Published online before print February 27, 2003, doi: 10.1161/01.RES.0000063425.51108.8D
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© 2003 American Heart Association, Inc.
Integrative Physiology |
Intravenous Administration of Human Bone Marrow Stromal Cells Induces Angiogenesis in the Ischemic Boundary Zone After Stroke in Rats
From the Department of Neurology (J.C., Z.G.Z., Y.L., L.W., M.C.), Division of Hematology/Oncology (Y.X.X., S.C.G.), Biostatistics and Research Epidemiology (M.L.), Henry Ford Health Sciences Center, Detroit, Mich; the Department of Antibody Technology (Z.Z.), ImClone Systems Incorporated, New York, NY; and the Department of Physics (M.C.), Oakland University, Rochester, Mich.
Correspondence to Michael Chopp, PhD, Neurology Research, E&R Bldg, Rm 3056, Henry Ford Hospital, 2799 W Grand Blvd, Detroit, MI 48202. E-mail chopp{at}neuro.hfh.edu
We tested the hypothesis that intravenous infusion of human bone marrow stromal cells (hMSCs) promotes vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) secretion, VEGF receptor 2 (VEGFR2) expression and angiogenesis in the ischemic boundary zone (IBZ) after stroke. hMSCs (1x106) were intravenously injected into rats 24 hours after middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAo). Laser scanning confocal microscopy (LSCM), immunohistochemistry and ELISA were performed to assay angiogenesis and levels of human and rat VEGF in the host brain, respectively. In addition, capillary-like tube formation was measured using mouse brain-derived endothelial cells (MBDECs). Morphological and three dimensional image analyses revealed significant (P<0.05) increases in numbers of enlarged and thin walled blood vessels and numbers of newly formed capillaries at the boundary of the ischemic lesion in rats (n=12) treated with hMSCs compared with numbers in rats (n=12) treated with PBS. ELISA measurements showed that treatment with hMSCs significantly (P<0.05) raised endogenous rat VEGF levels in the IBZ from 10.5±1.7 ng/mL in the control group to 17.5±1.6 ng/mL in the hMSC-treated group. In addition, treatment with hMSCs increased endogenous VEGFR2 immunoreactivity. In vitro, when MBDECs were incubated with the supernatant obtained from cultured hMSCs, capillary-like tube formation was significantly (P<0.01) induced. However, hMSC-induced capillary-like tube formation was significantly (P<0.01) inhibited when the endothelial cells were incubated with the supernatant from hMSCs in the presence of a neutralizing anti-VEGFR2. These data suggest that treatment of stroke with hMSCs enhances angiogenesis in the host brain and hMSC-enhanced angiogenesis is mediated by increases in levels of endogenous rat VEGF and VEGFR2.
Key Words: middle cerebral artery occlusion • bone marrow stromal cell • angiogenesis • vascular endothelial growth factor • rats
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