The Potential Ameliorative Effect of Bone Marrow Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells on Cyclophosphamide Injured Lung in Adult Female Albino Rats | ||||
Egyptian Journal of Histology | ||||
Article 32, Volume 46, Issue 1, March 2023, Page 448-459 PDF (2.48 MB) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/ejh.2023.174403.1813 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Fatma A Jaber 1; Heba M. Saad El dien 2; Shereen ELsayed Tawfeek 3 | ||||
1University of Jeddah, College of Science, Department of Biology, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia | ||||
2Department of Histology, Faculty of Medicine, Assuit Univ. | ||||
31_ Anatomy department college of medicine,Jouf university ,Sakaka ,Saudi Arabia 2-Human Anatomy and embryology department ,faculty of medicine ,zagazig university, Egypt | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Background: Mesenchymal stem cells particularly those derived from bone marrow (BM-MSCs) exhibit self-renewal as well as trilineage differentiation capabilities. These cells are considered for cell therapy in several medical disorders. Cyclophosphamide is a well-known immunosuppressive drug, it has a potential pulmonary damage effect in humans and animals. Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate the immunomodulatory effects of BM-MSCs in cyclophosphamide (CP)-induced lung damage of rats. Material and Methods: A total number of 40 female rats were divided into 4 groups (A, B, C &D). Group (A) served as a control group, this group was administered intraperitoneal sterile normal saline for 10 d, (10 animals). Thirty rats were treated with intraperitoneal cyclophosphamide at 70 mg/kg BW/d for 3 d, then equally subdivided into three subgroups (B, C, D): Group B (sacrificed after three days). Group C (Auto healing) was left without treatment for ten days. Group D (MSCs treated) was treated on the 4th and 10th days with male BM-derived MSCs in a dose of 3X106/KG BW, by intraperitoneal injection. After ten days animals were sacrificed, lung tissue was obtained and processed for light microscopy exam, and samples were taken to -80 for RNA extraction. The genes expression was estimated by real-time qPCR and the proteins were detected by immunohistochemistry. Results: BM-MSCs ameliorated the damaged lung. They reverted the mRNA levels of p53, caspase3, band cl2 more/less similar to those of the control group. Upregulation of the mRNA level of VEGF was noticed after BM-MSCs injection. Also, BM-MSCs exerted significant down-regulation of CD14, CD21, Akt and PI3K proteins expression after CP-induced upregulation of these proteins. Conclusion: This study confirmed that MSCs were ameliorating pulmonary inflammatory and fibrotic changes through their immunomodulatory effects, thus they are considered to be very promising pharmacological therapy for CP-induced lung toxicity. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Akt; Cd14; cyclophosphamide; Lung; MSCs | ||||
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