In order to investigate the origin of neointimal smooth muscle cells in transplant arterio- sclerosis in rat aortic allograft, sex-mismatched bone marrow transplantation was performed from male Wistar rats to female W...In order to investigate the origin of neointimal smooth muscle cells in transplant arterio- sclerosis in rat aortic allograft, sex-mismatched bone marrow transplantation was performed from male Wistar rats to female Wistar rats. Four weeks after transplantation, the aortic transplant model was established by means of micro-surgery in rats. The recipients were divided into 4 groups: female Wistar-female Wistar aortic isografts, female SD-female Wistar aortic allografts, male SD-male Wis- tar aortic allografts, female SD-chimera Wistar aortic allografts. Eight weeks after transplantation, aortic grafts were removed at autopsy and processed for histological evaluation and immunohisto- chemistry. The results indicated that excessive accumulation of α-SMA-positive smooth muscle cells resulted in significant neointima formation and vascular lumen stricture in rat aortic allografts. Neointima assay revealed that the neointimal area and NIA/MA ratio of transplanted artery were sig- nificantly increased in all of aortic allograft groups as compared with those in aortic isograft group (P<0.01). Neointimal smooth muscle cells were harvested from cryostat sections of aortic allograft by microdissection method. The Sry gene-specific PCR was performed, and the result showed that a dis- tinct DNA band of 225 bp emerged in the male-male aortic allograft group and chimera aortic al- lograft group respectively, but not in the female-female aortic allograft group. It was suggested that recipient bone-marrow cells, as the origin of neointimal smooth muscle cells, contributed to the pathological neointimal hyperplasia of aortic allograft and transplant arteriosclerosis.展开更多
THIS year＇s International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Preven-／tion, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, made major headlines when Timothy Hendch, an American doctor, announced that two mor...THIS year＇s International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Preven-／tion, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, made major headlines when Timothy Hendch, an American doctor, announced that two more cancer patients may have been cured of HIV after receiving bone-marrow transplants to treat lymphoma. Both patients had been taking retroviral medication, and continued to do so after the transplants as their viral levels sank until doctors were unable to find any traces of HIV in the patients＇ blood.展开更多
AIM: To investigate the effect of bone-marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BM MSCs) on the intestinal mucosa barrier in ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury. METHODS: BM MSCs were isolated from male Sprague-Dawley rats by den...AIM: To investigate the effect of bone-marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BM MSCs) on the intestinal mucosa barrier in ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury. METHODS: BM MSCs were isolated from male Sprague-Dawley rats by density gradient centrifugation, cultured, and analyzed by flow cytometry. I/R injury was induced by occlusion of the superior mesenteric artery for 30 min. Rats were treated with saline, BM MSCs (via intramucosal injection) or tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α blocking antibodies (via the tail vein). I/R injury was assessed using transmission electron microscopy, hematoxylin and eosin (HE) staining, immunohistochemistry, western blotting and enzyme linked immunosorbent assay.RESULTS: Intestinal permeability increased, tight junctions (TJs) were disrupted, and zona occludens 1 (ZO-1) was downregulated after I/R injury. BM MSCs reduced intestinal mucosal barrier destruction, ZO-1 downregulation, and TJ disruption. The morphological abnormalities after intestinal I/R injury positively correlated with serum TNF-α levels. Administration of anti-TNF-α IgG or anti-TNF-α receptor 1 antibodies attenuated the intestinal ultrastructural changes, ZO-1 downregulation, and TJ disruption. CONCLUSION: Altered serum TNF-α levels play an important role in the ability of BM MSCs to protect against intestinal I/R injury.展开更多
AIM:To explore the feasibility of passage of bone-marrow-derived liver stem cells(BDLSCs)in culture systems that contain cholestatic serum.METHODS:Whole bone marrow cells of rats were purified with conditioning select...AIM:To explore the feasibility of passage of bone-marrow-derived liver stem cells(BDLSCs)in culture systems that contain cholestatic serum.METHODS:Whole bone marrow cells of rats were purified with conditioning selection media that contained 50 mL/L cholestatic serum.The selected BDLSCs were grown in a proliferating culture system and a differentiating culture system.The culture systems contained factors that stimulated the proliferation and differentiation of BDLSCs.Each passage of the proliferated stem cells was subjected to flow cytometry to detect stem cell markers.The morphology and phenotypic markers of BDLSCs were characterized using immunohistochemistry,reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction(RT-PCR)and electron microscopy.The metabolic functions of differentiated cells were also determined by glycogen staining and urea assay.RESULTS:The conditioning selection medium isolated BDLSCs directly from cultured bone marrow cells.The selected BDLSCs could be proliferated for six passages and maintained stable markers in our proliferating system.When the culture system was changed to a differentiating system,hepatocyte-like colony-forming units(H-CFUs)were formed.H-CFUs expressed markers of embryonic hepatocytes(alpha-fetoprotein,albumin and cytokeratin 8/18),biliary cells(cytokeratin 19),hepatocyte functional proteins(transthyretin and cytochrome P450-2b1),and hepatocyte nuclear factors 1αand-3β).They also had glycogen storage and urea synthesis functions,two of the critical features of hepatocytes.CONCLUSION:BDLSCs can be selected directly from bone marrow cells,and pure BDLSCs can be proliferated for six passages.The differentiated cells have hepatocyte-like phenotypes and functions.BDLSCs represent a new method to provide a readily available alternate source of cells for clinical hepatocyte therapy.展开更多
Granulopoiesis in murine bone-marrow is regulated by both intrinsic and extrinsic factors(including hormones, drugs, inflammatory mediators and cytokines). Eosinophils, a minor subpopulation of circulating leukocytes,...Granulopoiesis in murine bone-marrow is regulated by both intrinsic and extrinsic factors(including hormones, drugs, inflammatory mediators and cytokines). Eosinophils, a minor subpopulation of circulating leukocytes, which remains better understood in its contributions to tissue injury in allergic disease than in its presumably beneficial actions in host defense, provide a striking example of joint regulation of granulopoiesis within murine bone-marrow by all of these classes of extrinsic factors. We first described the upregulation of eosinopoiesis in bone-marrow of allergen-sensitized mice following airway allergen challenge. Over the last decade, we were able to show a critical role for endogenous glucocorticoid hormones and cytokines in mediating this phenomenon through modification of cytokine effects, thereby supporting a positive association between stress hormones and allergic reactions. We have further shown that cysteinylleukotrienes(Cys LT), a major proinflammatory class of lipid mediators, generated through the 5-lipoxygenase pathway, upregulate bone-marrow eosinopoiesis in vivo and in vitro. Cys LT mediate the positive effects of drugs(indomethacin and aspirin) and of proallergic cytokines(eotaxin/CCL11 and interleukin-13) on in vitro eosinopoiesis. While these actions of endogenous GC and Cys LT might seem unrelated and even antagonistic, we demonstrated a critical partnership of these mediators in vivo, shedding light on mechanisms linking stress to allergy: GC are required for Cys LT-mediated upregulation of bone-marrow eosinopoiesis in vivo, but also attenuate subsequent ex vivo responses to Cys LT. GC and Cys LT therefore work together to induce eosinophilia, but through subtle regulatory mechanisms also limit the magnitude of subsequent bone-marrow responses to allergen.展开更多
Adult derived mononuclear bone marrow cells are a good alternative as cell therapy. These cells are capable of significantly improve survival rate of Wistar rats with acetaminophen (APAP) induced acute liver failure i...Adult derived mononuclear bone marrow cells are a good alternative as cell therapy. These cells are capable of significantly improve survival rate of Wistar rats with acetaminophen (APAP) induced acute liver failure in ten days. However, long term of cell therapy is not deeply studied in the literature. Here, we report an extramedullary hematopoiesis process derived from transplanted mononuclear bone marrow cells in the liver of rats 10 days after APAP injection. This result indicates that liver maintains an adequate microenvironment for the occurrence of extramedullary hematopoiesis process. The consequence of this finding deserves more studies.展开更多
基金grants from the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China (No. 30271242, 30371396)
文摘In order to investigate the origin of neointimal smooth muscle cells in transplant arterio- sclerosis in rat aortic allograft, sex-mismatched bone marrow transplantation was performed from male Wistar rats to female Wistar rats. Four weeks after transplantation, the aortic transplant model was established by means of micro-surgery in rats. The recipients were divided into 4 groups: female Wistar-female Wistar aortic isografts, female SD-female Wistar aortic allografts, male SD-male Wis- tar aortic allografts, female SD-chimera Wistar aortic allografts. Eight weeks after transplantation, aortic grafts were removed at autopsy and processed for histological evaluation and immunohisto- chemistry. The results indicated that excessive accumulation of α-SMA-positive smooth muscle cells resulted in significant neointima formation and vascular lumen stricture in rat aortic allografts. Neointima assay revealed that the neointimal area and NIA/MA ratio of transplanted artery were sig- nificantly increased in all of aortic allograft groups as compared with those in aortic isograft group (P<0.01). Neointimal smooth muscle cells were harvested from cryostat sections of aortic allograft by microdissection method. The Sry gene-specific PCR was performed, and the result showed that a dis- tinct DNA band of 225 bp emerged in the male-male aortic allograft group and chimera aortic al- lograft group respectively, but not in the female-female aortic allograft group. It was suggested that recipient bone-marrow cells, as the origin of neointimal smooth muscle cells, contributed to the pathological neointimal hyperplasia of aortic allograft and transplant arteriosclerosis.
文摘THIS year＇s International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Preven-／tion, held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, made major headlines when Timothy Hendch, an American doctor, announced that two more cancer patients may have been cured of HIV after receiving bone-marrow transplants to treat lymphoma. Both patients had been taking retroviral medication, and continued to do so after the transplants as their viral levels sank until doctors were unable to find any traces of HIV in the patients＇ blood.
基金Supported by Natural Science Foundation of China, No.81270528the Natural Science Foundation of Tianjin, No. 08JCYBJC08400, No. 11JCZDJC27800 and No. 12JCZDJC25200the Technology Foundation of Health Bureau in Tianjin, No.2011KY11
文摘AIM: To investigate the effect of bone-marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BM MSCs) on the intestinal mucosa barrier in ischemia/reperfusion (I/R) injury. METHODS: BM MSCs were isolated from male Sprague-Dawley rats by density gradient centrifugation, cultured, and analyzed by flow cytometry. I/R injury was induced by occlusion of the superior mesenteric artery for 30 min. Rats were treated with saline, BM MSCs (via intramucosal injection) or tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α blocking antibodies (via the tail vein). I/R injury was assessed using transmission electron microscopy, hematoxylin and eosin (HE) staining, immunohistochemistry, western blotting and enzyme linked immunosorbent assay.RESULTS: Intestinal permeability increased, tight junctions (TJs) were disrupted, and zona occludens 1 (ZO-1) was downregulated after I/R injury. BM MSCs reduced intestinal mucosal barrier destruction, ZO-1 downregulation, and TJ disruption. The morphological abnormalities after intestinal I/R injury positively correlated with serum TNF-α levels. Administration of anti-TNF-α IgG or anti-TNF-α receptor 1 antibodies attenuated the intestinal ultrastructural changes, ZO-1 downregulation, and TJ disruption. CONCLUSION: Altered serum TNF-α levels play an important role in the ability of BM MSCs to protect against intestinal I/R injury.
文摘AIM:To explore the feasibility of passage of bone-marrow-derived liver stem cells(BDLSCs)in culture systems that contain cholestatic serum.METHODS:Whole bone marrow cells of rats were purified with conditioning selection media that contained 50 mL/L cholestatic serum.The selected BDLSCs were grown in a proliferating culture system and a differentiating culture system.The culture systems contained factors that stimulated the proliferation and differentiation of BDLSCs.Each passage of the proliferated stem cells was subjected to flow cytometry to detect stem cell markers.The morphology and phenotypic markers of BDLSCs were characterized using immunohistochemistry,reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction(RT-PCR)and electron microscopy.The metabolic functions of differentiated cells were also determined by glycogen staining and urea assay.RESULTS:The conditioning selection medium isolated BDLSCs directly from cultured bone marrow cells.The selected BDLSCs could be proliferated for six passages and maintained stable markers in our proliferating system.When the culture system was changed to a differentiating system,hepatocyte-like colony-forming units(H-CFUs)were formed.H-CFUs expressed markers of embryonic hepatocytes(alpha-fetoprotein,albumin and cytokeratin 8/18),biliary cells(cytokeratin 19),hepatocyte functional proteins(transthyretin and cytochrome P450-2b1),and hepatocyte nuclear factors 1αand-3β).They also had glycogen storage and urea synthesis functions,two of the critical features of hepatocytes.CONCLUSION:BDLSCs can be selected directly from bone marrow cells,and pure BDLSCs can be proliferated for six passages.The differentiated cells have hepatocyte-like phenotypes and functions.BDLSCs represent a new method to provide a readily available alternate source of cells for clinical hepatocyte therapy.
文摘Granulopoiesis in murine bone-marrow is regulated by both intrinsic and extrinsic factors(including hormones, drugs, inflammatory mediators and cytokines). Eosinophils, a minor subpopulation of circulating leukocytes, which remains better understood in its contributions to tissue injury in allergic disease than in its presumably beneficial actions in host defense, provide a striking example of joint regulation of granulopoiesis within murine bone-marrow by all of these classes of extrinsic factors. We first described the upregulation of eosinopoiesis in bone-marrow of allergen-sensitized mice following airway allergen challenge. Over the last decade, we were able to show a critical role for endogenous glucocorticoid hormones and cytokines in mediating this phenomenon through modification of cytokine effects, thereby supporting a positive association between stress hormones and allergic reactions. We have further shown that cysteinylleukotrienes(Cys LT), a major proinflammatory class of lipid mediators, generated through the 5-lipoxygenase pathway, upregulate bone-marrow eosinopoiesis in vivo and in vitro. Cys LT mediate the positive effects of drugs(indomethacin and aspirin) and of proallergic cytokines(eotaxin/CCL11 and interleukin-13) on in vitro eosinopoiesis. While these actions of endogenous GC and Cys LT might seem unrelated and even antagonistic, we demonstrated a critical partnership of these mediators in vivo, shedding light on mechanisms linking stress to allergy: GC are required for Cys LT-mediated upregulation of bone-marrow eosinopoiesis in vivo, but also attenuate subsequent ex vivo responses to Cys LT. GC and Cys LT therefore work together to induce eosinophilia, but through subtle regulatory mechanisms also limit the magnitude of subsequent bone-marrow responses to allergen.
文摘Adult derived mononuclear bone marrow cells are a good alternative as cell therapy. These cells are capable of significantly improve survival rate of Wistar rats with acetaminophen (APAP) induced acute liver failure in ten days. However, long term of cell therapy is not deeply studied in the literature. Here, we report an extramedullary hematopoiesis process derived from transplanted mononuclear bone marrow cells in the liver of rats 10 days after APAP injection. This result indicates that liver maintains an adequate microenvironment for the occurrence of extramedullary hematopoiesis process. The consequence of this finding deserves more studies.
