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J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2000;120:999-1006
© 2000 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery


Surgery for Acquired Cardiovascular Disease

Marrow stromal cells for cellular cardiomyoplasty: Feasibility and potential clinical advantages

Jih-Shiuan Wang, MDa,b, Dominique Shum-Tim, MDa, Jacques Galipeau, MD, PhDc, Edgar Chedrawy, MDa, Nicoletta Eliopoulos, PhDc, Ray C.-J. Chiu, MD, PhDa

From the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, McGill University,a the Division of Hematology Oncology, Jewish General Hospital/McGill University,c Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and the Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Yang-Ming University/ Veterans General Hospital,b Taipei, Taiwan.

Received for publication May 11, 2000. Revisions requested June 14, 2000; revisions received July 6, 2000. Accepted for publication July 18, 2000. Address for reprints: Ray C.-J. Chiu, MD, The Montreal General Hospital, 1650 Cedar Ave, Room C9-169, Montreal, Quebec, Canada H3G 1A4 (E-mail: rchiu{at}po-box.mcgill.ca).

Abstract

Objectives: Marrow stromal cells are mesenchymal stem cells able to differentiate into cardiomyocytes in vitro. We tested the hypothesis that marrow stromal cells, when implanted into myocardium, can undergo milieu-dependent differentiation and express cardiomyogenic phenotypes in vivo.
Methods: Isogenic adult rats were used as donors and recipients to simulate autologous transplantation. Marrow stromal cells isolated from donor leg bones were culture-expanded, labeled with 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole, and then injected into the myocardium of the recipients. The hearts were harvested from 4 days to 12 weeks after implantation, and the implant sites were examined to identify the phenotypes of the labeled marrow stromal cells.
Results: Viable cells labeled with 4',6-diamidino-2-phenylindole can be identified in host myocardium at all time points after implantation. Implanted marrow stromal cells show the growth potential in a myocardial environment. After 4 weeks, donor cells derived from marrow stromal cells demonstrate myogenic differentiation with the expression of sarcomeric myosin heavy chain and organized contractile proteins. Positive staining for connexin 43 indicates the formation of gap junctions, which suggests that cells derived from marrow stromal cells, as well as native cardiomyocytes, are connected by intercalated disks.
Conclusions: Different cell sources have been used as donor cells for cellular cardiomyoplasty. Our findings indicate that marrow stromal cells can also be used as donor cells. In an appropriate microenvironment they will exhibit cardiomyogenic phenotypes and may replace native cardiomyocytes lost by necrosis or apoptosis. Because marrow stromal cells can be obtained repeatedly by bone marrow aspiration and expanded vastly in vitro before being implanted or used as autologous implants, and because their use does not call for immunosuppression, the clinical use of marrow stromal cells for cellular cardiomyoplasty appears to be most advantageous.




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