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Mesenchymal stem cell-conditioned medium reduces disease severity and immune responses in inflammatory arthritis

Kay, Alasdair G.; Long, Grace; Tyler, George; Stefan, Andrei; Broadfoot, Stephen J.; Piccinini, Anna M.; Middleton, Jim; Kehoe, Oksana

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Authors

Alasdair G. Kay

Grace Long

George Tyler

Andrei Stefan

Stephen J. Broadfoot

Jim Middleton

Oksana Kehoe



Abstract

We evaluated the therapeutic potential of mesenchymal stem cell-conditioned medium (CM-MSC) as an alternative to cell therapy in an antigen-induced model of arthritis (AIA). Disease severity and cartilage loss were evaluated by histopathological analysis of arthritic knee joints and immunostaining of aggrecan neoepitopes. Cell proliferation was assessed for activated and naïve CD4+ T cells from healthy mice following culture with CM-MSC or co-culture with MSCs. T cell polarization was analysed in CD4+ T cells isolated from spleens and lymph nodes of arthritic mice treated with CM-MSC or MSCs. CM-MSC treatment significantly reduced knee-joint swelling, histopathological signs of AIA, cartilage loss and suppressed TNFα induction. Proliferation of CD4+ cells from spleens of healthy mice was not affected by CM-MSC but reduced when cells were co-cultured with MSCs. In the presence of CM-MSC or MSCs, increases in IL-10 concentration were observed in culture medium. Finally, CD4+ T cells from arthritic mice treated with CM-MSC showed increases in FOXP3 and IL-4 expression and positively affected the Treg:Th17 balance in the tissue. CM-MSC treatment reduces cartilage damage and suppresses immune responses by reducing aggrecan cleavage, enhancing Treg function and adjusting the Treg:Th17 ratio. CM-MSC may provide an effective cell-free therapy for inflammatory arthritis.

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Kay, A. G., Long, G., Tyler, G., Stefan, A., Broadfoot, S. J., Piccinini, A. M., …Kehoe, O. (2017). Mesenchymal stem cell-conditioned medium reduces disease severity and immune responses in inflammatory arthritis. Scientific Reports, 7, Article 18019. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-18144-w

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Dec 5, 2017
Online Publication Date Dec 21, 2017
Publication Date Dec 21, 2017
Deposit Date Jan 10, 2018
Publicly Available Date Jan 10, 2018
Journal Scientific Reports
Electronic ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher Nature Publishing Group
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 7
Article Number 18019
DOI https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-18144-w
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/901538
Publisher URL https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-18144-w
Contract Date Jan 10, 2018

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