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Induced bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells improve cardiac performance of infarcted rat hearts

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We investigated whether transplantation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSC) with induced BMSC (iBMSC) or uninduced BMSC (uBMSC) into the myocardium could improve the performance of post-infarcted rat hearts. BMSCs were specified by flowcytometry. IBMSCs were cocultured with rat cardiomyocyte before transplantation. Cells were injected into borders of cardiac scar tissue 1 week after experimental infarction. Cardiac performance was evaluated by echocardiography at 1, 2, and 4 weeks after cellular or PBS injection. Langendorff working-heart and histological studies were performed 4 weeks after treatment. Myogenesis was detected by quantitative PCR and immunofluorescence. Echocardiography showed a nearly normal ejection fraction (EF) in iBMSC-treated rats and all sham control rats but a lower EF in all PBS-treated animals. The iBMSC-treated heart, assessed by echocardiography, improved fractional shortening compared with PBS-treated hearts. The coronary flow (CF) was decreased obviously in PBS and uBMSC-treated groups, but recovered in iBMSC-treated heart at 4 weeks (P < 0.01). Immunofluorescent microscopy revealed co-localization of Superparamagnetic iron oxide (SPIO)-labeled transplanted cells with cardiac markers for cardiomyocytes, indicating regeneration of damaged myocardium. These data provide strong evidence that iBMSC implantation is of more potential to improve infarcted cardiac performance than uBMSC treatment. It will open new promising therapeutic opportunities for patients with post-infarction heart failure.

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The project was supported by Grants from National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 30900610, 30672077, 30772142), the National Key Basic Research Program (NKBRP) of China (No. 2006CB503806) and Guangdong Provincial Natural Science Foundation (Nos. 9451008002003467, 8251008004000001, 06020831, 06020821).

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  1. Medical Research Center, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangdong Provincial Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, 96 Dongchuan Road, Weilun Bldg, Guangzhou, 510080, People’s Republic of China

    Xiao-Hong Li, Yong-Heng Fu, Qiu-Xiong Lin, Zhi-Xin Shan, Chun-Yu Deng, Jie-Ning Zhu, Min Yang, Shu-Guang Lin & Xi-Yong Yu

  2. Department of Radiology, Guangdong General Hospital, Guangzhou, 510080, People’s Republic of China

    Zai-Yi Liu

  3. Texas Heart Institute and University of Texas Health Science Center, 6770 Bertner Avenue, Houston, TX, 77030, USA

    Yangxin Li

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Li, XH., Fu, YH., Lin, QX. et al. Induced bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells improve cardiac performance of infarcted rat hearts. Mol Biol Rep 39, 1333–1342 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11033-011-0867-2

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