Endothelial Progenitor Cells and Endothelial Vesicles – What Is the Significance for Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease?

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Endothelial progenitor cells are cells derived from the bone marrow that circulate in the bloodstream and can exhibit phenotypic characteristics of endothelial cells. They are thought to be involved in postnatal vasculogenesis and to potentially help repair injured endothelium. Circulating endothelial cells are mature endothelial cells in the circulation, and endothelial vesicles or microparticles are thought to be derived from the membranes of endothelial cells as a result of injury or activation. Recent research has focused on using these markers of endothelial injury and repair to assess the state of endothelial health. These efforts have been hampered by lack of uniformity in methodology and terminology. Recent developments in flow cytometry techniques have allowed better characterization and definition of these cells. We review the common techniques used to identify and isolate these cells, clinical studies in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) where they serve as markers of endothelial health and predictors of outcome, and possible mechanisms of progenitor cell dysfunction in CKD.

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The obligatory role of endothelial cells in the relaxation of arterial smooth muscle by acetylcholine.

Robert F. Furchgott, John Zawadzki (1980)

Despite its very potent vasodilating action in vivo, acetylcholine (ACh) does not always produce relaxation of isolated preparations of blood vessels in vitro. For example, in the helical strip of the rabbit descending thoracic aorta, the only reported response to ACh has been graded contractions, occurring at concentrations above 0.1 muM and mediated by muscarinic receptors. Recently, we observed that in a ring preparation from the rabbit thoracic aorta, ACh produced marked relaxation at concentrations lower than those required to produce contraction (confirming an earlier report by Jelliffe). In investigating this apparent discrepancy, we discovered that the loss of relaxation of ACh in the case of the strip was the result of unintentional rubbing of its intimal surface against foreign surfaces during its preparation. If care was taken to avoid rubbing of the intimal surface during preparation, the tissue, whether ring, transverse strip or helical strip, always exhibited relaxation to ACh, and the possibility was considered that rubbing of the intimal surface had removed endothelial cells. We demonstrate here that relaxation of isolated preparations of rabbit thoracic aorta and other blood vessels by ACh requires the presence of endothelial cells, and that ACh, acting on muscarinic receptors of these cells, stimulates release of a substance(s) that causes relaxation of the vascular smooth muscle. We propose that this may be one of the principal mechanisms for ACh-induced vasodilation in vivo. Preliminary reports on some aspects of the work have been reported elsewhere.

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Redefining endothelial progenitor cells via clonal analysis and hematopoietic stem/progenitor cell principals.

Mervin C. Yoder, Laura Mead, Daniel Prater … (2006)

The limited vessel-forming capacity of infused endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) into patients with cardiovascular dysfunction may be related to a misunderstanding of the biologic potential of the cells. EPCs are generally identified by cell surface antigen expression or counting in a commercially available kit that identifies "endothelial cell colony-forming units" (CFU-ECs). However, the origin, proliferative potential, and differentiation capacity of CFU-ECs is controversial. In contrast, other EPCs with blood vessel-forming ability, termed endothelial colony-forming cells (ECFCs), have been isolated from human peripheral blood. We compared the function of CFU-ECs and ECFCs and determined that CFU-ECs are derived from the hematopoietic system using progenitor assays, and analysis of donor cells from polycythemia vera patients harboring a Janus kinase 2 V617F mutation in hematopoietic stem cell clones. Further, CFU-ECs possess myeloid progenitor cell activity, differentiate into phagocytic macrophages, and fail to form perfused vessels in vivo. In contrast, ECFCs are clonally distinct from CFU-ECs, display robust proliferative potential, and form perfused vessels in vivo. Thus, these studies establish that CFU-ECs are not EPCs and the role of these cells in angiogenesis must be re-examined prior to further clinical trials, whereas ECFCs may serve as a potential therapy for vascular regeneration.

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Reduced number of circulating endothelial progenitor cells predicts future cardiovascular events: proof of concept for the clinical importance of endogenous vascular repair.

Caroline Schmidt-Lucke, Lothar Rössig, Stephan Fichtlscherer … (2005)

The maintenance of endothelial integrity plays a critical role in preventing atherosclerotic disease progression. Endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs) were experimentally shown to incorporate into sites of neovascularization and home to sites of endothelial denudation. Circulating EPCs may thus provide an endogenous repair mechanism to counteract ongoing risk factor-induced endothelial injury and to replace dysfunctional endothelium. In 120 individuals (43 control subjects, 44 patients with stable coronary artery disease, and 33 patients with acute coronary syndromes), circulating EPCs were defined by the surface markers CD34+KDR+ and analyzed by flow cytometry. Cardiovascular events (cardiovascular death, unstable angina, myocardial infarction, PTCA, CABG, or ischemic stroke) served as outcome variables over a median follow-up period of 10 months. Patients suffering from cardiovascular events had significantly lower numbers of EPCs (P<0.05). Reduced numbers of EPCs were associated with a significantly higher incidence of cardiovascular events by Kaplan-Meier analysis (P=0.0009). By multivariate analysis, reduced EPC levels were a significant, independent predictor of poor prognosis, even after adjustment for traditional cardiovascular risk factors and disease activity (hazard ratio, 3.9; P<0.05). Reduced levels of circulating EPCs independently predict atherosclerotic disease progression, thus supporting an important role for endogenous vascular repair to modulate the clinical course of coronary artery disease.

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Journal ID (publisher-id): BPU

Journal ID (nlm-ta): Blood Purif

Journal ID (doi): 10.1159/issn.0253-5068

Title: Blood Purification

Publisher: S. Karger AG

ISBN: 978-3-8055-9340-3

ISBN: 978-3-8055-9341-0

ISSN (Print): 0253-5068

ISSN (Electronic): 1421-9735

Publication date Subscription-year: 2010

Publication date (Print): January 2010

Publication date (Electronic): 08 January 2010

Volume: 29

Issue: 2

Pages: 158-162

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Division of Nephrology, University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla., USA

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Publisher ID: 245643 Pmcid ID: PMC2914407 Other ID: Blood Purif 2010;29:158–162

DOI: 10.1159/000245643

PMC ID: PMC2914407

PubMed ID: 20093822

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The obligatory role of endothelial cells in the relaxation of arterial smooth muscle by acetylcholine.

Redefining endothelial progenitor cells via clonal analysis and hematopoietic stem/progenitor cell principals.

Reduced number of circulating endothelial progenitor cells predicts future cardiovascular events: proof of concept for the clinical importance of endogenous vascular repair.

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