Mitochondrial Transfer by Human Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Ameliorates Hepatocyte Lipid Load in a Mouse Model of NASH
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Mesenchymal stromal cell (MSC) transplantation ameliorated hepatic lipid load; tissue inflammation; and fibrosis in rodent animal models of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) by as yet largely unknown mechanism(s). In a mouse model of NASH; we transplanted bone marrow-derived MSCs into the livers; which were analyzed one week thereafter. Combined metabolomic and proteomic data were applied to weighted gene correlation network analysis (WGCNA) and subsequent identification of key drivers. Livers were analyzed histologically and biochemically. The mechanisms of MSC action on hepatocyte lipid accumulation were studied in co-cultures of hepatocytes and MSCs by quantitative image analysis and immunocytochemistry. WGCNA and key driver analysis revealed that NASH caused the impairment of central carbon; amino acid; and lipid metabolism associated with mitochondrial and peroxisomal dysfunction; which was reversed by MSC treatment. MSC improved hepatic lipid metabolism and tissue homeostasis. In co-cultures of hepatocytes and MSCs; the decrease of lipid load was associated with the transfer of mitochondria from the MSCs to the hepatocytes via tunneling nanotubes (TNTs). Hence; MSCs may ameliorate lipid load and tissue perturbance by the donation of mitochondria to the hepatocytes. Thereby; they may provide oxidative capacity for lipid breakdown and thus promote recovery from NASH-induced metabolic impairment and tissue injury.
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An increasing number of studies support the use of MSCs to treat liver fibrosis by transferring mitochondria.
“An increasing number of studies nowadays support the use of MSCs to treat liver fibrosis by transferring Mt [117, 120, 121].”
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The Introduction (page unavailable) reports that MSC transplantation reduced fibrosis in animal models. Results §3.4 shows mitochondrial transfer from MSCs to hepatocytes, but Discussion §4.3 links that transfer to a possible reduction in hepatocyte lipid load, not to treatment of fibrosis. The paper does not establish that mitochondrial transfer is how MSCs treat liver fibrosis. (LLM, conf=0.87)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredDetection of human mitochondria in mouse livers following human MSC transplantation provides direct evidence that MSCs can transfer mitochondria to hepatocytes in vivo.
“The detection of human Mt in mouse livers following human MSC transplantation provides direct evidence that MSCs can transfer Mt to hepatocytes in vivo [117].”
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- Hsu, M.-J., Karkossa, I., Schäfer, I., Christ, M., Kühne, H., Schubert, K., Rolle-Kampczyk, U. E., Kalkhof, S., Nickel, S., Seibel, P., von Bergen, M., & Christ, B.
- Affiliations
- University Hospital Leipzig (DE)
- Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (DE)
- Leipzig University (DE)
- Department of Molecular Systems Biology, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), 04318 Leipzig, Germany
- Corresponding author
- Christ, Bruno
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- Venue
- Biomedicines
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Published
- 2020-09-14
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 9
- Pages
- 350
- ISSN
- 2227-9059 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC7554948
- OpenAlex
- W3085480356
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- en
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- Funders
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (CH109/22-2)
- Ministry of Science and Technology, Taiwan Postdoctoral Research Abroad Program (105-2917-I-564-071)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Genetics › Mesenchymal stem cell research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Hepatology › Liver physiology and pathology
- Keywords
- nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, mesenchymal stem cells, mitochondrial transfer, hepatocyte lipid accumulation, tunneling nanotubes, mitochondrial dysfunction, peroxisomal dysfunction, hepatic lipid metabolism, liver fibrosis
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