脂肪间充质干细胞来源外泌体改善放射性口腔黏膜炎

Adipose mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosome attenuates radiation-induced oral mucositis

背景:头颈肿瘤放疗极易引起放射性口腔黏膜炎,严重影响患者的健康及肿瘤的治疗计划。间充质干细胞在多种疾病中表现出治疗潜力,外泌体是其发挥功能的重要因素之一。目前尚无脂肪间充质干细胞来源外泌体应用于放射性口腔黏膜炎的相关研究。目的:探讨脂肪间充质干细胞来源外泌体在放射性口腔黏膜炎中的作用。方法:提取脂肪间充质干细胞及脂肪间充质干细胞来源外泌体并进行鉴定。通过3 Gy X射线辐射口腔黏膜上皮细胞诱导放射性口腔黏膜炎体外模型,在造模前给予脂肪间充质干细胞或脂肪间充质干细胞来源外泌体预处理48 h,EdU实验和克隆形成实验检测口腔黏膜上皮细胞的增殖能力。通过3 Gy X射线辐射构建放射性口腔黏膜炎小鼠模型,将脂肪间充质干细胞和脂肪间充质干细胞来源外泌体分别注入放射性口腔黏膜炎小鼠尾静脉,采用苏木精-伊红染色和免疫组化评估口腔黏膜上皮组织的炎症变化。结果与结论:(1)与对照组相比,脂肪间充质干细胞及脂肪间充质干细胞来源外泌体均可促进口腔黏膜上皮细胞克隆形成,增加口腔黏膜上皮细胞EdU阳性率;(2)脂肪间充质干细胞及脂肪间充质干细胞来源外泌体均能够缓解辐射处理小鼠口腔黏膜上皮组织的炎症;口腔黏膜上皮组织中CD45阳性细胞均减少,PCNA阳性细胞均增加。结果表明,脂肪间充质干细胞来源外泌体可促进口腔黏膜上皮细胞增殖,对放射性口腔黏膜炎小鼠口腔黏膜炎症具有缓解作用。

BACKGROUND:Radiotherapy for head and neck tumors is very likely to cause radiation-induced oral mucositis,which seriously affects the health of patients and the treatment plan of tumors.Mesenchymal stem cells have shown therapeutic potential in many diseases,and exosomes are one of the important factors for their function.At present,there is no application of adipose mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomes in the study of radiation-induced oral mucositis.OBJECTIVE:To investigate the role of adipose mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomes in radiation-induced oral mucositis.METHODS:Adipose mesenchymal stem cells and adipose mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomes were extracted and identified.In vitro model of radiationinduced oral mucositis was induced by radiating oral mucosal epithelial cells with 3 Gy X-ray.Adipose mesenchymal stem cells or adipose mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomes were pretreated for 48 hours before modeling.The proliferation capacity of oral mucosal epithelial cells was detected by EdU assay and clonal formation assay.A mouse model of radiation-induced oral mucositis was constructed through 3 Gy X-ray radiation.Adipose mesenchymal stem cells and adipose mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomes were injected into the tail vein of radiation-induced oral mucositis mice.Hematoxylin-eosin staining and immunohistochemistry were used to evaluate the inflammatory changes of oral mucosal epithelial tissue.RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:(1) Compared with the control group,both adipose mesenchymal stem cells and adipose mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomes promoted the formation of oral epithelial cell clones and increased the positive rate of EdU in oral epithelial cells.(2) Both adipose mesenchymal stem cells and adipose mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomes alleviated the inflammation of oral mucosal epithelium of irradiated mice;CD45 positive cells decreased and PCNA positive cells increased in oral mucosal epithelium.It is concluded that adipose mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomes promote the proliferation of oral mucosal epithelial cells and release oral mucosal inflammation in mice with radiation-induced oral mucositis.