Functional screening of expression libraries in vivo would offer the possibility of identifying novel biotherapeutics without a priori knowledge of their biochemical function. Here we describe a procedure for the functional selection of tissue-protective factors based on the in vivo delivery of arrayed cDNA libraries from the mouse secretome using adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors. Application of this technique, which we call FunSel, in the context of acute ischaemia, revealed that the peptide ghrelin protects skeletal muscle and heart from ischaemic damage. When delivered to the heart using an AAV9 vector, ghrelin markedly reduces infarct size and preserves cardiac function over time. This protective activity associates with the capacity of ghrelin to sustain autophagy and remove dysfunctional mitochondria after myocardial infarction. Our findings describe an innovative tool to identify biological therapeutics and reveal a novel role of ghrelin as an inducer of myoprotective autophagy

AAV-mediated in vivo functional selection of tissue-protective factors against ischaemia

Bortolotti, Francesca;FALCIONE, ANTONELLA;DAL FERRO, MATTEO;UKOVICH, LAURA;Zentilin, Lorena;GORTAN CAPPELLARI, GIANLUCA;ZWEYER, MARINA;BARAZZONI, ROCCO;ZACCHIGNA, SERENA;GIACCA, MAURO
2015-01-01

Abstract

Functional screening of expression libraries in vivo would offer the possibility of identifying novel biotherapeutics without a priori knowledge of their biochemical function. Here we describe a procedure for the functional selection of tissue-protective factors based on the in vivo delivery of arrayed cDNA libraries from the mouse secretome using adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors. Application of this technique, which we call FunSel, in the context of acute ischaemia, revealed that the peptide ghrelin protects skeletal muscle and heart from ischaemic damage. When delivered to the heart using an AAV9 vector, ghrelin markedly reduces infarct size and preserves cardiac function over time. This protective activity associates with the capacity of ghrelin to sustain autophagy and remove dysfunctional mitochondria after myocardial infarction. Our findings describe an innovative tool to identify biological therapeutics and reveal a novel role of ghrelin as an inducer of myoprotective autophagy
2015
Pubblicato
http://www.nature.com/ncomms/index.html
File in questo prodotto:
File Dimensione Formato  
AAV-mediated in vivo functional selection of tissue-protective factors against ischaemia.pdf

accesso aperto

Descrizione: pdf editoriale
Tipologia: Documento in Versione Editoriale
Licenza: Creative commons
Dimensione 3.71 MB
Formato Adobe PDF
3.71 MB Adobe PDF Visualizza/Apri
Pubblicazioni consigliate

I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.

Utilizza questo identificativo per citare o creare un link a questo documento: https://hdl.handle.net/11368/2845302
Citazioni
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.pmc??? 26
  • Scopus 54
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.isi??? 55
social impact