Dual effects of human adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells in human lung adenocarcinoma A549 xenografts and colorectal adenocarcinoma HT-29 xenografts in mice.

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Abstract (original English)

Human adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hATMSCs) have great potential as a therapy for various diseases. However, emerging evidence shows that there are conflicting results concerning effects of hATMSCs on tumor progression. Our objective was to determine whether and how hATMSCs modulate tumor growth. After cancer cell lines were subcutaneously inoculated into BALB/c-nude and hairless severe combined immunodeficient mice, hATMSCs were intratumorally injected into the mice. The growth of the A549 tumors was inhibited by hATMSCs, yet that of the HT-29 tumors was significantly promoted by hATMSCs in the in vivo xenograft models. In vitro study using a co-culture system of cancer cells and hATMSCs was consistent with the in vivo experiments. To reveal the molecular events induced by hATMSCs in the xenograft models, global gene expression profiles of the A549 and HT-29 tumors in the absence or presence of hATMSCs were determined. Significant numbers of genes involved in biological processes were altered in the hATMSC-treated A549 tumors, whereas no biological process was regulated by treatment with hATMSCs in the HT-29 tumors, reflecting the different effects of hATMSCs in the different types of cancer. Notably, histone cluster 1, H2aj and neuropeptide Y receptor Y4 were found to be expressed in direct or inverse proportion to tumor size in both xenograft models. In add

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