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The Integration and Functional Evaluation of Rabbit Pacing Cells Transplanted into the Left Ventricular Free Wall

Zhihui Zhang, Zhiyuan Song, Jun Cheng, Yaoming Nong, Lu Wei, Changhai Zhang

Department of Cardiology, Southwest Hospital, The Third Military Medical University; Interventional Cardiology Institute of Chongqing, Chongqing 400038, China.

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Zhang Z, Song Z, Cheng J, Nong Y, Wei L, Zhang C. The Integration and Functional Evaluation of Rabbit Pacing Cells Transplanted into the Left Ventricular Free Wall. Int J Med Sci 2012; 9(7):513-520. doi:10.7150/ijms.4971. https://www.medsci.org/v09p0513.htm
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To evaluate the feasibility of cell transplantation to treat bradyarrhythmia, we analyzed the in vivo integration and pacing function after transplantation of mHCN4-modified rabbit bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) into the rabbit left ventricle free wall epicardium. In our investigation, we injected MSCs transduced with or without mHCN4 into the rabbit left ventricle free wall epicardium. Chemical ablation of the sinoatrial node was performed and bilateral vagus nerves were sequentially stimulated to observe premature left ventricular contraction or left ventricular rhythm. We found that the mHCN4-transduced MSC group had a significantly higher ventricular rate and a shorter QRS duration than that of the control and EGFP group. Furthermore, the mHCN4-transduced MSCs, but not the control cells, gradually adapted long-spindle morphology and became indistinguishable from adjacent ventricle myocytes. The modified MSCs showed pacing function approximately 1 week after transplantation and persisted at least 4 weeks after transplantation. In conclusion, a bradyarrhythmia model can be successfully established by chemical ablation of the sinoatrial node and sequential bilateral vagus nerve stimulation. The mHCN4-modified rabbit MSCs displayed evident dynamic morphology changes after being transplanted into rabbit left ventricle free wall epicardium. Our studies may provide a promising strategy of using modified stem cell transplantation to treat bradyarrhythmia.

Keywords: mHCN4, bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell, subepicardial transplantation, biological pacing.


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Zhang, Z., Song, Z., Cheng, J., Nong, Y., Wei, L., Zhang, C. (2012). The Integration and Functional Evaluation of Rabbit Pacing Cells Transplanted into the Left Ventricular Free Wall. International Journal of Medical Sciences, 9(7), 513-520. https://doi.org/10.7150/ijms.4971.

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Zhang, Z.; Song, Z.; Cheng, J.; Nong, Y.; Wei, L.; Zhang, C. The Integration and Functional Evaluation of Rabbit Pacing Cells Transplanted into the Left Ventricular Free Wall. Int. J. Med. Sci. 2012, 9 (7), 513-520. DOI: 10.7150/ijms.4971.

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Zhang Z, Song Z, Cheng J, Nong Y, Wei L, Zhang C. The Integration and Functional Evaluation of Rabbit Pacing Cells Transplanted into the Left Ventricular Free Wall. Int J Med Sci 2012; 9(7):513-520. doi:10.7150/ijms.4971. https://www.medsci.org/v09p0513.htm

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Zhang Z, Song Z, Cheng J, Nong Y, Wei L, Zhang C. 2012. The Integration and Functional Evaluation of Rabbit Pacing Cells Transplanted into the Left Ventricular Free Wall. Int J Med Sci. 9(7):513-520.

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