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. 2015 Feb 13;116(4):633-41.
doi: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.116.304564. Epub 2014 Nov 14.

Circulating cells contribute to cardiomyocyte regeneration after injury

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Circulating cells contribute to cardiomyocyte regeneration after injury

Jasmine M F Wu et al. Circ Res. .

Abstract

Rationale: The contribution of bone marrow-borne hematopoietic cells to the ischemic myocardium has been documented. However, a pivotal study reported no evidence of myocardial regeneration from hematopoietic-derived cells. The study did not take into account the possible effect of early injury-induced signaling as the test mice were parabiotically paired to partners immediately after surgery-induced myocardial injury when cross-circulation has not yet developed.

Objective: To re-evaluate the role of circulating cells in the injured myocardium.

Methods and results: By combining pulse-chase labeling and parabiosis model, we show that circulating cells derived from the parabiont expressed cardiac-specific markers in the injured myocardium. Genetic fate mapping also revealed that circulating hematopoietic cells acquired cardiac cell fate by means of cell fusion and transdifferentiation.

Conclusions: These results suggest that circulating cells participate in cardiomyocyte regeneration in a mouse model of parabiosis when the circulatory system is fully developed before surgery-induced heart injury.

Keywords: blood circulation; cell fusion; cell transdifferentiation; parabiosis; regeneration; stem cells.

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