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| Publications [#77758] of William E Kraus
Papers Published
- BZ Atkins, CW Lewis, WE Kraus, KA Hutcheson, DD Glower, DA Taylor, Intracardiac transplantation of skeletal myoblasts yields two populations of striated cells in situ.,
The Annals of thoracic surgery, UNITED STATES, vol. 67 no. 1
(January, 1999),
pp. 124-9, ISSN 0003-4975
(last updated on 2006/10/22)
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: Adult heart lacks stem cells and cannot effectively regenerate. In contrast, skeletal muscle is constantly undergoing repair. We proposed to transplant immature skeletal myoblasts into injured myocardium. METHODS: Approximately 7x10(6) soleus skeletal myoblasts were expanded in vitro from adult New Zealand White rabbits (n = 23) whose posterior left ventricle was cryoinjured to create a transmural lesion. Autologous myoblasts (n = 18) or saline (n = 5) was transplanted into the central cryolesion at the time of injury (n = 6) or 1 week later (n = 12). Hearts were harvested 2 weeks after injection. RESULTS: Myoblast transfer did not incur further morbidity. After cryolesion, grossly, a 1.6-cm epicardial hemorrhagic lesion could be seen. Histologically, the transmural lesion contained inflammatory cells and active scarring but no viable cardiomyocytes. Electron microscopy demonstrated a predominance of collagen and fibroblasts. Nine hearts contained multinucleated cells within the cryolesion that covered approximately 75% of the central cryolesion in 17% of animals. Immunohistochemical analysis confirmed their skeletal muscle origin. At the periphery of the lesion, isolated clusters of nonskeletal muscle cells could be visualized (n = 12) that resembled immature cardiocytes. CONCLUSIONS: Autologous skeletal myoblasts can regenerate viable striated tissue within damaged myocardium. Myoblast transfer warrants further investigation as a new method for improving myocardial performance within infarcted myocardium.
Keywords:
Animals • Biopsy • Cardiomyoplasty • Cell Transplantation* • Immunohistochemistry • Muscle, Skeletal • Myocardium • Rabbits • Regeneration • Transplantation, Autologous • cytology* • methods • methods* • pathology*
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