Cardiac repair using regenerating neonatal heart tissue-derived extracellular vesicles.

ABSTRACT: Neonatal mammalian hearts are capable of regenerating by inducing cardiomyocyte proliferation after injury. However, this regenerative capability in adult mammalian hearts almost disappears. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) have been shown to play vital cardioprotective roles in heart repair. Here, we report that EVs from regenerating neonatal heart tissues, after apical resection surgery (AR-Neo-EVs), exhibit stronger pro-proliferative, anti-apoptotic, and pro-angiogenesis activities than EVs from neonatal mouse cardiac tissues (Neo-EVs), effects which are absent in adult mouse heart-derived EVs (Adu-EVs). Proteomic analysis reveals the expression of Wdr75 protein, a regulator of p53, is higher in AR-Neo-EVs than in Neo-EVs. It is shown the regenerative potential of AR-Neo-EVs is abrogated wh

SUBMITTER: Li H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11790877 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature