Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell transplantion for repair of airway injury in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease / 中国组织工程研究

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND:Mesenchymal stem cels can differentiate into lung parenchymal cels involved in lung injury repair, providing a new approach for the application of mesenchymal stem cels in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. OBJECTIVE:To observe the effect of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cel transplantation on the repair of airway injury in rats with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. METHODS:Twenty-four female rats were randomized into four groups: bone marrow mesenchymal stem cel transplantation group (cel transplantation group,n=12); bone marrow mesenchymal stem cels group (cel control group,n=4); model group (n=4); healthy control group (n=4). Rat models of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease were established in the cel transplantation group and model group using fumigation+lipopolysaccharide method; and at 1 day after modeling, model rats were given 1 mL CM-Dil-labeled bone marrow mesenchymal stem cels and 1 mL PBSvia the tail vein in these two groups, respectively. In addition to tracheal injection of normal saline (300 μL) at 1 and 14 days, rats in the cel control and healthy control groups were given 1 mL CM-Dil-labeled bone marrow mesenchymal stem cels and 1 mL PBSvia the tail vein, respectively. At 1, 7, 15 and 30 days after cel transplantation, lung tissue and serum markers of al rats were detected. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION:(1) Hematoxylin-eosin staining showed that emphysema and airway injury was milder in the cel transplantation group than the model group, but severer than the cel control and healthy control groups. (2) The total number of leukocytes and neutrophils in the peripheral blood was higher in the cel transplantation group than the cel control and healthy control groups (P < 0.05); with time, the total number of leukocytes and neutrophils was decreased gradualy. (3) Compared with the cel control and healthy control groups, the interleukin-10 level in the peripheral blood was lower and the levels of tumor necrosis factor-α and granulocyte colony-stimulating factor were higher at 1 day after cel transplantation (P < 0.05). With time, in the cel transplantation group, the interleukin-10 level was increased gradualy, the level of tumor necrosis factor-α was decreased gradualy, and the level of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor was increased first and then decreased, which was highest at 7 days after cel transplantation. (4) Partial CM-Dil-positive cels were positive for CC16. Taken together, bone marrow mesenchymal stem cel transplantationvia the tail vein can improve lung injury of rats with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and it is involved in the repair of airway injury through differentiation into epithelial cels and immune regulation.