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Human cardiosphere-derived cells from advanced heart failure patients exhibit augmented functional potency in myocardial repair.

AbstractOBJECTIVES:
This study sought to compare the regenerative potency of cells derived from healthy and diseased human hearts.
BACKGROUND:
Results from pre-clinical studies and the CADUCEUS (CArdiosphere-Derived aUtologous stem CElls to reverse ventricUlar dySfunction) trial support the notion that cardiosphere-derived cells (CDCs) from normal and recently infarcted hearts are capable of regenerating healthy heart tissue after myocardial infarction (MI). It is unknown whether CDCs derived from advanced heart failure (HF) patients retain the same regenerative potency.
METHODS:
In a mouse model of acute MI, we compared the regenerative potential and functional benefits of CDCs derived from 3 groups: 1) non-failing (NF) donor: healthy donor hearts post-transplantation; 2) MI: patients who had an MI 9 to 35 days before biopsy; and 3) HF: advanced cardiomyopathy tissue explanted at cardiac transplantation.
RESULTS:
Cell growth and phenotype were identical in all 3 groups. Injection of HF CDCs led to the greatest therapeutic benefit in mice, with the highest left ventricular ejection fraction, thickest infarct wall, most viable tissue, and least scar 3 weeks after treatment. In vitro assays revealed that HF CDCs secreted higher levels of stromal cell-derived factor (SDF)-1, which may contribute to the cells' augmented resistance to oxidative stress, enhanced angiogenesis, and improved myocyte survival. Histological analysis indicated that HF CDCs engrafted better, recruited more endogenous stem cells, and induced greater angiogenesis and cardiomyocyte cell-cycle re-entry. CDC-secreted SDF-1 levels correlated with decreases in scar mass over time in CADUCEUS patients treated with autologous CDCs.
CONCLUSIONS:
CDCs from advanced HF patients exhibit augmented potency in ameliorating ventricular dysfunction post-MI, possibly through SDF-1–mediated mechanisms.
AuthorsKe Cheng, Konstantinos Malliaras, Rachel Ruckdeschel Smith, Deliang Shen, Baiming Sun, Agnieszka Blusztajn, Yucai Xie, Ahmed Ibrahim, Mohammad Amin Aminzadeh, Weixin Liu, Tao-Sheng Li, Michele A De Robertis, Linda Marbán, Lawrence S C Czer, Alfredo Trento, Eduardo Marbán
JournalJACC. Heart failure (JACC Heart Fail) Vol. 2 Issue 1 Pg. 49-61 (Feb 2014) ISSN: 2213-1787 [Electronic] United States
PMID24511463 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins
Topics
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Animals
  • Cardiomyopathies (physiopathology)
  • Extracellular Matrix
  • Female
  • Graft Survival (physiology)
  • Heart (physiology)
  • Heart Failure (physiopathology)
  • Humans
  • Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins (metabolism)
  • Male
  • Mice, SCID
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardial Infarction (physiopathology)
  • Myocytes, Cardiac (physiology)
  • Neovascularization, Physiologic (physiology)
  • Oxidative Stress (physiology)
  • Regeneration (physiology)
  • Stem Cell Transplantation (methods)
  • Stem Cells (physiology)
  • Transplantation, Autologous

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