Rationale: Aging is one of the most significant risk factors for cardiovascular diseases, and the incidence of myocardial ischemia increases dramatically with age. Some studies have reported that cardiosphere-derived cells (CDCs) could benefit the injured heart. Nevertheless, the convincing evidence on CDC-induced improvement of aging heart is still limited.
Objective: In this study, we tested whether the CDCs isolated from neonatal mice could benefit cardiac function in aging mice.
Methods And Results: We evaluated cardiac function of PBS- (n=15) and CDC-injected (n=19) aging mice. Echocardiography indicated that left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (57.46%±3.57% versus 57.86%±2.44%) and LV fraction shortening (30.67%±2.41% versus 30.51%±1.78%) showed similar values in PBS- and CDC-injected mice. The diastolic wall thickness of LV was significantly increased after CDC injection, resulting in reduced diastolic LV volume. The pulse-wave Doppler and tissue Doppler imaging indicated that aging mice receiving PBS or CDC injection presented similar values of the peak early transmitral flow velocity, the peak late transmitral flow velocity, the ratio of the peak early transmitral flow velocity to the peak late transmitral flow velocity, and the ratio of the peak early transmitral flow velocity to the peak early diastolic mitral annular velocity, respectively. Pressure-volume loop experiment indicated that the LV end-diastolic pressure-volume relationship and end-systolic pressure-volume relationship were comparable in both PBS- and CDC-injected mice. Postmortem analysis of aging mouse hearts showed similar fibrotic degree in the 2 groups. In addition, the aging markers showed comparable expression levels in both PBS- and CDC-injected mice. The systemic aging performance measures, including exercise capacity, hair regrowth capacity, and inflammation, showed no significant improvement in CDC-injected mice. Finally, the telomere length was comparable between PBS- and CDC-injected mice.
Conclusions: Together, these results indicate that CDCs do not improve heart function and systemic performances in aging mice.
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