Regenerative Potential of a Suspension and Spheroids of Multipotent Mesenchymal Stromal Cells from Human Umbilical Cord on the Model of Myocardial Infarction in Rats

Bull Exp Biol Med. 2020 Aug;169(4):549-557. doi: 10.1007/s10517-020-04928-0. Epub 2020 Sep 10.

Abstract

Regenerative potential of multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells from the human umbilical cord (MMSC-UC) in the suspension and spheroid form was revealed during the progression of experimental small focal myocardial infarction in rats. In isoproterenol-induced myocardial infarction, foci of necrosis and inflammatory infiltrate and at later terms fibrosis foci were found mainly in the left ventricle of rat heart. In rats receiving MMSC-UC, destructive changes in the myocardium, fibrous scars, and inflammatory process were less pronounced. MMSC-UC also contributed to normalization of the morphofunctional parameters of the heart. Spheroids exhibited higher efficiency in comparison with cell suspension.

Keywords: isoproterenol; multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells; myocardial infarction; spheroids.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Endomyocardial Fibrosis / chemically induced
  • Endomyocardial Fibrosis / pathology
  • Endomyocardial Fibrosis / physiopathology
  • Endomyocardial Fibrosis / prevention & control*
  • Heart Ventricles / pathology
  • Heart Ventricles / ultrastructure
  • Humans
  • Isoproterenol / administration & dosage
  • Male
  • Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation*
  • Mesenchymal Stem Cells / cytology
  • Mesenchymal Stem Cells / physiology*
  • Myocardial Infarction / chemically induced
  • Myocardial Infarction / pathology
  • Myocardial Infarction / physiopathology
  • Myocardial Infarction / therapy*
  • Myocardium / pathology
  • Myocardium / ultrastructure
  • Myocytes, Cardiac / pathology
  • Myocytes, Cardiac / ultrastructure
  • Primary Cell Culture
  • Rats
  • Rats, Wistar
  • Regeneration / physiology*
  • Spheroids, Cellular / cytology
  • Spheroids, Cellular / physiology
  • Spheroids, Cellular / transplantation*
  • Transplantation, Heterologous
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Umbilical Cord / cytology
  • Umbilical Cord / metabolism

Substances

  • Isoproterenol