title: Expansion of donor hepatocytes after recombinant adenovirus-induced liver regeneration in mice.
abstract: Hepatocyte transplantation is a potential form of therapy for patients with genetic hepatodeficiency disorders. Unfortunately, hepatocellular transplantation has been limited because of the relatively low numbers of donor cells that can ultimately take up residence in the host liver. To give the donor cells a proliferative stimulus, a recombinant adenovirus vector that expresses a nonsecreted urokinase (urokinase-type plasminogen activator) was transduced into the livers of recipient animals before transplantation. Because urokinase production in hepatocytes causes the slow turnover of hepatocytes, 2 days after adenovirus-mediated gene transfer into the livers of recipient mice, 2 x 10(6) congenic donor cells tagged with beta-galactosidase (beta-Gal) reporter were implanted via the portal vein. As a result, on average, 8.6% of the recipient hepatocytes in the livers were derived from donor cells--a 20-fold increase compared with control animals in which no proliferative stimulus was present.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, USA.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Vrancken Peeters
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Patijn
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lieber
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Perkins
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Kay
mesh_terms: D000256:Adenoviridae / Q000235:genetics*; D000818:Animals; D002455:Cell Division; D005260:Female; D018014:Gene Transfer Techniques; D017930:Genes, Reporter; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D007763:Lac Operon; D008099:Liver / Q000166:cytology*; D008115:Liver Regeneration / Q000235:genetics* / Q000502:physiology*; D016031:Liver Transplantation / Q000379:methods / Q000473:pathology; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008822:Mice, Transgenic; D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D014568:Urokinase-Type Plasminogen Activator