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- the present invention relates to a medical device suitable for implantation into a human or animal, such as an implantable prosthetic device, combined with a nucleic acid component, which codes for a gene product that will asist in reducing restenosis, increasing endothelialisation and reducing inflammatory reaction, and in reducing connective tissue formation.
- the invention additionally relates to a method of reducing connective tissue and inflammatory reaction formation and to a method for increasing endothelialisation with the purpose of improving a human or animal body's acceptance of a medical device, comprising at least one synthetic surface. Also related to is a method of producing a medical device according to the invention.
- Tissue reactive changes occur both in connection to all traumatic handling of tissues, transplantation of biological material or implantation of synthetic material.
- the donor tissues are generally procured elsewhere: either from the recipient's own body (autograft); from a second donor (allograft); or, in some cases, from a donor of another species (xenograft).
- autograft from the recipient's own body
- autograft from a second donor
- xenograft from a donor of another species
- Replacement of the body part with native structures is usually preferred method but suffers from tissue reaction in the connection site. Tissue transplantation is costly, and suffers from significant failure rates because of acute inflammatory and long-term fibrotic reactions.
- Use of artificial or synthetic medical implant devices has been subject of considerable attention, but also this technology suffers from foreign body reaction against the implants with following increase in connective tissue or fibrosis.
- implant devices can be used in some instances as an alternative to donor-based transplants, they too often produce unsatisfactory results because of the tissue response to trauma, implant's incompatibility with the body, induction of foreign body inflammatory reaction and induction of connective tissue formation with following geometrical changes. Also, lack of cell lining of the cardiovascular device synthetic surface sets up conditions, which increases the
- Hiniral rnncs ⁇ iipnrp is either restriction in the flow or occlusion when the device is implanted intravascularly or fibrotic capsule encasing the implant when implanted in the tissues. The final consequence is dysfunction and following other clinical medical complications.
- Cardiovascular diseases affect a large segment of the human population, and are a cause for significant morbidity, costs and mortality in the society. About 60 million adults in the USA have a cardiovascular disease, which is the major cause of death in the USA. There are one million acute myocardial infarctions or heart attacks per year with 200000 deaths a year. Claudicatio intermittens cause significant morbidity and yearly 150000 lower limb amputations are required for ischemic disease with significant perioperative mortality. Cerebral vascular disease, strokes and bleedings also cause significant morbidity, costs and mortality. There are one million dialysis patients, and yearly 200000 arteriovenous fistula operations are required to surgically create access for dialysis.
- Coronary and peripheral vascular diseases are characterised by blockages in the blood vessels providing blood flow and nutrition to the organs.
- Native blood vessels used as grafts suffer from increased connective tissue formation and accelerated atherosclerosis. This causes subsequently narrowing of the vessel lumen.
- Other significant disease groups are aneurysms, i.e. local dilatation of the vessels, pseudoaneurysm, and dissection of the vessel wall.
- ischemic heart disease There are pharmacological, surgical and percutaneous strategies to treat these diseases.
- pharmacological treatment of ischemic heart disease the goal is to make blood less coagulable, inhibit cholesterol accumulation to the vessel wall and to increase blood flow by vessel dilation or to reduce oxygen consumption.
- the vessel can be treated with percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (balloon angioplasty), laser angioplasty, atherectomy, roto-ablation, invasive surgery, thrombolysis or a combination of these treatments.
- percutaneous transluminal angioplasty balloon angioplasty
- laser angioplasty atherectomy
- roto-ablation invasive surgery
- thrombolysis a combination of these treatments.
- the intent of percutaneous methods is to maintain patency after an occluded vessel has been re-opened.
- Angioplasty suffers from two major problems- abrupt closure and restenosis.
- Abrupt closure refers to occlusion of a vessel immediately after or within initial hours of dilation procedure.
- Restenosis refers to re-narrowing of an artery after an initially successful angioplasty. It occurs in 20-40 % of patients within the first few months after a successful intervention and is thought to happen because of injury the blood vessels during the balloon inflation.
- the surgical treatment for cardiovascular disease is to bypass, substitute or reconstruct a diseased vessel with a native or synthetic vascular graft or patch.
- CABG coronary artery bypass grafting
- a native or synthetic graft is usually implanted to bypass an obstruction, for example from the groin to the thigh.
- arterial segment may alternatively be replaced with a native or synthetic vascular graft.
- fistula is constructed between the upper extremity artery and vein to create a high blood flow required for dialysis.
- Intracardiac patches are used to repair holes in the cardiac septa or wall.
- Prosthetic vascular patches are used in vascular surgery in several operations, which requires an incision in the wall of the blood vessel, such as thrombectomies, endarterectomies, aneurysmal repairs and vessel reconstructions.
- percutaneous revascularisation catheters with balloons stents or stent grafts are used to reduce the narrowing or exclude the dilatation or dissection in different anatomical locations such as cerebral, coronary, renal, other peripheral arteries and veins, aorta and in vascular grafts.
- Balloon dilatations, stents and stent grafts may also be employed in other sites, such as biliary tree, esophagus, bowels, tracheo-bronchial tree and urinary tract.
- intimal hyperplasia both in the site for connection of the graft and the vessel in the specific body location and the intimal hyperplasia in the graft vessel lumen.
- the same problem of anastomotic hyperplasia exists when connecting the native vessel with a synthetic vascular graft. More than 350000 synthetic vascular grafts are implanted each year and numerous synthetic biomaterials have been developed as vascular substitutes. As a foreign material, grafts are targets for foreign body reaction and because of thrombogenicity prone to clot in a higher degree than autologous material.
- Dacron and ePTFE expanded polytetrafluorethylene
- Dacron and ePTFE vascular prostheses have met certain clinical success in large and middle- sized arterial reconstructions, but are yet not ideal.
- Autologous grafts comprise a step for the harvesting thereof, which leads to longer operation times and also possible complications in the harvesting area.
- Transposition of omentum with uncompromised vasculature around a porous carotid artery PTFE graft has been demonstrated to increase endothelial cell coverage in the graft lumen in dogs (Hazama, J. of Surg. Res. 1999; 81; 174-180), however, entailing problems with a cumbersome and complex procedure, such as discussed above.
- grafts have been seeded with endothelial cells, and sodded with endothelial cells or bone marrow (IMoishiki, Artif. Organs 1998 Jan; 22(1): 50-62, Williams & Jarrel, Nat. Medicine 1996;2: 32-34).
- endothelial cells are mixed with blood or plasma after harvesting and then added to the graft surface during the preclotting period.
- the endothelial cells used in these methods may be derived from microvascular (fat), macrovascular (for example from harvested veins), or mesothelial sources, whereby the graft later on is implanted.
- these methods comprise several steps, including harvesting of the tissue with endothelial cells, separation of endothelial cells, in some cases a culture of endothelial cells, seeding of endothelial cells on the graft materials and finally implanting the graft.
- a substantial drawback with these methods is that they are time consuming and cumbersome in practice, and they also require a specific expertise in the area as well as the suitable equipment.
- seeded endothelial cells have been genetically engineered, with various results: transduction of the cells with tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) decreases endothelial cell adhesion to the graft surface, and transfection with retrovirus reduces endothelialisation.
- tissue plasminogen activator tPA
- vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) transfected endothelial cells or fat cells have been used.
- VEGF vascular endothelial growth factor
- a method to transduce endothelial progenitor cells and then re-administer them has been described.
- the problems are still as mentioned above.
- ligand treatment of graft surfaces has been suggested.
- endothelial cells are administered directly on the polymeric graft surface after harvesting, whereby the graft is implanted, but this technique also includes several steps as mentioned above, which makes it cumbersome as well.
- tissue engineering which is also a complex and therefore costly procedure, has been used in order to construct vascular tissues for implantation.
- Gene technological platform with angiogenetic factors has been suggested to induce endothelial
- Stents i.e. relatively simple devices of fine network structures, are well known in the art. Stenting for vessel obstruction is usually combined with opening of the artery by dilatation, ablation, atherectomy or laser treatment. These interventions cause trauma and tissue injury to the vessel wall with disruption of the endothelial cell lining.
- stents are composed of network of some material, usually stainless steel, which is entered to the diseased area usually percutaneously with a catheter.
- Stents are of different designs for example, self- deployable/ pressure expandable, tubular/ conical/ bifurcated, permanent/ temporary, nondegradable/ biodegradable, metal/ polymeric material, with or without pharmaceutical compound. They are implanted in a blood vessel in different anatomical locations such as cerebral, coronary, renal, other peripheral arteries and veins, and aorta. Stents may also be used in other locations such as biliary tree, esophagus, bowels, tracheo-bronchial tree and genitourinary tract. Stents may be used for example to treat stenoses, strictures or aneurysms.
- Stents characteristically have an open mesh construction, or otherwise are formed with multiple openings to facilitate the radial enlargements and reductions and to allow tissue ingrowth of the device structure.
- VEGF plasmid being attached to the balloon with simultaneous deployment of endovascular stent to induce vessel healing and reduce restenosis.
- a balloon with hydrogel and gene for drug delivery (5,674,192, Sahatjian et al.) has been described.
- Catheters have been used to deliver angiogenic peptides, liposomes and viruses with encoding gene to the vascular wall (WO 95/25807, U.S. 5,833,651 as above).
- Catheters have also been used to deliver VEGF protein in order to provide a faster endothelialization of stents (van Belle, Circ. 1997:95 438-448).
- stent for gene delivery U.S.
- Stent grafts also referred to as covered stents, are well known in the art. Such stents are a combination of two parts, namely a stent portion and a graft portion.
- a compliant graft is coupled to a radially expandable stent.
- Stent grafts are considered to be usable, by forming a complete barrier between the stent and the blood flow through the vessel.
- the graft may serve as a biologically compatible inner covering, by preventing turbulent blood « -._._ ...: 1 .n,-,- ,-».-., ,,-»., ,-.-,!
- stent grafts may be used in aorta, cerebral, coronary, renal, other peripheral arteries and veins, and aorta.
- Stent grafts may also be used in other locations such as biliary tree, esophagus, bowels, tracheobronchial tree and genitourinary tract.
- Heart valve prosthesises are well known in the art.
- Xenografts are usually preserved pericardial and porcine valves e.g. Carpentier-Edwards, Ionescu-Shiley, Hancock, Pericarbon or stentless valves.
- Biological degeneration is a major concern in bioprosthetic valves. Degeneration is characterised by disruption of endothelial cell barrier and lack of endothelialisation, increased permeability leading to eased diffusion of circulating host plasma proteins into valve tissue, and increased activity of infiltration processes e.g.
- implantable devices are also used in other fields than the cardiovascular.
- Various implantable devices have been described, such as for structural support, functional support, drug delivery, gene therapy, and cell encapsulation purposes.
- a variety of devices, which protect tissues or cells producing a selected product from the immune system have been explored for implant in a body, such as extravascular diffusion chambers, intravascular diffusion chambers, intravascular ultrafiltration chambers, and microencapsulated cells.
- extravascular diffusion chambers intravascular diffusion chambers, intravascular ultrafiltration chambers, and microencapsulated cells.
- an inflammatory foreign body reaction starts, which in the end encapsulates the device, and inhibits diffusion of nutritive substances to the cells inside the
- ⁇ ⁇ _ ⁇ _ 1 -i-i . represents T p larU* nf wac ⁇ ilari t* v ic; an nh ⁇ rar.l ⁇ for diffusion of substances. It decreases long-term viability of the encapsulated endocrine tissue, and it also makes vascular implants more susceptible to infections. The fibrotic capsule without vascularity can also limit the device performance.
- a chamber holding living cells comprises two zones that by an unknown mechanism prevents the invasion of connective tissue and increases the close vascularisation of the implant.
- suture materials can be mentioned, which materials are used for repair, fixation and/or approximation of body tissues during surgical procedures. Strict requirements exist for sutures for attachment of prosthetic devices or implants regarding strength, biocompatibility and biodegradability.
- Patent EP1016726 describes use of angiogenetic proteins and genes, such as growth factors (e.g. VEGF) or other genes (e.g. NOS) to create endothelial surfaces after vessel damage and when inserting a stent.
- growth factors e.g. VEGF
- NOS e.g. NOS
- Patent EP1153129 describes use of oligosense nucleotides to inhibit restenosis.
- Extracellular superoxide dismutase is a secreted antioxidative enzyme, which is widely expressed throughout the body and is the major SOD isoenzyme in plasma. Vessel walls, lung, kidney, thyroid gland and epidymis are shown to be the primary expression sites for EC- SOD.
- Patent ES2004687 describes the sequence of EC-SOD.
- Articles by Li et al. describe use of EC- SOD in myocardial protection (Gene therapy with extracellular superoxide dismutase attenuates myocardial stunning in conscious rabbits. Circulation 1998;98: 1438-1448, and Gene therapy with extracellular superoxide dismutase protects conscious rabbits against myocardial infarction. Summary of the invention
- the object of the present invention is to provide a solution to the aforementioned problems. More specifically, one object of the invention is to provide a medical device, which solves the problems of traumatised vascular tissue reaction resulting in connective tissue hyperplasia.
- Said device comprises a core and a nucleic acid present in a biologically compatible medium and is characterised in that said nucleic acid encodes a translation or transcription product leading to production of extracellular superoxide dismutase (EC-SOD) protein capable of reducing connective tissue formation and promoting endothelialisation in vivo at least partially on a synthetic surface of said core.
- E-SOD extracellular superoxide dismutase
- the polypeptide is EC-SOD.
- the nucleic acid encodes EC-SOD protein or polypeptide.
- the nucleic acid is present in the biologically compatible medium in naked form, in a viral vector, such as retrovirus, Sendai virus, lenti virus, adeno associated virus, and adenovirus, or in a liposome or is an artificial chromosome.
- a viral vector such as retrovirus, Sendai virus, lenti virus, adeno associated virus, and adenovirus
- the nucleic acid is administered locally in the vessel wall.
- nucleic acid is administered locally in the tissue surrounding a device.
- the biologically compatible medium is a biostable polymer, a bioabsorbable polymer, a biomolecule, a hydrogel polymer or fibrin.
- the nucleic acid is present in a reservoir separate from said In an alternative embodiment, the nucleic acid has been attached to the core by ionic or covalent bonding.
- the synthetic surface is either non-porous or porous, in which case it allows capillary and endothelial cell growth through pores.
- the porosity is from about 0 mm to about 2000 mm.
- the present gene transfer product can be used in several different contexts to reduce connective tissue formation e.g. in connection to interventional procedures, implanting a native graft or implanting a medical implant.
- the present device is useful in a wide variety of contexts, and may e.g. be a cardiovascular implant, such as an artificial part of a blood vessel, or an endovascular implant.
- the present device may be used as an implant used for replacement of part of a mammalian body, where said implant is adapted for an at least partial contact with blood, bodily fluids and/or tissues.
- the present device is useful as a tissue implant or a biosensor.
- the device is selected from the group consisting of vascular grafts, stents, covered stents, graft connectors and biosensors.
- the present invention also relates to a method of producing a medical device according to the invention.
- the invention also relates to the method of introducing nucleic acid to a synthetic graft in a biologically compatible medium, said administration of nucleic acid being performed before, simultaneously as or after the introduction of the device in the body.
- the invention also relates to the method of introducing a device comprising a an autologous, allogenic and xenogenic synthetic surface in the body with an at least partial contact with blood, bodily fluids and/or tissues and administering a nucleic acid present in a biologically compatible medium to the surroundings thereof.
- the method is characterised in that the nucleic acid encodes or increases expression of a translation or transcription product of EC-SOD capable of reducing connective tissue growth and inflammatory reaction and promoting endothelialisation and biocompatibility in vivo at least partially on said synthetic surface, said administration of nucleic acid being performed before, simultaneously as or after the introduction of he device in the body.
- a use of EC-SOD gene/cDNA or EC-SOD protein is provided for the manufacture of a medicament for the treating of conditions caused by damages due to vascular manipulations, such as restenosis or blood vessel thickening, e.g. by inhibiting inflammation.
- the method may include administering of the nucleic acid at least once, depending on the case in question.
- Aortic sections immunostained with PECAM for endothelial cells showed 90.1 ⁇ 11.5 % recovery of the endothelium in the EC-SOD group at 4 weeks, whereas in the LacZ control group, the endothelial recovery measured 35.6 ⁇ 9.4 % (P ⁇ 0.05).
- a "restenosis” is here referred to as growth of connective tissue after performing a dilating procedure with or without an implant leading to connective tissue growth in the tubular structure with following narrowing of the tubular structure.
- the connective tissue growth may occur at any site in the body leading to narrowing of the tubular structure.
- the connective tissue growth comprises of either increase in some cell type in the area or increase in the volume or the constitutients of extracellular matrix.
- a "fibrosis” is here referred to as growth of connective tissue and formation of an acellular or avascular layer either in an allogenic, autologous or xenogenic biological implant or around a synthetic implant.
- Hyperplastic connective tissue reaction here defines the reaction leading to an increase of number of connective tissue cells and/or an increase in the volume of extracellular matrix in the tissue, excluding tumour formation, whereby the bulk of the connective tissue may be increased.
- a “medical implant” is here referred to as an implant, a device, scaffold or prosthesis, and is understood as an object that is fabricated for being implanted at least partly in a mammalian. It is intended to be in contact with bodily tissues and fluids providing at least one contacting surface towards the bodily tissues or fluids.
- a cardiovascular implant is here referred to an implant in a circulatory system, or an implant being connected with the blood-flow, if not specified in any other way.
- a tissue implant is here referred to as an implant implanted in other bodily tissues or fluids, if not specified in any other way.
- a medical implant may be an implantable prosthetic device, and more particularly a cardiovascular implant or a tissue implant, as well as a blood-contacting medical implant, a tissue-contacting medical implant, a bodily fluid-contacting medical implant, an implantable medical device, an extracorporeal medical device, an artificial heart, a cardiac assist device, an endoprosthesis medical device, a vascular graft, a stent graft, a heart valve, a cardiovascular patch, a temporary intravascular implant, an annuloplasty ring, a catheter, a pacemaker lead, a biosensor, a chamber for holding
- a medical implant is in the present context not meant to be a device that is introduced to act as a mere barrier for preventing undesirable formation of connective tissue growth between soft tissues, such as e.g. described in WO 96/29987.
- nucleic acid segment represents the wide variety of genetic material, which can be transferred to the tissues surrounding the medical implant.
- a nucleic acid segment may be a double or single stranded DNA, or it may also be RNA, such as mRNA, tRNA or rRNA, encoding a protein or polypeptide.
- the nucleic acid may be in the form of anti-sense.
- Suitable nucleic acid segments may be in any form, such as naked DNA or RNA, including linear nucleic acid molecules and plasmids, or as a functional insert within the genomes of various recombinant viruses, such as DNA viruses or retroviruses.
- the nucleic acid segment may also be incorporated in other carriers, such as salts, polymers, liposomes or other viral structures.
- the attached transferable nucleic acid segment is attached to the medical implant in such a way, that it can be delivered to and taken up by the surrounding tissues.
- attached refers to adsorption, such as physisorption, chemisorption, ligand/receptor interaction, covalent bonding, hydrogen bonding, or ionic bonding of the chemical substance or biomolecule, such as a polymeric substance, fibrin or nucleic acid to the implant.
- a “surrounding tissue” here refers to any or all cells, which have the capacity to form or contribute to the formation of hyperplastic connective tissue or fibrotic reaction of the implant surface.
- Surrounding tissue also refers to any or all cells that have the capacity to form or contribute to the formation of endothelialised surfaces either on biological or synthetic surfaces. This includes various tissues, such as fat, omentum, pleura, pericardium, peritoneum muscle, vessel wall, and fibrous tissue, but the particular type of surrounding tissue is not important as long as the cells are activated in a way that ultimately gives rise to the formation of hyperplastic connective tissue in the of the implant.
- “Surrounding tissue” is also used to refer to those cells that are located within (excluding cells in tissue chambers), are in contact with, or migrate towards the implant. Also, cells that upon stimulation further attract hyperplastic connective tissue cells or endothelial cells are considered to be surrounding tissue, as well as cells or tissues that arrive to the active site of cardiovascular implant connective tissue hyperplasia, tissue implant fibrosis or endothelialisation. “Surrounding tissue” is also used to refer to inflammatory cells that are either present at the implant area or arrive at the perigraft arear after implantation of the implant.
- An “endothelium” is a single layer of flattened endothelial cells, which are joined edge-to-edge forming a membrane covering the inner surface of blood vessels, heart and lymphatics.
- -...rf-.,-,--. -.p - inmai-oi-iai * -hah ⁇ c I I C H rn form a norous or nonporous implant.
- Endothelialisation of surfaces can occur via longitudinal growth, ingrowth of capillaries and/or capillary endothelial cells through the pores in the implants, or seeding of circulating endothelial cells or endothelial precursor cells.
- capillary endothelialisation to refer to the growth of endothelial cells on substantially all tissue contacting surfaces of a biomaterial, that is used to form a porous or nonporous implant, unless otherwise specified.
- capillarisation and “vascularisation” are here understood as the formation of capillaries and microcirculation on the implant surface, and they will be used interchangeably with endothelialisation, unless otherwise specified.
- Angiogenesis and reflections thereof, such as “angiogenic”, are here referred to formation and growth of endothelial cells in the existing mammalian tissue, such as in the surrounding tissue.
- a translational or a transcriptional product having "the potential to prevent restenosis and increase endothelialisation” of the medical implant is here understood as a chemical substance or biomolecule, preferably a hormone, a receptor or a protein, which, as a result of its activity, can reduce formation of excessive connective tissue and induce endothelialisation or capillarisation of the medical implant.
- Porous Porous and reflections thereof, such as “pores” and “porous”, are here referred, if not otherwise specified, to a biomaterial having small channels or passages, which start at a first surface and extend substantially through to a second surface of the biomaterial.
- “Surface” refers to the interface between the biomaterial and its environment. It is intended to include the use of the word in both its macroscopic sense (e.g. two major faces of a sheet of biomaterial), as well as in its microscopic sense (e.g. lining of pores traversing the material).
- compartment refers to any suitable compartment, such as for example a vial or a package.
- the present invention relates to administration of nucleic acid in a biologically compatible medium to a synthetic graft, characterised in that said nucleic acid encodes a translational or transcriptional product leading to production of extracellular superoxide dismutase (EC-SOD) protein capable of reducing hyperplastic connective tissue growth in vivo.
- E-SOD extracellular superoxide dismutase
- the present invention relates to administration of nucleic acid in a biologically compatible medium and an implant, characterised that said the nucleic acid encodes a translational or transcriptional product leading to production of extracellular superoxide dismutase (EC-SOD) protein capable of reducing hyperplastic connective tissue growth in vivo in the tissue surrounding the implant.
- E-SOD extracellular superoxide dismutase
- Extracellular superoxide dismutase (EC-SOD) is secreted antioxidative enzyme, which is widely expressed throughout the body and is the major SOD isoenzyme in plasma. Vessel walls, lung, kidney, thyroid gland and epidymis are shown to be the primary expression sites for EC-SOD. About 50 % of total SOD amount in human aorta is EC-SOD. In most tissues EC-SOD represents only a minor part of the total SOD activity, which suggests that EC-SOD has a significant physiological role in the redox balance of the vascular wall.
- Adenovirus mediated EC-SOD gene/cDNA transfer resulted in a significant inhibition of neointima formation in rabbit aortas after balloon denudation (see e.g. WO02/087610).
- the therapeutic effect affects the whole abdominal aorta, suggesting a systemic effect.
- EC-SOD thus is shown to be an efficient therapeutic molecule to prevent restenosis.
- the present invention relates to a medical device with improved biological properties for an at least partial contact with blood, bodily fluids and/or tissues when introduced in a mammalian body, which device comprises a core and a nucleic acid present in a biologically compatible medium, characterised in that said nucleic acid encodes a translation or transcription product capable of inhibiting inflammation in the surrounding tissue and/or reducing hyperplastic connective tissue reaction and promoting endothelialisation in vivo at least partially on a synthetic surface of said core.
- the nucleic acid is provided in a way whereby transfer thereof into cells of tissue surrounding the implant is allowed.
- the term "introduced in a mammalian body” is used in a broad sense to encompass both devices that are totally included in a body and devices which are only in part introduced, but wherein at least one surface made from a synthetic material is in contact with blood, bodily fluids and/or tissues of said body.
- Connective tissue hyperplasia comprises both proliferation of cells in the respective tissue and nf -.vfraroiiniar mat-riv FnHnt-hplium is a sin ⁇ le laver of flattened cells, which are joined edge to edge forming a membrane of cells covering the inner surface of blood vessels, heart and lymphatics.
- endothelialisation of the graft can occur either via longitudinal growth from the anastomosis area (transanastomotic), ingrowth of capillaries and/or capillary endothelial cells through the synthetic surface, such as a graft wall, and into porosities (transinterstitial), or seeding of circulating endothelial precursor cells.
- transinterstitial porosities
- the endothelial cells originate from capillaries through attachment, spreading, inward migration and proliferation.
- the present invention provides a gene transfer product, which reduces restenosis in biological tissues such as blood vessels after an interventional procedure, and the present invention also provides a novel device, which is protected from restenosis.
- the present invention provides a versatile technology useful with a large range of implants, and surprisingly also efficient with small size synthetic vessel sections and intravascular implants that have previously been known to develop connective tissue hyperplasia and occlude. The reduction in restenosis achieved according to the invention has not been observed to form in humans in long term studies according to the prior art.
- the present invention also provides a gene transfer product which increases endothelialisation on implant surfaces.
- the nucleic acid is present in the biologically compatible medium associated with adenovirus.
- the nucleic acid in introduced in any other viral vector selected from the group consisting of retrovirus, lentivirus, Sendai virus and adeno-associated virus.
- the nucleic acid is present as naked DNA.
- the nucleic acid is present in a liposome.
- gene transfer has been postulated for the treatment or prevention of diseases in several publications.
- Gene therapy entails the use of genetic material as the pharmacological agent. While originally recognised as a means for treating hereditary diseases, gene therapy is now understood as a powerful tool for delivering therapeutic mRNA or proteins for local and/or systemic use.
- ex vivo cells removed from the host are genetically modified in vitro before they are returned to the host, and in the in vivo approach the genetic information itself is transferred directly to the host without employing any cells as a vehicle for transfer.
- the gene can be targeted depending on where they are needed, either in stem cells or in situ.
- the principle for gene therapy is that the cell functions are regulated through the alteration of the transcription of genes and the production of a gene transcription product, such as a polynucleotide or a
- genes expressing an intracellular gene product a much larger cell population might be required for that intracellular gene product to express its biological effects and subsequently more efficient transfection may be required (Isner et al., Circulation, 1995, 91:2687-2692).
- genes have e.g. been transferred to adipocytes having a particular utility with respect to diseases or conditions that can be treated directly by in vivo gene transfer to adipocytes. Transfer of nucleic acids into bone tissue has been shown in situ and the use of infected mesothelium either in situ or after isolation as therapeutic resource has also been described.
- the nucleic acid may be DNA (double or single stranded) or RNA (e.g. mRNA, tRNA, rRNA). It may also be a coding nucleic acid, i.e. one that encodes a protein or a polypeptide, or it may be an anti-sense nucleic acid molecule, such as anti-sense RNA or DNA, that may function to disrupt gene expression. Alternatively, it may be an artificial chromosome.
- the nucleic acids may be genomic sequences, including exons or introns alone, or exons and introns, or coding DNA regions, or any construct that one desires to transfer to the tissue surrounding the prosthesis to reduce restenosis, fibrosis and inflammation or promote endothelialisation.
- Suitable nucleic acids may also be virtually any form, such as naked DNA or RNA, including linear nucleic acid molecules and plasmids, or a functional insert within the genomes of various recombinant viruses, including viruses with DNA genomes, and retroviruses.
- the nucleic acid may also be incorporated in other carriers, such as liposomes and other viral structures.
- the nucleic acid backbone may also be altered or replaced in order to modify the properties such as stability or transfection efficacy.
- Retroviruses have several drawbacks in vivo which limit their usefulness. They provide a stable gene transfer, but current retroviruses are unable to transduce nonreplicating cells.
- adenovirus The potential hazards of transgene incorporation into the host DNA are not warranted if short-term gene transfer is sufficient.
- Replication deficit adenoviruses are highly efficient and are used in a wide variety of applications.
- the adenovirus enters the cell easily through receptor interactions, which has been used as a means for transporting macromolecules into the cell.
- Non-viral nucleic acids can be packaged within the adenovirus, either as a substitute for, or in addition to normal adenoviral components.
- Non-viral nucleic acids can also be either linked to the surface of the adenovirus or : _ _ ....--- ⁇ repet " ••”' ⁇ oc p rn.intom-iicoH anH "-a- ⁇ n ainn ⁇ ac. a car ⁇ o in the rece D tor-endosome complex.
- Adenovirus-based gene transfer does not result in integration of the transgene into the host genome, and is therefore not stable. It also transfects nonreplicable cells, which makes adenovirus as an effective vector.
- viral vectors are adeno-associated viruses (AAV), herpes viruses, vaccinia viruses, lentivirus, poliovirus, other RNA viruses and influenza virus (Mulligan, Science 1993; 260: 926-32; Rowland, Ann Thorac Surgery 1995, 60:721-728).
- DNA can also be coupled to other types of ligands promoting its uptake and inhibiting its degradation (e.g. 5,972,900, 5,166,320, 5,354,844, 5,844,107, 5,972,707) or directing it to nuclear localisation (Luo & Saltzman, Nat Biotech; 2000, 18:33-37).
- cre-lox Sauer & Henderson, Proc Natl Acad Sci.; 1988, 85:5166. Naked DNA can also be given and the empirical experience is consistent with that double stranded DNA is minimally immunogenic and is unlikely elicit an immunologic reaction.
- Plasmid DNA may be administered either in a simple salt solution referred as naked DNA or complexed with a carrier or an adjuvant.
- nucleic acids can be complexed with polycations, proteins or other polymers, dendrimers, incapsulated or associated with liposomes, or coated on colloidal particles.
- the traditional chemical gene transfer methods are calcium phosphate co-precipitation, carbohydrates (heparansulfate, chitosan), poloxamers, PEI, DEAE- dextran, polymers (U.S. 5,972,707), and liposome-mediated transfer (for example U.S. 5,855,910, U.S. 5,830,430, U.S.
- the invention may be employed to promote expression of EC-SOD in tissues surrounding an implant, and to impart a certain phenotype, and thereby promote prosthesis protection from hyperplastic connective tissue growth or fibrosis.
- This expression could be increased expression of a gene that is normally expressed (i.e. over-expression), or it could be the expression of a gene that is not normally associated with tissues surrounding the prosthesis in their natural environment.
- the invention may be used to suppress the expression of a gene which normally inhibits a gene expression i.e. gene suppression may be a way of expressing a gene that encodes a protein that exerts a down-regulatory function.
- the nucleic acid used with the device according to the present invention encodes transcription and/or translation products capable of inhibiting connective tissue hyperplasia and tissue fibrosis and/or promoting or stimulating endothelialisation in vivo, i.e. it is also an antirestenotic or angiogenic factor.
- the nucleic acid encodes an EC- SOD protein or polypeptide.
- EC-SOD protein may be used to instead of using EC-SOD encoding genes.
- the biologically compatible medium is a biostable polymer, a bioabsorbable polymer, a biomolecule, a hydrogel polymer or fibrin.
- the medium is a mucin composition.
- the synthetic surface of the device according to the invention may be either non-porous or porous.
- porous, as well as nonporous, implant materials may be used to produce the device, depending on the implant embodiment.
- graft porosity has been shown to be of importance in vascular graft endothelialisation in animals (Wesolowski, Thorac Cardiovasc Surgeon 1982;30:196-208, Hara, Am. J. Surg.;1967;113:766-69).
- porous sutures have been described to promote tissue ingrowth into the sutures or promote endothelialisation of the sutures (U.S. 4,905,367, U.S. 4,355,426).
- porous grafts such as vascular grafts, capillary and endothelial cell growth is allowed through pores, and the porosity thereof may be from 0 mm to 2000 mm.
- the nucleic acid has been attached to the core by ionic or covalent bonding.
- the nucleic acid is present in a reservoir separate from said core enabling a successive delivery thereof to a mammalian body.
- the tissue surrounding an implanted device can e.g. be pleura, pericardium, peritoneum, fascia, tendon, fat, omentum, fibrous, muscle, skin, or any other tissue in which inhibition of hyperplastic connective tissue growth, restenosis and fibrosis are required.
- a plausible theory for the underlying mechanism, giving rise to at least parts of the advantages of the present invention, is that genes expressing anti-restenotic EC-SOD are attached to the implant or administered in the tissue surrounding the device.
- the cells in the surrounding tissue become transfected and inhibit restenosis and result in reduction of connective tissue growth in the tissue, a process that results in less hyperplastic or fibrotic tissue reaction with the earlier described advantages of such a tissue.
- the surface of the present device may be treated in a variety of ways, in all or parts thereof, e.g. by coating or adding other pharmaceutical substances, as is discussed in more detail below in the experimental section in the general disclosure of materials and methods.
- the optimal internodal distance for PTFE grafts has been approximately 60 um.
- the present device is useful in a wide variety of contexts and depending on the intended use, it may be made from a biomaterial selected from the group of non-soluble synthetic polymers, metals and ceramics with or without modification of the prosthesis surfaces.
- the device is an implant made of a biocompatible material selected from the group consisting of metal, titanium, titanium alloys, tin-nickel alloys, shape memory alloys, aluminium oxide, platinum, platinum alloys, stainless steel, MP35N, elgiloy, stellite, I . J .:- , deliberately,hhanded n cil./ai- r.rhnn ⁇ laccv rarhnn nnlvmpr nnlvamide.
- a biocompatible material selected from the group consisting of metal, titanium, titanium alloys, tin-nickel alloys, shape memory alloys, aluminium oxide, platinum, platinum alloys, stainless steel, MP35N, elgiloy, stellite, I . J .:- , deliberately,hhanded n cil./ai- r.rhnn ⁇ laccv rarhnn nnlvmpr nnlvamide.
- DOlVCarbonate polyether, polyester, polyolefin, polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, polyurethane, polyvinyl chloride, polyvinylpyrrolidone, silicone elastomer, fluoropolymer, polyacrylate, polyisoprene, polytetrafluoretylene, rubber, ceramic, hydroxyapatite, human protein, human tissue, animal protein, animal tissue, bone, skin, laminin, elastin, fibrin, wood, cellulose, compressed carbon and glass.
- the device may be a medical implant selected from the group consisting of a blood- contacting medical implant, a tissue-contacting medical implant, a bodily fluid-contacting medical implant, an implantable medical device, an extracorporeal medical device, an endoprosthesis medical device, a vascular graft, an endovascular implant, a pacemaker lead, a heart valve, temporary, intravascular implant, a catheter, pacemaker lead, biosensor or artificial organ.
- the device is a cardiovascular implant, such as an artificial part of a blood vessel, or an endovascular implant.
- the present device may be used as an implant used for replacement of a part of a mammalian body, where said implant is adapted for an at least partial contact with blood, bodily fluids and/or tissues.
- the present device is useful as a tissue implant or a biosensor.
- the present device may be any other bioartificial implant that provides a metabolic function to a host, such as a pump for the delivery of insulin or a biosensor to sense the glucose levels etc.
- the present device may be virtually any one of a variety of devices, which protect tissues or cells producing a selected product from the immune system have been explored for implant in a body, such as extravascular diffusion chambers, intravascular diffusion chambers, intravascular ultrafiltration chambers, and microencapsulated cells.
- Cells can be derived from other species (xenografts), they can be from the same species but different individuals (allografts), sometimes they are previously isolated from the same individual but are modified (autografts) or are of embryonal origin.
- Bioartificial implants are designed to provide a needed metabolic function to a host, either by delivering biologically active moieties, such as insulin in diabetes mellitus, or removing harmful substances.
- Membranes can be hydrophobic, such as PTFE and polypropylene, or hydrophilic, such as PAN/PVC and cuprophane.
- implants encompassed by the invention include, but are not limited to, cardiovascular devices, such as artificial vascular prosthesis, cardiovascular patches, stent grafts, prosthetic valves, artificial hearts, cardiac assist devices, anastomotic devices, graft connectors, annuloplasty ring, indwelling vascular catheters, pacemaker wires, anti-embolism filters, stents and stent grafts for other indications, and tissue implants, such as chambers holding living cells for implantation, biosensors, surgical suture materials, surgical nets, pledgets and patches, tracheal cannulas, bioartificial organs, surgical implants, plastic surgical implants and orthopedic implants. It is anticipated that the herein described procedures may lead to the development of other artificial organs or devices.
- cardiovascular devices such as artificial vascular prosthesis, cardiovascular patches, stent grafts, prosthetic valves, artificial hearts, cardiac assist devices, anastomotic devices, graft connectors, annuloplasty ring, indwelling vascular catheters, pacemaker
- the invention provides a method for producing an implantable medical - ⁇ _.. : _ ,, TI -,-, foMir-, an ho orm ⁇ H oi * -hpr hv hhp nrf-t-rpa-rin ⁇ of a biomaterial with genes, and then fabricating the device from the treated biomaterial, or by first fabricating the device and then treating the exposed surfaces of the device.
- the methods described in the present invention generally comprise to contact the tissue, surrounding the vascular or tissue implant, with a composition comprising a nucleic acid, in a manner effective to transfer said nucleic acid into the tissue, and to inhibit hyperplastic tissue growth and promote endothelialisation of the vascular grafts, cardiovascular patches, stent grafts, heart valves, indwelling vascular catheters, cardiac assist devices and artificial hearts, or to promote vascularisation of tissue implant surfaces.
- the tissue may be wrapped around the vascular- or tissue implant - nucleic acid composition before implantation to the body.
- the nucleic acid sequence-prosthesis composition may be implanted in the tissues, or the nucleic acid may be applied to the implantation site before or after the prosthesis implantation, in order to effect, or promote, nuclear acid transfer into the surrounding tissues in vivo.
- the preferred method involves to first add the genetic material to the tissue compatible medium, to impregnate the prosthesis with the nucleic acid-medium composition, and then to use the impregnated prosthesis to contact an appropriate tissue site.
- the tissue compatible medium can first be administered on the implant, and then the nucleic acid is added, whereafter the nucleic acid- prosthesis composition is applied to the implantation site.
- nucleic acid is administered to the tissues surrounding the implant, whereafter the implant is implanted, or the implant is first implanted, whereafter the nucleic acid is administered on the implant or to the tissues surrounding the implant.
- an impregnated implant can be used in combination with administration of nucleic acid in the tissues surrounding the implant before or after implantation.
- the impregnated prosthesis can be surgically wrapped in a tissue of higher cell content before implantation.
- Some of the cardiovascular implants such as vascular prosthesis, cardiovascular patch and stent grafts, have a porosity that is high enough to allow growth of endothelial cells through the pores, and some other cardiovascular implants, such as heart valves are non- porous.
- the method according to the invention for inhibiting restenosis of medical implants by transferring a nucleic acid to the surrounding tissues may be disclosed as a method of improving a mammalian, e.g. a human, body's acceptance of a synthetic surface, which method comprises introducing a device comprising a synthetic surface in the body with an at least partial contact with blood, bodily fluids and/or tissues and administering a nucleic acid present in a biologically compatible medium to the surroundings thereof.
- the method is characterised in that the nucleic acid encodes a translation or transcription product capable of inhibiting de novo stenosis or restenosis in vivo, said administration of nucleic acid being performed before, simultaneously as or after the introduction of the device in the body.
- the nucleic acid can e.g. be administered in naked form, in a viral vector such as a retrovirus, a Sendai virus, an adeno- in a I inner , mo
- a viral vector such as a retrovirus, a Sendai virus, an adeno- in a I inner , mo
- the nucleic acid may encode an EC-SOD protein or a polypeptide or a protein inhibiting the downregulation of EC-SOD production.
- a substance which promotes EC-SOD production can be used.
- EC-SOD protein may be administered instead of a nucleic acid.
- the nucleic acid or protein is administered to the surroundings of the device, i.e. the tissue, before introduction thereof in a mammalian body.
- the nucleic acid or protein is administered to such surroundings after the introduction thereof.
- combinations of such administrations are possible, such as a first administration of a certain amount to the surroundings, the introduction of the device, and thereafter one or more additional administration, either according to a predetermined scheme or depending on the body's acceptance thereof and the rate of growth of the new endothelial layer on the synthetic surface.
- the nucleic acid or protein is administered or attached to the device before introduction thereof in a mammalian body. In a specific embodiment, this is achieved by attaching the nucleic acid or protein to the core by ionic or covalent bonding.
- This embodiment may if appropriate be combined with any one mentioned above, so as to provide a method wherein the device has been pretreated with protein or nucleic acid, while the tissue surrounding the device is later supplemented with further additions of nucleic acid or protein present in a suitable carrier.
- the treatment with protein and nucleic acid can be combined in different variations. In one embodiment, which is advantageous due to its simplicity, said carrier is sterile water or a sterile aqueous solution.
- the proteins and nucleic acids of the invention may also additionally be systemically delivered in any suitable pharmaceutical formulations comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
- suitable pharmaceutical formulations comprising a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
- suitable pharmaceutical formulations include aqueous and non-aqueous sterile injection solutions, which may contain antioxidants, buffers, bacteriostats, bactericidal antibiotics; and aqueous and non-aqueos sterile suspensions, which may include suspending agents and thickening agents.
- the formulation may be presented in unit dose or multi-dose containers, for example sealed ampoules and vials, and may be stored in a frozen or freeze dried (lyophilized) condition requiring only the addition of the sterile liquid carrier, for example water for injection, immediately prior to use.
- EC-SOD protein or nucleic acid is administered with a view to preventing or treating de novo stenosis or preventing or treating restenosis. It can however also be used to increase endothelialisation.
- the biologically compatible medium is a biostable polymer, a bioabsorbable polymer, a biomolecule, a hydrogel polymer or fibrin.
- a vessel a device for introduction into a human body, such as an endovascular implant, a tissue implant, a biosensor or other similar equipment.
- nucleic acids and proteins/peptides control levels of nucleic acids and proteins/peptides in a cell, such as transcription, mRNA translation, and post-translational processing. These steps are affected by various other components also present in the cells, such as other proteins, ribonucleotide concentrations and the like.
- the present invention concerns anti-stenotic, anti-restenotic and anti-fibrotic treatments and devices, which devices may be generally considered as molded or designed vascular implant-gene compositions.
- the devices of the invention are naturally a tissue-compatible implant in which one or more anti-restenotic or anti-fibrotic EC-SOD gene or EC-SOD proteins are associated with the implant.
- the combination of EC-SOD gene or protein and implant components is decided by the skilled in this field in order to render the device capable of inhibiting stenosis, restenosis or fibrosis, or stimulating angiogenesis when implanted.
- Devices according to the invention may be of virtually any size or shape, so that their dimensions are adapted to fit the implantation site in the body.
- restenosis or fibrosis inhibiting gene and endothelialisation promoting gene is used to refer to a gene or a DNA coding region that encodes a protein, a polypeptide or a peptide, that is capable of promoting, or assisting in promotion of EC-SOD mediated inhibition of restenosis and fibrosis or EC-SOD mediated endothelialisation or vascularisation, or that decreases the rate of EC-SOD mediated inhibition of restenosis or fibrosis, or increases the rate of EC-SOD mediated endothelialisation or vascularisation, or EC-SOD mediated inhibition of macrophage infiltration.
- inhibiting and reducing or promoting, inducing and stimulating are used interchangeably throughout this text, to refer to direct or indirect processes that ultimately result in less formation connective tissue to the site of tissue trauma or implantation of device or increase the formation of implant endothelium and/or capillaries, or
- an implant restenosis or fibrosis inhibiting gene or endothelialisation promoting gene is a gene, which, when it is expressed, causes the phenotype of the cell to change, so that the cell either differentiates, stimulates other cells to differentiate, attracts restenosis inhibiting genes or implant endothelialisation promoting cells, or otherwise functions in a manner that ultimately gives rise to new implant endothelium through an increase in EC-SOD either locally or systemically.
- a restenosis inhibiting gene or vascular implant endothelialisation promoting gene may also be characterised as a gene capable of reducing formation of connective tissue or capable of stimulating the growth of endothelium in the tissues surrounding vascular prosthesis and thereby reducing restenosis and fibrosis or promoting the endothelialisation or the vascularisation of he traumatised tissue or of the implant through increase in EC-SOD.
- the methods and compositions of the invention may be to stimulate growth of endothelium in vascular prosthesis itself and also in tissues surrounding it.
- Anti-restenotic genes and their encoding proteins include, for example, hormones, many different growth factors and cytokines, growth factor receptor genes, enzymes and polypeptides.
- suitable anti-restenotic factors include those of the VEGF and FGF-family, TGF- ⁇ Type II receptor, NOS and HGF.
- the preferred anti-restenotic gene product is EC-SOD.
- the original source of a recombination gene or a DNA to be used in a therapeutic regimen need not be of the same species as the animal to be treated.
- any recombinant anti-restenotic or anti-fibrotic gene may be employed to reduce excessive connective tissue formation or promote vascular prosthesis endothelialisation in a human subject or an animal, such as e.g., horse.
- Particularly preferred genes are those from human, as such genes are most preferred for use in human treatment regiments.
- Recombinant proteins and polypeptides encoded by isolated DNA and genes are often referred to with the prefix r for recombinant and rh for recombinant human.
- r for recombinant and rh for recombinant human.
- To prepare an anti-restenotic or anti-fibrotic gene, gene segment or cDNA one may follow the teachings disclosed herein and also teachings of any of the patents or scientific documents referred to in the reference list or in the scientific literature. For example, one may obtain EC- SOD segments by using molecular biological techniques, such as polymerase chain reaction (PCR), or by screening a cDNA or genomic library, using primers or probes with sequences based on the above nucleotide sequence.
- PCR polymerase chain reaction
- the practice of such a technique is a routine matter for those skilled in the art, as taught in various scientific articles, such as Sambrook et al.., incorporated herein by reference.
- the anti-restenotic or anti-fibrotic gene and DNA segments that are particularly preferred for use in the present compositions and methods is EC-SOD or parts of its coding or non-coding sequence. It is also contemplated that one may clone further genes or cDNA that encode a protein or polypeptide that increases EC-SOD expression and protein production or decreases EC-SOD downregulation.
- the techniques for cloning DNA i.e. obtaining a specific coding sequence from a DNA library that is distinct from other portions of DNA, are well known in the art.
- the screening procedure may be based on the hybridisation of oligonucleotide probes, designed from a consideration of portions of the amino acid sequence of known DNA sequences encoding related anti-restenotic proteins.
- the operation of such screening protocols are well known to those skilled in the art and are described in detail in the scientific literature, for example Sambrook et al.. (Sambrook et al., Molecular Cloning: a Laboratory Manual, 1989, Cold Spring Lab Press; In conclude et al., PCR strategies, 1995, Academic Press, New York).
- EC-SOD genes with sequences that vary from those described in the literature, are also encompassed by the invention, as long as the altered or modified gene still encodes a protein that functions to stimulate surrounding tissues of cardiovascular or tissue implants, in any direct or indirect manner.
- sequences include those caused by point mutations, those due to the degeneracy of the genetic code or naturally occurring allelic variants, and further modifications that have been introduced by genetic engineering such as a hybrid gene, i.e. by the hand of man.
- the present invention is of course not strictly limited to the use of products of the EC-SOD gene, but also encompasses any recombinant or synthetic compound that effectively mimics the biological effects of EC-SOD.
- Special focus is herein laid on EC-SOD mimics that are in contrast to mimicking any of the other SOD family members, display their activity in the 1 I I. . i — - ⁇ ⁇ n ⁇ ⁇ n )in ⁇ the tamot rpllc: It will also be understood that one, or more than one, anti-restenotic or anti-fibrotic gene may be used in the methods and compositions of the invention.
- the nucleic acid delivery may thus entail the administration of one, two, three, or more anti-restenotic or anti-fibrotic genes or proteins.
- the maximum number of genes or proteins that may be applied is limited only by practical considerations, such as the effort involved in simultaneously preparing a large number of gene constructs or even the possibility of eliciting an adverse cytotoxic effect.
- the particular combination of genes may be two or more anti-restenotic genes, or it may be such that a growth factor inhibiting gene is combined with a hormone gene.
- a hormone or growth factor gene may even be combined with a gene encoding a cell surface receptor capable of interacting with a polypeptide product of the first gene.
- an EC-SOD gene can be combined with genes encoding antisense products intracellular aptamer molecules or ribozymes.
- the genes may be combined on a single genetic construct under control of one or more promoters, or they may be prepared as separate constructs of the same or different types.
- an almost endless combination of different genes and genetic constructs may be employed.
- Certain gene combinations may be designed to, or their use may otherwise result in, achieving synergistic effects on reducing excessive connective tissue formation and fibrosis or angiogenesis and endothelialisation. Any of all those combinations are intended to fall within the scope of the present invention.
- a person skilled in the art readily would be able to identify likely synergistic gene combinations or gene protein combinations.
- Another gene may encode a protein that inhibits the growth of neointimal cells, for example inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) or endothelial cell nitric oxide synthase (ecNOS). Proteins or products of enzyme proteins that inhibit thrombosis, e.g. prostacyclin, tissue plasminogen activator (tPA), urokinase, and streptokinase, are also of interest for co-transfection. Also EC-SOD may be combined with other genes, which later inhibit the overexpression of EC-SOD or modulate EC- SOD expression at any level such as transcription or translation. Administration may occur before, simultaneously or after administration of the EC-SOD nucleic acid.
- iNOS inducible nitric oxide synthase
- ecNOS endothelial cell nitric oxide synthase
- proteins or products of enzyme proteins that inhibit thrombosis e.g. prostacyclin
- nucleic acid or gene could, if desired, be administered in combination with further agents, such as, e.g. proteins, polypeptides, aptamer oligonucleotides, ribozymes, transcription factor decoy oligonucleotides or various pharmacologically active agents, growth factors inhibiting restenosis formation, substances such as heparin to inhibit excessive connective tissue growth etc.
- agents such as, e.g. proteins, polypeptides, aptamer oligonucleotides, ribozymes, transcription factor decoy oligonucleotides or various pharmacologically active agents, growth factors inhibiting restenosis formation, substances such as heparin to inhibit excessive connective tissue growth etc.
- immunosuppressants, anti-inflammatory and other anti-restenosis substances may be used.
- genetic material or protein forms part of the composition, there is virtually no limit for including other components, given that the additional agent does not cause a significant adverse effect upon contact with the target cells or
- nucleic acids or protein may thus be delivered along with various other agents.
- nucleic acid or protein may be delivered along with an implant giving radiation, ultrasound, and electric current or light energy to the surrounding tissue to excert a specific effect along with anti- fibrosis.
- nucleic acid or gene can be administered in combination with - - : — ! ..-.-- réelle -...-. resort , - , ⁇ rooHinn QnHHin ⁇ nrnr Hi ire. or simultaneous administration of stem cells or stimulation of stem cell population at the site of implant. It can also be combined with simultaneous seeding or sodding with genetically modified cells.
- a gene or nucleic acid are both used to refer to a DNA molecule that has been isolated, and are free of total genomic DNA of a particular species. Therefore, a gene or a DNA encoding EC-SOD refers to a DNA that contains sequences encoding an EC-SOD protein, but it is in isolated from, or purified free from, total genomic DNA of the species from which the DNA is obtained. Included within the term DNA are DNA segments and smaller fragments of such segments aptamers, and also recombinant vectors, including for example plasmids, cosmids, artificial chromosomes, phages, lentivirus, retroviruses, adenoviruses, and the like.
- gene is used for simplicity to refer to a functional protein- or peptide-encoding unit.
- this functional term includes both genomic sequences and cDNA sequences. Of course, this refers to the DNA segment as originally isolated, and does not exclude genes or coding regions, such as sequences encoding leader peptides or targeting sequences, later added to the segment by man.
- This invention provides novel ways to utilise various EC-SOD protein and known EC-SOD DNA segments and recombinant vectors. Many such vectors are readily available. However, there is no requirement for a highly purified vector to be used, as long as the coding segment employed encodes an EC-SOD protein, and does not include any coding or regulatory sequences that would have an adverse effect on the tissues. Therefore, it will also be understood that useful nucleic acid sequences may include additional residues, such as additional non-coding sequences flanking either of the 5 ' or 3 'portions of the coding region or may include various internal sequences, i.e. introns, which are known to occur within genes.
- an appropriate EC-SOD encoding gene or DNA molecule After the identification of an appropriate EC-SOD encoding gene or DNA molecule, it may be inserted into any one of the many vectors currently known in the art. In that way it will direct the expression and production of the EC-SOD when incorporated into a tissue surrounding the implant.
- the coding portion of the DNA segment In a recombinant expression vector, the coding portion of the DNA segment is positioned under the control of a promoter.
- the promoter may be in a form that is naturally associated with an EC-SOD gene. Coding DNA segments can also be positioned under the control of a recombinant, or heterologous, promoter.
- a recombinant or heterologous promoter is intended to refer to a promoter that is not normally associated with an EC-SOD gene in its natural environment. Such promoters may include those normally associated with other anti-restenotic genes, and/or promoters isolated from any other bacterial, viral, eukaryotic, or mammalian cell. Naturally, it will be important to employ a promoter that effectively directs the expression of the DNA segment in tissues.
- the use of recombinant 1 consider the use of recombinant 1 consider them. « , ⁇ -,i--ratio nrnt-pin vnrp ⁇ inn i ⁇ ⁇ enerallv known to those skilled in the art of molecular biology (Sambrook et al.).
- the promoters used may be constitutive, or inducible, and can be used under the appropriate conditions to direct high level or regulated expression of the introduced DNA segment.
- the currently preferred constitutive promoters are for example CMV, RSV LTR, immunoglobulin promoter, SV40 promoter alone, and the SV40 promoter in combination with the SV40 enhancer, and regulatable promoters such as the tetracyclin- regulated promoter system, or the metalothionine promoter.
- the promoters may or may not be associated with enhancers, where the enhancers may be naturally associated with the particular promoter or associated with a different promoter.
- a termination region is provided 3 ' to the EC- SOD coding region, where the termination region may be naturally associated with the cytoplasmic domain or may be derived from a different source. A wide variety of termination regions may be employed without adversely affecting expression.
- the resulting construct may be cloned, the vector isolated, and the gene screened or sequenced to ensure the correctness of the construct. Screening can be done with restriction analysis, sequencing or alike.
- EC-SOD gene and DNA segments may also be in the form of a DNA insert, which is located within the genome of a recombinant virus, such as, for example, recombinant adenovirus, adenoassociated virus (AAV) or retrovirus.
- a recombinant virus such as, for example, recombinant adenovirus, adenoassociated virus (AAV) or retrovirus.
- AAV adenoassociated virus
- retrovirus retrovirus
- the virus is released from the composition, whereby cells grow into the implant, thereby contacting the virus and allowing viral infection, which results in that the cells take up the desired gene or cDNA and express the encoded protein, which in turn results in inhibition of connective tissue formation.
- the methods of the invention involve to prepare a composition in which the EC-SOD gene is attached to or are impregnated on a vascular prosthesis, stent, a stent graft, a heart valve, a graft connector, or a tissue implant to form a vascular prosthesis-, a stent-, an endovascular graft-, a graft connector-, a heart valve- or a tissue implant-gene composition and then the vascular prosthesis-, stent-, stent graft-, graft connector-, heart valve-, tissue implant-gene composition is placed in contact with tissue surrounding the said cardiovascular or tissue implant.
- Vascular prosthesis-, cardiovascular patch-, stent graft-, heart valve-, graft connector-, tissue implant-gene compositions are all those in which a gene is adsorbed, absorbed, or otherwise maintained in contact with the said implant.
- nucleic acid transfer into cells of tissue surrounding an implanted device Once a suitable vascular implant-gene composition has been prepared or obtained, all that is required for delivering the EC-SOD protein or EC-SOD gene to the surrounding tissue, is to place the cardiovascular implant-gene or tissue implant-gene composition surgically, or with the help of a catheter, in contact with the desired site in the body, with or without first wrapping it with the surrounding tissue.
- the methods are well known to a person skilled in the art.
- the EC- SOD gene or protein can also be administered systemically into the circulation or to the tissue before, during or after implanting the cardiovascular or tissue implant to the site.
- one or more vectors are transferred to any surrounding tissue, which preferably is a mammalian tissue.
- tissue preferably is a mammalian tissue.
- Several publications have postulated the use of gene transfer for the treatment or prevention of diseases (Levine and Friedman, Curr. Opin. in Biotech. 1991; 2: 840-44, Mulligan, Science 1993; 260: 926-32, Crystal, Science 1995; 270:404-410, Rowland, Ann. Thorac Surgery 1995; 60:721-728; Nabel et al., Science 1990; 249: 1285-88).
- the eukaryotic host cell is optimally present in vivo.
- the contacting of cells with the vectors of the present invention can be by any means by which the vectors will be introduced into the cell.
- the vectors will be introduced by means of transfection, i.e. using the natural capability of the naked DNA to enter cells (e.g., the capability of the vector to undergo receptor- mediated endocytosis).
- the vectors can also be introduced by any other suitable means, e.g. by transduction, calcium phosphate-mediated transformation, microinjection, electroporation, osmotic shock, and the like.
- the method can be employed with respect to various cells, differing both in number of vector receptors as well as in the affinity of the cell surface receptors for the vector.
- the types of cells to which gene delivery is contemplated in vivo include all mammalian cells, more preferably human cells.
- the vectors can be made into the compositions appropriate for contacting cells with appropriate (e.g. pharmaceutically acceptable) excipients, such as carriers, adjuvants, vehicles, or diluents.
- appropriate excipients such as carriers, adjuvants, vehicles, or diluents.
- the vectors can be formulated into preparations in solid, semisolid, liquid, or aerosol forms, such as aerosol, spray, paste, ointment, gel, glue, powders, granules, solutions, injections, creme and drops, in the usual ways for their respective route of administration without excluding any other method.
- a pharmaceutically acceptable form, that does not ineffectuate the compositions of the present invention should be employed.
- the compositions can be used alone or in an appropriate association, as well as in combination with other pharmaceutically — -. : .. constructively mnTM , n Hc Fnr vamnlp.
- nucleic acids encoding for EC-SOD can be administered together with nucleic acids encoding for inhibiting platelet deposition or smooth muscle cell proliferation.
- the pharmaceutical composition of the present invention can be delivered via various ways and to various sites in a mammalian to achieve a particular effect.
- a person skilled in the art will recognise that although more than one way can be used for administration, a particular way can provide a more immediate and more effective reaction than the other way.
- Local delivery can be accomplished by administration comprising topical application or instillation of the formulation on the implant, or administration of the formulation directly, to the tissues surrounding the implant in vivo, or any other topical application method.
- nucleic acids either systemically or locally they can be delivered in solution in naked form in any biocompatible salt solutions or complexed with any biocompatible substances.
- ways to complex nucleic acids is to use polycations (eg oligodendromer), proteins (eg transferrin) or other polymers (eg DEAE-Dextran, polylysine). Also derivatives and salts of he examples are included.
- Other example is to encapsulate the nucleic acid or associate with liposomes or coated on colloidal particles.
- Preferred methods is to deliver nucleic acids in an aqueous solution incorporated in fibrin, hydrogel, glycosaminoglycans, glycopolysaccharides, or any other biocompatible polymeric carrier matrix, such as alginate, collagen, mucin, hyaluronic acid, polyurethane, cellulose, polylactic acid, poloxamer which covers at least a portion of the implant (U.S. 5,833,651).
- Nucleic acids can be added to the polymer-coated implant, either at the time of implant manufacture or by the physician prior to, during or after implantation.
- the polymer may also be either a biostable or a bioabsorbable polymer, depending on the desired rate of release or the desired degree of polymer stability.
- Bioabsorbable polymers that may be used include, but are not limited to, poly(L- lactic acid), polycaprolactone, poly(lactide-coglycolide), poly(hydroxybutyrate), poly(hydroxybuturate-co-valerate), polydioxanone, polyorthoester, polyanhydride, poly(glycolic acid), poly(D,L-lactic acid), polylactic-polyglycolic acid, polyglactin, polydioxone, polygluconate, poly(glycolic acid-cotrimethylene carbonate), polyphosphoester, polyphosphoester urethane, poly(amino acids), cyanoacrylates, poly(trimethylene carbonate), poly(iminocarbonate), copoly(ether-esters)(e.g.
- PEO/PLA polyalkylene oxalates
- polyphosphazenes polyphosphazenes
- biomolecules such as fibrin, fibrinogen, cellulose, starch, collagen, mucin, fibronectin, and hyaluronic acid.
- biostable polymers with a relatively low chronic tissue response such as polyurethanes, silicones, and polyesters could be used if they can be dissolved or polymerised on the implant, such as polyelolefins, polyisobutylene and ethylene-alphaolefin copolymers; acrylic polymers and copolymers, vinyl halide polymers and copolymers, such as polyvinyl chloride; polyvinyl ethers, such as polyvinyl methyl ether; polyvinylidine halides, such as polyvinylidene fluoride and polyvinylidene chloride; polyacrylonitrile, polyvinyl ketones; polyvinyl aromatics, such as polystyrene, polyvinyl esters, such as polyvinyl acetate; copolymers of vinyl monomers with each other and olefins, such as ethylene-methyl — -...
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- polyamides such as Nylon 66 and polycaprolactam
- alkyd resins polycarbonates
- polyoxymethylenes polyimides
- polyethers epoxy resins
- polyurethanes rayon; rayon- triacetate; cellulose, cellulose acetate, cellulose butyrate; cellulose acetate butyrate; cellophane;
- fibrin together with other biocompatible polymers either natural or synthetic and their derivatives and salts, may be used.
- polymers glycopolysaccharides may be advantageous.
- the drug and polymer can be applied in various ways, such as by simply immersing the implant into the solution or by spraying the solution onto the implant (U.S. 5,776,184).
- hydrogel polymers can be used, such as those selected from the group consisting of polycarboxylic acids, cellulosic polymers, gelatin, alginate, poly 2- hydroxyethylmethylacrylate (HEMA) polyvinylpyrrolidine, maleic anhydride polymers, polyamids, polyvinyl alcohols, polyethylene oxides, polyethylene glycol, polyacrylamide, polyacids, e.g. polyacrylic acids, polysaccharide, e.g. a mucopolysaccharide such as hyaluronic acid (U.S. 5,674,192 and U.S. 5,843,089).
- the polymer can be porous or nonporous on the implant.
- one or more surfaces of the implant can be coated with one or more additional coats of polymer that is the same or different from the second polymer.
- the adhesion of the coating and the rate at which the therapeutic compound is delivered can be controlled by selection of an appropriate bioabsorbable or biostable polymer, and by the ratio of therapeutic compound to polymer in the solution (U.S. 5,776,184).
- the dosage applied to the tissue may also be controlled by regulating the time of presoaking therapeutic compound into the hydrogel coating to determine the amount of absorption of the therapeutic compound solution by the hydrogel coating.
- the concentration of the therapeutic compound in the solution applied to the coating is the concentration of the therapeutic compound in the solution applied to the coating, and the drugreleasability of the hydrogel coating, determined by, for example, the thickness of the hydrogel coating, its resiliency, porosity and the ability of the hydrogel coating to retain the therapeutic compound, e.g. electrostatic binding or pore size, or the ionic strength of the coating, e.g. changed by changing the pH. It may be advantageous to select a hydrogel coating for a particular drug, such that the therapeutic compound is not substantially released into body fluids prior to application to the site.
- the release of the solid/solid solution of polymer and therapeutic compound can further be controlled by varying the ratio of therapeutic compound to polymer in the multiple layers.
- Coating need not be solid/solid solution of polymeric and therapeutic compound, but may instead be provided from any combination of drug and polymer applied to implant.
- the ratio of therapeutic substance to polymer in the solution will depend on the efficacy of the polymer in securing the therapeutic substance onto the implant and the rate at which the coating is to release the therapeutic substance to the tissues. More polymer may be needed if it has a relatively poor efficacy in retaining the therapeutic substance on the implant, and more polymer may be needed in order to provide an elution matrix that limits the elution of a very . . .. » . ⁇ composer ....: consult disturbh- ⁇ --nro T prpfor .
- Binding of the therapeutic compound may also be accomplished by electrostatic attraction of the drug to the coating or to a coating additive or a mechanical binding, for example by employing a coating having a pore size that inhibits inward flow of body fluids or outward flow of the therapeutic compound itself, which might tend to release the therapeutic compound.
- Hydrogels are particularly advantageous in that the therapeutic compound is held within the hydrogen-bond matrix formed by the gel (U.S. 5,674,192).
- hydrogels are for example HYDROPLUS.RTM (U.S. 5,674,192), CARBOPOLRTM (U.S. 5,843,089), AQUAVENE.RTM (U.S. 4,883,699), HYPAN.RTM (U.S. 4,480,642).
- the hydrogel may be crosslinked prior to lining the implant, for example the hydrogel coating on a vascular or endovascular graft may be contacted with a primer dip before the hydrogel is deposited on the implant.
- the hydrogel lining may be contacted with a crosslinking agent in situ (U.S. 5,843,089).
- the hydrogel coating is preferably on the order of about 1 to 10 microns thick, and typically of 2 to 5 microns.
- Very thin hydrogel coatings e.g., of about 0,2-0,3 microns (dry) and much thicker hydrogel coatings, e.g., more than 10 microns (dry) are also possible.
- the hydrogel coating thickness may swell with a factor of about 6 to 10 or more, when hydrogel is hydrated (U.S. 5,674,192).
- the polymeric carrier will be biodegradable or bioeluting (taught for example by U.S. 5,954,706, U.S. 5,914,182, U.S. 5,916,585, U.S. 5,928,916).
- the carrier can also be constructed to be a biodegradable substance filling the pores, and release one or more substances into the surrounding tissue by progressive dissolution of the matrix.
- the delivered vectors may be nucleic acids encoding for therapeutic protein, e.g. a naked nucleic acid or a nucleic acid incorporated into a viral vector or liposome.
- a naked nucleic acid is meant a single or double stranded DNA or RNA molecule not incorporated into a virus or liposome.
- Antisense oligonucleotides which specifically bind to complementary mRNA molecules, and thereby reduce or inhibit protein expression, can also be delivered to the implant site via the hydrogel coating (U.S. 5,843,089).
- attachment of the nucleic acid to the implant can also be done in several other ways, such as by using covalent or ionic attachment techniques.
- covalent attachment techniques require the use of coupling agents, such as glutaraldehyde, cyanogen bromide, p-benzoquinone, succinic anhydrades, carbodiimides, diisocyanates, ethyl chloroformate, dipyridyl disulphide, epichlorohydrin, azides, among others, without excluding any other agent, but any method that uses the described methods of this invention can be used and will be recognised by a person skilled in the art.
- Covalent coupling of a biomolecule to a surface may create undesirable cross-links between biomolecules, and thereby destroying the biological properties of the biomolecule. Also, they may create bonds amongst surface functional sites and thereby inhibit attachment.
- Covalent coupling of a biomolecule to a surface may also destroy the biomolecules three-dimensional - ⁇ - r nr-t-ni-o anH th r h rpHurin ⁇ or destrovin ⁇ the biological properties (U.S. 5,928,916).
- Ionic coupling techniques have the advantage of not altering the chemical composition of the attached biomolecule, and ionic coupling of biomolecules also has an advantage of releasing the biomolecule under appropriate conditions.
- One example is (U.S. 4,442,133).
- quaternary ammonium salts polymers containing tertiary and quaternary amine groups, such as TDMAC, benzalconium chloride, cetylpyrridinium chloride, benzyldimethylstearyammonium chloride, benzylcetyidimethylammonium chloride, guanidine or biguanide moiety (U.S. 5,928,916).
- a sheath member may be included to inhibit release of the drug into body fluids during placement of the catheter.
- it can be carbowax, gelatin, polyvinyl alcohol, polyethylene oxide, polyethylene glycol, or a biodegradable or thermally degradable polymer, e.g. albumin or pluronic gel F-127 (U.S. 5,674,192).
- a biodegradable or thermally degradable polymer e.g. albumin or pluronic gel F-127 (U.S. 5,674,192).
- the particular type of attachment method when practising the methods and compositions of the invention is not important, as long as the nucleic acids released from the implant stimulates the surrounding tissue in such a way that they are activated and, in the context of in vivo embodiments, ultimately give rise to endothelialisation of the cardiovascular or tissue implant without causing adverse reactions.
- the methods described herein are by no means all inclusive, and further methods to suit the specific application will be apparent to the skilled person of the art.
- composition of the present invention can be provided in unit dosage form, wherein each dosage unit, e.g. solution, gel, glue, drops and aerosol, contains a predetermined amount of the composition, alone or in appropriate combination with other active agents.
- unit dosage form refers to physically discrete units suitable as unitary dosages for human and animal subjects, whereby each unit contains a predetermined quantity of the compositions of the present invention, alone or in combination with other active agents, calculated in an amount sufficient to produce the desired effect, in association with a pharmaceutically acceptable diluent, carrier, or vehicle, where appropriate.
- the specifications for the unit dosage forms of the present invention depend on the particular effect to be achieved, and the particular pharmacodynamics associated with the pharmaceutical composition in the particular host.
- the present invention also provides a method of transferring a therapeutic gene to a host, which comprises administering the vector of the present invention preferably as a part of composition with the implant, using the aforementioned ways of administration or alternative ways known to those skilled in the art.
- the effective amount of he composition is such as to produce the desired effect in a host, which can be monitored using several end-points known to those skilled in the art.
- Effective gene transfer of a vector to a host cell, in accordance with the present invention can be monitored in terms of a therapeutic effect (e.g. formation of capillaries and endothelialisation of surfaces), or further by evidence of the transferred gene or expression of the gene within the host (e.g. using the polymerase chain reaction in conjunction with sequencing.
- Northern or Southern hybridisations or transcription assays to detect the nnH p ir ariri in hnst cells, or using immunoblot analysis, antibody-mediated detection, mRNA or protein half-life studies, or particularised assays to detect protein or polypeptide encoded by the transferred nucleic acid, or impacted in level or function due to such transfer).
- One such particularised assay described in the examples includes Western immunoassay for detection of proteins encoded by the EC-SOD-gene.
- the effective amount of the compositions can be further approximated through analogy to compounds known to exert the desired effect (e.g., compounds traditionally employed to inhibit restenosis can provide guidance in terms of the amount of a EC-SOD nucleic acid to be administered to a host).
- EC-SOD is preferably included from about 0.1 micrograms to 10000 micrograms (although any suitable amount can be utilised either above, i.e. greater than about 10000 micrograms, or below, i.e. less than about 0.1 micrograms), provide general guidance of the range of each component to be utilised by the practitioner upon optimising the methods of the present invention for practice in vivo.
- EC-SOD plasmids are included from 0.1 to 10000 micrograms (although any suitable amount can be utilised either above, i.e. greater than about 10000 micrograms, or below, i.e. less than about 0.1 micrograms).
- the EC-SOD vector preferably has between 107 and 1013 viral particles, although any suitable amount can be utilised, either more than 1013 or less than 107. Moreover, such ranges by no means preclude use of a higher or lower amount of a component, as might be warranted in a particular application. For instance, actual dose and schedule can vary depending on whether the compositions are administered in combination with other pharmaceutical compositions, or depending on interindividual differences in pharmacokinetics, drug disposition, and metabolism.
- the amount of vector to be added per cell will likely vary with the length and stability of the gene inserted in the vector, as well as also the nature of the sequence, and is particularly a parameter which needs to be determined empirically, and it can be altered due to factors not inherent to the methods of the present invention (for instance, the cost associated with synthesis). A person skilled in the art can easily make any necessary adjustments in accordance with the exigencies of the particular situation.
- the amount of gene construct that is applied to the surrounding tissue or the amount of gene composition that is applied on the implant or in the tissue will be finally determined by the attending physician or veterinarian considering various biological and medical factors.
- the contacting of cells with various components of the present invention can occur in any order or can occur simultaneously. Preferably it occurs simultaneously.
- This invention provides advantageous methods for using genes to inhibit excessive connective tissue formation and improve endothelialisation.
- surrounding tissue refers to any or all of those cells that have the capacity to ultimately inhibit, or contribute to the inhibition of, new connective tissue after tissue trauma or after device implantation.
- the particular type or types of surrounding tissue, which are stimulated with the methods and compositions of the invention, are not important, as long as the cells are stimulated in such a way that they are activated, and, in the context of in vivo embodiments, ultimately give rise to inhibition of unwanted connective tissue growth, neointima formation or promotion of endothelialisation and capillarisation of the implant.
- the surrounding tissue is also used to particularly refer to those cells that are located within, are in contact with, or migrate towards the implant, and which cells directly or indirectly inhibit connective tissue formation, neointima formation or stimulate the formation of endothelium and/or capillaries.
- microvascular endothelial cells may be cells that form capillaries, that upon stimulation further inhibit connective tissue formation or attract endothelial cells, are also considered to be surrounding tissue in the context of this disclosure, as their stimulation indirectly leads to inhibition of connective tissue formation or stimulation of endothelialisation.
- Cells affecting connective tissue formation or endothelialisation indirectly may do so by the elaboration of various growth factors and cytokines, or by their physical interaction with other cell types.
- cells or tissues that in their natural environment arrive at an area of active inhibition of connective tissue formation or stimulation of implant endothelialisation and vascularisation may be surrounding tissue.
- Surrounding tissue cells may also be cells that are attracted or recruited to such an area.
- tissue cells may be cells or tissues that in their natural environment arrive at an area of active connective tissue formation or vascular prosthesis, endovascular prosthesis endothelialisation, or tissue implant vascularisation. In terms of surrounding tissue, these cells may also be cells that are attracted or recruited to such an area.
- the surrounding cells and tissues will be those cells and tissues that arrive to the tissues or surfaces of cardiovascular implants where one wishes to inhibit connective tissue formation or endothelialisation, or cells or tissues that arrive to the surface of tissue implants that one wants to vascularise.
- One aspect of the invention involves to generally administer a composition to contact surrounding tissues with a composition comprising EC-SOD protein or gene (with or without additional genes, proteins, growth factors, drugs or other biomolecules), and a cardiovascular or tissue implant or other prosthetic devices to promote expression of said gene in said cells.
- a composition comprising EC-SOD protein or gene (with or without additional genes, proteins, growth factors, drugs or other biomolecules), and a cardiovascular or tissue implant or other prosthetic devices to promote expression of said gene in said cells.
- cells may be contacted in vivo. This is achieved, in the most direct manner, by simply obtaining a functional EC-SOD gene construct, and applying the construct to the cells.
- Contacting the cells with DNA e.g.
- a linear DNA molecule or DNA in the form of a plasmid, or some other recombinant vector or artificial chromosome that contains the gene of interest under the control of a promoter, along with the appropriate termination signals, is sufficient to achieve an uptake and an expression of DNA, with no further steps necessary.
- the process of contacting the surrounding tissue with the EC-SOD composition is conducted in vivo.
- a direct consequence of this process is that the cells take up and express the gene, and the translational or the transcriptional product stimulates the process of decreased connective tissue formation or stimulation of endothelialisation and/or capillarisation of the implant without additional steps required by the practitioner.
- Implantable medical device which for brevity will be referred to as implant, device or prosthesis will refer to an object that is fabricated, at least in part, from a biomaterial, and is intended for use in contact with bodily tissues, including bodily fluids.
- Biomaterial shall refer to the composition of the material used to prepare a device, which provides one or more of its tissue contacting surfaces. Porosity and inflections thereof (such as pores and porous), if not specified otherwise, shall refer to a biomaterial having small channels or passages which start at an external (e.g. first major) surface of the biomaterial and extend substantially through the biomaterial to an internal (e.g., second) surface.
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- the surface shall refer to the interface between the biomaterial and its environment. The term is intended to include the use of the word in both its macroscopic sense (e.g. the two major faces of a sheet of biomaterial), as well as in its microscopic sense (e.g. the lining of pores traversing the material).
- attach and its derivatives refer to adsorption, such as physisorption, or chemisorption, ligand/receptor interaction, covalent bonding, hydrogen bonding, or ionic bonding of a polymeric substance or nucleic acids to the implant.
- devices of the present invention include medical devices intended for prolonged contact with blood, bodily fluids or tissues, and in particular, those that can benefit from inhibition of unwanted or excessive connective tissue growth and fibrosis or stimulation of the capillary endothelialisation when used for in vivo applications.
- Preferred devices are implantable in the body, and include cardiovascular implants, tissue implants, artificial organs, such as the pancreas, liver, and kidney, and organ implants, such as breast, penis, skin, nose, ear and orthopedic implants.
- the significance of inhibition of connective tissue formation or capillary endothelialisation will vary with each particular device, depending on the type and purpose of the device.
- the inhibition of connective tissue formation protects the device from excessive scar tissue formation, strictures and fibrosis.
- Ingrown capillaries can provide endothelial cells to line surfaces of vascular implants, protect tissue implants from infection, carry nutrients to the cells in the device and make it possible for sensors to sense substance levels in circulation.
- the implant has all the features commonly associated with biocompatibility, in that they are in a form that does not produce an adverse, an allergic, or any other untoward reaction when administered to a mammal. They are also suitable for being placed in contact with the tissue surrounding the implant. The latter requirement takes factors, endothelium or to resist unwanted connective tissue formation, into consideration.
- biomaterials are those that provide sufficient rigidity for their intended purposes in vivo.
- the biomaterial will be of sufficient rigidity to allow the graft to retain graft patency in the course of its intended use.
- the choice of implant material will differ according to the particular circumstances and the site where the vascular or tissue implant is implanted.
- Vascular prosthesises are made of biomaterials, selected from the group consisting of e.g. tetrafluoroethylene polymers, aromatic/aliphatic polyester resins, polyurethans, and silicone rubbers. However, any type of biocompatible microporous mesh may be used.
- the said biomaterials can be combined with each other or other substances, such as polyglycolic acid, polylactic acid, polydioxone and polyglyconate.
- Preferred are expanded polytetrafluorethylene and Dacron.
- Dacron may be with or without velour, or modified in some other way.
- Dacron is usually woven, braided or knitted and suitable yarns are between 10 and 400 deniers.
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- the nodal size can be expressed as the percentage of the tissue-contacting surface that is composed of nodal PTFE.
- the distance between nodes can be expressed as the average fibril length.
- the porosity is commonly expressed as the intemodal distance (i.e. the average distance from the middle of one node to the middle of the adjacent node).
- Preferred ePTFE materials have nodes of sufficient size and frequency to provide adequate strength (e.g., with respect to aneurysmal dilatation) and internodal regions of sufficient frequency and fibre length to provide adequate porosity (to allow for capillary endothelialisation).
- Biomaterials are preferably porous to allow the attachment and migration of cells, which may be followed by the formation and growth of capillaries into the surface. Suitable pores can exist in the form of small channels or passages, which start at an external surface and extend partially or completely through the biomaterial.
- the cross sectional dimensions of the pore capillary diameter are greater than 5 microns and typically less than 1 mm.
- the upper pore size value is not critical as long as the biomaterial retains sufficient rigidity, however it is unlikely that useful devices would have a pore size greater than about 1mm.
- Such pore dimensions can be quantified in microscope.
- several modifications of the graft materials and surfaces can be made, such as precoating with, for example, proteins (see e.g.
- the implant can be constructed as a hybrid of different internodal distances for the inner and outer surfaces, such as 60 microns as an outer value and 20 microns as an inner value, for the internodal distances (HYBRID PTFE). Also, more layers with different internodal distances may be used.
- biodegradable vascular implants may be used in connection with the compositions, devices and methods of this invention.
- biodegradable and chemically defined polylactic acid, polyglycolic acid, matrices of purified proteins, semi-purified extracellular matrix compositions and also collagen can be employed.
- naturally occuring autogenic, allogenic and xenogenic material such as an umbilical vein, saphenous vein, native bovine artery or intestinal sub-mucosal tissue may be used as a vascular or other implant material. Examples of clinically used grafts are disclosed in U.S. 4,187,390, U.S. 5,474,824 and U.S.
- Biodegradable or bioabsorbable materials such as homopolymers e.g. poly-paradioxanone, polylysine or polyglycolic acid and copolymers; e.g., polylactic acid and polyglycolic acids or other bio materials, may be used either alone or in combination with other materials as the vascular graft or other implant material, as long as they provide the required rigidity.
- other biological materials such as intestinal submucosa, matrices of purified proteins and semi-purified extracellular matrix compositions may be used. Appropriate vascular grafts or other prosthetic implants will both deliver the gene composition — Louis ⁇ .
- inhibition of excessive connective tissue formation can occur in connection of an autologous vessel to autologous vessel, allogene vessel to autologous vessel, autologous vessel to synthetic vessel or any type of vessel to another vessel either end-to-end, end-to-side, side-to-side or combination of multiple side-to-side and end-to-side-anastomosis as long as there is a connection between the vessels with an anastomotic area.
- the hyperplasia can be inhibited in any part of the graft.
- Vascular patch is made of synthetic biomaterial, such materials include, but are not limited to, tetrafluoroethylene polymers, aromatic/aliphatic polyester resins, polyurethans, and silicone rubbers, however any type of biocompatible microporous mesh may be used.
- the said biomaterials can be combined with each other or other substances such as polyglycolic acid.
- Preferred are expanded polytetrafluorethylene and Dacron. Dacron is usually woven, braided or knitted, and with or without velour, and suitable yarns are between 10 and 400 deniers.
- the nodal regions of ePTFE are composed of nonporous PTFE that serves to provide tear resistance (e.g. for sutures and resistance to aneurysmal dilatation).
- the internodal regions are composed of fibres of PTFE, which serve to connect the nodes, with the spaces between the fibres providing the porosity referred to herein.
- the nodal size can be expressed as the percentage of the tissue-contacting surface that is composed of nodal PTFE.
- the distance between nodes can be expressed as the average fibril length.
- the porosity is commonly expressed as the internodal distance (i.e. the average distance from the middle of one node to the middle of adjacent node).
- Preferred ePTFE materials have nodes of sufficient size and frequency to provide adequate strength (e.g., with respect to aneurysmal dilatation) and internodal regions of sufficient frequency and fibre length to provide adequate porosity (to allow for capillary endothelialisation). Such materials will provide fewer though thicker nodes, which will in turn confer significantly greater strength in vivo. Given the present specification, those skilled in the art will be able to identify and fabricate devices using biomaterials having a suitable combination of porosity and rigidity. Biomaterials are preferably porous to allow the attachment and migration of cells, which may be followed by the formation and growth of capillaries into the luminal surface.
- Suitable pores can exist in the form of small channels or passages, which start at an external surface and extend through the biomaterial.
- the cross sectional dimensions of the pores are larger than the diameter of a capillary 5 microns and are typically less than 1 mm.
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- it is unlikely that useful devices would have pore size greater than about 1 mm.
- Such pore dimensions can be quantified in microscope.
- several modifications of graft materials and surfaces can be made, such as precoating with for example proteins (for example, U.S.
- the implant can be constructed as a hybrid of different internodal distances in inner and outer surface, such as outer 60 microns and inner 20 microns in internodal distance (HYBRID PTFE). Even more layers with different internodal distances may be used.
- biodegradable materials may be used in connection with the compositions, devices and methods of this invention, for example homopolymers e.g. poly-paradioxanone, polylysine or polyglycolic acid and copolymers e.g., polylactic acid and polyglycolic acids or other bio materials, such as matrices of purified proteins and semi-purified extracellular matrix compositions may be used either alone or in combination with other materials as cardiovascular patch material, as long as they provide the required rigidity.
- homopolymers e.g. poly-paradioxanone
- polylysine or polyglycolic acid and copolymers e.g., polylactic acid and polyglycolic acids
- other bio materials such as matrices of purified proteins and semi-purified extracellular matrix compositions may be used either alone or in combination with other materials as cardiovascular patch material, as long as they provide the required rigidity.
- Naturally occurring autogenic, allogenic and xenogenic material such as an umbilical vein, saphenous vein, native bovine artery, pericardium or intestinal submucosal tissue may also be used as cardiovascular patch material.
- cardiovascular patch material examples include an umbilical vein, saphenous vein, native bovine artery, pericardium or intestinal submucosal tissue. Examples of clinically used vascular patches are disclosed in U.S. 5,037,377, U.S. 5,456,711, U.S.
- Appropriate vascular patches will both deliver the gene composition and also provide a surface for new endothelium growth, i.e., will act as an in situ scaffolding on which and through which endothelial cells may migrate.
- nucleic acids are attached to the side engaging the tissues surrounding the vessel.
- Appropriate intracardiac patches will both deliver the gene composition to the surrounding tissues and provide a surface for new endothelium growth, i.e., will act as an in situ scaffolding on which and through which endothelial cells may migrate.
- nucleic acids are attached to both intracardiac patch surfaces.
- nucleic acids may be attached to one of the intracardiac patch surfaces. It will be understood by a person skilled in the art, that any material with biocompatibility and rigidity will be acceptable to be used with the invention.
- Stent herein means a medical implant in the form of a hollow cylinder, which will provide support for the body lumen when it is implanted in contact with a site in the wall of a lumen to be treated.
- They can be of several different designs such as tubular, conical or bifurcated.
- the configuration can be such as a coiled spring, braided filament, perforated tube, slit tube, and zigzag, or any other variant.
- vascular stents it is adapted for use in blood vessels in a way that the stent has an outer, lumen-contacting surface, and an inner, blood-contacting surface.
- stents of he art are formed of individual member(s), such as wire, plastic, metal strips, or mesh, which are bent, woven, interlaced or otherwise fabricated into a generally cylindrical configuration.
- the stent can also have underlying polymeric or metallic structural elements, onto which elements, a film is applied (U.S. 5,951.586).
- the terms expand, expanding, and expandable are used herein to refer to diametrically adjustable intraluminal stents.
- the self expanding stents When the self expanding stents are positioned at the treatment site with a delivery catheter, they are supposed to radially expand to a larger diameter after being released from a constraining force, which force restricts them to a smaller diameter and conform a surface contact with a blood vessel wall or other tissue without exertion of outwardly directed radial force upon stent.
- Stents of this type include stents of braided or formed wire. Self-expanding stents may also expand to a size as defined by thermal memory.
- the pressure-expandable stents are fabricated of malleable or plastically deformable material, typically formed of metal wire or metal strips.
- the collapsed stent is taken to the treatment site with a delivery catheter, and is then radially expanded with a balloon or other stent-expansion apparatus to its intended operative diameter.
- Thread elements or strands formed of metal are generally favoured, for applications requiring flexibility and effective resistance to radial compression after implantation.
- the favourable combination of strength and flexibility is largely due to the properties of the strands after they have been age hardened, or otherwise thermally treated in the case of polymeric strands.
- the braiding angle of the helical strands and the axial spacing between adjacent strands also contribute to strength and flexibility.
- Stent wires may be of metal, inorganic fibres, ceramic or organic polymers. They should be elastic, strong, biocompatible, and fatigue and corrosion resistant.
- core wires made of metals such as stainless steel or gold or other relatively pliable non-toxic metals and alloys that do not degrade during the time of implantation or are not subject to severe degradation (corrosion) under the influence of an electric current, are usually chosen.
- metals include, but are not limited to, platinum, platinum-iridium alloys, copper alloys, with tin or titanium, nickel-chrome-cobalt alloys, cobalt based alloys, molybdenium alloys, nickel- titanium alloys.
- the strands need not be of metal and may for example be of a polymeric material such as PET, polypropylene, PEEK, HDPE, polysulfone, acetyl, PTFE, FEP, and polyurethane without excluding any other substance (other variants: polytetrafluorethylene, fluorinated ethylene propylene, polytetrafluorethylene-perfluoroalkyl vinyl ether copolymer, polyvinyl chloride, polypropylene, polyethylene terephthalate, broad fluoride and other biocompatible plastics).
- a biodegradable or bioabsorbable material such as homopolymers e.g.
- poly-paradioxanone, polylysine or polyglycolic acid and copolymers e.g. polylactic acid and polyglycolic acids, polyurethane, or other biomaterials
- polylactic acid and polyglycolic acids, polyurethane, or other biomaterials may be used either alone or in combination with other materials as the stent material.
- Such monofilament strands range from 0,002 to 0,015 inches in diameter but of course the diameter could vary depending on the lumen size and the degree of support needed.
- antithrombotic, anti-platelet, vasodilative, antiproliferative, antimigratory, antifibrotic, anti-inflammatory agents and more specifically, heparin, hirudin, hirulog, etritinate, freskolin, rapamycin, sirolimus, paclitaxel, tacrolimus, dexamethasone, cytochalasine D and Actinomycin C and the like, may be attached the stent.
- Examples of clinically used stents are disclosed in U.S. 4,733,665, U.S. 4,800,882, U.S. 4,886,062 incorporated here by reference.
- Stent grafts also called covered stents, for transluminal implantations include a resilient tubular interbraided latticework of metal or polymeric monofilaments, a tubular interbraided sleeve formed of a plurality of interwoven textile strands, and an attachment component that fixes the latticework and the sleeve together, in a selected axial alignment with one another, engaged with one another and with a selected one of the latticework and the sleeve surrounding the other, whereby the latticework structurally supports the sleeve.
- the latticework and the sleeve behave according to substantially the same relationship governing the amount of radial reduction that accompanies a given axial elongation.
- the sleeve may be exterior or interior to the latticework, or the latticework may be integrated in the sleeve, and it can be continuous or discontinuous.
- Several prosthesis constructions have been suggested for composite braided structures that combine different types of strands, e.g. multifilament yarns, monofilaments, fusible, materials and collagens. Examples are found in WO91/10766. Textile strands are preferably multifilament yarns, even though they can be monofilaments.
- the textile strands are much finer than the structural strands, ranging from about 10 denier to 400 denier.
- Individual filaments of the multifilament yarns can range from about 0.25 to about 10 denier.
- Multifilament yarns can be composed of various materials, such as PET, polypropylen, polyethylen, polyurethane, HDPE, silicone, PTFE, polyolefins and ePTFE.
- Porous expanded PTFE film has a microstructure of nodes interconnected by fibrils and may be made as taught by for example U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,953,566, 4,187,390 and 4,482,516.
- Suitable pores can exist in the form of small channels or passages starting at an external surface and extending through the biomaterial. In such cases the cross-sectional dimensions of the pores are larger than the diameter of a capillary 5 microns, and are typically less than 1 mm.
- Upper pore size value is not critical so long as the biomaterial retains sufficient rigidity, however it is unlikely that useful devices would have pore size greater than about 1mm. Such pore dimensions can be quantified in microscope.
- stent graft materials and surfaces can be made such as precoating with proteins, non-heparinised whole blood and platelet rich plasma, glow-discharge modifications of surfaces, adding pluronic gel, fibronectin, fibrin glue, adhesion molecules, covalent bonding, influencing surface charges with for example carbon (U.S. 5,827,327, U.S. 4,164,045), treating with a surfactant or cleaning agent, mechanically changing the characteristics, such as drilling holes, adding grooves and changing the end angles without excluding any other method.
- the implant can be constructed as a hybrid of different internodal distances in inner and outer surface such as outer 60 microns and inner 20 microns in internodal distance (HYBRID PTFE). Even more layers with different internodal distances can be used. They all are intended to fall in the scope of present invention when not promoting unwanted connective tissue growth or inhibiting endothelialisation.
- the fibrils can be uni-axially oriented, that is oriented in primarily one direction, or multiaxially oriented, that is oriented in more than one direction.
- the term expanded is used herein to refer to porous expanded PTFE.
- stent grafts such as an umbilical vein, saphenous vein, or native bovine artery.
- biodegradable vascular implants may be used as stent grafts in connection with the compositions, devices and methods of this invention, for example biodegradable and chemically defined polylactic acid, polyglycolic acid, matrices of purified proteins, semi-purified extracellular matrix compositions.
- vascular grafts and stent grafts will both deliver the gene composition and also provide a surface for new endothelium growth, i.e., will act as an in situ scaffolding through which endothelial cells may migrate and preferably inhibit unwanted tissue growth or restenosis.
- the particular design of the implants that are implanted using the methods and compositions of the invention are not important, as long as connective tissue formation can be inhibited and they act as scaffolds through which endothelium can migrate, in the context of in vivo embodiments, and ultimately give rise to endothelialisation of the implant.
- a variety of catheter systems are useful for delivering the interventional stents and stent grafts into the desired site.
- the chosen type is not important as long as the methods of present invention are used.
- Heart valves are well known in the art and operate hemodynamically as a result of the pumping action of the heart.
- annular body having an interior surface, which defines a blood flow passageway, and which has one or multiple occluders supported thereon, for alternately blocking, and then allowing the blood flow in a predetermined direction.
- Heart valve prostheses are of various different designs, and of autologous, allogenic, xenogenic or synthetic material.
- the mechanical valve annular housing, also called annular body, and the valving members can be made of any biocompatible and nonthrombogenic material, that also will take the wear they will be subjected to.
- a circular valve housing and a valving member such as a spherical member or ball, pivoting disc, poppet disc, and leaflet members, such as single or multiple leaflet constructs, for example two flat leaflets, leaflets with conical, semiconical and cylindrical surfaces.
- the orifice ring can be made of various materials, such as a pyrocarbon coated surface, a silver coated surface or from solid pyrolytic carbon (described in U.S. 4,443,894), and leaflets may be made of one substrate, such as polycristalline graphite, plastic, metal or any other rigid material, and then coated with another, such as pyrolytic carbon (e.g. in U.S. 3,546,711, and U.S.
- Circular valve housing can be porous, (here referred as having a porous surface and a network of interconnected interstitial pores below the surface in fluid flow communication with the pores, see U.S. 4,936,317), or nonporous, and suitable means, such as peripheral groove or a pair of flats can be provided for attaching a suturing ring to the annular body to facilitate sewing or suturing of the heart valve to the heart tissue.
- the suturing member may have a rigid annular ni- ci p f-vf- Qiirmundin ⁇ the base.
- the sleeve may be of a rigid material, such as metal, plastic or alike.
- the sleeve may have collars of fabric, such as Teflon or Dacron (RE31,400).
- the valve may have further members, such as a cushioning member and a shock-absorbing member. Examples of mechanical heart valves are described in U.S. 3,546,711, U.S. 4,011,601, U.S. 4,425,670, U.S. 3,824,629, U.S. 4,725,275, U.S. 4,078,268, U.S. 4,159,543, U.S. 4,535,484, U.S. 4,692,165, U.S. 5,035,709, and U.S. 5,037,434.
- Xenografts, allografts or autografts can be used as tissue valves.
- tissue valves When an autologous graft is used, usually the pulmonary valve is operated to the aortic position - a Ross operation. Allografts, also called homografts, are of cadaveric origin.
- Xenograft bioprosthetic heart valves are usually of porcine origin. They can be stented or stentless. The traditional stented valves may be designed to have a valving element, stent assembly and a suture ring. The stent may be cloth covered.
- stent materials can be used in the stent, including but not limited to titanium, Delrin, polyacetal, polypropylene, and Elgiloy.
- tissue valves there are several ways to manipulate tissue valves.
- a bioprosthesis may be made acellular (Wilson, Ann. Thorac Surg., 1995;60 (2 suppl): S353-8) or preserved in various ways, such as with glutaraldehyde, glycerol (Hoffman), dye-mediated photooxidation (Schoen, J.
- glutaraldehyde can be neutralised by aminoreagents (e.g. U.S. 4,405,327). Homografts can be deendothelialised. Examples of tissue heart valves are described in U.S. 3,755,823, U.S. 4,441,216, U.S. 4,172,295, U.S. 4,192,020, U.S. 4,106,129, U.S. 4,501,030, and U.S. 4,648,881. Also, there exists an extensive scientific literature in the subject.
- nucleic acids or a composition comprising nucleic acids may be attached to whole or parts of the heart valves.
- nucleic acids will be attached to the whole surface and stent assembly, and in mechanical valves to annular body and sewing ring.
- Tissue implants can be made of various materials, such as polyethylene, polypropylene, polytetrafluorethylene (PTFE), cellulose acetate, cellulose nitrate, polycarbonate, polyester, nylon, polysulfone, mixed esters of cellulose, polyvinylidene difluoride, silicone, collagen and polyacrylonitrile.
- Preferred support materials for tissue engineering are synthetic polymers, including oligomers, homopolymers, and copolymers resulting from either addition or condensation polymerisations. Examples of tissue implants are described in e.g. U.S. 5,314,471, U.S. 5,882,354, U.S. 5,874,099, U.S. 5,776,747, and U.S. 5,855,613.
- EC-SOD genes can be attached to the implant by various methods, but the method is not important as long as gene is taken up by the surrounding tissue and EC-SOD is produced and fibrosis is inhibited or angiogenesis is stimulated resulting in endothelialisation and/or capillarisation of the implant.
- anastomotic devices are employed either in end-to- end anastomosis or end-to-side anastomosis.
- This invention comprises end-to-side anastomotic devices, preferably those anastomotic devices that have an anchoring member being implanted intraluminally to the target vessel and exposed to blood, such as SOLEM GraftConnectorTM.
- anchoring member is here referred to the member forming the attachment with the target vessel.
- the term “coupling member” or “connecting member” here refers to the member that forms attachment with the bypass graft vessel.
- Anchoring member and coupling member may form one single unit or be separated being connected during the procedure. Additional members such as a handle and pins may be comprised.
- the intraluminal anchoring member may be of various design, preferably it is a tubular structure.
- the intraluminal anchoring member may be made of any biocompatible material such as metal, ceramic, plastic, polymer, PTFE, DACRON, PET, polypropylen, polyethylen, polyurethane, HDPE, silicone, polyolefins and ePTFE or combination of several structures. Also a biodegradable or bioabsorbable material such as homopolymers e.g. poly-paradioxanone, polylysine or polyglycolic acid and copolymers e.g.
- Anastomotic device may be porous, partly porous, or nonporous.
- the connecting member is nonporous and the anchoring member is porous.
- both the connecting member and anchoring member are porous.
- the cross sectional dimensions of the pore capillary diameter are greater than 5 microns and typically less than 1 mm.
- Upper pore size value is not critical so long as the biomaterial retains sufficient rigidity, however it is unlikely that useful devices would have pore size greater than about 1mm. Such pore dimensions can be quantified in microscope. Suitable pores can exist in the form of channels or passages starting at the external surface and extend through the biomaterial.
- graft connector design materials and surfaces can be made such as precoating with proteins, non-heparinised whole blood and platelet rich plasma, glow-discharge modifications of surfaces, adding pluronic gel, fibrin glue, adhesion molecules, covalent bonding, influencing surface charges with for example carbon (U.S. 5,827,327, and U.S. 4,164,045), treating with a surfactant or cleaning agent, mechanically changing the surface characteristics, such as adding grooves and changing the end angles without excluding any other method.
- the implant can be constructed as a hybrid of different internodal distances in inner and outer surface, such as outer 60 microns and inner 20 microns in internodal distance (such as HYBRID PTFE). Even more layers with different internodal distances may be used. They all are intended to fall in the scope of present invention when not inhibiting endothelialisation.
- Genes can be attached to the implant by various methods, but the method is not important as long as the gene is taken up by the surrounding tissue and EC-SOD produced, connective tissue formation inhibited and angiogenesis is stimulated resulting in endothelialisation and/or capillarisation of the implant.
- graft mnnectors will both deliver the gene composition and also provide a surface for new endothelium growth, i.e., will act as an in situ scaffolding through which endothelial cells may migrate. It will be understood by a person skilled in the art that any material with biocompatibility, rigidity and porosity to allow transgraft growth will be acceptable.
- Suture materials are well known in the art. "Filament” is here referred a single, long, thin flexible structure of a non-absorbable or absorbable material. It may be continuos or staple. "Absorbable” filament is here referred one, which is absorbed, that is digested or dissolved, in mammalian tissue. Sutures may be monofilament i.e. single filament strands or multifilament i.e.
- Sutures may be porous (U.S. 4,905,367, U.S. 4,281,669) or nonporous and they can be coated with various materials described in for example in U.S. 4,185,637, U.S. 4,649,920, U.S. 4,201,216, U.S. 4,983,180, and U.S. 4,711,241 or uncoated.
- Nucleic acids may be attached to any suture material to inhibit unwanted connective tissue growth or promote endothelialisation of sutures. Attachment of the nucleic acids is particularly useful with synthetic non-absorbable vascular sutures. If multifilament suture is to be coated, it is not necessary that every filament within the suture be individually or completely coated. Sizes of suture materials usually range between 12-0 U.S. P. size 0,001 mm to size 2 U.S. P. with outer diameter 0,599 mm. Suture materials may be with or without needle in one or both ends and needle may be attached to the suture material by any of the methods known in the art, such as by defining a blind hole, i.e.
- the length of the suture-mounting portion is generally equal to or slightly greater than the length of the hole.
- a suture is inserted into the hole and then the suture-mounting portion is crimped, i.e. deformed or compressed, to hold the suture.
- the suture may be secured by addition of cement material to such blind hole (for example in U.S. 1,558,037).
- adhesive and bonding agents may be used, such as in U.S. 2,928,395, U.S. 3,394,704. Also other modifications may be employed such as in U.S. 4,910,377, U.S. 4,901,722, U.S.
- the surgical needle itself may be made of various materials, such as medically acceptable stainless steel of required diameter.
- the suture attachment to the needle may be standard i.e. the suture is securely attached and is not intended to be separable therefrom, except by cutting or severing the suture, or detachable or removable i.e. be separable in response to a force exerted by the surgeon (U.S. 3,890,975, U.S. 3,980,177, and U.S. 5,102,418).
- Surgical needles may be of various form such as V circle, 3/8 circle, 1 z curve, 1 z circle, 5/8 circle, or straight and the needle distal point may be taper point, taper cut, reverse cutting, precision point, spatula-type, and the like.
- the amount of nucleic acid attached to the suture material or to the composition coating the suture will vary depending upon the construction of the fibre, e.g. the number of filaments and tightness of braid or twist and the composition, solid or solution applied. It will be understood by the skilled person that any material with biocompatibility to allow inhibition of connective tissue hyperplasia will be a fontahi .
- Renes can be attached to the sutures by any of the methods described in this --, ⁇ r --, radicals, taper cut, reverse cutting, precision point, spatula-type, and the like.
- the amount of nucleic acid attached to the suture material or to the composition coating the suture will vary depending upon the construction of the fibre, e.g. the number of filaments
- Surgical pledgets are well known in the art. It will be understood by a person skilled in the art, that any material with biocompatibility to allow endothelial growth will be acceptable. Genes can be attached to the surgical pledgets by any method included in this disclosure, or any other method. After gene is taken up by the surrounding tissue, EC-SOD is produced and excessive connective tissue growth inhibited and angiogenesis is stimulated resulting in endothelialisation of the implant.
- vascular or tissue implant Physical and chemical characteristics, such as e.g. biocompatibility, biodegradability, strength, rigidity, porosity, interface properties, durability and even cosmetic appearance may be considered in choosing the said vascular or tissue implant, as is well known for those skilled in the art. Also, an important aspect of the present invention is its use in connection with other implants having the advantage of avoidance of excessive connective or fibromuscular tissue growth or vascularisation of the interface with the tissues, including implants themselves and functional parts of the implant, such as tissue chambers, pacemaker wires, indwelling vascular catheters for long time use and the like.
- the surface may be coated or pores filled with nucleic acids or with a material having an affinity for nucleic acids, and then the coated-surface may be further coated with the gene or nucleic acid that one wishes to transfer.
- the available chemical groups of the adsorptive may be readily manipulated to control its affinity for nucleic acids, as is known to those skilled in the art.
- Example EC-SOD expression plasmid A rabbit lung cDNA library (Clontech # TLlOlOa) was screened by plaque hybridization using a partial rabbit EC-SOD cDNA (genbank X78139; EC-SOD encoding bases 126-465) as a probe (Hiltunen et al.., 1995, Hiltunen, T., Luoma, J., Nikkari, T. and Yla-Herttuala, S.: Induction of 15-lipoxygenase mRNA and protein in early atherosclerotic lesions. Circulation 92 (1995) 3297- 3303).
- Positive clones were purified by a standard method (Ausubel, F.M., Brent, R., Kingston, R.E., Moore, D.D., Seidman, J.G., Smith, A.J. and Struhl, K. (eds.): Current protocols in molecular biology. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., USA, 1995) and were found to contain the 3' regions of the EC-SOD cDNA.
- the 5' end of the coding sequence was amplified from rabbit genomic DNA by PCR using primers specific to EC-SOD gene (genbank AJ007044); 5'-GAT GCT GGC GTT GGT GTG CTC-3' / 5'-GCA CGG CCA GCG GGT TGT AGT-3'.
- the 5' and 3' fragments of the cDNA were subsequently ligated to produce the entire open reading frame of EC-SOD gene which was further subcloned into pHHT631 expression vector (Mizushima, S. and Nagata, S. : pEF-BOS, a powerful mammalian expression vector. Nucleic. Acids. Res.
- pEC-SODl ⁇ elongation factor l ⁇ promoter
- DNA sequencing was done using ALF automated DNA sequencer (Pharmacia), and the sequence analyses were performed with the GCG program package (Devereux, J., Haeberli, P. and Smithies, O. : A comprehensive set of sequence analysis programs for the VAX. Nucleic. Acids. Res. 12 (1984) 387-395).
- the expression cassette of pEC-SOD l ⁇ was further cloned into an adenovirus vector (AdBglll) for adenovirus construction as described previously (Kozarsky, K.F. and Wilson, J.M. : Gene therapy: adenovirus vectors.
- Nuclear-targeted LacZ adenovirus was used as a control (Laitinen et al., Hum Gene Ther. 1998, Vol 9, pg 1481-1486). Clinical-grade adenoviruses were produced in 293 cells and analyzed to be free of microbiological contaminants, mycoplasma, endotoxin, and replication-competent viruses.
- WHHL Watanabe Heritable Hyperlipidemic
- Intact vessel segments were removed, flushed gently with saline, and immersion-fixed en bloc in 4% neutral buffered formalin for 24 hours.
- Fixed samples were dehydrated in a graded series of ethanol and infiltrated with a 1:1 solution of methyl methacrylate (MMA) and xylene and, finally, with MMA (4°C, 12 hours each). Afterwards, the samples were polymerized in plastic tubes at -4°C. These primary methacrylate blocks were sawed into 4 mm thick segments (resulting in 4 to 6 segments per animal). Segments were placed into embedding molds, and polymerization of blocks was again performed at -4°C. Polymerized blocks were initially ground to bring the tissue components closer to the cutting surface.
- MMA methyl methacrylate
- Toluidine blue, hematoxylin and eosin, Masson's trichrome and Elastica van Gieson stainings were performed according to standard histopathologic methods.
- Thickness of neointima, pre-existing atherosclerotic lesions and media was measured on digitalized pictures using a Zeiss microscope (Axioplan), MRC digital camera and KS software (Rel. 4.0). The ratio of neointima to total intima was calculated. Endothelial cell (PECAM) coverage and inflammatory cell (macrophage) infiltration was quantified as percent of luminal cross sectional surface and percent of intimal cross sectional area, respectively. Mean values of treated and control group was calculated from median values of each animal.
- PECAM Endothelial cell
- macrophage inflammatory cell
- PECAM endothelium, dilution 1:50, Santa Cruz
- RAM 11 macrophages, dilution 1:200, DAKO
- HHF35 smooth muscle cells [SMCs], dilution 1:50, DAKO
- An avidin- biotin-horseradish peroxidase system was used with DAB for signal detection (Vector Elite Kit).
- the gene transfer site was analyzed histologically to determine the effect of local EC-SOD gene transfer on neointima formation, re-endothelialization and inflammatory cell infiltration at a 4- week time point. There was no between group difference in extent of pre-existing atherosclerotic disease and pre-existing macrophage content therein.
- the neointima formation in EC-SOD animals was significantly (P ⁇ 0.05) reduced compared with control animals; both in vessel segments that were relatively unaffected by the atherosclerotic lesion formation before stenting as well as segments which had a pre-existing atherosclerotic lesion (Table 1, Figure 1).
- the coding sequence for human EC-SOD cDNA was obtained from a pOTB7 plasmid vector _ . .. folk,- ., -,-,,-_-_ T ⁇ --./IC 1A99-1'. MQin ⁇ EcoRI and Pstl restriction enzymes and further cloned into a pNGVL3 plasmid vector (National Gene Vectror Laboratories,
- Nuclear-targeted LacZ plasmid (pNGVL3) was used as a controll.
- a bolus of heparin (150 U/kg) was administered intraarterially.
- Distal aortic and iliac angiography was performed with and the proximal iliac artery was engaged with the guiding catheter.
- a 0.014-in high- torque floppy guide wire (Advanced Cardiovascular Systems) was advanced to the femoral artery under fluoroscopy.
- a long stent was selected and The guiding catheter was used as a reference for stent sizing in an attempt to overdilatate the vessel segment and achieve a balloon (stent) to artery ratio of 1.5. Placement of an intravascular stent (50 mm length) was completed. The procedure was then repeated in the opposite iliac artery. Angiography was completed after placement to confirm patency. The animals were allowed to recover and were returned to care facilities. All animals remained on a normal laboratory diet. The animals were returned to the research catheterization laboratory for angiography 14 days after implantation. After completion of follow-up angiography, the animals were euthanatized with an overdose of the anesthetic agents. The angiographic findings were confirmed by macroscopic pathological examination of the vessel segments.
- the jugular vein segment is harvested and the vessel segment is transfected ex vivo with EC-SOD or control vector and anastomosed into the ipsilateral carotid artery in a reverse end-to-end fashion.
- the animals are killed by overdose of the anesthetic agens.
- the vein grafts are harvested at the predetermined time points after surgery. Animals are anesthetized, and vessels excised. Fresh vessel segments are carefully rinsed withouth removing any present thrombi and processed further for superoxide, transgene expression and histological analysis. Vein-graft thickening, endothelial cell integrity and inflammatory infiltration are quantified by computerized morphometry on stained and immunostained vessel sections performed according to standard histopathologic methods. ( Cotran RS, Kumar V, Robbins SL. Robbins Pathologic Basis of Disease. Philadelphia, Pa: WB Saunders Co; 1994.).
- New Zealand White rabbits are maintained on a normal or atherogenic diet with water ad libitum.
- Anesthesia for surgery is induced with a combination of 0.25 ml/kg (fentanyl 0,315 mg/mL fluanosine 10 mg/mL mixture, Hypnorm®, Janssen) s.c. and 0.25 ml/kg i.m. (midazolam 5 mg/ml, Dormicum®, Roche).
- AII procedures are approved by institutional ethics committee.
- Infra-renal aortic segment is exposed and a synthetic vascular graft is implanted in a end-to-end fashion.
- the surrounding tissues are transfected with EC-SOD or control vector. At various time points after the procedure, the animals are killed by overdose of the anesthetic agens.
- the grafted vessel segments are harvested at the predetermined time points after surgery. Animals are anesthetized, and vessels excised. Fresh vessel segments are carefully rinsed withouth removing any present thrombi and processed further for superoxide, transgene expression and histological analysis. Neointima formation, endothelial cell integrity and inflammatory infiltration are quantified by computerized morphometry on stained and immunostained vessel sections performed according to standard histopathologic methods. ( Cotran RS, Kumar V, Robbins SL. Robbins Pathologic Basis of Disease. Philadelphia, Pa: WB Saunders Co; 1994.).
- Example 5 Example 5
- Prosthetic material used or intended for use in medical implants is rinced in sterile saline solution (0,9 %). Thereafter the material is divided in two approximately 1 cm 2 pieces under sterile conditions.
- Surgical procedure and sacrifice Animals are anesthesized with mixture of Hypnorm® (1 part), Dormicum® (1 part) and 2 parts of sterile water (0.33ml / lOOg weight rat) administered intraperitoneally. Abdomen is shaved and opened. 2 mL of bupivacain is administered in the wound area. The materials is sewn to the peritoneum on both sides of midline with continuous 5-0 nylon. Each piece is attached separately on the wall with running 5-0 monofilament suture. The tissues surrounding the first half is transfected with EC-SOD, and the tissues surrounding the second half are transfected with control (LacZ) vector. Abdomen is closed in layers with 3-0. Animals are sacrificed in anesthesia after explanting abdominal wall with implant material pieces.
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