Abstract
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a set of metabolic diseases defined by a persistently high blood sugar level. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are a novel potential therapeutic intervention in treatments of various diseases, which is also referred to as regenerative medicine. We aimed to compare the pro-inflammatory cytokines’ levels during bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSCs) transplantation in rats with induced type I (T1D) and type II diabetes (T2D). Thirty-five male Sprague dawley rats were divided into: Group I: the healthy control group, group II: untreated rats with streptozotocin (STZ)-induced T1D (65 mg/kg), group III: BM-MSCs treated rats with STZ-induced T1D, group IV: untreated rats with high-fat diet (HFD)/STZ-induced T2D (40 mg/kg), group V: BM-MSCs-treated rats with HFD/STZ-induced T2D. Biochemical, histopathological and immunohistochemical studies were applied. Our results showed that transplantation reduced hyperglycemia and increased insulin levels in both induced T1D and T2D. Also, reductions in the levels of inflammatory markers were noticed after transplantation that was coincided with nuclear factor-kappa B (NF-кB) immunohistochemical results; which showed negative or moderate cytoplasmic reactivity in treated groups III and V. These results indicated the ability of BM-MSCs transplantation to modulate the pro-inflammatory cytokine profile during treatment of both T1D and T2D.
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BM-MSCs transplantation, in both T1D and T2D, led to the reduction in blood glucose levels.
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The biochemical and histological findings indicated an improvement in pancreatic islets.
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The immunomodulatory effect of BM-MSCs allowed the islets to neogenesis.
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Introduction
Diabetes mellitus (DM), a non-communicable disease, is the seventh greatest cause of mortality and one of the major worldwide health problems. The global prevalence of DM is suggested to be 7.7% (more than 425 million people) (IDF 2017). According to the World Health Organization (WHO), DM was directly responsible for 1.5 million deaths worldwide (WHO 2014). These numbers for diabetes-related mortality, however, are probably an underestimate because they did not completely account for how DM affects other causes of death. WHO has reported an expected increase in the prevalence of DM in many regions of the world in 2030 compared to 2011 (North America and the Caribbean: from 10.8 to 11.8%, Middle East and North Africa: from 8.8 to 10.6%, low and middle-income countries: from 7.5 to 9% and in African countries: from 3.5 to 4.1%) (Wou et al. 2019). DM is a set of metabolic disorders characterized by high blood glucose levels caused by issues with insulin synthesis, insulin usage, or both which cause serious problems like blindness, kidney failure, cardiovascular disease, stroke, neuropathy, and vascular dysfunction (Miniawy et al. 2017). Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is most commonly diagnosed in children and young adults, and it is caused by the autoimmune destruction of pancreatic islet cells, which results in the loss of insulin production (Patlak 2002). Globally, about 8 million people worldwide had T1D in 2021; of these, 1 million (18%) were under 20 years old, 5 million (64%) were 20–59, and 1 million (19%) were 60 years or older, A modelling study has predicted a rise in prevalent cases to 13.5–17.4 million is expected in 2040 (Gregory et al. 2022). Insulin is still the most effective T1D treatment at this time. Type 2 diabetes (T2D) affects about 86–91% of the diabetic population, mostly adults. However, its incidence in children is on the rise as a result of childhood obesity (Alberti et al. 2007). T2D is defined as an increase in insulin resistance combined with a failure of the pancreatic β-cells to produce enough insulin (Colberg et al. 2010). Pro and anti-inflammatory cytokines have been linked to the development of DM (Banerjee and Saxena 2014). Previous research has shown that certain pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines can inhibit insulin-responsive, glucose absorption and increase insulin resistance (Saxena and Modi 2014). Researches, studying the involvement of inflammatory pathways in DM and its complications are expected to shed light on the processes that support the disease’s genesis and progression. With a better knowledge of the inflammatory basis for DM, innovative therapeutic methods, in addition to presently utilized non-pharmacologic and pharmacologic treatments, might be introduced.
The use of living cells to maintain, restore, or enhance the functionality of organs and tissues is known as cell therapy (Motawea et al. 2020). Stem cells (SCs) are essential for living creatures because they perform functions like maintaining homeostatic tissue and replacing defective and senescent cells. SCs are being used in therapies for a variety of disorders as a unique possible therapeutic intervention, often known as regenerative medicine, due to their extraordinary healing capacities (Gomez-Lopez et al. 2014). The ability of SCs to regenerate and differentiate allows researchers to investigate their therapeutic potential for treating and controlling diabetic complications. Multipotent SCs can only develop into specialized cell types of their tissue of origin, such as mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and hematopoietic stem cells, and they may be found throughout the body in various areas. The therapeutic potential of MSCs-based therapy of DM pathology and related consequences has been intensively investigated in recent years. Nevertheless, a number of questions remain unanswered. In the present work, we compared the effects of BM-MSCs transplantation on the levels of pancreatic pro-inflammatory cytokines during T1D and T2D as a chronic inflammation model. The pancreatic inflammatory cytokines levels during BM-MSCs therapy were evaluated together with biochemical analysis, histopathological and immunohistochemical parameters.
Materials and methods
Preparation of bone marrow (BM)-MSCs
A total of twelve Sprague dawley rats (3–4 weeks) were sacrificed after administration of sodium pentobarbital intraperitoneally at a dose of 30 mg/kg. The femora and tibiae of the rats were harvested aseptically. BM-MSCs were flushed using phosphate-buffered saline (PBS), centrifuged at 300 × g for 5 min then the BM-MSCs were resuspended at a density of 107cells/ml in RPMI-164 medium. The cell suspension was plated into 50 cm2 culture plates (3 ml/plate) (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA). Isolated BM-MSCs were cultured, propagated, and supplemented with 10% FBS, 0.5% penicillin/ streptomycin and incubated at 37 °C and 5% CO2 until reaching 80–90% confluence within 7 days. The medium was renewed every two to three days. Labeling of BM-MSCs was performed according to Li et al. (2012); briefly, BM-MSCs were incubated in a staining cocktail consisting of Dulbecco’s modified Eagles medium (DMEM) complemented with 1.1% of PKH26 solution in diluent ad 100%, and incubated for 1 h in a humidified incubator (37 °C, 5% CO2). Then the staining was stopped as described by the supplier (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA).
Characterization and fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) analysis
BM-MSCs were cultured onto 6-well culture plates (Corning; Lowell, MA, USA). Following 14 days of culture, the cells were detached using 0.25% trypsin. Cells were washed extensively with PBS. Rat BM-MSCs specific cell surface markers, a cluster of differentiation (CD) 90 and CD105 were characterized for purity of cultured population and negative markers for hematopoietic lineage (CD34 and CD45) by flow cytometry (BD Biosciences, Franklin Lanes, NJ, USA). Briefly, the cells were detached and incubated for 20 min in the dark at 4 °C with rat monoclonal antibodies labeled with fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) and phycoerythrin (PE) (Farid et al. 2022a). The samples were centrifuged at room temperature for 5 min at 300 × g, resuspended in 500 µl PBS and evaluated using flow cytometry.
BM-MSCs homing
BM-MSCs were labeled for in vivo tracing using PKH26 Red Fluorescent Cell Linker Kit (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA) according to the manufacturer’s instructions. The labeled BM-MSCs were examined in unstained pancreatic tissues by Leica DM 5500B fluorescence microscope (Leica, Wetzlar, Germany).
Animals and experimental design
Male Sprague dawley rats, one-month-old (180–200 g), were purchased from National Organization for Drug Control and Research (NODCAR, Cairo, Egypt). Rats were maintained on a standard diet and tap water ad libitum for 1 week for acclimatization. Animals were housed in conventional cages at a temperature (22 ± 1 °C) and humidity (40–60%) with 12 h of dark/light cycle. The study was approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (CU-IACUC), Cairo University, Egypt (CUIF 1719). A normal diet was composed of 11.4% fat, 62.8% carbohydrate, and 25.8% protein (12.6 kJ/g) (The central animal house of the National Research Center, Dokki, Giza, Egypt). Thirty-five male rats were divided into five groups (7 rats each); Group I: the healthy control group, group II: untreated rats with T1 STZ-induced diabetes, group III: BM-MSCs-treated rats with T1 STZ-induced diabetes, group IV: untreated rats with T2 HFD/STZ-induced diabetes, group V: BM-MSCs-treated rats with T2 HFD/SZ-induced diabetes. Rats received (2 × 106 cells/rat) BM-MSCs in 0.2 ml DMEM by intravenous (i.v.) injection.
T1D (STZ-induced)
at day one of the experiment, all rats fasted for 6–8 h prior to STZ (Sigma-Aldrich, St. Louis, MO, USA) administration (water was provided ad libitum). 32.5 mg of STZ was dissolved in 50 mM sodium citrate buffer (enzyme grade; Fisher) (pH 4.5) to a final concentration of 32.5 mg/ml. Rats were intravenously (i.v.) injected by the prepared STZ solution at 65 mg/kg (2.0 ml/kg) according to Furman (2015). Rats were administrated normal food and 10% sucrose water, only, on the first day of STZ administration.
T2D (HFD/STZ-induced)
Animals were weighed accurately before HFD administration. Rats were placed on HFD (D12492 diet), 60 kcal% Fat (Research Diets, Inc. NJ, USA) for two weeks. On the 15th day, rats fasted for 6–8 h prior to STZ treatment (water was provided ad libitum). STZ was prepared as mentioned previously, and rats were i.v. injected at 40 mg/kg according to Furman (2015).
The control group was injected with citrate buffer only. On the 7th day after STZ administration, all rats fasted for 6–8 h and a blood sample from the tail vein was collected for measuring fasting blood glucose (FBG) levels. Rats with FBG levels > 150 mg/dl in comparison to the control group were considered diabetic.
Biochemical parameters in serum
FBG was measured using a glucose assay Colorimetric/Fluorometric kit (Abcam, MA, USA, cat lot.: ab65333) (El-Hadad et al. 2022; Farid et al. 2022a, b). Insulin was assessed using a rat insulin ELISA kit (CUSABIO, Texas, USA, cat lot: CSB-E05070r) (Farid et al. 2022a, b). C- reactive protein (CRP) was evaluated with the Rat CRP ELISA kits (Abcam, UK, cat lot: ab256398).
Pancreatic homogenate preparation and cytokine assay
Dissected pancreatic segments (a half gram) were homogenized in 4.5 ml of cold Tris-HCl buffer (10 mmol, pH = 7.4); followed by centrifugation for 10 min at 4 oC at 3000 rpm. Protein content was determined, in the supernatant, using standard Lowry’s protocol (Waterborg and Matthews 1984). Tissue interleukin (IL)-1 beta (β), tumor necrosis factor (TNF) alpha (α) and IL-6 were determined using rat IL-1β (E-EL-R0012), TNF-α (Biolegend 438,206) and IL-6 (Biovision K4145-100) ELISA Kits (Hegazy et al. 2015; El-Hadad et al. 2022; Shatter et al. 2022; Farid et al. 2023).
Histological study
Pancreatic segments from the different experimental groups were fixed in 10% buffered formalin. The specimens were carefully cleaned in tap water before being dehydrated in gradient ethanol solutions. Following that, the specimens were cleared in xylene and embedded in paraffin wax at 55 °C. Five sections of 4 μm thickness were cut from each segment. Sections were mounted for haematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining for routine histopathological examination. Steps for sections’ preparation for histopathological examination were performed according to Madbouly et al. (2021a, b) and Farid et al. (2022c).
Immunohistochemical parameters
For immunohistochemical localization of insulin and NF-кB, 4 μm paraffin pancreatic sections were deparaffinized in xylene, then rehydrated by graded alcohols and washed using PBS. Endogenous peroxidase activity was blocked by 3% hydrogen peroxide in methanol followed by washing with PBS. Sections were blocked in 5% bovine serum albumin (BSA) for an hour. Primary antibody anti- NF-кB p65 antibody (phospho S536) (1:500, Abcam, MA, USA, cat lot.: ab86299) or monoclonal anti-insulin antibody (Sigma-Aldrich, cat lot.: I2018) were applied to pancreatic sections. Sections were incubated for 30 min and then washed with PBS. After washing, the sections were incubated with secondary antibody (HRP conjugated rabbit anti-rat IgG, ab6734) for an hour. The reaction was visualized by chromogen (3, 3-diaminobenzidine, DAB) until brown color appears. Sections were washed and counterstained with Mayer’s haematoxylin.
Statistical analysis
Data were evaluated with the One Way ANOVA test using IBM SPSS Statistics for Windows, version 22.0 (IBM Corp., Armonk, N.Y., USA). Results were expressed as mean ± SD. Values were considered significant at p < 0.05.
Results
Characterization and pancreatic homing of BM-MSCs
After in vitro culture, for 14 days, BM-MSCs demonstrated fibroblast-like morphology and were adhered to the flask surface (Fig. 1a). FACs analysis showed a high expression of CD90 and CD105 and negative staining for CD34 and CD45 (Fig. 1b) markers indicating that the cultured cells were of mesenchymal origin as well as of high purity without hematopoietic lineage cell contamination. Immunofluorescence staining showed labeled BM-MSCs in pancreatic islets of group III (Fig. 1c) and group V (Fig. 1d).
Body weight
Body weights of different experimental groups were presented in Fig. 1e. Body weight of the healthy control group I was significantly elevated, directly, with experimental time (190.25, 201.43 and 415.43 g on the 1st, 7th and 42nd day, respectively). Groups IV and V showed a significant increase in body weights after two weeks of HFD administration (211.53 and 209.53 g, respectively). On the 7th day, either in groups II or IV, diabetes induction significantly decreased animals’ body weights (177.54 and 201.61 g, respectively). No significant difference was noticed between body weights of group V on the 1st and 42nd day (203.43 and 201.63 g, respectively). On the other hand, the body weight of group V (201.63 g) was significantly higher than that of group IV (187.64 g) on the 42nd day. No significant difference was noticed between body weights of groups II and III on the 42nd day (168.24 and 172.44 g, respectively).
Effect of BM-MSCs transplantation on FBG levels after diabetes induction
Significantly elevated FBG levels were developed in groups II and IV (490.68 ± 0.53 and 420.45 ± 0.76 mg/dl, respectively) when compared to control group I (99.04 ± 0.11 mg/dl). Group II showed no significant differences in FBG levels on the 7th and 42nd day (490.68 ± 0.53 and 500.63 ± 0.13 mg/dl, respectively). While group IV showed an increase in FBG levels on the 42nd day (504.36 ± 0.74) when compared to that on the 7th day (420.45 ± 0.76 mg/dl). A significant reduction in FBG levels were recorded in BM-MSCs treated groups III and V (142.87 and 136.47 mg/dl, respectively) on the 42nd day when compared to that of the 7th day (Table 1).
Effect of BM-MSCs transplantation on insulin levels after diabetes induction
During T1D induction in group II, a significant reduction of the insulin levels (1.9 ± 0.02 ng/ml) was recorded on the 7th day, this reduction continued to reach 1.3 ng/ml on the 42nd day of the experiment (Table 2). On the other hand, T2D in group IV showed a non-significant difference in insulin level during all the experimental periods (4.5 ± 0.41 and 4.6 ± 0.56 ng/ml) at 7th to 42nd day, respectively. A significant elevation in insulin level (3.6 ± 1.10 ng/ml) was recorded in group III after BM-MSCs transplantation on the 42nd day when compared to that of the 7th day (1.50 ± 0.21 ng/ml). On day 42, group V showed a significant upregulation of insulin to a level comparable to that of the healthy control group (group V: 5.1 ± 1.44 Vs group I: 5.6 ± 0.16 ng/m) (Table 2).
Effect of BM-MSCs transplantation on pancreatic pro-inflammatory cytokines and serum CRP during treatment of T1 and T2D
Induction of T1D and T2D in groups II and IV developed a significant elevation of pancreatic pro-inflammatory cytokines (IL-1β, TNF-α and IL-6) when compared to healthy control group I. IL-1β serum level was highly elevated in group II (981.63 pg/mg) more than in group IV (567.69 pg/mg). On the contrary, levels of TNF-α and IL-6 (883.47 and 756.39 pg/mg, respectively) were significantly elevated in untreated T2D group IV than those of untreated T1D group II (548.26 and 579.21 pg/mg) for TNF-α and IL-6, respectively). A significant reduction in cytokine levels was recorded in BM-MSCs treated groups III and V. In group V Level of IL-1β, was non-significantly different (245.23 ± 0.99 pg/mg) from that of healthy control group I (205.87 ± 0.56 pg/mg) while the levels of TNF-α and IL-6 were significantly reduced (648.66 ± 0.68 and 440.01 ± 0.21 pg/mg, respectively) when compared to T2D group IV (883.47 ± 0.47 and 756.39 ± 0.67 pg/mg, respectively). However, their levels remained significantly elevated when compared to healthy control group I. In group III, the IL-6 level was significantly decreased (220.45 ± 0.56 pg/mg) when compared to group II (579.21 ± 1.45 pg/mg), to reach a comparable level with the group I (199.56 ± 2.10 pg/mg). Also, we have noticed the same trend of CRP level, in T1D and T2D, groups II and IV (34.11 ± 0.43 and 24.77 ± 0.36 mg/ml, respectively) was significantly elevated in comparison to healthy control group I (4.21 ± 0.11 mg/ml). BM-MSCs transplantation significantly decreased the CRP levels in groups III and V (5.40 ± 0.77 mg/ml and 4.32 ± 0.41 mg/ml, respectively) (Table 2).
BM-MSCs transplantation alleviated histopathological parameters of the pancreas in T1 and T2D
Healthy control (group I) showed average-sized pale-staining islets of Langerhans with predominating β-cells with pale blue cytoplasm in the center and less frequently alpha cells with pink cytoplasm in the periphery with average intervening blood capillaries, average ducts, and average exocrine areas (Fig. 2a, b). Pancreatic section of T1 STZ-induced diabetes (group II) recorded few small-sized hypocellular pale-staining islets of Langerhans with scattered apoptotic β-cells and markedly edematous cytoplasm. Few alpha cells in the periphery dilated intervening blood capillaries, dilated ducts, and average exocrine areas were noticed in group II (Fig. 2c, d). Pancreatic sections in BM-MSCs treated T1D (Group III), showed average-sized normocellular islets of Langerhans with few scattered apoptotic β-cells, few alpha cells in the periphery, mildly dilated intervening blood capillaries, and average exocrine areas (Fig. 2e, f). In STZ/HFD-induced T2D (group IV), a hypocellular edematous islet with scattered apoptotic β-cells and dilated intervening blood capillaries, and average exocrine areas were observed (Fig. 2g, h). STZ/HFD diabetic group V, BM-MSCs treated rats, showed average-sized normocellular islets of Langerhans with scattered apoptotic β-cells and others with vacuolated cytoplasm, mildly dilated intervening blood capillaries, average ducts, and average exocrine areas (Fig. 2i, j).
Effect of BM-MSCs transplantation on pancreatic insulin and NF-кB in T1 and T2D
Marked cytoplasmic reactivity (+++) to insulin antibodies in more than 90% of the islet cells was observed in pancreatic sections of control group I (Fig. 3a) and BM-MSCs treated groups III (T1D, Fig. 3e) and V (T2D, Fig. 3i). On the other hand, mild cytoplasmic reactivity (+) to insulin antibodies in less than 20% of Islet cells was noticed in T1 and T2-induced diabetic groups II and IV (Fig. 3c and g, respectively). Negative cytoplasmic reactivity for NF-кB was observed in pancreatic sections of control group I and BM-MSCs treated groups III and V (Fig. 3b, f and i). Marked cytoplasmic reactivity for NF-кB was observed in pancreatic islet cells of diabetic groups II and IV (Fig. 3d and h).
Discussion
Traditional insulin therapy helps to manage blood glucose levels in diabetic patients. However, it has been shown to be ineffective over time causing loss of glycaemic control (Pasquel et al. 2021). In addition, due to a lack of pancreatic cells, cell rejection, the use of immunosuppressive medications, and other factors; islet transplantation therapy is limited (Hussain and Theise 2004). Because of their low immunogenic potential, immune-privileged, and immunomodulating features, SCs therapies could help overcome these restrictions (Petrus-Reurer et al. 2021). SCs can also be genetically modified, allowing the desired MHC complex to be injected to reduce the risk of immunological rejection (Kumar et al. 2008). MSCs have also been linked to the inhibition of T-cell proliferation, the formation of dendritic cells, and the proliferation of B-cells (Weiss and Dahlke 2019).
Multipotent MSCs, are self-regenerating cells found in nearly all postnatal organs and tissues (Fitzsimmons et al. 2018). BM-MSCs are multipotent cells that can develop into fully functioning insulin-producing cells; they represent a prospective source of insulin-producing cells (Gabr et al. 2014). Successful SCs therapy can eradicate diabetes etiology and improve the pancreas regeneration (Bhartiya 2016). Various immunomodulatory effects, with various cytokine secretion patterns have been observed following the delivery of MSCs in earlier investigations (Yin et al. 2019), but the results are frequently conflicting and a complete picture is still insufficient. Moreover, cytokines are a significant issue of exploration for understanding a lot of diseases (Farid et al. 2013), disorders and types of involved immune cells in these disorders (Farid et al. 2020; Madbouly et al. 2021b). Therefore, the present study aimed to compare the pancreatic pro-inflammatory cytokine profile in T1 and T2D in male Sprague Dawley rats after BM-MSCs transplantation. Also, the effect of BM-MSCs on pancreatic NF-κB was evaluated through immunohistochemical methods. The MSCs localization in the pancreas was demonstrated through histological methods.
In this study, BM-MSCs were isolated and characterized by FACs analysis, where cells have fibroblast-like morphology and were adhered to the flask surface. FACs analysis showed a high expression of CD90 and CD105 and negative staining for CD34 and CD45 markers indicating that the cultured cells were of mesenchymal origin as well as of high purity without haematopoietic lineage cell contamination. After DM induction, rats received (2 × 106 cells/rat) MSCs in 0.2 ml DMEM by i.v. injection. The dose of MSCs is an important determinant of glucose-insulin homeostasis outcome. The doses vary from 2 to 10 million cells either as a single injection (Azab et al. 2011) or as multiple injections (Banerjee et al. 2005) have been used in animal experiments.
In this study, we observed transplanted labeled BM-MSCs in the pancreas of the recipient rats which indicated the selective homing of BM-MSCs to the pancreas. The homing ability of BM-MSCs means their ability to migrate into injured sites, and their capacity to differentiate into local components of the injured sites and the ability to secrete chemokines, cytokines, and growth factors that help in tissue regeneration (Fu et al. 2019; Kang et al. 2012) suggested the role of inflammatory cytokines such as transforming growth factor (TGF)-1β, IL-1β, and TNF-α in elevation of the production of matrix metalloproteinases in MSCs, resulting in a substantial stimulation of chemotactic migration across the extracellular environment to reach the damaged tissue. The role of chemokines and growth factors as migratory cues in MSC trafficking to the damaged region have been proven (Karp and Teo 2009). This ability of implanted MSCs to seek out the site of tissue damage has been demonstrated in bone or cartilage fractures (Murphy et al. 2003), myocardial infarction (Barbash et al. 2003), and ischemic cerebral injury (Ji et al. 2004; Sordi et al. 2005) provided evidence that BM-MSCs are attracted by pancreatic islets in vitro and in vivo, and confirmed that CXCL12 and its ligand CXCR4 play an important role in homing. Intravenous delivery of BM-MSCs, which was applied in the present work, was found to be efficient for their specific migration to the site of injury (Ji et al. 2004; Leibacher and Henschler 2016).
Several studies have observed FBG and serum insulin levels as biomarkers of STZ’s diabetogenic action (Ahangarpour et al. 2018). In this study, DM induction significantly increased FBG levels and reduced insulin levels in the serum of both T1 and T2 diabetic rats. The elevated blood glucose level was suggested to stimulate free radical production, oxidative stress and lipid peroxidation (Tangvarasittichai 2015). In the present data, BM-MSCs transplantation significantly dropped FBG levels and upgraded insulin levels in both T1 and T2 diabetic rats on the 42nd day compared to their levels on the 7th day of the experimental period. The improvement of the β-cells mass and/or functions include fusion of BM-MSCs with islet cells or trans-differentiation of MSCs into β-cells. Yanai et al. (2013) showed that co-transplantation of electrofused MSCs and islet cells in rats improved blood glucose profile due to bi-directional reprogramming of both β-cells and MSCs nuclei, thereby allowing the insulin gene expression. Moreover, Khatri et al. (2020) suggested the proliferation of pancreatic β-cells and provided evidence for the effect of MSCs on the endocrine part of the pancreas.
In this study, the histopathological sections of the pancreas revealed a few small-sized hypocellular pale-staining islets of Langerhans with scattered apoptotic β-cells and markedly edematous cytoplasm in T1 induced diabetic rats. In addition, T2 diabetic induction showed hypocellular edematous islet with scattered apoptotic β-cells and dilated intervening blood capillaries, and average exocrine areas. Upon BM-MSCs transplantation, the pancreas of diabetic rats treated with BM-MSCs showed histopathological improvement in parallel with the biochemical enhancement where average-sized normocellular islets of Langerhans with few scattered apoptotic β-cells were noticed. Furthermore, a marked cytoplasmic reactivity to anti-insulin antibodies was evidenced in both MSCs treated T1 and T2 diabetic rats; with negative or moderate cytoplasmic reactivity for NF-кB. The mechanism of BM-MSCs in repairing islets of Langerhans and regeneration of resident β-cells was discussed in some studies as it was suggested that these cells are able to migrate and settle in the damaged tissues after the systemic intravenous transfer (Anzalone et al. 2010).
Previous studies hypothesized the activation of a final common pathway involving IL-1β, NF-κB, and Fas in T1 and T2D, in spite of different origins. As in T1D, invading immune cells release cytokines such as IL-1β, TNF-α, and IFN-γ. IL-1β and/or TNF-α with IFN-γ cause apoptosis in β-cells by activating the transcription factors NF-кB and STAT-1, which induce NO production and β-cells apoptosis (Ortis et al. 2010). While in T2D, β-cells themselves release IL-1β in response to exposure to high glucose levels, which attracts macrophages that serve as an additional source of IL-1β and other cytokines, contributing to β-cell failure (Zhao et al. 2014). IL-6 was found to play a role in the inflammatory response linked to insulin disturbance. Hundhausen et al. (2016) demonstrated a link between IL-6 and T cell migration; increasing the probability that T cell responses to IL-6, in T1D, contributed to disease pathogenesis by influencing T cell homing to foci of islet inflammation. The authors also suggested that IL-6 reactivity may be used to predict chronic progression. Ellingsgaard et al. (2008) indicated that, in addition to a systemic elevation in IL-6, local islet IL-6 levels were also enhanced in T2D, implying that IL-6 may have a function in the pancreatic islets in this illness. Furthermore, the elevation of local islet IL-6, found to accelerate cell apoptosis. In the present work, DM induction significantly elevated the inflammatory cytokines (IL-1 β, TNF-α and IL-6) in both T1 and T2 diabetic groups when compared to the control group. Many studies have discussed the role of inflammatory markers in the progression of both types of DM. Where an elevation in CRP and IL-1β levels in patients with T1 induction showed hypocellular edematous islet with scattered apoptotic β-cells diabetes has been reported. Daryabor (2020) reported that T2 diabetic patients have higher levels of IL-6 and TNF-α than healthy controls. Our results were in agreement with these previous studies; where the levels of CRP and pancreatic IL-1β were higher in T1 rather than those of T2 diabetic rats. On the contrary, pancreatic TNF-α and IL-6 levels exhibited an opposite pattern such that their levels were higher in T2 rather than in T1 diabetic rats.
One of the predominant components of MSCs is their immunomodulatory functions in response to the local environment (Petryk and Shevchenko 2020). Numerous mediators, including TGF- β, indolamine 2, 3-dioxygenase, inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), and prostaglandin E2 are thought to be responsible for MSCs’ immunomodulatory function. BM-MSCs produce numerous regulatory cytokines that have immunomodulatory activities on T cells, B cells, dendritic cells, and natural killer cells (Hao et al. 2013). In the current work, BM-MSCs transplantation in T1 diabetic rats, decreased pancreatic IL-1β level compared to that of the diabetic untreated group; while its level remained higher than that of the healthy control group. BM-MSCs treated T2 diabetic group, also, showed a significant downregulation of IL-1β level, compared to untreated diabetic group IV but with non-significant difference from that of healthy control group I. At the same time, the levels of TNF-α, IL-6 and CRP in BM-MSCs treated T1 diabetic group III dropped significantly to be comparable to those of normal control group I. While, in BM-MSCs treated T2 diabetic group V, the levels of TNF-α and IL-6 were reduced but still significantly higher than those of healthy control group I.
The anti-inflammatory efficacy of MSCs was found to be via different mechanisms involving both innate and adaptive immune components; one mechanism involves blocking the complement-induced proliferation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells. Another mechanism involves the regulation of macrophage activity in the healing tissue area. When MSCs interact with macrophages, they boost their polarization from pro-inflammatory M1 phenotype to anti-inflammatory M2 phenotype cells, the issue which explains the inhibited production of pro-inflammatory cytokines like TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-6 and IFN-γ and increases the secretion of anti-inflammatory cytokines like IL-10 (Trzyna and Banaś-Ząbczyk 2021; Monguió-Tortajada et al. 2017) demonstrated that MSCs also increase the expression of CD39 and CD73 in monocytes, causing the environment to shift from pro-inflammatory to anti-inflammatory.
Cytokine-mediated NF-κB activation stimulates the production of a variety of pro-apoptotic and pro-inflammatory gene (Farid et al. 2021). The present histochemical studies revealed a concurrent activation of NF-κB with the elevated levels of pancreatic IL-1β and TNF-α, this was in harmony with recent suggestions that IL-1β and/or soluble TNF- α are capable of activating the NF-κB non-canonical pathway in β-cells (Meyerovich et al. 2016). In parallel to the reduction in the levels of inflammatory markers after BM-MSCs transplantation, the present data revealed inhibition of the cytoplasmic reactivity of NF-κB (negative or moderate) in treated T1D and T2D groups. Salem et al. (2014) also reported that mice with continuous NF-κB activation in β-cells spontaneously develop insulitis and immune-mediated diabetes. Eldor et al. (2006) found that, in vivo inhibition of NF-κB signaling in mouse β-cells protects STZ-induced diabetes. While Kim et al. (2007) reported that, NF-κB inactivation in β-cells from non-obese diabetic mice promotes disease development.
This study had some limitations. First, we only compared the effects of BM-MSCs on the two types of DM. In future research, MSCs from other origins should be compared. Second, the origin of the tissues is just one of the vital factors influencing MSC heterogeneity. Other relevant aspects which influence the therapeutic efficacy of MSC such as the dose, isolation and preparation methods need to be extensively explored. Third, the lack of adequate evidences about the impact of the diabetes duration on BM-MSCs therapy. Hence, based on our findings we suggest that future studies take into consideration the disease duration factor.
In conclusion, BM-MSCs transplantation, in T1 and T2D, has led to a reduction in blood glucose levels; which was accompanied by an increase in insulin level. Furthermore, the biochemical and histological findings indicated a significant improvement in pancreatic islets of Langerhans, as well as increased insulin release from the islets-cells. Where the immunohistochemical examination revealed moderate cytoplasmic reactivity for insulin in pancreatic sections of BM-MSCs-treated groups III and V which indicated the islets neogenesis. This can be explained by the immunomodulatory effect of BM-MSCs and their downregulation of NF-κB and the pro-inflammatory cytokines; that in turn restored the homeostasis of the immune microenvironment and led to the neogenesis of β-cells function.
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Farid, A., El-Alfy, L. & Madbouly, N. Bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells transplantation downregulates pancreatic NF-κB and pro-inflammatory cytokine profile in rats with type I and type II-induced diabetes: a comparison study. Biologia 78, 3165–3177 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11756-023-01436-0
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