Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN, 55905, USA.
Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University, Harbin, 150001, People's Republic of China.
Stem Cell Rev Rep. 2023 Apr;19(3):700-712. doi: 10.1007/s12015-022-10473-2. Epub 2022 Nov 7.
Atherosclerotic renovascular disease (RVD) leads to hypertension, chronic kidney disease (CKD), and heart disease. Intrarenal delivery of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and MSC-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) attenuate renal injury and suppress release of inflammatory cytokines in porcine RVD. We hypothesized that this strategy would also be useful for cardioprotection. Pigs with renovascular hypertension and metabolic syndrome were studied 4 weeks after treatment with a single intrarenal infusion of autologous MSCs, EVs, or vehicle. Cardiac structure and function were assessed in vivo, and myocardial remodeling and expression of the pro-fibrotic factor growth factor receptor-bound protein-2 (Grb2) were measured ex-vivo. Inflammatory cytokine levels were measured in the systemic circulation and myocardial tissue. Blood pressure was elevated in all RVD groups, but serum creatinine increased in RVD and decreased in both RVD + MSCs and RVD + EVs. RVD-induced diastolic dysfunction (lower E/A ratio) was normalized in both MSCs- and EVs- treated pigs. Intrarenal delivery of MSCs and EVs also attenuated RVD-induced myocardial fibrosis, collagen deposition, and Grb2 expression, yet EVs restored capillary density and inflammation more effectively than MSCs. These observations suggest that autologous EVs attenuate cardiac injury in experimental RVD more effectively than their parent MSCs.
动脉粥样硬化性肾血管疾病(RVD)可导致高血压、慢性肾脏病(CKD)和心脏病。肾内输送间充质干细胞(MSCs)和 MSC 衍生的细胞外囊泡(EVs)可减轻猪 RVD 的肾脏损伤并抑制炎症细胞因子的释放。我们假设这种策略也将对心脏保护有用。在进行单侧肾内输注自体 MSCs、EVs 或载体治疗 4 周后,对患有肾血管性高血压和代谢综合征的猪进行研究。对心脏结构和功能进行体内评估,对心肌重构和促纤维化因子生长因子受体结合蛋白 2(Grb2)的表达进行离体测量。测量全身循环和心肌组织中的炎症细胞因子水平。所有 RVD 组的血压均升高,但 RVD 组的血清肌酐升高,RVD+MSCs 和 RVD+EVs 组的血清肌酐降低。MSC 和 EV 治疗均可使 RVD 诱导的舒张功能障碍(较低的 E/A 比值)正常化。肾内输送 MSCs 和 EVs 还可减轻 RVD 诱导的心肌纤维化、胶原沉积和 Grb2 表达,但 EVs 比 MSCs 更有效地恢复毛细血管密度和炎症。这些观察结果表明,自体 EVs 比其母本 MSCs 更有效地减轻实验性 RVD 中的心脏损伤。