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    Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1 Alpha Contributes to Cardiac Healing in Mesenchymal Stem Cells-Mediated Cardiac Repair
    (Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., 2012) Inmaculada Cerrada; Amparo Ruiz‐Saurí; Rubén Carrero; César Trigueros; Akaitz Dorronsoro; José-María Sánchez-Puelles; Antonio Díez‐Juan; José Montero; Pilar Sepúlveda
    Mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) are effective in treating myocardial infarction (MI) and previous reports demonstrated that hypoxia improves MSC self-renewal and therapeutics. Considering that hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha (HIF-1α) is a master regulator of the adaptative response to hypoxia, we hypothesized that HIF-1α overexpression in MSC could mimic some of the mechanisms triggered by hypoxia and increase their therapeutic potential without hypoxia stimulation. Transduction of MSC with HIF-1α lentivirus vectors (MSC-HIF) resulted in increased cell adhesion and migration, and activation of target genes coding for paracrine factors. When MSC-HIF were intramyocardially injected in infarcted nude rats, significant improvement was found (after treatment of infarcted rats with MSC-HIF) in terms of cardiac function, angiogenesis, cardiomyocyte proliferation, and reduction of fibrotic tissue with no induction of cardiac hypertrophy. This finding provides evidences for a crucial role of HIF-1α on MSC biology and suggests the stabilization of HIF-1α as a novel strategy for cellular therapies.