PMID- 17174868 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20070315 LR - 20141120 IS - 1553-8389 (Print) IS - 1878-0938 (Linking) VI - 7 IP - 4 DP - 2006 Oct-Dec TI - Bone marrow-derived stem cell interactions with adult cardiomyocytes and skeletal myoblasts in vitro. PG - 222-30 AB - BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Secreted growth factors and cell-to-cell contact are both required to elicit cellular functions. We tested the hypothesis that bone-marrow-derived growth factors, together with cell-to-cell contact between bone-marrow-derived stem cells and cardiomyocytes or myoblasts, promote the proliferation of cardiomyocytes and myoblasts. METHODS: Human cardiomyocytes or skeletal myoblasts were cultured for 4 days in the presence of low and high concentrations of bone-marrow-derived mononuclear cell conditioned medium (MNC-CM) or marrow stromal cell conditioned medium (MSC-CM). The concentrations of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), and insulin-like growth factor-1 in their respective conditioned media were assayed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Stem cells were mixed with cardiomyocytes or skeletal myoblasts at a 1:1 ratio and cultured for 7 days to assess the proliferation of these cells. In parallel experiments, equal numbers of various cell types were cultured alone. RESULTS: The concentrations of VEGF, MCP-1, and HGF increased in MNC-CM and MSC-CM. MNC-CM showed no effect on cardiomyocyte proliferation. A low concentration of MSC-CM increased cardiomyocyte proliferation by 60% (P<.05). Low concentrations of MNC-CM or MSC-CM showed a trend toward an increased proliferation of myoblasts. A high concentration of either conditioned medium showed a toxic effect. In contact coculture, the proliferation of cardiomyocytes and MNC showed no synergistic effect; instead, there was some evidence of inhibition. The proliferation of cardiomyocytes and stromal cells showed an additive effect. Myoblasts in contact coculture with MNC or MSC showed no synergistic effect. CONCLUSION: These in vitro results suggest that paracrine effects may be the mechanism by which stromal cells become beneficial in cardiac therapy. MNC do not induce the proliferation of cardiomyocytes. Stem-cell-secreted growth factors induce the proliferation of myoblasts, which is not influenced by cell-to-cell contact. FAU - Baffour, Richard AU - Baffour R AD - Division of Cardiology, Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC 20010, USA. FAU - Pakala, Rajbabu AU - Pakala R FAU - Hellinga, David AU - Hellinga D FAU - Joner, Michael AU - Joner M FAU - Okubagzi, Petros AU - Okubagzi P FAU - Epstein, Stephen E AU - Epstein SE FAU - Waksman, Ron AU - Waksman R LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - United States TA - Cardiovasc Revasc Med JT - Cardiovascular revascularization medicine : including molecular interventions JID - 101238551 RN - 0 (Chemokine CCL2) RN - 0 (IGFBP1 protein, human) RN - 0 (Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 1) RN - 0 (Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A) RN - 67256-21-7 (Hepatocyte Growth Factor) SB - IM MH - Analysis of Variance MH - Bone Marrow Cells/*metabolism MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Chemokine CCL2/metabolism MH - Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay MH - Hepatocyte Growth Factor/metabolism MH - Humans MH - In Vitro Techniques MH - Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 1/metabolism MH - Myoblasts, Skeletal/metabolism/*physiology MH - Myocytes, Cardiac/metabolism/*physiology MH - Stem Cells/*metabolism MH - Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A/metabolism EDAT- 2006/12/19 09:00 MHDA- 2007/03/16 09:00 CRDT- 2006/12/19 09:00 PHST- 2006/06/28 00:00 [received] PHST- 2006/06/28 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2006/12/19 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2007/03/16 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2006/12/19 09:00 [entrez] AID - S1553-8389(06)00181-3 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.carrev.2006.06.005 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cardiovasc Revasc Med. 2006 Oct-Dec;7(4):222-30. doi: 10.1016/j.carrev.2006.06.005.