Intrapericardial Delivery of APA-Microcapsules as Promising Stem Cell Therapy Carriers in an Experimental Acute Myocardial Infarction Model

The administration of cardiosphere-derived cells (CDCs) after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is very promising. CDC encapsulation in alginate-poly-<span style="font-variant: small-caps;">l</span>-lysine-alginate (APA) could increase cell survival and adherence. The intraperi...

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Autores principales: Claudia Báez-Díaz, Virginia Blanco-Blázquez, Francisco Miguel Sánchez-Margallo, Esther López, Helena Martín, Albert Espona-Noguera, Javier G. Casado, Jesús Ciriza, José Luis Pedraz, Verónica Crisóstomo
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:3e561752daf44aaa95fd92ae106f53c22021-11-25T18:40:55ZIntrapericardial Delivery of APA-Microcapsules as Promising Stem Cell Therapy Carriers in an Experimental Acute Myocardial Infarction Model10.3390/pharmaceutics131118241999-4923https://doaj.org/article/3e561752daf44aaa95fd92ae106f53c22021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1999-4923/13/11/1824https://doaj.org/toc/1999-4923The administration of cardiosphere-derived cells (CDCs) after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is very promising. CDC encapsulation in alginate-poly-<span style="font-variant: small-caps;">l</span>-lysine-alginate (APA) could increase cell survival and adherence. The intrapericardial (IP) approach potentially achieves high concentrations of the therapeutic agent in the infarcted area. We aimed to evaluate IP therapy using a saline vehicle as a control (CON), a dose of 30 × 10<sup>6</sup> CDCs (CDCs) or APA microcapsules containing 30 × 10<sup>6</sup> CDCs (APA-CDCs) at 72 h in a porcine AMI model. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was used to determine the left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), infarct size (IS), and indexed end diastolic and systolic volumes (EDVi; ESVi) pre- and 10 weeks post-injection. Programmed electrical stimulation (PES) was performed to test arrhythmia inducibility before euthanasia. Histopathological analysis was carried out afterwards. The IP infusion was successful in all animals. At 10 weeks, MRI revealed significantly higher LVEF in the APA-CDC group compared with CON. No significant differences were observed among groups in IS, EDVi, ESVi, PES and histopathological analyses. In conclusion, the IP injection of CDCs (microencapsulated or not) was feasible and safe 72 h post-AMI in the porcine model. Moreover, CDCs APA encapsulation could have a beneficial effect on cardiac function, reflected by a higher LVEF at 10 weeks.Claudia Báez-DíazVirginia Blanco-BlázquezFrancisco Miguel Sánchez-MargalloEsther LópezHelena MartínAlbert Espona-NogueraJavier G. CasadoJesús CirizaJosé Luis PedrazVerónica CrisóstomoMDPI AGarticleCDCsAMIintrapericardialmicrocapsulesAPAswinePharmacy and materia medicaRS1-441ENPharmaceutics, Vol 13, Iss 1824, p 1824 (2021)
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topic CDCs
AMI
intrapericardial
microcapsules
APA
swine
Pharmacy and materia medica
RS1-441
spellingShingle CDCs
AMI
intrapericardial
microcapsules
APA
swine
Pharmacy and materia medica
RS1-441
Claudia Báez-Díaz
Virginia Blanco-Blázquez
Francisco Miguel Sánchez-Margallo
Esther López
Helena Martín
Albert Espona-Noguera
Javier G. Casado
Jesús Ciriza
José Luis Pedraz
Verónica Crisóstomo
Intrapericardial Delivery of APA-Microcapsules as Promising Stem Cell Therapy Carriers in an Experimental Acute Myocardial Infarction Model
description The administration of cardiosphere-derived cells (CDCs) after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is very promising. CDC encapsulation in alginate-poly-<span style="font-variant: small-caps;">l</span>-lysine-alginate (APA) could increase cell survival and adherence. The intrapericardial (IP) approach potentially achieves high concentrations of the therapeutic agent in the infarcted area. We aimed to evaluate IP therapy using a saline vehicle as a control (CON), a dose of 30 × 10<sup>6</sup> CDCs (CDCs) or APA microcapsules containing 30 × 10<sup>6</sup> CDCs (APA-CDCs) at 72 h in a porcine AMI model. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was used to determine the left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), infarct size (IS), and indexed end diastolic and systolic volumes (EDVi; ESVi) pre- and 10 weeks post-injection. Programmed electrical stimulation (PES) was performed to test arrhythmia inducibility before euthanasia. Histopathological analysis was carried out afterwards. The IP infusion was successful in all animals. At 10 weeks, MRI revealed significantly higher LVEF in the APA-CDC group compared with CON. No significant differences were observed among groups in IS, EDVi, ESVi, PES and histopathological analyses. In conclusion, the IP injection of CDCs (microencapsulated or not) was feasible and safe 72 h post-AMI in the porcine model. Moreover, CDCs APA encapsulation could have a beneficial effect on cardiac function, reflected by a higher LVEF at 10 weeks.
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author Claudia Báez-Díaz
Virginia Blanco-Blázquez
Francisco Miguel Sánchez-Margallo
Esther López
Helena Martín
Albert Espona-Noguera
Javier G. Casado
Jesús Ciriza
José Luis Pedraz
Verónica Crisóstomo
author_facet Claudia Báez-Díaz
Virginia Blanco-Blázquez
Francisco Miguel Sánchez-Margallo
Esther López
Helena Martín
Albert Espona-Noguera
Javier G. Casado
Jesús Ciriza
José Luis Pedraz
Verónica Crisóstomo
author_sort Claudia Báez-Díaz
title Intrapericardial Delivery of APA-Microcapsules as Promising Stem Cell Therapy Carriers in an Experimental Acute Myocardial Infarction Model
title_short Intrapericardial Delivery of APA-Microcapsules as Promising Stem Cell Therapy Carriers in an Experimental Acute Myocardial Infarction Model
title_full Intrapericardial Delivery of APA-Microcapsules as Promising Stem Cell Therapy Carriers in an Experimental Acute Myocardial Infarction Model
title_fullStr Intrapericardial Delivery of APA-Microcapsules as Promising Stem Cell Therapy Carriers in an Experimental Acute Myocardial Infarction Model
title_full_unstemmed Intrapericardial Delivery of APA-Microcapsules as Promising Stem Cell Therapy Carriers in an Experimental Acute Myocardial Infarction Model
title_sort intrapericardial delivery of apa-microcapsules as promising stem cell therapy carriers in an experimental acute myocardial infarction model
publisher MDPI AG
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/3e561752daf44aaa95fd92ae106f53c2
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