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ArticleBioscience reports2016

Suppression of neointima formation by targeting β-catenin/TCF pathway.

Helen Williams, Sadie Slater, Sarah Jane George

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Article in Bioscience reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Helen WilliamsSchool of Clinical Sciences, Research Floor Level 7, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Upper Maudlin St, Bristol BS2 8HW, U.K.
Sadie SlaterSchool of Clinical Sciences, Research Floor Level 7, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Upper Maudlin St, Bristol BS2 8HW, U.K.
Sarah Jane GeorgeSchool of Clinical Sciences, Research Floor Level 7, Bristol Royal Infirmary, Upper Maudlin St, Bristol BS2 8HW, U.K. s.j.george@bristol.ac.uk.
Bristol Royal Infirmary · GB

Funding

British Heart Foundation PG/09/068British Heart Foundation PG/11/77/29110
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Coronary artery disease is treated by vein grafting and stent implantation. Late vein graft failure and restenosis of stented arteries reduce the success rates of these approaches and are caused by neointima formation. We have previously shown that Wnt proteins are up-regulated during intimal thickening, and have speculated that these lead to activation of downstream genes with β-catenin/T-cell factor (TCF)-responsive promoters. In the present study, we aimed to provide evidence that β-catenin/TCF signalling promotes neointima formation and assess whether targeting this pathway has potential for reducing neointima formation. We utilized a gene therapy approach selectively targeting cells in which the β-catenin/TCF pathway is activated by using a recombinant adenovirus Ad-TOPTK, which carries a herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase (HSV-TK) gene under the control of a β-catenin/TCF-response promoter. Cells with activated β-catenin will therefore be selectively killed. Ad-TOPTK and ganciclovir (GCV) treatment significantly suppressed the growth of the neointima in a murine model of left carotid artery ligation. In summary, we demonstrated that Wnt/β-catenin/TCF signalling promotes neointima formation, by showing that the selective death of cells with activated β-catenin suppressed neointima formation. This highlights the therapeutic potential for reducing late vein graft failure and in-stent restenosis by targeting β-catenin/TCF signalling.

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AdenoviridaeAnimalsAntiviral Agentsbeta CateninCells, CulturedGanciclovirGenetic VectorsHumansMiceMice, Inbred C57BLNeointimaPromoter Regions, GeneticSignal TransductionSimplexvirusTCF Transcription FactorsThymidine KinaseAntiviral Agentsbeta CateninGanciclovirTCF Transcription FactorsThymidine Kinasegene therapyneointima formationrestenosisWntβ-catenin

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PMID27815507
PMCPMC5146821
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