阴道分娩会导致盆底损伤,从而导致尿失禁。细胞疗法已被提议用于帮助功能恢复。我们旨在评估动脉内注射大鼠中成血管细胞 (MAB) 和表达稳定的血管内皮生长因子 (VEGF) 的 MAB 是否能改善模拟阴道分娩 (SVD) 后尿道和阴道功能的恢复。雌性大鼠 (n = 86) 被分配注射生理盐水(对照)、同种异体单克隆抗体 (MABs allo )、自体单克隆抗体 (MABs auto ) 或转导为稳定表达的 VEGF 的同种异体单克隆抗体 (MABs allo-VEGF )。SVD 后一小时,0.5 × 10 6将 MAB 或生理盐水注入主动脉。主要结果是尿道(7 天和 14 天)和阴道(14 天)功能;其他是用于细胞追踪(1、3 和 7d)、形态测量(7、14 和 60d)和 mRNAseq(3 和 7d)的生物发光成像。所有注射 MAB 的大鼠在 14 天内都有外尿道括约肌和阴道功能恢复,而盐水对照组只有一半。功能恢复与改善的肌肉再生和微血管形成并行。MAB allo和 MAB auto之间的回收率没有差异。MAB allo-VEGF加速功能恢复并在 7 天时增加 GAP-43 表达。在第 3 天,我们检测到 MAB allo和 MAB allo-VEGF尿道中的主要转录变化-注射动物,上调 Rho/GTPase 活性、表观遗传因素和树突发育。MABS allo还上调了编码参与肌生成和下调促炎过程的蛋白质的转录物。MAB allo-VEGF还上调了编码参与神经元发育的蛋白质的转录本,并下调了参与缺氧和氧化应激的基因。在第 7 天,与 MABS allo相比,MAB allo-VEGF注射大鼠的尿道显示出氧化和炎症反应的下调。动脉内注射 MAB同种异体 VEGF可增强由未转导的 MAB 诱导的神经肌肉再生,并加速 SVD 后尿道和阴道的功能恢复。
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VEGF overexpressed mesoangioblasts enhance urethral and vaginal recovery following simulated vaginal birth in rats
Vaginal birth causes pelvic floor injury which may lead to urinary incontinence. Cell therapy has been proposed to assist in functional recovery. We aim to assess if intra-arterial injection of rat mesoangioblasts (MABs) and stable Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF)-expressing MABs, improve recovery of urethral and vaginal function following simulated vaginal delivery (SVD). Female rats (n = 86) were assigned to either injection of saline (control), allogeneic-MABs (MABsallo), autologous-MABs (MABsauto) or allogeneic-MABs transduced to stably expressed VEGF (MABsallo-VEGF). One hour after SVD, 0.5 × 106 MABs or saline were injected into the aorta. Primary outcome was urethral (7d and 14d) and vaginal (14d) function; others were bioluminescent imaging for cell tracking (1, 3 and 7d), morphometry (7, 14 and 60d) and mRNAseq (3 and 7d). All MABs injected rats had external urethral sphincter and vaginal function recovery within 14d, as compared to only half of saline controls. Functional recovery was paralleled by improved muscle regeneration and microvascularization. Recovery rate was not different between MABsallo and MABsauto. MABsallo-VEGF accelerated functional recovery and increased GAP-43 expression at 7d. At 3d we detected major transcriptional changes in the urethra of both MABsallo and MABsallo-VEGF-injected animals, with upregulation of Rho/GTPase activity, epigenetic factors and dendrite development. MABSallo also upregulated transcripts that encode proteins involved in myogenesis and downregulated pro-inflammatory processes. MABsallo-VEGF also upregulated transcripts that encode proteins involved in neuron development and downregulated genes involved in hypoxia and oxidative stress. At 7d, urethras of MABsallo-VEGF-injected rats showed downregulation of oxidative and inflammatory response compared to MABSallo. Intra-arterial injection of MABsallo-VEGF enhances neuromuscular regeneration induced by untransduced MABs and accelerates the functional urethral and vaginal recovery after SVD.