Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
Volume 24, Issue 3, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms24032076
Keywords
extracellular vesicles; hypoxia-modified; myocardial ischemia; coronary microcirculation
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Hypoxia-modified extracellular vesicle (EV) therapy enhances contractility, capillary density, and angiogenic signaling pathways in chronic myocardial ischemia compared to normoxia serum-starved EV therapy.
We have previously shown that normoxia serum-starved extracellular vesicle (EV) therapy improves myocardial function, perfusion, and angiogenesis in a swine model of chronic myocardial ischemia. Hypoxia-modified EVs have increased abundance of anti-oxidant, pro-angiogenic, and pro-survival proteins. The purpose of this study is to investigate the differential effects of normoxia serum-starved EVs and hypoxia-modified EVs on myocardial function, perfusion, and microvascular density in chronically ischemic myocardium. Yorkshire swine underwent placement of an ameroid constrictor to the left circumflex artery to induce chronic myocardial ischemia. Two weeks later, the pigs underwent intramyocardial injection of either normoxia serum-starved EVs (NOR, n = 10) or hypoxia-modified EVs (HYP, n = 7). Five weeks later, pigs were euthanized, and ischemic myocardium was harvested. Hypoxia EV treatment was associated with improved contractility compared to NOR, as well as improved capillary density, without changes in arteriolar density. There were trends towards improved perfusion at rest and during pacing in the HYP group compared to NOR. Ischemic myocardium in the HYP group had increased pro-angiogenic Akt and ERK signaling and decreased expression of anti-angiogenic markers compared to the NOR group. In the setting of chronic myocardial ischemia, hypoxia-modified EVs may enhance contractility, capillary density, and angiogenic signaling pathways compared to normoxia serum-starved EVs.
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