PMID- 26985709 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20170731 LR - 20210927 IS - 1557-8534 (Electronic) IS - 1547-3287 (Linking) VI - 25 IP - 10 DP - 2016 May 15 TI - Autophagy Plays a Protective Role in Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha-Induced Apoptosis of Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells. PG - 788-97 LID - 10.1089/scd.2015.0387 [doi] AB - Bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) are being broadly investigated for treating numerous inflammatory diseases. However, the low survival rate of BMSCs during the transplantation process has limited their application. Autophagy can maintain cellular homeostasis and protect cells against environmental stresses. Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) is an important inflammatory cytokine that can induce both autophagy and apoptosis of BMSCs. However, the actual role of autophagy in TNF-alpha-induced apoptosis of BMSCs remains poorly understood. In the current study, BMSCs were treated with TNF-alpha/cycloheximide (CHX), and cell death was examined by the Cell Counting Kit-8, Hoechst 33342 staining, and flow cytometric analysis as well as by the level of caspase-3 and caspase-8. Meanwhile, autophagic flux was examined by analyzing the level of microtubule-associated protein light chain 3 B (LC3B)-II and SQSTEM1/p62 and by examining the amount of green fluorescent protein-LC3B by fluorescence microscopy. Then, the cell death and autophagic flux of BMSCs were examined after pretreatment and cotreatment with 3-methyladenine (3-MA, autophagy inhibitor) or rapamycin (Rap, autophagy activator) together with TNF-alpha/CHX. Moreover, BMSCs pretreated with lentiviruses encoding short hairpin RNA of beclin-1 (BECN1) were treated with TNF-alpha/CHX, and then cell death and autophagic flux were detected. We showed that BMSCs treated with TNF-alpha/CHX presented dramatically elevated autophagic flux and cell death. Furthermore, we showed that 3-MA and shBECN1 treatment accelerated TNF-alpha/CHX-induced apoptosis, but that Rap treatment ameliorated cell death. Our results demonstrate that autophagy protects BMSCs against TNF-alpha-induced apoptosis. Enhancing the autophagy of BMSCs may elevate cellular survival in an inflammatory microenvironment. FAU - Yang, Rui AU - Yang R AD - 1 Department of Orthopedics, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University , Guangzhou, People's Republic of China . FAU - Ouyang, Yi AU - Ouyang Y AD - 1 Department of Orthopedics, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University , Guangzhou, People's Republic of China . FAU - Li, Weiping AU - Li W AD - 1 Department of Orthopedics, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University , Guangzhou, People's Republic of China . FAU - Wang, Peng AU - Wang P AD - 1 Department of Orthopedics, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University , Guangzhou, People's Republic of China . FAU - Deng, Haiquan AU - Deng H AD - 1 Department of Orthopedics, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University , Guangzhou, People's Republic of China . FAU - Song, Bin AU - Song B AD - 1 Department of Orthopedics, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University , Guangzhou, People's Republic of China . FAU - Hou, Jingyi AU - Hou J AD - 1 Department of Orthopedics, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University , Guangzhou, People's Republic of China . FAU - Chen, Zhong AU - Chen Z AD - 1 Department of Orthopedics, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University , Guangzhou, People's Republic of China . FAU - Xie, Zhongyu AU - Xie Z AD - 1 Department of Orthopedics, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University , Guangzhou, People's Republic of China . FAU - Liu, Zhenhua AU - Liu Z AD - 1 Department of Orthopedics, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University , Guangzhou, People's Republic of China . FAU - Li, Jinteng AU - Li J AD - 1 Department of Orthopedics, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University , Guangzhou, People's Republic of China . FAU - Cen, Shuizhong AU - Cen S AD - 1 Department of Orthopedics, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University , Guangzhou, People's Republic of China . FAU - Wu, Yanfeng AU - Wu Y AD - 2 Center for Biotherapy, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University , Guangzhou, People's Republic of China . FAU - Shen, Huiyong AU - Shen H AD - 1 Department of Orthopedics, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University , Guangzhou, People's Republic of China . LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20160420 PL - United States TA - Stem Cells Dev JT - Stem cells and development JID - 101197107 RN - 0 (Beclin-1) RN - 0 (RNA, Small Interfering) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) RN - 5142-23-4 (3-methyladenine) RN - 98600C0908 (Cycloheximide) RN - JAC85A2161 (Adenine) RN - W36ZG6FT64 (Sirolimus) SB - IM MH - Adenine/analogs & derivatives/pharmacology MH - Adult MH - Apoptosis/*drug effects MH - Autophagy/*drug effects MH - Beclin-1/metabolism MH - Bone Marrow Cells/*cytology/drug effects/metabolism MH - Cell Differentiation/drug effects MH - Cycloheximide/pharmacology MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Mesenchymal Stem Cells/*cytology/drug effects/metabolism MH - Multipotent Stem Cells/cytology/drug effects MH - Phenotype MH - RNA, Small Interfering/metabolism MH - Sirolimus/pharmacology MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/*pharmacology EDAT- 2016/03/18 06:00 MHDA- 2017/08/02 06:00 CRDT- 2016/03/18 06:00 PHST- 2016/03/18 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2016/03/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2017/08/02 06:00 [medline] AID - 10.1089/scd.2015.0387 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Stem Cells Dev. 2016 May 15;25(10):788-97. doi: 10.1089/scd.2015.0387. Epub 2016 Apr 20.