Stem Cells and Their Therapeutic Applications for Human Diseases: A Review
Received Date: December 23, 2021 Accepted Date: January 23, 2022 Published Date: January 25, 2022
doi: 10.17303/jscr.2022.4.101
Citation: Roozbeh Almasi (2022) Stem Cells and Their Therapeutic Applications for Human Diseases: A Review. J Stem Cell Rep. 4: 1-18.
Abstract
Despite being widely used in the treatment of various diseases, stem cells still need further study due to their many advantages and disadvantages. The possibility of attaching these cells to damaged organs has encouraged many researchers to understand their use. Stem cells are highly divisible cells that can differentiate into different types of other cells, and some, such as nerve cells, may lose the ability to divide. Today, researchers are using methods to use stem cells for chronic conditions such as heart disease, neurological diseases, diabetes, and more.
The safety and efficacy of using stem cells derived from blood or bone marrow to regenerate hematopoietic stem cells have been demonstrated. Regular controlled trials and standards for such promising treatments are complex and require the widespread use of these cells in clinical trials.
The most important ethical problem in the use of these cells is related to the origin of the cell. Due to the destruction of embryonic stem cell embryos (ESCs), its moral issues are more challenging than the use of adult stem cells. Also, embryo production for the sole purpose of treatment, instrumental use of humans and disrespect for human embryos, fertility for abortion, commercialization of embryo production, cloning, etc. are among the moral problems of using these cells. Given the importance and purposes of using stem cells in research and treatment, this technology cannot be easily ignored. This review provides an overview of the most recent articles in terms of knowing more about stem cell resources and their clinical applications.
Keywords: Stem Cell; Differentiation; Cell Type; Hematopoietic Stem Cells; Embryo Production
Introduction
What are stem cells?
Stem cells in multicellular organisms have the unique potential to divide and differentiate into a range of different cell types[1]. This unparalleled ability allows stem cells to play many roles, working together as an internal repair system, the ability to divide without restriction, allowing them to regenerate a variety of cells and tissues [2]. Since 1980, when stem cells were first isolated, scientists have been trying to understand their behavior and characteristics, hoping to change the treatment of people with hematological[3], oncological[4], dermatological[5-8], ophthalmological[9, 10], and orthopedic conditions[11]. Potential clinical applications have led to greater interest in the use of stem cells in many medical disciplines. The most important role that stem cells play in medicine is their therapeutic application because when cells are destroyed, damaged, or altered, they are replaced[12]. Advances in stem cell research have been made from time to time since their discovery, and the positive benefits have been enhanced by improving our understanding of their characteristics. There are serious ethical concerns about the use of stem cells, especially where embryos are destroyed to detect stem cell categories [13].
Embryonic and Adult stem cells
At the beginning of the 21st century, we have witnessed several experiments on the formation of mature stem cells and their various sources. In 2001, the first human embryo was cloned in the 4-6 cell stage to produce ESCs [14]. Because the production of these cells destroys blastocysts, ethical considerations have led research to other sources of stem cells[14, 15]. Various discoveries have been made since then, including spinal cord blood-derived embryonic stem cells (CBEs) that can differentiate into more cell types than mature stem cells and provide more important possibilities for cell-based therapies[16, 17]. In 2006, induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) were introduced[18]. The ability to induce pluripotency has changed the field of stem cell research. First of all, it provides an alternative to ESCs, the main source of pluripotent cells. Second, it has been shown that the differentiating state of a cell can be manipulated, and third, a cell derived from an individual can be induced to become a type of cell capable of forming any other cell in that person’s body[19, 20]. Finally, iPSC from a specific person represents a highly personalized source of cells[21]. Another type of pluripotent stem cell was isolated from amniotic fluid in 2007, which is important because it can be used as a replacement for ESCs[22]. In 2010,the first ESC test was performed in the United States[23]. In 2002, the investment in stem cell research was boycotted because of moral problems with fetal death, but in 2009, it was allowed to continue[24]. Finally, a clinical trial was conducted by Grun Biotechnology Company. The company hoped to stimulate nerve growth in patients with spinal cord injury using GRNOPCI, a product derived from ESCs [25]. Although no functional results were reported from the trial, preliminary results were presented at the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM) in October 2011. In the following years, various experiments and more clinical trials involving different types of stem cells were performed and continued. The genes commonly expressed in ESCs have been inserted into adult cells. A few mature cells become immature through this reprogramming and resemble embryonic stem cells with a condensation state[26].
Adult stem cells known as somatic stem cells are present in most but not all tissues and are often multipotent[27, 28]. There are some powerful adult stem cells that survive throughout life and, in response to damage, play a role in preserving and repairing the tissue seen there[29, 30]. They are found in many tissues, including the brain, bone marrow, blood vessels, heart, liver, and elsewhere, and are located in a specific area of each tissue called the stem cell niche [31-33].
Previously, iPSC cells were derived from urine[34], breast, and adipose tissue[35] by in vitro reprogramming of adult human cell resources in laboratories. The achievement of iPSCs has been possible by adding additional copies of the Oct4, Sox2, Klf4, and c-myc genes and following activation of the treated cells by feeding the mouse with the doxycycline antibiotic[36]. Gene expression profiling show iPSC cells have specific RNA patterns in part, in comparison to their counterpart ESCs but, the longer the iPSCs remain in the culture medium, the more similar they are to their ESC counterparts in terms of gene expression profile. These changes are not due to genomics changes, but in the reprogramming process, the expression activity of genes is affected by the culture environment and the epigenome [37]. Short-tail monkey angioblasts showed differentiation in 9 days cultures with different concentrations of BMP-4, FLT-3 ligand, stem cell factor, thrombopoietin, basal fibroblast growth factor. Real-time PCR results showed that ESC -derived angioblasts had downregulation in NANOG and OCT3/4 genes, but upregulation in T-brachyury and GATA2, and moderate expression of the CD34 gene. The CD144, TEK, or VWF genes do not express and differ in levels of CD13 expression [38, 39]. The recent investigators positively follow the ESC-derived angioplasty as promisingtherapeutic agents for repairing damaged arteries. In a different experience, a bioreactor was used to mimic damaged arteries from the isolated implanted cells from an animal and endothelial culture medium[40]. Researchers hope to regenerate specific cell types that could be a viable alternative to damaged organs.
Genetic alterations in stem cells to treat blood diseases such as beta-thalassemia
Sickle cell anemia and beta-thalassemia are the most common single-gene disorders worldwide, and about 317,000 newborns are affected each year [41]. Beta-thalassemia is caused by more than 200 different mutations in the β-globin gene that reduce or stop the production of β-globin chains[42]. For disease therapy, different trials using distinct vectors and genetic constructs under various regulations are performed. TNS9.3.55 lentivirus vector expressing the wild type β-globin transgenic gene was used to treat beta-thalassemia patients in the United States where, four treated patients did not show sufficient clinical benefits [43, 44]. Using the BB305 vector, scientists could increase injection efficiency after integrating the genome with HPV569 and the patients became independent of the injection more than 12 months after the gene therapy induction [45].
New methods of gene therapy for hematopoietic stem cells (HSC) emphasize the collection of cultured and expanded patient’s HSCs in an in vitro environment, modified using retroviral vector g or lentivirus, and re-injected into patients with myeloma with a set of disadvantages[46]. It seems that culturing HSCs in the presence of a mixture of cytokines hurts the long-term survival of the treated cells and their ability to establish and reprogramming. The manipulating HSCs in the ex vivo environment is challenging in terms of gene regulation[47]. Such gene therapy patterns become more expensive and severely restrict patient’s access to the treatments [48]. The ability of AAV vectors to effectively transform genomes into HSC nuclei has led to the development of gene targeting strategies[49]. Genetically modified ESCs using ZFN (Zinc finger nuclease) endonuclease and AAV6-derived vectors engineered in NSG mice showed long-term grafting and differentiation[50]. High tendency AAV6 to skeletal muscle immediately after intravascular injection, B cell and T cell responses against Ad/AAV capsid proteins, and the requirement to higher doses of gene therapy carriers compared to Ex vivo methods, are targeting barriers for gene therapy[51, 52]. The main factors converting fetal hemoglobin to adult hemoglobin are shown in Figure1[53]. Based on the reports, the connection areas of BCL11A in the β-globin gene may cause the HbF to shut down[53]. Recent treatment strategies are based on the use of 1) lentivirus vectors or 2) genome editing tools to reactivate endogenous HbF expression. The first strategy includes gene addition, reactivation of embryonic γ-globin gene expression by reducing BCL11A expression by shRNA[54], reactivation of embryonic γ-globin gene expression by manipulating the β-globin locus-related chromatin structure[55], regulation of decreased expression of α and βS-globin[56]. The second strategy includes gene modification, activation of fetal γ-globin gene expression by BCL11A expression reduction[57], reactivation of embryonic γ-globin gene expression by HPFH mutagenesis[58, 59], respectively.
Acquired aplastic anemia results from partial or complete destruction of the bone marrow. Cell therapy reports show that using HSCs has been effective in some patients with some degree of health improvement[60]. Therefore, many efforts have been made to change the conditions for the use of stem cells, especially mesenchymal stem cells to increase the effectiveness of treatment while experiencing less immune rejection. These cells are good candidates for anemia therapy due to the modulation of the immune system [61].
Stem cells and their genetic control in the treatment of infertility
World health organization (WHO) estimates 50–80 million infertile people worldwide[62]. The causes of male infertility remain unknown, but it is known that few genetic defects, such as some structural and numerical chromosomal abnormalities with deletions on the Y chromosome[63], some gonadotoxic drugs[64, 65], radiation[66, 67], chemotherapy [68] lead to male infertility[69].
The World Health Organization reports indicate that 37% of couples’ infertility is due to female factors[70], most of which are related to ovarian disease (26%)[71] and endometriosis (10-15%)[72]. Stem cell therapy has been widely suggested for the treatment of infertility in women for ovarian regeneration and egg production [73]. Some sources of active mitotic germ cells that can be purified and cultured in vitro to spontaneously form oocytes or eggs have been reported in human ovaries [74, 75]. This suggests that women of reproductive age may have follicular reserves without genetic defects. Therefore, it seems that the reproductive capacity could be maintained by stem cell therapy of azoospermic men [76] and improve fertility in women[77]. Moreover, stem cell transplantation could repair the loss of fertility in women due to radiotherapy or chemotherapy and retain women’s ovarian ability[78]. Table 1 shows the characteristics of most of the stem cells used to treat infertility.
Today, different stem cells which vary in strength and proliferation including ESCs[79], MSCs[80], extra- ESCs [81], iPSCs[82], SSC [83, 84], and PGCs are used to treat infertility[81, 85]. Characteristics of stem cells and recent advancements in the treatment of infertility are shown in Table1.
Genetic expression profile of cancer stem cells for predicting treatment
Cancer is a heterogeneous population of different cells with different phenotypic and functional properties that lead to therapeutic outcome limitations. Cancer stem cells (CSCs) are found in tumor tissues just as natural stem cells are found in normal tissues. There is plentiful evidence that CSCs are caused by any mutation in natural progenitors of stem cells, or by an abnormality in the genetic routes that regulate these cells.
CSCs are protected by multiple stable mechanisms that lead to tumor metastasis, therapeutic resistance, and recurrence[86]. Thus, targeted CSC therapies represent a promising strategy for the long-term treatment of the disease[87]. There are common signaling pathways between stem cells (SCs) and CSCs, including 1) JAK / STAT, 2) Hedgehog, 3) Wnt, 4) Notch, 5) PTEN / AKT / P13K, 6) NF-κB, MAPK / ERK, and SMAD pathways[88].
Tumor microenvironments play a key role in regulating the CSC phenotype [89]. Hence, cancer-related fibroblasts increase tumor growth and retain the basic properties of CSCs in the form of paracrine in different types of cancer[90]. Also, adipocytes, which increase the absorption of inflammatory cells, especially macrophages, by secreting various adipokines and cytokines such as leptin, adiponectin, IL-6, MCP-1, and TNF-a, and cause chronic inflammation for cancer growth and metastasis [91, 92]. In addition, perivascular cells in angiogenesis[93], tumor-associated macrophages[94], myeloid suppressor cells (MDSCs)[95], regulatory T cells[96], natural killer cells[97], mast cells (MCs)[98], all play an important role in regulating the CSC population.
The hypoxia as a microenvironment factor that is affected by the expression of the hypoxia gene under the hypoxic induction factors including HIF-1α[99, 100], HIF-2α transcription[101], and the other gene inducers that bind to gene promoters’ HRE (hormone response element) exacerbate CSC invasion (Figure 1). In addition to invasion, hypoxia contributes to drug resistance by keeping CSCs silent and helps in chemotherapy resistance, which usually targets the active division of cancer cells[102]. Moreover, extracellular matrix (ECM) by altering their dynamics and binding to CSCs by their receptors, keep them in a proliferative state[103].
Various experiments have been examined the expression of CSCs related genes to introduce a candidate gene as a predictive biomarker[104]. Interestingly, baseline expression of CSC-related genes, including Wnt basal signaling, predicted high efficacy ONC201 anti-cancer in more than 1,000 cancer cell lines [105, 106]. Still, various interdependent studies are testing CSCs’ RNA and protein expression, using circulating tumor cells and biopsies obtained from ONC201 clinical trials.
Application of mesenchymal stem cells in the treatment of brain tumors and effective genes profile in their differentiation.
Gliomas are the most common tumors of the central nervous system that are highly invasive and impose a heavy economic burden worldwide[107]. Malignant Gliomas include anaplastic astrocytoma and glioblastoma. According to the WHO classification system grade, IV astrocytoma is the most common and deadly primary brain tumor in adults[108].
Investigations show that effective targeted therapies in cancers are less responsive to brain tumors[109]. Glioblastoma contains glioma-like stem cells that make them resistant to most treatments[110]. Based on a recent theory, the disease recurrence is caused by glioma stem cells that appear to make the tumor resistant to radiation and chemotherapy [111-113].
Glioma-associated mesenchymal stem cells (gbMSCs) were first isolated from fresh glioma tissue in 2014 by Zhang et al. [114]. They express different factors depending on the intracellular condition or the hypoxia condition[115]. The percentage of gbMSCs is higher in therapy-resistant tumor specimens, therefore, the patients are less likely to survive[116]. CD90− gbMSCs produce more VEGF and prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) than CD90+ cells[117]. The expression of several genes such as miR-1587, Nanog[118] and OCT4, SOX2 [119, 120], COL1A1[121], and IFITM1[122], have been measured in these two subsets of gbMSCs, indicating the involvement of these cells in tumorigenesis and invasion.
The propensity of MSCs for tumors and their ability to cross the blood-brain barrier have identified MSC cells as transporters for the treatment of glioma [123]. The genetically modified MSCs could secret soluble protein IFN-β, which dramatical ly increases the survival of animals with intracranial gliomas and inhibits the growth of tumor cells in a dose-related manner [124, 125]. The results show that the genetically engineered MSCs can express cytokines and boost the immune system by improving the penetration of CD4 + and CD8 + T-cells and stimulating the cascading immune network[126, 127]. Glioblastoma treatment with cellular suicide proteins such as thymidine kinase[128], herpes simplex virus (HSV-TK)[129], cytosine deaminase/5-fluorocytosine (CD/5FC), rabbit carboxyl ester (rCE)/CPT-11, HSV is experienced from which system TK/GCV is the most successful in treating glioma[130], (Figure 2).
Oncolytic virus therapy is a new approach in which viruses are genetically engineered to selectively replicate in tumor cells[131]. Treatment based on cytotoxic factors, anti-angiogenic therapies[132], and microRNA transfection by MSC [133] are other therapy methods to treat the disease. Important challenges in the treatment of glioblastoma include malignant MSCs and immunosuppression by MSCs.
Strategies for differentiating tooth pulp stem cells into neurons and genes influencing this pathway.
Dental pulp and tooth-supporting tissue originate from the cranial neural crest. Several studies have reported the separation of the cell population from after birth dental pulp tissue, which has clonogenic, plasticity (flexibility), and multivariate capabilities, and is therefore called dental pulp stem cells (DPSCs)[134]. These cells are identified by different markers such as CD105 (endoglin), CD73 (5-ectonucleotidase), and CD90 (Thy-1) CD45, CD34, CD14 or CD11-b, CD79a or CD19 and HLA-DR, CD13 aminopeptidase, CD26, CD44, CD44,CD166, and CD146[135]. The expression of OCT3/4, SSEA4 stem cell factors and NANOG, expression of nestin neuronal factor, beta III-tubulin, S100, Notch 1, CD271, and some other important factors are also seen in these cells[136].
Transplanted DPSCs into a healthy undamaged brain, stimulated the proliferation and migration of endogenous neurons, and enhanced the expression of neurodegenerative factors such as VEGF and EGF at the site of transplantation [137, 138]. Although the transplant itself is short-lived, these results indirectly highlight the ability of DPSCs to regulate brain tissue as a good choice for brain injuries such as brain trauma and stroke, treatment of spinal cord injuries, and retinal repair and treatment of eye injuries [139, 140]. Moreover, DPSCs exhibit neuroprotective and regenerative properties through the paracrine mechanism due to the secretion of neurotrophic factors such as NGF, NT-3, BDNF, and gluten cell neutrophil factors [141, 142], (Figure 3).
Stem cells and organ regeneration, requirements, systems, methods, successes, and problems
translationOrgan reconstruction is of great vital importance for the elderly, the injured, and also for the congenitally disabled people. Technically, the required organ, such as the heart or kidney, must be emptied of cells, the remaining cellular network or matrix to be used as a frame, and genetically modified stem cells or cells with normal functions will fill the matrix instead[143]. Of course, it is unlikely to reconstruct the complex structures of an organ made up of different cell types, parts, vessels, and nerves[144]. In this regard, the presence of a bioreactor for continuous oxygenation, a specific culture medium containing growth factors, and other adhesion and/or cell growth factors is essential[145].
Construction of the heart as an alternative to the treatment of heart failure using bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMMSC) and biological materials for regeneration[146], liver construction using MSCs derived from extrahepatic and bio-supporting materials[147, 148], Lung repair using multipotential stem cells such as BMMSC[149], and the construction of the kidney with that complex tissue structure and the heterogeneous nature of cells using ESCs and BMMSC, has been well performed in numerous in-vitro and ex-vivo experiments and is being optimized to complete success[150], (Figure 4).
Discussion
The development of stem cell-based therapies and their applications in regenerative medicine has become increasingly dependent on animal models[151]. The results of these models helped to better understand the mechanisms of cell therapy [2]. However, large animal models have shown the better translationOrganal ability for benefit of humans, as much evidence has shown a clear difference between mouse and human ESCs [152, 153]. It is not yet clear what percentages of iPSCs and ESCs’ gene expression profiles are similar, and whether different iPSCs from different cell lines differ in this respect and whether this difference has a significant effect on cell biology and function[154]. Answering these questions increases the risk of success in using ESCs or IPSCs for tissue or organ engineering.
Conclusion
Short-tailed monkeys (Baboons) have an advantage over other models due to their high level of resemblance in physiological traits to humans, which contribute to the development of clinical applications of stem cell therapies[155]. The Baboon-to-human similarity in the kinetics and effect of CD34 + / CD31 + cells, in the expression pattern of kinase insertion domain receptor (KDR)[156], in differentiation into several races such as vascular cell lines, and compensatory function in repairing damaged vascular cells in monkeys and a similar function in human stem cells are key to identifying the molecular and cellular events that regulate and determine the fate of the fetal ECs in human stem cells[157, 158].
Also, the complete replacement of human organs with another organ from a matrix made of animal origin- bearing cells capable of producing an organ with efficient mechanical activity is a distant prospect that is likely to occur in the next two decades.
Declaration
This study was approved by Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences ethics committee.
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