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标题：Adeno-associated viral vector-mediated vascular endothelial growth factor gene transfer induces neovascular formation in ischemic heart
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作者：Hua Su ; Ronghua Lu ; Yuet Wai Kan 等
期刊名称：Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
印刷版ISSN：0027-8424
电子版ISSN：1091-6490
出版年度：2000
卷号：97
期号：25
页码：13801-13806
DOI：10.1073/pnas.250488097
语种：English
出版社：The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
摘要：Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) plays important roles in physiological and pathological angiogenesis. Recent studies have demonstrated that direct injection of VEGF protein, plasmid DNA, or an adenoviral vector encoding the VEGF gene into ischemic myocardium or limb can induce collateral blood vessel formation and improve perfusion of the ischemic areas. However, these approaches have limitations ranging from a short-lasting effect to angioma formation. In this study, we investigated the feasibility of using adeno-associated viral (AAV) vectors to deliver VEGF genes to mouse myocardium. A cytomegalovirus promoter was used to drive genes for a human VEGF isoform, VEGF165, and LacZ. A mouse myocardial ischemic model was generated by ligation of the anterior descending coronary artery. Approximately 1011 copies of the AAV-VEGF vector mixed with 1010 copies of AAV-LacZ were injected to one site of normal myocardium and a total of 1011 copies of AAV-VEGF were injected to multiple sites of myocardium around the ischemic region. LacZ gene expression was observed up to 3 months after the vector inoculation. After AAV-VEGF inoculation, neoangiogenesis was observed in the ischemic heart model but not in normal heart tissue. An inflammatory-cell infiltration was not observed in the AAV-VEGF- and AAV-LacZ-inoculated hearts, and angioma-like structure was not observed. These results indicated that injection of the AAV vector directly to myocardium could mediate efficient gene transfer and transgene expression and that VEGF gene delivered by AAV vector can induce angiogenesis in ischemic myocardium.