VCAM-1 expression on dystrophic muscle vessels has a critical role in the recruitment of human blood-derived CD133+ stem cells after intra-arterial transplantation
Articolo
Data di Pubblicazione:
2006
Citazione:
VCAM-1 expression on dystrophic muscle vessels has a critical role in the recruitment of human blood-derived CD133+ stem cells after intra-arterial transplantation / M. Gavina, M.L.C. Belicchi, B. Rossi, L. Ottoboni, F. Colombo, M.A. Meregalli, M. Battistelli, L. Forzenigo, P. Biondetti, F. Pisati, D. Parolini, A. Farini, A.C. Issekutz, N. Bresolin, F. Rustichelli, G. Constantin, Y. Torrente. - In: BLOOD. - ISSN 0006-4971. - 108:8(2006 Oct 15), pp. 2857-2866.
Abstract:
Recently our group demonstrated the myogenic capacity of human CD133(+) cells isolated from peripheral blood when delivered in vivo through the arterial circulation into the muscle of dystrophic scid/mdx mice. CD133(+) stem cells express the adhesion molecules CD44, LFA-1, PSGL-11, alpha 4-integrins, L-selectin, and chemokine receptor CCR7. Moreover these cells adhere in vitro to VCAM-1 spontaneously and after stimulation with CCL19. Importantly, after muscle exercise, we found that the expression of VCAM-1 is strongly up-regulated in dystrophic muscle vessels, whereas the number of rolling and firmly adhered CD133+ stem cells significantly increased. Moreover, human dystrophin expression was significantly increased when muscle exercise was performed 24 hours before the intra-arterial injection of human CD133(+) cells. Finally, treatment of exercised dystrophic mice with anti-VCAM-1 antibodies led to a dramatic blockade of CD133(+) stem cell migration into the dystrophic muscle. Our results show for the first time that the expression of VCAM-1 on dystrophic muscle vessels induced by exercise controls muscle homing of human CD133(+) stem cells, opening new perspectives for a potential therapy of muscular dystrophy based on the intra-arterial delivery of CD133(+) stem cells.
Tipologia IRIS:
01 - Articolo su periodico
Keywords:
selectin glycoprotein ligand-1; brain; microvessels; adhesion
Elenco autori:
M. Gavina, M.L.C. Belicchi, B. Rossi, L. Ottoboni, F. Colombo, M.A. Meregalli, M. Battistelli, L. Forzenigo, P. Biondetti, F. Pisati, D. Parolini, A. Farini, A.C. Issekutz, N. Bresolin, F. Rustichelli, G. Constantin, Y. Torrente
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