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- Title
In situ delivery of bone marrow cells and mesenchymal stem cells improves cardiovascular function in hypertensive rats submitted to myocardial infarction.
- Authors
De Macedo Braga, Luisa Maria Gomes; Lacchini, Silvia; Schaan, Beatriz D'Agord; Rodrigues, Bruno; Rosa, Kaleizu; De Angelis, Kátia; Borges, Luciano Figueiredo; Irigoyen, Maria Cláudia; Nardi, Nance Beyer
- Abstract
This work aimed to evaluate cardiac morphology/function and histological changes induced by bone marrow cells (BMCs) and cultured mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) injected at the myocardium of spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) submitted to surgical coronary occlusion. Female syngeneic adult SHR, submitted (MI) or not (C) to coronary occlusion, were treated 24 h later with in situ injections of normal medium (NM), or with MSCs (MSC) or BMCs (BM) from male rats. The animals were evaluated after 1 and 30 days by echocardiography, histology of heart sections and PCR for the Y chromosome. Improved ejection fraction and reduced left ventricle infarcted area were observed in MSC rats as compared to the other experimental groups. Treated groups had significantly reduced lesion tissue score, increased capillary density and normal (not-atrophied) myocytes, as compared to NM and C groups. The survival rate was higher in C, NM and MSC groups as compared to MI and BM groups. In situ injection of both MSCs and BMCs resulted in improved cardiac morphology, in a more physiological model of myocardial infarction represented by surgical coronary occlusion of spontaneously hypertensive rats. Only treatment with MSCs, however, ameliorated left ventricle dysfunction, suggesting a positive role of these cells in heart remodeling in infarcted hypertensive subjects.
- Subjects
BONE marrow cells; STEM cells; CARDIOVASCULAR system; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY rats; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MUSCLE cells
- Publication
Journal of Biomedical Science, 2008, Vol 15, Issue 3, p365
- ISSN
1021-7770
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11373-008-9237-z