title: Adipose tissue-derived stromal cells protect hair cells from aminoglycoside.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Previous studies have demonstrated the therapeutic paracrine activity of adipose tissue-derived stromal cells (ADSCs). This study aimed to examine the ADSC potential for protecting auditory hair cells from aminoglycoside toxicity via paracrine of multiple growth factors and cytokines.
  
  
  METHODS
  Experimental study.
  
  
  METHODS
  We assessed hair cell protection from neomycin toxicity by ADSC-derived factors using an explant culture system, in which cochlear explants and ADSCs were separated by a culture mesh insert to avoid direct contact. We measured the levels of growth factors and cytokines in ADSC culture media using an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Neomycin induced severe degeneration of auditory hair cells in cochlear explants, but co-culture with ADSCs significantly increased the number of surviving hair cells in explants. ELISA analysis revealed that ADSCs secreted insulin-like growth factor-1, nerve growth factor, vascular epithelial growth factor, transforming growth factor β1, monocyte chemotactic protein-1, and most prominently hepatocyte growth factor.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings demonstrate that ADSCs have the capacity to protect auditory hair cells, and can be a useful strategy to develop therapy for deafness in the clinic. The multiple paracrine growth factors and cytokines secreted by ADSCs might be involved in this effect. Laryngoscope, 2011.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto.
authors.forename: Atsuhiro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yoshida
authors.forename: Shin-Ichiro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kitajiri
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakagawa
authors.forename: Kento
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hashido
authors.forename: Takatoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Inaoka
authors.forename: Juichi
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ito
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000633:toxicity; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques; D003051:Cochlea / Q000166:cytology; D018920:Coculture Techniques; D016207:Cytokines / Q000032:analysis; D004797:Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay; D006198:Hair Cells, Auditory / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D009355:Neomycin / Q000633:toxicity; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D017154:Stromal Cells / Q000502:physiology* / Q000637:transplantation*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D016207:Cytokines; D009355:Neomycin