Human hair follicle-derived mesenchymal stem cells promote tendon repair in a rabbit Achilles tendinopathy model

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BACKGROUND: Hair follicles are easily accessible and contain stem cells with different developmental origins, including mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), that consequently reveal the potential of human hair follicle (hHF)-derived MSCs in repair and regeneration. However, the role of hHF-MSCs in Achilles tendinopathy (AT) remains unclear. The present study investigated the effects of hHF-MSCs on Achilles tendon repair in rabbits.

METHODS: First, we extracted and characterized hHF-MSCs. Then, a rabbit tendinopathy model was constructed to analyze the ability of hHF-MSCs to promote repair in vivo . Anatomical observation and pathological and biomechanical analyses were performed to determine the effect of hHF-MSCs on AT, and quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, and immunohistochemical staining were performed to explore the molecular mechanisms through which hHF-MSCs affects AT. Furthermore, statistical analyses were performed using independent sample t test, one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), and one-way repeated measures multivariate ANOVA as appropriate.

RESULTS: Flow cytometry, a trilineage-induced differentiation test, confirmed that hHF-derived stem cells were derived from MSCs. The effect of hHF-MSCs on AT revealed that the Achilles tendon was anatomically healthy, as well as the maximum load carried by the Achilles tendon and hydroxyproline proteomic levels were increased. Moreover, collagen I and III were upregulated in rabbit AT treated with hHF-MSCs (compared with AT group; P  < 0.05). Analysis of the molecular mechanisms revealed that hHF-MSCs promoted collagen fiber regeneration, possibly through Tenascin-C (TNC) upregulation and matrix metalloproteinase (MMP)-9 downregulation.

CONCLUSIONS: hHF-MSCs can be a treatment modality to promote AT repair in rabbits by upregulating collagen I and III. Further analysis revealed that treatment of AT using hHF-MSCs promoted the regeneration of collagen fiber, possibly because of upregulation of TNC and downregulation of MMP-9, thus suggesting that hHF-MSCs are more promising for AT.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

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2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:136

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Chinese medical journal - 136(2023), 9 vom: 05. Mai, Seite 1089-1097

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ma, Yingyu [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Zhiwei [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Xiaoyi [VerfasserIn]
Zhao, Xin [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Yi [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Ji [VerfasserIn]
Mou, Xiaozhou [VerfasserIn]
Zou, Hai [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Jinyang [VerfasserIn]

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Date Completed 01.06.2023

Date Revised 13.08.2023

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1097/CM9.0000000000002542

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NLM355564998