Human Cardiosphere-Derived Cells From Advanced Heart Failure Patients Exhibit Augmented Functional Potency in Myocardial Repair

Objectives This study sought to compare the regenerative potency of cells derived from healthy and diseased human hearts. Background Results from pre-clinical studies and the CADUCEUS (CArdiosphere-Derived aUtologous stem CElls to reverse ventricUlar dySfunction) trial support the notion that cardio...

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Published in:	JACC. Heart failure 2014-02, Vol.2 (1), p.49-61
Main Authors:	Cheng, Ke, PhD, Malliaras, Konstantinos, MD, Smith, Rachel Ruckdeschel, PhD, Shen, Deliang, MD, PhD, Sun, Baiming, MS, Blusztajn, Agnieszka, BS, Xie, Yucai, MD, PhD, Ibrahim, Ahmed, MS, Aminzadeh, Mohammad Amin, MD, Liu, Weixin, MS, Li, Tao-Sheng, MD, PhD, De Robertis, Michele A., BS, Marbán, Linda, PhD, Czer, Lawrence S.C., MD, Trento, Alfredo, MD, Marbán, Eduardo, MD, PhD
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Language:	eng
Subjects:	Adult Aged Animals Cardiomyopathies - physiopathology cardiosphere-derived cells Cardiovascular Extracellular Matrix Female Graft Survival - physiology Heart - physiology heart failure Heart Failure - physiopathology Humans Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins - metabolism Male Mice, SCID Middle Aged myocardial infarction Myocardial Infarction - physiopathology Myocytes, Cardiac - physiology Neovascularization, Physiologic - physiology Oxidative Stress - physiology patient characteristics Regeneration - physiology Stem Cell Transplantation - methods Stem Cells - physiology stromal cell-derived factor 1 Transplantation, Autologous
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Summary:	Objectives This study sought to compare the regenerative potency of cells derived from healthy and diseased human hearts. Background Results from pre-clinical studies and the CADUCEUS (CArdiosphere-Derived aUtologous stem CElls to reverse ventricUlar dySfunction) trial support the notion that cardiosphere-derived cells (CDCs) from normal and recently infarcted hearts are capable of regenerating healthy heart tissue after myocardial infarction (MI). It is unknown whether CDCs derived from advanced heart failure (HF) patients retain the same regenerative potency. Methods In a mouse model of acute MI, we compared the regenerative potential and functional benefits of CDCs derived from 3 groups: 1) non-failing (NF) donor: healthy donor hearts post-transplantation; 2) MI: patients who had an MI 9 to 35 days before biopsy; and 3) HF: advanced cardiomyopathy tissue explanted at cardiac transplantation. Results Cell growth and phenotype were identical in all 3 groups. Injection of HF CDCs led to the greatest therapeutic benefit in mice, with the highest left ventricular ejection fraction, thickest infarct wall, most viable tissue, and least scar 3 weeks after treatment. In vitro assays revealed that HF CDCs secreted higher levels of stromal cell-derived factor (SDF)-1, which may contribute to the cells' augmented resistance to oxidative stress, enhanced angiogenesis, and improved myocyte survival. Histological analysis indicated that HF CDCs engrafted better, recruited more endogenous stem cells, and induced greater angiogenesis and cardiomyocyte cell-cycle re-entry. CDC-secreted SDF-1 levels correlated with decreases in scar mass over time in CADUCEUS patients treated with autologous CDCs. Conclusions CDCs from advanced HF patients exhibit augmented potency in ameliorating ventricular dysfunction post-MI, possibly through SDF-1–mediated mechanisms.
ISSN:	2213-1779 2213-1787