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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-11-24
pubmed:abstractText
Effective gene therapy for heart failure has not yet been achieved clinically. The aim of this study is to quantitatively assess the cardiac isolation efficiency of the molecular cardiac surgery with recirculating delivery (MCARD™) and to evaluate its efficacy as a means to limit collateral organ gene expression. 10(14) genome copies (GC) of recombinant adeno-associated viral vector 6 encoding green fluorescent protein under control of the cytomegalovirus promoter was delivered to the nine arrested sheep hearts. Blood samples were assessed using real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT QPCR). Collateral organ gene expression was assessed at four-weeks using immunohistochemical staining. The blood vector GC concentration in the cardiac circuit during complete isolation trended from 9.59±0.73 to 9.05±0.65 (log GC/cm(3)), and no GC were detectable in the systemic circuit (P<0.001). The washing procedure performed prior to relinquishing the cardiac circuit decreased the systemic blood vector GC concentration >800-fold (P<0.001), consistent with >99% isolation efficiency. Conversely, incomplete isolation resulted in equalization of vector GC concentration in the circuits, leading to robust collateral organ gene expression. MCARD™ is an efficient, clinically translatable myocardial delivery platform for cardiac specific gene therapy. The cardiac surgical techniques utilized are critically important to limit collateral organ gene expression.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1569-9285
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
727-31
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20861057-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:20861057-Cardiac Surgical Procedures, pubmed-meshheading:20861057-Cardiopulmonary Bypass, pubmed-meshheading:20861057-Collateral Circulation, pubmed-meshheading:20861057-Cytomegalovirus, pubmed-meshheading:20861057-Dependovirus, pubmed-meshheading:20861057-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:20861057-Gene Therapy, pubmed-meshheading:20861057-Genetic Vectors, pubmed-meshheading:20861057-Green Fluorescent Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:20861057-Heart Failure, pubmed-meshheading:20861057-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:20861057-Intraoperative Care, pubmed-meshheading:20861057-Male, pubmed-meshheading:20861057-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:20861057-Promoter Regions, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:20861057-Sheep, pubmed-meshheading:20861057-Time Factors
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Gene therapy during cardiac surgery: role of surgical technique to minimize collateral organ gene expression.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Pennsylvania Hospital, The University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article