PMID- 29397306 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190520 LR - 20190520 IS - 1477-2566 (Electronic) IS - 1465-3249 (Linking) VI - 20 IP - 3 DP - 2018 Mar TI - Anti-inflammatory roles of mesenchymal stromal cells during acute Streptococcus pneumoniae pulmonary infection in mice. PG - 302-313 LID - S1465-3249(18)30009-4 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.jcyt.2018.01.003 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Pneumonia is the fourth leading cause of death worldwide, and Streptococcus pneumoniae is the most commonly associated pathogen. Increasing evidence suggests that mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) have anti-inflammatory roles during innate immune responses such as sepsis. However, little is known about the effect of MSCs on pneumococcal pneumonia. METHODS: Bone marrow-derived macrophages (BMDMs) were stimulated with various ligands in the presence or absence of MSC-conditioned medium. For in vivo studies, mice intranasally-inoculated with S. pneumoniae were intravenously treated with MSCs or vehicle, and various parameters were assessed. RESULTS: After stimulation with toll-like receptor (TLR) 2, TLR9 or TLR4 ligands, or live S. pneumoniae, TNF-alpha and interleukin (IL)-6 levels were significantly decreased, whereas IL-10 was significantly increased in BMDMs cultured in MSC-conditioned medium. In mice, MSC treatment decreased the number of neutrophils in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) after pneumococcal infection, and this was associated with a decrease in myeloperoxidase activity in the lungs. Levels of proinflammatory cytokines, including TNF-alpha, IL-6, GM-CSF and IFN-gamma, were significantly lower in MSC-treated mice, and the bacterial load in the lung after pneumococcal infection was significantly reduced. In addition, histopathologic analysis confirmed a decrease in the number of cells recruited to the lungs; however, lung edema, protein leakage into the BALF and levels of the antibacterial protein lipocalin 2 in the BALF were comparable between the groups. CONCLUSIONS: These results indicate that MSCs could represent a potential therapeutic application for the treatment of pneumonia caused by S. pneumoniae. CI - Copyright (c) 2018 International Society for Cellular Therapy. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. FAU - Asami, Takahiro AU - Asami T AD - Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Ishii, Makoto AU - Ishii M AD - Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: ishii@keio.jp. FAU - Namkoong, Ho AU - Namkoong H AD - Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Yagi, Kazuma AU - Yagi K AD - Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Tasaka, Sadatomo AU - Tasaka S AD - Department of Respiratory Medicine, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan. FAU - Asakura, Takanori AU - Asakura T AD - Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Suzuki, Shoji AU - Suzuki S AD - Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Kamo, Tetsuro AU - Kamo T AD - Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Okamori, Satoshi AU - Okamori S AD - Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Kamata, Hirofumi AU - Kamata H AD - Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Zhang, Haiyue AU - Zhang H AD - Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Hegab, Ahmed E AU - Hegab AE AD - Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Hasegawa, Naoki AU - Hasegawa N AD - Center for Infectious Disease and Infection Control, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. FAU - Betsuyaku, Tomoko AU - Betsuyaku T AD - Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Department of Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20180212 PL - England TA - Cytotherapy JT - Cytotherapy JID - 100895309 RN - 0 (Culture Media, Conditioned) RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (Ligands) RN - 0 (Toll-Like Receptors) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Culture Media, Conditioned/metabolism/pharmacology MH - Cytokines/metabolism MH - Ligands MH - Lung/metabolism/microbiology/pathology MH - Macrophages/immunology/metabolism MH - Male MH - Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation/*methods MH - Mesenchymal Stem Cells/*immunology MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Neutrophils/immunology MH - Pneumonia, Pneumococcal/immunology/*therapy MH - Streptococcus pneumoniae/pathogenicity MH - Toll-Like Receptors/immunology OTO - NOTNLM OT - Streptococcus pneumoniae OT - cell therapy OT - mesenchymal stromal cells OT - pneumonia EDAT- 2018/02/06 06:00 MHDA- 2019/05/21 06:00 CRDT- 2018/02/05 06:00 PHST- 2017/05/22 00:00 [received] PHST- 2017/12/30 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2018/01/02 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2018/02/06 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/05/21 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2018/02/05 06:00 [entrez] AID - S1465-3249(18)30009-4 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.jcyt.2018.01.003 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cytotherapy. 2018 Mar;20(3):302-313. doi: 10.1016/j.jcyt.2018.01.003. Epub 2018 Feb 12.