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.