Indirect intracoronary delivery of adenovirus encoding adenylyl cyclase increases left ventricular contractile function in mice

David M. Roth, N. Chin Lai, Mei Hua Gao, Jeffery D. Drumm, Jesus Jimenez, James R. Feramisco, H. Kirk Hammond

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Abstract

We performed indirect intracoronary delivery of adenovirus vectors in mice and explored techniques including hypothermia and pharmacological means to increase cardiac gene transfer. Mice were maintained in a normothermic state or cooled to 25°C. The aorta or both the pulmonary artery and aorta were clamped while a needle was advanced into the left ventricular cavity to deliver adenovirus vectors encoding enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) or murine adenylyl cyclase type VI (ACVI) with saline, sodium nitroprusside, acetylcholine, or serotonin. Clamping was maintained for 30 s (normothermia) or 2 min (25°C) after adenovirus administration. Mice were killed 7 or 21 days later, and hearts were examined for EGFP expression. Compared with clamping the aorta alone and with no cooling, gene transfer was increased as follows: 1) 1.3-fold with hypothermia to extend dwell time; 2) 4.5-fold by clamping the aorta and the pulmonary artery; 3) 11.4-fold with nitroprusside administration; 4) 11.8-fold with serotonin addition, and 5) 14.3-fold with acetylcholine delivery. Gene expression remained substantial at 21 days, and no significant inflammatory response was seen. Efficacy of the method was tested by performing gene transfer of adenovirus encoding ACVI. Fourteen days after gene transfer, hearts isolated from mice that received adenovirus encoding AC VI showed increased contractile function. Indirect intracoronary delivery of adenovirus vectors in mice is associated with efficient cardiac gene transfer and increased left ventricular function after ACVI gene transfer.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)H172-H177
JournalAmerican Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology
Volume287
Issue number1 56-1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2004

Keywords

  • Acetylcholine
  • Contractility
  • Left ventricular
  • Serotonin

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