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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2020

Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell Derived Exosomes Enhance Cell-Free Bone Regeneration by Altering Their miRNAs Profiles.

Mengmeng Zhai, Ye Zhu, Mingying Yang, Chuanbin Mao

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 160 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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160 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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Mengmeng ZhaiDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry Stephenson Life Sciences Research Center University of Oklahoma Norman OK 73019 USA.
Ye ZhuDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry Stephenson Life Sciences Research Center University of Oklahoma Norman OK 73019 USA.
Mingying YangInstitute of Applied Bioresource Research College of Animal Science Zhejiang University Hangzhou Zhejiang 310058 P. R. China.
Chuanbin MaoDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry Stephenson Life Sciences Research Center University of Oklahoma Norman OK 73019 USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8142-3659

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Implantation of stem cells for tissue regeneration faces significant challenges such as immune rejection and teratoma formation. Cell-free tissue regeneration thus has a potential to avoid these problems. Stem cell derived exosomes do not cause immune rejection or generate malignant tumors. Here, exosomes that can induce osteogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) are identified and used to decorate 3D-printed titanium alloy scaffolds to achieve cell-free bone regeneration. Specifically, the exosomes secreted by hMSCs osteogenically pre-differentiated for different times are used to induce the osteogenesis of hMSCs. It is discovered that pre-differentiation for 10 and 15 days leads to the production of osteogenic exosomes. The purified exosomes are then loaded into the scaffolds. It is found that the cell-free exosome-coated scaffolds regenerate bone tissue as efficiently as hMSC-seeded exosome-free scaffolds within 12 weeks. RNA-sequencing suggests that the osteogenic exosomes induce the osteogenic differentiation by using their cargos, including upregulated osteogenic miRNAs (Hsa-miR-146a-5p, Hsa-miR-503-5p, Hsa-miR-483-3p, and Hsa-miR-129-5p) or downregulated anti-osteogenic miRNAs (Hsa-miR-32-5p, Hsa-miR-133a-3p, and Hsa-miR-204-5p), to activate the PI3K/Akt and MAPK signaling pathways. Consequently, identification of osteogenic exosomes secreted by pre-differentiated stem cells and the use of them to replace stem cells represent a novel cell-free bone regeneration strategy.

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