Pluripotency and Immunomodulatory Signatures of Canine Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Are Similar to Harvested Mesenchymal Stromal Cells

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Pluripotency and Immunomodulatory Signatures of Canine Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Are Similar to Harvested Mesenchymal Stromal Cells

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Background: With a view towards harnessing the therapeutic potential of canine mesenchymal stromal cells (cMSCs) as modulators of inflammation and the immune response, and to avoid the issues of the variable quality and quantity of harvested cMSCs, we examined the immunomodulatory properties of cMSCs derived from canine induced pluripotent stem cells (ciMSCs), and compared them to cMSCsharvested from adipose tissue (cAT-MSC) and bone marrow (cBM-MSC).

Methods and results: Deep sequencing of the ciMSC transcriptome confirmed that ciMSCsexpress more genes in common with cBM-MSCsthan with the ciPSCs from which they were derived. Both ciMSCs and cBM-MSCsexpress a range of pluripotency factors in common withthe ciPSCsincluding NANOG, POU5F1 (OCT-4), SOX-2, KLF-4, LIN-28A, MYC, LIF, LIFR, and TERT. However, ESRRB and PRDM-14, both factors associated with naïve, rather than primed, pluripotency were expressed only in the ciPSCs. LOXL-2, which is involved in epithelial to mesenchymal transition (EMT), is also expressed in ciMSCs and cBM-MSCs but notciPSCs. ciMSCsconstitutively express the immunomodulatory factors iNOS, GAL-9, TGF-β1, PTGER-2αand VEGF, and the pro-inflammatory mediators COX-2,IL-1βand IL-8.When stimulated with the canine pro-inflammatory cytokines tumor necrosis factor-α (cTNF-α), interferon-γ (cIFN-γ), or a combination of both, ciMSCsupregulated their expression ofIDO,iNOS, GAL-9,HGF, TGF-β1, PTGER-2α, VEGF, COX-2, IL-1β andIL-8.When co-cultured with mitogen-stimulated lymphocytes, ciMSCsdownregulated their expression of iNOS, HGF, TGF-β1andPTGER-2α, while increasing their expression of COX-2, IDO and IL-1β.

Conclusions: Taken together, these findings suggest that ciMSCs possess similar immunomodulatory capabilities as harvested cMSCs and support further investigation into the potential use ofciMSCsfor the management of canine immune-mediated and inflammatory disorders.

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Canine induced pluripotent stem cells

Mesenchymal stem cells

Mesenchymal stromal cells

Pluripotency

Immunomodulation

Anti-inflammatory

Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs), also called mesenchymal stem cells, are multipotent, self-renewing, non-hematopoietic stromal cells that are capable of differentiating into mesenchymal lineages including adipose tissue, bone, cartilage and muscle [1–3]. MSCs are commonly isolated from adipose tissue and bone marrow, but are also found in other tissues such as umbilical cord blood, placenta, skeletal muscle, synovial membranes, nervous tissue and dental pulp [4–6]. MSCs have acquired substantial clinical appeal owing to their immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory properties [7–11]. The immunosuppressive functions of MSCs are triggered by the tissue microenvironment where pro-inflammatory cytokines such as interferon-γ (IFN-γ), tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), interleukin-1α (IL-1α) and interleukin-1β (IL-1β) are released from activated T cells [12–15]. In humans, MSCs derived from a variety of tissues, including adipose tissue, bone marrow and gingiva have been shown to inhibit the proliferation of CD4 + and CD8+, T cells, B cells and dendritic cells, and the maturation and activation of natural killer cells [16–19]. The MSC-derived soluble factors responsible for their immunomodulatory effects include indoleamine 2,3 dioxygenase (IDO), induced nitric oxide (iNOS), cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), interleukin-10 (IL-10), hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), prostaglandin E2 (PGE2), transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) and haem oxygenase-1 (HO-1) [20–29]. More specifically, the immunosuppressive effect of MSCs is primarily mediated by IDO or iNOS, produced by human and mouse MSCs, respectively, following the stimulatory effect of pro-inflammatory cytokines on MSCs [25, 30–33]. Canine adipose tissue-derived MSCs (cAT-MSCs) have also been shown to modulate the immune response via the production of iNOS, TGF-β1, HGF, IDO and PGE2, while bone marrow-derived MSCs (cBM-MSCs) secrete TGF-β1 and VEGF [25, 34, 35]. In the horse, MSCs from bone marrow, adipose tissue, umbilical cord blood and Wharton’s jelly that have been primed with TNF-α and/or IFN-γ similarly inhibit the proliferation of T lymphocytes [36, 37], and analyses specifically on BM-MSCs identified upregulated expression of IDO, iNOS, IL-6, COX-2 and VCAM-1 [37–40]. While MSCs can be harvested from a range of tissues, they constitute a very small proportion of the total cells collected: 0.001–0.01% in bone marrow aspirates and 0.05% of cells in adipose tissue [41, 42], posing a challenge in obtaining sufficient cells for therapeutic applications. To overcome this challenge, we have previously generated MSCs from canine induced pluripotent stem cells (ciMSCs) via inhibition of the TGFβ/activin signalling pathway [43]. These ciMSCs express MSC markers and show a comparable differentiation potential to harvested cAT-MSCs and cBM-MSCs, readily forming cartilage, bone and adipose tissue [43]. The current study has expanded the original characterisation of the ciMSCs by comparing their transcriptome with that of harvested cBM-MSCs and of the ciPSCs from which they were derived. Upon confirming that they cluster with the cBM-MSCs and not the ciPSCs, and with the intention of exploring their potential as an ‘off-the-shelf’ MSC-based therapy for controlling immune-mediated and inflammatory diseases in the dog, we further investigated their anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory profiles in comparison with harvested cAT-MSC and cBM-MSCs.

The collection and use of animal tissues was approved by the Animal Ethics Committee at The University of Queensland under ethics approval numbers SVS/194/15, SVS/099/17 and SVS/ANRFA/453/18.

Culture of ciMSCs, cAT-MSCs and cBM-MSCs

Cultures of ciMSCs [43], commercially available adult cAT-MSCs (Regeneus Ltd, Australia), and harvested cBM-MSCs [43] were maintained in MSC-specific medium consisting of KnockOut Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle’s Medium (KnockOut DMEM; Gibco, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Australia) supplemented with 15% (v/v) ESC-qualified fetal bovine serum (HyClone, GE Healthcare Life Sciences, Australia), 0.1 mM Non-Essential Amino Acid solution (NEAA; Gibco), and 2 mM _L-glutamine (Gibco) at 37 °C with 5% CO₂.

RNA isolation, cDNA synthesis and quantitative polymerase chain reaction

Total RNA was extracted using the NucleoSpin® RNA kit (Macherey-Nagel GmbH, Thermo Fisher Scientific) and complementary DNA was synthesized using the iScript Reverse Transcriptase kit (Bio-Rad Laboratories, Australia) according to the manufacturer’s instructions. The comparative expression of immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory factors was performed by real-time quantitative RT-PCR (qRT-PCR) with the SsoFastEva Green Supermix (Bio-Rad) on a CFX-96 real time PCR detection system (Bio-Rad). Data were normalised to the expression level of cGAPDH. Validated primers and their product sizes are listed in Supplementary Table 1. The cycling parameters for the qRT-PCR were: denaturation at 95 °C for 3 min, 45 amplification cycles (95 °C, 10 s; 62 °C, 20 s) and elongation at 75 °C for 1 min. Melt curve analysis was performed over a temperature range of 65–95 °C in 0.5 °C increments for 0.05 s. The relative expression ratios of genes were calculated by the Delta Ct method. Dissociation curve analysis was implemented to confirm the specificity of the PCR products.

Deep sequencing of ciMSC, cBM-MSC and ciPSC transcriptomes

RNA was extracted from one line of each of the ciPSCs (Clone A), ciMSCs (derived from Clone A ciPSCs), and cBM-MSCs as described above. 100 base-pair paired-end mRNA sequencing was performed by the Australian Genome Research Facility Ltd (www.agrf.org.au) on an Illumina HiSeq 4000 platform. Primary sequence data underwent demultiplexing, quality control, alignment, transcript assembly, quantification and normalisation, followed by differential expression analysis, as performed by the AGRF. Sequence reads were screened for the presence of any cross-species contamination and mapped against the canine reference genome CanFam3.1 (GCA_000002285.2) (https://asia.ensembl.org/Canis_familiaris). Genes were defined as expressed if the CPM ≥ 1. EdgeR was used to generate multidimensional scaling (MDS) plots using both raw gene counts and after normalisation by EdgeR’s TMM algorithm to account for the different library sizes for each sample. Both the raw gene count and normalised gene count MDS plots were generated from the data of the 500 most variably expressed genes across all samples. Venn analysis was performed using the Venny tool at http://bioinfogp.cnb.csic.es/tools/venny. Due to financial and logistical constraints only one sample of the ciPSCs and ciMSCs, and cBM-MSCs from one individual, were used for RNA sequencing; therefore, the RNAseq data is indicative of genes that are expressed, but without the number of samples required to perform statistical analyses no comment can be made regarding differential expression between the cell types.

In vitro stimulation of MSCs with pro-inflammatory cytokines

cAT-MSCs, cBM-MSCs and ciMSCs were plated separately, in duplicate, at a density of 2 × 10⁵ cells/ml with 1 ml of MSC medium (as above) in flat-bottom 24-well cell culture plates (Costar, Corning Life Sciences, Australia). Each of the cAT-MSCs, cBM-MSCs and ciMSCs were cultured with either canine tumor necrosis factor-α (cTNF-α) (10 ng/ml) (VWR International, Australia), canine interferon-γ (cIFN-γ) (200 ng/ml) (VWR International), or both, at 37 °C and 5% CO₂ for 48 hours.

Isolation of leukocytes from canine blood

40 ml of whole blood was aseptically collected in Vacuette blood collection tubes (InterPath Services, Australia) from two healthy adult mixed-breed dogs at the School of Veterinary Science, University of Queensland. Leukocytes were isolated using the ACCUSPIN System-Histopaque-1077 (Sigma-Aldrich, Australia) according to the manufacturer’s instructions.

Co-culture of cAT-MSCs and ciMSCs with mitogen-stimulated mixed canine leukocytes

Leukocytes were maintained in medium consisting of RPMI-1640 medium (Sigma-Aldrich) supplemented with 10% fetal calf serum (FCS; JRH Biosciences, Australia), 2 mM L-glutamine, 1% NEAA, 1 mM sodium pyruvate (Gibco), 10000 units/ml penicillin and 10000 µg/ml streptomycin (1% Pen-Strep) (Gibco), and 50 µM 2-mercaptoethanol (Gibco), in flat-bottom 24-well cell culture plates (Costar). The following co-cultures were established, in independent duplicate samples, in a 24-well cell culture plate: a) 1 × 10⁶ leukocytes and 1 × 10⁵ cAT-MSCs; b) 1 × 10⁶ leukocytes and 1 × 10⁵ ciMSCs; c) 1 × 10⁶ leukocytes; d) 1 × 10⁵ cAT-MSCs and e) 1 × 10⁵ ciMSCs. Concanavalin A (Sigma-Aldrich), a mitogenic stimulant, was added at a concentration of 25 µg/ml to stimulate the proliferation of the T lymphocytes. Cultures were maintained at 37 °C in 5% CO₂ for 72 hours.

After 72 hours, lymphocytes were precipitated from the cell culture medium by centrifugation at 200 x g for 2 min before freezing at -80 °C. The culture medium from all wells was frozen at -80 °C for future analysis. cAT-MSCs and ciMSCs were enzymatically collected with TrypLE Express (Gibco) and the cell pellets stored at -80 °C.

Enzyme-linked immunoassays

Culture supernatants were used to determine the concentration of TGF-β1, VEGF, IL8 and IL-1β in the different co-culture groups. Canine-specific Quantikine ELISA kits for TGF-β1 (R&D Systems, USA), IL-8 (R&D Systems), VEGF (R&D Systems) and IL-1β (R&D Systems) were used according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Plates were analysed with an Infinite M200 (Tecan, Switzerland) microplate reader at the Australian National Fabrication Facility (ANFF, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia).

Statistical analysis

Results are presented as the mean ± standard error of the mean (SEM). The comparative analysis between treatment groups was conducted using one-way ANOVA and the means were compared with Student’s t-test using the GraphPad7 Prism software (San Diego, CA, USA). Significance is defined as: ns = not significant p > 0.05; * p ≤ 0.05; ** p ≤ 0.005; *** p ≤ 0.0002; **** p ≤ 0.0001.

Sequencing of ciMSC, cBM-MSC and ciPSC transcriptomes

Venn analysis of expressed genes (CPM ≥ 1) identified 83% of the 14,765 canine genes analysed as being co-expressed by all three cell types, including the cell surface markers CD73 (NT5E), CD90 (THY-1) and CD105 (ENDOG), confirming our original data [43], in addition to CD-44 (Fig. 1a, Table 1 and Supplementary data 1a). Only 135 genes, representing 0.9%, were shared exclusively by the ciMSCs and the ciPSCs (Fig. 1a and Supplementary data 1a). In contrast, 818 genes (5.5%) were expressed exclusively by the ciMSCs and cBM-MSCs including the cell surface proteins ANPEP (CD-13) and PDGFRA (CD-140a), cytokines FGF-2, FGF-5, IL13RA1, LEPR, NOV, PTN, SLIT-1 and TNC, and tumour necrosis factors TNFSF-13 and TNFSF-18 (Fig. 1a, Table 1 and Supplementary data 1a). cBM-MSCs also expressed the cytokines EDN-2, EDN-3, SEMA-3A and GREM-2, while ciMSCs expressed FGF-10 (Supplementary data 1a). Both ciMSCs and cBM-MSCs express the Toll-like receptors TLR-2 and TLR-9 (Table 1 and Supplementary data 1a). Expression of the chemokine receptor CXCR-4, which is essential for the homing of MSCs to sites of inflammation [45, 46], is also detectable in ciMSCs and cBM-MSCs, but not ciPSCs (Table 1 and Supplementary data 1a).

Table 1

Key genes expressed by each of ciMSCs, cBM-MSCs and ciPSCs
Genes Expressed by ciMSCs, cBM-MSCs & ciPSCs	Genes Expressed by ciMSCs & cBM-MSCs	Genes Expressed by ciPSCs
CD73 (NT5E) CD90 (THY-1) CD105 (ENDOG) CD-44 DNMT-3A DNMT-3B JARID-2 KLF-4 LEF-1 LIF LIFR LIN-28A c-MYC MYC-L NANOG NR6A1 POU2F1 POU5F1 (OCT-4) SF1 SOX-2 STAT-3 TERT TFAP2C WNT-3 WNT-5A	ACVR1C ANPEP (CD-13) CXCR-4 FGF-2 FGF-5 IL13RA1 LEPR NOV PDGFRA (CD-140a) PTN SATB-1 SLIT-1 TLR-2 TLR-9 TNC TNFSF-13 TNFSF-18	CCND-1 ESRRB FGF-4 PRDM-14 TLE-2

Venn analysis using the transcriptome data for 224 pluripotency factors demonstrated that ciMSCs, cBM-MSCs and ciPSCs co-express 213 (94.2%) of these factors including DNMT-3A, DNMT-3B, JARID-2, KLF-4, LEF-1, LIF, LIFR, LIN-28A, c-MYC, MYC-L, NANOG, NR6A1, POU2F1, POU5F1 (OCT-4), SF1, SOX-2, STAT-3, TERT, TFAP2C, WNT-3 and WNT-5A (Fig. 1b, Table 1 and Supplementary data 1b). ESRRB and PRDM-14, both of which are associated with naïve, rather than primed, pluripotency were expressed only in the ciPSCs (Table 1 and Supplementary data 1b). Also unique to the ciPSCs was the expression of CCND-1, FGF-4 and TLE-2 (Table 1 and Supplementary data 1b). Three factors associated with pluripotency were expressed only by the ciMSCs and cBM-MSCs: ACVR1C, FGF-5 and SATB-1 (Table 1 and Supplementary data 1b). Multidimensional scaling (MDS) plots, using both raw gene count (Fig. 1c) and normalised gene count (Fig. 1d) data, placed the ciMSCs and cBM-MSCs as a superimposed cluster while the ciPSCs formed a separate cluster.

ciMSCs constitutively express immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory factors and respond to priming with pro-inflammatory cytokines

ciMSCs constitutively expressed the immunomodulatory factors inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS), galectin-9 (GAL-9), transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1), prostaglandin receptor-2α (PTGER-2α) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), and the pro-inflammatory factors cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2),interleukin-1β (IL-1β) and interleukin-8 (IL-8) (Fig. 2). cAT-MSCs had a similar constitutive expression profile, although they expressed iNOS and HGF at significantly lower levels (Supplementary table 2), and VEGF at significantly higher levels (Supplementary table 2), than ciMSCs (Fig. 2).

Expression of iNOS by ciMSCs was significantly higher than for cAT-MSCs and cBM-MSCs in all three treatment groups with cTNF-α, cIFN-γ or a combination of both (cTNF-α/cIFN-γ) (Fig. 3a; Supplementary table 2). While expression of iNOS by ciMSCs and cAT-MSCs decreased significantly from constitutive levels when treated with cTNF-α and cIFN-γ (Fig. 3a; Supplementary table 2), when cultured with both in combination (cTNF-α/cIFN-γ) the expression of iNOS increased almost 10-fold in ciMSCs but remained unchanged in cAT-MSCs (Fig. 3a; Supplementary table 2).

ciMSCs expressed higher levels of GAL-9 than cAT-MSCs and cBM-MSCs in response to cTNF-α and cIFN-γ (Fig. 3b; Supplementary table 2), and upregulated their expression by around 10–20 fold as compared to constitutive levels across all three treatment groups (Fig. 3b; Supplementary table 2). Expression of COX-2 was similarly higher in ciMSCs as compared to cAT-MSCs and cBM-MSCs when treated with cTNF-α and cIFN-γ (Fig. 3c; Supplementary table 2). While cBM-MSCs expressed COX-2 at barely detectable levels across all three treatment groups, both cAT-MSCs and ciMSCs upregulated their expression by approximately 100 fold in response to cTNF-α/cIFN-γ (Fig. 3c; Supplementary table 2).

cAT-MSCs and ciMSCs expressed similar levels of TGF-β1 constitutively (Fig. 2), but cAT-MSCs showed a stronger transcriptional response to cTNF-α and cIFN-γ than did ciMSCs, while they expressed similar levels of upregulated transcription when exposed to combined cTNF-α/cIFN-γ (Fig. 3d; Supplementary table 2). Expression of PTGER-2α was highest in ciMSCs as compared to cAT-MSCs and cBM-MSCs, and was most significantly upregulated when they were cultured with cIFN-γ and cTNF-α/cIFN-γ (Fig. 3e; Supplementary table 2). Only cBM-MSCs showed detectable expression of indoleamine 2, 3 dioxygenase (IDO) in cultures with cTNF-α, while cAT-MSCs expressed the highest levels when cells were exposed to cIFN-γ; however, all three types of MSCs responded to stimulation with cTNF-α/cIFN-γ (Fig. 3f; Supplementary table 2).

Expression of HGF was restricted predominantly to cAT-MSCs across all three treatment groups (Fig. 3g; Supplementary table 2). Similarly, VEGF was also most strongly expressed by cAT-MSCs, with significantly lower levels of expression detected in cBM-MSCs and ciMSCs (Fig. 3h; Supplementary table 2). While cAT-MSCs and ciMSCs expressed similar levels of IL-8 constitutively, the ciMSCs showed the most increased response to all three treatments, with the strongest response to cTNF-α (Fig. 3i; Supplementary table 2). Expression of IL-1β remained relatively unchanged in ciMSCs cultured with cTNF-α, cIFN-γ and cTNF-α/cIFN-γ; similarly, cBM-MSCs maintained consistent levels of expression across all three treatment groups (Fig. 3j; Supplementary table 2). In contrast, cAT-MSCs significantly downregulated their expression compared to constitutive levels (Fig. 3j; Supplementary table 2).

Effect of mitogen-stimulated canine lymphocytes on inflammatory cytokine expression of MSCs

When co-cultured with mitogen-stimulated lymphocytes, ciMSCs significantly downregulated their expression of iNOS, TGF-β1, HGF and PTGER-2α (Fig. 4; Supplementary table 3). Although HGF expression levels also significantly decreased, transcription levels in the control cultures were so low that they are likely not indicative of expression (Fig. 4; Supplementary table 3). cAT-MSCs downregulated their expression of TGF-β1 and VEGF, while iNOS and PTGER-2α remained unchanged (Fig. 4; Supplementary table 3). In response to co-culture, ciMSCs upregulated their expression of COX-2 and IDO, and both ciMSCs and cAT-MSCs increased their expression of IL-1β (Fig. 4; Supplementary table 3). Expression of GAL-9 and IL-8 increased in cAT-MSCs but remained unchanged in ciMSCs, while expression of VEGF decreased in cAT-MSCs and was unchanged in ciMSCs (Fig. 4; Supplementary table 3).

Effect of MSCs on inflammatory cytokine expression of mitogen-stimulated canine lymphocytes

Lymphocytes cultured with ciMSCs and cAT-MSCs downregulated their expression of GAL-9, PTGER-2α and VEGF, while the expression of iNOS, IDO, IL-8 and IL-1β were unchanged (Fig. 5; Supplementary table 4). In contrast, lymphocytes co-cultured with cAT-MSCs increased their expression of COX-2, TGF-β1 and possibly HGF, although expression levels are so low as to be near the detection threshold (Fig. 5; Supplementary table 4).

Effects of co-culture on the secretion of factors by lymphocytes and MSCs

The concentrations of canine IL-1β, IL-8, TGF-β1 and VEGF were measured in the supernatant collected from cultures of lymphocytes, ciMSCs and cAT-MSCs, and co-cultures of lymphocytes with each of ciMSCs and cAT-MSCs. In agreement with the qRT-PCR data, both ciMSCs and cAT-MSCs produce IL-1β, IL-8, TGF-β1 and VEGF (Fig. 6; Supplementary table 5). Furthermore, the relative expression levels of the genes between the two types of MSCs is reflected at the protein level with VEGF RNA and protein expression significantly higher in cAT-MSCs as compared to ciMSCs, while all other factors are expressed at similar levels for both RNA and protein (Fig. 6; Supplementary table 5). Lymphocytes similarly produce all four factors (Fig. 6; Supplementary table 5).

Based on the qRT-PCR data that showed lymphocytes did not alter their transcription of IL-1β in response to co-culture with either ciMSCs or cAT-MSCs, but both types of MSCs increased their transcription of IL-1β when co-cultured, the increase in IL-1β measured in the medium from co-cultures is likely produced by the ciMSCs and cAT-MSCs rather than the lymphocytes (Fig. 6; Supplementary table 5). In contrast, based on the qRT-PCR data, the increase in IL-8 in co-cultures is more likely from the cAT-MSCs and lymphocytes than from the ciMSCs (Fig. 6; Supplementary table 5).

Both ciMSCs and cAT-MSCs downregulated their expression of TGF-β1 when co-cultured, while lymphocyte expression, which was lower than that observed in the MSCs, increased or remained unchanged, when co-cultured with cAT-MSCs and ciMSCs, respectively. Thus, lower levels of TGF-β1 were measured in the medium of co-cultured ciMSCs and cAT-MSCs than when the cells were cultured alone, and are similar to the levels detected in medium from lymphocyte cultures (Fig. 6; Supplementary table 5).

Both cAT-MSCs and lymphocytes expressed significantly higher levels of VEGF than ciMSCs and downregulated their expression in co-culture. This dynamic is reflected at the protein level where cAT-MSC/lymphocyte co-cultures have VEGF levels in between the levels for each when cultured separately, and the measurement for ciMSC/lymphocyte co-cultures are higher than the ciMSCs cultured alone but lower than the levels measured for lymphocytes or cAT-MSC/lymphocyte co-cultures (Fig. 6; Supplementary table 5).

In this study we compared the transcriptome of ciMSCs with cBM-MSCs and ciPSCs and show expression of key pluripotency factors by three cell types. Previous studies have similarly demonstrated the expression of pluripotency factors by canine MSCs isolated from adipose tissue [47], bone marrow [43, 47] and amniotic fluid [48]. In contrast, ESRRB and PRDM-14, both factors associated with naïve, rather than primed, pluripotency [49–52] are expressed only in the ciPSCs and not the ciMSCs or cBM-MSCs, which is not surprising since the ciPSCs are pluripotent [43, 53] while both types of MSCs are multipotent [43]. Also unique to the ciPSCs is the expression of FGF-4 which, in the mouse embryo, is secreted by the epiblast cells of the inner cell mass (ICM) under transcriptional regulation by Oct-4 and Sox-2 [54] where it is thought to play a role in the development of the embryo through the conversion of the ICM into primitive endoderm [55, 56].

Endogenous and exogenously administered MSCs migrate towards tumours and sites of ischaemia and inflammation in response to a range of signalling molecules including the chemokine stromal cell-derived factor-1 (SDF-1), through interaction with its cognate receptor CXC chemokine receptor 4 (CXCR-4), which is expressed on the surface of MSCs [57–60]. Importantly, when considering future therapeutic applications, our ciMSCs express CXCR-4, as do the cBM-MSCs, while it is not expressed by the ciPSCs.

Studies in human MSCs from bone marrow, adipose tissue and umbilical cord blood have demonstrated an important role of signalling through Toll-like receptors (TLRs) in regulating the immunomodulatory effects, migration, proliferation and differentiation of MSCs [61–69]. Typically, human MSCs express high levels of TLR-3 and TLR-4, low levels of TLR-1, TLR-2, TLR-5, TLR-6 and TLR-9, and lack expression of TLR-7, TLR-8 and TLR-10. The expression profile of TLRs in our ciMSCs is very similar to that of the cBM-MSCs and reflects the expression profile described in human MSCs with expression of TLR-1, TLR-2, TLR-3, TLR-5, TLR-6 and TLR-9, and no expression of TLR-7, TLR-8 and TLR-10. However, unlike human MSCs, neither the ciMSCs nor the cBM-MSCs expressed TLR-4. This lack of TLR-4 expression is very surprising since TLR-4 signalling is responsible for priming human MSCs towards a pro-inflammatory phenotype, while TLR-3 priming induces an anti-inflammatory response [61, 66]. Based on limited studies of various canine cell types (not including MSCs) the expression of TLR-4 in the dog appears to follow a similar profile to that described for other species [70] and so we could reasonably expect canine MSCs to similarly express high levels of TLR-4. A search of the literature did not yield any insight as to a possible explanation for the lack of TLR-4 expression in our canine MSCs, except to note that the expression of TLR-4 by human Wharton’s jelly-derived MSCs appears to be variable [61, 71] and so the lack of TLR-4 expression in our canine MSCs may reflect a species difference or perhaps an effect of culture conditions.

The transcriptome of our ciMSCs is more similar to that of the cBM-MSCs than that of the ciPSCs. This is in contrast to the data of Chow et al. [72] whose ciPSC-derived MSCs showed a gene expression profile that was markedly different from that of cAT-MSCs and cBM-MSCs, and much more closely resembled that of the ciPSCs from which they were generated. It is possible that the ciPSCs generated by Chow and colleagues [72] were in a more primed, rather than naïve, state of pluripotency and that this has affected the nature of the resultant ciPSC-derived MSCs. It is perhaps significant that the ciPSCs that we used to generate our ciMSCs show many of the hallmarks of naïve pluripotency including expression of ESRRB and PRDM-14.

MSC secretion of either IDO or iNOS, depending on the species, has been shown to suppress T cell proliferation [32, 73–76]. In human, IDO is the key mediator of T cell suppression [32, 77–81] while in mouse [80] and horse [82] iNOS is the major inhibitor of T cell activation. However, recent reports suggest that IDO, in addition to iNOS, may be involved in the immunomodulatory roles of equine MSCs [36, 38, 39]. In this study, both ciMSCs and cAT-MSCs constitutively express iNOS and when co-stimulated with cTNF-α and cIFN-γ, ciMSCs upregulated their expression of iNOS by 10 fold. That cAT-MSCs did not show an increase in iNOS expression beyond constitutive levels, and cBM-MSCs expressed very low levels in response to cTNF-α/cIFN-γ, is in keeping with the observations by Chow et al. [72] that cAT-MSCs and cBM-MSCs do not employ the iNOS/NO-mediated pathway for immunosuppression. In contrast, the strong upregulation of iNOS expression in ciMSCs is similar to observations in the horse where priming of equine bone marrow-derived MSCs with IFN-γ or TNF-α/IFN-γ similarly induced an upregulation of iNOS [83]. Expression of iNOS significantly decreased in ciMSCs co-cultured with mitogen-stimulated lymphocytes. This would appear to be at odds with our observation of an upregulation of iNOS in ciMSCs exposed to cIFN-γ/cTNF-α. However, previous studies have demonstrated that the production of TNF-α by canine lymphocytes is reduced upon co-culture with cAT-MSCs [35], and the secretion of IFN-γ by canine lymphocytes is similarly suppressed when co-cultured with cAT-MSCs and cBM-MSCs [84]. Thus, the decrease in iNOS expression by ciMSCs co-cultured with lymphocytes may be due to low levels of TNF-α and IFN-γ being produced by the canine lymphocytes, possibly as a consequence of suppression by the ciMSCs.

All three types of MSCs responded to stimulation with cTNF-α/cIFN-γ by upregulating their expression of IDO. Kang et al. [35] similarly observed increased expression of IDO in canine AT.MSCs co-cultured with concanavalin-stimulated lymphocytes shown to be secreting cTNF-α and cIFN-γ. In our study, while ciMSCs significantly upregulated their expression of IDO when co-cultured with concanavalin-stimulated lymphocytes, the transcript levels of IDO decreased in co-cultured cAT-MSCs. This discrepancy between our cAT-MSC data and that of Kang et al. [35] might reflect insufficient levels of IFN-γ and TNF-α being produced by the lymphocytes to stimulate the AT.MSCs, as discussed in the preceding paragraph.

Following TLR-3 priming, the release of TGF-β1 by activated anti-inflammatory MSCs suppresses the proliferation and secretion of cytokines by T lymphocytes and natural killer cells and also inhibits the stimulatory effect of dendritic cells on T lymphocytes [22, 25, 84–90]. Constitutive expression of TGF-β1 by ciMSCs, cAT-MSCs and cBM-MSCs (RNAseq data) is in keeping with the data of other studies [35, 84, 91] that have similarly demonstrated the constitutive transcription of TGF-β1 in cBM-MSCs, cAT-MSCs and ciMSCs, respectively. While cAT-MSCs showed a stronger transcriptional response to cTNF-α and cIFN-γ than ciMSCs, both types of MSCs expressed similar levels of TGF-β1 mRNA when cultured with combined cTNF-α/cIFN-γ.

IL-8 is an MSC-derived chemokine released at the site of injury to enhance the migration and activation of neutrophils [92, 93]. In this study, cAT-MSCs and ciMSCs expressed similar levels of IL-8 constitutively. The constitutive transcription of IL-8 has previously been described in canine AT.MSCs and human BM.MSCs [94]. ciMSCs showed the strongest response to all three treatments, particularly to cTNF-α. The induced upregulation of IL-8 by inflammatory stimuli has also been reported in human [95] and equine MSCs [83, 96].

In both their transcriptome and in their functional responses to inflammatory cytokines and mitogen-stimulated lymphocytes, our ciMSCs are highly similar to harvested MSCs, supporting further investigation into their potential therapeutic applications for immune-mediated and inflammatory conditions in the dog.

ACVR1C

Activin A Receptor Type 1C; ANPEP:Alanyl Aminopeptidase; cAT-MSCs:Canine Adipose Tissue-derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells; cBM-MSCs:Canine Bone Marrow-derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells; CCN3:Cellular Communication Network Factor 3; CCND-1:Cyclin D-1; CDH-1:Cadherin-1; cIFN-γ:Canine Interferon-γ; ciMSCs:Canine Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells; ciPSCs:Canine Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells; cMSCs:Canine Mesenchymal Stromal Cells; COX-2:Cyclooxygenase-2; cTNF-α:Canine Tumor Necrosis Factor-α; CXC-4:Chemokine Receptor-4; DNMT-3A:DNA Methyltransferase 3 Alpha; DNMT-3B:DNA Methyltransferase 3 Beta; EDN-2:Endothelin-2; EDN-3:Endothelin-3; EMT:Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition; ESRRB:Estrogen Related Receptor Beta; FGF-2:Fibroblast Growth Factor-2; FGF-4:Fibroblast Growth Factor-4; FGF-5:Fibroblast Growth Factor-5; FGF-10:Fibroblast Growth Factor-10; GADD:Growth Arrest and DNA Damage; GAL-9:Galectin-9; GREM-2:Gremlin-2; HCK:Hemopoietic Cell Kinase; HGF:Hepatocyte Growth Factor; HO1:Haem oxygenase-1; ICM:Inner Cell Mass; IDO:Indoleamine 2, 3-Dioxygenase; IFN-γ:Interferon-γ; IL-1β:Interleukin-1β; IL-8:Interleukin-8; IL13RA:Interleukin 13 Receptor Subunit Alpha; iNOS:Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase; IRS-1:Insulin Receptor Substrate 1; JARID-2:Jumonji and AT-Rich Interaction Domain Containing 2; KLF-4:Kruppel Like Factor-4; LEF-1:Lymphoid Enhancer Binding Factor 1; LEPR:Leptin Receptor; LIF:Leukemia Inhibitory Factor; LIFR:Leukemia Inhibitory Factor Receptor; LIN-28A:Lin-28 Homolog A; LOXL-2:Lysyl Oxidase Like 2; MEF-2C:Myocyte Enhancer Factor-2C; MITF:Melanocyte Inducing Transcription Factor; NEAA:Non-Essential Amino Acid; NR6A1:Nuclear Receptor Subfamily 6 Group A Member 1; OCLN:Occludin; OCT-4:Octamer-binding Transcription Factor 4; PDGFC:Platelet Derived Growth Factor C; PDGFRA:Platelet Derived Growth Factor Receptor Alpha; PGE2:Prostaglandin E2; POU5F1:POU Domain, Class 5, Transcription Factor 1; PRDM-14:PR Domain Zinc Finger Protein 14; PTGER-2α:Prostaglandin receptor-2α; PTN:Pleiotrophin; SALL-3:Spalt Like Transcription Factor 3; SATB-1:SATB Homeobox-1; SDF1:Stromal Cell‐Derived Factor 1; SEMA-3A:Semaphorin-3A; SF1:Steroidogenic factor 1; SLIT-1:Slit Guidance Ligand 1; SOX- 2:SRY (sex determining region Y)‐box 2; STAT-3:Signal Transducer and Activator of Transcription-3; TERT:Telomerase Reverse Transcriptase; TFAP2C:Transcription Factor AP-2 Gamma; TGF-β1:Transforming growth factor-β1; TLE-2:Transducin Like Enhancer of Split-2; TLR-1:Toll-Like Receptor 1; TLR-2:Toll-like receptor 2; TLR-3:Toll-Like Receptor 3; TLR-4:Toll-Like Receptor 4; TLR-5:Toll-Like Receptor 5; TLR-6:Toll-Like Receptor 6; TLR-7:Toll-Like Receptor 7; TLR-8:Toll-Like Receptor 8; TLR-9:Toll-Like Receptor 9; TLR-10:Toll-Like Receptor 10; TNC:Tenascin C; TNF:Tumour Necrosis Factor; TNFSF-13:TNF Superfamily Member-13; TNFSF-18:TNF Superfamily Member-18; VCAM-1:Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1; VEGF:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor; WNT-3:Wnt Family Member-3; WNT-5A:Wnt Family Member-5A.

Acknowledgements

We are grateful to Ms Jane Sun, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, and Ms Samantha Kempster, School of Veterinary Science, The University of Queensland, for their technical assistance and helpful discussion. The authors are grateful for the support ofgrants from the Morris Animal Foundation (D18CA-077) and the Kibble Foundation (2015002711) to DW.

Authors’ contributions

AS was responsible for experimental design, collection and assembly of data, data analysis andinterpretationandmanuscript writing. PW was responsible for the collection of data. DO was responsible for data analysis and interpretation, andmanuscript writing. DW was responsible for conception and experimental design,financial support, data analysis andinterpretation, andmanuscript writing. All authorsgave finalapproval of the manuscript.

Funding

This study was supported by grants from the Morris Animal Foundation (D18CA-077) and the Kibble Foundation (2015002711) to Deanne J. Whitworth and an Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship awarded to Arash Shahsavari.

Availability of data and materials

The datasets used and analysed during the current study are available fromthe corresponding author on reasonable request.

Ethics approval and consent to participate

The collection and use of animal tissues was approved by the Animal Ethics Committee at The University of Queensland under ethics approval numbers SVS/194/15, SVS/099/17 and SVS/ANRFA/453/18.

Consent for publication

Not applicable

Competing interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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Pluripotency and Immunomodulatory Signatures of Canine Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell-derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Are Similar to Harvested Mesenchymal Stromal Cells

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Culture of ciMSCs, cAT-MSCs and cBM-MSCs

RNA isolation, cDNA synthesis and quantitative polymerase chain reaction

Deep sequencing of ciMSC, cBM-MSC and ciPSC transcriptomes

In vitro stimulation of MSCs with pro-inflammatory cytokines

Isolation of leukocytes from canine blood

Co-culture of cAT-MSCs and ciMSCs with mitogen-stimulated mixed canine leukocytes

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Sequencing of ciMSC, cBM-MSC and ciPSC transcriptomes

ciMSCs constitutively express immunomodulatory and anti-inflammatory factors and respond to priming with pro-inflammatory cytokines

Effect of mitogen-stimulated canine lymphocytes on inflammatory cytokine expression of MSCs

Effect of MSCs on inflammatory cytokine expression of mitogen-stimulated canine lymphocytes

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