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ArticleExperimental & molecular medicine2025

Engineered EVs from LncEEF1G - overexpressing MSCs promote fibrotic liver regeneration by upregulating HGF release from hepatic stellate cells.

Jiebin Zhang, Xiaotong Qiu, Yunguo Lei, Haitian Chen, Dongwei Wu, Tingting Wang, Xin Sui, Jiaqi Xiao, Chenhao Jiang, Huayao Zhang and 9 more

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Jiebin Zhang *Department of Hepatic Surgery and Liver Transplantation Center of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University; Organ Transplantation Research Center of Guangdong Province, Guangdong Province Engineering Laboratory for Transplantation Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Xiaotong Qiu *Department of Hepatic Surgery and Liver Transplantation Center of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University; Organ Transplantation Research Center of Guangdong Province, Guangdong Province Engineering Laboratory for Transplantation Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Yunguo Lei *Department of Hepatic Surgery and Liver Transplantation Center of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University; Organ Transplantation Research Center of Guangdong Province, Guangdong Province Engineering Laboratory for Transplantation Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Haitian Chen *Department of Hepatic Surgery and Liver Transplantation Center of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University; Organ Transplantation Research Center of Guangdong Province, Guangdong Province Engineering Laboratory for Transplantation Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Dongwei WuDepartment of Hepatic Surgery and Liver Transplantation Center of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University; Organ Transplantation Research Center of Guangdong Province, Guangdong Province Engineering Laboratory for Transplantation Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Tingting WangDepartment of Hepatic Surgery and Liver Transplantation Center of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University; Organ Transplantation Research Center of Guangdong Province, Guangdong Province Engineering Laboratory for Transplantation Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Xin SuiSurgical ICU, the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Jiaqi XiaoDepartment of Hepatic Surgery and Liver Transplantation Center of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University; Organ Transplantation Research Center of Guangdong Province, Guangdong Province Engineering Laboratory for Transplantation Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Chenhao JiangDepartment of Hepatic Surgery and Liver Transplantation Center of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University; Organ Transplantation Research Center of Guangdong Province, Guangdong Province Engineering Laboratory for Transplantation Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Huayao ZhangShaoguan Maternal and Child Health Hospital, Shaoguan, Guangdong, China.
Yasong LiuDepartment of Hepatic Surgery and Liver Transplantation Center of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University; Organ Transplantation Research Center of Guangdong Province, Guangdong Province Engineering Laboratory for Transplantation Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Xiaoquan LiuDepartment of Infectious Diseases, Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Yingcai ZhangDepartment of Hepatic Surgery and Liver Transplantation Center of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University; Organ Transplantation Research Center of Guangdong Province, Guangdong Province Engineering Laboratory for Transplantation Medicine, Guangzhou, China.
Xu CheDepartment of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital and Shenzhen Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Shenzhen, China.
Ye LinDepartment of General Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China.
Jia YaoDepartment of Hepatic Surgery and Liver Transplantation Center of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University; Organ Transplantation Research Center of Guangdong Province, Guangdong Province Engineering Laboratory for Transplantation Medicine, Guangzhou, China. yaojia6@mail.sysu.edu.cn.
Zihao PanDepartment of General Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China. panzihao@gdph.org.cn.
Rong LiGuangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Liver Disease Research, Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China. tsfnlr@163.com.
Jun ZhengDepartment of Hepatic Surgery and Liver Transplantation Center of the Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University; Organ Transplantation Research Center of Guangdong Province, Guangdong Province Engineering Laboratory for Transplantation Medicine, Guangzhou, China. zhengj67@mail2.sysu.edu.cn.

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 81802897National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 81900597National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 81970567National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 82300747
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fibrosis is a disease that negatively affects liver regeneration, resulting in severe complications after liver surgery. However, there is still no clinically effective treatment for promoting fibrotic liver regeneration because the underlying hepatocellular mechanism remains poorly understood. Through microRNA microarrays combined with the application of AAV6, we found that high expression of miR-181a-5p in activated hepatic stellate cells (HSCs) suppressed the expression of hepatic growth factor (HGF) and partially contributed to impaired regeneration potential in mice with hepatic fibrosis that had undergone two-thirds partial hepatectomy. As nanotherapeutics, mesenchymal stem-cell-derived extracellular vesicles (MSC-EVs) have been verified as effective treatments for liver regeneration. Here we observe that MSC-EVs can also promote fibrotic liver regeneration via enriched lncEEF1G, which acts as a competing endogenous RNA to directly sponge miR-181a-5p, leading to the upregulated expression of HGF in HSCs. Finally, engineered MSC-EVs with high expression of lncEEF1G (lncEEF1G

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Extracellular VesiclesHepatic Stellate CellsHepatocyte Growth FactorLiver CirrhosisLiver RegenerationMesenchymal Stem CellsAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalHumansMaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMicroRNAsUp-RegulationHepatocyte Growth FactorMicroRNAsmirn181 microRNA, mouse

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PMID40025174
PMCPMC11958733

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