Abstract

Bone marrow mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) have been studied for decades as potent immunomodulators. Clinically, they have shown some promise but with limited success. Here, we report the ability of a scalable hollow fiber bioreactor to effectively maintain ideal MSC function as a single population while also being able to impart an immunoregulatory effect when cultured in tandem with an inflamed lymphocyte population. MSCs were seeded on the extraluminal side of hollow fibers within a bioreactor where they indirectly interact with immune cells flowing within the lumen of the fibers. MSCs showed a stable and predictable metabolite and secreted factor profile during several days of perfusion culture. Exposure of bioreactor-seeded MSCs to inflammatory stimuli reproducibly switched MSC secreted factor profiles and altered microvesicle composition. Furthermore, circulating, activated human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) were suppressed by MSC bioreactor culture confirmed by a durable change in their immunophenotype and function. This platform was useful to study a model of immobilized MSCs and circulating immune cells and showed that monocytes play an important role in MSC driven immunomodulation. This coculture technology can have broad implications for use in studying MSC-immune interactions under flow conditions as well as in the generation of ex vivo derived immune cellular therapeutics.

Details

Title
Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Bioreactor for Ex Vivo Reprogramming of Human Immune Cells
Author
Allen, Ashley 1 ; Vaninov Natalie 1 ; Li, Matthew 2 ; Nguyen, Sunny 1 ; Igo, Peter 1 ; Tilles, Arno W 1 ; O’Rourke Brian 1 ; Miller Brian L K 1 ; Parekkadan Biju 3 ; Barcia, Rita N 1 

 Sentien Biotechnologies, Inc., Lexington, USA (GRID:grid.505224.4) 
 Department of Surgery, Center for Surgery, Innovation, and Bioengineering, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School and Shriners Hospitals for Children, Boston, USA (GRID:grid.32224.35) (ISNI:0000 0004 0386 9924) 
 Sentien Biotechnologies, Inc., Lexington, USA (GRID:grid.505224.4); Department of Surgery, Center for Surgery, Innovation, and Bioengineering, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School and Shriners Hospitals for Children, Boston, USA (GRID:grid.32224.35) (ISNI:0000 0004 0386 9924); Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Cambridge, USA (GRID:grid.38142.3c) (ISNI:000000041936754X); Rutgers University, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Piscataway, USA (GRID:grid.430387.b) (ISNI:0000 0004 1936 8796) 
Publication year
2020
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20452322
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2416035064
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2020. 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.