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Open Access 01-02-2013 | Original Paper

Comparison of the myocardial clearance of endothelial progenitor cells injected early versus late into reperfused or sustained occlusion myocardial infarction

Authors: Andrea J. Mitchell, Eric Sabondjian, Kimberley J. Blackwood, Jane Sykes, Lela Deans, Qingping Feng, Robert Z. Stodilka, Frank S. Prato, Gerald Wisenberg

Published in: The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging | Issue 2/2013

Abstract

Stem cell transplantation following AMI has shown promise for the repair or reduction of the amount of myocardial injury. There is some evidence that these treatment effects appear to be directly correlated to cell residence time. This study aims to assess the effects of (a) the timing of stem cell injection following myocardial infarction, and (b) flow milieu, on cell residence times at the site of transplantation by comparing three time points (day of infarction, week 1 and week 4–5), and two models of acute myocardial infarction (sustained occlusion or reperfusion). Twenty-one dogs received 2 injections of 30 million endothelial progenitor cells. The first injections were administered by epicardial (n = 8) or endocardial injection (n = 13) either on the day of infarction (n = 15) or at 1 week (n = 6). The second injections were administered by only endocardial injection (n = 18) 4 weeks following the first injection. Cell clearance half-lives were comparable between early and late injections. However, transplants into sustained occlusion infarcts resulted in slower cell clearance 77.1 ± 6.1 (n = 18) versus reperfused 59.4 ± 2.9 h (n = 21) p = 0.009. Sustained occlusion infarcts had longer cell retention in comparison to reperfusion whereas the timing of injection did not affect clearance rates. If the potential for myocardial regeneration associated with cell transplantation is, at least in part, linked to cell residence times, then greater benefit may be observed with transplants into infarcts associated with persistent coronary artery occlusion.

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Title: Comparison of the myocardial clearance of endothelial progenitor cells injected early versus late into reperfused or sustained occlusion myocardial infarction
Authors: Andrea J. Mitchell
Eric Sabondjian
Kimberley J. Blackwood
Jane Sykes
Lela Deans
Qingping Feng
Robert Z. Stodilka
Frank S. Prato
Gerald Wisenberg
Publication date: 01-02-2013
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published in: The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging / Issue 2/2013
Print ISSN: 1569-5794
Electronic ISSN: 1875-8312
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10554-012-0086-5

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