PMID- 33049719 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20230123 IS - 1945-4589 (Electronic) IS - 1945-4589 (Linking) VI - 12 IP - 19 DP - 2020 Oct 13 TI - Comparison of exosomes derived from induced pluripotent stem cells and mesenchymal stem cells as therapeutic nanoparticles for treatment of corneal epithelial defects. PG - 19546-19562 LID - 10.18632/aging.103904 [doi] AB - Induced pluripotent stem cells and mesenchymal stem cells are pluripotent stem cells that represent promising therapies for treating various tissue injuries and wound healing. Exosomes are nanosized extracellular vesicles that have been identified as important mediators of therapeutic functions, which are performed via cell communication. In this study, we compared the efficacy of induced pluripotent stem cells-derived exosomes (iPSCs-Exos) and mesenchymal stem cells-derived exosomes (MSCs-Exos) in treating corneal epithelial defects. The characteristics of the two types of exosomes were not significantly different. Compared to MSCs-Exos, iPSCs-Exos had a better in vitro effect on the proliferation, migration, cell cycle promotion and apoptosis inhibition of human corneal epithelial cells. iPSCs/MSCs-Exos promoted cell regeneration by upregulating cyclin A and CDK2 to drive HCECs to enter the S phase from the G0/G1 phase. In vivo results from a corneal epithelial defect model showed that both iPSCs-Exos and MSCs-Exos accelerated corneal epithelium defect healing while the effects of iPSCs-Exos were much stronger than those of MSCs-Exos. This study demonstrated that iPSCs-Exos had a better therapeutic effect on corneal epithelial defect healing. Thus, a novel potential nanotherapeutic strategy for treating corneal epithelial defects and even more ocular surface disease could be undertaken by using iPSCs-Exos dissolved in eye drops. FAU - Wang, Shudan AU - Wang S AD - Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, China. FAU - Hou, Yunlong AU - Hou Y AD - College of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine, Hebei University of Chinese Medicine, Shijiazhuang 050200, China. AD - National Key Laboratory of Collateral Disease Research and Innovative Chinese Medicine, Shijiazhuang 050200, China. FAU - Li, Xuran AU - Li X AD - Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, China. FAU - Song, Zhen AU - Song Z AD - Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, China. FAU - Sun, Baoqi AU - Sun B AD - Department of Ophthalmology, Affiliated Hospital of Weifang Medical University, Weifang 261042, China. FAU - Li, Xinyue AU - Li X AD - Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, China. FAU - Zhang, Hong AU - Zhang H AD - Department of Ophthalmology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin 150001, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20201013 PL - United States TA - Aging (Albany NY) JT - Aging JID - 101508617 SB - IM PMC - PMC7732275 OTO - NOTNLM OT - corneal epithelial defect OT - exosomes OT - induced pluripotent stem cells OT - mesenchymal stem cells OT - therapeutics COIS- CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: The authors have declared that no conflicts of interest. EDAT- 2020/10/14 06:00 MHDA- 2020/10/14 06:01 PMCR- 2020/10/15 CRDT- 2020/10/13 20:17 PHST- 2020/04/24 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/07/21 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2020/10/14 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/10/14 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2020/10/13 20:17 [entrez] PHST- 2020/10/15 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 103904 [pii] AID - 10.18632/aging.103904 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Aging (Albany NY). 2020 Oct 13;12(19):19546-19562. doi: 10.18632/aging.103904. Epub 2020 Oct 13.