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Stem Cell Rev Rep ; 13(5): 686-698, 2017 Oct.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28710685

ABSTRACT

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is one of the most common adult-onset motor neuron disease causing a progressive, rapid and irreversible degeneration of motor neurons in the cortex, brain stem and spinal cord. No effective treatment is available and cell therapy clinical trials are currently being tested in ALS affected patients. It is well known that in ALS patients, approximately 50% of pericytes from the spinal cord barrier are lost. In the central nervous system, pericytes act in the formation and maintenance of the blood-brain barrier, a natural defense that slows the progression of symptoms in neurodegenerative diseases. Here we evaluated, for the first time, the therapeutic effect of human pericytes in vivo in SOD1 mice and in vitro in motor neurons and other neuronal cells derived from one ALS patient. Pericytes and mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) were derived from the same adipose tissue sample and were administered to SOD1 mice intraperitoneally. The effect of the two treatments was compared. Treatment with pericytes extended significantly animals survival in SOD1 males, but not in females that usually have a milder phenotype with higher survival rates. No significant differences were observed in the survival of mice treated with MSCs. Gene expression analysis in brain and spinal cord of end-stage animals showed that treatment with pericytes can stimulate the host antioxidant system. Additionally, pericytes induced the expression of SOD1 and CAT in motor neurons and other neuronal cells derived from one ALS patient carrying a mutation in FUS. Overall, treatment with pericytes was more effective than treatment with MSCs. Our results encourage further investigations and suggest that pericytes may be a good option for ALS treatment in the future. Graphical Abstract ᅟ.


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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis/therapy , Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells/pathology , Motor Neurons/pathology , Pericytes/transplantation , Superoxide Dismutase-1/genetics , Adipose Tissue/cytology , Adipose Tissue/metabolism , Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis/genetics , Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis/mortality , Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis/pathology , Animals , Blood-Brain Barrier/metabolism , Blood-Brain Barrier/pathology , Brain Stem/metabolism , Brain Stem/pathology , Catalase/genetics , Catalase/metabolism , Cerebral Cortex/metabolism , Cerebral Cortex/pathology , Disease Models, Animal , Female , Gene Expression , Humans , Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells/metabolism , Male , Mesenchymal Stem Cells/cytology , Mesenchymal Stem Cells/metabolism , Mice , Mice, Transgenic , Motor Neurons/metabolism , Mutation , Pericytes/cytology , Pericytes/metabolism , RNA-Binding Protein FUS/genetics , RNA-Binding Protein FUS/metabolism , Spinal Cord/metabolism , Spinal Cord/pathology , Superoxide Dismutase-1/deficiency , Survival Analysis
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