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Overexpression of c-Met in bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells improves their effectiveness in homing and repair of acute liver failure

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Title
Overexpression of c-Met in bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells improves their effectiveness in homing and repair of acute liver failure
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Stem Cell Research & Therapy, July 2017
DOI 10.1186/s13287-017-0614-2
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Kun Wang, Yuwen Li, Tiantian Zhu, Yongting Zhang, Wenting Li, Wenyu Lin, Jun Li, Chuanlong Zhu

Abstract

Transplantation of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) has emerged as a novel therapy for acute liver failure (ALF). However, the homing efficiency of BMSCs to the injured liver sites appears to be poor. In this study, we aimed to determine if overexpression of c-Met in BMSCs could promote the homing ability of BMSCs to rat livers affected by ALF. Overexpression of c-Met in BMSCs (c-Met-BMSCs) was attained by transfection of naive BMSCs with the lenti-c-Met-GFP. The impact of transplanted c-Met-BMSCs on both homing and repair of ALF was evaluated and compared with lenti-GFP empty vector transfected BMSCs (control BMSCs). After cells were transfected with the lenti-c-Met-GFP vector, the BMSCs displayed very high expression of c-Met protein as demonstrated by Western blot. In addition, in vitro transwell migration assays showed that the migration ability of c-Met-BMSCs was significantly increased in comparison with that of control BMSCs (P < 0.05), and was dependent on hepatocyte growth factor (HGF). Furthermore, rats with ALF that received transplanted c-Met-BMSCs showed significantly improved homing ability to the injured liver; this was accompanied by elevated survival rates and liver function in the ALF rats. Parallel pathological examination further confirmed that transplantation of c-Met-BMSCs ameliorated liver injury with reduced hepatic activity index (HAI) scores, and that the effects of c-Met-BMSCs were more profound than those of control BMSCs. Overexpression of c-Met promotes the homing of BMSCs to injured hepatic sites in a rat model of ALF, thereby improving the efficacy of BMSC therapy for ALF repair.

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Unknown 29 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 7 24%
Student > Bachelor 5 17%
Student > Postgraduate 3 10%
Researcher 2 7%
Student > Ph. D. Student 2 7%
Other 3 10%
Unknown 7 24%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 7 24%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 6 21%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 4 14%
Engineering 2 7%
Immunology and Microbiology 1 3%
Other 2 7%
Unknown 7 24%
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