PMID- 23861876 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20140213 LR - 20211021 IS - 1932-6203 (Electronic) IS - 1932-6203 (Linking) VI - 8 IP - 7 DP - 2013 TI - Single cell gene profiling revealed heterogeneity of paracrine effects of bone marrow cells in mouse infarcted hearts. PG - e68270 LID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0068270 [doi] LID - e68270 AB - It is now recognized that transplantation of bone marrow cells (BMCs) into infarcted hearts has the capacity to improve the cardiac function through paracrine effects. However, detailed expression levels of paracrine factors in BMCs in infarcted hearts are poorly described. By use of laser capture microdissection combined with real-time PCR, we depicted the expression profiles of paracrine factors in infarcted hearts versus normal hearts. Consistent with the in vivo observation, a similar expression pattern was evidenced in cultured BMCs. Furthermore, BMCs displayed heterogeneity of paracrine effects in infarcted hearts as analyzed at the single cell level using single cell PCR. Interestingly, the CD45(+) subpopulation showed higher expression levels of angiogenic factors compared to other subpopulations. Finally, most angiogenic factors were induced under the microenvironment of infarction. Our study demonstrated the heterogeneity of paracrine effects in BMCs at single cell level in infarcted hearts, highlighting preferential expression of angiogenic factors in the CD45(+) subpopulation. These findings broaden our understanding of paracrine effects of BMCs in vivo, and offer new insights into BMCs therapy in myocardial infarction (MI). FAU - Li, Yanhua AU - Li Y AD - Institute of Geriatric Cardiology, the General Hospital of Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), Beijing, China. FAU - Guo, Xinhong AU - Guo X FAU - Xue, Qiao AU - Xue Q FAU - Zhu, Mei AU - Zhu M FAU - Gao, Lei AU - Gao L FAU - Wang, Yu AU - Wang Y LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20130705 PL - United States TA - PLoS One JT - PloS one JID - 101285081 RN - 0 (Angiogenesis Inducing Agents) RN - EC 3.1.3.48 (Leukocyte Common Antigens) SB - IM MH - Angiogenesis Inducing Agents/metabolism MH - Animals MH - Bone Marrow Cells/*metabolism MH - Bone Marrow Transplantation MH - Cluster Analysis MH - Disease Models, Animal MH - Female MH - Heart/physiopathology MH - Hypoxia MH - Leukocyte Common Antigens/metabolism MH - Mice MH - Myocardial Infarction/*genetics/*metabolism MH - Myocardium/metabolism/pathology MH - Neovascularization, Pathologic MH - *Paracrine Communication MH - Single-Cell Analysis MH - *Transcriptome PMC - PMC3702556 COIS- Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. EDAT- 2013/07/19 06:00 MHDA- 2014/02/14 06:00 PMCR- 2013/07/05 CRDT- 2013/07/18 06:00 PHST- 2013/01/01 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/05/28 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/07/18 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/07/19 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2014/02/14 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2013/07/05 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - PONE-D-13-00920 [pii] AID - 10.1371/journal.pone.0068270 [doi] PST - epublish SO - PLoS One. 2013 Jul 5;8(7):e68270. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068270. Print 2013.