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Mol Ther. 2016 Sep;24(9):1644-54. doi: 10.1038/mt.2016.120. Epub 2016 Jun 10.

Inducible HGF-secreting Human Umbilical Cord Blood-derived MSCs Produced via TALEN-mediated Genome Editing Promoted Angiogenesis.

Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy

Hyun-Kyung Chang, Pyung-Hwan Kim, Hyun-Min Cho, Soo-Young Yum, Young-Jin Choi, YeonSung Son, DaBin Lee, InSung Kang, Kyung-Sun Kang, Goo Jang, Je-Yoel Cho

Affiliations

  1. Department of Biochemistry, BK21 PLUS Program for Creative Veterinary Science Research and Research Institute for Veterinary Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea.
  2. Current address: Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, College of Medical Science, Konyang University, Daejeon, South Korea.
  3. Department of Veterinary Clinical Science, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea.
  4. Adult Stem Cell Research Center, College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea.

PMID: 27434585 PMCID: PMC5113099 DOI: 10.1038/mt.2016.120

Abstract

Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) promote therapeutic angiogenesis to cure serious vascular disorders. However, their survival period and cytokine-secretory capacity are limited. Although hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) can accelerate the rate of angiogenesis, recombinant HGF is limited because of its very short half-life (<3-5 minutes). Thus, continuous treatment with HGF is required to obtain an effective therapeutic response. To overcome these limitations, we produced genome-edited MSCs that secreted HGF upon drug-specific induction. The inducible HGF expression cassette was integrated into a safe harbor site in an MSC chromosome using the TALEN system, resulting in the production of TetOn-HGF/human umbilical cord blood-derived (hUCB)-MSCs. Functional assessment of the TetOn-HGF/hUCB-MSCs showed that they had enhanced mobility upon the induction of HGF expression. Moreover, long-term exposure by doxycycline (Dox)-treated TetOn-HGF/hUCB-MSCs enhanced the anti-apoptotic responses of genome-edited MSCs subjected to oxidative stress and improved the tube-formation ability. Furthermore, TetOn-HGF/hUCB-MSCs encapsulated by arginine-glycine-aspartic acid (RGD)-alginate microgel induced to express HGF improved in vivo angiogenesis in a mouse hindlimb ischemia model. This study showed that the inducible HGF-expressing hUCB-MSCs are competent to continuously express and secrete HGF in a controlled manner. Thus, the MSCs that express HGF in an inducible manner are a useful therapeutic modality for the treatment of vascular diseases requiring angiogenesis.

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