Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Life Sciences | Medicine and Health Sciences
Abstract
Current therapies for multiple sclerosis (MS) are largely palliative, not curative. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) harbor regenerative and immunosuppressive functions, indicating a potential therapy for MS, yet the variability and low potency of MSCs from adult sources hinder their therapeutic potential. MSCs derived from human embryonic stem cells (hES-MSCs) may be better suited for clinical treatment of MS because of their unlimited and stable supply. Here, we show that hES-MSCs significantly reduce clinical symptoms and prevent neuronal demyelination in a mouse experimental autoimmune encephalitis (EAE) model of MS, and that the EAE disease-modifying effect of hES-MSCs is significantly greater than that of human bone-marrow-derived MSCs (BM-MSCs). Our evidence also suggests that increased IL-6 expression by BM-MSCs contributes to the reduced anti-EAE therapeutic activity of these cells. A distinct ability to extravasate and migrate into inflamed CNS tissues may also be associated with the robust therapeutic effects of hES-MSCs on EAE.
Recommended Citation
Wang, Xiaofang; Ijichi, Kumiko; Paul, Debayon; Lazorchak, Adam S.; Pachter, Joel S.; Crocker, Stephen J.; and Xu, Ren-He, "Human ESC-Derived MSCs Outperform Bone Marrow MSCs in the Treatment of an EAE Model of Multiple Sclerosis" (2014). UCHC Articles - Research. 244.
https://digitalcommons.lib.uconn.edu/uchcres_articles/244
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Stem Cell Reports. Jul 8, 2014; 3(1): 115–130. Published online Jun 6, 2014. doi: 10.1016/j.stemcr.2014.04.020 PMCID: PMC4110787 Copyright © 2014 The Authors This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/).