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 therapyEffect of bortezomib on the efficacy of AAV9.SERCA2a treatment to preserve cardiac function in a rat pressure-overload model of heart failure
Chaanine A, Nonnenmacher M, Kohlbrenner E, Jin D, Kovacic J, Akar F, Hajjar R, Weber T. Effect of bortezomib on the efficacy of AAV9.SERCA2a treatment to preserve cardiac function in a rat pressure-overload model of heart failure. Gene Therapy 2014, 21: 379-386. PMID: 24572786, PMCID: PMC3976435, DOI: 10.1038/gt.2014.7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHeart failureCardiac functionRodent heart failure modelsRat cardiomyocytesHeart failure modelPressure overload modelEffect of bortezomibProteasome inhibitor bortezomibNeonatal rat cardiomyocytesAdult rat cardiomyocytesWestern blot analysisSERCA2a proteinPressure-volume analysisSERCA2a levelsBortezomib treatmentConcurrent treatmentSERCA2a mRNAInhibitor bortezomibBortezomibHeart samplesHuman SERCA2aSerotype 1Proteasome inhibitorsAAV serotypes 1Proteasome inhibition