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TISSUE-SPECIFIC STEM CELLS

Selenium Supplementation Restores the Antioxidative Capacity and Prevents Cell Damage in Bone Marrow Stromal Cells In Vitro

^a Musculoskeletal Research Center, Orthopaedic Department, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany;
^b Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany;
^c Department of Endocrinology, University Hospital of Odense, Odense, Denmark

Key Words. Bone marrow stromal cells • Reactive oxygen species • Micronuclei • Selenoproteins • Tissue engineering

Correspondence: Franz Jakob, M.D., Musculosceletal Research Center, Orthopaedic Department, University of Würzburg, Brettreichstrasse 11, D-97074 Würzburg, Germany. Telephone: 0049-931-8031500; Fax: 0049-931-8031599; e-mail: f-jakob.klh{at}mail.uni-wuerzburg.de

Received March 16, 2005; accepted for publication January 7, 2006.
Bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) and other cell populations derived from mesenchymal precursors are developed for cell-based therapeutic strategies and undergo cellular stress during ex vivo procedures. Reactive oxygen species (ROS) of cellular and environmental origin are involved in redox signaling, cumulative cell damage, senescence, and tumor development. Selenium-dependent (glutathione peroxidases [GPxs] and thioredoxin reductases [TrxRs]) and selenium-independent (superoxide dismutases [SODs] and catalase [CAT]) enzyme systems regulate cellular ROS steady state levels. SODs process superoxide anion to hydrogen peroxide, which is subsequently neutralized by GPx and CAT; TrxR neutralizes other ROS, such as peroxinitrite. Primary BMSCs and telomerase-immortalized human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSC-TERT) express GPx1–3, TrxR1, TrxR2, SOD1, SOD2, and CAT. We show here that in standard cell cultures (5%–10% fetal calf serum, 5–10 nM selenite), the activity of antioxidative selenoenzymes is impaired in hMSC-TERT and BMSCs. Under these conditions, the superoxide anion processing enzyme SOD1 is not sufficiently stimulated by an ROS load. Resulting oxidative stress favors generation of micronuclei in BMSCs. Supplementation of selenite (100 nM) restores basal GPx and TrxR activity, rescues basal and ROS-stimulated SOD1 mRNA expression and activity, and reduces ROS accumulation in hMSC-TERT and micronuclei generation in BMSCs. In conclusion, BMSCs in routine cell culture have low antioxi-dative capacity and are subjected to oxidative stress, as indicated by the generation of micronuclei. Selenite supplementation of BMSC cultures appears to be an important countermeasure to restore their antioxidative capacity and to reduce cell damage in the context of tissue engineering and transplantation procedures.