ArticleCirculation research2017
Experimental, Systems, and Computational Approaches to Understanding the MicroRNA-Mediated Reparative Potential of Cardiac Progenitor Cell-Derived Exosomes From Pediatric Patients.
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- Current advances in human-induced pluripotent stem cell-based models and therapeutic approaches for congenital heart disease.Molecular and cellular biochemistry · 2025Review
- Composition of cardiac-derived extracellular vesicles changes with vesicle origin and determines uptake.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Article
- Cell-based therapies reverse the heart failure-altered right ventricular proteome towards a pre-disease state.Stem cell research & therapy · 2024Article
- Extracellular vesicle transfer of lncRNA H19 splice variants to cardiac cells.Molecular therapy. Nucleic acids · 2024Article
- Cell-based therapies reverse the heart failure-altered right ventricular proteome.Research square · 2024Article
- Endothelial progenitor cell-derived extracellular vesicles: the world of potential prospects for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases.Cell & bioscience · 2024Review
- Stem cells-derived exosomes as cardiac regenerative agents.International journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature · 2024Review
- Bone marrow-fibroblast progenitor cell-derived small extracellular vesicles promote cardiac fibrosis via miR-21-5p and integrin subunit αV signalling.Journal of extracellular biology · 2024Article
- The Effect of Parent Cell Type on Small Extracellular Vesicle-Derived Vehicle Functionality.Advanced biology · 2024Article
- Exosomes: potential targets for the diagnosis and treatment of neuropsychiatric disorders.Journal of translational medicine · 2024Review
- Extracellular vesicular microRNAs and cardiac hypertrophy.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2024Review
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Abstract
rationaleStudies have demonstrated that exosomes can repair cardiac tissue post-myocardial infarction and recapitulate the benefits of cellular therapy.
objectiveWe evaluated the role of donor age and hypoxia of human pediatric cardiac progenitor cell (CPC)-derived exosomes in a rat model of ischemia-reperfusion injury. METHODS AND
resultsHuman CPCs from the right atrial appendages from children of different ages undergoing cardiac surgery for congenital heart defects were isolated and cultured under hypoxic or normoxic conditions. Exosomes were isolated from the culture-conditioned media and delivered to athymic rats after ischemia-reperfusion injury. Echocardiography at day 3 post-myocardial infarction suggested statistically improved function in neonatal hypoxic and neonatal normoxic groups compared with saline-treated controls. At 28 days post-myocardial infarction, exosomes derived from neonatal normoxia, neonatal hypoxia, infant hypoxia, and child hypoxia significantly improved cardiac function compared with those from saline-treated controls. Staining showed decreased fibrosis and improved angiogenesis in hypoxic groups compared with controls. Finally, using sequencing data, a computational model was generated to link microRNA levels to specific outcomes.
conclusionsCPC exosomes derived from neonates improved cardiac function independent of culture oxygen levels, whereas CPC exosomes from older children were not reparative unless subjected to hypoxic conditions. Cardiac functional improvements were associated with increased angiogenesis, reduced fibrosis, and improved hypertrophy, resulting in improved cardiac function; however, mechanisms for normoxic neonatal CPC exosomes improved function independent of those mechanisms. This is the first study of its kind demonstrating that donor age and oxygen content in the microenvironment significantly alter the efficacy of human CPC-derived exosomes.
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