PMID- 37256205 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20230602 LR - 20230602 IS - 1178-2013 (Electronic) IS - 1176-9114 (Print) IS - 1176-9114 (Linking) VI - 18 DP - 2023 TI - HucMSC-Exo Promote Mucosal Healing in Experimental Colitis by Accelerating Intestinal Stem Cells and Epithelium Regeneration via Wnt Signaling Pathway. PG - 2799-2818 LID - 10.2147/IJN.S402179 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Mucosal healing has emerged as a crucial therapeutic goal for inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). Exosomes (Exo) as a potential acellular candidate for stem cell therapy might be competent to promote mucosal healing, while its mechanism remains unexplored. METHODS: Exosomes derived from human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells (hucMSCs) were subjected to experimental colitis mice intraperitoneally to estimate the role in mucosal healing and the regeneration of intestinal stem cells (ISCs) and epithelium. The intestinal organoid model of IBD was constructed utilizing tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha for subsequent function analysis in vitro. Transcriptome sequencing was performed to decipher the underlying mechanism and Wnt-C59, an oral Wnt inhibitor, was used to confirm that further. Finally, the potential specific components of hucMSC‑exo were investigated based on several existing miRNA expression datasets. RESULTS: HucMSC-exo showed striking potential for mucosal healing in colitis mice, characterized by decreased histopathological injuries and neutrophil infiltration as well as improved epithelial integrity. HucMSC-exo up-regulated the expression of leucine-rich repeat-containing G-protein coupled receptor 5 (Lgr5), a specific marker for ISCs and accelerated the proliferation of intestinal epithelium. HucMSC-exo endowed intestinal organoids with more excellent capacity to grow and bud under TNF-alpha stimulation. More than that, the fact that hucMSC-exo activated the canonical Wnt signaling pathway to promote mucosal healing was uncovered by not only RNA-sequencing but also relevant experimental data. Finally, bioinformatics analysis of the existing miRNA expression datasets indicated that several miRNAs abundant in hucMSC-exo involved widely in regeneration or repair related biological processes and Wnt signaling pathway might be one of the most important signal transduction pathways. CONCLUSION: Our results suggested that hucMSC-exo could facilitate mucosal healing in experimental colitis by accelerating ISCs and intestinal epithelium regeneration via transferring key miRNAs, which was dependent on the activation of Wnt/beta-catenin signaling pathway. CI - (c) 2023 Liang et al. FAU - Liang, Xiaonan AU - Liang X AD - Department of Gastroenterology, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Hebei Key Laboratory of Gastroenterology, Hebei Institute of Gastroenterology, Hebei Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, People's Republic of China. FAU - Li, Chenyang AU - Li C AD - Department of Gastroenterology, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Hebei Key Laboratory of Gastroenterology, Hebei Institute of Gastroenterology, Hebei Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, People's Republic of China. FAU - Song, Jia AU - Song J AD - Department of Gastroenterology, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Hebei Key Laboratory of Gastroenterology, Hebei Institute of Gastroenterology, Hebei Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, People's Republic of China. FAU - Liu, Airu AU - Liu A AD - Department of Gastroenterology, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Hebei Key Laboratory of Gastroenterology, Hebei Institute of Gastroenterology, Hebei Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, People's Republic of China. FAU - Wang, Chen AU - Wang C AD - Department of Gastroenterology, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Hebei Key Laboratory of Gastroenterology, Hebei Institute of Gastroenterology, Hebei Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, People's Republic of China. FAU - Wang, Wenxin AU - Wang W AD - Department of Gastroenterology, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Hebei Key Laboratory of Gastroenterology, Hebei Institute of Gastroenterology, Hebei Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, People's Republic of China. FAU - Kang, Yaxing AU - Kang Y AD - Department of Gastroenterology, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Hebei Key Laboratory of Gastroenterology, Hebei Institute of Gastroenterology, Hebei Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, People's Republic of China. AD - Department of Endocrinology, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, People's Republic of China. FAU - Sun, Donglei AU - Sun D AD - Department of Gastroenterology, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Hebei Key Laboratory of Gastroenterology, Hebei Institute of Gastroenterology, Hebei Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, People's Republic of China. FAU - Qian, Jiaming AU - Qian J AD - Department of Gastroenterology, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Hebei Key Laboratory of Gastroenterology, Hebei Institute of Gastroenterology, Hebei Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, People's Republic of China. AD - Department of Gastroenterology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, People's Republic of China. FAU - Zhang, Xiaolan AU - Zhang X AD - Department of Gastroenterology, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Hebei Key Laboratory of Gastroenterology, Hebei Institute of Gastroenterology, Hebei Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, People's Republic of China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20230525 PL - New Zealand TA - Int J Nanomedicine JT - International journal of nanomedicine JID - 101263847 RN - 0 (MicroRNAs) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - Mice MH - Animals MH - Wnt Signaling Pathway MH - *Exosomes/metabolism MH - Wound Healing/physiology MH - *Colitis/chemically induced/therapy/metabolism MH - *MicroRNAs/genetics/metabolism MH - *Inflammatory Bowel Diseases MH - *Mesenchymal Stem Cells MH - Intestinal Mucosa/metabolism MH - Epithelium MH - Umbilical Cord PMC - PMC10226545 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Wnt/beta-catenin signaling pathway OT - exosome OT - inflammatory bowel disease OT - mesenchymal stem cells OT - mucosal healing COIS- The authors declare no potential conflicts of interest in this work. EDAT- 2023/05/31 13:12 MHDA- 2023/06/02 06:43 PMCR- 2023/05/25 CRDT- 2023/05/31 10:38 PHST- 2023/01/31 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/05/19 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/06/02 06:43 [medline] PHST- 2023/05/31 13:12 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/05/31 10:38 [entrez] PHST- 2023/05/25 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 402179 [pii] AID - 10.2147/IJN.S402179 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Int J Nanomedicine. 2023 May 25;18:2799-2818. doi: 10.2147/IJN.S402179. eCollection 2023.