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Hughey 2013 Cardiovasc Diabetol

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Hughey CC, Ma L, James FD, Bracy DP, Wang Z, Wasserman DH, Rottman JN, Hittel DS, Shearer J (2013) Mesenchymal stem cell transplantation for the infarcted heart: therapeutic potential for insulin resistance beyond the heart. Cardiovasc Diabetol 12:128.

Β» PMID: 24007410 Open Access

Hughey CC, Ma L, James FD, Bracy DP, Wang Z, Wasserman DH, Rottman JN, Hittel DS, Shearer J (2013) Cardiovasc Diabetol

Abstract: This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) transplantation to mitigate abnormalities in cardiac-specific and systemic metabolism mediated by a combination of a myocardial infarction and diet-induced insulin resistance.

C57BL/6 mice were high-fat fed for eight weeks prior to induction of a myocardial infarction via chronic ligation of the left anterior descending coronary artery. MSCs were administered directly after myocardial infarction induction through a single intramyocardial injection. Echocardiography was performed prior to the myocardial infarction as well as seven and 28 days post-myocardial infarction. Hyperinsulinemic-euglycemic clamps coupled with 2-[14C]deoxyglucose were employed 36 days post-myocardial infarction (13 weeks of high-fat feeding) to assess systemic insulin sensitivity and insulin-mediated, tissue-specific glucose uptake in the conscious, unrestrained mouse. High-resolution respirometry was utilized to evaluate cardiac mitochondrial function in saponin-permeabilized cardiac fibers.

MSC administration minimized the decline in ejection fraction following the myocardial infarction. The greater systolic function in MSC-treated mice was associated with increased in vivo cardiac glucose uptake and enhanced mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation efficiency. MSC therapy promoted reductions in fasting arterial glucose and fatty acid concentrations. Additionally, glucose uptake in peripheral tissues including skeletal muscle and adipose tissue was elevated in MSC-treated mice. Enhanced glucose uptake in these tissues was associated with improved insulin signalling as assessed by Akt phosphorylation and prevention of a decline in GLUT4 often associated with high-fat feeding.

These studies provide insight into the utility of MSC transplantation as a metabolic therapy that extends beyond the heart exerting beneficial systemic effects on insulin action. β€’ Keywords: Diabetes, Glucose uptake, Isotopic tracer, Mitochondria, Myocardial infarction

β€’ O2k-Network Lab: CA Calgary Shearer J, US TN Nashville Wasserman DH


Labels: MiParea: Respiration  Pathology: Cardiovascular, Diabetes 

Organism: Mouse  Tissue;cell: Heart  Preparation: Permeabilized tissue 


Coupling state: OXPHOS, ET  Pathway: N, NS  HRR: Oxygraph-2k