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Nanotopography reveals metabolites that maintain the immunomodulatory phenotype of mesenchymal stromal cells

  • Ewan A. Ross
  • , Lesley-Anne Turner
  • , Hannah Donnelly
  • , Anwer Saeed
  • , Monica P. Tsimbouri
  • , Karl V. Burgess
  • , Gavin Blackburn
  • , Vineetha Jayawarna
  • , Yinbo Xiao
  • , Mariana A. G. Oliva
  • , Jennifer Willis
  • , Jaspreet Bansal
  • , Paul Reynolds
  • , Julia A. Wells
  • , Joanne Mountford
  • , Massimo Vassalli
  • , Nikolaj Gadegaard
  • , Richard O. C. Oreffo
  • , Manuel Salmeron-Sanchez
  • , Matthew J. Dalby*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • University of Glasgow, Centre for the Cellular Microenvironment, School of Molecular Biosciences, College of Medical, Veterinary and Life Sciences, Mazumdar-Shaw Advanced Research Centre, Glasgow, G11 6EW, UK, GRID: grid.8756.c, ISNI: 0000 0001 2193 314X
  • University of Glasgow, Division of Biomedical Engineering, James Watt School of Engineering, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK, GRID: grid.8756.c, ISNI: 0000 0001 2193 314X
  • Garscube Campus, Bearsden, Glasgow Polyomics, Wolfson Wohl Cancer Research Centre, Glasgow, G61 1QH, UK, GRID: grid.8756.c, ISNI: 0000 0001 2193 314X
  • University of Glasgow, Centre for the Cellular Microenvironment, Division of Biomedical Engineering, James Watt School of Engineering, Mazumdar-Shaw Advanced Research Centre, Glasgow, G11 6EW, UK, GRID: grid.8756.c, ISNI: 0000 0001 2193 314X
  • University of Southampton, Bone and Joint Research Group, Centre for Human Development, Stem Cells and Regeneration, Institute of Developmental Sciences, Southampton, SO16 6YD, UK, GRID: grid.5491.9, ISNI: 0000 0004 1936 9297
  • Jack Copland Centre, Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service, Advanced Therapeutics, 52 Research Avenue North, Heriot Watt Research Park, Edinburgh, EH14 4BE, UK, GRID: grid.476695.f, ISNI: 0000 0004 0495 4557

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Abstract

Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) are multipotent progenitor cells that are of considerable clinical potential in transplantation and anti-inflammatory therapies due to their capacity for tissue repair and immunomodulation. However, MSCs rapidly differentiate once in culture, making their large-scale expansion for use in immunomodulatory therapies challenging. Although the differentiation mechanisms of MSCs have been extensively investigated using materials, little is known about how materials can influence paracrine activities of MSCs. Here, we show that nanotopography can control the immunomodulatory capacity of MSCs through decreased intracellular tension and increasing oxidative glycolysis. We use nanotopography to identify bioactive metabolites that modulate intracellular tension, growth and immunomodulatory phenotype of MSCs in standard culture and during larger scale cell manufacture. Our findings demonstrate an effective route to support large-scale expansion of functional MSCs for therapeutic purposes.
Original languageEnglish
Article number753
Number of pages16
JournalNature Communications
Volume14
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 10 Feb 2023

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Funding Information: This work was supported by BBSRC funded grants BB/N018419/1, BB/K011235/1 and BB/L021072/1.

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