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ArticleAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany)2025

Ultrasound-Mediated Biotransfection of Engineered Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Treated Bone Defects through Intracellular Cavitation.

Zhili Xu, Huijuan Xin, Yu Wang, Renhao Xu, Yanni He, Meijun Zhou, Zhengqiang Yuan, Hongmei Liu

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Article in Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Zhili XuDepartment of Ultrasound, Institute of Ultrasound in Musculoskeletal Sports Medicine, The Affiliated Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510317, China.
Huijuan XinDepartment of Ultrasound, Institute of Ultrasound in Musculoskeletal Sports Medicine, The Affiliated Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510317, China.
Yu WangDepartment of Ultrasound, Institute of Ultrasound in Musculoskeletal Sports Medicine, The Affiliated Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510317, China.
Renhao XuDepartment of Ultrasound, Institute of Ultrasound in Musculoskeletal Sports Medicine, The Affiliated Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510317, China.
Yanni HeDepartment of Ultrasound, Institute of Ultrasound in Musculoskeletal Sports Medicine, The Affiliated Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510317, China.
Meijun ZhouDepartment of Ultrasound, Institute of Ultrasound in Musculoskeletal Sports Medicine, The Affiliated Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510317, China.
Zhengqiang YuanSchool of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510006, China.
Hongmei LiuDepartment of Ultrasound, Institute of Ultrasound in Musculoskeletal Sports Medicine, The Affiliated Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital of Jinan University, Guangzhou, 510317, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0641-7611

Funding

Featured Clinical Technique of Guangzhou 2023P-TS40Guangzhou Science and Technology Program 2023A03J0281Guangzhou Science and Technology Program 2024A03J0993Guangzhou Science and Technology Program 2025A03J4358National Natural Science Foundation of China 82071927National Natural Science Foundation of China 82102051National Natural Science Foundation of China 82173850National Natural Science Foundation of China 82202166National Natural Science Foundation of China 82371970Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province 2023A1515012664Talents' Plan Foundation of Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital 2024E003Talents' Plan Foundation of Guangdong Second Provincial General Hospital 2024F002
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Abstract

The lack of stem cells and difficulty in osteogenic differentiation are the primary challenges to treating bone defects. Stem cell gene therapy can efficiently replenish the number of stem cells and facilitate bone differentiation, but its security and efficacy remain challenging. The traditional ultrasound-targeted microbubble destruction (UTMD) technology with extracellular cavitation for gene transfection is safe but inefficient. Consequently, gas vesicles extracted from Halobacterium NRC-1 are used as carriers, incorporating nuclear localization signal, polyethyleneimine, and plasmid bone morphogenetic protein 2 (pBMP2). Then followed by internalization into bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) to produce engineered BMSCs, which exhibit significant capacity of lysosome escape and nuclear targeting. The permeability of the nuclear membrane is substantially enhanced by low-intensity pulsed ultrasound through intracellular cavitation, thereby increasing plasmid nuclear translocation efficiency and gene transfection efficiency by 284.7% and 131.6%, respectively, compared to conventional UTMD techniques. Besides, the expression of BMP2 is maintained for 21 days, promoting osteogenic differentiation of BMSCs and enhancing bone defect repair. In conclusion, this study provides a more secure, efficient, and regulated approach to BMSCs gene therapy for bone defects.

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Mesenchymal Stem CellsMesenchymal Stem Cell TransplantationTransfectionAnimalsBone Marrow CellsBone Morphogenetic Protein 2Cell DifferentiationCells, CulturedGenetic TherapyMicrobubblesOsteogenesisRatsTissue EngineeringUltrasonic WavesBone Morphogenetic Protein 2bone defectsbone mesenchymal stem cellsgas vesiclesgene transfectionultrasound‐targeted microbubble destruction

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PMID40734590
PMCPMC12561189

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