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Long-term stable expression of human growth hormone by rAAV promotes myocardial protection post-myocardial infarction.

Abstract
Recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV)-based gene therapy represents a promising approach for the treatment of heart diseases. It has been shown that growth hormone (GH) exerts a favorable effect on cardiovascular function in clinical and animal studies. This study explores a chronic stage after myocardial infarction and the potential therapeutic effects of delivering a human GH gene by rAAV following coronary artery ligation in Sprague-Dawley rats. rAAV vectors stably transduced heart muscle for up to 22 weeks after myocardial infarction (MI). Overexpression of GH via rAAV vectors significantly improved not only cardiac function but also LV pathologic remodeling was attenuated post-MI compared to the control rAAV-lacZ injected group. rAAV-mediated expression of GH also resulted in a significant induction of several angiogenic genes such as eNOS, VEGF and bFGF in rat hearts. Immunohistochemistry revealed an increase in capillary density and proliferation of cells and a decrease in the number of TUNEL-positive cardiomyocytes in the rAAV-GH group. Based on these data, we conclude that rAAV-mediated GH delivery can render a long-term transduction in the infarcted heart and improve cardiac function through promoting angiogenesis and proliferation of cells and protecting cardiomyocytes from ischemia-induced apoptosis.
AuthorsKengo Kusano, Yoshiaki Tsutsumi, Jarrod Dean, Mary Gavin, Hong Ma, Marcy Silver, Tina Thorne, Yan Zhu, Douglas W Losordo, Ryuichi Aikawa
JournalJournal of molecular and cellular cardiology (J Mol Cell Cardiol) Vol. 42 Issue 2 Pg. 390-9 (Feb 2007) ISSN: 0022-2828 [Print] England
PMID17174322 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
Chemical References
  • Growth Hormone
Topics
  • Animals
  • Apoptosis (genetics)
  • Cell Proliferation
  • Dependovirus
  • Genetic Therapy
  • Growth Hormone (biosynthesis, genetics)
  • Male
  • Myocardial Infarction (genetics, metabolism, therapy)
  • Myocardium (metabolism, pathology)
  • Myocytes, Cardiac (metabolism, pathology)
  • Neovascularization, Physiologic (genetics)
  • Rats
  • Rats, Sprague-Dawley
  • Transduction, Genetic

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