Background There is increasing need for better therapies to prevent the development of heart failure after myocardial infarction (MI). An injectable hydrogel derived from decellularized porcine ventricular myocardium has been shown to halt the post-infarction progression of negative left ventricular remodeling and decline in cardiac function in both small and large animal models. Objectives This study sought to elucidate the tissue-level mechanisms underlying the therapeutic benefits of myocardial matrix injection. Methods Myocardial matrix or saline was injected into infarcted myocardium 1 week after ischemia-reperfusion in Sprague-Dawley rats. Cardiac function was evaluated by magnetic resonance imaging and hemodynamic measurements at 5 weeks after injection. Whole transcriptome microarrays were performed on RNA isolated from the infarct at 3 days and 1 week after injection. Quantitative polymerase chain reaction and histologic quantification confirmed expression of key genes and their activation in altered pathways. Results Principal component analysis of the transcriptomes showed that samples collected from myocardial matrix-injected infarcts are distinct and cluster separately from saline-injected control subjects. Pathway analysis indicated that these differences are due to changes in several tissue processes that may contribute to improved cardiac healing after MI. Matrix-injected infarcted myocardium exhibits an altered inflammatory response, reduced cardiomyocyte apoptosis, enhanced infarct neovascularization, diminished cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis, altered metabolic enzyme expression, increased cardiac transcription factor expression, and progenitor cell recruitment, along with improvements in global cardiac function and hemodynamics. Conclusions These results indicate that the myocardial matrix alters several key pathways after MI creating a pro-regenerative environment, further demonstrating its promise as a potential post-MI therapy.

Evidence for mechanisms underlying the functional benefits of a myocardial matrix hydrogel for post-MI treatment / Wassenaar, Jean W.; Gaetani, Roberto; Garcia, Julian J.; Braden, Rebecca L.; Luo, Colin G.; Huang, Diane; Demaria, Anthony N.; Omens, Jeffrey H.; Christman, Karen L.. - In: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY. - ISSN 0735-1097. - 67:9(2016), pp. 1074-1086. [10.1016/j.jacc.2015.12.035]

Evidence for mechanisms underlying the functional benefits of a myocardial matrix hydrogel for post-MI treatment

Gaetani, Roberto;
2016

Abstract

Background There is increasing need for better therapies to prevent the development of heart failure after myocardial infarction (MI). An injectable hydrogel derived from decellularized porcine ventricular myocardium has been shown to halt the post-infarction progression of negative left ventricular remodeling and decline in cardiac function in both small and large animal models. Objectives This study sought to elucidate the tissue-level mechanisms underlying the therapeutic benefits of myocardial matrix injection. Methods Myocardial matrix or saline was injected into infarcted myocardium 1 week after ischemia-reperfusion in Sprague-Dawley rats. Cardiac function was evaluated by magnetic resonance imaging and hemodynamic measurements at 5 weeks after injection. Whole transcriptome microarrays were performed on RNA isolated from the infarct at 3 days and 1 week after injection. Quantitative polymerase chain reaction and histologic quantification confirmed expression of key genes and their activation in altered pathways. Results Principal component analysis of the transcriptomes showed that samples collected from myocardial matrix-injected infarcts are distinct and cluster separately from saline-injected control subjects. Pathway analysis indicated that these differences are due to changes in several tissue processes that may contribute to improved cardiac healing after MI. Matrix-injected infarcted myocardium exhibits an altered inflammatory response, reduced cardiomyocyte apoptosis, enhanced infarct neovascularization, diminished cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis, altered metabolic enzyme expression, increased cardiac transcription factor expression, and progenitor cell recruitment, along with improvements in global cardiac function and hemodynamics. Conclusions These results indicate that the myocardial matrix alters several key pathways after MI creating a pro-regenerative environment, further demonstrating its promise as a potential post-MI therapy.
2016
biomaterial; extracellular matrix; heart failure; infarction; microarray; Animals; Coronary Circulation; Disease Models, Animal; Extracellular Matrix; Female; Heart Failure; Hydrogel, Polyethylene Glycol Dimethacrylate; Injections; Myocardial Infarction; Myocardium; Neovascularization, Physiologic; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley; Ventricular Remodeling; Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
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Evidence for mechanisms underlying the functional benefits of a myocardial matrix hydrogel for post-MI treatment / Wassenaar, Jean W.; Gaetani, Roberto; Garcia, Julian J.; Braden, Rebecca L.; Luo, Colin G.; Huang, Diane; Demaria, Anthony N.; Omens, Jeffrey H.; Christman, Karen L.. - In: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY. - ISSN 0735-1097. - 67:9(2016), pp. 1074-1086. [10.1016/j.jacc.2015.12.035]
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