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Submitted on October 5, 2004
Revised on January 10, 2005
Accepted on January 21, 2005

Monitoring of Bone Marrow Cell Homing Into the Infarcted Human Myocardium

Michael Hofmann MD, MS, Kai C. Wollert MD, Gerd P. Meyer MD, Alix Menke MD, Lubomir Arseniev MD, Bernd Hertenstein MD, Arnold Ganser MD, Wolfram H. Knapp MD, and Helmut Drexler MD*

From the Departments of Nuclear Medicine (M.H., W.H.K.), Cardiology and Angiology (K.C.W., G.P.M., A.M., H.D.), and Hematology and Oncology (L.A., B.H., A.G.), Hanover Medical School, Hanover, Germany.

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: drexler.helmut{at}mh-hannover.de.

Background--Intracoronary transfer of autologous bone marrow cells (BMCs) promotes recovery of left ventricular systolic function in patients with acute myocardial infarction. Although the mechanisms of this effect remain to be established, homing of BMCs into the infarcted myocardium is probably a critical early event.

Methods and Results--We determined BMC biodistribution after therapeutic application in patients with a first ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction who had undergone stenting of the infarct-related artery. Unselected BMCs were radiolabeled with 100 MBq 2-[18F]-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (18F-FDG) and infused into the infarct-related coronary artery (intracoronary; n=3 patients) or injected via an antecubital vein (intravenous; n=3 patients). In 3 additional patients, CD34-positive (CD34+) cells were immunomagnetically enriched from unselected BMCs, labeled with 18F-FDG, and infused intracoronarily. Cell transfer was performed 5 to 10 days after stenting. More than 99% of the infused total radioactivity was cell bound. Nucleated cell viability, comparable in all preparations, ranged from 92% to 96%. Fifty to 75 minutes after cell transfer, all patients underwent 3D PET imaging. After intracoronary transfer, 1.3% to 2.6% of 18F-FDG-labeled unselected BMCs were detected in the infarcted myocardium; the remaining activity was found primarily in liver and spleen. After intravenous transfer, only background activity was detected in the infarcted myocardium. After intracoronary transfer of 18F-FDG-labeled CD34-enriched cells, 14% to 39% of the total activity was detected in the infarcted myocardium. Unselected BMCs engrafted in the infarct center and border zone; homing of CD34-enriched cells was more pronounced in the border zone.

Conclusions--18F-FDG labeling and 3D PET imaging can be used to monitor myocardial homing and biodistribution of BMCs after therapeutic application in patients.


Key words: bone marrow cells • imaging • myocardial infarction • nuclear medicine




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Differential Effect of Intracoronary Infusion of Mobilized Peripheral Blood Stem Cells by Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor on Left Ventricular Function and Remodeling in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction Versus Old Myocardial Infarction: The MAGIC Cell-3-DES Randomized, Controlled Trial
Circulation, July 4, 2006; 114(1_suppl): I-145 - I-151.
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C. E. Murry, H. Reinecke, and L. M. Pabon
Regeneration Gaps: Observations on Stem Cells and Cardiac Repair
J. Am. Coll. Cardiol., May 2, 2006; 47(9): 1777 - 1785.
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T. Eschenhagen, W. H. Zimmermann, and A. G. Kleber
Electrical Coupling of Cardiac Myocyte Cell Sheets to the Heart
Circ. Res., March 17, 2006; 98(5): 573 - 575.
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G. P. Meyer, K. C. Wollert, J. Lotz, J. Steffens, P. Lippolt, S. Fichtner, H. Hecker, A. Schaefer, L. Arseniev, B. Hertenstein, et al.
Intracoronary Bone Marrow Cell Transfer After Myocardial Infarction: Eighteen Months' Follow-Up Data From the Randomized, Controlled BOOST (BOne marrOw transfer to enhance ST-elevation infarct regeneration) Trial
Circulation, March 14, 2006; 113(10): 1287 - 1294.
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J. C. Wu, J. M. Spin, F. Cao, S. Lin, X. Xie, O. Gheysens, I. Y. Chen, A. Y. Sheikh, R. C. Robbins, A. Tsalenko, et al.
Transcriptional profiling of reporter genes used for molecular imaging of embryonic stem cell transplantation
Physiol Genomics, March 13, 2006; 25(1): 29 - 38.
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A. Goette, K. Jentsch-Ullrich, M. Hammwohner, S. Trautmann, A. Franke, H. U. Klein, and A. Auricchio
Cardiac uptake of progenitor cells in patients with moderate-to-severe left ventricular failure scheduled for cardiac resynchronization therapy.
Europace, March 1, 2006; 8(3): 157 - 160.
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F. Cao, S. Lin, X. Xie, P. Ray, M. Patel, X. Zhang, M. Drukker, S. J. Dylla, A. J. Connolly, X. Chen, et al.
In Vivo Visualization of Embryonic Stem Cell Survival, Proliferation, and Migration After Cardiac Delivery
Circulation, February 21, 2006; 113(7): 1005 - 1014.
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J. Andrade, J. T. Lam, M. Zamora, C. Huang, D. Franco, N. Sevilla, P. J. Gruber, J. T. Lu, and P. Ruiz-Lozano
Predominant fusion of bone marrow-derived cardiomyocytes
Cardiovasc Res, December 1, 2005; 68(3): 387 - 393.
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E. D. de Muinck and M. Simons
Calling on Reserves: Granulocyte Colony Stimulating Growth Factor in Cardiac Repair
Circulation, November 15, 2005; 112(20): 3033 - 3035.
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L. C. Amado, A. P. Saliaris, K. H. Schuleri, M. St. John, J.-S. Xie, S. Cattaneo, D. J. Durand, T. Fitton, J. Q. Kuang, G. Stewart, et al.
Cardiac repair with intramyocardial injection of allogeneic mesenchymal stem cells after myocardial infarction
PNAS, August 9, 2005; 102(32): 11474 - 11479.
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K. C. Wollert and H. Drexler
Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Myocardial Infarction: Promises and Pitfalls
Circulation, July 12, 2005; 112(2): 151 - 153.
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