Antibiotic resistance is creating enormous attention on the development of new antibiotic-free therapy strategies for bacterial diseases. Mesenchymal stromal stem cells (MSCs) are the most promising candidates in current clinical trials and included in several cell-therapy protocols. Together with the well-known immunomodulatory and regenerative potential of the MSC secretome, these cells have shown direct and indirect anti-bacterial effects. However, the low reproducibility and standardization of MSCs from different sources are the current limitations prior to the purification of cell-free secreted antimicrobial peptides and exosomes. In order to improve MSC characterization, novel label-free functional tests, evaluating the biophysical properties of the cells, will be advan-tageous for their cell profiling, population sorting, and quality control. We discuss the potential of emerging microfluidic technologies providing new insights into density, shape, and size of live cells, starting from heterogeneous or 3D cultured samples. The prospective application of these technologies to studying MSC populations may contribute to developing new biopharmaceutical strategies with a view to naturally overcoming bacterial defense mechanisms.

Microfluidic tools for enhanced characterization of therapeutic stem cells and prediction of their potential antimicrobial secretome / Marrazzo P.; Pizzuti V.; Zia S.; Sargenti A.; Gazzola D.; Roda B.; Bonsi L.; Alviano F.. - In: ANTIBIOTICS. - ISSN 2079-6382. - ELETTRONICO. - 10:7(2021), pp. 750.1-750.21. [10.3390/antibiotics10070750]

Microfluidic tools for enhanced characterization of therapeutic stem cells and prediction of their potential antimicrobial secretome

Marrazzo P.
;
Pizzuti V.;Roda B.;Bonsi L.;Alviano F.
2021

Abstract

Antibiotic resistance is creating enormous attention on the development of new antibiotic-free therapy strategies for bacterial diseases. Mesenchymal stromal stem cells (MSCs) are the most promising candidates in current clinical trials and included in several cell-therapy protocols. Together with the well-known immunomodulatory and regenerative potential of the MSC secretome, these cells have shown direct and indirect anti-bacterial effects. However, the low reproducibility and standardization of MSCs from different sources are the current limitations prior to the purification of cell-free secreted antimicrobial peptides and exosomes. In order to improve MSC characterization, novel label-free functional tests, evaluating the biophysical properties of the cells, will be advan-tageous for their cell profiling, population sorting, and quality control. We discuss the potential of emerging microfluidic technologies providing new insights into density, shape, and size of live cells, starting from heterogeneous or 3D cultured samples. The prospective application of these technologies to studying MSC populations may contribute to developing new biopharmaceutical strategies with a view to naturally overcoming bacterial defense mechanisms.
2021
Microfluidic tools for enhanced characterization of therapeutic stem cells and prediction of their potential antimicrobial secretome / Marrazzo P.; Pizzuti V.; Zia S.; Sargenti A.; Gazzola D.; Roda B.; Bonsi L.; Alviano F.. - In: ANTIBIOTICS. - ISSN 2079-6382. - ELETTRONICO. - 10:7(2021), pp. 750.1-750.21. [10.3390/antibiotics10070750]
Marrazzo P.; Pizzuti V.; Zia S.; Sargenti A.; Gazzola D.; Roda B.; Bonsi L.; Alviano F.
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