Journal
CIRCULATION
Volume 121, Issue 20, Pages 2211-2220Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.109.928796
Keywords
angiogenesis; capillaries; ischemia; kidney; stem cells
Funding
- National Institutes of Health [DK73299, DK84077, DK87389]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [30771006]
- Heilongjiang Overseas Scholar Foundation 2006
- China Postdoctoral Foundation 2007
- Scientific Research Foundation of State Education Ministry for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars
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Background-Understanding the mechanisms of repair and regeneration of the kidney after injury is of great interest because there are currently no therapies that promote repair, and kidneys frequently do not repair adequately. We studied the capacity of human CD34(+) hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPCs) to promote kidney repair and regeneration using an established ischemia/reperfusion injury model in mice, with particular focus on the microvasculature. Methods and Results-Human HSPCs administered systemically 24 hours after kidney injury were selectively recruited to injured kidneys of immunodeficient mice (Jackson Labs, Bar Harbor, Me) and localized prominently in and around vasculature. This recruitment was associated with enhanced repair of the kidney microvasculature, tubule epithelial cells, enhanced functional recovery, and increased survival. HSPCs recruited to kidney expressed markers consistent with circulating endothelial progenitors and synthesized high levels of proangiogenic cytokines, which promoted proliferation of both endothelial and epithelial cells. Although purified HSPCs acquired endothelial progenitor markers once recruited to the kidney, engraftment of human endothelial cells in the mouse capillary walls was an extremely rare event, indicating that human stem cell mediated renal repair is by paracrine mechanisms rather than replacement of vasculature. Conclusions-These studies advance human HSPCs as a promising therapeutic strategy for promoting renal repair after injury. (Circulation. 2010; 121: 2211-2220.)
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