Vitamin C improves the therapeutic potential of human amniotic epithelial cells in premature ovarian insufficiency disease

BACKGROUND: Human amniotic epithelial cell (hAEC) transplantation holds great promise in treating premature ovarian insufficiency (POI). However, some deficient biological characteristics of hAECs restrict their application.

METHODS: Vitamin C (VC) was added to the culture media of hAECs for 2 weeks. Then, the proliferative ability, migration ability, pluripotency, and self-renewal of VC-treated hAECs (VC-hAECs) were determined. Next, hAECs and VC-hAECs were transplanted into the ovaries of cyclophosphamide (CTX)-induced POI model mice. The ovarian function of POI mice was evaluated after transplantation by counting follicle numbers and measuring the blood levels of AMH, E2, and FSH. The rescue effects of VC-hAECs and hAECs were unveiled by coculturing with CTX-damaged human ovarian granulosa cells (hGCs) and analyzing relative marker expression. Additionally, ovarian marker expression and transplant survival were detected in POI mice after transplantation to verify the beneficial effect of VC-hAECs. The cytokine profiles of VC-hAECs and hAECs were revealed by performing a cytokine array and an ELISA to show their paracrine function.

RESULTS: Our results indicated that VC promoted the proliferation, migration, pluripotency, and self-renewal of hAECs in vitro. The most effective concentration of VC was 50 μg/ml. After transplantation into the POI mouse model, VC-hAECs reversed ovarian function more powerfully than hAECs. Human granulosa cell marker expression in CTX-damaged hGCs was increased after coculture with VC-hAECs compared with hAECs. In the ovaries of the POI mice, ovarian marker expression was greater after VC-hAEC transplantation than after hAEC transplantation. VC-hAECs showed higher transplant survival than hAECs. Furthermore, VC-hAECs secreted more growth factors than hAECs.

CONCLUSION: Treatment with VC promoted the proliferation, migration, self-renewal, and paracrine functions of hAECs. Additionally, VC elevated the therapeutic potential of hAECs in treating POI.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Stem cell research & therapy - 11(2020), 1 vom: 22. Apr., Seite 159

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hou, Shunyu [VerfasserIn]
Ding, Chenyue [VerfasserIn]
Shen, Han [VerfasserIn]
Qian, Chunfeng [VerfasserIn]
Zou, Qinyan [VerfasserIn]
Lu, Jiafeng [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Boxian [VerfasserIn]
Tan, Jichun [VerfasserIn]
Li, Hong [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Ascorbic Acid
Growth factors
Human amniotic epithelial cell
Journal Article
PQ6CK8PD0R
Premature ovarian insufficiency
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Vitamin C

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Date Completed 18.06.2021

Date Revised 18.06.2021

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s13287-020-01666-y

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM309059690