Hassan Muhammad Najib Fathi Bin, Yazid Muhammad Dain, Yunus Mohd Heikal Mohd, Chowdhury Shiplu Roy, Lokanathan Yogeswaran, Idrus Ruszymah Bt Hj, Ng Angela Min Hwei, Law Jia Xian
Tissue Engineering Centre, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Jalan Yaacob Latif, 56000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, 56000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Stem Cells Int. 2020 Jul 15;2020:9529465. doi: 10.1155/2020/9529465. eCollection 2020.
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are multipotent stem cells with strong immunosuppressive property that renders them an attractive source of cells for cell therapy. MSCs have been studied in multiple clinical trials to treat liver diseases, peripheral nerve damage, graft-versus-host disease, autoimmune diseases, diabetes mellitus, and cardiovascular damage. Millions to hundred millions of MSCs are required per patient depending on the disease, route of administration, frequency of administration, and patient body weight. Multiple large-scale cell expansion strategies have been described in the literature to fetch the cell quantity required for the therapy. In this review, bioprocessing strategies for large-scale expansion of MSCs were systematically reviewed and discussed. The literature search in Medline and Scopus databases identified 26 articles that met the inclusion criteria and were included in this review. These articles described the large-scale expansion of 7 different sources of MSCs using 4 different bioprocessing strategies, i.e., bioreactor, spinner flask, roller bottle, and multilayered flask. The bioreactor, spinner flask, and multilayered flask were more commonly used to upscale the MSCs compared to the roller bottle. Generally, a higher expansion ratio was achieved with the bioreactor and multilayered flask. Importantly, regardless of the bioprocessing strategies, the expanded MSCs were able to maintain its phenotype and potency. In summary, the bioreactor, spinner flask, roller bottle, and multilayered flask can be used for large-scale expansion of MSCs without compromising the cell quality.
间充质干细胞(MSCs)是具有强大免疫抑制特性的多能干细胞,这使其成为细胞治疗中极具吸引力的细胞来源。MSCs已在多项治疗肝病、周围神经损伤、移植物抗宿主病、自身免疫性疾病、糖尿病和心血管损伤的临床试验中得到研究。根据疾病、给药途径、给药频率和患者体重,每位患者需要数百万到数亿的MSCs。文献中描述了多种大规模细胞扩增策略,以获取治疗所需的细胞数量。在本综述中,对MSCs大规模扩增的生物加工策略进行了系统的综述和讨论。在Medline和Scopus数据库中进行的文献检索确定了26篇符合纳入标准并被纳入本综述的文章。这些文章描述了使用4种不同的生物加工策略,即生物反应器、转瓶培养、滚瓶培养和多层培养瓶,对7种不同来源的MSCs进行大规模扩增。与滚瓶培养相比,生物反应器、转瓶培养和多层培养瓶更常用于扩大MSCs的规模。一般来说,生物反应器和多层培养瓶能实现更高的扩增率。重要的是,无论采用何种生物加工策略,扩增后的MSCs都能够保持其表型和效能。总之,生物反应器、转瓶培养、滚瓶培养和多层培养瓶可用于MSCs的大规模扩增,而不会影响细胞质量。