PMID- 25747577 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20160208 LR - 20181113 IS - 1932-6203 (Electronic) IS - 1932-6203 (Linking) VI - 10 IP - 3 DP - 2015 TI - Therapeutic effects of human multilineage-differentiating stress enduring (MUSE) cell transplantation into infarct brain of mice. PG - e0116009 LID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0116009 [doi] LID - e0116009 AB - OBJECTIVE: Bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) are heterogeneous and their therapeutic effect is pleiotropic. Multilineage-differentiating stress enduring (Muse) cells are recently identified to comprise several percentages of BMSCs, being able to differentiate into triploblastic lineages including neuronal cells and act as tissue repair cells. This study was aimed to clarify how Muse and non-Muse cells in BMSCs contribute to functional recovery after ischemic stroke. METHODS: Human BMSCs were separated into stage specific embryonic antigen-3-positive Muse cells and -negative non-Muse cells. Immunodeficient mice were subjected to permanent middle cerebral artery occlusion and received transplantation of vehicle, Muse, non-Muse or BMSCs (2.5x104 cells) into the ipsilateral striatum 7 days later. RESULTS: Motor function recovery in BMSC and non-Muse groups became apparent at 21 days after transplantation, but reached the plateau thereafter. In Muse group, functional recovery was not observed for up to 28 days post-transplantation, but became apparent at 35 days post-transplantation. On immunohistochemistry, only Muse cells were integrated into peri-infarct cortex and differentiate into Tuj-1- and NeuN-expressing cells, while negligible number of BMSCs and non-Muse cells remained in the peri-infarct area at 42 days post-transplantation. CONCLUSIONS: These findings strongly suggest that Muse cells and non-Muse cells may contribute differently to tissue regeneration and functional recovery. Muse cells may be more responsible for replacement of the lost neurons through their integration into the peri-infarct cortex and spontaneous differentiation into neuronal marker-positive cells. Non-Muse cells do not remain in the host brain and may exhibit trophic effects rather than cell replacement. FAU - Yamauchi, Tomohiro AU - Yamauchi T AD - Department of Neurosurgery, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan. FAU - Kuroda, Yasumasa AU - Kuroda Y AD - Department of Stem Cell Biology and Histology, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan. FAU - Morita, Takahiro AU - Morita T AD - Department of Stem Cell Biology and Histology, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan. FAU - Shichinohe, Hideo AU - Shichinohe H AD - Department of Neurosurgery, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan. FAU - Houkin, Kiyohiro AU - Houkin K AD - Department of Neurosurgery, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan. FAU - Dezawa, Mari AU - Dezawa M AD - Department of Stem Cell Biology and Histology, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan. FAU - Kuroda, Satoshi AU - Kuroda S AD - Department of Neurosurgery, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan; Department of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmacological Science, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20150306 PL - United States TA - PLoS One JT - PloS one JID - 101285081 SB - IM MH - Animals MH - *Cell Differentiation MH - *Cell Lineage MH - *Cell Transplantation MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, SCID MH - Stroke/pathology/*therapy PMC - PMC4351985 COIS- Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. EDAT- 2015/03/10 06:00 MHDA- 2016/02/09 06:00 PMCR- 2015/03/06 CRDT- 2015/03/10 06:00 PHST- 2014/08/15 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/12/03 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2015/03/10 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/03/10 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2016/02/09 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2015/03/06 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - PONE-D-14-36754 [pii] AID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0116009 [doi] PST - epublish SO - PLoS One. 2015 Mar 6;10(3):e0116009. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0116009. eCollection 2015.