ePoster

REMaST®: A novel immune cell therapy for neural tissue regeneration

Sissi Dolci, Loris Mannino, Alessandra Campanelli, Eros Rossi, Emanuela Bottani, Marzia Di Chio, Francesca Ciambella, Elisa Setten, Stefano Gianoli, Nicola Piazza, Benedetta Savino, Isabel Karkossa, Giuseppe Busetto, Alex Pezzotta, Alessia Amenta, Giulia Pruonto, Alessandra Castagna, Nicola Martinelli, Federico Boschi, Adam Doherty, Maria Teresa Scupoli, Chiara Cavallini, Giorgio Malpeli, Zulkifal Malik, Luana Binaschi, Vincenzo Silani, Marco Sandri, Patrizia Bossolasco, Anna Pistocchi, Marco Endrizzi, Kristin Schubert, Guido Francesco Fumagalli, Massimo Locati, Francesco Bifari, Ilaria Decimo
FENS Forum 2024(2024)
Messe Wien Exhibition & Congress Center, Vienna, Austria

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FENS Forum 2024

Messe Wien Exhibition & Congress Center, Vienna, Austria

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Authors & Affiliations

Sissi Dolci, Loris Mannino, Alessandra Campanelli, Eros Rossi, Emanuela Bottani, Marzia Di Chio, Francesca Ciambella, Elisa Setten, Stefano Gianoli, Nicola Piazza, Benedetta Savino, Isabel Karkossa, Giuseppe Busetto, Alex Pezzotta, Alessia Amenta, Giulia Pruonto, Alessandra Castagna, Nicola Martinelli, Federico Boschi, Adam Doherty, Maria Teresa Scupoli, Chiara Cavallini, Giorgio Malpeli, Zulkifal Malik, Luana Binaschi, Vincenzo Silani, Marco Sandri, Patrizia Bossolasco, Anna Pistocchi, Marco Endrizzi, Kristin Schubert, Guido Francesco Fumagalli, Massimo Locati, Francesco Bifari, Ilaria Decimo

Abstract

Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) is a dramatic and irreversible event that leads to the loss of motor and/or sensory functions. After complete SCI, such as grade ASIA-A lesions, the neural tissue fails to repair causing permanent neurological deficits. Nowadays, complete SCI represents an unmet medical need, with no treatments capable to reduce cell death, heal the neural parenchyma, and promote axonal regrowth. In this work, we have identified a set of tumor-associated macrophages with neurogenic properties opening the prospective for a new effective cell therapy for neural degeneration diseases. We therefore have established a method to obtained macrophages REMaST® with specific neurogenic activities. We tested REMaST® regenerative potential in a pre-clinical model of severe contusive SCI which reproduces biological and clinical features of grade ASIA-A human SCI. We found that adoptive transfer of REMaST® in severe SCI mice significantly improved motor recovery. By using a complementary set of refractive X-ray computed tomography, histological, and proteomic evaluations, we identified multiple REMaST® mechanisms of action including the promotion of neuronal survival and axonal regrowth, angiogenesis and tissue oxygenation, cyst and ECM-remodeling, and reduction of chronic inflammation. At molecular level REMaST® therapeutic effect was mediated by RICTOR signalling pathway. Of note, we found similar exclusive neural regenerative property also in human REMaST® derived from blood monocytes. Collectively, these data showed that REMaST® are a multitarget disease-modifier for severe SCI, and they may be a novel autologous immune cell therapy exploitable for neural tissue regeneration.

Unique ID: fens-24/remastr-novel-immune-cell-therapy-neural-c1570fdd