title: [Experiment on autologous free granular fat transplantation with rhVEGF gene in rats].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the effects of rhVEGF on autologous free granular fat grafts in rats.
  
  
  METHODS
  Forty-eight Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into three groups, sixteen of each. After the autologous free granular fat transplantation, all groups were treated with the plasmid DNA containing cDNA encoding rhVEGF, the blank plasmid DNA and normal saline respectively as the experimental group, the negative group and the saline group. After 3, 7, 15, 30 days, the rats were sacrificed and the grafts were weighted accurately. Histological pathology was evaluated. Micro-vessel count and the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) were examined by immunohistochemical staining.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The weights of the two latter groups were significantly reduced on the 7, 15, 30 day compared with the experimental group. The expression of VEGF and the micro-vessel count in the experimental group were significantly higher than the other two groups during the latter periods.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The cDNA encoding VEGF can induce the expression of VEGF in fat graft, angiogenesis and reduce the free fat graft absorption.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University, Wuhan, China.
authors.forename: Ming
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lei
authors.forename: Shi-Qing
authors.initials: SQ
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Yu-Lan
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ren
authors.forename: Chuan-Xun
authors.initials: CX
authors.lastname: Yi
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000637:transplantation*; D000818:Animals; D005260:Female; D018014:Gene Transfer Techniques; D006085:Graft Survival; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D014182:Transplantation, Autologous; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A