{Reference Type}: Journal Article
{Title}: MMP9 secreted from mononuclear cell quality and quantity culture mediates STAT3 phosphorylation and fibroblast migration in wounds.
{Author}: Nishikai-Yan Shen T;Kado M;Hagiwara H;Fujimura S;Mizuno H;Tanaka R;
{Journal}: Regen Ther
{Volume}: 18
{Issue}: 0
{Year}: Dec 2021
{Factor}: 3.651
{DOI}: 10.1016/j.reth.2021.10.003
{Abstract}: UNASSIGNED: Intractable ulcers may ultimately lead to amputation. To promote wound healing, researchers developed a serum-free ex vivo peripheral blood mononuclear cell quality and quantity culture (MNC-QQc) as a source for cell therapy. In mice, pigs, and even humans, cell therapy with MNC-QQc reportedly yields a high regenerative efficacy. However, the mechanism of wound healing by MNC-QQc cells remains largely unknown. Hence, using an in vitro wound healing model, this study aimed to investigate MNC-QQc cells and the migratory potential of dermal fibroblasts.
UNASSIGNED: After separation from a 50 mL blood sample from healthy individuals, mononuclear cells were cultured for 7 days in a serum-free ex vivo expansion system with five different cytokines (MNC-QQc method). The effects of MNC-QQc cells on human dermal fibroblast migration were observed by scratch assay. An angiogenesis array screened the MNC-QQc cell supernatant for proteins related to wound healing. Finally, fibroblast migration was confirmed by observing the intracellular signal transduction pathways via Western blot.
UNASSIGNED: The migration of fibroblasts co-cultured with MNC-QQc cells increased by matrix metallopeptidase-9 (MMP9) secretion, as suggested by the angiogenesis array. Furthermore, the phosphorylation of signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 (STAT3) in fibroblast/MNC-QQc cell co-culture and fibroblast culture with added recombinant human MMP9 protein increased. When fibroblasts were cultured with either an MMP9 inhibitor or a STAT3 inhibitor, both fibroblast migration and STAT3 phosphorylation were significantly suppressed.
UNASSIGNED: MNC-QQc cells promote wound healing by the secretion of MMP9, which induces fibroblast migration via the STAT3 signaling pathway.