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MOLECULAR THERAPY
卷 19, 期 5, 页码 895-902出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/mt.2011.18
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- Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada [FRN 62763]
- Canadian Foundation for Innovation, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD [R01-HL-074443, R01-HL-078610, R01-DK-063508]
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Ministry of Research and Innovation, Ontario, Canada
Gene therapy approaches to enhance endothelial progenitor cell (EPC) homing may augment cell engraftment to ischemic tissue and lead to a greater therapeutic response. Therefore, we assessed the effects of ultrasound-mediated (UM) transfection of the chemokine stromal cell-derived factor-1 (SDF-1) on homing and engraftment of intravenously administered EPCs and the subsequent angiogenic response in chronically ischemic skeletal muscle. Bone marrow-derived EPCs were isolated from donor Fisher 344 rats, cultured and labeled in preparation for injection into recipient animals via a jugular vein. Using a model of chronic hindlimb ischemia in rats, we demonstrated that UM destruction of intravenous carrier microbubbles loaded with SDF-1 plasmid DNA resulted in targeted transfection of the vascular endothelium within ischemic muscle and greater local engraftment of EPCs. The combination of SDF-1gene therapy and EPCs lead to the greatest increase in tissue perfusion and microvascular density within ischemic muscle, compared to no treatment or either monotherapy alone. Our results demonstrate that UM transfection of SDF-1 improves EPC targeting to chronically ischemic tissue, enhancing vascular engraftment and leading to a more robust neovascularization response.
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