Division of Newborn Medicine and Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Biol Reprod. 2021 Feb 11;104(2):457-467. doi: 10.1093/biolre/ioaa198.
Human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) are a widely recognized treatment modality for a variety of preclinical disease models and have been transitioned to human clinical trials. We have previously shown in neonatal lung disease that the therapeutic capacity of MSCs is conferred by their secreted extracellular vesicles (MEx), which function primarily through immunomodulation. We hypothesize that MEx have significant therapeutic potential pertinent to immune-mediated gestational diseases. Of particular interest is early-onset preeclampsia, which can be caused by alterations of the maternal intrauterine immune environment. Using a heme-oxygenase-1 null mouse model of pregnancy loss with preeclampsia-like features, we examined the preventative effects of maternal MEx treatment early in pregnancy. Heme oxygenase-1 null females (Hmox1-/-) or wild-type control females were bred in homozygous matings followed by evaluation of maternal and fetal parameters. A single dose of MEx was administered intravenously on gestational day (GD)1 to Hmox1-/- females (Hmox1-/- MEx). Compared with untreated Hmox1-/- females, Hmox1-/- MEx-treated pregnancies showed significant improvement in fetal loss, intrauterine growth restriction, placental spiral artery modification, and maternal preeclamptic stigmata. Biodistribution studies demonstrated that MEx localize to a subset of cells in the preimplantation uterus. Further, mass cytometric (CyTOF) evaluation of utero-placental leukocytes in Hmox1-/- MEx versus untreated pregnancies showed alteration in the abundance, surface marker repertoire, and cytokine profiles of multiple immune populations. Our data demonstrate the therapeutic potential of MEx to optimize the intrauterine immune environment and prevent maternal and fetal sequelae of preeclamptic disease.
人脐带间充质基质细胞(MSCs)被广泛认为是多种临床前疾病模型的治疗方法,并已转化为人体临床试验。我们之前在新生儿肺部疾病中表明,MSC 的治疗能力是由其分泌的细胞外囊泡(MEx)赋予的,MEx 主要通过免疫调节发挥作用。我们假设 MEx 具有与免疫介导的妊娠疾病相关的重要治疗潜力。特别感兴趣的是早发性子痫前期,它可能是由母体子宫内免疫环境的改变引起的。使用具有子痫前期样特征的血红素加氧酶-1 缺失小鼠模型妊娠丢失,我们研究了妊娠早期母体 MEx 治疗的预防效果。血红素加氧酶-1 缺失雌性(Hmox1-/-)或野生型对照雌性进行纯合交配,然后评估母体和胎儿参数。在妊娠第 1 天(GD1)对 Hmox1-/-雌性(Hmox1-/-MEx)进行单次静脉注射 MEx 治疗。与未治疗的 Hmox1-/-雌性相比,Hmox1-/-MEx 治疗的妊娠显示胎儿丢失、宫内生长受限、胎盘螺旋动脉改变和母体子痫前期迹象显著改善。生物分布研究表明,MEx 定位于植入前子宫的一组细胞。此外,对 Hmox1-/-MEx 与未治疗妊娠相比的子宫胎盘白细胞进行质谱流式细胞术(CyTOF)评估显示,多种免疫群体的丰度、表面标志物谱和细胞因子谱发生改变。我们的数据表明,MEx 具有治疗潜力,可以优化子宫内免疫环境,预防子痫前期疾病的母体和胎儿后遗症。
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