Abstract
Myocardial infarction (MI) causes serious loss of cardiac muscle and dysfunction. To restore MI, exogenous stem cells should be efficiently delivered. However, due to severe physical and physiological cardiac environment, recent strategies have faced challenges, including low cell persistence, low integration, and delayed therapeutic effects. Herein, we proposed mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) therapeutic platform using adhesive protein-based immiscible condensed liquid system (APICLS) derived from bioengineered mussel adhesive protein (MAP). With high encapsulation efficiency and survival rate of encapsulated MSCs, APICLS was successfully grafted by intramyocardial injection and distributed throughout the scarred myocardium. Its underwater adhesiveness and biocompatibility fostered integration with damaged tissue, resulting in high cell persistence and maximized paracrine effects. Bioactive molecules released from APICLS with MSCs induced angiogenesis and cardioprotection, delayed cardiac remodeling, reduced fibrosis, and recovered contractive force. Thus, our proposed strategy represents an innovative approach for recovering infarcted cardiac tissues with damaged structural and contractive function.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 602-615 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | Journal of Controlled Release |
Volume | 321 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 10 May 2020 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Financial support was provided by the Marine Biomaterials Research Center grant from Marine Biotechnology Program of the Korea Institute of Marine Science & Technology Promotion funded by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries , Korea.
Funding Information:
Financial support was provided by the Marine Biomaterials Research Center grant from Marine Biotechnology Program of the Korea Institute of Marine Science & Technology Promotion funded by the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries, Korea.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020
Keywords
- Cell retention
- Mesenchymal stem cell therapy
- Mussel adhesive protein
- Myocardial infarction
- Paracrine effect