Abstract
Purpose: Bioactive molecules critical to intracellular signaling are contained in extracellular vesicles (EVs) and have cardioprotective effects in ischemia/reperfusion (IR) injured hearts. This study investigated the mechanism of the cardioprotective effects of EVs derived from hypoxia-preconditioned human mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). Materials and Methods: EV solutions (0.4 μg/μL) derived from normoxia-preconditioned MSCs (EVNM) and hypoxia-preconditioned MSCs (EVHM) were delivered in a rat IR injury model. Successful EV delivery was confirmed by the detection of PKH26 staining in hearts from EV-treated rats. Results: EVHM significantly reduced infarct size (24±2% vs. 8±1%, p<0.001), and diminished arrhythmias by recovering electrical conduction, INa current, and Cx43 expression. EVHM also reversed reductions in Wnt1 and β-catenin levels and increases in GSK3β induced after IR injury. miRNA-26a was significantly increased in EVHM, compared with EVNM, in real-time PCR. Finally, in in vitro experiments, hypoxia-induced increases in GSK3β expression were significantly reduced by the overexpression of miRNA-26a. Conclusion: EVHM reduced IR injury by suppressing GSK3β expression via miRNA-26a and increased Cx43 expression. These findings suggest that the beneficial effect of EVHM is related with Wnt signaling pathway.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 736-745 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Yonsei medical journal |
Volume | 59 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2018 Aug |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This study was supported by research grants from the Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (NRF-2017R1A2B3003303), and from the Korean Healthcare Technology R&D project funded by the Ministry of Health & Welfare (HI16C0058).
Publisher Copyright:
© Yonsei University College of Medicine 2018.
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Medicine(all)