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Chronic treatment with clenbuterol modulates endothelial progenitor cells and circulating factors in a murine model of cardiomyopathy

  • James E. Rider
  • , Sean P. Polster
  • , Sangjin Lee
  • , Nathan J. Charles
  • , Neeta Adhikari
  • , Ami Mariash
  • , George Tadros
  • , Jenna Stangland
  • , Ryszard T. Smolenski
  • , Cesare M. Terracciano
  • , Paul J.R. Barton
  • , Emma J. Birks
  • , Magdi H. Yacoub
  • , Leslie W. Miller
  • , Jennifer L. Hall

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of chronic treatment with the beta 2 adrenergic receptor agonist clenbuterol on endothelial progenitor cells (EPC) in a well-characterized model of heart failure, the muscle LIM protein knockout (MLP-/-) mouse. MLP-/- mice were treated daily with clenbuterol (2 mg/kg) or saline subcutaneously for 6 weeks. Clenbuterol led to a 30% increase in CD31+ cells in the bone marrow of MLP-/- heart failure mice (p∈<∈0.004). Clenbuterol did not improve ejection fraction. Clenbuterol treatment in MLP -/- mice was associated with significant changes in the following circulating factors: tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-type 1, leukemia inhibitory factor 1, C-reactive protein, apolipoprotein A1, fibroblast growth factor 2, serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase, macrophage-derived chemokine, and monocyte chemoattractant protein-3. Clenbuterol treatment in the MLP -/- model of heart failure did not rescue heart function, yet did increase CD31+ cells in the bone marrow. This is the first evidence that a beta 2 agonist increases EPC proliferation in the bone marrow in a preclinical model of heart failure.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)182-190
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Cardiovascular Translational Research
Volume2
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 2009

Funding

FundersFunder number
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney DiseasesR21DK078029
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

    Keywords

    • Beta 2 adrenergic receptor
    • Clenbuterol
    • Endothelial progenitor cell
    • Heart failure
    • Muscle LIM protein

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Molecular Medicine
    • Genetics
    • Pharmaceutical Science
    • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
    • Genetics(clinical)

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