TY - JOUR ID - 44947 TI - Cell Survival Effects of Autophagy Regulation on Umbilical Cord-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Following Exposure to Oxidative Stress JO - Iranian Journal of Medical Sciences JA - IJMS LA - en SN - 0253-0716 AU - Hosseini, Ali AU - Amiri, Fatemeh AU - Khalighi, Fereshteh AU - Mohammadi Roushandeh, Amaneh AU - Kuwahara, Yoshikazu AU - Bashiri, Hamed AU - Habibi Roudkenar, Mehryar AD - Blood Transfusion Research Center, High Institute for Research and Education in Transfusion Medicine, Tehran, Iran AD - Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Paramedicine Faculty, Hamadan University of Medical Science, Hamadan, Iran AD - School of Veterinary Science, Shiraz, Iran AD - Department of Medical Biotechnology, Paramedicine Faculty, Guilan University of Medical Sciences, Rasht, Iran AD - Division of Radiation Biology and Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sendai, Japa AD - Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, faculty of Paramedical, Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences, Sanandaj, Iran Y1 - 2019 PY - 2019 VL - 44 IS - 6 SP - 493 EP - 500 KW - Mesenchymal stromal cells KW - Autophagy KW - Oxidative stress KW - Sirolimus KW - 3-methyladenine DO - 10.30476/ijms.2019.44947 N2 - Background: Due to oxidative stress, hypoxia, and serum deprivation, a large percentage of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) die in the early stages of transplantation. The present study aimed to address whether induction or inhibition of autophagy would affect the viability of MSCs after exposure to oxidative stress.Methods: MSCs were isolated from umbilical cord tissue using the Ficoll gradient method. pCMV-GFP-LC-3 plasmid containing GFP-tagged LC3 was transfected into MSCs to assay autophagy level in these valuable cells. The four study groups were: MSC-LC3-Rapa, MSC-LC3-3MA, MSCs without any transfection, and MSC-GFP-LC3 (control groups). To induce autophagy, the MSC-GFP-LC3 was treated with different concentrations of Rapa for 24 hours and named MSC-LC3-Rapa. To inhibit autophagy in MSC-GFP-LC3, these cells were cultured in the presence of 3MA for 24 hours and named MSC-LC3-3MA. Non-treated MSC-GFP-LC3 and MSCs were considered as control groups. MSCs were exposed to lethal doses of H2O2 followed by cell viability evaluation with the water-soluble tetrazolium salt assay method. The data were analyzed with SPSS version 18.0 using one-way ANOVA test. PResults: The results revealed that the enhancement of autophagy in MSC-LC3-Rapa sensitized them against oxidative stress (P=0.0006) and inhibition of autophagy in MSC-LC3-3MA led to resistance against oxidative stress (P=0.0003).Conclusion: Inhibition of autophagy, as a non-genetic engineering method, in MSCs enhances cell viability following exposure to the oxidative stress. This may provide a novel strategy to promote the efficiency of MSC-based cell therapy for clinical applications. UR - https://ijms.sums.ac.ir/article_44947.html L1 - https://ijms.sums.ac.ir/article_44947_540d2da05b741a011fe061fbff891e25.pdf ER -