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ArticleStem cells international2018

Gap Junctions Are Involved in the Rescue of CFTR-Dependent Chloride Efflux by Amniotic Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Coculture with Cystic Fibrosis CFBE41o- Cells.

Annalucia Carbone, Roberto Zefferino, Elisa Beccia, Valeria Casavola, Stefano Castellani, Sante Di Gioia, Valentina Giannone, Manuela Seia, Antonella Angiolillo, Carla Colombo and 2 more

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Article in Stem cells international, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Stem Cell-Based Therapeutic Approaches in Genetic Diseases.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2023
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  5. Pathophysiology of Lung Disease and Wound Repair in Cystic Fibrosis.Pathophysiology : the official journal of the International Society for Pathophysiology · 2021
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  7. Impact of aFrontiers in genetics · 2020
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12 authors.

Annalucia CarboneDivision of Internal Medicine and Chronobiology Unit, IRCCS "Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza", San Giovanni Rotondo, Foggia, Italy.
Roberto ZefferinoDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9398-7139
Elisa BecciaDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy.
Valeria CasavolaDepartment of Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
Stefano CastellaniDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0201-7298
Sante Di GioiaDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy.
Valentina GiannoneMedical Genetics Laboratory, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
Manuela SeiaMedical Genetics Laboratory, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milan, Italy.
Antonella AngiolilloDepartment of Medicine and Health Sciences "V. Tiberio", University of Molise, Campobasso, Italy.
Carla ColomboCystic Fibrosis Center, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Department of Pathophysiology and Transplantation, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.
Maria FaviaDepartment of Bioscience, Biotechnology and Biopharmaceutics, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
Massimo ConeseDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3465-6641

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We previously found that human amniotic mesenchymal stem cells (hAMSCs) in coculture with CF immortalised airway epithelial cells (CFBE41o- line, CFBE) on Transwell® filters acquired an epithelial phenotype and led to the expression of a mature and functional CFTR protein. In order to explore the role of gap junction- (GJ-) mediated intercellular communication (GJIC) in this rescue, cocultures (hAMSC : CFBE, 1 : 5 ratio) were studied for the formation of GJIC, before and after silencing connexin 43 (Cx43), a major component of GJs. Functional GJs in cocultures were inhibited when the expression of the Cx43 protein was downregulated. Transfection of cocultures with siRNA against Cx43 resulted in the absence of specific CFTR signal on the apical membrane and reduction in the mature form of CFTR (band C), and in parallel, the CFTR-dependent chloride channel activity was significantly decreased. Cx43 downregulation determined also a decrease in transepithelial resistance and an increase in paracellular permeability as compared with control cocultures, implying that GJIC may regulate CFTR expression and function that in turn modulate airway epithelium tightness. These results indicate that GJIC is involved in the correction of CFTR chloride channel activity upon the acquisition of an epithelial phenotype by hAMSCs in coculture with CF cells.

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