Published online before print September 7, 2006, doi: 10.1161/01.RES.0000244687.97719.4f
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Submitted on June 22, 2006
Revised on August 3, 2006
Accepted on August 29, 2006
Supportive Interaction Between Cell Survival Signaling and Angiocompetent Factors Enhances Donor Cell Survival and Promotes Angiomyogenesis for Cardiac Repair
Shujia Jiang ;
From the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Cincinnati, Ohio.
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: ashrafm{at}ucmail.uc.edu.
Akt is a major cell survival and angiogenic mediator downstream of angiopoietin-1 (Ang-1)/Tie-2 signaling pathway. We hypothesize that transplantation of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) co-overexpressing Ang-1 and Akt lead to better prognosis. Ang-1 and Akt genes were adenovirally transduced into MSCs from male Fischer rats. Cytoprotective effects of transgene overexpression in vitro were assessed by exposure of cells to 8 hours of anoxia. TUNEL and measurement of lactate dehydrogenase showed that MSCs co-overexpressing Ang-1 and Akt (MAAs) were more resistant to anoxia as compared with the nontransduced MSCs or those transduced with Ang-1 or Akt alone. For in vivo studies, after permanent coronary artery occlusion, animals were grouped (n=20/group) to receive intramyocardial injections of 70 µL of basal medium without cells (group 1) or containing 3x106 nontransduced MSCs (group 2) or MAAs (group 3). Four animals per group were euthanized on 4, 7, and 14 days after cell transplantation for molecular studies. Extensive survival of MAAs was observed in group 3, which continued to co-overexpress transgenes in rat heart at 2 weeks after cell transplantation. Immunohistology at 4 weeks revealed myogenic differentiation of donor cells at the site of cell graft. Blood vessel density was highest in the infarct and periinfarct regions in group 3 (P<0.05). Echocardiography at 4 weeks showed that heart function indices were significantly improved in group 3 (P<0.05), including ejection fraction and fractional shortening as compared with groups 1 and 2. We conclude that supportive interaction between Ang-1 and Akt during MSC transplantation gave better prognosis via enhanced cell survival, improved angiomyogenesis, and restored global cardiac function.
Key words: adult stem cells • Akt • angiogenesis • angiopoietin-1 • heart
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