Life-Prolonging Effects of Adipose Tissue-Derived Stem Cell Transplantation into Mice Exposed to a Lethal Dose of X-Rays.

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Abstract (original English)

In the event of a high-dose radiation exposure accident, adipose-derived stem cell (ADSC) transplantation might be used as an emergency medical treatment to compensate for bone marrow failure. To investigate the possible course of that treatment, we examined whether transplantation of ADSCs into whole-body X-ray irradiated mice would provide resistance to radiation damage. ADSCs were obtained from a primary culture of adipocytes from adipose tissue of syngeneic mice. The ADSCs were transplanted via an intravenous (i.v.) route after whole-body irradiation (6 Gy, X-rays) of the ICR mice. Fifty days after transplantation, the survival rate of the transplanted group was 40% higher than the control group, and the difference in survival rates was maintained in the following 200 days. After 400 days, however, the difference in survival rates became smaller and disappeared after 650 days. The results indicate that ADSC transplantation may reduce lethality from acute radiation bone marrow injury for several hundred days.

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Evidence from laboratory and animal studies provides groundwork for understanding mechanisms and potential before human studies continue.

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