Iranian Journal of Immunology

Immunoregulatory Effects of Glutathione During Mesenchymal Stem Cell Differentiation to Hepatocyte-Like Cells

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Hamid-Reza Ahmadi-Ashtian 1
Abdolamir Allameh 1
Hossein Rastegar 2
Esmaeil Mortaza 3
Zahir Saraf 4

1 Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University

2 Food and Drug Laboratories, Ministry of Health, Tehran

3 Division of Pharmacology, Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherland

4 Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22034/iji.2012.16870
Abstract
Background: The role of mesenchymal stem cell in cellular therapy is the subject of interest for many researchers. The differentiation potential of MSCs and abilities in modulations of the recipient’s immune system makes them important cells in tissue regenerative studies. MSCs by releasing the proinflammatory cytokines play important role in immunomodulatory systems; however the signaling pathways for releasing of these mediators are not well understood. Glutathione has been shown to play a role in modulation of cytokines in hepatogenic differentiation.
Objective: In the current study we aimed to investigate the effects of buthionine sulfoximine (BSO, inhibitor for glutathione synthesis) and N-acetylecystin (NAC, an inhibitor for ROS generation) on proinflammatory cytokines production in a hepatogenic differentiation model.
Results: BSO and NAC significantly decreased IL-6 and TNF-α levels at 14 days of differentiation, whereas, NAC decreased the levels of IL-8 at days 2 and 14 of differentiation. Moreover, intracellular glutathione level during the differentiation was depleted.
Conclusion: Our current study suggests a novel role of GSH as an immunopharmacological regulatory molecule during hepatogenic differentiation. Finally, this information may shed some light on the understanding of MSCs responses in transplantation and cell therapy in diseases such as chronic hepatic diseases.

Keywords

Differentiation
glutathione
Tumor Necrosis Factor
Modification
Interleukins
stem cells
Iranian Journal of Immunology
Volume 9, Issue 3
Summer 2012
Pages 175-187

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