期刊
CARDIOVASCULAR RESEARCH
卷 84, 期 2, 页码 317-325出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvp215
关键词
Stem cells; Bone marrow transplantation; Endothelial NOS deficiency; Hypertension
资金
- NHLBI, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
Aims Bone marrow (BM)-derived endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) in the circulation replace damaged vascular endothelium. We assessed the hypothesis that a BM transplant from healthy animals would restore normal arterial endothelium and prevent hypertension in young endothelial nitric oxide synthase-deficient (eNOS(-/-)) mice. Methods and results Radiation or busulfan-induced BM ablation in eNOS(-/-) mice on day 6, day 14, or day 28 was followed by a BM transplant consisting of enhanced green fluorescent protein positive (EGFP(+)) cells from C57BL/6J mice. Peripheral blood cell chimerism was always greater than 85% at 4 months after BM transplant. Molecular assays of heart, kidney, and liver revealed low-level chimerism in all treatment groups, consistent with residual circulating EGFP+ blood cells. When aorta, coronary, renal, hepatic, and splenic arteries in BM-transplanted eNOS(-/-) mice were examined by confocal microscopy, there were no EGFP- or eNOS-positive endothelial cells detected in these vessels in any of the treatment groups. Likewise, telemetry did not detect any reduction in blood pressure. Thus, no differences were observed in our measurements using several different treatment protocols. Conclusion We found no evidence for BM-derived EPIC renewal of endothelium in this eNOS-deficient mouse model of a chronic vascular disease or in wild-type mice during postnatal growth. Hence, renewal of chronic dysfunctional endothelium and endothelial homeostasis may be dependent on resident vascular progenitor cells.
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