Hypoxic BMSC-derived exosomes-induced mitophagy quenches intestinal inflammation via HIF-1α/BNIP3 pathway

Feng Zhu, Jingbo Wang, Yuyi Yuan, Chunzhu Wei, Fei Gao, Xingxing Liu, Jingjing Li, Zaifeng Yi, Lijuan Zhang, Heng Fan · 2025

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Feng Zhu and co-authors test stem cell vesicles against ulcerative colitis in a 2025 study. Tiny exosomes from bone marrow stem cells, grown under low oxygen, may calm intestinal immunity. How the low-oxygen preparation changes the vesicles and how they act in colitis were not adequately understood.

The team isolated and characterized the vesicles, then studied their effects. The vesicles triggered mitophagy, the recycling of damaged mitochondria, through a pathway involving two named proteins. Clearing damaged mitochondria in gut cells eased inflammation, pointing to a cell-free therapy route for a hard bowel disease.

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CREATORFeng Zhu, Jingbo Wang, Yuyi Yuan, Chunzhu Wei, Fei Gao, Xingxing Liu, Jingjing Li, Zaifeng Yi, Lijuan Zhang, Heng Fan
YEAR2025
COLLECTIONPAPERS
FORMATTXT
FILE SIZE38 KB
VERSION1.0
LICENSECC BY 4.0
RIGHTSCC BY
SOURCEEurope PMC

Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC12820211

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