Biodistribution, Long-term Survival, and Safety of Human Adipose Tissue-derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Transplanted in Nude Mice by High Sensitivity Non-invasive Bioluminescence Imaging
Cultivated murine bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) frequently accumulate chromosome abnormalities, become oncogenically transformed, and generate sarcomas when transplanted in mice. Although human MSCs appear to be more resistant, oncogenic transformation has also been observed in MSCs cult...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Stem cells and development 2008-10, Vol.17 (5), p.993-1004 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Cultivated murine bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) frequently accumulate chromosome abnormalities, become oncogenically transformed, and generate sarcomas when transplanted in mice. Although human MSCs appear to be more resistant, oncogenic transformation has also been observed in MSCs cultivated past the senescence phase. Cell therapy for tissue regeneration using human autologous MSCs requires transplantation of cells previously expanded
in vitro
. Thus, an important concern is to determine if oncogenic transformation is a necessary outcome of the expansion procedures. We have analyzed the proliferation capacity, organ colonization, and oncogenicity of enhanced green fluorescent protein and luciferase-labeled human adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hAMSCs), implanted in immunocompromised mice during a prolonged time period (8 months) using a non-invasive bioluminescence imaging procedure. Our data indicates that the liver was the preferred target organ for colonization by intramuscular or intravenous implantation of hAMSCs. The implanted cells tended to maintain a steady state, population did not proliferate rapidly after implantation, and no detectable chromosomal abnormalities nor tumors formed during the 8 months of residence in the host's tissues. It would appear that hAMSCs, contrary to their murine correlatives, could be safe candidates for autologous cell therapy procedures since in our experiments they show undetectable predisposition to oncogenic transformation after cultivation
in vitro
and implantation in mice. |
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ISSN: | 1547-3287 1557-8534 |
DOI: | 10.1089/scd.2007.0201 |