Intravenous hMSCs improve myocardial infarction in mice because cells embolized in lung are activated to secrete the anti-inflammatory protein TSG-6. Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Quantitative assays for human DNA and mRNA were used to examine the paradox that intravenously (i.v.) infused human multipotent stromal cells (hMSCs) can enhance tissue repair without significant engraftment. After 2 x 10(6) hMSCs were i.v. infused into mice, most of the cells were trapped as emboli in lung. The cells in lung disappeared with a half-life of about 24 hr, but <1000 cells appeared in six other tissues. The hMSCs in lung upregulated expression of multiple genes, with a large increase in the anti-inflammatory protein TSG-6. After myocardial infarction, i.v. hMSCs, but not hMSCs transduced with TSG-6 siRNA, decreased inflammatory responses, reduced infarct size, and improved cardiac function. I.v. administration of recombinant TSG-6 also reduced inflammatory responses and reduced infarct size. The results suggest that improvements in animal models and patients after i.v. infusions of MSCs are at least in part explained by activation of MSCs to secrete TSG-6.

published proceedings

  • Cell Stem Cell

altmetric score

  • 26.468

author list (cited authors)

  • Lee, R. H., Pulin, A. A., Seo, M. J., Kota, D. J., Ylostalo, J., Larson, B. L., ... Prockop, D. J.

citation count

  • 1417

complete list of authors

  • Lee, Ryang Hwa||Pulin, Andrey A||Seo, Min Jeong||Kota, Daniel J||Ylostalo, Joni||Larson, Benjamin L||Semprun-Prieto, Laura||Delafontaine, Patrice||Prockop, Darwin J

publication date

  • January 2009