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ArticleInternational journal of immunopathology and pharmacology2017

Conditioned medium from human gingival mesenchymal stem cells protects motor-neuron-like NSC-34 cells against scratch-injury-induced cell death.

Thangavelu Soundara Rajan, Francesca Diomede, Placido Bramanti, Oriana Trubiani, Emanuela Mazzon

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Article in International journal of immunopathology and pharmacology, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers.

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36citing papers in PubMed
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36 citing papers in PubMed, 50 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Thangavelu Soundara Rajan1 IRCCS Centro Neurolesi "Bonino-Pulejo," Messina, Italy.
Francesca Diomede2 Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Laboratory, Department of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, "G. d'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy.
Placido Bramanti1 IRCCS Centro Neurolesi "Bonino-Pulejo," Messina, Italy.
Oriana Trubiani2 Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Laboratory, Department of Medical, Oral and Biotechnological Sciences, "G. d'Annunzio" University of Chieti-Pescara, Chieti, Italy.
Emanuela Mazzon1 IRCCS Centro Neurolesi "Bonino-Pulejo," Messina, Italy.
Centro Neurolesi Bonino Pulejo · ITUniversity of Chieti-Pescara · IT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neuronal cell death is a normal process during central nervous system (CNS) development and is also involved in the death of motor neurons in diverse spinal motor neuron degenerative diseases. Here, we investigated the neuroprotective effect of secretory factors released from human gingival mesenchymal stem cells (hGMSCs) in mechanically injured murine motor-neuron-like NSC-34 cells. The cells were exposed to scratch injury and the markers for apoptosis and oxidative stress were examined. Immunocytochemistry results showed that proapoptotic markers cleaved caspase-3 and Bax were elevated while anti-apoptotic protein Bcl-2 was suppressed in scratch-injured NSC-34 cells. Oxidative stress markers SOD-1, inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), Cox-2, and proinflammatory cytokine tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) were activated. Conditioned medium (CM) derived from hGMSCs (hGMSC-CM) significantly blocked the cell death by suppressing SOD-1, iNOS, TNF-α, cleaved caspase-3, and Bax. Bcl-2 and anti-inflammatory cytokine anti-interleukin 10 (IL-10) were increased in hGMSC-CM-treated injured cells. Moreover, hGMSC-CM treatment upregulated neurotrophins anti-brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and NT3. Western blot data of hGMSC-CM revealed the presence of neurotrophins nerve growth factor (NGF), NT3, anti-inflammatory cytokines IL-10, and transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β), suggesting their positive role to elicit neuroprotection. Our results propose that hGMSC-CM may serve as a simple and potential autologous therapeutic tool to treat motor neuron injury.

Indexed as

Mesenchymal Stem CellsAnimalsAntigens, CDbcl-2-Associated X ProteinCaspase 3Cell DeathCell LineCulture Media, ConditionedGingivaHumansIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsMiceMotor NeuronsNeuroprotective AgentsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2Antigens, CDbcl-2-Associated X ProteinCaspase 3Culture Media, ConditionedIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsNeuroprotective AgentsProto-Oncogene Proteins c-bcl-2apoptosisgingival mesenchymal stem cells conditioned mediuminflammationin vitro CNS injury modelneurotrophic factorsNSC-34 cellsoxidative stress

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PMID29140156
PMCPMC5806806
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