title: Human Wharton's Jelly Mesenchymal Stem Cells plasticity augments scar-free skin wound healing with hair growth.
abstract: Human mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are a promising candidate for cell-based transplantation and regenerative medicine therapies. Thus in the present study Wharton's Jelly Mesenchymal Stem Cells (WJ-MSCs) have been derived from extra embryonic umbilical cord matrix following removal of both arteries and vein. Also, to overcome the clinical limitations posed by fetal bovine serum (FBS) supplementation because of xenogeneic origin of FBS, usual FBS cell culture supplement has been replaced with human platelet lysate (HPL). Apart from general characteristic features of bone marrow-derived MSCs, wharton jelly-derived MSCs have the ability to maintain phenotypic attributes, cell growth kinetics, cell cycle pattern, in vitro multilineage differentiation plasticity, apoptotic pattern, normal karyotype-like intrinsic mesenchymal stem cell properties in long-term in vitro cultures. Moreover, the WJ-MSCs exhibited the in vitro multilineage differentiation capacity by giving rise to differentiated cells of not only mesodermal lineage but also to the cells of ectodermal and endodermal lineage. Also, WJ-MSC did not present any aberrant cell state upon in vivo transplantation in SCID mice and in vitro soft agar assays. The immunomodulatory potential assessed by gene expression levels of immunomodulatory factors upon exposure to inflammatory cytokines in the fetal WJ-MSCs was relatively higher compared to adult bone marrow-derived MSCs. WJ-MSCs seeded on decellularized amniotic membrane scaffold transplantation on the skin injury of SCID mice model demonstrates that combination of WJ-MSCs and decellularized amniotic membrane scaffold exhibited significantly better wound-healing capabilities, having reduced scar formation with hair growth and improved biomechanical properties of regenerated skin compared to WJ-MSCs alone. Further, our experimental data indicate that indocyanin green (ICG) at optimal concentration can be resourcefully used for labeling of stem cells and in vivo tracking by near infrared fluorescence non-invasive live cell imaging of labelled transplanted cells, thus proving its utility for therapeutic applications.
authors.affiliation: Center for Stem Cell Research (CSCR), Christian Medical College (CMC), Bagayam, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Vikram
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sabapathy
authors.affiliation: Center for Stem Cell Research (CSCR), Christian Medical College (CMC), Bagayam, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Balasubramanian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Sundaram
authors.affiliation: School of Bioscience and Technology, VIT University, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Sreelakshmi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: V M
authors.affiliation: Center for Stem Cell Research (CSCR), Christian Medical College (CMC), Bagayam, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Pratheesh
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mankuzhy
authors.affiliation: Center for Stem Cell Research (CSCR), Christian Medical College (CMC), Bagayam, Vellore, Tamil Nadu, India.
authors.forename: Sanjay
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D015415:Biomarkers / Q000378:metabolism; D018929:Cell Culture Techniques; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D016207:Cytokines / Q000494:pharmacology; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018836:Inflammation Mediators / Q000494:pharmacology; D059630:Mesenchymal Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D051379:Mice; D016513:Mice, SCID; D010641:Phenotype; D010920:Placenta / Q000166:cytology; D011247:Pregnancy; D012038:Regeneration; D012867:Skin / Q000293:injuries*; D013997:Time Factors; D014470:Umbilical Cord / Q000166:cytology; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D016207:Cytokines; D018836:Inflammation Mediators
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