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Reduced proliferation capacity of native bone marrow MSC after allogenic stem cell transplantation is associated with clinical outcome

ABSTRACT: Engraftment and differentiation of donor hematopoietic stem cells is decisive for the clinical success of allogeneic stem cell transplantation (alloSCT) and depends on the recipient’s bone marrow (BM) niche. Presumably, a damaged niche contributes to poor graft function post-alloSCT, but the underlying mechanisms and specifically the role of BM multipotent mesenchymal stroma cells (MSC) are ill defined. Upon multivariate analysis in a cohort of 732 individuals, we observed a reduced presence of proliferation-capable MSC in BM-aspirates from patients (N=196) who had undergone alloSCT (OR 0.61, p=.028). This was confirmed by paired analysis in 30 patients showing a higher frequency of samples with a lack of MSC presence post-alloSCT compared to pre-alloSCT. This reduced MSC presence was associated with reduced survival of patients following alloSCT and specifically with impaired graft function. Post-alloSCT MSC showed diminished in vitro proliferation along with a transcriptional antiproliferative signature, upregulation of epithelial-mesenchymal transition and extracellular matrix pathways and abnormal cytokine release in coculture with hematopoietic cells. In order to avoid in-vitro-culture bias we isolated the CD146+/CD45-/HLA-DR- BM cell fraction, which comprised the entire MSC population. The post-alloSCT isolated native CD146+MSC showed a similar reduction in proliferation capacity and shared the same antiproliferative transcriptomic signature as for post-alloSCT adherence-isolated MSC. Taken together, our data show that alloSCT confers damage to the proliferative capacity of native MSC, which is associated with reduced patient survival after alloSCT and impaired engraftment of allogeneic hematopoiesis. These data represent the basis to elucidate mechanisms of BM-niche reconstitution post-alloSCT and its therapeutic manipulation.

ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens

PROVIDER: GSE203246 | GEO | 2023/05/01

REPOSITORIES: GEO

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