Therapeutic Effects of Human Umbilical Cord-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Acute Lung Injury Mice

  • Hua Zhu
  • , Yi Xiong
  • , Yunqiu Xia
  • , Rong Zhang
  • , Daiyin Tian
  • , Ting Wang
  • , Jihong Dai
  • , Lijia Wang
  • , Hongbing Yao
  • , Hong Jiang
  • , Ke Yang
  • , Enmei Liu
  • , Yujun Shi
  • , Zhou Fu
  • , Li Gao
  • , Lin Zou

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Abstract

The incidence and mortality of acute lung injury (ALI)/acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) are still very high, but stem cells show some promise for its treatment. Here we found that intratracheal administration of human umbilical cord-mesenchymal stem cells (UC-MSCs) significantly improved survival and attenuated the lung inflammation in lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced ALI mice. We also used the proteins-chip and bioinformatics to analyze interactions between UC-MSCs treatment and immune-response alternations of ALI mice. Then we demonstrated that UC-MSCs could inhibit the inflammatory response of mouse macrophage in ALI mice, as well as enhance its IL-10 expression. We provide data to support the concept that the therapeutic capacity of UC-MSCs for ALI was primarily through paracrine secretion, particularly of prostaglandin-E2 (PGE2). Furthermore, we showed that UC-MSCs might secrete a panel of factors including GM-CSF, IL-6 and IL-13 to ameliorate ALI. Our study suggested that UC-MSCs could protect LPS-induced ALI model by immune regulation and paracrine factors, indicating that UC-MSCs should be a promising strategy for ALI/ARDS.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number39889
JournalScientific reports
Volume7
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 4 2017

ASJC Scopus subject areas

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