title: Colony-forming cells in rat myocardium after destructive exposure and intramyocardial transplantation of bone marrow cells.
abstract: The content of colony-forming cells in myocardial cell culture from the perinecrotic zone of rat heart was evaluated on day 40 after cryodestruction. The mean cellularity after cryodestruction was 12-fold lower than in intact animals. Intramyocardial transplantation of bone marrow cells (mononuclears, mesenchymal stem cells, and mesenchymal stem cells treated with 5-azacitidine) into the perinecrotic zone increased the content of colony-forming cells. After transplantation of mesenchymal stem cells and mesenchymal stem cells treated with 5-azacitidine, the number of colonies reached 33 +/- 7 and 11 +/- 3, the mean cellularity being 2975 +/- 80 and 1105 +/- 42 cells/cm2, respectively. Hence, intramyocardial transplantation of mesenchymal stem cells created an appreciable pool of colony-forming cells in the myocardial perinecrotic zone. Treatment with 5-azacitidine reduced survival of mesenchymal stem cells after intramyocardial transplantation.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cardiology, Tomsk Research Center, Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Tomsk.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Afanas'yev
authors.forename: I N
authors.initials: IN
authors.lastname: Sviridov
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Shakhov
authors.forename: L P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Falaleyeva
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Popov
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Karpov
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D003080:Cold Temperature / Q000009:adverse effects; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000166:cytology; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000166:cytology / Q000473:pathology; D032383:Myocytes, Cardiac / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D012038:Regeneration / Q000502:physiology; D013234:Stem Cells