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Transplantation of Cardiac Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Exosomes for Angiogenesis

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We demonstrated the effects of exosomes secreted by cardiac mesenchymal stem cells (C-MSC-Exo) in protecting acute ischemic myocardium from reperfusion injury. To investigate the effect of exosomes from C-MSC on angiogenesis, we injected C-MSC-Exo or PBS intramuscularly into ischemic hind limb. Blood perfusion of limb was evaluated by laser Doppler Imaging. We observed that ischemic limb treated with C-MSC-Exo exhibits improved blood perfusion compared to ischemic limb treated with PBS at 2 weeks and 1 month after induction of limb ischemia. To explore the potential mechanisms underlying C-MSC-Exo’s angiogenetic effect, we performed microRNA array analysis and identify mmu-miR-7116-5p as the most abundant enriched miRNA detected in C-MSC-Exo. Bioinformatics’ analysis shows that miR-7116-5p negatively regulates protein polyubiquitination. In conclusion, our study demonstrated that intramuscular delivery of C-MSC-Exo after limb ischemia improves blood perfusion, and we identified the most abundant miRNAs that are preferentially enriched in C-MSC-Exo.

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Y. Tang was partially supported by the American Heart Association. GRNT31430008, NIH-AR070029, NIH-HL086555, NIH-HL134354.

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  1. Department of Cardiology, Zhongda Hospital, Medical School of Southeast University, Nanjing, China

    Chengwei Ju, Youngjun Li, Naifeng Liu & Gengshan Ma

  2. Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, 30912, USA

    Yan Shen, Yutao Liu, Jingwen Cai & Yaoliang Tang

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Ju, C., Li, Y., Shen, Y. et al. Transplantation of Cardiac Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Exosomes for Angiogenesis. J. of Cardiovasc. Trans. Res. 11, 429–437 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12265-018-9824-y

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