To probe into the influence of transplantation of allogenic bone marrow mononuclear cells (BM-MNCs) on the left ventricular remodeling of rat after acute myocardial infarction (AMI), 60 male Wistar rats were evenly divided into three groups at random: control group 1, control group 2 and transplantation group. In control group 1, chest was opened without ligation of coronary artery; in control group 2 and transplantation group, the left anterior descending branch of coronary artery was ligated to establish AMI model. Prepared culture medium and allogenic BM-MNCs suspension were respectively implanted the surrounding area of infracted cardiac muscle via epicardium of con-trol group 2 and transplantation group. Four weeks after the operation, the osteopontin gene (OPN mRNA, P<0.01), typeⅠcollagen (P<0.01) and angiotensin Ⅱ (AngⅡ, P<0.01) content in the left ventricular non-infracted myocardium, and the AngⅡ density in blood plasma (P<0.05) of trans-plantation group and control group 2 were all significantly higher than that of control group 1. In the transplantation group, the myocardial OPN mRNA, type Ⅰ collagen and Ang Ⅱ content of non-infracted zone in left ventricle, and the AngⅡ concentration in blood plasma were all signifi-cantly lower than those of control group 2 (P<0.05 for all). It is concluded that allogenic BM-MNCs transplantation may ease left ventricular remodeling after AMI by inhibiting the synthesis of typeⅠ collagen in the cardiac muscle and down-regulating the expression of AngⅡ and OPN gene.
