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ABSTRACT: Background/aims
Chronic myocardial infarction (MI) results in the formation of arrhythmogenic substrates, causing lethal ventricular arrhythmia (VA). We aimed to determine whether mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) carrying a hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) gene modification (HGF-MSCs) decrease the levels of arrhythmogenic substrates and reduce the susceptibility to developing VA compared with unmodified MSCs and PBS in a swine infarction model.Methods
The left descending anterior artery was balloon-occluded to establish an MI model. Four weeks later, the randomly grouped pigs were administered MSCs, PBS or HGF-MSCs via thoracotomy. After an additional four weeks, dynamic electrocardiography was performed to assess heart rate variability, and programmed electrical stimulation was conducted to evaluate the risk for VA. Then, the pigs were euthanized for morphometric, immunofluorescence and western blot analyses.Results
The HGF-MSC group displayed the highest vessel density and Cx43 expression levels, and the lowest levels of apoptosis, and tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) and growth associated protein 43 (GAP43) expression. Moreover, the HGF-MSC group exhibited a decrease in the number of sympathetic nerve fibers, substantial decreases in the low frequency and the low-/high- frequency ratio and increases in the root mean square of successive differences (rMSSD) and the percentage of successive normal sinus R-R intervals longer than 50 ms (pNN50), compared with the other two groups. Finally, the HGF-MSC group displayed the lowest susceptibility to developing VA.Conclusion
HGF-MSCs displayed potent antiarrhythmic effects, reducing the risk for VA.
SUBMITTER: Zhang J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4216066 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhang Jian J Wang Lin-Lin LL Du Wei W Yu Yi-Chao YC Ju Wei-Zhu WZ Man Yi-Long YL Li Xiao-Rong XR Chen Yan Y Wang Zi-Dun ZD Gu Wei-Juan WJ Zhang Feng-Xiang FX Wang Hua H Wu Chu-Tse CT Cao Ke-Jiang KJ
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<h4>Background/aims</h4>Chronic myocardial infarction (MI) results in the formation of arrhythmogenic substrates, causing lethal ventricular arrhythmia (VA). We aimed to determine whether mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) carrying a hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) gene modification (HGF-MSCs) decrease the levels of arrhythmogenic substrates and reduce the susceptibility to developing VA compared with unmodified MSCs and PBS in a swine infarction model.<h4>Methods</h4>The left descending anterior arte ...[more]