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The Structural Basis of Functional Improvement in Response to Human Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplantation in Hearts With Postinfarct LV Remodeling.
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Cell transplantation [Cell Transplant] 2015; Vol. 24 (6), pp. 971-83. Date of Electronic Publication: 2013 Dec 10. - Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Cellular therapy for myocardial repair has been one of the most intensely investigated interventional strategies for acute myocardial infarction. Although the therapeutic potential of stem cells has been demonstrated in various studies, the underlying mechanisms for such improvements are poorly understood. In the present study, we investigated the long-term effects of stem cell therapy on both myocardial fiber organization and regional contractile function using a rat model of postinfarct remodeling. Human nonhematopoietic umbilical cord blood stem cells (nh-UCBSCs) were administered via tail vein to rats 2 days after infarct surgery. Animals were maintained without immunosuppressive therapy. In vivo and ex vivo MR imaging was performed on infarct hearts 10 months after cell transplantation. Compared to the age-matched rats exposed to the identical surgery, both global and regional cardiac functions of the nh-UCBSC-treated hearts, such as ejection fraction, ventricular strain, and torsion, were significantly improved. More importantly, the treated hearts exhibited preserved fiber orientation and water diffusivities that were similar to those in sham-operated control hearts. These data provide the first evidence that nh-UCBSC treatment may prevent/delay untoward structural remodeling in postinfarct hearts, which supports the improved LV function observed in vivo in the absence of immunosuppression, suggesting a beneficial paracrine effect occurred with the cellular therapy.
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- Animals
Body Weight
Diastole
Fluorescent Antibody Technique
Heart Function Tests
Hemodynamics
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine
Male
Myocardial Infarction pathology
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit metabolism
Rats, Inbred Lew
Stem Cells cytology
Cord Blood Stem Cell Transplantation
Myocardial Infarction physiopathology
Myocardial Infarction therapy
Myocardium pathology
Ventricular Remodeling
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1555-3892
- Volume :
- 24
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Cell transplantation
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 24332083
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3727/096368913X675746