Abstract
Over the last decade, mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have been considered a suitable source for cell-based therapy, especially in regenerative medicine. First, the efficacy and functions of MSCs in clinical applications have been attributed to their differentiation ability, called homing and differentiation. However, it has recently been confirmed that MSCs mostly exert their therapeutic effects through soluble paracrine bioactive factors and extracellular vesicles, especially secretome. These secreted components play critical roles in modulating immune responses, improving the survival, and increasing the regeneration of damaged tissues. The secretome content of MSCs is variable under different conditions. Oxidative stress (OS) is one of these conditions that is highly important in MSC therapy and regenerative medicine. High levels of reactive oxygen species (ROS) are produced during isolation, cell culture, and transplantation lead to OS, which induces cell death and apoptosis and limits the efficacy of their regeneration capability. In turn, the preconditioning of MSCs in OS conditions contributes to the secretion of several proteins, cytokines, growth factors, and exosomes, which can improve the antioxidant potential of MSCs against OS. This potential of MSC secretome has turned it into a new promising cell-free tissue regeneration strategy.
This review provides a view of MSC secretome under OS conditions, focusing on different secretome contents of MSCs and thier possible therapeutic potential against cell therapy.
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Abbreviations
- MSCs:
-
Mesenchymal stem cells
- OS:
-
Oxidative stress
- ROS:
-
Reactive oxygen species
- IGF:
-
Insulin-like growth factor
- PEDF:
-
Pigment epithelium-derived factor
- VEGF:
-
Vascular endothelial growth factor
- IGF-1:
-
Insulin-like growth factor-1
- BMP-2:
-
Bone morphogenic protein-2
- BMP-4:
-
Bone morphogenic protein-4
- M-CSF:
-
Monocyte colony stimulating factor
- RANKL:
-
Receptor activator of nuclear factor kappa-B ligand
- G-CSF:
-
Granulocyte colony stimulating factor
- SDF-1:
-
Stromal-cell-derived factor 1
- LIF:
-
Leukemia inhibitory factor
- VE-cadherin:
-
Vein endothelial cadherin
- CNS:
-
Central nervous system
- NGF:
-
Nerve growth factor
- BDNF:
-
Brain derived neurotrophic factor
- GDNF:
-
Glial derived neurotrophic factor
- NT-3:
-
Neurotrophin-3
- FGF-2:
-
Fibroblast growth factor-2
- EPO:
-
Erythropoietin
- CNTF:
-
Ciliary neurotrophic factor
- PNS:
-
Peripheral nervous system
- bFGF:
-
Basic fibroblast growth factor
- SDF-1α:
-
Stromal cell-derived factor 1 α
- MCP-1:
-
Monocyte chemotactic protein-1
- STC-1:
-
Stanniocalcin-1
- MHC-I:
-
Major histocompatibility complex I
- PGE2:
-
Prostaglandin E2
- TGF-β:
-
Transforming growth factor beta
- IDO:
-
Indoleamine-pyrrole 2,3-dioxygenase
- GVHD:
-
Graft versus host disease
- Nrf2:
-
Erythroid 2-related factor
- HIF:
-
Hypoxia-inducible factor
- CAT:
-
Catalase
- SOD:
-
Superoxide dismutase
- GSH:
-
Glutathione
- GPx:
-
Glutathione peroxidase
- TrxR:
-
Thioredoxin reductase
- AD-MSC:
-
Adipose tissue-derived MSCs
- Ang-1:
-
Aangiogenin-1
- HGF:
-
Hepatocyte growth factor
- PDGF:
-
Platelet-derived growth factor
- iPSCs:
-
Induced pluripotent stem cells
- DPSCs:
-
Include dental pulp stem cells
- CDPSCs:
-
Dental pulp's inferior duct' stem cells
- EVs:
-
extracellular vesicles
- MVs:
-
Micro vesicles
- ILVs:
-
Intraluminal vesicles
- MVBs:
-
Multi-vesicular bodies
- PRDX1:
-
Peroxiredoxin 1
- TXN1:
-
Thioredoxin 1
- ApoD:
-
Apolipoprotein D
- RPE:
-
Retinal pigment cells
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This work was supported by a grant from Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Deputy for Research and Technology, grant number: (63680)- IR. TBZMED. REC. 1399. 036.
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BR and MP contributed equally and shared the first co-authorship. They wrote all sections of the manuscript. DJ wrote some sections of the original draft and revised the manuscript critically for important intellectual content. MB worked on the literature research and original draft preparation. EA contributed to the conceptualization, literature research, writing the discussion and conclusion, and editing, reviewing, and organizing the final draft.
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Rahimi, B., Panahi, M., Saraygord-Afshari, N. et al. The secretome of mesenchymal stem cells and oxidative stress: challenges and opportunities in cell-free regenerative medicine. Mol Biol Rep 48, 5607–5619 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-021-06360-7
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