Homma Jun
   Department   Research Institutes and Facilities, Research Institutes and Facilities
   Position   Assistant Professor
Article types Original article
Language English
Peer review Peer reviewed
Title Mesenchymal stem cell sheets exert anti-stenotic effects in a rat arterial injury model.
Journal Formal name：Tissue engineering. Part A.
Abbreviation：Tissue Eng Part A
ISSN code：19373341/1937335X
Domestic / ForeginForegin
Volume, Issue, Page 24(19-20),pp.1545-1553
Author and coauthor HOMMA Jun†, SEKINE Hidekazu*, MATSUURA Katsuhisa, SHIMIZU Tatsuya
Authorship Lead author
Publication date 2018/10
Summary Restenosis after catheter or surgical intervention substantially affects the prognosis of arterial occlusive disease. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) may have anti-stenotic effects on injured arteries. MSC transplantation from the adventitial side of an artery is safer than endovascular transplantation but has not been extensively examined. In this study, a rat model of femoral artery injury was used to compare the anti-stenotic effects of transplanted cell sheets and transplanted cell suspensions. Rat adipose-derived stem cells (ASCs) were used as the source of MSCs. For both cell sheets and suspensions, 6×106 MSCs were transplanted on the day of arterial injury. MSC sheets attenuated neointimal hyperplasia more than MSC suspensions (intima-to-media ratio in haematoxylin/eosin-stained sections: 0.55±0.13 vs. 1.14±0.12; P<0.05). Cell engraftment (assessed by immunohistochemistry or bioluminescence imaging of luciferase-expressing cells), arterial re-endothelialisation (evaluated by immunohistochemical staining for rat endothelial cell antigen-1) and restriction of vascular smooth muscle cell proliferation in the neointima (double-staining of alpha-smooth muscle actin and phospho-histone H3) were greater when MSC sheets were applied than when MSC suspensions were used. In conclusion, MSC sheets exhibited better anti-stenotic and cell engraftment properties than MSC suspensions. MSC sheet transplantation from the adventitial side is a promising therapy for prevention of arterial restenosis.
DOI 10.1089/ten.TEA.2018.0030
PMID 29724149