scholarly journals Reduced Ischemic Brain Injury by Partial Rejuvenation of Bone Marrow Cells in Aged Rats

2010 ◽  
Vol 31 (3) ◽  
pp. 855-867 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akihiko Taguchi ◽  
Pengxiang Zhu ◽  
Fang Cao ◽  
Akie Kikuchi-Taura ◽  
Yukiko Kasahara ◽  
...  

Circulating bone marrow-derived immature cells, including endothelial progenitor cells, have been implicated in homeostasis of the microvasculature. Decreased levels of circulating endothelial progenitor cells, associated with aging and/or cardiovascular risk factors, correlate with poor clinical outcomes in a range of cardiovascular diseases. Herein, we transplanted bone marrow cells from young stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR-SP) into aged SHR-SP, the latter not exposed to radiation or chemotherapy. Analysis of recipient peripheral blood 28 days after transplantation revealed that 5% of circulating blood cells were of donor origin. Cerebral infarction was induced on day 30 posttransplantation. Animals transplanted with bone marrow from young SHR-SP displayed an increase in density of the microvasculature in the periinfarction zone, reduced ischemic brain damage and improved neurologic function. In vitro analysis revealed enhanced activation of endothelial nitric oxide synthase and reduced activation p38 microtubule-associated protein (MAP) kinase, the latter associated with endothelial apoptosis, in cultures exposed to bone marrow-derived mononuclear cells from young animals versus cells from aged counterparts. Our findings indicate that partial rejuvenation of bone marrow from aged rats with cells from young animals enhances the response to ischemic injury, potentially at the level of endothelial/vascular activation, providing insight into a novel approach ameliorate chronic vascular diseases.

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yuming Zhang ◽  
Yasushi Adachi ◽  
Masayoshi Iwasaki ◽  
Keizo Minamino ◽  
Yasuhiro Suzuki ◽  
...  

PLoS ONE ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (9) ◽  
pp. e107127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang Lu ◽  
Yiyi Gong ◽  
Jie Lian ◽  
Ling Wang ◽  
James D. Kretlow ◽  
...  

2009 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 933-943 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Rosell ◽  
Ken Arai ◽  
Josephine Lok ◽  
Tongrong He ◽  
Shuzhen Guo ◽  
...  

Endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) may provide novel opportunities for therapeutic angiogenesis after ischemic diseases. However, it is unclear how the angiogenic potential of EPCs might be affected by an inflammatory environment. We examine how the potent cytokine interleukin-1β (IL-1β) affects angiovasculogenic responses in EPCs in culture. Mononuclear cells isolated from mouse spleen were plated on fibronectin-coated wells and grown in EGM-2 MV media. Endothelial progenitor cells were phenotyped using multiple markers (UEA-Lectin, ac-LDL, CD133, CD34, vWillebrand Factor, Flk-1) and to identify the IL-1 Receptor-I. We quantified cell and colony counts and performed MTT (3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)2,5-diphenyl-tetrazolium bromide) and Matrigel assays, in vitro, under control and IL-1β (10 ng/mL) conditions. Endothelial progenitor cells exposed to IL-1β increased in the number of cells and colonies compared with untreated cells, without any effect on cell metabolic integrity. Furthermore, IL-1β treatment augmented EPC angiogenic function, significantly increasing the number of vessel-like structures in the Matrigel assay. An early phosphorylation of ERK1/2 occurred after IL-1β stimulation, and this pathway was inhibited if IL-1 Receptor-I was blocked. Our results suggest that IL-1β is a potent stimulator of in vitro angiogenesis through ERK signaling in mouse EPCs. Further studies are warranted to assess how interactions between proinflammatory environments and EPC responses may be leveraged to enhance therapeutic angiogenesis.


2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 69-76
Author(s):  
Sara Shoeibi ◽  
Shabnam Mohammadi ◽  
Hamid Reza Sadeghnia ◽  
Elahe Mahdipour ◽  
Majid Ghayour-Mobarhan

Blood ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 95 (2) ◽  
pp. 581-585 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vishwanath Bhattacharya ◽  
Peter A. McSweeney ◽  
Qun Shi ◽  
Benedetto Bruno ◽  
Atsushi Ishida ◽  
...  

The authors have shown accelerated endothelialization on polyethylene terephthalate (PET) grafts preclotted with autologous bone marrow. Bone marrow cells have a subset of early progenitor cells that express the CD34 antigen on their surfaces. A recent in vitro study has shown that CD34+ cells can differentiate into endothelial cells. The current study was designed to determine whether CD34+ progenitor cells would enhance vascular graft healing in a canine model. The authors used composite grafts implanted in the dog's descending thoracic aorta (DTA) for 4 weeks. The 8-mm × 12-cm composite grafts had a 4-cm PET graft in the center and 4-cm standard ePTFE grafts at each end. The entire composite was coated with silicone rubber to make it impervious; thus, the PET segment was shielded from perigraft and pannus ingrowth. There were 5 study grafts and 5 control grafts. On the day before surgery, 120 mL bone marrow was aspirated, and CD34+ cells were enriched using an immunomagnetic bead technique, yielding an average of 11.4 ± 5.3 × 106. During surgery, these cells were mixed with venous blood and seeded onto the PET segment of composite study grafts; the control grafts were treated with venous blood only. Hematoxylin and eosin, immunocytochemical, and AgNO3staining demonstrated significant increases of surface endothelialization on the seeded grafts (92% ± 3.4% vs 26.6% ± 7.6%; P = .0001) with markedly increased microvessels in the neointima, graft wall, and external area compared with controls. In dogs, CD34+ cell seeding enhances vascular graft endothelialization; this suggests practical therapeutic applications.


Blood ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 110 (11) ◽  
pp. 1535-1535 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elisa Bonetti ◽  
Vittorio Rosti ◽  
Laura Villani ◽  
Rita Campanelli ◽  
Gaetano Bergamaschi ◽  
...  

Abstract Bone marrow and spleen neoangiogenesis is a relevant feature of patients with myelofibrosis (MF). We have previously reported that patients with MF have an increased percentage of circulating endothelial progenitor cells (EPC) assessed as CD34+CD133+VEGFR2+ cells compared with patients with other Ph-negative myeloproliferative disorders (polycythemia vera, PV, and essential thrombocytemia, ET) and healthy subjects. However, neither the functional activity of these putative EPC nor their belonging to the malignant clone have been yet fully characterized. In order to address these issues we have grown in vitro EPC-derived colonies from the peripheral blood (PB) of 36 patients with MF, 9 patients with PV or ET and 10 healthy subjects. Seventeen MF patients harbored a V617F JAK-2 mutation (8 heterozygous and 9 homozygous) whereas 2 patients showed a W515L MPL mutation (both heterozygous). Eight out of 9 PV/ET patients had a V617F JAK-2 mutation (5 heterozygous and 3 homozygous). Mononuclear cells were cultured in collagen coated 6 well plates in the presence of EBM-2MV medium according to Ingram et al (Blood104:2752; 2004). The endothelial origin of the colonies was ascertained by assessment of the expression of CD105, CD146, CD144, CD31, vWf, VEGFR-2, CD14 and CD45 antigens. V617F JAK-2 and W515L MPL mutations were assessed by PCR, followed by enzymatic digestion, of endothelial cells after tripsinization of the EPC-derived colonies. The median frequency (number of colonies per 107 mononuclear cells plated) of EPC-derived colonies was statistically higher in MF patients (0.25, range 0–8.1) compared to healthy subjects (0.05, 0–0.3; P=0.037), but not different form that of PV/ET patients (0, 0–4.4; P=NS). Immunophenotyping confirmed that the cells expressed the endothelial antigens CD105, CD146, CD144, CD31, vWf, and VEGFR-2 but not the hematopoietic specific antigens CD45 and CD14. The capacity of colony-derived endothelial cells of MF patients to form capillary-like structures in the Matrigel assay was not different from that of healthy subjects. No correlation was found between the number of colonies and the mutational status of either JAK-2 or MPL. In 11 MF patients harboring either a JAK-2 (n=9) or a MPL (n=2) mutation, colony growth was observed and PCR was performed on EPC-derived colonies. In 0/9 and 0/2 cases neither JAK-2 nor MPL mutations were found, respectively. In addition, no V617F JAK-2 mutation was found in the EPC-derived colonies of 8 PV/ET patients who carried the mutation in their granulocytes. Taken together, our data show that patients with MF have an increased frequency of EPC in their PB compared to healthy subjects and that these mobilized EPC are not clonally-related to the JAK-2 or MPL mutated clone. Whether or not circulating EPC derive from an earlier progenitor cell compared to the one in which the JAK-2/MPL mutations arise remains to be determined.


Blood ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 110 (11) ◽  
pp. 89-89
Author(s):  
Veerendra Munugalavadla ◽  
Emily C. Sims ◽  
Stephen D. Lenz ◽  
Reuben Kapur

Abstract Oncogenic activation-loop mutants of KIT, the receptor for stem cell factor (SCF), are commonly observed in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and systemic mastocytosis (SM); however, unlike the KIT juxtamembrane mutants (found in patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumors [GISTs]), the activation-loop mutants are commonly insensitive to inhibition by tyrosine kinase inhibitors. Furthermore, little is known about the signaling pathways that contribute to oncogenic KIT-induced transformation in SM or AML. We demonstrate that expression of KITD814V (KIT activation-loop mutant) in primary hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells induces constitutive KIT autophosphorylation, promotes ligand-independent hyperproliferation, skews myeloid differentiation towards the granulocytic lineage, and promotes promiscuous cooperation with multiple cytokines, including G-CSF, M-CSF and IL-3. KITD814V expressing primary mast cells also demonstrated hyperproliferation in response to SCF, IL-3, IL-4 and IL-10. Biochemical analyses of KITD814V expressing cells revealed constitutively elevated levels of phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase (PI3K) and its downstream substrate, the Rho family GTPase Rac. Genetic disruption of p85a, the regulatory subunit of class IA PI-3Kinase, but not of p85β, or genetic disruption of the hematopoietic cell-specific Rho GTPase, Rac2, normalized KITD814V-induced ligand independent hyperproliferation in vitro. Additionally, deficiency of p85α or Rac2 corrected the promiscuous hyperproliferation observed in response to multiple cytokines in both KITD814V expressing stem/progenitor cells as well as mast cells in vitro. Although p85α is hyperphosphorylated and constitutively bound to KITD814V in bone marrow cells in vitro; its physiologic role in transformation in vivo is not known. To address this, we generated a new mouse model to study KITD814V induced transformation in myeloid cells as opposed to previously described models that primarily result in the generation of phenotypes resembling acute lymphocytic leukemia via this mutation. Our results show that transplantation of KITD814V expressing bone marrow cells from C57/BL6 strain of mice into syngeneic recipients results in a fatal myeloproliferative disease (MPD) characterized by leukocytosis, splenomegaly, disruption of the splenic architecture as well as myeloid cell infiltration in the lung and liver. Importantly, in this model, transplantation of KITD814V expressing p85α deficient bone marrow cells rescued the MPD phenotype, including splenomegaly, peripheral blood leukocytosis and the reduced life span associated with the transplantation of KITD814V expressing wildtype bone marrow cells. Treatment of KITD814V-expressing hematopoietic progenitors with either a Rac inhibitor (NC23766) or rapamycin showed a dose-dependent suppression in KITD814V induced growth. Taken together, our results describe the generation of a new murine transplant model to study KITD814V induced transformation and identify p85a and Rac2 as potential novel therapeutic target for the treatment of KITD814V-bearing diseases including SM and AML.


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