The 2.3 kb smooth muscle myosin heavy chain promoter directs gene expression into the vascular system of transgenic mice and rabbits

被引:12
作者
Franz, WM [1 ]
Mueller, OJ
Fleischmann, M
Babij, P
Frey, N
Mueller, M
Besenfelder, U
Moorman, AFM
Brem, G
Katus, HA
机构
[1] Univ Lubeck, Med Klin 2, D-2400 Lubeck, Germany
[2] Univ Vet Med, Inst Tierzucht & Genet, Vienna, Austria
[3] Wyeth Ayerst Res, Princeton, NJ 08543 USA
[4] Univ Amsterdam, Dept Anat & Embryol, Amsterdam, Netherlands
关键词
gene expression; gene therapy; smooth muscle; arteries; coronary circulation;
D O I
10.1016/S0008-6363(99)00173-X
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Background: Smooth muscle cells (SMC) are a preferential target for gene therapeutic approaches in atherosclerosis and restenosis. However, the undesirable expression of putative therapeutic genes in tissues other than the vascular wail is a considerable safety limitation for clinical trials, thus requiring the identification of a smooth-muscle-specific promoter sequence. Since the 2.3 kb rabbit Smooth Muscle Myosin Heavy Chain (SMHC) promoter was shown to be transcriptionally active in primary vascular but not visceral or other non-SMC in vitro, this fragment was chosen for in vivo analysis. Methods and Results: Transgenic mice and rabbits were established expressing a luciferase reporter gene under control of the 2.3 kb rabbit SMHC promoter. In contrast to the endogenous expression pattern of the SMHC gene both species revealed light emission predominantly in the arterial system including coronary arteries. Low activities were measured in large veins and the gastrointestinal system. In situ hybridization of murine embryos using a luciferase riboprobe confirmed reporter gene expression in large arteries with no detectable mRNA in the viscera. Unlike adult animals, ectopic luciferase activities were found in ventricular myocardium during murine development ceasing 1 week post partum. Conclusions: In two animal species, the 2.3 kb SMHC promoter appeared to be effective in discriminating between the pathways regulating vascular and visceral smooth muscle gene expression. The vascular-specific expression profile of the 2.3 kb SMHC promoter suggests that the 2.3 kb SMHC promoter contains the regulatory elements necessary for selective gene targeting into vascular SMC of large arteries including coronary arteries in vivo. (C) 1999 Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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页码:1040 / 1048
页数:9
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