Journal
CIRCULATION
Volume 120, Issue 11, Pages S238-S246Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.885236
Keywords
stem cells; metabolism; myocardial infarct
Funding
- NHLBI NIH HHS [R01 HL095077-01A1, R01 HL067828-07, HL 67828, R01 HL050470, R01 HL050470-13, HL95077, R01 HL067828, HL50470, R01 HL095077, U01 HL100407] Funding Source: Medline
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Background-Using a swine model of postinfarction left ventricle (LV) remodeling, we investigated marrow-derived, multipotent progenitor cell (MPC) transplantation into hearts with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) via a novel transarterial catheter. Methods and Results-The left anterior descending coronary artery was balloon-occluded after percutaneous transluminal angiography to generate AMI (60-minute no-flow ischemia). The transarterial catheter was then placed in the same coronary artery, and either 50 X 10(6) MPCs (cell group, n = 6) or saline (control, n = 6) was injected into the border zone (BZ) myocardium. LV function was assessed by magnetic resonance imaging before AMI and at 1 and 4 weeks after AMI, whereas myocardial energy metabolism was assessed by P-31-magnetic resonance spectroscopy at week 4. One week after AMI, the ejection fraction was significantly reduced in both groups from a baseline of approximate to 50% to 31.3 +/- 3.9% (cell group) and 33.3 +/- 3.1% (control). However, at week 4, the cell group had a significant recovery in ejection fraction. The functional improvements were accompanied by a significant improvement in myocardial bioenergetics. Histologic data demonstrated a 0.55% cell engraftment rate 4 weeks after MPC transplantation. Only 2% of engrafted cells were costaining positive for cardiogenic markers. Vascular density in the BZ was increased in the cell group. Conditioned medium from cultured MPCs contained high levels of vascular endothelial growth factor, which was increased in response to hypoxia. MPCs cocultured with cardiomyocytes inhibited changes in cardiomyocyte mitochondrial membrane potential and cytochrome c release induced by tumor necrosis factor-alpha. Conclusions-Thus, a paracrine effect may contribute significantly to the observed therapeutic effects of MPC transplantation. (Circulation. 2009; 120[suppl 1]: S238-S246.)
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