Doxorubicin 유발 심근증 백서 모델에서 성체골수줄기세포를 이용한 심근재생 효과

Background and Objectives: Bone marrow cells have been shown to differentiate into various cell lineages, including cardiomyocytes, in recent studies. This study evaluates the hypothesis that intravenous injection of bone marrow mononuclear cells (BMNCs) into rats with doxorubicin-induced cardiomyopathy can induce myocardial regeneration and improve myocardial contractility. Materials and Methods: Adult male Sprague-Dawley rats were induced to develop cardiomyopathy by treatment with doxorubicin (2.5 mg/kg, 6 times, 2-week period). Stem cell enriched BMNCs were injected into the tail vein of the rats after cessation of the doxorubicin injections. One week after the injection of PKH-67-labeled BMNCs, the localization of transplanted cells was evaluated. Immunohistochemical studies and Western blots were performed two weeks after BMNCs injection. Results: Cell-treated animals showed significant improvement in left ventricular fractional shortening as compared to untreated (control) rats (cell treated group vs. control group 47.2±4.9% vs. 34.4±3.6%, p