Methods and compositions are disclosed for inhibiting, deterring or preventing apoptosis of cardiac myocytes, transplanted stem cells, vascular stem cells, and vascular smooth muscle cells by means of expressing or synthesizing clusterin. Also disclosed are methods and compositions for producing recombinant clusterin, or its biologically active peptides, and for induction of clusterin-associated lipoproteins or enzymes for deterring or preventing inflammatory injury and apoptosis induced by oxLDL, oxysterols, cytokines, and Fas Ligand. Also disclosed is an induction method and composition for enhancing expression of ALDH and ALDH-associated enzymes or co-factors to prevent cytotoxicity or detoxification. Therapeutic methods providing new expression or overexpression of clusterin in vascular or cardiac tissue are expected to inhibit the formation of atherosclerotic lesions, stabilize existing atherosclerotic plaques, and repair failing or damaged cardiac tissue.
公开了通过表达或合成集束素来抑制、阻止或防止心肌细胞、移植干细胞、血管干细胞和血管平滑肌细胞凋亡的方法和组合物。还公开了生产
重组集束素或其
生物活性肽的方法和组合物,以及诱导集束素相关脂蛋白或酶的方法和组合物,用于阻止或预防由氧化LDL、氧杂醇、细胞因子和 Fas
配体诱导的炎症损伤和细胞凋亡。还公开了一种诱导方法和组合物,用于提高 ALDH 和 ALDH 相关酶或辅助因子的表达,以防止细胞毒性或解毒。在血管或心脏组织中提供集束素新表达或过表达的治疗方法有望抑制动脉粥样硬化病变的形成,稳定现有的动脉粥样硬化斑块,修复衰竭或受损的心脏组织。