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Ann Thorac Surg 2007;83:1110-1119
© 2007 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, and Heart and Stroke Foundation/Richard Lewar Centre of Excellence, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Accepted for publication October 20, 2006.
* Address correspondence to Dr Yau, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, 4N-470, 200 Elizabeth St, Toronto, ON M5G 2C4, Canada (Email: terry.yau{at}uhn.on.ca).
Background: We evaluated the synergism of transient vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) overexpression on angiogenesis and left ventricular (LV) function after bone marrow cell (BMC) transplantation, to determine the potential of multimodal cell-based gene therapy for myocardial repair.
Methods: Female Lewis rats underwent coronary ligation 3 weeks before transplantation with male donor BMC, BMC transfected with VEGF (BMC+VEGF), bFGF (BMC+bFGF), VEGF and bFGF (BMC+VEGF+bFGF), or medium (control) (n = 3 each group at 3 days, 1 week and 2 weeks; n = 6 each group at 4 weeks; n = 75 total). Three days, 1 week, 2 weeks, and 4 weeks after transplantation, transgene expression was quantitated by real-time polymerase chain reaction, angiogenesis by quantitative histology, and LV function by echocardiography. At 4 weeks, regional perfusion was quantitated with microspheres.
Results: The VEGF and bFGF were expressed transiently over 4 weeks. At 1 week, VEGF expression was greatest in BMC+VEGF and BMC+VEGF+bFGF hearts (p < 0.05), while bFGF expression was greatest in BMC+bFGF and BMC+VEGF+bFGF rats (p < 0.05). Regional perfusion and vascular densities in the scar were lowest in control, intermediate in BMC, BMC+VEGF, BMC+bFGF, and greatest in BMC+VEGF+bFGF (p < 0.05). Four weeks after transplantation, LV ejection fraction was lowest in control, intermediate in BMC, BMC+VEGF and BMC+bFGF, and greatest in BMC+VEGF+bFGF (p < 0.05).
Conclusions: The VEGF and bFGF transgenes were expressed transiently and exerted a powerful synergism on the angiogenic effect of cell transplantation, but did not normalize perfusion or function. The future of cell transplantation may lie in multimodal cell-based gene therapy, in combination with other novel therapies.
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