Novel ACE2-Fc chimeric fusion provides long-lasting hypertension control and organ protection in mouse models of systemic renin angiotensin system activation.
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2018-04-21
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Angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 (ACE2) is a carboxypeptidase that potently degrades angiotensin II to angiotensin 1-7. Previous studies showed that injection of the enzymatic ectodomain of recombinant ACE2 (rACE2) markedly increases circulatory levels of ACE2 activity, and effectively lowered blood pressure in angiotensin II-induced hypertension. However, due to the short plasma half-life of rACE2, its therapeutic potential for chronic use is limited. To circumvent this, we generated a chimeric fusion of rACE2 and the Ig fragment Fc segment to increase its plasma stability. This rACE2-Fc fusion protein retained full peptidase activity and exhibited greatly extended plasma half-life in mice, from less than two hours of the original rACE2, to over a week. A single 2.5 mg/kg injection of rACE2-Fc increased the overall angiotensin II-conversion activities in blood by up to 100-fold and enhanced blood pressure recovery from acute angiotensin II induced hypertension seven days after administration. To assess rACE2-Fc given weekly on cardiac protection, we performed studies in mice continuously infused with angiotensin II for 28 days and in a Renin transgenic mouse model of hypertension. The angiotensin II infused mice achieved sustained blood pressure control and reduced cardiac hypertrophy and fibrosis. In chronic hypertensive transgenic mice, weekly injections of rACE2-Fc effectively lowered plasma angiotensin II and blood pressure. Additionally, rACE2-Fc ameliorated albuminuria, and reduced kidney and cardiac fibrosis. Thus, our chimeric fusion strategy for rACE2-Fc is suitable for future development of new renin angiotensin system-based inhibition therapies.
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Liu, Pan, Jan Wysocki, Tomokazu Souma, Minghao Ye, Veronica Ramirez, Bisheng Zhou, Lisa D Wilsbacher, Susan E Quaggin, et al. (2018). Novel ACE2-Fc chimeric fusion provides long-lasting hypertension control and organ protection in mouse models of systemic renin angiotensin system activation. Kidney international. 10.1016/j.kint.2018.01.029 Retrieved from https://hdl.handle.net/10161/16622.
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