Therapy of Chronic Cardiosclerosis in WAG Rats Using Cultures of Cardiovascular Cells Enriched with Cardiac Stem Cell

Bull Exp Biol Med. 2015 Nov;160(1):165-73. doi: 10.1007/s10517-015-3119-y. Epub 2015 Nov 24.

Abstract

We developed a protocol for preparing cardiac cell culture from rat heart enriched with regional stem cells based on clonogenic properties and proliferation in culture in a medium with low serum content. Experiments on WAG rats with experimental ischemic myocardial damage showed that implantation of autologous regional stem cells into the left ventricle reduced the volume of cicatricial tissue, promoted angiogenesis in the damaged zone, and prevented the risk of heart failure development.

Keywords: cardiac stem cells; cell therapy; myocardial infarction.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Antigens, Differentiation / analysis
  • Antigens, Differentiation / genetics
  • Cell Differentiation
  • Cell Division
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Culture Media / pharmacology
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Fetal Blood
  • Genes, Reporter
  • Heart Atria / cytology
  • Heart Failure / prevention & control
  • Heart Ventricles
  • Lectins / metabolism
  • Lipoproteins, LDL / metabolism
  • Male
  • Multipotent Stem Cells / cytology
  • Multipotent Stem Cells / drug effects
  • Myocardial Ischemia / surgery*
  • Myocardium / pathology
  • Myocytes, Cardiac / cytology
  • Myocytes, Smooth Muscle / cytology
  • Myofibroblasts / cytology
  • Neovascularization, Physiologic
  • Pericytes / cytology
  • Rats
  • Rats, Inbred Strains
  • Sclerosis
  • Stem Cell Transplantation*

Substances

  • Antigens, Differentiation
  • Culture Media
  • Lectins
  • Lipoproteins, LDL
  • acetyl-LDL