Alleviation of osteoarthritis by intra-articular transplantation of circulating mesenchymal stem cells
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AbstractThis study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of intra-articular delivery of peripheral blood derived mesenchymal stromal cells (PB-MSCs) on the progression of trauma-induced osteoarthritis (OA) in mice.

Adult male C57BL/6J mice subjected to destabilization of the medial meniscus surgeries (DMM) were randomly divided into four groups: sham surgery group; vehicle control group (treated with saline), PBMSC-treated group, or adipose tissue derived MSCs (AD-MSC)-treated group (n = 4 per group). PB-MSCs and AD-MSCs were harvested and cultured following previously established protocols, and pre-labeled with BrdU for 48 h before transplantation. PB-MSCs or AD-MSCs (5 × 105 cells/mouse; passage 3–5) were intra-articular injected into the right knee joints thrice post-surgery. The mice were euthanized at 8 weeks post-surgery and knee joint samples were collected for micro-CT and histological examinations.

PB-MSCs administration significantly reduced subchondral bone volume comparing to the vehicle control group. Safranin O staining showed that PB-MSCs treatment ameliorated degeneration of articular cartilage, which was comparable to AD-MSCs treatment. The expression of catabolic marker MMP13 was significantly reduced in articular cartilage of the PB-MSCs treated group comparing to that of the vehicle control group. Co-expression of BrdU and Sox9 indicated that injected PB-MSCs differentiated in chondrocytes in situ, along with reduced levels of IL-6 within peripheral sera of PB-MSCs- and AD-MSCs-treated mice.

Therefore, administration of PB-MSCs or AD-MSCs attenuated trauma-induced OA progression through inhibiting cartilage degradation and inflammation. PB-MSCs are ideal cell source for treating cartilage-associated diseases.
All Author(s) ListWeiping Lin, Zhengmeng Yang, Liu Shi, Haixing Wang, Qi Pan, Xiaoting Zhang, Peng Zhang, Sien Lin, Gang Li
Journal nameBiochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
Year2022
Month12
Volume Number636
Issue NumberPart 1
Pages25 - 32
ISSN0006-291X
eISSN1090-2104
LanguagesEnglish-United States

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