PMID- 22293445 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20120625 LR - 20190819 IS - 1347-4820 (Electronic) IS - 1346-9843 (Linking) VI - 76 IP - 4 DP - 2012 TI - Hypoxic preconditioning enhances angiogenic potential of bone marrow cells with aging-related functional impairment. PG - 986-94 AB - BACKGROUND: Hypoxic preconditioning of bone marrow cells (BMCs) from young healthy individuals can enhance the cells' therapeutic potential. Considering that the response to hypoxia may differ according to the quality of the cells, we assessed the effect of hypoxic preconditioning on BMCs from aged mice and compared the difference in response between BMCs from aged and young mice. METHODS AND RESULTS: BMCs from young (3 months) and aged (20-22 months) mice were subjected to hypoxic preconditioning by culture for 24 h in 2% O(2). Compared with BMCs from young mice, those from aged mice showed significantly fewer CD34- or c-kit-positive stem cells, higher expression of p53, and lower telomerase activity. Adhesion, survival and angiogenic potency were also lower in BMCs from aged mice, indicating an aging-related impairment. Hypoxia-preconditioned BMCs from aged mice showed enhanced adhesion, survival, and angiogenic potency with the in vitro assessments, as well as the in vivo implantation into ischemic hindlimbs. All the enhancements by hypoxic preconditioning were comparable between BMCs from aged and young mice, although the angiogenic potential of BMCs with and without hypoxic preconditioning was lower in old mice compared with young mice. CONCLUSIONS: Similar responses to hypoxia by BMCs from both aged and young mice suggest that hypoxic preconditioning could be a useful method of enhancing the angiogenic potential of BMCs. FAU - Kubo, Masayuki AU - Kubo M AD - Department of Surgery and Clinical Science, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi, Japan. FAU - Li, Tao-Sheng AU - Li TS FAU - Kurazumi, Hiroshi AU - Kurazumi H FAU - Takemoto, Yoshihiro AU - Takemoto Y FAU - Ohshima, Mako AU - Ohshima M FAU - Murata, Tomoaki AU - Murata T FAU - Katsura, Shunsaku AU - Katsura S FAU - Morikage, Noriyasu AU - Morikage N FAU - Furutani, Akira AU - Furutani A FAU - Hamano, Kimikazu AU - Hamano K LA - eng PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20120201 PL - Japan TA - Circ J JT - Circulation journal : official journal of the Japanese Circulation Society JID - 101137683 RN - 0 (Antigens, CD34) RN - 0 (Tumor Suppressor Protein p53) RN - 0 (Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A) RN - 0 (vascular endothelial growth factor A, mouse) RN - EC 2.7.10.1 (Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit) RN - EC 2.7.7.49 (Telomerase) SB - IM CIN - Circ J. 2012;76(4):823-4. PMID: 22361921 MH - Age Factors MH - Aging/*metabolism MH - Animals MH - Antigens, CD34/metabolism MH - Bone Marrow Cells/*metabolism MH - Bone Marrow Transplantation MH - Cell Adhesion MH - Cell Hypoxia MH - Cell Survival MH - Cells, Cultured MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Endothelial Cells/*metabolism/transplantation MH - Hindlimb MH - Ischemia/metabolism/physiopathology/surgery MH - Male MH - Mice MH - Mice, Inbred C57BL MH - Muscle, Skeletal/blood supply MH - *Neovascularization, Physiologic MH - Oxidative Stress MH - Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit/metabolism MH - Telomerase/metabolism MH - Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/metabolism MH - Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A/metabolism EDAT- 2012/02/02 06:00 MHDA- 2012/06/26 06:00 CRDT- 2012/02/02 06:00 PHST- 2012/02/02 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2012/02/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2012/06/26 06:00 [medline] AID - JST.JSTAGE/circj/CJ-11-0605 [pii] AID - 10.1253/circj.cj-11-0605 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Circ J. 2012;76(4):986-94. doi: 10.1253/circj.cj-11-0605. Epub 2012 Feb 1.