Wnt Signaling Exerts an Antiproliferative Effect on Adult Cardiac Progenitor Cells Through IGFBP3
- 9 December 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Circulation Research
- Vol. 109 (12), 1363-1374
- https://doi.org/10.1161/circresaha.111.250282
Abstract
Rationale:Recent work in animal models and humans has demonstrated the presence of organ-specific progenitor cells required for the regenerative capacity of the adult heart. In response to tissue injury, progenitor cells differentiate into specialized cells, while their numbers are maintained through mechanisms of self-renewal. The molecular cues that dictate the self-renewal of adult progenitor cells in the heart, however, remain unclear. Objective:We investigate the role of canonical Wnt signaling on adult cardiac side population (CSP) cells under physiological and disease conditions. Methods and Results:CSP cells isolated from C57BL/6J mice were used to study the effects of canonical Wnt signaling on their proliferative capacity. The proliferative capacity of CSP cells was also tested after injection of recombinant Wnt3a protein (r-Wnt3a) in the left ventricular free wall. Wnt signaling was found to decrease the proliferation of adult CSP cells, both in vitro and in vivo, through suppression of cell cy...Keywords
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