A Sendai Virus-based Expression System Directs Efficient Induction of Chondrocytes by Transcription Factor-mediated Reprogramming

Overview

Journal Sci Rep

Specialty Science

Date 2024 Oct 30

PMID 39472618

Authors

Jingwen Zhou

Yuya Sekiguchi

Masayuki Sano

Ken Nishimura

Koji Hisatake

Aya Fukuda

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Abstract

Cartilage rarely heals spontaneously once damaged. Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common degenerative joint disease among the elderly; however, effective treatment for OA is currently lacking. Autologous chondrocyte implantation (ACI), an innovative regenerative technology involving the implantation of healthy chondrocytes, may restore damaged lesions. Chondrocytes for ACI may potentially be induced from differentiated somatic cells using retrovirus (RV)-mediated transduction of three reprogramming factors (SOX9, KLF4, and c-MYC). However, the efficiency of the current induction system needs to be improved and the safety issues arising from the genomic integration of the vector DNA have to be addressed. To solve these problems, we used an RNA vector, termed the replication-defective and persistent Sendai virus vector (SeVdp), to express reprogramming factors for chondrocyte induction. Our results showed that the SeVdp-based vector induced chondrocytes more efficiently than the RV vector, probably because of robust and rapid expression of the transgenes, without any apparent integration of the SeVdp vector. The induced chondrocytes formed cartilage-like tissues when injected subcutaneously into mice. Thus, the SeVdp-based system for inducing chondrocytes may act as a foundation for developing safer and more effective treatments for damaged cartilage.

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