Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 from a conditioned medium of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells promotes bone regeneration by enhancing macrophage phenotype polarization

  1. Kosuke Hashizume
  2. Wataru Katagiri
  3. Ryoko Takeuchi
  4. Daisuke Suda
  5. Tadaharu Kobayashi
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Abstract

Background

We have reported that the cytokines and chemokines contained in conditioned medium of human mesenchymal stem cells (MSC-CM), which were derived from bone marrow, promote bone regeneration. We recently reported macrophage phenotype polarization towards the anti-inflammatory M2 phenotype induced by MSC-CM and its potential to establish regenerative condition and assist subsequent bone regeneration. However, the specific factors in the MSC-CM responsible for this process remain unclear. Monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP) -1, present in MSC-CM, promotes cell migration and activation of the monocyte-macrophage lineage; therefore, we hypothesized that MCP-1 is one of the key factors in MSC-CM-induced macrophage phenotype polarization. The effect of MCP-1 on MSC-CM-induced macrophage phenotype polarization and subsequent bone regeneration was investigated in this study.

Methods

MCP-1 was depleted from MSC-CM (depMSC-CM) and used in subsequent experiments. Rat bone marrow macrophages were incubated in MSC-CM or depMSC-CM and expression of macrophage markers was examined in vitro. In addition, the effect of MSC-CM and depMSC-CM on bone regeneration and macrophage phenotype polarization were evaluated using rat calvaria defect model in vivo.

Results

MSC-CM enhanced M2 macrophage marker expression in rat bone marrow macrophages compared to those treated with depMSC-CM in vitro. In addition, MSC-CM increased the number of M2 macrophage marker-positive cells in bone defects and enhanced subsequent bone regeneration in a rat calvaria bone defect model.

Conclusions

MCP-1 seemed to be a one of the most contributing factors in MSC-CM-induced macrophage phenotypic polarization and subsequent bone regeneration.

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  1. Version published to 10.1186/s40902-026-00503-1
  2. Version published to 10.21203/rs.3.rs-8186435/v1 on Research Square