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ArticleTissue engineering. Part A2010

The synergistic effect of treadmill running on stem-cell transplantation to heal injured skeletal muscle.

Fabrisia Ambrosio, Ricardo J Ferrari, Giovanna Distefano, Joshua M Plassmeyer, George E Carvell, Bridget M Deasy, Michael L Boninger, G Kelley Fitzgerald, Johnny Huard

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Article in Tissue engineering. Part A, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 42 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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42 citing papers in PubMed, 85 citations in OpenAlex.

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  18. Regenerative Rehabilitation: Combining Stem Cell Therapies and Activity-Dependent Stimulation.Pediatric physical therapy : the official publication of the Section on Pediatrics of the American Physical Therapy Association · 2017
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Fabrisia AmbrosioDepartment of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA. ambrosiof@upmc.edu
Ricardo J Ferrari
Giovanna Distefano
Joshua M Plassmeyer
George E Carvell
Bridget M Deasy
Michael L Boninger
G Kelley Fitzgerald
Johnny Huard
University of Pittsburgh · USChildren's Hospital of Pittsburgh · US

Funding

VARIABILITY, STABILITY & SMOOTHNESS OF WALKINGP30AG024827 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI JENNIFER S BRACH · 2004 to 2026
$28.6M
Electrical stimulation reverses the effect of age on skeletal muscle regenerationK01AG039477 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AT PITTSBURGH · PI AMBROSIO, FABRISIA · 2011 to 2013
$325k
NIA NIH HHS K01 AG039477NIA NIH HHS P30 AG024827
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Muscle-derived stem-cell (MDSC) transplantation presents a promising method for the treatment of muscle injuries. This study investigated the ability of exercise to enhance MDSC transplantation into the injured muscle. Mice were divided into four groups: contusion + phosphate-buffered saline (C + PBS; n = 14 muscles), C + MDSC transplantation (n = 12 muscles), C + PBS + treadmill running (C + PBS + TM; n = 17 muscles), and C + MDSC + TM (n = 13 muscles). One day after injury, the TM groups began running for 1 or 5 weeks. Two days after injury, muscles of C + MDSC and C + MDSC + TM groups were injected with MDSCs. One or 5 weeks later, the number and differentiation of transplanted MDSCs, myofiber regeneration, collagen I formation, and vascularity were assessed histologically. In vitro, MDSCs were subjected to mechanical stimulation, and growth kinetics were quantified. In vitro, mechanical stimulation decreased the MDSC population doubling time (18.6 +/- 1.6 h) and cell division time (10.9 +/- 0.7 h), compared with the controls (population doubling time: 23.0 +/- 3.4 h; cell division time: 13.3 +/- 1.1 h) (p = 0.01 and 0.03, respectively). In vivo, 5 weeks of TM increased the myogenic contribution of transplanted MDSCs, compared with the controls (p = 0.02). C + MDSC, C + PBS + TM, and C + MDSC + TM demonstrated decreased fibrosis at 5 weeks, compared with the C + PBS controls (p = 0.00, p = 0.03, and p = 0.02, respectively). Results suggest that the mechanical stimulation favors MDSC proliferation, both in vitro and in vivo, and that exercise enhances MDSC transplantation after injury.

Indexed as

Physical Conditioning, AnimalStem Cell TransplantationWound HealingAnimalsbeta-GalactosidaseCell DifferentiationCell LineageCell MovementCell ProliferationCollagenFemaleFluorescent Antibody TechniqueKineticsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLMuscle Fibers, Skeletalbeta-GalactosidaseCollagen

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PMID19788347
PMCPMC2862616
OpenAlexW1983216013

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