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- Title
Naked DNA expressing two isoforms of hepatocyte growth factor induces collateral artery augmentation in a rabbit model of limb ischemia.
- Authors
Pyun, W-B; Hahn, W; Kim, D-S; Yoo, W-S; Lee, S-D; Won, J-H; Rho, B-S; Park, Z-Y; Kim, J-M; Kim, S
- Abstract
Hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) has been shown to induce angiogenesis in vivo and has potential as a candidate gene for 'therapeutic angiogenesis'. In vivo, two isoforms of HGF, HGF723 and HGF728, consisting of 723 and 728 amino acids, are generated through alternative splicing between exons 4 and 5, but the biological effects of their coexpression have not yet been elucidated. In this study, we generated a series of genomic-complementary DNA (cDNA) hybrids of the HGF gene by inserting various truncated intron 4 into the junction of exons 4 and 5 of HGF cDNA and analyzed the biological activities of these hybrid constructs. We showed that: (1) the hybrid called HGF-X7, which contained 1502 base pairs of intron 4, could drive a higher level of HGF expression than other hybrid constructs and cDNAs of each isoform alone; (2) the pCK vector was most efficient for the gene expression of HGF-X7; (3) coexpression of both isoforms of HGF could more efficiently induce the migration of human umbilical vein endothelial cell (HUVEC) and of the mouse myoblast cell line C2C12 myoblasts than a single isoform of HGF and human vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)165 at a given concentration; (4) intramuscular administration of pCK-HGF-X7 resulted in transient and localized HGF expression in the injected muscle without an increase in the HGF protein levels in other tissues including serum; and (5) intramuscular injection of pCK-HGF-X7 could more efficiently increase the number of angiographically recognizable collateral vessels, as well as improve an intra-arterial Doppler wire-measured blood flow in the rabbit model of hindlimb ischemia when compared with the identical vector encoding VEGF165 gene. These results showed that transfer of the genomic-cDNA hybrid of the HGF gene could be used as a potential therapeutic approach to human vascular diseases.
- Subjects
DNA; HEPATOCYTE growth factor; ISCHEMIA; DISEASES of the anatomical extremities; NEOVASCULARIZATION; VASCULAR endothelium; GENE expression; LABORATORY rabbits
- Publication
Gene Therapy, 2010, Vol 17, Issue 12, p1442
- ISSN
0969-7128
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/gt.2010.101