Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:30:52Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 LucianaBA.pdf: 299762 bytes, checksum: b2ed4a69274795e7585d8ffaeab0f96d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-12-19 / The present experiment used cell culture to analyze the adhesion capacity of mouse mesenchymal bone marrow cells and rat periodontal ligament to different titanium surfaces. Grade II ASTM F86 titanium discs 15mm in diameter and 1.5mm thick were used and received 2 distinct surface treatments (polished and cathodic cage plasma nitriding). The cells were isolated from the mouse bone marrow and rat periodontal ligament and cultured in α-MEM basic culture medium containing antibiotics and supplemented with 10% FBS and 5% CO2, for 72 hours at 37?C in a humidified atmosphere. Subculture cells were cultured in a 24-well plate with a density of 1 x 104 cells per well. The titanium discs were distributed in accordance with the groups, including positive controls without titanium discs. After a 24-hour culture, the cells were counted in a Neubauer chamber. The results show that both the mouse mesenchymal bone marrow cells and rat periodontal ligament cells had better adhesion to the control surface. The number of bone marrow cells adhered to the polished Ti surface was not statistically significant when compared to the same type of cell adhered to the Ti surface treated by cathodic cage plasma nitriding. However a significant difference was found between the control and polished Ti groups. In relation to periodontal ligament cell adhesion, a significant difference was only found between the control and plasma-treated Ti surfaces. When comparing equal surfaces with different cells, no statistically significant difference was observed. We can therefore conclude that titanium is a good material for mesenchymal cell adhesion and that different material surface treatments can influence this process / O presente trabalho utilizou a cultura celular para analisar a capacidade de ades?o de c?lulas mesenquimais da medula ?ssea de camundongos e do ligamento periodontal de ratos a diferentes superf?cies de tit?nio. Para tanto, foram utilizados discos de tit?nio grau II ASTM F86 nas dimens?es de 15mm de di?metro por 1,5mm de espessura, os quais receberam diferentes tratamentos de superf?cie em 2 grupos distintos (polido e nitreta??o a plasma por gaiola cat?dica). As c?lulas foram isoladas da medula ?ssea de camundongos e do ligamento periodontal de ratos e cultivadas em meio de cultura meio b?sico α-MEM contendo antibi?ticos e suplementado com 10% de FBS, por 72 horas, em atmosfera ?mida com 5% de CO2 a 37?C. No subcultivo as c?lulas foram cultivadas em 1 placa de 24 po?os, na densidade de 1 x 104 c?lulas por po?o, onde os discos de tit?nio foram distribu?dos de acordo com os grupos, incluindo-se controles positivos sem os discos de tit?nio. Ap?s 24 horas de cultivo, as c?lulas foram submetidas a contagem em c?mara de Neubauer. Os resultados analisados mostraram que tanto as c?lulas mesenquimais da medula ?ssea de camundongos como as c?lulas do ligamento periodontal de ratos tiveram melhor ades?o ? superf?cie controle. O n?mero de c?lulas da medula ?ssea aderidas a superf?cie de Ti polido n?o foi estatisticamente significante quando comparado ao mesmo tipo celular aderido ? superf?cie de Ti tratada por plasma na configura??o de gaiola cat?dica, entretanto diferen?a significante foi encontrada entre o grupo controle e o grupo Ti polido. Com rela??o ? ades?o das c?lulas do ligamento periodontal, diferen?a significativa foi encontrada apenas entre as superf?cies controle e as superf?cies de Ti tratadas por plasma. No que diz respeito ?s compara??es entre superf?cies iguais com c?lulas diferentes, n?o foi observada nenhuma diferen?a estatisticamente significante. Portanto, conclui-se que o tit?nio ? um bom biomaterial para a ades?o de c?lulas mesenquimais e que as diferentes formas de tratamento de superf?cie dada ao material podem influenciar neste processo

As células tronco mesenquimais derivadas do âmnio (AMSCs) são células multipotentes com alto potencial para se diferenciar em múltiplas linhagens. Podem ser isoladas sem recurso a procedimentos invasivos e usadas sem levantar quaisquer implicações éticas. O presente estudo visa isolar e caracterizar as células mesenquimais progenitoras da membrana amniótica de gatos domésticos para futura aplicação em terapia celular. As células foram isoladas de quatro membranas fetais, coletadas durante as campanhas rotineiras de castração em gatas no último terço de gestação, após anestesia geral. A porção dorsal do âmnio foi separada mecanicamente, lavada com PBS e submetida à digestão com colagenase. As células coletadas foram propagadas em cultivo (DMEN-F12/-MEM) e criopreservadas em várias passagens enquanto se efetuava a avaliação da cinética de crescimento e das características morfológicas. Em cultivo, as AMSCs demonstraram aderência à placa e uma morfologia similar a dos fibroblastos. A análise imunofenotípica revelou presença de marcadores específicos de MSCs CD73 e CD90 e ausência de marcadores hematopoiéticos CD34, CD45 e CD79 sugerindo a presença de células mesenquimais multipotentes na membrana amniótica de gatos domésticos. Em condições apropriadas, estas células diferenciaram-se em linhagens específicas osteogênica e adipogênica. Entretanto, após inoculação em camundongos imunodeficientes não foi registrado formação de teratomas. Estes achados sugerem que o âmnio de gatos domésticos pode ser considerado uma importante fonte de MSCs com maior atração para medicina regenerativa. / The amnion derived mesenchymal stem cells (AMSCs) are multipotent cells with a high ability to differentiate into multiple lineages. They can be obtained by non-invasive methods and therefore are exempt from the normal ethical problems involving stem cell use. The aim of this study was to isolate and characterize the progenitor mesenchymal cells from the cat amniotic membrane for future application in cell therapy. The cells were isolated from four fetal membranes collected after a routine ovarian hysterectomy process from cats in their third gestational trimester, under general anesthesia. The dorsal portion of amnion was mechanically separated, washed with PBS and subjected to collagenase digestion. The isolated cells were propagated in culture media (DMEMF12 or -MEM) and frozen in various passages while the growing kinetics and cell morphology were analyzed. In culture medium, AMSCs were adherent to the plastic culture dish and had a morphology similar to fibroblasts. Immunophenotyping assays showed the presence of MSCs specific markers CD73 and CD90 and absence of hematopoietic markers CD34, CD45 and CD79 suggesting the presence of multipotent mesenchymal cells in the cat amniotic membrane. Under appropriate conditions, these cells differentiated into osteogenic and adipogenic cell lineages. Moreover, after injection into immunodeficient mice, no tumors were generated. These findings suggest that the cat amniotic membrane can be considered an important and useful source of MSCs for regenerative medicine.

L’hypertrophie cardiaque représente la réponse primaire du cœur dans le but d’améliorer la fonction cardiaque qui est compromise suite à un accident ischémique ou une surcharge hémodynamique. Cependant, l’hypertrophie cardiaque a pour conséquence pathologique la fibrose réactive, qui est caractérisée par la synthèse incontrôlée et le dépôt du collagène par les myofibroblastes. Ainsi, l’accumulation accrue du collagène dans le cœur hypertrophié mène à l’augmentation de la rigidité cardiaque et la détérioration progressive de la fonction contractile du cœur. Plusieurs études ont démontré que la protéine nestine, appartenant à la famille des filaments intermédiaires, est ré-exprimée dans les myofibroblastes durant la fibrose réparative et est impliquée dans la prolifération cellulaire. Basée sur ces observations, cette étude teste l’hypothèse selon laquelle nestine est induite dans les myofibroblastes suivant le développement de la fibrose réactive dans le cœur des rats ayant subi une constriction aortique supra-rénale. Deux semaines suivant une constriction aortique supra-rénale chez le rat, un patron d’hypertrophie concentrique cardiaque a été observé et associé avec une réponse de fibrose réactive caractérisée par le dépôt accru de collagène dans le tissu interstitiel et la région péri-vasculaire de nombreux vaisseaux sanguins cardiaques. De plus, les niveaux de la protéine nestine sont augmentés significativement dans les cœurs des rats hypertrophiés, et ce, de façon corrélative avec la pression artérielle moyenne et la pression systolique du ventricule gauche. Les techniques d’immunofluorescences ont révélé une apparition accrue des cellules immunoréactives à nestine, qui présentent un phénotype mésenchymateux caractérisé par la co-expression de collagène dans le tissu interstitiel et la région péri-vasculaire des cœurs hypertrophiés. Ces données suggèrent que les fibroblastes résidents peuvent exprimer la protéine nestine ou que l’expression de nestine est induite en réponse aux facteurs pro-fibrotiques impliqués dans la fibrose réactive. En effet, l’exposition des myofibroblastes normaux et des myofibroblastes isolés des cœurs hypertrophiés à l’AII, TGF-B1 et EGF augmente significativement l’expression de la protéine nestine, tandis que l’expression de l’α-SMA demeure inchangée. De plus, de manière prédominante dans le cœur hypertrophié, des cellules non-vasculaires CD31(+) ont été détectées dans le tissu interstitiel et la région péri-vasculaire. Ces cellules co-expriment nestine et collagène suggérant une transition des cellules endothéliales vers un phénotype mésenchymateux. Finalement, la protéine nestine, sous sa forme filamenteuse, a été détectée dans les cellules endothéliales de l’artère coronaire humaine et leur exposition au TGF-B1, induit l’expression de collagène. En revanche, l’expression de collagène a été détectée dans les cellules microvasculaires de rats CD31(+), alors que l’expression de nestine est absente. En réponse aux traitements de TGF-B1 et EGF, l’expression de nestine, sous sa forme non-filamenteuse, est détectée dans les cellules microvasculaires de rats. Collectivement, ces données supportent la prémisse selon laquelle la réponse de fibrose réactive dans les cœurs hypertrophiés, suite à une constriction aortique supra-rénale, est attribuée en partie à l’augmentation de l’apparition des cellules mésenchymateuses positives à l’expression de nestine qui proviennent des fibroblastes résidents du ventricule. De plus, les données in vivo et in vitro suggèrent que les cellules endothéliales déplacées représentent une source additionnelle des cellules mésenchymateuses nestine(+) dans le cœur hypertrophié et contribuent au développement de la fibrose réactive. Cibler la protéine nestine peut représenter une approche thérapeutique afin d’atténuer la réponse de fibrose réactive indépendamment de l’origine des cellules mésenchymateuses. / Cardiac hypertrophy secondary to an ischemic insult or a hemodynamic overload represents the primary response of the heart to enhance compromised cardiac function. However, a pathological consequence of cardiac hypertrophy is reactive fibrosis characterized by the uncontrolled synthesis and deposition of collagen by proliferating myofibroblasts. Furthermore, the unrestrained accumulation of collagen in the hypertrophic heart leads to increased cardiac stiffness and progressive worsening of contractile function. Previous studies have reported that the intermediate filament protein nestin was re-expressed in myofibroblasts during reparative fibrosis and played a direct role in cell proliferation. Based on these observations, the following study tested the hypothesis that nestin was induced in myofibroblasts secondary to the development of reactive fibrosis in the heart of rats subjected to suprarenal aortic constriction. Two weeks following suprarenal aortic constriction of the adult male rat, a concentric pattern of cardiac hypertrophy was observed and associated with an overt reactive fibrotic response characterized by the increased deposition of collagen in the interstitium and perivascular region of numerous blood vessels. Nestin protein levels were significantly increased in the heart of hypertrophied rats and expression positively correlated with mean arterial pressure and left ventricular systolic pressure. Immunofluorescence approach revealed an increased appearance of nestin-immunoreactive cells in the interstitium and perivascular region of hypertrophied hearts and exhibited a mesenchymal phenotype characterized by collagen co-staining. The latter data suggests that resident fibroblasts may have expressed nestin and/or was induced in response to pro-fibrotic factors implicated in reactive fibrosis. Indeed, the exposure of normal myofibroblasts and myofibroblasts isolated from the hypertrophied heart to AII, TGF-B1 and EGF significantly increased nestin protein levels, whereas α-SMA expression remained unchanged. Moreover and predominantly in the hypertrophied heart, displaced non-vascular CD31(+) cells were detected in the interstitium and perivascular region that co-expressed nestin and collagen suggesting a transition of endothelial cells to a mesenchymal phenotype. Indeed, filamentous nestin was detected in human coronary artery endothelial cells and exposure to TGF-B1 induced collagen expression. By contrast, collagen was detected in CD31(+) rat microvascular endothelial cells whereas nestin expression was absent. In response to TGF-B1 and EGF, nestin was expressed in rat microvascular endothelial cells but the reported filamentous phenotype was not observed. Collectively, these data support the premise that the progression of the reactive fibrotic response in the hypertrophied heart secondary to suprarenal aortic constriction was attributed in part to the increased appearance of nestin(+) mesenchymal cells originating in part from resident ventricular myofibroblasts. Moreover, the in vivo and in vitro data further suggest that displaced endothelial cells may represent an additional source of nestin(+) mesenchymal cells in the hypertrophied heart contributing to the development of reactive fibrosis. Targeting nestin may represent a potential therapeutic approach to attenuate the reactive fibrotic response regardless the cellular origin of the mesenchymal cell.

Le coiffage pulpaire direct, dans des situations pathologiques critiques où la vitalité de la dent est menacée, vise à stimuler le potentiel de cicatrisation de la pulpe et induire une régénération dentinaire. Afin d'optimiser cette thérapeutique, le Laboratoire IMEB-ERT 30 a développé en partenariat avec la société SEPTODONT un nouveau matériau, le Biodentine™. Ce ciment, composé essentiellement de silicate tricalcique, possède des qualités physiques permettant son utilisation comme substitut dentinaire. Le premier objectif de notre travail a été d'évaluer les propriétés biologiques du Biodentine™ et ses interactions avec les cellules cibles en culture. La bioactivité du nouveau ciment a ensuite été étudiée à l'aide du modèle de culture de dents entières humaines ex vivo. Ce modèle expérimental original a été mis au point dans notre laboratoire et permet d'étudier les phases précoces de la régénération dentinaire lors du coiffage direct. Grâce à ce modèle, nous avons démontré l'activation, la prolifération et la migration de cellules progénitrices pulpaires périvasculaires en réponse à une lésion cavitaire profonde. Le coiffage direct avec les ciments de silicates tricalciques a induit la formation de foyers minéralisés à proximité de la lésion. La caractérisation moléculaire de ces foyers a montré qu'il s'agit d'une forme de dentine réparatrice synthétisée par des cellules odontoblast-like. Le deuxième objectif de notre travail a été d'étudier l'effet du nouveau biomatériau sur la sécrétion de certains facteurs de croissances, impliqués dans les phases précoces de la cicatrisation pulpaire, et de le comparer à celui d'autres matériaux de coiffage. / The objective of direct pulp capping is to stimulate the pulp healing potential and to induce dentin regeneration. This is of prime importance in critical pathologic situations compromising the tooth vitality. To improve the outcome of this treatment, the IMEB-ERT30 Laboratory, in collaboration with the SEPTODONT Company, has developed a new restorative material called Biodentine™. This cement, essentially composed of tricalcium silicates, has the required physical properties to be used as a dentin substitute. The first aim of this work was to evaluate the biological properties of Biodentine™ and its interactions with the target cells in cell culture. Then, the bioactivity of the new cement was studied using an entire human tooth culture model ex vivo. This original experimental model, developed in our Laboratory, is suitable in studying the early steps of dentin regeneration after direct pulp capping. With this model, we demonstrated the activation, proliferation, and migration of perivascular pulpal progenitor cells in response to pulp injury. The direct pulp capping with tricalcium silicate cements induced mineral foci formation in the vicinity of the pulp lesion. Molecular characterization of these foci confirmed it was of a reparative dentin type produced by odontoblast-like cells. The second objective of our work was to study the effect of the new cement on the secretion of some growth factors involved in the early steps of pulp wound healing, and compare it to that of other pulp capping materials. The results demonstrated an up-regulation of b-FGF, VEGF and PDGF-AB secretion in response to the target cells injuries, suggesting a stimulation of angiogenesis.

A cicatrização de feridas crônicas e de defeitos complexos representam desafios para a cirurgia plástica reconstrutiva. Novos tratamentos emergiram com a utilização de células tronco mesenquimais, com especial interesse para as derivadas de tecido adiposo (CTMs-TA), por possuir algumas vantagens em relação às derivadas da medula óssea. Algumas doenças poderiam se beneficiar com o uso das CTMs-TA, em particular, as feridas de pacientes portadores de anemia falciforme que ainda representam um desafio terapêutico. Neste estudo, investigou-se a existência de possíveis áreas doadoras preferenciais de CTMs-TA no tecido adiposo (TA) por meio da comparação de aspectos qualitativos e quantitativos das CTMs-TA derivadas de cinco diferentes áreas corporais. Posteriormente, analisou-se a influência do sobrenadante dessas células, rico em citocinas e fatores de crescimento, sobre a migração de fibroblastos de indivíduos normais e de portadores de anemia falciforme in vitro. Não foram observadas diferenças qualitativas entre as CTMs-TA das cinco áreas analisadas. A região do dorso apresentou número maior de CTMs, com diferença significativa em relação à região das coxas. A adição de sobrenadante produzido por CTMs-TA demonstrou aumento da velocidade de migração dos fibroblastos de forma similar para os normais e os falciformes. O microambiente desfavorável presente nas feridas falciformes parece exercer importante influência sobre esses fibroblastos, pois uma vez corrigido o microambiente com os meios de cultivo apropriados, as células apresentaram taxa de duplicação e velocidade de migração semelhante à dos fibroblastos normais in vitro. / The healing of chronic wounds and complex defects represents challenges for reconstructive plastic surgery. New treatments have emerged with the use of multipotent mesenchymal cells, with special interest for the adipose-derived stem cells (ADSCs) as it has some advantages over the bone marrow-derived. Some diseases could benefit from the use of ADSCs, in particular, the wounds of patients with sickle cell anemia that still represent a therapeutic challenge. In this study, we investigated the existence of possible preferential donor areas of ADSCs in adipose tissue by comparing qualitative and quantitative aspects of ADSCs derived from five different body areas. Later, we analyzed the influence of the supernatant of these cells, rich in cytokines and growth factors, on the migration of fibroblasts from healthy individuals and from patients with sickle cell anemia in vitro. No qualitative differences were observed among the ADSCs of the five areas analyzed. The dorsum presented a higher number of ADSCs, with a significant difference in relation to the thigh. Addition of supernatant produced by ADSCs has been shown to increase the rate of migration of fibroblasts in a similar way to healthy and sickle cells. The unfavorable microenvironment present in sickle wounds seems to exert a significant influence on these fibroblasts because once the microenvironment was corrected with the appropriate culture media, the cells had a doubling rate and migration rate similar to normal fibroblasts in vitro.

A cicatrização de feridas crônicas e de defeitos complexos representam desafios para a cirurgia plástica reconstrutiva. Novos tratamentos emergiram com a utilização de células tronco mesenquimais, com especial interesse para as derivadas de tecido adiposo (CTMs-TA), por possuir algumas vantagens em relação às derivadas da medula óssea. Algumas doenças poderiam se beneficiar com o uso das CTMs-TA, em particular, as feridas de pacientes portadores de anemia falciforme que ainda representam um desafio terapêutico. Neste estudo, investigou-se a existência de possíveis áreas doadoras preferenciais de CTMs-TA no tecido adiposo (TA) por meio da comparação de aspectos qualitativos e quantitativos das CTMs-TA derivadas de cinco diferentes áreas corporais. Posteriormente, analisou-se a influência do sobrenadante dessas células, rico em citocinas e fatores de crescimento, sobre a migração de fibroblastos de indivíduos normais e de portadores de anemia falciforme in vitro. Não foram observadas diferenças qualitativas entre as CTMs-TA das cinco áreas analisadas. A região do dorso apresentou número maior de CTMs, com diferença significativa em relação à região das coxas. A adição de sobrenadante produzido por CTMs-TA demonstrou aumento da velocidade de migração dos fibroblastos de forma similar para os normais e os falciformes. O microambiente desfavorável presente nas feridas falciformes parece exercer importante influência sobre esses fibroblastos, pois uma vez corrigido o microambiente com os meios de cultivo apropriados, as células apresentaram taxa de duplicação e velocidade de migração semelhante à dos fibroblastos normais in vitro. / The healing of chronic wounds and complex defects represents challenges for reconstructive plastic surgery. New treatments have emerged with the use of multipotent mesenchymal cells, with special interest for the adipose-derived stem cells (ADSCs) as it has some advantages over the bone marrow-derived. Some diseases could benefit from the use of ADSCs, in particular, the wounds of patients with sickle cell anemia that still represent a therapeutic challenge. In this study, we investigated the existence of possible preferential donor areas of ADSCs in adipose tissue by comparing qualitative and quantitative aspects of ADSCs derived from five different body areas. Later, we analyzed the influence of the supernatant of these cells, rich in cytokines and growth factors, on the migration of fibroblasts from healthy individuals and from patients with sickle cell anemia in vitro. No qualitative differences were observed among the ADSCs of the five areas analyzed. The dorsum presented a higher number of ADSCs, with a significant difference in relation to the thigh. Addition of supernatant produced by ADSCs has been shown to increase the rate of migration of fibroblasts in a similar way to healthy and sickle cells. The unfavorable microenvironment present in sickle wounds seems to exert a significant influence on these fibroblasts because once the microenvironment was corrected with the appropriate culture media, the cells had a doubling rate and migration rate similar to normal fibroblasts in vitro.

Les synoviocytes jouent un rôle crucial dans la pathogénèse des maladies articulaires chroniques, et particulièrement dans la phase de destruction ostéoarticulaire en devenant résistants à l’apoptose. Une première étude a mise en évidence une efficacité antiproliférative du cadmium minéral sur ces synoviocytes. Une preuve de concept d’un nouveau produit thérapeutique intra-articulaire à base de cadmium a été élaborée. Cette préparation pharmaceutique innovante, développée pour éviter la dissémination du cadmium minéral dans l’organisme, contenait des nanoparticules à base de cadmium, administrable sous forme liquide à température ambiante et se gélifiait à la température corporelle, en formant des micelles contenant des nanoparticules, ne traversant ainsi pas la cavité synoviale. Initialement, la reproductibilité de l’effet antiprolifératif du cadmium entre la forme minérale et les nanoparticules a été vérifiée dans un modèle in vitro de synoviocytes humains atteints de polyarthrites rhumatoïdes. Une captation différente des nanoparticules selon l’environnement inflammatoire ou pathologique des synoviocytes a été ensuite expliquée par la modification accrue de leurs morphologies. Similairement, l’effet de l’inflammation sur les propriétés physiques des vésicules, sécrétées par les synoviocytes, ont consolidé le choix des caractéristiques de la formulation. Les essais sur des modèles d’arthrite chez le rat ont permis de démontrer l’efficacité de cette nouvelle préparation originale, facilement injectable en intra-articulaire, en réduisant les scores cliniques avec une unique injection. Cette thérapie locale peut être une technique rapide et réalisable en ambulatoire / Synoviocytes play a crucial role in the pathogenesis of chronic joint diseases, particularly in the osteoarticular destruction phase by becoming resistant to apoptosis. A first study has demonstrated an antiproliferative efficacy of cadmium mineral on these synoviocytes. A proof of concept of a new intra-articular cadmium-based therapeutic product has been developed. This innovative pharmaceutical preparation, developed to prevent the spread of mineral cadmium in the body, contained cadmium-based nanoparticles, which can be administered in liquid form at room temperature and gelled at body temperature, forming micelles containing nanoparticles, thus crossing the synovial cavity. Initially, the reproducibility of the antiproliferative effect of cadmium between the mineral form and the nanoparticles was verified in an in vitro model of human synoviocytes with rheumatoid arthritis. A different uptake of nanoparticles according to the inflammatory or pathological environment of synoviocytes was then explained by the massive modification of their morphologies. Similarly, the effect of inflammation on the physical properties of the vesicles, secreted by synoviocytes, consolidated the choice of the characteristics of the formulation.Tests on arthritis models in rats have demonstrated the effectiveness of this new original preparation, easily injectable intra-articular, reducing clinical scores with a single injection. This local therapy can be a quick technique and achievable in outpatient

A manutenção do estado progenitor durante o cultivo de células mesenquimais progenitoras derivadas do tecido adiposo (MSCs-TA), caracterizado pelo potencial de diferenciação e da capacidade de autorrenovação, é atualmente um dos maiores desafios da terapia celular. Sabendo da influência da angiogênese no desenvolvimento de tecidos de origem mesenquimal, avaliamos se um ambiente pro-angiogênico mimetizado em cultura forneceria condições para manutenção de um estado progenitor durante o processo de expansão celular. Utilizando como modelo de um ambiente pró-angiogênico o cultivo no meio EGM-2, o qual é suplementado pelos fatores de crescimento EGF, FGF-2, IGF e VEGF, nós demonstramos que a presença de tais fatores pró-angiogênicos é fundamental para a manutenção do estado progenitor de MSCs-TA em cultura. Verificamos que a presença de tais fatores de crescimento possibilitaram às MSCs-TA apresentarem um alto potencial de diferenciação adipogênico e osteogênico em comparação ao meio convencional DMEM/F12 e ao meio EBM, ausente de fatores. Além disso, o cultivo na presença de fatores pró-angiogênicos aumentou o potencial clonogênico das MSCs-TA, ao mesmo tempo em que aumentou a capacidade proliferativa destas células. Dentre os fatores de crescimento, EGF e FGF-2 foram responsáveis pelos efeitos mais robustos. Ao mesmo tempo, células cultivadas nas presença destas citocinas foram capazes de manter a morfologia fibroblastóide e apresentaram alta expressão do fator de pluripotência Klf-4. Em concordância com estes achados, o transplante subcutâneo de MSCs-TA cultivadas nestas condições mostrou que aquelas mantidas em EGM-2 geram um tecido semelhante ao tecido formado pela fração estromal vascular não cultivada. Estes resultados reforçam o papel do ambiente pró-angiogênico na manutenção do estado progenitor de MSCs-TA, e que tal estado foi proporcionado pela ação dos fatores de crescimento pró-angiogênicos EGF, FGF-2, IGF e VEGF nas células em cultivo, com destaque para as citocinas EGF e FGF-2. Em conclusão, o uso do ambiente pró-angiogênico no cultivo de MSCs-TA mostrou-se como uma abordagem promissora para a manutenção do estado progenitor destas células in vitro. / The maintenance of the progenitor state in the culture of adipose tissue derived- mesenchymal progenitor cell (TA-MSCs), characterized by the differentiation potential and self-renewal capability, is currently one of the major challenges of cell therapy. The information that the angiogenesis influences the development of mesenchymal tissues, has led us to evaluate how a pro-angiogenic environment mimicked in culture would provide conditions for maintaining a progenitor state during the cell expansion process. We designe a model for a pro-angiogenic environment in which cells grown in EGM-2 supplemented with the following growth factors: EGF, FGF-2, IGF and VEGF, and demonstrated that the presence of such pro-angiogenic growth factors was crucial for maintenance of the progenitor of AT-MSCs in culture. We observed that the presence of such growth factors allowed to AT-MSCs a high potential of adipogenic and osteogenic differentiation compared to conventional DMEM/F12 medium and the EBM medium, in the absence of the factors. Furthermore, the culture in presence of pro-angiogenic growth factors increased the clonogenic potential of AT-MSCs and increased the proliferative capability of these cells. Among the growth factors, EGF and FGF-2 were responsible for most robust effects. At the same time, cells cultured in the presence of these cytokines were able to maintaining the fibroblastoid morphology and presented high expression levels of Klf-4 pluripotency factor. In agreement with these observations, the subcutaneous transplantation of AT-MSCs cultured under these conditions showed that those cells kept in EGM-2 generated a tissue-like to tissue formed by the stromal vascular fraction uncultivated. These results reinforce the role of the pro-angiogenic environment in the maintenance of the progenitor state of AT-MSCs, and that such a state was provided by the action of the pro-angiogenic growth factors EGF, FGF-2, IGF and VEGF in cultured cells, highlighting EGF and FGF-2 cytokines. In conclusion, we showed that the use of a pro-angiogenic environment in AT-MSCs culture is a promising approach to the maintain the progenitor state of these cells in vitro.

Background: Stem cell therapy can facilitate cardiac repair after healed myocardial infarction but the optimal cell type remains uncertain. Aims: To investigate the pathophysiology of heart failure in a canine model of healed myocardial infarction and to compare the efficacy and the safety of autologous bone marrow mononuclear cell (BMNC) transfer and mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) transfer in this model. It was a blind, randomized and placebo control study. Methods: Eleven weeks after coronary ligation, 24 dogs received intramyocardial injections of BMNC, MSC or Placebo (n = 8 per groups). Echocardiography, conductance method, magnetic resonance imaging, serum neurohormones, holter monitoring, macromorphometry, histology and real time quantitative polymerase chain reaction were used to assess cardiac performance, safety and remodelling in healthy animals, before cell transplantation and up to 16 weeks’ follow-up. Results: The model was characterized by decreased left ventricular end-systolic elastance and ventricular-arterial uncoupling without alteration of compliance. Four months after BMNC transfer, the regional systolic function measured at echocardiographic showed a sustained improvement. This improvement was associated with an improved left ventricular end-systolic elastance and a decreased infarct size. Although the left ventricular ejection fraction stayed unchanged, the serum level of N-terminal B-type natriuretic propeptide level decreased. Mononuclear cell transfer was also associated with increased left ventricular relative wall area, increased vascular density, intramyocardial vascular remodelling and upregulation of angiogenic factors gene expression. Mesenchymal stem cell transfer only improved lately and moderately the regional systolic function, without improvement of cardiac contractility or decreased infarct size. Conclusions: In a canine model of chronic myocardial infarction, BMNC transfer is superior to MSC transfer in improvement of cardiac contractility and regional systolic function, and to reduce the infarct size and plasma N-terminal B-type natriuretic propeptide level. Functional improvement is associated with a favourable angiogenic environment and neovascularization.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:30:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 RodrigoGV_DISSERT.pdf: 1378162 bytes, checksum: aa53c22bf2541e2d42d5b5659f380375 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-02-04 / Cryopreservation is a process where cells or biological tissues are preserved by freezing at very low temperatures and aims to cease reversibly, in a controlled manner, all the biological functions of living tissues, i.e., maintain cell preservation so that it can recover with high degree of viability and functional integrity. This study aimed to evaluate the influence of cryopreservation on the mesenchymal stem cells originating from the periodontal ligament of human third molars by in vitro experiments. Six healthy teeth were removed and the periodontal cells grown in culture medium containing α-MEM supplemented with antibiotics and 15% FBS in a humidified atmosphere with 5% CO2 at 37? C. Cells isolated from each sample were divided into two groups: Group I - immediate cell culture (not fresh cryopreserved cells) and Group II - cell cryopreservation, during a period of 30 days. Analyses of rates of cell adhesion and proliferation in different groups were performed by counting the cells adhered to the wells, in intervals of 24, 48 and 72 hours after the start of cultivation. The number of cells in each well was obtained by counting viable cells with the use of hemocytometer and the method of exclusion of cells stained by trypan blue. The difference between groups for each of the times was analyzed by Wilcoxon test. Regarding the temporal evolution for each group, analysis was done by Friedman's test to verify the existence of differences between times and, when it existed, the Wilcoxon penalty was applied. The results showed no statistically significant difference between the two groups analyzed in this study. Therefore, we conclude that the cryopreservation process, after a period of 30 days, did not influence the cell type studied, and there was no difference in growth capacity in vitro between the groups / A criopreserva??o ? um processo em que c?lulas ou tecidos biol?gicos s?o preservados atrav?s do congelamento a temperaturas muito baixas e objetiva cessar reversivelmente, de forma controlada, todas as fun??es biol?gicas dos tecidos vivos; ou seja, manter a preserva??o celular de maneira que esta possa recuperar-se com alto grau de viabilidade e integridade funcional. Este trabalho se prop?s avaliar in vitro a influ?ncia da criopreserva??o nas c?lulas mesenquimais indiferenciadas procedentes do ligamento periodontal de terceiros molares humanos. Para tanto, foram utilizados 6 dentes sadios os quais tiveram as referidas c?lulas removidas e cultivadas em meio de cultura α-MEM contendo antibi?ticos e suplementado com 15% de FBS, em atmosfera ?mida com 5% de CO2 a 37? C. As c?lulas isoladas de cada amostra foram divididas em dois grupos: Grupo I cultivo celular imediato (c?lulas frescas n?o criopreservadas) e Grupo II criopreserva??o celular, durante um per?odo de 30 dias. As an?lises dos ?ndices de ades?o e prolifera??o celular nos diferentes grupos foram realizadas atrav?s das contagens das c?lulas aderidas ?s superf?cies dos po?os de cultivo celular, nos intervalos de 24, 48 e 72 horas ap?s o in?cio do cultivo. O n?mero de c?lulas em cada po?o foi obtido pela contagem das c?lulas vi?veis atrav?s do uso do hemocit?metro e o m?todo de exclus?o das c?lulas coradas pelo azul de trypan. A diferen?a entre os grupos para cada um dos tempos foi analisada pelo teste de Wilcoxon. Em rela??o ? evolu??o temporal para cada um dos grupos, a an?lise foi feita pelo teste de Friedman para verificar a exist?ncia de diferen?a entre os tempos e, quando ela existiu, foi aplicado o teste de Wilcoxon com penaliza??o. Os resultados demonstraram que n?o houve diferen?a estatisticamente significativa entre os dois grupos analisados neste estudo. Portanto, conclui-se que o processo de criopreserva??o, ap?s um per?odo de 30 dias, n?o exerceu influ?ncia no tipo celular estudado; n?o havendo, portanto, nenhuma diferen?a na capacidade de crescimento in vitro entre os grupos