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HUMAN GENE THERAPY
Volume 21, Issue 11, Pages 1545-1554Publisher
MARY ANN LIEBERT, INC
DOI: 10.1089/hum.2009.160
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- National 973 Basic Research Program of China [2009CB521900]
- National High-tech Research and Development Program of China [2006AA02A406]
- Program of Introducing Talents of Discipline to Universities [B07035]
- National Natural Science of China [60831003]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [0470701, 30470702, 30570747, 30670873]
- Shandong Natural Science Foundation of China [03BS37, Y2006C68]
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The purpose of this study was to test the hypothesis that overexpression of angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) may favorably affect left ventricular (LV) remodeling and function after myocardial infarction (MI). The left anterior descending coronary artery was ligated to produce anterior MI in 100 Wistar-Kyoto rats that were randomly divided into Ad-ACE2, Ad-ACE2+A779, Ad-EGFP, model, and sham groups. Two weeks later, rats in the Ad-ACE2 and Ad-EGFP groups received direct intramyocardial injection of Ad-ACE2 and Ad-EGFP, respectively. Rats in the Ad-ACE2+A779 group received both intramyocardial injection of Ad-ACE2 and a continuous intravenous infusion of A779 for 15 days. LV volume and systolic function, the extent of myocardial fibrosis, and levels of ACE2, angiotensin II (Ang II), and collagen I protein expression were evaluated. Four weeks after ACE2 gene transfer, the Ad-ACE2 group showed reduced LV volume, extent of myocardial fibrosis, and expression levels of ACE, Ang II, and collagen I in the myocardium, and increased LV ejection fraction and levels of ACE2 activity and expression in comparison with the Ad-EGFP and model groups. These results suggest that ACE2 overexpression attenuated LV fibrosis and improved LV remodeling and systolic function. In conclusion, overexpression of ACE2 favorably affected the pathological process of LV remodeling after MI by inhibiting ACE activity, reducing AngII levels, and up-regulating Ang-(1-7) expression, thus providing a potential therapeutic target in the treatment of heart failure.
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