2018
Primary Effect of SERCA2a Gene Transfer on Conduction Reserve in Chronic Myocardial Infarction
Motloch LJ, Cacheux M, Ishikawa K, Xie C, Hu J, Aguero J, Fish KM, Hajjar RJ, Akar FG. Primary Effect of SERCA2a Gene Transfer on Conduction Reserve in Chronic Myocardial Infarction. Journal Of The American Heart Association 2018, 7: e009598. PMID: 30371209, PMCID: PMC6222964, DOI: 10.1161/jaha.118.009598.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMyocardial infarctionVentricular tachycardiaSERCA 2aVirus serotype 1Heart failureOptical action potential mappingPacing-induced ventricular tachycardiaIschemic heart failureNonischemic heart failureSerotype 1SERCA2a gene transferChronic myocardial infarctionExpression of Cx43Contractile reserveVelocity reserveHemodynamic functionDobutamine stressAnterior MIElectrophysiological effectsQRS durationConduction reserveConduction velocityNaive pigsAnimal modelsElectrophysiological substrate
2017
Protein Phosphatase Inhibitor-1 Gene Therapy in a Swine Model of Nonischemic Heart Failure
Watanabe S, Ishikawa K, Fish K, Oh JG, Motloch LJ, Kohlbrenner E, Lee P, Xie C, Lee A, Liang L, Kho C, Leonardson L, McIntyre M, Wilson S, Samulski RJ, Kranias EG, Weber T, Akar FG, Hajjar RJ. Protein Phosphatase Inhibitor-1 Gene Therapy in a Swine Model of Nonischemic Heart Failure. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2017, 70: 1744-1756. PMID: 28958332, PMCID: PMC5807083, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2017.08.013.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNonischemic heart failureHeart failureEjection fractionIntracoronary deliveryTherapeutic efficacyLeft ventricular end-diastolic pressureDp/dt maximumLeft ventricular ejection fractionVentricular end-diastolic pressureVolume overload heart failureAdverse electrical remodelingIschemic heart failureVentricular ejection fractionVentricular volume indexAtrial ejection fractionEnd-diastolic pressureSevere mitral regurgitationCellular immune responsesCalcium transient amplitudeLarge animal modelGene therapyActive inhibitor-1Improved contractilityInhibitor-1 geneCardiac dysfunction
2014
Cardiac I-1c Overexpression With Reengineered AAV Improves Cardiac Function in Swine Ischemic Heart Failure
Ishikawa K, Fish KM, Tilemann L, Rapti K, Aguero J, Santos-Gallego CG, Lee A, Karakikes I, Xie C, Akar FG, Shimada YJ, Gwathmey JK, Asokan A, McPhee S, Samulski J, Samulski RJ, Sigg DC, Weber T, Kranias EG, Hajjar RJ. Cardiac I-1c Overexpression With Reengineered AAV Improves Cardiac Function in Swine Ischemic Heart Failure. Molecular Therapy 2014, 22: 2038-2045. PMID: 25023328, PMCID: PMC4429688, DOI: 10.1038/mt.2014.127.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIschemic heart failureHigh-dose groupHeart failureCardiac functionLarge anterior myocardial infarctionLeft ventricular ejection fractionPreload recruitable stroke workChronic heart failureAdvanced heart failureLow-dose groupVentricular ejection fractionAnterior myocardial infarctionActive inhibitor-1Ejection fractionIntracoronary injectionSaline groupContractility indexMyocardial infarctionPressure-volume analysisStroke volumeStroke workCardiac performanceHemodynamic parametersCardiovascular systemCardiac gene therapy