Effects of intravenous administration of peripheral blood-derived mesenchymal stromal cells after infusion of lipopolysaccharide in horses.
- Journal Article
- Randomized Controlled Trial
- Veterinary
Summary
The research article is a scientific study investigating the impact of administering mesenchymal stromal cells derived from peripheral blood (PB-MSC) to horses after inducing a systemic inflammatory response. It concludes that while the PB-MSC do not cause adverse effects, they also did not present noticeable benefits in treating the induced inflammatory condition at the administered dose.
Objective of the Study
The main goal of this study was to investigate whether treating horses with PB-MSC after inducing a systemic inflammatory response with lipopolysaccharide (LPS), would reduce clinical signs of inflammation, pathological abnormalities, inflammatory cytokine gene expression and oxidative stress compared to horses treated with a placebo.
Methodology
- Sixteen healthy horses were randomly assigned into two treatment groups— each receiving either an intravenous dose of PB-MSC or a saline placebo.
- The treatments were administered half an hour post completion of the LPS infusion, which was given at approximately 30 nanogrammes per kilogramme of the horse’s body weight.
- Various parameters such as clinical signs, pathological variables, inflammatory cytokine gene expression, and markers of oxidative stress were assessed at different time points over a twenty-four-hour period.
Results
- All the horses reacted in a predictable manner to the intravenous infusion of LPS.
- The administration of PB-MSC did not have any significant effect on the clinical symptoms, pathological changes, or gene expressions related to inflammation at any point in time.
- The antioxidant potential remained unchanged across both treatment groups, but there was an observed increase in intracellular Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) with time in the group that received the placebo.
- Other variables that changed over time were attributed to the effects of the intravenous infusion of LPS.
Conclusion
The authors concluded that the administration of allogeneic PB-MSC caused no clinically detectable adverse effects in the horses. However, they also stated that the dose of PB-MSC used in this study is unlikely to exert a beneficial effect in treating horses with endotoxemic conditions. This suggests that while PB-MSC may be safely administered to horses, the therapeutic benefits at the administered dose were inconclusive, justifying further examination at different dosages or administration methods.
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Researcher Affiliations
- Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.
- Department of Comparative Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.
- Department of Comparative Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.
- Department of Large Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA.
- Department of Large Animal Medicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, USA.
- Department of Veterinary Administration, College of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.
- Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA.
- Gluck Equine Research Center, College of Agriculture, Food and Environment, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA.
MeSH Terms
- Animals
- Cytokines / genetics
- Cytokines / metabolism
- Endotoxemia / veterinary
- Horse Diseases / drug therapy
- Horses
- Infusions, Intravenous / veterinary
- Lipopolysaccharides
- Mesenchymal Stem Cells / metabolism
Grant Funding
- 1016369 / USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture
- Purdue University AgSEED Agricultural Research and Extension Program
- 208453 / Purdue University Showalter Trust
Conflict of Interest Statement
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