PMID- 14525810 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20031203 LR - 20220224 IS - 1524-4571 (Electronic) IS - 0009-7330 (Linking) VI - 93 IP - 10 DP - 2003 Nov 14 TI - Bone marrow monocyte lineage cells adhere on injured endothelium in a monocyte chemoattractant protein-1-dependent manner and accelerate reendothelialization as endothelial progenitor cells. PG - 980-9 AB - Peripheral blood (PB)-derived CD14+ monocytes were shown to transdifferentiate into endothelial cell (EC) lineage cells and contribute to neovascularization. We investigated whether bone marrow (BM)- or PB-derived CD34-/CD14+ cells are involved in reendothelialization after carotid balloon injury. Although neither hematopoietic nor mesenchymal stem cells were included in human BM-derived CD34-/CD14+ monocyte lineage cells (BM-MLCs), they expressed EC-specific markers (Tie2, CD31, VE-cadherin, and endoglin) to an extent identical to mature ECs. When BM-MLCs were cultured with vascular endothelial growth factors, hematopoietic markers were drastically decreased and new EC-specific markers (Flk and CD34) were induced. BM-MLCs were intra-arterially transplanted into balloon-injured arteries of athymic nude rats. When BM-MLCs were activated by monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) in vivo or in vitro, they adhered onto injured endothelium, differentiated into EC-like cells by losing hematopoietic markers, and inhibited neointimal hyperplasia. Ability to prevent neointimal hyperplasia was more efficient than that of BM-derived CD34+ cells. MCP-dependent adhesion was not observed in PB-derived CD34-/CD14+ monocytes. Regenerated endothelium exhibited a cobblestone appearance, blocked extravasation of dye, and induced NO-dependent vasorelaxation. Basal adhesive activities on HUVECs under laminar flow and beta1-integrin expression (basal and active forms) were significantly increased in BM-MLCs compared with PB-derived monocytes. MCP-1 markedly enhanced adhesive activity of BM-MLCs (2.8-fold) on HUVECs by activating beta1-integrin conformation. Thus, BM-MLCs can function as EC progenitors that are more potent than CD34+ cells and acquire the ability to adhere on injured endothelium in a MCP-1-dependent manner, leading to reendothelialization associated with inhibition of intimal hyperplasia. This will open a novel window to MCP-1-mediated biological actions and vascular regeneration strategies by cell therapy. FAU - Fujiyama, Soichiro AU - Fujiyama S AD - Department of Medicine II, Kansai Medical University, Japan. FAU - Amano, Katsuya AU - Amano K FAU - Uehira, Kazutaka AU - Uehira K FAU - Yoshida, Masayuki AU - Yoshida M FAU - Nishiwaki, Yasunobu AU - Nishiwaki Y FAU - Nozawa, Yoshihisa AU - Nozawa Y FAU - Jin, Denan AU - Jin D FAU - Takai, Shinji AU - Takai S FAU - Miyazaki, Mizuo AU - Miyazaki M FAU - Egashira, Kensuke AU - Egashira K FAU - Imada, Takayuki AU - Imada T FAU - Iwasaka, Toshiji AU - Iwasaka T FAU - Matsubara, Hiroaki AU - Matsubara H LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20031002 PL - United States TA - Circ Res JT - Circulation research JID - 0047103 RN - 0 (Antigens, Differentiation) RN - 0 (Chemokine CCL2) SB - IM MH - Angioplasty, Balloon/adverse effects MH - Animals MH - Antigens, Differentiation/biosynthesis MH - Bone Marrow Cells/*cytology MH - Cell Adhesion/drug effects/immunology/physiology MH - Cell Differentiation MH - Cell Lineage MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Chemokine CCL2/genetics/*metabolism/pharmacology MH - Endothelial Cells/*physiology MH - Endothelium, Vascular/immunology/injuries/*physiology MH - Gene Transfer Techniques MH - Humans MH - Monocytes/cytology/immunology/*physiology MH - Rats MH - Rats, Nude MH - Stem Cells/cytology/*physiology EDAT- 2003/10/04 05:00 MHDA- 2003/12/04 05:00 CRDT- 2003/10/04 05:00 PHST- 2003/10/04 05:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2003/12/04 05:00 [medline] PHST- 2003/10/04 05:00 [entrez] AID - 01.RES.0000099245.08637.CE [pii] AID - 10.1161/01.RES.0000099245.08637.CE [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Circ Res. 2003 Nov 14;93(10):980-9. doi: 10.1161/01.RES.0000099245.08637.CE. Epub 2003 Oct 2.