PMID- 23883899 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20131025 LR - 20130725 IS - 2163-0763 (Electronic) IS - 2163-0755 (Linking) VI - 75 IP - 2 Suppl 2 DP - 2013 Aug TI - Intramuscular transplantation and survival of freshly isolated bone marrow cells following skeletal muscle ischemia-reperfusion injury. PG - S142-9 LID - 10.1097/TA.0b013e31829ac1fa [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Delayed treatment cellular therapies offer an attractive means to treat extremity injuries involving acute skeletal muscle ischemia-reperfusion injury (I/R). Bone marrow is a rich source of stem and progenitor cells with the potential to improve skeletal muscle regeneration. The extent to which bone marrow cells (BMCs) may be useful for I/R is not known. The purposes of this study were twofold: (1) to evaluate BMC survival following intramuscular injection 0, 2, 7, and 14 days after injury and (2) to determine whether BMCs improve functional recovery following I/R. METHODS: Magnetic-activated cell sorting was used to isolate lineage-negative (Lin(-)) BMCs and enrich for stem and progenitor cells. To evaluate in vivo cell survival following I/R, Lin(-) BMCs were injected intramuscularly 0, 2, 7, and 14 days after I/R, and bioluminescent imaging was performed for up to 28 days after cell injections. To assess their ability to improve muscle regeneration, intramuscular injections were performed 2 days after injury, and in vivo muscle function was assessed 14 days later. RESULTS: Lin(-) BMCs survived throughout the study period regardless of the timing of delivery. Intramuscular injection of Lin(-) BMCs did not improve maximal isometric torque (300 Hz); however, both saline-injected and Lin(-) BMC-injected muscles exhibited an increase in the twitch-tetanus ratio, suggesting that damage incurred with the intramuscular injections may have had deleterious consequences for functional recovery. CONCLUSION: Although BMCs injected intramuscularly survived cell transplantation, they failed to improve muscle function following I/R. The ability of BMCs to persist in injured muscle following I/R lends to the possibility that with further development, their full potential can be realized. FAU - Corona, Benjamin T AU - Corona BT AD - Extremity Trauma and Regenerative Medicine Task Area, US Army Institute of Surgical Research, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, USA. FAU - Wenke, Joseph C AU - Wenke JC FAU - Walters, Thomas J AU - Walters TJ FAU - Rathbone, Christopher R AU - Rathbone CR LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S. PL - United States TA - J Trauma Acute Care Surg JT - The journal of trauma and acute care surgery JID - 101570622 SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Bone Marrow Transplantation/*methods MH - Cell Survival MH - Injections, Intramuscular MH - Luminescent Measurements MH - Mice MH - Mice, Transgenic MH - Muscle, Skeletal/*injuries/physiopathology MH - Reperfusion Injury/*therapy EDAT- 2013/08/02 06:00 MHDA- 2013/10/26 06:00 CRDT- 2013/07/26 06:00 PHST- 2013/07/26 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/08/02 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/10/26 06:00 [medline] AID - 01586154-201308002-00008 [pii] AID - 10.1097/TA.0b013e31829ac1fa [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2013 Aug;75(2 Suppl 2):S142-9. doi: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31829ac1fa.