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Collagen-binding vascular endothelial growth factor attenuates CCl4-induced liver fibrosis in mice

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    • Kangkang Wu
    • Rui Huang
    • Hongyan Wu
    • Yong Liu
    • Chenchen Yang
    • Shufeng Cao
    • Xianglin Hou
    • Bing Chen
    • Jianwu DaI
    • Chao Wu
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    Affiliations: Department of Infectious Diseases, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210008, P.R. China, Department of Pathology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210008, P.R. China, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, Jiangsu 210008, P.R. China, Institute of Combined Injury, State Key Laboratory of Trauma, Burns and Combined Injury, Chongqing Engineering Research Center for Nanomedicine, College of Preventive Medicine, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400038, P.R. China
    Copyright: © Wu et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution License.
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Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) serves an important role in promoting angiogenesis and tissue regeneration. However, the lack of an effective delivery system that can target this growth factor to the injured site reduces its therapeutic efficacy. Therefore, in the current study, collagen‑binding VEGF was constructed by fusing a collagen‑binding domain (CBD) to the N‑terminal of native VEGF. The CBD‑VEGF can specifically bind to collagen which is the major component of the extracellular matrix in fibrotic liver. The anti‑fibrotic effects of this novel material were investigated by the carbon tetrachloride (CCl4)‑induced liver fibrotic mouse model. Mice were injected with CCl4 intraperitoneally to induce liver fibrosis. CBD‑VEGF was injected directly into the liver tissue of mice. The liver tissues were stained with hematoxylin and eosin for general observation or with Masson's trichrome staining for detection of collagen deposition. The hepatic stellate cell activation, blood vessel formation and hepatocyte proliferation were measured by immunohistochemical staining for α‑smooth muscle actin, CD31 and Ki67 in the liver tissue. The fluorescent TUNEL assay was performed to evaluate the hepatocyte apoptosis. The present study identified that the CBD‑VEGF injection could significantly promote vascularization of the liver tissue of fibrotic mice and attenuate liver fibrosis. Furthermore, hepatocyte apoptosis and hepatic stellate cell activation were attenuated by CBD‑VEGF treatment. CBD‑VEGF treatment could additionally promote hepatocyte regeneration in the liver tissue of fibrotic mice. Thus, it was suggested that CBD‑VEGF may be used as a novel therapeutic intervention for liver fibrosis.
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Wu K, Huang R, Wu H, Liu Y, Yang C, Cao S, Hou X, Chen B, DaI J, Wu C, Wu C, et al: Collagen-binding vascular endothelial growth factor attenuates CCl4-induced liver fibrosis in mice. Mol Med Rep 14: 4680-4686, 2016.
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Wu, K., Huang, R., Wu, H., Liu, Y., Yang, C., Cao, S. ... Wu, C. (2016). Collagen-binding vascular endothelial growth factor attenuates CCl4-induced liver fibrosis in mice. Molecular Medicine Reports, 14, 4680-4686. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2016.5826
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Wu, K., Huang, R., Wu, H., Liu, Y., Yang, C., Cao, S., Hou, X., Chen, B., DaI, J., Wu, C."Collagen-binding vascular endothelial growth factor attenuates CCl4-induced liver fibrosis in mice". Molecular Medicine Reports 14.5 (2016): 4680-4686.
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Wu, K., Huang, R., Wu, H., Liu, Y., Yang, C., Cao, S., Hou, X., Chen, B., DaI, J., Wu, C."Collagen-binding vascular endothelial growth factor attenuates CCl4-induced liver fibrosis in mice". Molecular Medicine Reports 14, no. 5 (2016): 4680-4686. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2016.5826
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Wu, K., Huang, R., Wu, H., Liu, Y., Yang, C., Cao, S. ... Wu, C. (2016). Collagen-binding vascular endothelial growth factor attenuates CCl4-induced liver fibrosis in mice. Molecular Medicine Reports, 14, 4680-4686. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2016.5826
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Wu, K., Huang, R., Wu, H., Liu, Y., Yang, C., Cao, S., Hou, X., Chen, B., DaI, J., Wu, C."Collagen-binding vascular endothelial growth factor attenuates CCl4-induced liver fibrosis in mice". Molecular Medicine Reports 14.5 (2016): 4680-4686.
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Wu, K., Huang, R., Wu, H., Liu, Y., Yang, C., Cao, S., Hou, X., Chen, B., DaI, J., Wu, C."Collagen-binding vascular endothelial growth factor attenuates CCl4-induced liver fibrosis in mice". Molecular Medicine Reports 14, no. 5 (2016): 4680-4686. https://doi.org/10.3892/mmr.2016.5826
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