title: Ectopic expression of human acidic fibroblast growth factor 1 in the medicinal plant, Salvia miltiorrhiza, accelerates the healing of burn wounds.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Healing of burns is a complex process and very few effective treatments exist to facilitate the burn recovery process. Human acidic fibroblast growth factor 1 (FGF-1) plays an important role in a variety of biological processes, including angiogenesis, and tissue repair. Salvia miltiorrhiza is widely used in traditional Chinese medicine as an herb for the treatment of various diseases, including cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, and traumatic injuries. We present that expression of FGF-1 in S. miltiorrhiza significantly accelerates the healing of burn wounds.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The human fgf-1 gene was fused with a barley α-amylase signal peptide DNA sequence and driven by a 35S promoter for constitutive expression in transgenic S. miltiorrhiza plants. The highest yield of recombinant FGF-1 obtained from leaves of transgenic S. miltiorrhiza lines was 272 ng/fresh weight. Aqueous extracts from transgenic S. miltiorrhiza exhibited FGF-1 activity approximately 19.2-fold greater than that of the standard FGF-1. Compared to the standard FGF-1 or the extracts obtained from non-transgenic plants, it stimulated proliferation of Balb/c 3 T3 mouse fibroblast cells assessed with the standard MTT assay and promoted angiogenesis in the chicken embryo chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) assay. Topical application of the extract significantly accelerated the burn wound healing process.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The product appears to retain the biological activity of both FGF-1 as well as the medicinal properties of the plant. The extracts from transgenic S. miltiorrhiza combines the therapeutic functions of FGF-1 and the medicinal plant, S. miltiorrhiza. Topical application of the product can reduce the costs associated with extraction, purification, and recovery.
authors.forename: YaQing
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: Kevin Yueju
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Nan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: GangQiang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: Biotechnology Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, 12 Southern Zhong Guan Cun Road, Beijing 100081, China. liudehu2006@126.com.
authors.forename: DeHu
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D016475:3T3 Cells; D000818:Animals; D002056:Burns / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D016220:Fibroblast Growth Factor 1 / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D030821:Plants, Genetically Modified / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D010946:Plants, Medicinal / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D021382:Protein Sorting Signals / Q000235:genetics; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D054680:Ribosome Subunits, Small, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D027561:Salvia miltiorrhiza / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000187:drug effects*; D000516:alpha-Amylases / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D021382:Protein Sorting Signals; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016220:Fibroblast Growth Factor 1; D000516:alpha-Amylases
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