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ArticleScientific reports2019

Infrapatellar fat pad-derived MSC response to inflammation and fibrosis induces an immunomodulatory phenotype involving CD10-mediated Substance P degradation.

Dimitrios Kouroupis, Annie C Bowles, Melissa A Willman, Carlotta Perucca Orfei, Alessandra Colombini, Thomas M Best, Lee D Kaplan, Diego Correa

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Article in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers.

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44 citing papers in PubMed, 66 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Dimitrios KouroupisDepartment of Orthopaedics, UHealth Sports Medicine Institute, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.
Annie C BowlesDepartment of Orthopaedics, UHealth Sports Medicine Institute, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.
Melissa A WillmanDiabetes Research Institute & Cell Transplant Center, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.
Carlotta Perucca OrfeiIRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Laboratorio di Biotecnologie Applicate all'Ortopedia, Milan, Italy.
Alessandra ColombiniIRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Laboratorio di Biotecnologie Applicate all'Ortopedia, Milan, Italy.
Thomas M BestDepartment of Orthopaedics, UHealth Sports Medicine Institute, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.
Lee D KaplanDepartment of Orthopaedics, UHealth Sports Medicine Institute, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA.
Diego CorreaDepartment of Orthopaedics, UHealth Sports Medicine Institute, University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA. dxc821@med.miami.edu.
University of Miami Health System · USUniversity of Miami · USIstituti di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico · ITIstituto Ortopedico Galeazzi · ITMiami Transplant Institute · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The infrapatellar fat pad (IFP) serves as a reservoir of Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSC), and with adjacent synovium plays key roles in joint disease including the production of Substance P (SP) affecting local inflammatory responses and transmitting nociceptive signals. Here, we interrogate human IFP-derived MSC (IFP-MSC) reaction to inflammatory and pro-fibrotic environments (cell priming by TNFα/IFNγ and TNFα/IFNγ/CTGF exposure respectively), compared with bone marrow-derived MSC (BM-MSC). Naïve IFP-MSC exhibit increased clonogenicity and chondrogenic potential compared with BM-MSC. Primed cells experienced dramatic phenotypic changes, including a sharp increase in CD10, upregulation of key immunomodulatory transcripts, and secreted growth factors/cytokines affecting key pathways (IL-10, TNF-α, MAPK, Ras and PI3K-Akt). Naïve, and more so primed MSC (both) induced SP degradation in vitro, reproduced with their supernatants and abrogated with thiorphan, a CD10 inhibitor. These findings were reproduced in vivo in a rat model of acute synovitis, where transiently engrafted human IFP-MSC induced local SP reduction. Functionally, primed IFP-MSC demonstrated sustained antagonism of activated human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) proliferation, significantly outperforming a declining dose-dependent effect with naïve cohorts. Collectively, our in vitro and in vivo data supports cell priming as a way to enhance the immunoregulatory properties of IFP-MSC, which selectively engraft in areas of active synovitis/IFP fibrosis inducing SP degradation, resulting in a cell-based product alternative to BM-MSC to potentially treat degenerative/inflammatory joint diseases.

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PhenotypeAdipose TissueAdultAnimalsBone Marrow CellsCells, CulturedConnective Tissue Growth FactorCytokinesDisease Models, AnimalFemaleFibrosisHealthy VolunteersHumansInflammationIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsInterferon-gammaConnective Tissue Growth FactorCytokinesIntercellular Signaling Peptides and ProteinsInterferon-gammaNeprilysinSubstance PTumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

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PMID31350444
PMCPMC6659713
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