SERCA2a gene transfer prevents intimal proliferation in an organ culture of human internal mammary artery
SERCA2a gene transfer prevents intimal proliferation in an organ culture of human internal mammary artery
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10.1038/gt.2012.50
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发表时间:
2013-04-01
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影响因子:
5.1
通讯作者:
Hajjar, R. J.
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Lipskaia, L.;Hadri, L.;Hajjar, R. J.
Coronary restenosis, a major complication of percutaneous balloon angioplasty, results from neointimal proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). The sarco/endoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase 2a isoform (SERCA2a), specific to contractile VSMCs, has been reported previously to be involved in the control of the Ca2+-signaling pathways governing proliferation and migration. Moreover, SERCA2a gene transfer was reported to inhibit in vitro VSMC proliferation and to prevent neointimal thickening in a rat carotid injury model. The aim of this study was to evaluate the potential therapeutic interest of SERCA2a gene transfer for prevention of in-stent restenosis using a ex vivo model of human left internal mammary artery (hIMA) intimal thickening. Left hIMAs, obtained at the time of aorto-coronary bypass surgeries, were subjected to balloon dilatation followed by infection for 30 min with adenoviruses encoding either human SERCA2 and green fluorescence protein (GFP) or control gene (beta-galactosidase, beta-gal) and GFP. Proliferation of subendothelial VSMCs and neointimal thickening were observed in balloon-injured hIMA maintained 14 days in organ culture under constant pressure and perfusion. SERCA2a gene transfer prevented vascular remodeling and significantly (P < 0.01, n = 5) reduced neointimal thickening in injured arteries (intima/media ratio was 0.07 +/- 0.01 vs 0.40 +/- 0.03 in beta-gal-infected arteries). These findings could have potential implications for treatment of pathological in-stent restenosis. Gene Therapy (2013) 20, 396-406; doi: 10.1038/gt.2012.50; published online 5 July 2012