Mesenchymal stem cells and their conditioned medium as potential therapeutic strategies in managing comorbid anxiety in rat sepsis induced by cecal ligation and puncture
نویسندگان
1 Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2 Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
3 Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
4 Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran
5 Electrophysiology Research Center, Neuroscience Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
6 Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
7 Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
8 Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
9 Department of Immunology, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
doi
10.22038/ijbms.2022.61860.13690چکیده
Objective(s): Sepsis-associated encephalopathy (SAE) is a common brain dysfunction following sepsis. Due to the beneficial effects of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) therapy on anxiety, an extreme and early manifestation of SAE, we hypothesized that MSCs-derived conditioned medium (CM) may be able to attenuate anxiety in cecal ligation and puncture (CLP)-induced sepsis.Materials and Methods: Rats were assigned into 4 groups: sham, CLP, MSC, and CM. All animals, except in the sham group, underwent the CLP procedure to induce sepsis. Two hours after sepsis induction, the rats in MSC and CM groups, received 1×106 MSCs and CM derived from the same number of cells, respectively. 48 hr after the treatments, anxiety-related behaviors were assessed, and brain and right hippocampal tissues were collected.Results: MSCs and CM enhanced the percentages of open arm entries and time spent in the open arms of the elevated plus-maze and the time spent in the light side of the light-dark box. MSCs and CM decreased the Evans blue content and decreased the IL-6 and TNF-α levels in the brain tissue samples. Reductions in the expression of 5-HT2A receptors and phosphorylation of ERK1/2 and an increase in the expression of 5-HT1A receptors in the hippocampal tissue samples were observed in the MSC and CM groups.Conclusion: MSCs and MSCs-derived CM attenuated anxiety-related behaviors to an equal extent by reducing inflammation, modifying 5-HT receptor expression changes, and inhibiting the ERK pathway. Therefore, MSCs-derived CM may be considered a promising therapy for comorbid anxiety in septic patients.
