This document discusses how growing human mesenchymal stem cells at lower, physiological oxygen concentrations of 3% instead of the standard 20% can increase their lifespan and genetic stability by reducing oxidative stress and DNA damage. Specifically, lower oxygen tension limits telomere shortening and chromosomal aberrations. It is concluded that stem cells for human therapy should be cultured under low oxygen conditions to increase their biosafety.
2. SUMMARY
Expansion of human stem cells before cell therapy is typically performed
at 20% O2. Growth in these pro-oxidative conditions can lead to
oxidative stress and genetic instability.
Culture of human mesenchymal stem cells at lower, physiological O2
concentrations significantly increases lifespan, limiting oxidative stress,
DNA damage, telomere shortening and chromosomal aberrations.
Growth at reduced oxygen tensions favors a natural metabolic state of
increased glycolysis and reduced oxidative phosphorylation.
These observations indicate that bioenergetic pathways are intertwined
with the control of lifespan and decisively influence the genetic stability
of human primary stem cells.
We conclude that stem cells for human therapy should be grown under
low oxygen conditions to increase biosafety.
3. INTRODUCTION hMSC Regenerative medicine
Standard
Physiological Expansion culture nonphysiological
oxygen tension oxygen tension
-Increase oxidative
-Improves cell growth stress
-Extend life span -Telomerase
-Alters differentiation shortening
process -Increase DNA
-Reduce damage,
chromosomal chromosomal
abnormalities aberration
5. RESULT
Growth of hMSC at 20% O2 reduces lifespan, increases oxidative stress and
the rate of telomere shortening
Cell growth
Telomerase
shortening & cell
senescence
13. DISCUSSION
Culture of -Promotes DNA damage & senescence
mammalian cells at -Chromosomal aberration during long term
20% oxygen culture
Importance of
biosafety in cell Culture ADMSC at 3%
therapy 0xygen
-Increase growth rate
-No evidence of spontaneous immortalization
-- reduce telomere shortening rate
- decrease structural chromosomal aberration
14. Significant upregulation of gene expression in Balance
cells grown at 3% oxygen tension related to HIF bioenergetics
1A stabilization pattern
HIF 1A decreases OXPHOS
system by downregulating
mitochondrial ATP
production & oxygen
consumption
Autocrine & paracrine
effect in cell growth &
senescence
Implication of gene ontology
analysis (HIF 1 dependent gene
expression)
15. MATERIAL & METHODS
Cell & cell cuture conditions
-Four independent human ADMSC
-Cultured under 3% & 20% oxygen tension
-PQ & H2O2 treatment for confirmation of exogenous oxidative stress
exposure
Analysis
-Cell characterization by surface marker staining
-Aneuploidy analysis
-Telomere length quantification by Q-FISH
-Chromosomal aberration
-TRAP assay
--DNA damage immunofluorescence staining 53BP1
-ROS detection by flowcytomwtry
-Microarray gene profilling
- detection of protein carbonyls and MDA
-OCR &ECAR measurement
16. CONCLUSSION
Stem cell for human therapy should be grown under
low oxygen conditions to increase biosafety