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García-Bañuelos J, Oceguera-Contreras E, Sandoval-Rodríguez A, Bastidas-Ramírez BE, Lucano-Landeros S, Gordillo-Bastidas D, Gómez-Meda BC, Santos A, Cerda-Reyes E, Armendariz-Borunda J. AdhMMP8 Vector Administration in Muscle: An Alternate Strategy to Regress Hepatic Fibrosis. Cells 2023; 12:2127. [PMID: 37681859 PMCID: PMC10486800 DOI: 10.3390/cells12172127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/26/2023] [Revised: 08/10/2023] [Accepted: 08/18/2023] [Indexed: 09/09/2023] Open
Abstract
The development of several vaccines against the SARS-CoV2 virus and their application in millions of people have shown efficacy and safety in the transfer of genes to muscle turning this tissue into a protein-producing factory. Established advanced liver fibrosis, is characterized by replacement of hepatic parenchyma by tissue scar, mostly collagen type I, with increased profibrogenic and proinflammatory molecules gene expression. Matrix metalloproteinase 8 (MMP-8) is an interstitial collagen-degrading proenzyme acting preferentially on collagen type I when activated. This study was carried out to elucidate the effect of an intramuscularly delivered adenoviral vector containing proMMP-8 gene cDNA (AdhMMP8) in male Wistar rats with experimental advanced liver fibrosis induced by thioacetamide. Therapeutic effects were monitored after 1, 2, or 3 weeks of a single dose (3 × 1011 vp/kg) of AdhMMP8. Circulating and liver concentration of MMP-8 protein remained constant; hepatic fibrosis decreased up to 48%; proinflammatory and profibrogenic genes expression diminished: TNF-α 2.28-fold, IL-1 1.95-fold, Col 1A1 4-fold, TGF-β1 3-fold and CTGF 2-fold; and antifibrogenic genes expression raised, MMP-9 2.8-fold and MMP-1 10-fold. Our data proposes that the administration of AdhMMP8 in muscle is safe and effective in achieving liver fibrosis regression at a comparable extent as when the adenoviral vector is delivered systemically to reach the liver, using a minimally invasive procedure.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jesús García-Bañuelos
- Institute for Molecular Biology in Medicine and Gene Therapy, Department of Molecular Biology and Genomics, Health Sciences University Center, University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara 44340, Jalisco, Mexico
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- Laboratorio de Sistemas Biológicos, Centro Universitario de los Valles, Universidad de Guadalajara, Carretera Guadalajara-Ameca km. 45.5, Ameca 46600, Jalisco, Mexico
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- Institute for Molecular Biology in Medicine and Gene Therapy, Department of Molecular Biology and Genomics, Health Sciences University Center, University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara 44340, Jalisco, Mexico
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- Instituto de Investigación en Enfermedades Crónico Degenerativas, Department of Molecular Biology and Genomics, Health Sciences University Center, University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara 44340, Jalisco, Mexico
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- Institute for Molecular Biology in Medicine and Gene Therapy, Department of Molecular Biology and Genomics, Health Sciences University Center, University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara 44340, Jalisco, Mexico
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- Tecnologico de Monterrey, Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Monterrey 64849, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
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- Instituto de Genética Humana “Dr. Enrique Corona Rivera”, Department of Molecular Biology and Genomics, Health Sciences University Center, Guadalajara 44340, Jalisco, Mexico
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- Tecnologico de Monterrey, Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Monterrey 64849, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
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- Institute for Molecular Biology in Medicine and Gene Therapy, Department of Molecular Biology and Genomics, Health Sciences University Center, University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara 44340, Jalisco, Mexico
- Tecnologico de Monterrey, Escuela de Medicina y Ciencias de la Salud, Monterrey 64849, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
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Contreras-Salinas H, Meza-Rios A, García-Bañuelos J, Sandoval-Rodriguez A, Sanchez-Orozco L, García-Benavides L, De la Rosa-Bibiano R, Monroy Ramirez HC, Gutiérrez-Cuevas J, Santos-Garcia A, Armendariz-Borunda J. Fibrosis regression is induced by AdhMMP8 in a murine model of chronic kidney injury. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0243307. [PMID: 33275619 PMCID: PMC7717566 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0243307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2020] [Accepted: 11/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Adenoviral vector AdhMMP8 (human Metalloproteinase-8 cDNA) administration has been proven beneficial in various experimental models of liver injury improving liver function and decreasing fibrosis. In this study, we evaluated the potential therapeutic AdhMMP8 effect in a chronic kidney damage experimental model. Chronic injury was induced by orogastric adenine administration (100mg/kg/day) to Wistar rats for 4 weeks. AdhMMP8 (3x1011vp/kg) was administrated in renal vein during an induced-ligation-ischemic period to facilitate kidney transduction causing no-additional kidney injury as determined by histology and serum creatinine. Animals were sacrificed at 7- and 14-days post-Ad injection. Fibrosis, histopathological features, serum creatinine (sCr), BUN, and renal mRNA expression of αSMA, Col-1α, TGF-β1, CTGF, BMP7, IL-1, TNFα, VEGF and PAX2 were analyzed. Interestingly, AdhMMP8 administration resulted in cognate human MMP8 protein detection in both kidneys, whereas hMMP8 mRNA was detected only in the left kidney. AdhMMP8 significantly reduced kidney tubule-interstitial fibrosis and glomerulosclerosis. Also, tubular atrophy and interstitial inflammation were clearly decreased rendering improved histopathology, and down regulation of profibrogenic genes expression. Functionally, sCr and BUN were positively modified. The results showed that AdhMMP8 decreased renal fibrosis, suggesting that MMP8 could be a possible therapeutic candidate for kidney fibrosis treatment.
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- Homero Contreras-Salinas
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genomics, Institute for Molecular Biology in Medicine and Gene Therapy, Health Sciences University Center, University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
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- School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genomics, Institute for Molecular Biology in Medicine and Gene Therapy, Health Sciences University Center, University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genomics, Institute for Molecular Biology in Medicine and Gene Therapy, Health Sciences University Center, University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genomics, Institute for Molecular Biology in Medicine and Gene Therapy, Health Sciences University Center, University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Tonala University Center, University of Guadalajara, Tonala, Jalisco, Mexico
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genomics, Institute for Molecular Biology in Medicine and Gene Therapy, Health Sciences University Center, University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genomics, Institute for Molecular Biology in Medicine and Gene Therapy, Health Sciences University Center, University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genomics, Institute for Molecular Biology in Medicine and Gene Therapy, Health Sciences University Center, University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
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- School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genomics, Institute for Molecular Biology in Medicine and Gene Therapy, Health Sciences University Center, University of Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
- School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
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Biomaterial-based delivery systems of nucleic acid for regenerative research and regenerative therapy. Regen Ther 2019; 11:123-130. [PMID: 31338391 PMCID: PMC6626072 DOI: 10.1016/j.reth.2019.06.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2019] [Revised: 06/10/2019] [Accepted: 06/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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Regenerative medicine is a new and promising medical method aiming at treating patients with defective or dysfunctional tissues by maintaining or enhancing the biological activity of cells. The development of biomaterial-based technologies, such as cell scaffolds and carriers for drug delivery system, are highly required to promote the regenerative research and regenerative therapy. Nucleic acids are one of the most feasible factors to efficiently modify the biological activity of cells. The effective and stable delivery of nucleic acids into cells is highly required to succeed in the modification. Biomaterials-based non-viral carriers or biological carriers, like exosomes, play an important role in the efficient delivery of nucleic acids. This review introduces the examples of regenerative research and regenerative therapy based on the delivery of nucleic acids with biomaterials technologies and emphasizes their importance to accomplish regenerative medicine. Modifying the activity of cells is important for regenerative medicine. Various nucleic acids regulate gene expression to modify the activity of cells. Intracellular delivery system is vital to the nucleic acids-based modification. Biomaterials are useful for the intracellular delivery of nucleic acids.
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Key Words
- Biomaterials
- CRISPR, clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats
- Cas, CRISPR-associated systems
- Cell scaffold
- DDS, drug delivery system
- Drug delivery system
- ECM, extracellular matrix
- MSC, mesenchymal stem cells
- Nucleic acids
- PEG, polyethylene glycol
- PLGA, poly(d,l-lactic acid-co-glycolic acid)
- RISC, RNA-induced silencing complex
- RNAi, RNA interferince
- Regenerative research
- Regenerative therapy
- TALEN, transcription activator-like effector nuclease
- ZFN, zinc finger nucleases
- lncRNA, long non-coding RNA
- mRNA, messenger RNA
- miRNA, microRNA
- siRNA, small interfering RNA
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Jeong JH, Kim DK, Lee NS, Jeong YG, Kim HW, Kim JS, Han SY. Neuroprotective Effect of Nortriptyline in Overt Hepatic Encephalopathy Through Attenuation of Mitochondrial Dysfunction. ASN Neuro 2018; 10:1759091418810583. [PMID: 30428281 PMCID: PMC6238202 DOI: 10.1177/1759091418810583] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2018] [Revised: 09/21/2018] [Accepted: 10/01/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
Abstract
Hyperammonemia associated with overt hepatic encephalopathy (OHE) causes excitotoxic neuronal death through activation of the cytochrome C (CytC)-mediated mitochondria-dependent apoptotic pathway. We tested the therapeutic effect of nortriptyline (NT), a mitochondrial permeability transition pore (mPTP) blocker that can possibly inhibit mitochondrial CytC efflux to the cytosol on in vivo and in vitro OHE models. After ensuring the generation of OHE rats, established by bile duct ligation (BDL), they were intraperitoneally administered either 20 mg/kg NT (i.e., BDL+NT) or another vehicle (i.e., BDL+VEH) for 14 days. Compared with the control, BDL+VEH showed an increment of motor deficits, cell death, synaptic loss, apoptosis, and mitochondria with aberrant morphology in substantia nigra compacta dopaminergic (DA-ergic) neurons. However, the extent was significantly reversed in BDL+NT. Subsequently, we studied the neuroprotective mechanism of NT using PC-12 cells, a DA-ergic cell line, which exposed glutamate used as an excitotoxin. Compared with the control, the cells exposed to 15 mM glutamate (i.e., GLU) showed incremental cell death, apoptosis, and demise in mitochondrial respiration. Importantly, efflux of CytC from mitochondria to cytosol and the dissipation of mitochondrial membrane potential (△Ψm), an indicator of mPTP opening, were prominent in GLU. However, compared with the GLU, the cells cotreated with 10 μM NT (i.e., GLU+NT) showed a significant reduction in the aforementioned phenomenon. Together, we concluded that NT can be used for OHE therapeutics, mitigating the excitotoxic death of substantia nigra compacta DA-ergic neurons via mPTP-associated mitochondrial dysfunction inhibition.
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- Ji Heun Jeong
- Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Konyang University, Daejeon, South Korea
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- Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Konyang University, Daejeon, South Korea
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- Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Konyang University, Daejeon, South Korea
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- Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Konyang University, Daejeon, South Korea
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- Myunggok Medical Research Institute, College of Medicine, Konyang University, Daejeon, South Korea
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- Myunggok Medical Research Institute, College of Medicine, Konyang University, Daejeon, South Korea
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- Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Konyang University, Daejeon, South Korea
- Myunggok Medical Research Institute, College of Medicine, Konyang University, Daejeon, South Korea
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Nasehi M, Mafi F, Ebrahimi-Ghiri M, Zarrindast MR. Function of opioidergic and dopaminergic antagonists on both spatial and object novelty detection deficits induced in rodent model of hepatic encephalopathy. Behav Brain Res 2016; 313:58-66. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2016.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2016] [Revised: 07/05/2016] [Accepted: 07/07/2016] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Dhanda S, Sandhir R. Role of dopaminergic and serotonergic neurotransmitters in behavioral alterations observed in rodent model of hepatic encephalopathy. Behav Brain Res 2015; 286:222-35. [PMID: 25639545 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbr.2015.01.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2014] [Revised: 01/17/2015] [Accepted: 01/22/2015] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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The present study was designed to evaluate the role of biogenic amines in behavioral alterations observed in rat model of hepatic encephalopathy (HE) following bile duct ligation (BDL). Male Wistar rats subjected to BDL developed biliary fibrosis after four weeks which was supported by altered liver function tests, increased ammonia levels and histological staining (Sirius red). Animals were assessed for their behavioral performance in terms of cognitive, anxiety and motor functions. The levels of dopamine (DA), serotonin (5-HT), epinephrine and norepinephrine (NE) were estimated in different regions of brain viz. cortex, hippocampus, striatum and cerebellum using HPLC along with activity of monoamine oxidase (MAO). Cognitive assessment of BDL rats revealed a progressive decline in learning, memory formation, retrieval, exploration of novel environment and spontaneous locomotor activity along with decrease in 5-HT and NE levels. This was accompanied by an increase in MAO activity. Motor functions of BDL rats were also altered which were evident from decrease in the time spent on the rotating rod and higher foot faults assessed using narrow beam walk task. A global decrease was observed in the DA content along with an increase in MAO activity. Histopathological studies using hematoxylin-eosin (H&E) and cresyl violet exhibited marked neuronal degeneration, wherein neurons appeared more pyknotic, condensed and damaged. The results reveal that dopaminergic and serotonergic pathways are disturbed in chronic liver failure post-BDL which may be responsible for behavioral impairments observed in HE.
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- Saurabh Dhanda
- Department of Biochemistry, Basic Medical Science Block, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India
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- Department of Biochemistry, Basic Medical Science Block, Panjab University, Chandigarh 160014, India.
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Fang YL, Chen XG, W T G. Gene delivery in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. J Biomed Mater Res B Appl Biomater 2014; 103:1679-99. [PMID: 25557560 DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.33354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2014] [Revised: 11/07/2014] [Accepted: 11/18/2014] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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As a promising strategy to aid or replace tissue/organ transplantation, gene delivery has been used for regenerative medicine applications to create or restore normal function at the cell and tissue levels. Gene delivery has been successfully performed ex vivo and in vivo in these applications. Excellent proliferation capabilities and differentiation potentials render certain cells as excellent candidates for ex vivo gene delivery for regenerative medicine applications, which is why multipotent and pluripotent cells have been intensely studied in this vein. In this review, gene delivery is discussed in detail, along with its applications to tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. A definition of a stem cell is compared to a definition of a stem property, and both provide the foundation for an in-depth look at gene delivery investigations from a germ lineage angle.
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- Y L Fang
- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Laboratory for Gene Therapy and Cellular Engineering, Tulane University, 300 Lindy Boggs Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, 70118
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- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Laboratory for Gene Therapy and Cellular Engineering, Tulane University, 300 Lindy Boggs Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, 70118
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- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Laboratory for Gene Therapy and Cellular Engineering, Tulane University, 300 Lindy Boggs Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, 70118
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Human matrix metalloproteinases: an ubiquitarian class of enzymes involved in several pathological processes. Mol Aspects Med 2011; 33:119-208. [PMID: 22100792 DOI: 10.1016/j.mam.2011.10.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 164] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2011] [Accepted: 10/29/2011] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Human matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) belong to the M10 family of the MA clan of endopeptidases. They are ubiquitarian enzymes, structurally characterized by an active site where a Zn(2+) atom, coordinated by three histidines, plays the catalytic role, assisted by a glutamic acid as a general base. Various MMPs display different domain composition, which is very important for macromolecular substrates recognition. Substrate specificity is very different among MMPs, being often associated to their cellular compartmentalization and/or cellular type where they are expressed. An extensive review of the different MMPs structural and functional features is integrated with their pathological role in several types of diseases, spanning from cancer to cardiovascular diseases and to neurodegeneration. It emerges a very complex and crucial role played by these enzymes in many physiological and pathological processes.
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