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  • About
  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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Development of a Freeze-Drying Strategy to Store Human Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Derived Extracellular Vesicles for Applications in Stroke

Dorus, Brian 25 January 2023 (has links)
Mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSCs) release Extracellular vesicles (EVs) that are believed to play a major role in nerve regeneration after stroke. However, a major complication when trying to transition MSC-EVs from a pre-clinical to clinical setting is the convenient long-term storage of MSC-EVs. Therefore, we developed a strategy to freeze dry MSC-EVs to store them for more practical clinical applications. We first determined the optimal trehalose concentration for freeze drying the MSC-EVs, and we subsequently investigated the optimal freezing conditions. It was determined that 100 mM of trehalose and freezing temperature at -20°C were the optimal conditions to freeze dry the EVs. The therapeutic capabilities of the freeze-dried MSC-EVs was tested via tube formation assay and co-culturing them with neural stem/progenitor cells (NSPCs). It was found that human vein umbilical endothelial cells (HUVECs) treated with rehydrated MSCEVs promoted tube formation suggesting the trophic factors in the MSC-EVs survived the freeze-drying process. As for the NSPC co-culture, all treatments involving rehydrated MSC-EVs protected by trehalose during the freeze-drying process promoted proliferation and did not affect their ability to differentiate into oligodendrocytes, astrocytes, or neurons. Determining the optimum freezing-drying conditions allows us to stockpile a large amount of MSC-EVs at room temperature for on-demand applications.

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