Section of Human Anatomy, Department of Neuroscience, University of Padova, Padua, Italy.
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Department of Women's and Children's Health, University of Padova, Padua, Italy.
Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol. 2021 May 1;320(5):L688-L704. doi: 10.1152/ajplung.00148.2020. Epub 2021 Jan 27.
Early therapeutic effect of intratracheally (IT)-administered extracellular vesicles secreted by mesenchymal stem cells (MSC-EVs) has been demonstrated in a rat model of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) involving hyperoxia exposure in the first 2 postnatal weeks. The aim of this study was to evaluate the protective effects of IT-administered MSC-EVs in the long term. EVs were produced from MSCs following GMP standards. At birth, rats were distributed in three groups: (a) animals raised in ambient air for 6 weeks ( = 10); and animals exposed to 60% hyperoxia for 2 weeks and to room air for additional 4 weeks and treated with (b) IT-administered saline solution ( = 10), or (c) MSC-EVs ( = 10) on postnatal days 3, 7, 10, and 21. Hyperoxia exposure produced significant decreases in total number of alveoli, total surface area of alveolar air spaces, and proliferation index, together with increases in mean alveolar volume, mean linear intercept and fibrosis percentage; all these morphometric changes were prevented by MSC-EVs treatment. The medial thickness index for <100 µm vessels was higher for hyperoxia-exposed/sham-treated than for normoxia-exposed rats; MSC-EV treatment significantly reduced this index. There were no significant differences in interstitial/alveolar and perivascular F4/8-positive and CD86-positive macrophages. Conversely, hyperoxia exposure reduced CD163-positive macrophages both in interstitial/alveolar and perivascular populations and MSC-EV prevented these hyperoxia-induced reductions. These findings further support that IT-administered EVs could be an effective approach to prevent/treat BPD, ameliorating the impaired alveolarization and pulmonary artery remodeling also in a long-term model. M2 macrophage polarization could play a role through anti-inflammatory and proliferative mechanisms.
间充质干细胞(MSC)来源的细胞外囊泡(MSC-EV)经气管内(IT)给药在新生后前 2 周高氧暴露的支气管肺发育不良(BPD)大鼠模型中显示出早期治疗效果。本研究旨在评估 IT 给药 MSC-EV 的长期保护作用。EV 是按照 GMP 标准从 MSC 中产生的。在出生时,大鼠分为三组:(a)在环境空气中饲养 6 周的动物(n = 10);和(b)暴露于 60%高氧 2 周,然后在环境空气中饲养 4 周,用 IT 给予生理盐水溶液治疗的动物(n = 10),或(c)在出生后第 3、7、10 和 21 天用 IT 给予 MSC-EV 治疗的动物(n = 10)。高氧暴露导致肺泡总数、肺泡空气空间总表面积和增殖指数显著减少,平均肺泡体积、平均线性截距和纤维化百分比增加;所有这些形态计量学变化均被 MSC-EV 治疗所预防。暴露于高氧/假处理的动物比暴露于常氧的动物的 <100µm 血管的中膜厚度指数更高;MSC-EV 治疗显著降低了该指数。间质/肺泡和血管周围 F4/8 阳性和 CD86 阳性巨噬细胞无显著差异。相反,高氧暴露减少了间质/肺泡和血管周围的 CD163 阳性巨噬细胞,而 MSC-EV 则阻止了这些高氧诱导的减少。这些发现进一步支持 IT 给药的 EV 可能是预防/治疗 BPD 的有效方法,改善肺泡化受损和肺动脉重塑,在长期模型中也是如此。M2 巨噬细胞极化可能通过抗炎和增殖机制发挥作用。
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