PMID- 33404840 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20211022 LR - 20211022 IS - 1432-0878 (Electronic) IS - 0302-766X (Linking) VI - 384 IP - 1 DP - 2021 Apr TI - TGF-beta1-modified MSC-derived exosomal miR-135b attenuates cartilage injury via promoting M2 synovial macrophage polarization by targeting MAPK6. PG - 113-127 LID - 10.1007/s00441-020-03319-1 [doi] AB - Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common joint disease with an unsatisfactory therapy outcome and characterized by the degradation of articular cartilage and synovial inflammation. Here, we isolated bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) from rat's bone marrow and BMSC-derived exosome (BMSCs-Exo) from BMSCs successfully. MiR-135b was proved to be highly expressed in TGF-beta1-stimulated BMSC-derived exosomes (BMSCs-Exo(TGF-beta1)). Then, our results demonstrated that BMSCs-Exo(TGF-beta1) reduced OA-induced upregulation of pro-inflammatory factors in rat's serum and damage in cartilage tissues, which was then reversed by miR-135b decreasing. Subsequently, we found that the OA-resulted M1 polarization of synovial macrophages (SMs) was repressed by BMSCs-Exo(TGF-beta1), this effect of BMSCs-Exo(TGF-beta1) was limited by miR-135b decreasing. We also proved that M2 polarization of SMs can be induced by miR-135b mimics. Furthermore, we found that the promotory effect of miR-135b and BMSCs-Exo(TGF-beta1) on M2 SMs polarization was reversed by increasing of MAPK6. Overall, our data showed that BMSCs-Exo(TGF-beta1) attenuated cartilage damage in OA rats through carrying highly expressed miR-135b. Mechanistically, miR-135b promoted M2 polarization of SMs through targeting MAPK6, thus improving cartilage damage. Our study provided a novel regulatory mechanism of BMSCs-Exo in OA development and revealed a new potential treatment target of OA. FAU - Wang, Rui AU - Wang R AD - Department of Sports Trauma & Arthroscopy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, No. 218 Jixi Road, Hefei, Anhui, 230022, People's Republic of China. FAU - Xu, Bin AU - Xu B AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-5483-3943 AD - Department of Sports Trauma & Arthroscopy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, No. 218 Jixi Road, Hefei, Anhui, 230022, People's Republic of China. binxu0709@126.com. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20210106 PL - Germany TA - Cell Tissue Res JT - Cell and tissue research JID - 0417625 RN - 0 (MIRN135 microRNA, rat) RN - 0 (MicroRNAs) RN - 0 (Transforming Growth Factor beta1) RN - EC 2.7.11.24 (Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 6) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Macrophages/*metabolism MH - Male MH - Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation/*methods MH - Mesenchymal Stem Cells/cytology/*metabolism MH - MicroRNAs/*metabolism MH - Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 6/*metabolism MH - Osteoarthritis/genetics/metabolism/pathology/*therapy MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Transfection MH - Transforming Growth Factor beta1/*metabolism OTO - NOTNLM OT - Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells OT - Cartilage injury OT - Exosome OT - MiR-135b OT - Osteoarthritis EDAT- 2021/01/07 06:00 MHDA- 2023/02/25 06:00 CRDT- 2021/01/06 12:19 PHST- 2020/07/14 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/10/06 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/01/07 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/02/25 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/01/06 12:19 [entrez] AID - 10.1007/s00441-020-03319-1 [pii] AID - 10.1007/s00441-020-03319-1 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cell Tissue Res. 2021 Apr;384(1):113-127. doi: 10.1007/s00441-020-03319-1. Epub 2021 Jan 6.