Iqbal Farwah, Johnston Alexander, Wyse Brandon, Rabani Razieh, Mander Poonam, Hoseini Banafshe, Wu Jun, Li Ren-Ke, Gauthier-Fisher Andrée, Szaraz Peter, Librach Clifford
Create Fertility Centre, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Virginia Tech Carillion School of Medicine, Roanoke, VA, USA.
NPJ Regen Med. 2023 Aug 25;8(1):45. doi: 10.1038/s41536-023-00321-3.
Cell-based therapeutics are promising interventions to repair ischemic cardiac tissue. However, no single cell type has yet been found to be both specialized and versatile enough to heal the heart. The synergistic effects of two regenerative cell types including endothelial colony forming cells (ECFC) and first-trimester human umbilical cord perivascular cells (FTM HUCPVC) with endothelial cell and pericyte properties respectively, on angiogenic and regenerative properties were tested in a rat model of myocardial infarction (MI), in vitro tube formation and Matrigel plug assay. The combination of FTM HUCPVCs and ECFCs synergistically reduced fibrosis and cardiomyocyte apoptosis, while promoting favorable cardiac remodeling and contractility. These effects were in part mediated by ANGPT2, PDGF-β, and VEGF-C. PDGF-β signaling-dependent synergistic effects on angiogenesis were also observed in vitro and in vivo. FTM HUCPVCs and ECFCs represent a cell combination therapy for promoting and sustaining vascularization following ischemic cardiac injury.
基于细胞的疗法是修复缺血性心脏组织的有前景的干预措施。然而,尚未发现单一细胞类型既具有足够的特异性又具有足够的多功能性来治愈心脏。分别具有内皮细胞和周细胞特性的两种再生细胞类型,即内皮祖细胞集落形成细胞(ECFC)和孕早期人脐带血管周围细胞(FTM HUCPVC),对血管生成和再生特性的协同作用在心肌梗死(MI)大鼠模型、体外管形成和基质胶栓试验中进行了测试。FTM HUCPVC和ECFC的组合协同减少纤维化和心肌细胞凋亡,同时促进良好的心脏重塑和收缩力。这些作用部分由ANGPT2、PDGF-β和VEGF-C介导。在体外和体内也观察到了PDGF-β信号依赖性对血管生成的协同作用。FTM HUCPVC和ECFC代表了一种用于促进和维持缺血性心脏损伤后血管化的细胞联合疗法。