PMID- 31906900 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200529 LR - 20200529 IS - 1471-2415 (Electronic) IS - 1471-2415 (Linking) VI - 20 IP - 1 DP - 2020 Jan 6 TI - Therapeutic effect against retinal neovascularization in a mouse model of oxygen-induced retinopathy: bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells versus Conbercept. PG - 7 LID - 10.1186/s12886-019-1292-x [doi] LID - 7 AB - BACKGROUND: To study the therapeutic effect of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMSC) against retinal neovascularization and to compare with anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) therapy. METHODS: Neonatal C57BL/6 mice were exposed in hyperoxygen and returned to room air to develop oxygen-induced retinopathy (OIR). Red fluorescent protein-labeled BMSC and Conbercept were intravitreally injected into OIR mice, respectively. Inhibition of neovascularization and apoptosis in OIR mice were assessed through retinal angiography, histopathology and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) assay. RESULTS: BMSC were able to migrate and integrate into the host retina, significantly inhibit retinal neovascular tufts and remodel the capillary network after injecton. Treatment with BMSC increased the retinal vascular density, decreased the number of acellular capillaries and inhibited retinal cell death. This effect was not inferior to current anti-VEGF therapy by using Conbercept. CONCLUSIONS: Intravitreal injection of BMSC exerts a protective effect against retinal neovascularization and offers a therapeutic strategy for oxygen-induced retinopathy. FAU - Xu, Wei AU - Xu W AD - Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, 20 Chazhong Road, Fuzhou City, 350005, China. FAU - Cheng, Weijing AU - Cheng W AD - Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, 20 Chazhong Road, Fuzhou City, 350005, China. AD - Fujian Institute of Ophthalmology, Fuzhou, China. FAU - Cui, Xiaoyuan AU - Cui X AD - Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, 20 Chazhong Road, Fuzhou City, 350005, China. FAU - Xu, Guoxing AU - Xu G AD - Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University, 20 Chazhong Road, Fuzhou City, 350005, China. fjmuxuguoxing@126.com. AD - Fujian Institute of Ophthalmology, Fuzhou, China. fjmuxuguoxing@126.com. LA - eng GR - 81770948/National Natural Science Foundation of China (CN)/ GR - 2017-ZQN-42/Health Comission of Fujian Province/ GR - 2017J05125/Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province/ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20200106 PL - England TA - BMC Ophthalmol JT - BMC ophthalmology JID - 100967802 RN - 0 (Angiogenesis Inhibitors) RN - 0 (Recombinant Fusion Proteins) RN - 1P05PW62F3 (KH902 fusion protein) SB - IM MH - Analysis of Variance MH - Angiogenesis Inhibitors/*therapeutic use MH - Animals MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Recombinant Fusion Proteins/*therapeutic use MH - Retinal Neovascularization/*drug therapy PMC - PMC6945477 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Mesenchymal stem cell OT - Oxygen-induced retinopathy OT - Retinal neovascularization OT - Therapy OT - Vascular endothelial growth factor COIS- The authors declare that they have no competing interests. EDAT- 2020/01/08 06:00 MHDA- 2020/05/30 06:00 PMCR- 2020/01/06 CRDT- 2020/01/08 06:00 PHST- 2019/03/13 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/12/27 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/01/08 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2020/01/08 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/05/30 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2020/01/06 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 10.1186/s12886-019-1292-x [pii] AID - 1292 [pii] AID - 10.1186/s12886-019-1292-x [doi] PST - epublish SO - BMC Ophthalmol. 2020 Jan 6;20(1):7. doi: 10.1186/s12886-019-1292-x.