WANG Zhuo, ZHAO Bingbing, LI Shouqiang, et al. Experimental study of ultrasonic-targeted nanobubbles loading galectin-7-siRNA for inhibiting the acute rejection of rat transplantation hearts[J]. Journal of Clinical Ultrasound in Medicine, 2020,22(4):241-245.
WANG Zhuo, ZHAO Bingbing, LI Shouqiang, et al. Experimental study of ultrasonic-targeted nanobubbles loading galectin-7-siRNA for inhibiting the acute rejection of rat transplantation hearts[J]. Journal of Clinical Ultrasound in Medicine, 2020,22(4):241-245. DOI: 10.16245/j.cnki.issn1008-6978.2020.04.001.
Objective To inhibit the expression of galectin-7 and the occurrence of acute rejection after transplantation using galectin-7-siRNA-loaded nanobubbles combined with ultrasound-targeted microbubbles destruction(UTMD) technology.Methods The galectin-7-siRNA-loaded and targeted ICAM-1 nanobubbles were prepared and the rat heart transplantation model was constructed.Isograft(ISO) and Allograft(ALLO) of rat heart models were constructed and divided into 4 groups
including ISO+PBS group
ALLO+PBS+LIFU group
ALLO+NBs group and ALLO+NBs+LIFU group.UTMD were performed at 1
3
5
7 d after transplantation.In addition
the galectin-7 expression and acute rejection grading in each group of transplanted hearts were compared.Results The average particle size of NBs was(221.25±34.21)nm and the average potential was(51.32±2.21)mV.The carrying rate of galectin-7-siRNA was 71.0%.The expression of galectin-7 protein in the ALLO+NBs+LIFU group was lower than that in ALLO+PBS+LIFU group and ALLO+NBs group(both P<0.05)
and the level of acute rejection was significantly lower in the ALLO+NBs+LIFU group than that in the ALLO+PBS+LIFU group and ALLO+NBs group(both P<0.05).Conclusion The galectin-7-siRNA-loaded targeted NBs combined with UTMD can reduce the expression of galectin-7 in the transplanted heart of rats and inhibit the occurrence of acute graft rejection.