Abstract
Stroke is the leading cause of severe long-term disability. Cell therapy has recently emerged as an approach to facilitate functional recovery in stroke. Although administration of peripheral blood mononuclear cells preconditioned by oxygen–glucose deprivation (OGD-PBMCs) has been shown to be a therapeutic strategy for ischemic stroke, the recovery mechanisms remain largely unknown. We hypothesised that cell–cell communications within PBMCs and between PBMCs and resident cells are necessary for a polarising protective phenotype. Here, we investigated the therapeutic mechanisms underlying the effects of OGD-PBMCs through the secretome. We compared levels of transcriptomes, cytokines, and exosomal microRNA in human PBMCs by RNA sequences, Luminex assay, flow cytometric analysis, and western blotting under normoxic and OGD conditions. We also performed microscopic analyses to assess the identification of remodelling factor-positive cells and evaluate angiogenesis, axonal outgrowth, and functional recovery by blinded examination by administration of OGD-PBMCs after ischemic stroke in Sprague–Dawley rats. We found that the therapeutic potential of OGD-PBMCs was mediated by a polarised protective state through decreased levels of exosomal miR-155-5p, and upregulation of vascular endothelial growth factor and a pluripotent stem cell marker stage-specific embryonic antigen-3 through the hypoxia-inducible factor-1α axis. After administration of OGD-PBMCs, microenvironment changes in resident microglia by the secretome promoted angiogenesis and axonal outgrowth, resulting in functional recovery after cerebral ischemia. Our findings revealed the mechanisms underlying the refinement of the neurovascular unit by secretome-mediated cell–cell communications through reduction of miR-155-5p from OGD-PBMCs, highlighting the therapeutic potential carrier of this approach against ischemic stroke.
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Abbreviations
- ANOVA:
-
Analysis of variance
- CD:
-
Cluster of differentiation
- CNS:
-
Central nervous system
- DAPI:
-
4′,6′-Diamidino-2-phenylindole
- GAP43:
-
Growth associated protein 43
- GO:
-
Gene ontology
- HIF-1α:
-
Hypoxia-inducible factor-1alpha
- IL:
-
Interleukin
- KEGG:
-
Kyoto Encyclopaedia of Genes and Genomes
- MAP2:
-
Microtubule-associated protein 2
- miRNA:
-
MicroRNA
- NF-kB:
-
Nuclear factor-kappa B
- OGD:
-
Oxygen–glucose deprivation
- OGD-PBMC:
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Peripheral blood mononuclear cell preconditioned by oxygen–glucose deprivation
- PBMC:
-
Peripheral blood mononuclear cell
- pNF-kB:
-
Phospho-NF-kB
- RNAseq:
-
RNA sequencing
- ROI:
-
Regions of interest
- rRNA:
-
Ribosomal RNA
- PPARγ:
-
Proliferator-activated receptor gamma
- SD:
-
Standard deviation
- SSEA-3:
-
Stage-specific embryonic antigen 3
- TGF-β:
-
Transforming growth factor-beta
- TNF-α:
-
Tumour necrosis factor-alpha
- TMEM119:
-
Transmembrane protein 119
- VEGF:
-
Vascular endothelial growth factor
- vWF:
-
Von Willebrand factor
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This work was supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Research Project Number: 18K07493, 21K19441, 22H03183), the Translational Research program, Strategic Promotion for practical application of Innovative Medical Technology (TR-SPRINT) supported by the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED) under Grant Number JP19lm0203023, a grant from Takeda Science Foundation and SENSHIN Medical Research Foundation, and Moriyama Award of Japan Brain Foundation (Dr. Kanazawa). This work was also supported by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Research Project Number: 20K16485) (Dr. Hatakeyama) and a grant from the Tsubaki Memorial Foundation (Dr. Otsu).
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Otsu, Y., Hatakeyama, M., Kanayama, T. et al. Oxygen–Glucose Deprived Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells Protect Against Ischemic Stroke. Neurotherapeutics 20, 1369–1387 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13311-023-01398-w
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