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ArticleStem cells international2019

Inhibition of the Notch1 Pathway Promotes the Effects of Nucleus Pulposus Cell-Derived Exosomes on the Differentiation of Mesenchymal Stem Cells into Nucleus Pulposus-Like Cells in Rats.

Wei-Ren Lan, Sai Pan, Hai-Yin Li, Chao Sun, Xian Chang, Kang Lu, Chang-Qing Jiang, Rui Zuo, Yue Zhou, Chang-Qing Li

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Article in Stem cells international, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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39citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

39 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 55 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Wei-Ren LanDepartment of Orthopedic, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Army Medical University (The Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, China.
Sai PanDepartment of Nephrology, General Hospital of PLA, Beijing, China.
Hai-Yin LiDepartment of Orthopedic, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Army Medical University (The Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, China.
Chao SunDepartment of Orthopedic, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Army Medical University (The Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, China.
Xian ChangDepartment of Orthopedic, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Army Medical University (The Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, China.
Kang LuDepartment of Orthopedic, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Army Medical University (The Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, China.
Chang-Qing JiangDepartment of Orthopedic, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Army Medical University (The Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, China.
Rui ZuoDepartment of Orthopedic, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Army Medical University (The Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, China.
Yue ZhouDepartment of Orthopedic, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Army Medical University (The Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, China.
Chang-Qing LiDepartment of Orthopedic, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Army Medical University (The Third Military Medical University), Chongqing, China.ORCID 0000-0002-0278-0798
Army Medical University · CNChinese PLA General Hospital · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Stem cell therapies for intervertebral disc degeneration have been demonstrated as a promising strategy. Previous studies have shown that human nucleus pulposus cell- (NPC-) derived exosomes can induce the differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) into NP-like cells in vitro. However, the mechanism of MSC differentiation into NP-like cells with the induction of NPC exosomes is still unclear. Here, we verified the induction effects of NPC exosomes on the differentiation of MSCs into NP-like cells. In addition, the Notch1 pathway was downregulated in this process. Then, DAPT and soluble Jagged1 (SJAG) were applied to inhibit or enhance the expression of the Notch1 pathway, respectively, resulting in the upregulation or downregulation of collagen II, aggrecan, and Sox9 in MSCs. Knocking down of Notch1 protein facilitated the effects of NPC exosomes on the differentiation of MSCs into NP-like cells. NPC exosomes were more effective than an indirect coculture system in terms of the differentiation of MSCs into NP-like cells. Inhibition of NPC exosome secretion with Rab27a siRNA prevented the induction effects of an indirect coculture system on the differentiation of MSCs into NP-like cells. Transwell migration assays revealed that NPC exosomes could promote the migration of MSCs. Taken together, the Notch1 pathway was negatively associated with the differentiation of MSCs into NP-like cells with the treatments of NPC exosomes. Inhibition of the Notch1 pathway facilitates NPC exosome-induced differentiation of MSCs into NP-like cells in vitro. NPC exosomes play a key role in the differentiation of MSCs into NP-like cells in an indirect coculture system of NPCs and MSCs.

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