PMID- 19929464 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20100121 LR - 20220318 IS - 1477-2566 (Electronic) IS - 1465-3249 (Linking) VI - 11 IP - 8 DP - 2009 TI - Long-term benefit of intracardiac delivery of autologous granulocyte-colony-stimulating factor-mobilized blood CD34+ cells containing cardiac progenitors on regional heart structure and function after myocardial infarct. PG - 1002-15 LID - 10.3109/14653240903164963 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND AIMS: Starting from experimental data proposing hematopoietic stem cells as candidates for cardiac repair, we postulated that human peripheral blood (PB) CD34+ cells mobilized by hematopoietic growth-factor (G-CSF) would contain cell subpopulations capable of regenerating post-ischemic myocardial damages. METHODS: In a phase I clinical assay enrolling seven patients with acute myocardial infarct, we directly delivered to the injured myocardium autologous PB CD34+ cells previously mobilized by G-CSF, collected by leukapheresis and purified by immunoselection. In parallel, we looked for the eventual presence of cardiomyocytic and endothelial progenitor cells in leukapheresis products of these patients and controls, using flow cytometry, reverse transcription-quantitative (RTQ)-polymerase chain reaction (PCR), cell cultures and immunofluorescence analyzes. RESULTS: The whole clinical process was feasible and safe. All patients were alive at an average follow-up of 49 months (range 24-76 months). Improvement of heart function parameters became obvious from the third month following cell reinjection. Left ventricular ejection fraction values progressively and dramatically increased with time, associated with PetScan demonstration of myocardial structure regeneration and revascularization and New York Heart Association (NYHA) grade improvement. Furthermore, we identified PB CD34+ cell subpopulations expressing characteristics of both immature and mature endothelial and cardiomyocyte progenitor cells. In vitro CD34+ cell cultures on a specific medium induced development of adherent cells featuring morphologies, gene expression and immunocytochemistry characteristics of endothelial and cardiac muscle cells. CONCLUSIONS: Mobilized CD34+ cells contain stem cells committed along endothelial and cardiac differentiation pathways, which could play a key role in a proposed two-phase mechanism of myocardial regeneration after direct intracardiac delivery, probably being responsible for the long-term clinical benefit observed. FAU - Pasquet, Stephanie AU - Pasquet S AD - Institut de Recherche en Hematologie et Transplantation (IRHT), Mulhouse, France. FAU - Sovalat, Hanna AU - Sovalat H FAU - Henon, Philippe AU - Henon P FAU - Bischoff, Nicolas AU - Bischoff N FAU - Arkam, Yazid AU - Arkam Y FAU - Ojeda-Uribe, Mario AU - Ojeda-Uribe M FAU - Bouar, Ronan le AU - Bouar Rl FAU - Rimelen, Valerie AU - Rimelen V FAU - Brink, Ingo AU - Brink I FAU - Dallemand, Robert AU - Dallemand R FAU - Monassier, Jean-Pierre AU - Monassier JP LA - eng PT - Clinical Trial, Phase I PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - Cytotherapy JT - Cytotherapy JID - 100895309 RN - 0 (Antigens, CD34) RN - 0 (Muscle Proteins) RN - 143011-72-7 (Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor) SB - IM MH - Adult MH - Aged MH - Antigens, CD34/*metabolism MH - Cell Adhesion/drug effects MH - Cell Dedifferentiation/drug effects MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Drug Administration Routes MH - Endothelial Cells/cytology/metabolism MH - Female MH - Flow Cytometry MH - Fluorescent Antibody Technique MH - Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects MH - Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor/*administration & dosage/pharmacology/*therapeutic use MH - *Hematopoietic Stem Cell Mobilization MH - Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation MH - Humans MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Muscle Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Myocardial Infarction/drug therapy/pathology/*physiopathology MH - Myocardium/*pathology MH - Stem Cells/*cytology/drug effects/metabolism MH - Stroke Volume/drug effects/physiology MH - Time Factors MH - Transplantation, Autologous MH - Treatment Outcome EDAT- 2009/11/26 06:00 MHDA- 2010/01/22 06:00 CRDT- 2009/11/26 06:00 PHST- 2009/11/26 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2009/11/26 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2010/01/22 06:00 [medline] AID - S1465-3249(09)70348-2 [pii] AID - 10.3109/14653240903164963 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Cytotherapy. 2009;11(8):1002-15. doi: 10.3109/14653240903164963.