Effects of periostin-overexpressed mesenchymal stem cells for cardiac regeneration in ischemic hearts
Other Titles
허혈 심장에서 심장 재생을 위한 페리오스틴 과발현 중간엽 줄기세포의 효과
Authors
조윤형
Issue Date
2012
Description
Dept. of Medicine/박사
Abstract
Many approaches have shown beneficial effects of modified mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) for treatment of infarcted myocardium, but have primarily focused on enhancing the survival of transplanted MSCs. Here, we show the dual benefits of periostin-overexpressing MSCs (p-MSCs) for infarcted myocardium. P-MSCs led to the marked histological and functional recovery of infarcted myocardium by enhancing survival of MSCs and directly preventing apoptosis of cardiomyocytes. Survival of p-MSCs themselves and cardiomyocytes co-cultured with p-MSCs or treated with the conditioned media from p-MSCs was significantly increased under hypoxic conditions. Decreases in adhesion-related integrins were reversed in cardiomyocytes co-cultured with p-MSCs, followed by increases in p-PI3K and Akt, indicating that periostin activates the PI3K pathway through adhesion-related integrins. When p-MSCs were injected into myocardial infarcted rats, histological pathology and cardiac function were significantly improved compared to MSC-injected controls. Thus, periostin might be an innovative target of therapeutic treatments using MSCs as carriers for infarcted myocardium.