Evidence of Stem Cells Mobilization in the Blood of Patients with Pancreatitis: A Potential Link with Disease Severity

Krzysztof Dąbkowski; Anna Łabędź-Masłowska; Barbara Dołęgowska; Krzysztof Safranow; Marta Budkowska; Ewa Zuba-Surma; Teresa Starzyńska

doi:10.1155/2022/5395248

Evidence of Stem Cells Mobilization in the Blood of Patients with Pancreatitis: A Potential Link with Disease Severity

Stem Cells Int. 2022 Jul 8:2022:5395248. doi: 10.1155/2022/5395248. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Krzysztof Dąbkowski¹, Anna Łabędź-Masłowska², Barbara Dołęgowska³, Krzysztof Safranow⁴, Marta Budkowska⁵, Ewa Zuba-Surma², Teresa Starzyńska¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Pomeranian Medical University, Unii Lubelskiej 1, 71-252 Szczecin, Poland.
² Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7, 30-387 Krakow, Poland.
³ Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Aleja Powstańców Wielkopolskich 72, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland.
⁴ Department of Biochemistry and Medical Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Pomeranian Medical University, Aleja Powstańców Wielkopolskich 72, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland.
⁵ Department of Medical Analytics, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Pomeranian Medical University, Aleja Powstańców Wielkopolskich 72, 70-111 Szczecin, Poland.

Abstract

A growing number of studies indicate the potential involvement of various populations of bone marrow-derived stem cells (BMSCs) in tissue repair. However, the mobilization of BMSCs to the peripheral blood (PB) in acute and chronic pancreatitis (AP and CP) has not been investigated. A total of 78 patients were assigned into AP, CP, and healthy control groups in this study. Using flow cytometry, we found that VSELs, EPCs, and CD133⁺SCs were mobilized to the PB of patients with both AP and CP. Interestingly, AP and CP patients exhibited lower absolute number of circulating MSCs in the PB compared to healthy individuals. SC mobilization to the PB was more evident in patients with AP than CP and in patients with moderate/severe AP than mild AP. Using ELISA, we found a significantly increased HGF concentration in the PB of patients with AP and SDF1α in the PB of patients with CP. We noted a significant positive correlation between SDF1α concentration and the mobilized population of CD133⁺SCs in AP and between C5a and the mobilized population of VSELs moderate/severe AP. Thus, bone marrow-derived SCs may play a role in the regeneration of pancreatic tissue in both AP and CP, and mobilization of VSELs to the PB depends on the severity of AP.