Functional tissue-engineered blood vessels from bone marrow progenitor cells |
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Authors: | Liu Jin Yu Swartz Daniel D Peng Hao Fan Gugino Sylvia F Russell James A Andreadis Stelios T |
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Affiliation: | Bioengineering Laboratory, 908 Furnas Hall, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Amherst, NY 14260, USA. |
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Abstract: | OBJECTIVE: Stem cells have significant potential for development of cell-based therapeutics for cardiovascular tissue regeneration. METHODS: We developed a novel method for isolating smooth muscle cells (SMC) from ovine bone marrow using a tissue-specific promoter and fluorescence-activated cell sorting. RESULTS: As compared to vascular SMC, bone marrow-derived smooth muscle progenitor cells (BM-SMPC) exhibited similar morphology, showed higher proliferation potential and expressed several SMC markers including alpha-actin, calponin, myosin heavy chain, smoothelin, caldesmon and SM22. When embedded in fibrin hydrogels, BM-SMPC contracted the matrix and displayed receptor- and non-receptor-mediated contractility, indicating that BM-SMPC can generate force in response to vasoreactive agonists. We also prepared tissue-engineered blood vessels from BM-SMPC and BM-derived endothelial cells and implanted them into the jugular veins of lambs. As early as five weeks post-implantation, grafted tissues displayed a confluent endothelial layer overlaying the medial layer in which BM-SMPC were aligned circumferentially and synthesized significant amounts of collagen. In contrast to previous results with vascular SMC, BM-SMPC synthesized high amounts of elastin that was organized in a fibrillar network very similar to that of native vessels. CONCLUSIONS: Our results suggest that BM-SMPC may be useful in studying SMC differentiation and have high potential for development of cell therapies for the treatment of cardiovascular disease. |
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