The transplantation of rapamycin-treated senescent human mesenchymal stem cells with enhanced proangiogenic activity promotes neovascularization and ischemic limb salvage in mice

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Few therapies can reverse the proangiogenic activity of senescent mesenchymal stromal/stem cells (MSCs). In this study, we investigated the effects of rapamycin on the proangiogenic ability of senescent human umbilical cord MSCs (UCMSCs). An in vitro replicative senescent cell model was established in cultured UCMSCs. We found that late passage (P25 or later) UCMSCs (LP-UCMSCs) exhibited impaired proangiogenic abilities. Treatment of P25 UCMSCs with rapamycin (900 nM) reversed the senescent phenotype and notably enhanced the proangiogenic activity of senescent UCMSCs. In a nude mouse model of hindlimb ischemia, intramuscular injection of rapamycin-treated P25 UCMSCs into the ischemic limb significantly promoted neovascularization and ischemic limb salvage. We further analyzed the changes in the expression of angiogenesis-associated genes in rapamycin-primed MSCs and found higher expression of several genes related to angiogenesis, such as VEGFR2 and CTGF/CCN2, in primed cells than in unprimed MSCs. Taken together, our data demonstrate that rapamycin is a potential drug to restore the proangiogenic activity of senescent MSCs, which is of importance in treating ischemic diseases and tissue engineering.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:43

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Acta pharmacologica Sinica - 43(2022), 11 vom: 01. Nov., Seite 2885-2894

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Cao, Yu-Lin [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Wen-Lan [VerfasserIn]
Lei, Qian [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Fei [VerfasserIn]
Ren, Wen-Xiang [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Li [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Hong-Xiang [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Ting [VerfasserIn]
Li, Qiu-Bai [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Zhi-Chao [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cellular senescence
Hindlimb ischemia
Ischemic disease
Journal Article
Mesenchymal stem cells
Rapamycin
Sirolimus
UCMSCs
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Date Completed 02.11.2022

Date Revised 02.11.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41401-022-00896-5

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NLM338956808