Protective effects of umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cell exosomes in a diabetic rat model through live retinal imaging
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Song Chen. College of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, China. chensong9999@126.com

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Supported by the S&T Program of Hebei (No.H2021104002); Tianjin Science and Technology Commission (No.14JCYBJC27400); Program of Tianjin Eye Hospital (No.YKZD1901); Science and Technology Project of Tianjin Municipal Health Bureau (No.2015KZ073)

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    AIM: To assess the protective effect of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cell exosomes (hucMSC-Exs) in a diabetic rat model by using a variety of retinal bioassays. METHODS: hucMSCs were subjected to differential ultracentrifugation for the collection of exosomes, and transmission electron microscopy (TEM), nanoparticle tracking analysis (NTA) using a NanoSight analysis system and Western blotting (WB) were used to analyze the expression of surface marker proteins such as CD63, CD9 and Calnexin. Streptozotocin (STZ) was injected into the intraperitoneal cavity to establish a diabetic model. Rats were divided into a normal group, diabetic group and hucMSC-Ex group. Fundus fluorescein angiography (FFA), optical coherence tomography (OCT) and other live imaging methods were used to observe the fundus of the rats. Finally, the eyeballs of rats from each group were collected for hematoxylin-eosin (HE) staining to further analyze the retinal structure. RESULTS: Through TEM, NTA and WB, we successfully isolated hucMSC-Exs. Subsequent FFA and OCT confirmed that hucMSC-Exs effectively prevented early retinal vascular damage and thickening of the retina. Finally, HE staining of rat retinal sections revealed that exosomes effectively alleviated retinal structure disruption caused by diabetes. CONCLUSION: hucMSC-Exs have a protective effect on the retina in diabetic rat through FFA, OCT and HE staining.

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Yan Fu, Xiang Gao, Guang-Hui He, et al. Protective effects of umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cell exosomes in a diabetic rat model through live retinal imaging. Int J Ophthalmol, 2021,14(12):1828-1833

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  • Received:July 08,2021
  • Revised:October 08,2021
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  • Online: November 25,2021
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