OBJECTIVE: The concept of neovascularization in response to tissue ischemia has been extended by the finding of postnatal vasculogenesis initiated by endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs). The aim of this study was to analyze whether a maximal stress test in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) increases the number of circulating EPCs. METHODS AND RESULTS: Blood concentration of EPCs was analyzed by FACS and cell culture assay in CAD patients with (n=16) or without (n=12) exercise-induced myocardial ischemia and in healthy subjects (n=11) for up to 144 hours after maximal stress test. Plasma concentrations of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), basic fibroblast growth factor, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, and granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor were determined by ELISA. EPCs increased significantly in ischemic patients, with a maximum after 24 to 48 hours (cell culture: 3.3+/-0.5-fold increase; FACS: 3.1+/-0.6-fold increase) and returned to baseline within 72 hour. In nonischemic patients and healthy subjects, no EPC increase was detectable. VEGF levels in ischemic patients increased significantly after 2 to 6 hours (maximum after 2 hours; 4.0+/-1.1-fold increase) and no change was observed in nonischemic patients and healthy subjects; DeltaVEGF and DeltaEPC correlated significantly (r=0.66). CONCLUSIONS: Patients with symptomatic CAD respond to a single episode of exercise-induced myocardial ischemia with a time-dependent increase in circulating EPCs. This increase may be related to and preceded by an increase in plasma VEGF.
OBJECTIVE: The concept of neovascularization in response to tissue ischemia has been extended by the finding of postnatal vasculogenesis initiated by endothelial progenitor cells (EPCs). The aim of this study was to analyze whether a maximal stress test in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) increases the number of circulating EPCs. METHODS AND RESULTS: Blood concentration of EPCs was analyzed by FACS and cell culture assay in CAD patients with (n=16) or without (n=12) exercise-induced myocardial ischemia and in healthy subjects (n=11) for up to 144 hours after maximal stress test. Plasma concentrations of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), basic fibroblast growth factor, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, and granulocyte macrophage-colony stimulating factor were determined by ELISA. EPCs increased significantly in ischemicpatients, with a maximum after 24 to 48 hours (cell culture: 3.3+/-0.5-fold increase; FACS: 3.1+/-0.6-fold increase) and returned to baseline within 72 hour. In nonischemic patients and healthy subjects, no EPC increase was detectable. VEGF levels in ischemicpatients increased significantly after 2 to 6 hours (maximum after 2 hours; 4.0+/-1.1-fold increase) and no change was observed in nonischemic patients and healthy subjects; DeltaVEGF and DeltaEPC correlated significantly (r=0.66). CONCLUSIONS:Patients with symptomatic CAD respond to a single episode of exercise-induced myocardial ischemia with a time-dependent increase in circulating EPCs. This increase may be related to and preceded by an increase in plasma VEGF.
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