Mesenchymal stem cells as professional actors in gastrointestinal cancer therapy: From Naïve to genetically modified

Document Type : Review Article

Authors

1 School of Medicine, AJA University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran

2 Non-Communicable Diseases Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

3 Department of Biology, School of Science, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

4 School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

5 Department of Cellular & Molecular Biology, Isfahan University, Isfahan, Iran

6 Department of Applied Cell Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kashan University of Medical Sciences, Kashan, Iran

7 Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran

8 Department of Anatomy and Embryology, School of Medicine, Bam University of Medical Sciences, Bam, Iran

9 Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Qom, Qom, Iran

Abstract

Considering the high incidence and mortality rate of gastrointestinal cancers (GIs) worldwide and partial success of the current available GI cancer treatments, there is a necessity to discover more effective approaches in cancer therapy. The failure in conventional therapies seems to be related to the resistance of cancer cells to chemotherapy, inability to target tumor cells especially in metastatic cancers, deficient drug concentrations in tumor sites, and unfavorable effects on pivotal non-malignant bodily tissues following systemic administration. In this context, we need an appropriate carrier for the delivery of therapeutic agents specifically to the GI cancer site. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), a prominent cell-based strategy for cancer treatment, overcome various cancer therapy limitations and could be used as vehicles to deliver many anticancer agents such as therapeutic genes (DNA or interference RNA), oncolytic viruses, and chemotherapeutic or nanoparticle drugs. Moreover, secreted molecules of unmodified MSCs lead to deregulation of several proteins and different signaling pathways eradicating cancer cells. In the present review, at first, we overview the characteristics and utility of MSCs in cancer therapy, secondly, we discuss the application of naïve MSCs and utilization of MSCs in the delivery of therapeutic agents in GI cancer therapy and, finally, more information about harnessing of genetically modified MSCs in GI cancer treatment will be presented.

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