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Wagoner KL, Bader RA. Evaluation of SV40-transformed synovial fibroblasts in the study of rheumatoid arthritis pathogenesis. Rheumatol Int 2011; 32:1885-91. [PMID: 21445545 DOI: 10.1007/s00296-011-1913-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2010] [Accepted: 03/13/2011] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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The SV40 T antigen has been used to generate immortalized cells from rheumatoid arthritis (RA) synovial fibroblasts (RASFs) that are commonly used in lieu of primary RASFs. In the current study, we investigated the effect of stimulation by tissue necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) and interleukin 17 (IL-17) on primary and immortalized RASFs in order to gauge the appropriateness of the use of immortalized RASFs, the MH7A cell line, in the study of RA pathogenesis. Changes in the levels of secretion and expression of 8 proteins associated with RA upon stimulation were assessed by multiplex immunoassay. IL-17 stimulation had a minimal impact on protein secretion and expression for primary and immortalized cells. Basic fibroblast growth factor (FGF-2) was not detectable for the primary cells but was detectable for the immortalized cells. In contrast, monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (MCP-1) was detectable for primary cells but was undetectable for immortalized cells. In general, protein expression and secretion by cells stimulated with TNF-α were significantly increased. For primary cells, several proteins were below the limit of detection for unstimulated cells and cells stimulated with IL-17, while levels for TNF-α-stimulated cells were within the detectable range. For the same proteins, expression was observed for immortalized cells, regardless of stimulation, suggestive of constitutive activation of the NF-κB signaling pathway. The current study therefore provides strong evidence that immortalized and primary RASFs differ in regard to protein expression and secretion and therefore may not be appropriate for use in the study of RA pathogenesis.
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Affiliation(s)
- K L Wagoner
- Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering, Syracuse University, 121 Link Hall, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
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Li W, Liu Z, Zhuang G, Yin P, Tao H, Qiu J, Hu Q, Zhang J. Anti-DR5 mAb ameliorate adjuvant arthritis rats through inducing synovial cells apoptosis. Exp Biol Med (Maywood) 2009; 234:1468-76. [PMID: 19934367 DOI: 10.3181/0811-rm-342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE Study the therapeutic effects and immunoregulatory mechanisms of anti-DR5 mAb on adjuvant arthritis (AA) rats. METHODS AA rats induced by CFA, were treated with anti-DR5 mAb through mainline administration. Effect on the synovial membranes of the tissues was detected by H&E staining. Flow cytometry and MTT assay were used for detecting the induced apoptosis in an in vitro system and TUNEL assay was used for analysis in an in vivo system. The involvement of the apoptotic pathway was further proved by a caspase inhibition assay. RESULTS Anti-DR5 mAb could induce synovial cell apoptosis in an in vitro system, which was related with the mRNA expression of DR5 on the cell surface. The mRNA expressions of c-myc and bcl-2 were decreased in synovial cells and those of p21, p53, and bax were increased. The protein expressions of caspase-8/3/9, RANKL, JNK2, and c-Jun were raised and that of bcl-2 was decreased. When the caspase inhibitor was added to the synovial cells treated with anti-DR5 mAb, it showed a dose-dependence inhibition effect, indicating that anti-DR5 mAb inducing apoptosis might be through the caspase pathway. CONCLUSION This study shows that anti-DR5 mAb can ameliorate arthritic symptoms. The mechanisms of the treatment are related to the increase in synovial cell apoptosis by regulating the mRNA expression of DR5 and apoptosis-related genes, prolonging the duration of the cell cycle by modulation of the mRNA expression of cell cycle-related genes, and the protein expression of the molecules in the caspase pathway and RANKL, JNK2, and c-Jun.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/immunology
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/pharmacology
- Apoptosis/drug effects
- Apoptosis/immunology
- Arthritis, Experimental/chemically induced
- Arthritis, Experimental/drug therapy
- Arthritis, Experimental/immunology
- Arthritis, Experimental/metabolism
- Caspases/biosynthesis
- Caspases/immunology
- Gene Expression Regulation/drug effects
- Gene Expression Regulation/immunology
- Genes, myc/immunology
- Male
- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 9/biosynthesis
- Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 9/immunology
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun/biosynthesis
- Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-jun/immunology
- RANK Ligand/biosynthesis
- RANK Ligand/immunology
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Receptors, TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand/biosynthesis
- Receptors, TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand/immunology
- Synovial Fluid/immunology
- Synovial Fluid/metabolism
- Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/biosynthesis
- Tumor Suppressor Protein p53/immunology
- bcl-2-Associated X Protein/biosynthesis
- bcl-2-Associated X Protein/immunology
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Affiliation(s)
- Wenzhu Li
- Anti-Cancer Research Center, Medical College, Xiamen University, 422 SiMing South Road, Xiamen 361005, Fujian, China
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Zhang HG, Hyde K, Page GP, Brand JPL, Zhou J, Yu S, Allison DB, Hsu HC, Mountz JD. Novel tumor necrosis factor ?-regulated genes in rheumatoid arthritis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 50:420-31. [PMID: 14872484 DOI: 10.1002/art.20037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine novel genes regulated by tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha) signaling in primary rheumatoid arthritis synovial fibroblasts (RASFs). METHODS Oligonucleotide microarrays were used to measure gene expression levels in 6 independent replicate samples of RASFs. RASFs were transfected for 18 hours with AdIkappaB-dominant negative (AdIkappaB-DN) (n = 3) or with control AdTet expressing the reverse tetracycline trans-activator (n = 3). The cells were stimulated for 3 hours with TNFalpha, and total RNA was prepared. Several novel parametric and nonparametric methods were used to rank genes in terms of the magnitude and significance of intergroup differences. Microarray expression differences were confirmed by real-time quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. Small interfering RNA (siRNA) was used to specifically down-modulate microarray-identified genes to demonstrate their role in the promotion of apoptosis, proliferation, or matrix metalloproteinase (MMP) expression. RESULTS Blocking of NF-kappaB by AdIkappaB-DN was associated with a down-modulation of antiapoptosis genes, including BIRC-3, and several novel genes, including GG2-1, a TNFalpha-inducible FLIP-like gene. Other families of genes that were significantly down-regulated by AdIkappaB-DN included cytokines/chemokines (interleukin-1beta [IL-1beta], IL-8, IL-15, and RANTES), adhesion molecule (vascular cell adhesion molecule 1, intercellular adhesion molecule 1), and unique genes that have not previously been reported to be regulated by TNFalpha in RA. Inhibition of the GG2-1 gene using the siRNA technique resulted in significantly enhanced apoptosis, decreased proliferation, and decreased production of MMP-1 in TNFalpha-stimulated RASFs. CONCLUSION These studies provide a comprehensive analysis of genes that are differentially regulated by TNFalpha signaling and NF-kappaB nuclear translocation in RASFs and demonstrate methods for confirming the expression and functional significance of such genes.
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Affiliation(s)
- Huang-Ge Zhang
- The University of Alabama at Birmingham, and the Birmingham Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, AL 35294-0007, USA
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Ichikawa K, Liu W, Fleck M, Zhang H, Zhao L, Ohtsuka T, Wang Z, Liu D, Mountz JD, Ohtsuki M, Koopman WJ, Kimberly R, Zhou T. TRAIL-R2 (DR5) mediates apoptosis of synovial fibroblasts in rheumatoid arthritis. JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY (BALTIMORE, MD. : 1950) 2003; 171:1061-9. [PMID: 12847280 DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.171.2.1061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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TRAIL has been proposed as an anti-inflammatory cytokine in animal models of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Using two agonistic mAbs specific for TRAIL-R1 (DR4) and TRAIL-R2 (DR5), we examined the expression and function of these death receptors in RA synovial fibroblast cells. The synovial tissues and primary synovial fibroblast cells isolated from patients with RA, but not those isolated from patients with osteoarthritis, selectively expressed high levels of cell surface DR5 and were highly susceptible to anti-DR5 Ab (TRA-8)-mediated apoptosis. In contrast, RA synoviocytes did not show increased expression of TRAIL-R1 (DR4), nor was there any difference in expression of Fas between RA and osteoarthritis synovial cells. In vitro TRA-8 induced apoptosis of RA synovial cells and inhibited production of matrix metalloproteinases induced by pro-inflammatory cytokines. In vivo TRA-8 effectively inhibited hypercellularity of a SV40-transformed RA synovial cell line and completely prevented bone erosion and cartilage destruction induced by these cells. These results indicate that increased DR5 expression and susceptibility to DR5-mediated apoptosis are characteristic of the proliferating synovial cells in RA. As highly proliferative transformed-appearing RA synovial cells play a crucial role in bone erosion and cartilage destruction in RA, the specific targeting of DR5 on RA synovial cells with an agonistic anti-DR5 Ab may be a potential therapy for RA.
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Aged
- Animals
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/pharmacology
- Antibodies, Monoclonal/therapeutic use
- Apoptosis/immunology
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid/immunology
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid/pathology
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid/prevention & control
- Cell Line
- Disease Models, Animal
- Female
- Fibroblasts/immunology
- Fibroblasts/metabolism
- Fibroblasts/pathology
- Fibroblasts/transplantation
- Humans
- Male
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred BALB C
- Mice, Nude
- Middle Aged
- NF-kappa B/metabolism
- Receptors, TNF-Related Apoptosis-Inducing Ligand
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/biosynthesis
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/immunology
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/physiology
- Synovial Membrane/immunology
- Synovial Membrane/metabolism
- Synovial Membrane/pathology
- Synovial Membrane/transplantation
- Transcriptional Activation/immunology
- Transplantation, Heterologous/immunology
- Transplantation, Heterologous/pathology
- Up-Regulation/immunology
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Affiliation(s)
- Kimihisa Ichikawa
- Biomedical Research Laboratories, Sankyo Company, Limited, Tokyo, Japan
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Seemayer CA, Kuchen S, Kuenzler P, Rihosková V, Rethage J, Aicher WK, Michel BA, Gay RE, Kyburz D, Neidhart M, Gay S. Cartilage destruction mediated by synovial fibroblasts does not depend on proliferation in rheumatoid arthritis. THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY 2003; 162:1549-57. [PMID: 12707039 PMCID: PMC1851181 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9440(10)64289-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The aim of the study was to investigate the relationship between invasion and proliferation in rheumatoid arthritis synovial fibroblasts (RASFs). In vitro, RASFs, normal synovial fibroblasts (NSFs), and RASFs transformed with SV40 T-antigen (RASF(SV40)) were analyzed for the expression of cell surface markers (Thy1, VCAM-1, ICAM-1, CD40, CD44) and their proliferation by flow cytometry. Furthermore, colony-forming unit assays were performed and the expression of matrix metalloproteinases (MMP)-14 and cathepsin K mRNA were determined by real-time polymerase chain reaction. In vivo, in the severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) mouse co-implantation model, RASFs, NSFs, and RASF(SV40) were tested for cartilage invasion, cellular density, and for their expression of the cell cycle-associated protein Ki67. In the SCID mouse co-implantation model, RASFs invaded significantly stronger into the cartilage than NSFs and RASF(SV40). Of note, RASF(SV40) cells formed tumor-like tissues, and the cellular density adjacent to the cartilage was significantly higher than in RASFs or NSFs. In turn, the proliferation marker Ki67 was strongly expressed in the SV40-transformed synoviocytes in SCID mice, but not in RASFs, and specifically not at sites of cartilage invasion. Using the colony-forming unit assay, RASFs and NSFs did not form colonies, whereas RASF(SV40) lost contact inhibition. In vitro, the proliferative rate of RASFs was low (4.3% S phase) in contrast to RASF(SV40) (24.4%). Expression of VCAM-1 was significantly higher, whereas of ICAM-1 was significantly lower, in RASFs than in RASF(SV40). CD40 was significantly stronger expressed in RASF(SV40), whereas CD44 and AS02 were present at the same degree in almost all synoviocytes. Expression of cathepsin K and matrix metalloproteinase-14 mRNA was significantly higher in RASFs than in the RASF(SV40). Our data demonstrate clearly that invasion of cartilage is mediated by activated RASFs characterized by increased expression of adhesion molecules, matrix-degrading enzymes, but does not depend on cellular proliferation, suggesting the dissociation of invasion and proliferation in RASFs.
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- Christian A Seemayer
- Department of Rheumatology, Center of Experimental Rheumatology, University Hospital Zürich, Switzerland.
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Martínez-González J, Berrozpe M, Varela O, Badimon L. Heterogeneity of smooth muscle cells in advanced human atherosclerotic plaques: intimal smooth muscle cells expressing a fibroblast surface protein are highly activated by platelet-released products. Eur J Clin Invest 2001; 31:939-49. [PMID: 11737236 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2362.2001.00920.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND In vascular disease, smooth muscle cells (SMC) undergo phenotypic modulation and may acquire properties resembling those of fibroblasts in tissue wound healing. AIMS We aimed to show the differential expression of a fibroblast surface protein (FSP) by SMC in atherosclerotic lesions. RESULTS In early human coronary atherosclerotic lesions the expression of FSP in the intima was absent. In contrast, 29 of 29 middle/advanced lesions contained intimal SMC expressing high levels of FSP. Fibroblast surface protein positive SMC were negative for desmin but expressed variable levels of alpha-SM actin, SM caldesmon, SM myosin heavy chain and vimentin. Explants from advanced atherosclerotic lesions yielded two main SMC subpopulations. SMC over-expressing FSP exhibited higher in vitro mitogenic response (premitotic DNA synthesis) to sera (2- to 8-fold) and platelet-released products (8- to 26-fold), especially from thrombin-activated platelets, than FSP-negative SMC. CONCLUSIONS Our results suggest that the expression of FSP in SMC could indicate an activated phenotype, and the presence of highly positive FSP cells in the atherosclerotic lesions might be indicative of an increased SMC responsiveness to processes that locally generate thrombin and activate platelets.
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- J Martínez-González
- IIBB/CSIC-Institut de Recerca de l'Hospital de Sant Pau, Avda. Sant Antoni Maria Claret #167, 08025 Barcelona, Spain
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Zhang HG, Wang Y, Xie JF, Liang X, Liu D, Yang P, Hsu HC, Ray RB, Mountz JD. Regulation of tumor necrosis factor alpha-mediated apoptosis of rheumatoid arthritis synovial fibroblasts by the protein kinase Akt. ARTHRITIS AND RHEUMATISM 2001; 44:1555-67. [PMID: 11465707 DOI: 10.1002/1529-0131(200107)44:7<1555::aid-art279>3.0.co;2-m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 104] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine if tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFalpha)-driven proliferation of rheumatoid arthritis synovial fibroblasts (RASF) is associated with up-regulation of the activity of serine/threonine kinase B/Akt and with survival of RASF. METHODS Staining of phosphorylated Akt was done using anti-phosphorylated Thr308 Akt antibody. Levels of phosphorylated Akt were analyzed by Western blot and Akt activity was analyzed using a kinase assay. TUNEL staining was used to analyze the cytotoxicity of TNFalpha treatment or TNFalpha combined with either the Akt activity inhibitor wortmannin, an adenovirus expressing dominant-negative mutant (AdAkt-DN), or an adenovirus expressing phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome 10 (AdPTEN). RESULTS The levels of phosphorylated Akt were higher in RASF than in osteoarthritis synovial fibroblasts (OASF), as demonstrated by immunohistochemical staining, immunoblot analysis, and an Akt kinase assay. The levels of phosphorylated Akt and Akt kinase activity were increased by stimulation of primary RASF with TNFalpha (10 ng/ml). Treatment of RASF with the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase inhibitor wortmannin (50 nM) plus TNFalpha resulted in apoptosis of 60 +/- 8% (mean +/- SEM) of RASF within 24 hours. This proapoptosis effect was specific for Akt, since equivalent levels of apoptosis were observed upon TNFalpha treatment of RASF transfected with AdAkt-DN and with AdPTEN, which opposes the action of Akt. CONCLUSION These results indicate that phosphorylated Akt acts as a survival signal in RASF and contributes to the stimulatory effect of TNFalpha on these cells by inhibiting the apoptosis response. This effect was not observed in OASF and may reflect the pathophysiologic changes associated with the proliferating synovium in rheumatoid arthritis.
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- H G Zhang
- The University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294, USA
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Zhang HG, Xie J, Yang P, Wang Y, Xu L, Liu D, Hsu HC, Zhou T, Edwards CK, Mountz JD. Adeno-associated virus production of soluble tumor necrosis factor receptor neutralizes tumor necrosis factor alpha and reduces arthritis. Hum Gene Ther 2000; 11:2431-42. [PMID: 11096446 DOI: 10.1089/104303400750038525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The major limitation of adenovirus is its association with induction of an inflammatory response and relatively short-term production of the gene therapy transgene product. Adeno-associated virus (AAV) is a 4.68-kb single-strand DNA virus that contains ITRs for viral replication and a packaging signal, and also has been engineered to contain therapeutic genes up to 5 kb in length. Transduction of recombinant AAV (rAAV) results in low inflammatory response and long-term expression. We have cloned a low-immunogenic form of human sTNFRI (sTNFRI2.6D) into AAV (rAAVsTNFRI). This vector was analyzed for its ability to transfect and neutralize the effect of TNF-alpha on primary rheumatoid arthritis synovial fibroblast (RASFs). The rAAVsTNFRI was transduced into the cells at 1.8 x 10(1), 1.8 x 10(2), and 1.8 x 10(3) viral particles per cell. There was greater than 90% neutralization of TNF-alpha at 1.8 x 10(3) viral particles/cell. There was a significant decrease in the synovial cell hyperplasia and cartilage and bone destruction in human TNF-alpha transgenic mice treated intraarticularly with rAAVsTNFRI. These results indicate that the low-immunogenic and long-term expressing vector, rAAVsTNFRI, can be used to deliver the soluble TNF-alpha in vitro and in vivo and effectively reduce the severity of arthritis.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Antigens, CD/genetics
- Antigens, CD/metabolism
- Arthritis/pathology
- Arthritis/therapy
- Arthritis, Experimental/therapy
- Arthritis, Rheumatoid/pathology
- Cells, Cultured
- Collagenases/drug effects
- Collagenases/metabolism
- Dependovirus/genetics
- Female
- Fibroblasts/virology
- Genetic Therapy/methods
- Humans
- L Cells
- Mice
- Mice, Transgenic
- Muscles/virology
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/genetics
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor/metabolism
- Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type I
- Recombinant Proteins/genetics
- Recombinant Proteins/metabolism
- Synovitis/pathology
- Synovitis/therapy
- Toxicity Tests
- Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha/metabolism
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Affiliation(s)
- H G Zhang
- Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA
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Zhang HG, Bilbao G, Zhou T, Contreras JL, Gómez-Navarro J, Feng M, Saito I, Mountz JD, Curiel DT. Application of a Fas ligand encoding a recombinant adenovirus vector for prolongation of transgene expression. J Virol 1998; 72:2483-90. [PMID: 9499110 PMCID: PMC109549 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.72.3.2483-2490.1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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An adenovirus vector encoding murine Fas ligand (mFasL) under an inducible control was derived. In vivo ectopic expression of mFasL in murine livers induced an inflammatory cellular infiltration. Furthermore, ectopic expression of mFasL by myocytes did not allow prolonged vector-mediated transgene expression. Thus, ectopic expression of functional mFasL in vector-transduced cells does not appear to confer, by itself, an immunoprivileged site sufficient to mitigate adenovirus vector immunogenicity.
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Affiliation(s)
- H G Zhang
- Gene Therapy Program, Department of Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35294, USA
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