Mesenchymal stem cells delivery in individuals with different pathologies: multimodal tracking, safety and future applications

Due to their ease of isolation and their properties, mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have been widely investigated. MSCs have been proved capable of migration towards areas of inflammation, including tumors. Therefore, they have been suggested as vectors to carry therapies, specifically to neoplasias....

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Autores: Belmar-Lopez, Carolina, Vassaux, Georges, Medel-Martínez, Ana, Burnet, Jerome, Quintanilla, Miguel, Ramón y Cajal, Santiago, Hernández-Losa, Javier, Vieja, Antonio de la, Martín-Duque, Pilar
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:digital.csic.es:10261/283930
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/283930
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Mesenchymal stem cells
Sodium/iodide symporter (NIS)
Transdifferentiation
Therapy
imaging PET
SPECT
Bioluminescence
Luciferase
Radioiodine therapy
Diabetes
Injuries
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Sumario:Due to their ease of isolation and their properties, mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have been widely investigated. MSCs have been proved capable of migration towards areas of inflammation, including tumors. Therefore, they have been suggested as vectors to carry therapies, specifically to neoplasias. As most of the individuals joining clinical trials that use MSCs for cancer and other pathologies are carefully recruited and do not suffer from other diseases, here we decided to study the safety and application of iv-injected MSCs in animals simultaneously induced with different inflammatory pathologies (diabetes, wound healing and tumors). We studied this by in vitro and in vivo approaches using different gene reporters (GFP, hNIS, and f-Luc) and non-invasive techniques (PET, BLI, or fluorescence). Our results found that MSCs reached different organs depending on the previously induced pathology. Moreover, we evaluated the property of MSCs to target tumors as vectors to deliver adenoviruses, including the interaction between tumor microenvironment and MSCs on their arrival. Mechanisms such as transdifferentiation, MSC fusion with cells, or paracrine processes after MSCs homing were studied, increasing the knowledge and safety of this new therapy for cancer.