TY - JOUR
T1 - Serial noninvasive in vivo positron emission tomographic tracking of percutaneously intramyocardially injected autologous porcine mesenchymal stem cells modified for transgene reporter gene expression.
AU - Gyöngyösi, Mariann
AU - Blanco, Jeronimo
AU - Marian, Teréz
AU - Trón, Lajos
AU - Petneházy, Ors
AU - Petrasi, Zsolt
AU - Hemetsberger, Rayyan
AU - Rodriguez, Julio
AU - Font, Gusztáv
AU - Pavo, Imre J.
AU - Kertész, István
AU - Balkay, László
AU - Pavo, Noemi
AU - Posa, Aniko
AU - Emri, Miklos
AU - Galuska, László
AU - Kraitchman, Dara L.
AU - Wojta, Johann
AU - Huber, Kurt
AU - Glogar, Dietmar
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - BACKGROUND: Porcine bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) were stably transfected with a lentiviral vector for transgene expression of the trifusion protein renilla luciferase, red fluorescent protein and herpes simplex truncated thymidine kinase (LV-RL-RFP-tTK; positron emission tomography [PET] reporter gene) for in vivo noninvasive tracking of the intramyocardially delivered MSC fate. METHODS AND RESULTS: A closed-chest, reperfused myocardial infarction was created in farm pigs. Sixteen days after myocardial infarction, LV-RL-RFP-tTK-MSCs were injected intramyocardially using electromechanical mapping guidance in the infarct border zone (n=7). PET-computed tomographic metabolic and perfusion imaging was performed after an intravenous injection of 10 mCi [18F]-FHBG and 13N-ammonia PET at 30+/-2 hours and 7 days after LV-RL-RFP-tTK-MSC treatment. Fusion imaging of the [18F]-FHBG PET-computed tomography with MRI was used to determine the myocardial location of the injected LV-RL-RFP-tTK-MSCs. Seven days after injections, [18F]-FHBG PET showed a decreased cardiac uptake with a mild increased pericardial and pleura uptake in the treated animals, which was confirmed by the measurement of luciferase activity. At 10 days, infarct size by MRI in the LV-RL-RFP-tTK-MSC-treated animals was smaller than controls (n=7) (23.3+/-1.5% versus 30.2+/-3.5%, P<0.005). The presence of the LV-RL-RFP-tTK-MSCs (5.8+/-1.1% of the injected cells) in the myocardium 10 days after intramyocardial delivery was confirmed histologically. CONCLUSIONS: Reporter gene imaging enables the tracking of the persistence of viable LV-RL-RFP-tTK-MSC in the peri-infarcted porcine myocardium at 10 days after delivery using clinical PET scanners.
AB - BACKGROUND: Porcine bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) were stably transfected with a lentiviral vector for transgene expression of the trifusion protein renilla luciferase, red fluorescent protein and herpes simplex truncated thymidine kinase (LV-RL-RFP-tTK; positron emission tomography [PET] reporter gene) for in vivo noninvasive tracking of the intramyocardially delivered MSC fate. METHODS AND RESULTS: A closed-chest, reperfused myocardial infarction was created in farm pigs. Sixteen days after myocardial infarction, LV-RL-RFP-tTK-MSCs were injected intramyocardially using electromechanical mapping guidance in the infarct border zone (n=7). PET-computed tomographic metabolic and perfusion imaging was performed after an intravenous injection of 10 mCi [18F]-FHBG and 13N-ammonia PET at 30+/-2 hours and 7 days after LV-RL-RFP-tTK-MSC treatment. Fusion imaging of the [18F]-FHBG PET-computed tomography with MRI was used to determine the myocardial location of the injected LV-RL-RFP-tTK-MSCs. Seven days after injections, [18F]-FHBG PET showed a decreased cardiac uptake with a mild increased pericardial and pleura uptake in the treated animals, which was confirmed by the measurement of luciferase activity. At 10 days, infarct size by MRI in the LV-RL-RFP-tTK-MSC-treated animals was smaller than controls (n=7) (23.3+/-1.5% versus 30.2+/-3.5%, P<0.005). The presence of the LV-RL-RFP-tTK-MSCs (5.8+/-1.1% of the injected cells) in the myocardium 10 days after intramyocardial delivery was confirmed histologically. CONCLUSIONS: Reporter gene imaging enables the tracking of the persistence of viable LV-RL-RFP-tTK-MSC in the peri-infarcted porcine myocardium at 10 days after delivery using clinical PET scanners.
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U2 - 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.108.797449
DO - 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.108.797449
M3 - Article
C2 - 19808526
AN - SCOPUS:55049108092
SN - 1941-9651
VL - 1
SP - 94
EP - 103
JO - Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging
JF - Circulation. Cardiovascular imaging
IS - 2
ER -