PMID- 33470478 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20211108 LR - 20211108 IS - 1095-8355 (Electronic) IS - 1065-6995 (Linking) VI - 45 IP - 5 DP - 2021 May TI - Potential surrogate quantitative immunomodulatory potency assay for monitoring human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells production. PG - 1072-1081 LID - 10.1002/cbin.11553 [doi] AB - Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) play an important role as immune modulator through interaction with several immune cells, including macrophages. In this study, the immunomodulatory potency of human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hUC-MSCs) was demonstrated in the in vivo middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAo)-induced brain injury rat model and in vitro THP-1-derived macrophages model. At 24 h after induction of MCAo, hUC-MSCs was administered via tail vein as a single dose. Remarkably, hUC-MSCs could inhibit M1 polarization and promote M2 polarization of microglia in vivo after 14 days induction of MCAo. Compared with THP-1-derived macrophages which had been stimulated by lipopolysaccharide, the secretion of proinflammatory cytokines, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) and interferon-gamma inducible protein (IP-10), were significantly reduced in the presence of hUC-MSCs. Moreover, the secretion of anti-inflammatory cytokine, interleukin-10 (IL-10), was significantly increased after cocultured with hUC-MSCs. Prostaglandins E2 (PGE2), secreted by hUC-MSCs, is one of the crucial immunomodulatory factors and could be inhibited in the presence of COX2 inhibitor, NS-398. PGE2 inhibition suppressed hUC-MSCs immunomodulatory capability, which was restored after addition of synthetic PGE2, establishing the minimum amount of PGE2 required for immunomodulation. In conclusion, our data suggested that PGE2 is a crucial potency marker involved in the therapeutic activity of hUC-MSCs through macrophages immune response modulation and cytokines regulation. This study provides the model for the development of a surrogate quantitative potency assay of immunomodulation in stem cells production. CI - (c) 2021 International Federation for Cell Biology. FAU - Teng, Sen-Wen AU - Teng SW AD - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Cardinal Tien Hospital, New Taipei, Taiwan. AD - School of Medicine, Fu-Jen Catholic University, New Taipei, Taiwan. FAU - Sung, Hsin-Yu AU - Sung HY AD - Meribank Biotech Co., Ltd., Taipei, Taiwan. FAU - Wen, Yu-Chieh AU - Wen YC AD - Meridigen Biotech Co., Ltd., Taipei, Taiwan. FAU - Chen, Ssu-Yu AU - Chen SY AD - Meridigen Biotech Co., Ltd., Taipei, Taiwan. FAU - Lovel, Ronald AU - Lovel R AD - Meridigen Biotech Co., Ltd., Taipei, Taiwan. FAU - Chang, Wen-Ying AU - Chang WY AD - Meribank Biotech Co., Ltd., Taipei, Taiwan. FAU - Wu, Tang Bo-Chung AU - Wu TB AD - Meridigen Biotech Co., Ltd., Taipei, Taiwan. FAU - Hsuan, Yogi Cheng-Yo AU - Hsuan YC AD - Meribank Biotech Co., Ltd., Taipei, Taiwan. AD - Meridigen Biotech Co., Ltd., Taipei, Taiwan. FAU - Lin, Willie AU - Lin W AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0169-5927 AD - Meridigen Biotech Co., Ltd., Taipei, Taiwan. LA - eng GR - Meridigen Biotech Co., Ltd./ PT - Journal Article DEP - 20210202 PL - England TA - Cell Biol Int JT - Cell biology international JID - 9307129 RN - 0 (Cytokines) RN - 0 (Prostaglandins E) RN - 0 (Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha) RN - K7Q1JQR04M (Dinoprostone) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Brain Ischemia/metabolism/*therapy MH - Cell Differentiation/immunology MH - Coculture Techniques/methods MH - Cytokines/metabolism MH - Dinoprostone/immunology/*metabolism MH - Female MH - Fetal Blood/metabolism MH - Human Embryonic Stem Cells/metabolism MH - Humans MH - Immunity/drug effects MH - Immunomodulation/immunology MH - Macrophages/drug effects/metabolism MH - Male MH - Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation/*methods MH - Mesenchymal Stem Cells/metabolism/physiology MH - Microglia/metabolism MH - Prostaglandins E/immunology/metabolism MH - Rats MH - Rats, Sprague-Dawley MH - Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/metabolism MH - Umbilical Cord/cytology OTO - NOTNLM OT - immunomodulation OT - mesenchymal stem cells OT - potency OT - prostaglandins E2 EDAT- 2021/01/21 06:00 MHDA- 2021/11/09 06:00 CRDT- 2021/01/20 08:43 PHST- 2020/12/01 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2020/08/19 00:00 [received] PHST- 2020/12/27 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2021/01/21 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2021/11/09 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2021/01/20 08:43 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/cbin.11553 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cell Biol Int. 2021 May;45(5):1072-1081. doi: 10.1002/cbin.11553. Epub 2021 Feb 2.