[Efficacy comparison between transplanting microenvironmental induced and non-induced bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells in ischemic rat hearts].
OBJECTIVE
To compare the efficacy of transplanting bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell (BMSC) or microenvironmental induced BMSC (iBMSC) into the ischemic myocardium of rats with myocardial infarction.


METHODS
iBMSC was defined as BMSC co-cultured with myocardial cells for 2 weeks. The stem cells or equal volume PBS were injected into ischemic border zone 1 wk after experimental infarction. Cardiac performance was evaluated at 1, 2, and 4 wk after cell transplantation by echocardiography and analyzed histologically at 4 wk after cell transplantations.


RESULTS
Compared with PBS group, both BMSC and iBMSC transplantations reduced infarct size. iBMSC enhanced the beneficial effects of BMSC on improving cardiac function (FS: 28.5% +/- 4.3% in PBS, 29.0% +/- 2.0% in BMSC and 45.1% +/- 3.1% in iBMSC group at 4 weeks post transplantation, iBMSC group vs. PBS group P < 0.05, iBMSC group vs. BMSC group P < 0.05). Immunofluorescence microscopy results revealed co-localization of SPIO-labeled transplanted cells with cardiac markers for cardiomyocytes, indicating regeneration of damaged myocardium.


CONCLUSIONS
Our data suggest that iBMSC implantation is more effective on improving cardiac function than BMSC implantation in this model. iBMSC might serve as a new promising therapeutic cell source for regenerating ischemic myocardium in patients with post-infarction heart failure.
Li
Xiao-hong
XH
Guangdong Provincial Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou 510080, China.
Fu
Yong-heng
YH
Liu
Zai-yi
ZY
Zhang
Guang-feng
GF
Dong
Guang-fu
GF
Lin
Qiu-xiong
QX
Yu
Xi-yong
XY
D000818:Animals; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D045164:Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000601:surgery*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D019172:Transplantation Conditioning