Delivery of Cu/Zn-superoxide dismutase genes with a viral vector minimizes liver injury and improves survival after liver transplantation in the rat

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Lehmann, TG
Wheeler, MD
Schoonhoven, R
Bunzendahl, H
Samulski, RJ
Thurman, RG
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[1] Univ N Carolina, Dept Pharmacol, Hepatobiol & Toxicol Lab, Gene Therapy Ctr, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 USA
[2] Univ N Carolina, Dept Environm Sci & Engn, Hepatobiol & Toxicol Lab, Gene Therapy Ctr, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 USA
[3] Univ N Carolina, Dept Surg, Hepatobiol & Toxicol Lab, Gene Therapy Ctr, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 USA
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10.1097/00007890-200003270-00007
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R392 [医学免疫学]; Q939.91 [免疫学];
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Background. Oxygen-derived free radicals play a central role in pathomechanisms of reperfusion injury after organ transplantation. Endogenous radical scavenger systems such as superoxide dismutase (SOD) degrade toxic radicals; however, SOD is degraded rapidly when given exogenously, Therefore, the hypothesis that treatment of the donor liver with an adenoviral vector encoding the Cu/Zn-SOD gene (Ad-SOD1) would lead to permanent gene expression and therefore protect the organ against injury and increase survival in a rat model of liver transplantation was tested. Methods. Some donors were infected with Ad-SOD1, whereas untreated grafts and livers infected with the indicator gene lacZ encoding bacterial beta-galactosidase (Ad-lacZ) served as controls. After orthotopic Liver transplantation, survival, serum transaminases, and histopathology were evaluated. Results. Approximately 80% of hepatocytes expressed beta-galactosidase 72 hr after injection of Ad-lacZ. Moreover, SOD1 gene expression and activity were increased 3- and 10-fold in the Ad-SOD1 group, respectively. After transplantation, 20-25% of rats treated with Ad-lacZ survived. In contrast, all SOD1-treated animals survived. Transaminases measured 8 hr after transplantation in Ad-SOD1 rats were only 40% of those in controls, which increased 40-fold above normal values. Approximately 20% of hepatocytes in untreated and Ad-lacZ-infected organs were necrotic 8 hr after reperfusion, whereas necrosis was nearly undetectable in grafts from rats treated with Ad-SOD1. Conclusions. This study provides clear evidence for the first time that gene therapy with Ad-SOD1 increases survival and decreases hepatic injury after liver transplantation. Genetic modification of the liver represents a future approach to protect organs against injury where oxygen-derived free radicals are involved.
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