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HIF-1α and HIF-2α induce angiogenesis and improve muscle energy recovery.

Abstract：

BACKGROUND:Cardiovascular patients suffer from reduced blood flow leading to ischaemia and impaired tissue metabolism. Unfortunately, an increasing group of elderly patients cannot be treated with current revascularization methods. Thus, new treatment strategies are urgently needed. Hypoxia-inducible factors (HIFs) upregulate the expression of angiogenic mediators together with genes involved in energy metabolism and recovery of ischaemic tissues. Especially, HIF-2α is a novel factor, and only limited information is available about its therapeutic potential. METHODS:Gene transfers with adenoviral HIF-1α and HIF-2α were performed into the mouse heart and rabbit ischaemic hindlimbs. Angiogenesis was evaluated by histology. Left ventricle function was analysed with echocardiography. Perfusion in rabbit skeletal muscles and energy recovery after electrical stimulation-induced exercise were measured with ultrasound and (31)P-magnetic resonance spectroscopy ((31)P-MRS), respectively. RESULTS:HIF-1α and HIF-2α gene transfers increased capillary size up to fivefold in myocardium and ischaemic skeletal muscles. Perfusion in skeletal muscles was increased by fourfold without oedema. Especially, AdHIF-1α enhanced the recovery of ischaemic muscles from electrical stimulation-induced energy depletion. Special characteristic of HIF-2α gene transfer was a strong capillary growth in muscle connective tissue and that HIF-2α gene transfer maintained left ventricle function. CONCLUSIONS:We conclude that both AdHIF-1α and AdHIF-2α gene transfers induced beneficial angiogenesis in vivo. Transient moderate increases in angiogenesis improved energy recovery after exercise in ischaemic muscles. This study shows for the first time that a moderate increase in angiogenesis is enough to improve tissue energy metabolism, which is potentially a very useful feature for cardiovascular gene therapy.

journal_name

Eur J Clin Invest

journal_title

European journal of clinical investigation

authors

Niemi H,Honkonen K,Korpisalo P,Huusko J,Kansanen E,Merentie M,Rissanen TT,André H,Pereira T,Poellinger L,Alitalo K,Ylä-Herttuala S

doi

10.1111/eci.12333

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2014-10-01 00:00:00

pages

989-99

issue

eissn

0014-2972

issn

1365-2362

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HIF-1α and HIF-2α induce angiogenesis and improve muscle energy recovery.