Fetal mesenchymal stem cells ameliorate acute lung injury in a rat cardiopulmonary bypass model

Tomofumi Taki, Hidetoshi Masumoto, Masaki Funamoto, Kenji Minakata, Kazuhiro Yamazaki, Tadashi Ikeda, Ryuzo Sakata

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Abstract

Background Systemic inflammation after prolonged cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) can cause serious multiorgan system dysfunction. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are reported to reduce inflammation and attenuate immune response. We have focused on fetal membrane (FM) as a source to provide a large number of MSCs (FM-MSCs). Allogeneic administration of FM-MSCs has been reported to mitigate autoimmune myocarditis or glomerulonephritis. The aim of this study was to investigate whether allogeneic FM-MSCs attenuate systemic inflammatory responses and lung injury in a rat CPB model. Methods Male Lewis rats (major histocompatibility complex haplotype: RT-1l) were divided randomly into 3 groups (n = 7 each): cannulation alone (sham group), CPB alone (control group), and CPB + MSC (MSC group). An experimental rat CPB model was established, and CPB was maintained for 30 minutes. In the MSC group, MSCs (1 × 106 cells) derived from the FM of ACI rats with a different major histocompatibility complex haplotype (RT-1a) were administrated intravenously before CPB initiation. Results Serum concentrations of tumor necrosis factor-α, interleukin-6, and interleukin-1β in the MSC group were significantly lower compared with the control group after CPB. Similarly, mRNA expression of proinflammatory cytokines in the lung was lower in the MSC group. Allogeneic administration of FM-MSCs remarkably decreased the lung injury score, protected alveolar structure, inhibited neutrophil infiltration to the lung interstitium, and stimulated cytoprotective cytokine production in the lung. Conclusions Allogeneic transplantation of FM-MSCs may be a potent strategy to prevent CPB-induced systemic inflammation and acute lung injury by suppressing the expression of inflammatory cytokines and promoting protective factors in the lung.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)726-734
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume153
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Mar 2017

Keywords

  • acute lung injury
  • cardiopulmonary bypass
  • lung protection
  • mesenchymal stem cells
  • systemic inflammation

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