Publication: Adenovirus-mediated gene transfer into normal rabbit arteries results in prolonged vascular cell activation, inflammation, and neointimal hyperplasia
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1995
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American Society for Clinical Investigation
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Newman, K D, P F Dunn, J W Owens, A H Schulick, R Virmani, G Sukhova, P Libby, and D A Dichek. 1995. “Adenovirus-Mediated Gene Transfer into Normal Rabbit Arteries Results in Prolonged Vascular Cell Activation, Inflammation, and Neointimal Hyperplasia.” J. Clin. Invest. 96 (6) (December 1): 2955–2965. doi:10.1172/jci118367.
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Adenovirus vectors are capable of high efficiency in vivo arterial gene transfer, and are currently in use as therapeutic agents in animal models of vascular disease. However, despite substantial data on the ability of viruses to cause vascular inflammation and proliferation, and the presence in current adenovirus vectors of viral open reading frames that are translated in vivo, no study has examined the effect of adenovirus vectors alone on the arterial phenotype. In a rabbit model of gene transfer into a normal artery, we examined potential vascular cell activation, inflammation, and neointimal proliferation resulting from exposure to replication-defective adenovirus. Exposure of normal arteries to adenovirus vectors resulted in: (a) pronounced infiltration of T cells throughout the artery wall; (b) upregulation of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 and vascular cell adhesion molecule-1 in arterial smooth muscle cells; (c) neointimal hyperplasia. These findings were present both 10 and 30 d after gene transfer, with no evidence of a decline in severity over time. Adenovirus vectors have pleiotropic effects on the arterial wall and cause significant pathology. Interpretation of experimental protocols that use adenovirus vectors to address either biological or therapeutic issues should take these observations into account. These observations should also prompt the design of more inert gene transfer vectors.
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adenoviruses, arteries, gene transfer, inflammation, rabbits
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