中国组织工程研究 ›› 2018, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (25): 3937-3943.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.0952

• 骨髓干细胞 bone marrow stem cells •    下一篇

Apelin干预骨髓间充质干细胞移植治疗改善心肌梗死后心功能

侯婧瑛,龙会宝,陈旭翔,汪 蕾,郭天柱,郑韶欣,钟婷婷,伍权华,吴 浩,王 彤   

  1. 中山大学孙逸仙纪念医院急诊科,广东省广州市 510120
  • 修回日期:2018-03-22 出版日期:2018-09-08 发布日期:2018-09-08
  • 通讯作者: 侯婧瑛,博士,主治医师,中山大学孙逸仙纪念医院急诊科,广东省广州市 510120
  • 作者简介:侯婧瑛,女,1985年生,安徽省庐江县人,汉族,2017年中山大学孙逸仙纪念医院毕业,博士,主治医师,主要从事干细胞与心血管疾病方面的研究。
  • 基金资助:

    国家自然科学基金(81700242)“lncRNA-H19/miR-199a-5p/VEGF通路在apelin促进MSCs生存和血管再生改善心梗后心衰中的作用及机制研究”;广东省科技计划项目(2017A020215176)“Apelin激活PI3K/AKT经lncRNA-H19/miR-199a-5p/VEGF途径促进MSCs生存和血管再生改善心肌梗死后心力衰竭机制研究”;广东省医学科研基金(A2016264)“心肌干细胞经由HIF-1α/Apelin/APJ/ACE2通路下调ANGII改善心肌梗死大鼠心电生理学稳定性的机制研究”;广东省医学科研基金(A2017001)“Apelin经PI3K/AKT/miR-199a-5p/ VEGF通路促进骨髓间充质干细胞生存和血管再生改善心肌梗死后心力衰竭机制研究”

Apelin combined with bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells transplantation improves cardiac function after myocardial infarction

Hou Jing-ying, Long Hui-bao, Chen Xu-xiang, Wang Lei, Guo Tian-zhu, Zheng Shao-xin, Zhong Ting-ting, Wu Quan-hua, Wu Hao, Wang Tong   

  1. Department of Emergency, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510120, Guangdong Province, China
  • Revised:2018-03-22 Online:2018-09-08 Published:2018-09-08
  • Contact: Hou Jing-ying, Department of Emergency, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510120, Guangdong Province, China
  • About author:Hou Jing-ying, M.D., Attending physician, Department of Emergency, Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510120, Guangdong Province, China
  • Supported by:

    the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 81700242; the Science and Technology Research Project of Guangdong Province, No. 2017A020215176; the Medical Science Research Foundation of Guangdong Province, No. A2016264, A2017001

摘要:

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文题释义:
Apelin/APJ:
血管紧张素受体AT1相关的受体蛋白(putative receptor protein related to the angiotensin receptor AT1,APJ)是G蛋白耦联大家族中的一种跨膜蛋白。Apelin是APJ的内源性配体,与APJ构成apelin/APJ系统。Apelin/APJ被证实参与心血管功能的调节。研究发现,apelin在体内促进心肌梗死后新生血管的形成。不仅如此,apelin亦可促进骨髓间充质干细胞在体外缺氧条件下的生存和血管再生。
PI3K/AKT信号通路:广泛存在于真核动物细胞中,被认为是细胞内最重要的生存通路。PI3K/AKT调节众多重要的细胞过程如细胞发育、增殖、凋亡及分化等。研究表明PI3K/AKT对骨髓间充质干细胞生存和血管再生具有促进作用。PI3K/AKT是apelin发挥作用的一个重要下游信号。目前已发现apelin介导的一些生物学效应包括增强骨髓间充质干细胞生存、促进新生血管形成以及上调血管内皮生长因子表达均与PI3K/AKT激活密切相关。

 

摘要
背景:
课题组前期研究发现血管紧张素受体AT1相关的受体蛋白内源性配体(apelin)能够促进骨髓间充质干细胞(mesenchymal stem cells,MSCs)在体外缺血缺氧条件下的生存和血管再生。
目的:采用体内实验探讨apelin联合MSCs移植治疗对心肌梗死后心功能的影响及相关机制。  
方法:开胸结扎50只C57BL/6小鼠左前降支冠状动脉并随机分为5组:MSCs组、MSCs+apelin组、sh-APJ MSCs+apelin组、apelin组和PBS组。模型建立2周后,对动物进行第2次开胸手术,MSCs组于局部梗死心肌内注射单纯的MSCs,MSCs+apelin组和sh-APJ MSCs+apelin组分别注射MSCs以及sh-APJ MSCs并且均连续腹腔内注射2周apelin-13,PBS组心肌内注射不含MSCs的PBS。各组治疗前及治疗2周后检测心功能。实验结束后,摘取心脏检测左心室心肌组织梗死边缘区的MSCs生存和血管再生情况以及相关因子的表达。
结果与结论:①与治疗前比较,治疗2周后MSCs组、MSCs+apelin组、sh-APJ MSCs+apelin组、apelin组左室射血分数明显增加(P < 0.01),左室舒张末期内径、左室收缩末期内径显著减小(P < 0.01);其中MSCs+apelin组以上指标改善最显著(P < 0.01);②与MSCs组和sh-APJ MSCs+apelin组相比,MSCs+apelin组梗死边缘区PKH26阳性细胞和CD31阳性细胞的平均光密度值显著增高,且PKH26和CD31双阳性细胞占PKH26阳性细胞的比例显著增加(P < 0.01);③与MSCs组和sh-APJ MSCs+apelin组相比较,MSCs+apelin组APJ、AKT、pAKT以及VEGFA表达显著增加,而MSCs组和sh-APJ MSCs+apelin组在上述各项指标表达方面差异均无显著性意义(P > 0.05);④以上提示apelin能够通过与其受体APJ结合改善MSCs在心肌梗死局部组织中的生存和血管再生,从而进一步提高心肌梗死后心功能,此效应与VEGFA表达上调相关,PI3K/AKT的激活可能在其中起到一定的调控作用。

中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点:干细胞;骨髓干细胞;造血干细胞;脂肪干细胞;肿瘤干细胞;胚胎干细胞;脐带脐血干细胞;干细胞诱导;干细胞分化;组织工程
ORCID:
0000-0003-0492-2216(侯婧瑛)

关键词: 血管紧张素受体AT1相关的受体蛋白内源性配体, 骨髓间充质干细胞, 心肌梗死, 蛋白激酶B, 血管内皮生长因子, 干细胞, 国家自然科学基金

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Our previous work demonstrated that apelin could promote bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) survival and vascularization under hypoxic-ischemic conditions in vitro.
OBJECTIVE: To explore the effect of apelin combined with BMSCs transplantation on cardiac function after myocardial infarction and the relevant mechanisms.
METHODS: Fifty C57BL/6 mice with myocardial infarction were induced by the left anterior descending coronary artery ligation. Animal models were then randomized into five groups: BMSCs, BMSCs+apelin, sh-APJ BMSCs+apelin, apelin and PBS groups. Two weeks after modeling, the mice in the former four groups were subjected to secondary thoracotomy, BMSCs group was given intramyocardial injection of sole BMSCs. BMSCs+apelin and sh-APJ BMSCs+apelin groups were given intramyocardial injection of BMSCs and sh-APJ BMSCs respectively, in combination with intraperitoneal injection of apelin-13 for 2 weeks consecutively. Mice in the PBS group received intramyocardial injection of PBS without BMSCs. Cardiac function of mice was evaluated before and 2 weeks after treatment. MSCs survival and vascularization in the infarct border zone were examined, and the expression of relevant factors was detected thereafter.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: (1) At 2 weeks after treatment, the cardiac function of mice was obviously improved in the former four groups in contrast with the baseline, especially in the BMSCs+apelin group; Left ventricular ejection fraction was significantly increased (P < 0.01), and left ventricular end diastolic diameter and left ventricular end systolic diameter were significantly reduced (P < 0.01). (2) Compared with BMSCs and sh-APJ BMSCs+apelin groups, the average optical density of PKH26- and CD31-positive BMSCs in the infarct border zone was significantly enhanced in the BMSCs+apelin group. Moreover, the percentage of CD31 and PKH26 double positive cells to the PKH26-positive BMSCs was considerably increased (P < 0.01). (3) The expression levels of APJ, AKT, pAKT and VEGFA were significantly increased in the BMSCs+apelin group compared with the BMSCs and sh-APJ BMSCs+apelin groups (P < 0.01). However, there was no difference in the above biomarkers between the BMSCs and sh-APJ BMSCs+apelin groups. It was concluded that apelin could combine with APJ to promote BMSCs survival and vascularization in the infarcted myocardial tissues, thereby further improving cardiac function post myocardial infarction. This effect was associated with the up-regulation of VEGFA. Activation of PI3K/AKT signaling pathway was likely to exert some functions in the above procedure.

中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点:干细胞;骨髓干细胞;造血干细胞;脂肪干细胞;肿瘤干细胞;胚胎干细胞;脐带脐血干细胞;干细胞诱导;干细胞分化;组织工程

Key words: Bone Marrow, Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation, Myocardial Infarction, Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A, Tissue Engineering

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