High number of transplanted stem cells improves myocardial recovery after AMI in a porcine model.

Scand Cardiovasc J

Department of Surgery, Clinical Research Center, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland and Department of Surgery, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu , Finland.

Published: April 2015

Objective: The clinical data considering the bone marrow mononuclear cell (BMMNC) therapy in treatment for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) are controversial and the mechanisms remain unknown. Our objective was to study the cardiac function and changes in cytokine levels after administration of BMMNC in experimental AMI model.

Design: Unlabeled or Super-Paramagnetic-Iron-Oxide-labeled BMMNCs or saline was injected into myocardium of 31 pigs after circumflex artery occlusion. Ejection fraction (EF) was measured preoperatively, postoperatively and at 21 days by echocardiography. Cardiac MRI was performed postoperatively and after 21 days in 7 BMMNC animals. Serum cytokine levels were measured at baseline, 24 h and 21 days. Cellular homing was evaluated comparing MRI and histology.

Results: From baseline to 21 days EF decreased less in BMMNC group (EF mean control -19 SD 12 vs. BMMNC -4 SD 15 percentage points p = 0.02). Cytokine concentrations showed high variability between the animals. MRI correlated with histology in cell detection and revealed BMMNCs in the infarction area. By MRI, EF improved 11 percentage points. The improvement in EF was associated with the number of transplanted BMMNCs detected in the myocardium.

Conclusion: BMMNC injection after AMI improved cardiac function. Quantity of transplanted BMMNCs correlated with the improvement in cardiac function after AMI.

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