Mesenchymal stromal cells protect against vascular damage and depression-like behavior in mice surviving cerebral malaria

Autor: Paula M. Fagundes, Rodrigo J. R. X. Freitas, Beatriz A. B. R. Passos, Patricia R. M. Rocco, Karina S. Oliveira, Adriana Lima Vallochi, Vanessa Estato, Camila N. Batista, Hugo C. Castro-Faria-Neto, Tatiana Maron-Gutierrez, Adriano Y. O. Silva, Maiara N. Lima, Helena A. Oliveira
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
Předmět:
Male
0301 basic medicine
Cancer Research
Plasmodium berghei
Mesenchymal stromal cells
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Parasitemia
Pharmacology
Mice
chemistry.chemical_compound
0302 clinical medicine
Neurotrophic factors
Chloroquine
Immunology and Allergy
lcsh:QD415-436
Genetics (clinical)
Evans Blue
Blood-brain barrier
lcsh:R5-920
biology
Depression
Brain
Endothelial stem cell
medicine.anatomical_structure
Oncology
Cerebral Malaria
030220 oncology & carcinogenesis
Molecular Medicine
lcsh:Medicine (General)
Intravital microscopy
medicine.drug
Immunology
Malaria
Cerebral

Blood–brain barrier
Biochemistry
Genetics and Molecular Biology (miscellaneous)

lcsh:Biochemistry
03 medical and health sciences
Lactate dehydrogenase
parasitic diseases
medicine
Animals
Viability assay
Transplantation
business.industry
Research
Mesenchymal stem cell
Endothelial Cells
Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Cell Biology
medicine.disease
biology.organism_classification
Tail suspension test
Malaria
Mice
Inbred C57BL

Disease Models
Animal

030104 developmental biology
chemistry
Quality of Life
business
Zdroj: Stem Cell Research & Therapy, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2020)
Stem Cell Research & Therapy
ISSN: 1757-6512
DOI: 10.1186/s13287-020-01874-6
Popis: Background Malaria is one of the most critical global infectious diseases. Severe systemic inflammatory diseases, such as cerebral malaria, lead to the development of cognitive and behavioral alterations, such as learning disabilities and loss of memory capacity, as well as increased anxiety and depression. The consequences are profound and usually contribute to reduce the patient’s quality of life. There are no therapies to treat the neurological sequelae of cerebral malaria. Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) may be an alternative, since they have been used as therapy for neurodegenerative diseases and traumatic lesions of the central nervous system. So far, no study has investigated the effects of MSC therapy on the blood-brain barrier, leukocyte rolling and adherence in the brain, and depression like-behavior in experimental cerebral malaria. Methods Male C57BL/6 mice were infected with Plasmodium berghei ANKA (PbA, 1 × 106 PbA-parasitized red blood cells, intraperitoneally). At day 6, PbA-infected animals received chloroquine (25 mg/kg orally for seven consecutive days) as the antimalarial treatment and were then randomized to receive MSCs (1 × 105 cells in 0.05 ml of saline/mouse) or saline (0.05 ml) intravenously. Parasitemia, clinical score, and survival rate were analyzed throughout the experiments. Evans blue assay was performed at 6, 7, and 15 days post-infection (dpi). Behavioral tests were performed at 5 and 15 dpi. Intravital microscopy experiments and brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) protein expression analyses were performed at 7 dpi, whereas inflammatory mediators were measured at 15 dpi. In vitro, endothelial cells were used to evaluate the effects of conditioned media derived from MSCs (CMMSC) on cell viability by lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release. Results PbA-infected mice presented increased parasitemia, adherent leukocytes, blood-brain barrier permeability, and reduced BDNF protein levels, as well as depression-like behavior. MSCs mitigated behavioral alterations, restored BDNF and transforming growth factor (TGF)-β protein levels, and reduced blood-brain barrier dysfunction and leukocyte adhesion in the brain microvasculature. In a cultured endothelial cell line stimulated with heme, CMMSC reduced LDH release, suggesting a paracrine mechanism of action. Conclusion A single dose of MSCs as adjuvant therapy protected against vascular damage and improved depression-like behavior in mice that survived experimental cerebral malaria.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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