Title |
Cardiac recovery via extended cell-free delivery of extracellular vesicles secreted by cardiomyocytes derived from induced pluripotent stem cells
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Published in |
Nature Biomedical Engineering, April 2018
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DOI | 10.1038/s41551-018-0229-7 |
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Authors |
Bohao Liu, Benjamin W. Lee, Koki Nakanishi, Aranzazu Villasante, Rebecca Williamson, Jordan Metz, Jinho Kim, Mariko Kanai, Lynn Bi, Kristy Brown, Gilbert Di Paolo, Shunichi Homma, Peter A. Sims, Veli K. Topkara, Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic |
Abstract |
The ability of extracellular vesicles (EVs) to regulate a broad range of cellular processes has recently been exploited for the treatment of diseases. For example, EVs secreted by stem cells injected into infarcted hearts can induce recovery through the delivery of stem-cell-specific miRNAs. However, the retention of the EVs and the therapeutic effects are short-lived. Here, we show that an engineered hydrogel patch capable of slowly releasing EVs secreted from cardiomyocytes derived from induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells reduced arrhythmic burden, promoted ejection-fraction recovery, decreased cardiomyocyte apoptosis 24 hours after infarction, and reduced infarct size and cell hypertrophy 4 weeks post-infarction when implanted onto infarcted rat hearts. We also show that the EVs are enriched with cardiac-specific miRNAs known to modulate cardiomyocyte-specific processes. The extended delivery of EVs secreted from iPS-cell-derived cardiomyocytes into the heart may help understand heart recovery and treat heart injury. |
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