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Gene Ther ; 24(11): 717-726, 2017 11.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-28832561

RESUMO

In-stent restenosis remains an important clinical problem in the era of drug eluting stents. Development of clinical gene therapy protocols for the prevention and treatment of in-stent restenosis is hampered by the lack of adequate local delivery systems. Herein we describe a novel stent-based gene delivery platform capable of providing local arterial gene transfer with adeno-associated viral (AAV) vectors. This system exploits the natural affinity of protein G (PrG) to bind to the Fc region of mammalian IgG, making PrG a universal adaptor for surface immobilization of vector-capturing antibodies (Ab). Our results: 1) demonstrate the feasibility of reversible immobilization of AAV2 vectors using vector tethering by AAV2-specific Ab appended to the stent surface through covalently attached PrG, 2) show sustained release kinetics of PrG/Ab-immobilized AAV2 vector particles into simulated physiological medium in vitro and site-specific transduction of cultured cells, 3) provide evidence of long-term (12 weeks) arterial expression of luciferase with PrG/Ab-tethered AAV2Luc, and 4) show anti-proliferative activity and anti-restenotic efficacy of stent-immobilized AAV2iNOS in the rat carotid artery model of stent angioplasty.


Assuntos
Reestenose Coronária/terapia , Terapia Genética/métodos , Animais , Artérias Carótidas/fisiologia , Linhagem Celular , Dependovirus/genética , Sistemas de Liberação de Medicamentos/métodos , Stents Farmacológicos , Técnicas de Transferência de Genes , Vetores Genéticos/genética , Células HEK293 , Humanos , Masculino , Óxido Nítrico Sintase Tipo II/metabolismo , Ratos , Ratos Sprague-Dawley , Stents
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J Control Release ; 77(3): 167-81, 2001 Dec 13.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11733085

RESUMO

Arterial restenosis is responsible for the high failure rates of vascular reconstruction procedures. Local sustained drug delivery has shown promise in the prevention of restenosis. The drug release rate from mithramycin-loaded EVA matrices (0.1%) was evaluated, and their antirestenotic effect was studied in the rat carotid model and rabbit model of vascular grafts. The modulation of c-myc expression by mithramycin treatment was examined by immunohistochemistry in the rat carotid model. The proliferative response of injured rat arteries was studied by bromdeoxyuridine (BrdU) immunostaining. The impact of mithramycin treatment on vasomotor responses of the venous segments grafted into arterial circulation was studied ex vivo using vasoreactive compounds. Mithramycin was released exponentially from EVA matrices in PBS. Matrices co-formulated with PEG-4600 revealed enhanced release kinetics. The perivascular implantation of drug-loaded EVA-PEG matrices led to 50% reduction of neointimal formation, and reduced the c-myc expression and BrdU labeling in comparison to control implants. Decreased sensitivity of mithramycin-treated grafts to serotonin-induced vasoconstriction was observed. Local perivascular mithramycin treatment limits the functional alteration caused by the grafting of venous segments in high-pressure arterial environment, and potently inhibits stenosis secondary to grafting and angioplasty injury. The antirestenotic effect is associated with reduced c-myc expression and with subsequent decrease in SMC proliferation.


Assuntos
Artéria Carótida Primitiva/transplante , Sistemas de Liberação de Medicamentos/métodos , Oclusão de Enxerto Vascular/prevenção & controle , Inibidores do Crescimento/administração & dosagem , Veias Jugulares/transplante , Plicamicina/administração & dosagem , Túnica Íntima/efeitos dos fármacos , Animais , Artéria Carótida Primitiva/efeitos dos fármacos , Artéria Carótida Primitiva/fisiopatologia , Cateterismo/efeitos adversos , Células Cultivadas , Oclusão de Enxerto Vascular/patologia , Inibidores do Crescimento/farmacologia , Veias Jugulares/efeitos dos fármacos , Veias Jugulares/fisiopatologia , Masculino , Músculo Liso Vascular/patologia , Plicamicina/farmacologia , Coelhos , Ratos , Suínos , Túnica Íntima/patologia , Túnica Íntima/fisiopatologia
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Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol ; 21(9): 1434-9, 2001 Sep.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11557668

RESUMO

Poor drug residence in the arterial wall hinders clinical implementation of local drug delivery strategies for the treatment of restenosis. A rat carotid model of vascular injury and intraluminal delivery of tyrphostin-containing polylactic acid (PLA) nanoparticles (NPs) were used to determine the relationship between residence properties and biological activity of different formulations and administration modes. The effects of delivery modes (denudation and delivery time) and formulation variables (adsorbed vs encapsulated drug, and NP size) on arterial drug/NP retention were examined. Antirestenotic effects of large (160 nm) and small (90 nm) tyrphostin-containing NPs, surface-absorbed tyrphostin, and systemic treatment were compared. Fluorescent NPs were used to study the spatial distribution of the carrier in the arterial wall. The decrease in arterial tyrphostin level over time fitted a biexponential model. Delivery time and pressure, endothelium integrity, particle size, and drug-polymer association affected local pharmacokinetics and the antirestenotic results after 14 days. The PLA-based tyrphostin NP formulation ensured a prolonged drug residence at the angioplasty site after single intraluminal application. Several readily adjustable formulation and procedural factors considerably modified arterial ingress of the drug-loaded NPs and governed their subsequent redistribution, tissue binding, elimination, and ensuing antirestenotic effect.


Assuntos
Estenose das Carótidas/tratamento farmacológico , Sistemas de Liberação de Medicamentos , Tirfostinas/administração & dosagem , Tirfostinas/farmacologia , Animais , Artérias Carótidas/metabolismo , Artérias Carótidas/patologia , Estenose das Carótidas/metabolismo , Estenose das Carótidas/patologia , Química Farmacêutica , Masculino , Microscopia de Fluorescência , Microesferas , Ratos , Tirfostinas/farmacocinética
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Rev Panam Salud Publica ; 8(1-2): 33-42, 2000.
Artigo em Espanhol | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-11026773

RESUMO

The goal of health for all in the year 2000, which was established at Alma Ata more than two decades ago, has led countries in Latin America and the Caribbean to adopt health sector reforms aimed at extending health coverage to each and every individual citizen. Whereas much has come about as a result of reform policies in the way of theory and legislation, in practice the goals that were established are far from attained, and many countries show large gaps in theoretical coverage on the one hand, and true coverage on the other. This is largely due to organizational features and other "endogenous" characteristics of the various countries' health systems, as well as to "exogenous" factors in the political, macroeconomic, social, epidemiologic, and cultural spheres. This documents takes a close look at the different types of health systems that are currently operating in countries of the Region and their impact on sources of health insurance and health coverage for individuals living in those countries. The end of the article focuses on the different strategies adopted by the countries in an effort to extend health coverage, which in some cases involve policies targeting the most vulnerable social groups.


Assuntos
Reforma dos Serviços de Saúde , Seguro Saúde , Região do Caribe , Reforma dos Serviços de Saúde/organização & administração , América Latina
5.
Crit Rev Ther Drug Carrier Syst ; 17(3): 249-84, 2000.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10868290

RESUMO

Attempts to achieve revascularization of coronary arteries blocked by atherosclerotic plaques are hampered by restenotic hyperproliferative response of the treated vessels. The uniform failure of clinical trials using systemic therapies to prevent restenosis has prompted development of methods for arterial drug delivery systems. This review describes technologies of polymeric-based, perivascular, and intraluminal drug and gene delivery systems. The critical assessment of controversies including drug and vehicle type, dose and release rate, and preclinical validation is reviewed.


Assuntos
Sistemas de Liberação de Medicamentos , Oclusão de Enxerto Vascular/tratamento farmacológico , Animais , Terapia Genética , Oclusão de Enxerto Vascular/epidemiologia , Oclusão de Enxerto Vascular/fisiopatologia , Humanos
6.
J Control Release ; 65(1-2): 221-9, 2000 Mar 01.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10699282

RESUMO

Restenosis, the principal complication of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty is responsible for the 35-40% long-term failure rate following coronary revascularization. The neointimal formation, a morphological substrate of restenosis, is dependent on smooth muscle cells (SMC) proliferation and migration. Signal transduction through the platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)/PDGF receptors system is involved in the process of post-angioplasty restenosis. The unsuccessful attempts to control restenosis by systemic pharmacological interventions have prompted many researchers to look for more promising therapeutic approaches such as local drug delivery. Tyrphostins are low molecular weight inhibitors of protein tyrosine kinases. We assessed the release kinetics and in vivo effects of nanoparticles containing PDGF-Receptor beta (PDGFRbeta) tyrphostin inhibitor, AG-1295. AG-1295-loaded poly(DL-lactide) (PLA) nanoparticles were prepared by spontaneous emulsification/solvent displacement technique. In vitro release rate and the impact of drug/polymer ratio on the nanoparticle size were determined. The degree of tyrosine phosphorylation was assessed by Western blot with phosphotyrosine-specific antibody in rat SMC extracts. Several bands characteristic of PDGF BB-stimulated SMC disappeared or weakened following tyrphostin treatment. Local intraluminal delivery of AG-1295-loaded PLA nanoparticles to the injured rat carotid artery had no effect on proliferative activity in medial and neointimal compartments of angioplastisized arteries, indicating a primary antimigration effect of AG-1295 on medial SMC.


Assuntos
Sistemas de Liberação de Medicamentos , Oclusão de Enxerto Vascular/prevenção & controle , Tirfostinas/administração & dosagem , Animais , Aorta Abdominal/citologia , Aorta Abdominal/efeitos dos fármacos , Aorta Abdominal/metabolismo , Artérias Carótidas/citologia , Artérias Carótidas/efeitos dos fármacos , Artérias Carótidas/metabolismo , Divisão Celular , Células Cultivadas , Masculino , Microscopia de Fluorescência , Microesferas , Tamanho da Partícula , Fator de Crescimento Derivado de Plaquetas , Ratos , Distribuição Tecidual , Tirfostinas/farmacocinética
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Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol ; 20(3): 667-76, 2000 Mar.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-10712389

RESUMO

Signal transduction through the platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF)/PDGF receptor (PDGFR) system is involved in the process of postangioplasty restenosis. Tyrphostins are low molecular weight inhibitors of protein tyrosine kinases. We assessed the antiproliferative effects of PDGFRbeta-specific tyrphostin AG-1295 in vitro and in vivo. AG-1295 significantly inhibited rat smooth muscle cell growth stimulated by PDGF-BB or FCS. This antiproliferative effect was paralleled by reversible reduction of the total phosphotyrosine level and the degree of PDGFRbeta phosphorylation by the drug in vitro. Local sustained delivery of the drug from perivascularly implanted polymeric matrices resulted in focal AG-1295 levels of 711 and 29.1 ng/mg of dry arterial tissue 1 and 14 days after implantation in rats. AG-1295 delivered from polymeric matrices resulted in a 35% reduction of neointimal formation on day 14 after balloon injury in the rat carotid model. Tyrosine phosphorylation of certain transduction proteins in arterial tissue extracts was significantly upregulated by balloon injury on day 3 but was essentially returned to or below basal levels 14 days after injury. Tyrphostin treatment decreased tyrosine phosphorylation at both time points below the basal levels. Moreover, the enhancement of PDGFRbeta expression 3 and 14 days after arterial injury was strongly inhibited by AG-1295 treatment. It can be concluded that AG-1295 reduces neointimal formation by inhibiting PDGFbeta-triggered tyrosine phosphorylation.


Assuntos
Inibidores Enzimáticos/farmacologia , Músculo Liso Vascular/enzimologia , Músculo Liso Vascular/patologia , Receptor beta de Fator de Crescimento Derivado de Plaquetas/metabolismo , Tirfostinas/farmacologia , Angioplastia com Balão , Animais , Aorta/química , Aorta/citologia , Aorta/enzimologia , Artérias/citologia , Artérias/enzimologia , Artérias Carótidas/química , Artérias Carótidas/enzimologia , Artérias Carótidas/patologia , Divisão Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Divisão Celular/fisiologia , Sobrevivência Celular/efeitos dos fármacos , Sobrevivência Celular/fisiologia , Células Cultivadas , Constrição Patológica , Masculino , Músculo Liso Vascular/lesões , Fosforilação , Proteínas Tirosina Quinases/metabolismo , Ratos , Ratos Endogâmicos , Receptor beta de Fator de Crescimento Derivado de Plaquetas/análise , Recidiva , Túnica Íntima/enzimologia , Túnica Íntima/lesões , Túnica Íntima/patologia , Tirosina/metabolismo , Regulação para Cima/efeitos dos fármacos , Regulação para Cima/fisiologia
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