ESC-sEVs Rejuvenate Aging Hippocampal NSCs by Transferring SMADs to Regulate the MYT1-Egln3-Sirt1 Axis
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ESC-sEVs Rejuvenate Aging Hippocampal NSCs by Transferring SMADs to Regulate the MYT1-Egln3-Sirt1 Axis
Abstract
Tissue stem cell senescence leads to stem cell exhaustion, which results in tissue homeostasis imbalance and a decline in regeneration capacity. However, whether neural stem cell (NSC) senescence occurs and causes neurogenesis reduction during aging is unknown. In this study, mice at different ages were used to detect age-related hippocampal NSC (H-NSC) senescence, as well as the function and mechanism of embryonic stem cell-derived small extracellular vesicles (ESC-sEVs) in rejuvenating H-NSC senescence. We found a progressive cognitive impairment, as well as age-related H-NSC senescence, in mice. ESC-sEV treatment significantly alleviated H-NSC senescence, recovered compromised self-renewal and neurogenesis capacities, and reversed cognitive impairment. Transcriptome analysis revealed that myelin transcription factor 1 (MYT1) is downregulated in senescent H-NSCs but upregulated by ESC-sEV treatment. In addition, knockdown of MYT1 in young H-NSCs accelerated age-related phenotypes and impaired proliferation and differentiation capacities. Mechanistically, ESC-sEVs rejuvenated senescent H-NSCs partly by transferring SMAD family members 4 (SMAD4) and 5 (SMAD5) to activate MYT1, which downregulated egl-9 family hypoxia inducible factor 3 (Egln3), followed by activation of hypoxia inducible factor 2 subunit α (HIF-2α), nicotinamide phosphoribosyl transferase (NAMPT), and sirtuin 1 (Sirt1) successively. Taken together, our results indicated that H-NSC senescence caused cellular exhaustion, neurogenesis reduction, and cognitive impairment during aging, which can be reversed by ESC-sEVs. Thus, ESC-sEVs may be promising therapeutic candidates for age-related diseases.
Keywords: ESC-sEVs; MYT1; aging; hippocampal NSCs; senescence.
Copyright © 2020 The American Society of Gene and Cell Therapy. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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