Department of Temporomandibular Joint, School and Hospital of Stomatology, Guangdong Engineering Research Center of Oral Restoration and Reconstruction & Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Basic and Applied Research of Oral Regenerative Medicine, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510180, China.
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA.
J Nanobiotechnology. 2024 Sep 20;22(1):580. doi: 10.1186/s12951-024-02829-2.
Apoptotic vesicles (apoVs) play a vital role in various physiological and pathological conditions. However, we have yet to fully understand their precise biological effects in rescuing impaired mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). Here, we proved that systemic infusion of MSCs derived from wild-type (WT) mice rather than from ovariectomized (OVX) mice effectively improved the osteopenia phenotype and rescued the impaired recipient MSCs in osteoporotic mice. Meanwhile, apoVs derived from WT MSCs (WT apoVs) instead of OVX apoVs efficiently restored the impaired biological function of OVX MSCs and their ability to improve osteoporosis. Mechanistically, the reduced miR-145a-5p expression hindered the osteogenic differentiation and immunomodulatory capacity of OVX MSCs by affecting the TGF-β/Smad 2/3-Wnt/β-catenin signaling axis, resulting in the development of osteoporosis. WT apoVs directly transferred miR-145a-5p to OVX MSCs, which were then reused to restore their impaired biological functions. The differential expression of miR-145a-5p is responsible for the distinct efficacy between the two types of apoVs. Overall, our findings unveil the remarkable potential of apoVs, as a novel nongenetic engineering approach, in rescuing the biological function and therapeutic capability of MSCs derived from patients. This discovery offers a new avenue for exploring apoVs-based stem cell engineering and expands the application scope of stem cell therapy, contributing to the maintenance of bone homeostasis through a previously unrecognized mechanism.
凋亡小体(apoVs)在各种生理和病理条件中发挥着重要作用。然而,我们尚未完全了解它们在拯救受损间充质干细胞(MSCs)方面的确切生物学效应。在这里,我们证明了源自野生型(WT)小鼠而非去卵巢(OVX)小鼠的系统输注 MSCs 可有效改善骨质疏松表型并拯救骨质疏松小鼠中受损的受体 MSCs。同时,源自 WT MSCs(WT apoVs)而非 OVX apoVs 的 apoVs 可有效恢复 OVX MSCs 受损的生物学功能及其改善骨质疏松的能力。从机制上讲,miR-145a-5p 表达减少通过影响 TGF-β/Smad 2/3-Wnt/β-catenin 信号通路,阻碍了 OVX MSCs 的成骨分化和免疫调节能力,导致骨质疏松的发生。WT apoVs 可将 miR-145a-5p 直接转导至 OVX MSCs,然后再重新利用它们来恢复其受损的生物学功能。miR-145a-5p 的差异表达是两种 apoVs 之间疗效差异的原因。总的来说,我们的发现揭示了 apoVs 作为一种新型非遗传工程方法,在拯救源自患者的 MSC 的生物学功能和治疗能力方面的显著潜力。这一发现为基于 apoVs 的干细胞工程提供了新的途径,并扩展了干细胞治疗的应用范围,通过一种以前未知的机制有助于维持骨内稳态。
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