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Cytokine-induced mobilization of circulating endothelial progenitor cells enhances repair of injured arteries.

Publication ,  Journal Article
Kong, D; Melo, LG; Gnecchi, M; Zhang, L; Mostoslavsky, G; Liew, CC; Pratt, RE; Dzau, VJ
Published in: Circulation
October 5, 2004

BACKGROUND: The existence of circulating endothelial progenitor cells (CEPCs) has previously been documented. These cells can be mobilized by cytokines and are recruited to sites of injury, where they may participate in tissue repair. In the present study, we examined the hypothesis that mobilization of CEPCs by exogenous granulocyte-colony stimulating factor (G-CSF) enhances repair of injured arteries by facilitating reendothelialization and inhibiting neointima development. METHODS AND RESULTS: Male rats were injected daily with 50 microg/kg recombinant human G-CSF or 0.9% NaCl SC for 8 days. On the fifth day of treatment, 1 mL of blood was collected for fluorescence-activated cell sorting analysis of mononuclear cells, and the animals underwent balloon angioplasty of the common carotid artery. The animals were killed at 2 or 4 weeks after injury, and the carotid arteries were harvested and processed for immunohistochemistry, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and morphometric analysis of endothelialization and neointimal formation. G-CSF increased the number of circulating mononuclear cells that express endothelial cell lineage markers several-fold. SEM and immunohistochemical staining with the endothelial marker, platelet and endothelial cell adhesion molecule-1, showed rapid and nearly complete (>90%) reendothelialization of the denuded vessels in the G-CSF-treated animals compared with <20% in the control animals. Reendothelialization was paralleled by a decrease in inflammation in the vessel wall. Neointima thickness was reduced by approximately 60% in the G-CSF-treated animals compared with control animals at 2 and 4 weeks after injury. CONCLUSIONS: We postulate that cytokine-induced mobilization of CEPCs may be a suitable therapeutic strategy for prevention of restenosis after revascularization procedures.

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Published In

Circulation

DOI

EISSN

1524-4539

Publication Date

October 5, 2004

Volume

110

Issue

14

Start / End Page

2039 / 2046

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Wound Healing
  • Vasculitis
  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2
  • Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1
  • Tunica Intima
  • Splenectomy
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Rats
  • Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1
 

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Kong, D., Melo, L. G., Gnecchi, M., Zhang, L., Mostoslavsky, G., Liew, C. C., … Dzau, V. J. (2004). Cytokine-induced mobilization of circulating endothelial progenitor cells enhances repair of injured arteries. Circulation, 110(14), 2039–2046. https://doi.org/10.1161/01.CIR.0000143161.01901.BD
Kong, Deling, Luis G. Melo, Massimiliano Gnecchi, Lunan Zhang, Gustavo Mostoslavsky, Chong C. Liew, Richard E. Pratt, and Victor J. Dzau. “Cytokine-induced mobilization of circulating endothelial progenitor cells enhances repair of injured arteries.Circulation 110, no. 14 (October 5, 2004): 2039–46. https://doi.org/10.1161/01.CIR.0000143161.01901.BD.
Kong D, Melo LG, Gnecchi M, Zhang L, Mostoslavsky G, Liew CC, et al. Cytokine-induced mobilization of circulating endothelial progenitor cells enhances repair of injured arteries. Circulation. 2004 Oct 5;110(14):2039–46.
Kong, Deling, et al. “Cytokine-induced mobilization of circulating endothelial progenitor cells enhances repair of injured arteries.Circulation, vol. 110, no. 14, Oct. 2004, pp. 2039–46. Pubmed, doi:10.1161/01.CIR.0000143161.01901.BD.
Kong D, Melo LG, Gnecchi M, Zhang L, Mostoslavsky G, Liew CC, Pratt RE, Dzau VJ. Cytokine-induced mobilization of circulating endothelial progenitor cells enhances repair of injured arteries. Circulation. 2004 Oct 5;110(14):2039–2046.

Published In

Circulation

DOI

EISSN

1524-4539

Publication Date

October 5, 2004

Volume

110

Issue

14

Start / End Page

2039 / 2046

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Wound Healing
  • Vasculitis
  • Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor Receptor-2
  • Vascular Cell Adhesion Molecule-1
  • Tunica Intima
  • Splenectomy
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Rats
  • Platelet Endothelial Cell Adhesion Molecule-1