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Circulation Research. 2007;100:e1-e11
Published online before print November 22, 2006, doi: 10.1161/01.RES.0000253487.02398.85
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Bone Marrow Oct3/4+ Cells Differentiate Into Cardiac Myocytes via Age-Dependent Paracrine Mechanisms

Benedetta A. Pallante, Inga Duignan, Daniel Okin, Andrew Chin, Michael C. Bressan, Takashi Mikawa, Jay M. Edelberg

From the Departments of Medicine (B.A.P., I.D., D.O., A.C., M.C.B., J.M.E.) and Cell and Developmental Biology (J.M.E.), Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York; and Cardiovascular Research Institute and Department of Anatomy (T.M.), School of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco.

Correspondence to Jay M. Edelberg, GlaxoSmithKline. E-mail jay.m.edelberg{at}gsk.com

The mechanisms that govern the capacity of the bone marrow stem cells to generate cardiac myocytes are still unknown. Herein we demonstrate that the cardiomyogenic potential of bone marrow–derived Oct3/4+/cKit+/–/CXCR4+/–/CD34–/Sca1– cells is governed by age-dependent paracrine/juxtacrine platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF) pathways. Specifically, bone marrow cell cultures from both 3- and 18-month-old mice formed aggregates of Oct3/4+ cells circumscribed by PDGFR{alpha}+/Oct3/4–/Sca1+ cells. In young (3-month) bone marrow cell cultures, induction of PDGF-AB preceded the induction of cardiac genes and was required for the generation of cardiomyogenesis. Indeed, in old (18-month) cultures, diminished PDGF-B induction was associated with impaired cardiomyogenic potential, despite having Oct3/4 levels similar to those in the young cells. Importantly, supplementation with PDGF-AB specifically restored the cardiac differentiation capacity of the old bone marrow cells. Together these results demonstrate that, regardless of age, the bone marrow niche contains Oct3/4 stem cells that are capable of differentiating into cardiac myocytes. Moreover, this differentiation is governed by age-dependent PDGF-AB–mediated paracrine/juxtacrine pathways that may be essential in the translation of bone marrow cell–mediated cardiomyogenesis.


Key Words: bone marrow • stem cells • myogenesis • Oct3/4 • PDGF




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