CA2430367C - Recombent viral and non-viral vectors containing the human urokinase plasminogen activator gene and its utilization in the treatment of various types of hepatic renal, pulmonary, pancreatic and cardiac fibrosis and hypertrophic scars - Google Patents

Abstract

Hepatic cirrhosis is considered a severe health problem in Mexico, since it is the third mortality cause in working-age people and there is no 100% effective treatment. Cirrhosis is characterized by an exacerbated increase of collagen in liver parenchyma, replacing the hepatocytes and thus provoking liver failure. This is one of the reasons why we have used a gene therapy through specific delivery to cirrhotic livers of the gene of human urokinase plasminogen activator (huPA), which activates mechanisms that induce the degradation of excess cellular matrix and stimulate hepatocyte proliferation, obtaining thus a fast re-establishment of the liver function. In the instant invention, the modified human uPA gene was inserted in the adenoviral vector (pAd-.DELTA.huPA), because it is not secreted and does not provoke hypercoagulation or spontaneous internal bleedings. Moreover, data from the bio-distribution essay with an adenoviral vector with reporter gene .beta.-gal have shown liver specificity as the target organ of the vector. Using ELISA, huPa protein was detected in liver homogenates (4500 pg/ml) in animals treated with pAd--.DELTA.huPA and was also intracellularly detected through immunochemistry in liver cuts (80% positive cells). huPa induced a dramatic fibrosis reduction (85%) on day 10 of vector administration, compared to control cirrhotic rats and 55% hepatocyte proliferation increase. Liver function tests (ALT, AST, alkaline phosphatase and bilirubin) dropped to nearly normal levels and hepatocyte proliferation was observed. Because of the two beneficial event cascades, gene therapy with modified huPA can be developed as a definite potential treatment for patients with liver cirrhosis.

Description

r~i~~r-r- Uui 0005 0 "RECOMBINANT VIRAL AND NON-VIRAL VECTORS CONTAINING THE
HUMAN GENE OF THE UROKINASE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR AND
THEIR UTILITY IN THE TREATMENT OF VARIOUS TYPES OF
FIBROSIS SUCH AS HEPATIC, RENAL, PULMONARY, PANCREATIC, HEART FIBROSIS AS WELL AS HYPERTROPHIC SCARS"
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to the creation of recombinant viral, non viral, plasmidic and synthetic vectors having the human gene of urokinase derived plasminogen activator cloned, hereinafter huPA cDNA
(complementary DNA). It is also related to the utilization of the TGF-beta type II truncated receptor gene. The viral vectors used can be, without limitation, first, second, third and/or fourth generation adenoviral vectors, "gutless" adenoviral vectors, retroviral vectors, adeno-associated vectors. Non-viral vectors can be constituted of phospholipid components, liposomes of various structures and combined through different ligands for specific receptors. Synthetic vectors can consist of the construction and coupling of huPA cDNA and TGF-beta type II truncated receptor with plasmids from different origins and regulatable promoters. huPA cDNA encodes for therapeutic proteins useful in the treatment of hepatic cirrhosis and generalized fibrosis, such as renal fibrosis, pulmonary fibrosis, pancreatic fibrosis, heart fibrosis, hypertrophic scars and keloids (skin scars) and/or in other target organs susceptible of suffering from it. It also relates to a mechanism of tissue-specific recognition of the affected cells in vivo by means of delivery of therapeutic huPA gene to organs chronically affected by fibrosis.

2 Moreover, the invention provides an effective way for the treatment of fibrosis through the use of recombinant vectors which are claimed here, as well as the process involve in the preparation of these vectors, the pharmaceutical composition containing them, the treatment methods and their therapeutic uses in fibrosis treatment, which has great commercial potential in the pharmaceutical industry and also presents an important alternative as experimental gene therapy for the treatment of chronic-degenerative diseases characterized by fibrosis, with important therapeutic application in the field of modern medicine.

INTRODUCTION
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND PHYSIOPATHOLOGY OF HEPATIC CIRRHOSIS
Hepatic cirrhosis represents a world health problem because it is an important mortality cause. It is a terminal illness usually caused by chronic alcohol ingestion and hepatitis C infection and there is no definite available treatment when it affects adults.
About 14 million people are affected by alcoholism in the USA and the figure is similar in Mexico (Mariani, S., Birmingham, K. and Novak, K. Knocking out Alcohol Damage.
Nature Med. 1999:5(11):1243). Hepatic cirrhosis is considered a severe health problem in Mexico, since it is the fourth cause of death in working-age people and there is no 100% effective treatment. Moreover, hepatic cirrhosis is also a cause of death in children due to the consequences of biliary obstruction. However, in this case, the incidence is much lower and the surgical approach through Kasai shunt mitigates the illness during a few months. However, 50% of the children who undergo said surgery die during the following months and the rest rci/IYix ,-U 0005 0

3 of them who partially respond to the shunt effects are channeled to a possible liver transplantation. Currently, there are gene therapy protocols for other chronic-degenerative illnesses, but up to now no protocol has been reported in which a gene therapy is used to cure cirrhosis. Thus, in the instant invention, this gene therapy protocol has been developed at preclinical level.
Its further use with human beings will depend on the successful and safe sending of genes coding for io therapeutic proteins in livers with extensive fibrosis, using as the main sending strategy, viral, non-viral, plasmidic and synthetic vectors. For this purpose, a preclinic study was previously conducted to determine the safety, transduction efficacy, toxicity and bio-distribution of an adenoviral vector bearing as reporter gene the gene lacZ in cirrhotic Wistar rats (Mexican Patent Application # 998515, pending). Once the potential use of adenoviral vectors has been shown for sending exogenous genes to damaged livers without notably worsening its function, the effect of "therapeutic genes"
on cirrhotic livers was evaluated.
Hepatic cirrhosis is characterized by a fibrosis increase where there is an accumulation of extracellular matrix proteins (especially I, IV and III type collagen) synthesized by hepatic stellate cells (Arthur, M. J. P.
Collagenases and liver fibrosis, J. Hepatology 1995:22:43-48; Kim, T. H. Mars, W. M., Stolz, D. B., Petersen, B. E., and Michalopoulos, G.K. Extracellular matrix remodeling at the early stages of liver regeneration in the rat. Hepatology 1997:26:896-904; and Olaso, E. and Friedman, S. L. Molecular regulation of hepatic fibrogenesis. J. Hepatology 1998:29:836-847) throughout liver parenchyma, mainly around the central / M~~ !1lII 1 I J 1' 1, U U b U

4 and portal veins, forming a barrier blocking the free exchange of nutrients between the sinusoid and the hepatocytes leading to function deterioration (Fig. 1A) (Arthur, M. J. P. Collagenases and liver fibrosis, J.
Hepatology 1995:22:43-48; and Kim, T. H. Mars, W. M., Stolz, D. B., Petersen, B. E., and Michalopoulos, G. K.
Extracellular matrix remodeling at- the early stages of liver regeneration in the rat. Hepatology 1997:26:896-904). Thus, the inventors of the instant invention lo suggest as a theory that recombinant viral and non viral vectors could be used in gene therapy to revert exacerbated fibrosis, the cardinal characteristic of cirrhotic livers, and, in turn, with the induction of genes promoting liver cell proliferation, enhance the rapid reestablishment of functional liver mass. For this purpose, in said vectors, the modified DNA of human urokinase plasminogen activator (huPA), that activates a cascade (lower part of Fig. 1B), wherein, on the one hand it activates latent liver collagenases or matrix metalloproteases (MMPs) to promote the degradation in situ of excess extracellular matrix (ECM) in the perisinusoidal space or space of Disse. The deposited excess extracellular matrix blocks nutrient exchanges between hepatocytes and circulating blood and thus the liver function is affected. Concomitantly, huPA restores the functional liver mass inducing the replication of the remaining hepatocytes and thus repopulate liver parenchyma (Fig. 1B). The reason to use said recombinant vectors is because of the additional advantage that because they do not secrete significant amount of huPA, they do not cause hypocoagulation or spontaneous bleeding which is the main disadvantage in cirrhotic animals. In this way, inducing two different cascades of beneficial PCT/MX 0 01' 0005 0 events, the modified huPA cADN therapy can be very useful for the treatment of liver cirrhosis. It is important to observe that up to date no therapeutic agent reverting and/or preventing with 100% effectiveness the progressive

5 accumulation of liver collagen has been described.
Such physiopathological alterations occurring in hepatic cirrhosis are constant and common for the other organs that also undergo fibrosis, such as, lung, heart, kidney, pancreas and skin, among others, which should be not considered as limitations of the scope of protection of this invention. Therefore, the methodology presented here for the treatment of hepatic cirrhosis could be applied also to those organs that are susceptible to, or are affected by fibrosis.

VIRAL AND NON-VIRAL VECTORS IN HEPATIC GENE THERAPY
The viral vectors used in this invention to implement this technology can be, without limitation, first, second, third and/or fourth generation adenoviral vectors, "gutless" adenoviral vectors, retroviral vectors and adeno-associated vectors. The non-viral vectors can be constituted by plasmids, phospholipids, liposomes (cationic and anionic) of different structures and combined with different ligands for specific receptors.
The synthetic vectors consist of the construction and coupling huPA cDNA and TGF-beta Type II truncated receptor cDNA with plasmids from different origins and with regulatable and/or inducible promoters. In many protocols, retroviral vectors have been used to introduce genes in hepatocytes (Douglas J.T., and Curiel D.T., Adenoviruses as Vectors for Gene Therapy. Science and Medicine March/April 1997 44-53). However, precautions have to be taken since these vectors can generate 1rT/MX00,100050

6 potential replication-cotpetent viruses. Among the advantages of these vectors is their ability to integrate their genome in a stable way in the chromosomes of the guest cell, which confers the possibility of expression, in an indefinite way, of the therapeutic transgene cloned in the retrovirus. On the other hand, up to date, no study has reported incidences of mutagenesis by insertion or activation of oncogenes through retrovirus integration if the viruses used are not replication-competent.
Nevertheless, the use of retroviral vectors to transduce genes to the liver is limited for the following considerations: 1) these vectors infect only cells which actively divide and 2) very low viral particles titers are obtained in the packing cell lines used to amplify these viruses (Graham F.L., and Van Der Eb AJ. A New Technique for the Assay of Infectivity of Human Adenovirus 5 DNA. Virology 1973, 52:456-467). These two limitations have been successfully overcome in other gene therapy protocols through the induction of hepatocytes proliferation in vivo, through the use of hepatic growth factors and through partial . hepatectomy, surgical procedure through which the removal of 70% of liver mass induces division of the remaining hepatic cells in vivo.
The use of lentiviral vectors has permitted to overcome partially said limitations, because they are able to transduce cells which are not actually dividing.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Hepatic cirrhosis is a chronic illness of the liver, where diffuse cell necrosis and a limited regeneration of parenchymal hepatic cells result in diffuse percentage increase of connective tissue, causing the distortion of lobular hepatic architecture and ACT/~K 0 / 0 0 05 0

7 inducing hemodynamic alterations. Therefore, some strategies for the treatment of hepatic cirrhosis could include the prevention and/or reversion of the fibrogenesis, stimulation of hepatic mitosis and re-arrangement of the architecture of hepatic tissue. The documents of the state of the art related to the present invention are mentioned hereinafter only as references.
U.S. patent No. 5,240,846 relates to the use of gene therapy called "CFTR", which induces a stable to correction of the regulation of the chlorine channel.
This defect is present in epithelial cells. In said invention, adenoviral recombinant vectors are used as well as plasmidic vectors. However, it does not have any association with the therapeutics genes of the present invention. Likewise, U.S. patent No. 5,910,487 describes the use of plasmidic vectors for sending therapeutic molecules, but there is no association with the delivery of wild and/or modified huPA genes or of the TGF-beta (Transforming Growth Factor-beta) Type II truncated receptor genes as presented here. U.S. patent No.
5,827,703 refers to the use of, adenoviral vector and modified adenoviral vector to send genes, however, none of these vectors contain the genes used in the present invention for the treatment of fibrosis.
U.S. patent No. 5,770,442 claims the use of a recombinant adenovirus that contains one gene directing the expression of a protein called "fiber" or a protein called "fiber-chimera", however said patent does not specifically mention, which one is the therapeutic gene.
Moreover, a method of gene therapy involving the use of such adenovirus and a vector of transference for the generation of such recombinant adenovirus is presented.
However, nothing is mentioned with regard to the use of rci~mx 0 01 0 0 0 5 0

8 therapeutic genes cloned and inserted in recombinant adenoviral vectors used in this invention in fibrotic livers, or to other target organs such as kidney, lung, and hypertrophic scars and others. These therapeutic genes are the gene that codes for the wild and/or modified huPA activator and the TGF-beta (Transforming Growth Factor-beta) type II truncated receptor, claimed in the instant invention. Other members of the family of genes represented are also included.
U.S. Patent No. 5,166,320 refers to the use of a targeted delivery system to introduce exogenous genes in mammalian hepatic cells. But there is no association with putative genes directly sent to fibrotic livers, kidneys, lungs or other fibrotic organs.
U.S. Patent No. 5,872,154 describes a method to reduce the immune response induced by an adenoviral recombinant vector through co-administration of recombinant adenoviral vector and a selected immune modulator, which functions by inhibiting the formation of neutralizing antibodies and/or reducing the death of the virally infected cells. U.S. patent No. 5,871,982 is directed to a hybrid vector, in which a portion of an adenovirus is included, together with a portion of an adeno-associated viral vector that contains a selected transgene. A hybrid virus consisting of the union of a conjugate with a polycation to a gene mesh of the adeno-associated viral vector to form a simple particle is also described. This is contrary to the present invention in which no hybrid viruses are employed, only adenoviral vectors. Besides, in the above-mentioned patent the gene, transgene or therapeutic gene used is not stated. U.S.
patent No. 5,856,152 is directed to the creation of a hybrid vector that contains the portion of an adenoviral fuiluu1 VV/

9 vector in combination with an adeno-associated virus and a selected gene, through which large quantities of recombinant vectors are produced, but they are not carrying cloned therapeutic genes as described in this invention, in which specific therapeutic genes for the treatment of liver, kidney, pancreas, heart fibrosis as well as keloids and hypertrophic scars are used. U.S.
patent No. 5,547,932 claims a compound of nucleic acid complexes for transfecting eucaryotic cells. These complexes are formed by nucleic acids and another substance with affinity for nucleic acids and optionally an internalizing factor, such as a virus or a component of the virus that can be conjugated. It also uses components of specific adenoviral vectors or specific viruses such as Ad2 or Ad5, but does not mention the genes that are internalized in the cell cytoplasm and eventually in the nucleus of these eucaryotic cells.
Similarly, U.S. patent No 5,521,291 relates to conjugated adenovirus bound through an antibody to a substance with affinity for nucleic acids. In this way recombinant genes are transported to the interior of eucaryotic cells.
These conjugated complexes and nucleic acids are internalized in the cell, but the genes that can be sent are not specifically mentioned. In said patent, contrary to what is described in the instant invention, the use of such adenovirus to treat liver fibrosis or cirrhosis or any another type of fibrosis is not mentioned.
U.S. Patent No. 5,585,362 relates to an improved adenoviral vector and methods to obtain and use such vectors. Although the use of adenoviral vectors is not mentioned in said patent, the adenoviral vectors described in the present invention were used as vectors for sending therapeutic genes.

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U.S. Patent No. 5,756,086 claims an adenovirus, which is represented by a protein called "fiber The adenovirus also includes a ligand, that is specific for a receptor located on a specific cell type. This adenovirus 5 can have at least a portion of this protein called "fiber" and it can be removed and replaced with a ligand, which is specific for a receptor on specific cells, such as hepatocytes. These adenoviruses can include a gene that codes for a therapeutic agent. Based on the previous

10 statement, the outstanding technical difference of the instant invention, compared to the state of the art, is the specificity of the therapeutic agent as wild and/or modified huPA and the TGF-beta type II truncated receptor for the treatment of various fibrosis.
U.S. Patent No. 5,895,759 claims a tissue-specific vector (liver) for gene therapy that can be used to send genes to a damaged liver. These vectors are chemically or enzyme coupled to a promoter and can also be coupled to an antibody packaged in a polypeptidic envelope. Besides, the vector or the virus to be assayed is the hepatitis B virus. Thus the sending of genes to damaged livers described in this patent makes use of a system completely different from the one of this invention, and there is no relation with the process of fibrosis or cirrhosis to be treated. U.S. patent No. 5, 559,099 describes an adenoviral recombinant vector that contains a chimeric protein from the adenovirus called pentona, which includes a non-pentona sequence and a therapeutic gene to develop a gene therapy method involving the use of such adenovirus, transference adenoviral vectors for the recombination of such adenoviral vectors containing a therapeutic gene.
Moreover, U.S. patent No. 5,885,808 claims also the use tUi,,mn UV, UUU, U

11 of adenovirus with bonding molecules of adenovirus to different cells, the molecules of which have been modified, as in U.S patents No. 5,846,782 and 5,712,136, in which adenoviral vectors are employed, which have been modified to contain different peptidic domains.

Finally, U.S. Patent No. 5,670,488 relates to vectors for gene therapy, which are especially useful for cystic fibrosis and also mentions the development of methods for the use of these vectors. The possible relation of the instant invention to the mentioned state of the art refers to the use of adenoviral vectors, that can be modified, as well as the use of inducible promoters driving the expression of genes to be inserted in these adenoviral vectors. However, the technical characteristics of the present invention are focused on the specific use of therapeutic genes to treat different types of fibrosis such as liver, kidney, lung, pancreas, heart fibrosis, keloids, as well as hypertrophic scars.
The importance of the present invention, contrary to the state of the art described in the above-mentioned documents, is based on the technical characteristics of the invention itself, as well as on the additional advantages derived from the same, which are described with more details below.

ADENOVIRAL VECTORS
In the instant invention the decision has been made to use adenoviral vectors, although it is. important to stress that the viral vectors used to implement this technology can be, not restrictively, first, second, third and/or fourth generation adenoviral vectors, "gutless" adenoviral vectors, retroviral vectors, adeno-associated vectors. The non-viral vectors can be rb /mh UU, UUUS U

12 constituted by plasmids, phospholipidic components, (cationic and anionic) liposomes of different structurres and combined with different ligands for specific receptors. The synthetic vectors are prepared through the construction and coupling of huPA cDNA and the TGF-beta type II truncated receptor with plasmids from different origins and with regulatable and/or inducible promoters.
The adenoviral vectors were initially selected based on several considerations: 1) these vectors can be generated to very high titers of infectious particles per ml.: (109-1010) ; 2) they infect a great variety of cells, however, when they are administered i.v.,' most of them are located in the hepatic organ; 3) they transfer efficiently genes to cells that are not dividing, and 4) they are seldom integrated in the guest genome, which avoids the risk of cellular transformation by insertional mutagenesis (Douglas J.T., and Curiel D.T. Adenoviruses as Vectors for Gene Therapy. Science and Medicine, March/April 1997. 44-53 and Zern AN, and Kresina TF.
Hepatic Drug delivery and Gene Therapy (Hepatology 1997, Vol. 25, No. 2, 484-491).
Adenovirus are probably the most promising vehicles or vectors for the delivery of genes in the protocols of gene therapy in human beings, since they possess a unique attribute that provides them great stability when they are administered into the blood stream. This specific characteristic permits them to be efficiently used in clinical trials with a comfortable i.v. administration for the patient. (Douglas J.T., and Curiel D.T. Adenoviruses as vectors for Gene Therapy.
Science and Medicine, March/April, 1997, 44-53).
Adenoviruses are double stranded DNA viruses.
They have an icosahaedric structure, infect a great PCT/M( 00i 0005 0

13 variety of mammalian cell types, and support the ubiquitous expression of a specific receptor in the cell surface not yet identified. Their union to cells occurs by means of the protein component of the adenovirus capside and the virus enters into the cell by receptor-mediated endocytosis.
More than 40 different human serotypes of adenovirus have been identified, of which type 2 (Ad2) and 5(Ad5) have been more extensively studied and, therefore, more widely used as vectors for gene therapy.
A very important characteristic of these two Ad serotypes is that they have never been associated with malignant human processes.
The strategy for the creation of recombinant adenovirus is based on the organization of the adenoviral genome. The expression of the adenoviral genes occurs in two phases, early and late, that are defined by the time of replication of the adenoviral genome. The early genes encode themselves in 4 distinct transcriptional units.
El, E2 and E4 encode for essential regulatory proteins that induce the replication of the adenoviral DNA. The gene E3 is a non-essential gene. The products of the late genes include the main proteins of the capside, which are transcribed from a unique promoter. (Graham F.L., and Van Der Eb AJ. A New Technique for the Assay of Infectivity of Human Adenovirus 5 DNA. Virology 1973, 52:456-467).
The recombinant adenoviruses are generated by introduction of the exogenous gene or sequence of DNA of interest in substitution of the adenoviral genome regions required for the replication of the virus. The adenoviral recombinant vectors present deletions in El and E3 genome regions. Recombinant adenovirus generation is conducted both through the replacement of El or E3 regions or PGII! 001 0005 0

14 through the insertion of the exogenous gene between the E4 region and the extreme right part of the adenoviral genome. Vectors based on the insertion of the exogenous gene at the extreme right part of the adenoviral genome or by the replacement of the E3 region keep their replication capability. On the contrary, the substitution of early region El produces a vector which is faulty with regard to its replication capability, that can spread only in a cell line that supplies in "trans" the absent functions of the replaced adenoviral region, or in presence of a collaborator virus. Among them, the most commonly used as gene transference vectors are the replication-deficient adenovirus (Douglas J.T., and Curiel D.T. Adenoviruses as Vectors for Gene Therapy.
Science and Medicine, March/April, 1997, 44-53).
The creation of adenoviral vectors, as well as their application for the treatment of fibrosis, are shown in the examples described hereinafter.

OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, the objects and advantages derived from this invention are presented.
An object of the present invention is to provide a procedure to prepare recombinant adenoviral vectors AdAhuPA, by means of the cloning of huPA modified cDNA in appropriate adenoviral vectors; besides, huPa cloning in "gutless", adeno-associated vectors and the formation of liposome and phospholipid component complexes.
Another object of the invention is to provide adenoviral recombinant vectors (all the previously mentioned in the instant invention), with an exogenous gene or DNA sequence of interest that encodes for therapeutic proteins useful in the treatment of the r6 1/tYIA U/ UaU5 0 generalized fibrosis in target organs susceptible to suffer from it. Such gene is, but not restrictively, a wild and/or modified huPA gene or the TGF-beta (Transforming Growth Factor-beta) type II truncated 5 receptor gene.
Also, in the present invention, pharmaceutical compositions (or other compositions) are provided which contain the recombinant viral, non-viral, plasmidic vectors in quantities therapeutically effective of viral 10 particles for the treatment of generalized fibrosis; as well as therapeutic treatment methods, their uses and therapeutic applications in the treatment of fibrosis.
An advantage of greater importance in the treatment of the generalized fibrosis, particularly of

15 hepatic cirrhosis, is that the delivery of therapeutic gene(s) is carried out through tissue-specific recognition by the route of administration employed and by the natural tropism to the cirrhotic liver of the recombinant vectors used.

Another advantage of the therapeutic uses of the invention, which is directed initially to the treatment of hepatic cirrhosis, is the treatment of generalized fibrosis in other target organs susceptible to suffer from it, including, not restrictively, the treatment of liver, lung, heart, skin, kidney, pancreas fibrosis, among others, in mammalian animals, including human beings.

Another object is the design of a technology to deliver genes efficiently first to livers of cirrhotic animals affected by cirrhosis induced by carbon tetrachloride (CC14) and common biliary obstruction. This type of cirrhosis experimental models is very similar to the two types of liver cirrhosis that usually affect rc-/RIA UU; 000jU

16 human beings in Mexico and in the rest of the world (alcoholic cirrhosis, chronic infection caused by hepatitis C virus, and secondary biliary cirrhosis).
Another advantage resulting from the fibrosis treatment is that the recombinant adenovirus used (and none of the other proposed adenoviral vectors) does not induce lethal toxicity in the animals injected with the vectors.
Another object of the invention allows us to conclude that liver fibrosis is totally resolved, and that the proliferation of liver cells is dramatically stimulated, obtaining thus the reestablishment of liver function in cirrhotic animals.
Another advantage of the design of this technology is the fact that it is possible to detect the expression of human uPA therapeutic gene delivered to .cirrhotic animals through the expression of the corresponding human protein through ELISA essays and through immunohistochemistry. We can thus discriminate between the endogenous rat protein and the therapeutically induced protein production. Thus, this allows us to check the transduction in vivo of the different organs of the rat to see if the vector administration was adequate and if the expression remains only in the target organ.

Finally, all this evidence allows us to suggest that our system comprises an efficient and adequate vehicle to deliver therapeutic genes such as wild and/or modified huPA and the TGF-beta (Transforming Growth Factor-beta) type II truncated receptor that degrade the excess collagen and/or prevent its deposition; and that produce protein stimulating liver regeneration, to cirrhotic rat livers in order to restore normal functions

17 of the liver or other organs affected by the same pathology.

Thus, in the present invention, a process of preparation is given for recombinant adenoviral vectors and other viral and non-viral above-mentioned vectors, pharmaceutical compounds, therapeutic treatment methods, uses and therapeutic applications for the treatment of fibrosis, especially for the treatment of hepatic cirrhosis.

SUMMARY OF INVENTION

The present invention provides a process to prepare recombinant adenoviral and non-adenoviral vectors through the cloning of reporter genes and cDNA encoding for therapeutic proteins fox the treatment of hepatic, pulmonary, renal, heart, pancreas fibrosis, keloids and hypertrophic scars, in mammals-, including human beings.

In an embodiment, the reporter gene is selected from bacterial beta-galactosidase gene (lac-Z).

In an embodiment, the therapeutic gene is selected from the wild and/or modified human gene of urokinase derived plasminogen activator; and from the gene of the truncated receptor of TGF-f3 type II, coding for therapeutic proteins that degrade and/or prevent the synthesis and deposition of excess collagenic proteins deposited in the cirrhotic organs.

In a further embodiment, the protein coded for by the modified cDNA
of the human gene of urokinase derived plasminogen activator huPA activates liver latent collagenases and matrix metalloproteases (MMP's) to promote the in situ degradation of excess of collagen components of the extracellular matrix (ECM) in the space of Disse or perisinusoid space.

In a further embodiment, the protein coded for by the cDNA of the human gene of urokinase derived plasminogen activator huPA, re-establishes also the functional liver mass upon inducing the remaining hepatocytes to replicate and thus repopulate the hepatic parenchyma to obtain the regeneration and cure of the damaged liver.

In a further embodiment, the therapeutic gene is a cDNA sequence selected from the hepatocyte growth factor HGF coding for protein stimulating liver regeneration in order to re-establish the normal functioning of liver and other organs affected by the same pathology.

17a In a further' embodiment, the liver regeneration after the extracellular degradation (ECM) stimulated by the in situ activation of the gene of hepatocyte growth factor HGF, is measured as the percentage of cells stained with a specific antibody against nuclear cellular proliferation antigen (PCNA).

In a further embodiment, the number of PCNA positive hepatocytes was ten times higher in the livers of rats treated with the recombinant adenoviral vector pAd.PGK-.DELTA.N.DELTA.-huPA than in normal livers and in the livers of rats treated with pAd-GFP and normal.

In a further embodiment, labeling showed that about 55% of the hepatocytes were positively stained by anti-PCNA, antibodies, both in periportal as well as in centrilobular areas two days after the injection of recombinant adenoviral vector pAd.PGK-ANAC-huPA.

In a further embodiment, the positive cell detected by day 10 show the reestablishment of the liver functional mass, which was confirmed by the clear trend in liver functional tests such as AST, ALT, Bilirubin and prothrombin times.

In a further embodiment, viral recombinant vectors are selected from first, second, thirst and/or fourth generation adenoviral vector, "gutless", adenoviral vectors, retroviral vectors and adeno-associated vectors.

In a further embodiment, non viral recombinant vectors are constituted by phospholipidic components, liposomes of different structures and combined with different ligands for specific receptors.

In a further embodiment, the non viral vectors are selected from plasmids and cationic and anionic liposomes.

In a further embodiment, the viral and non viral recombinant vectors are prepared through the construction and coupling of cDNA of human gene of wild and/or modified urokinase derived plasminogen activator huPA, and from cDNA of the gene of TGF-E type II truncated receptor and from cDNA of hepatocyte growth factor HGF with plasmids from different origins and with regulatable and/or inducible promoters.

17b In a further embodiment, the recombinant adenoviral vector is pAd.PGK-nNAC-huPA.

In a further embodiment, the process further comprises delivery of therapeutic genes or DNA sequences coding for therapeutic proteins for fibrosis treatment in cirrhotic livers.

In a further embodiment, the delivery of therapeutic genes is conducted in other organs affected by generalized fibrosis.

In a further embodiment, the administration of therapeutic genes is also carried out 30 through the tissue specific recognition of the therapeutic genes to the fibrotic organs through the administration route used and by the natural tropism to cirrhotic livers of the recombinant vector used.

In a further embodiment, the administration route is endovenous.

In a further embodiment, the fibrotic organs are selected from liver, lung, heart, kidney, pancreas, skin and hypertrophic scars, in mammals, including human beings.

In a further embodiment, the main target organ is liver.

In a further embodiment, the delivery of therapeutic genes is conducted through the use of viral or non viral vectors.

In a further embodiment, the viral vectors are selected from first, second, thirst and/or fourth generation adenoviral vectors, "gutless", adenoviral vectors, retroviral vectors and adeno associated vectors.

In a further embodiment, the non viral vectors are constituted by phospholipidic components, liposomes of different structures and combined with different ligands for specific receptors.

In a further embodiment, the viral and non-viral vectors are prepared through the construction and coupling of the cDNA of the human gene of wild and/or modified urokinase derived plasminogen activator huPA and the cDNA
of the gene of TFG-E type II truncated receptor with plasmids from different origins and with regulatable and/or inducible promoters.

17c In a further embodiment, the non-viral vectors are selected from plasmids and cationic and anionic liposomes.

In a further embodiment, the efficient delivery of the human gene of urokinase derived plasminogen activator huPA to the cirrhotic liver can cause collagen degradation through metalloprotease over-expression.

In a further embodiment, the process is used for the treatment of liver, lung, kidney, heart, pancreas fibrosis as well as keloids and hypertrophic scars.

In a further embodiment, the expression of huPA human therapeutic gene administrated to cirrhotic animals can be detected by ELISA essays and immunochemistry through the expression of the corresponding human protein.

In a further embodiment, the expression of the genes of type I, III
and IV endogenous collagens was evaluated through semi-quantitative RT-PCR, which permitted the detection of specific changes in the baseline levels of said genes.

In a further embodiment, the expression of type I collagen dropped four times on day 10, the expression of type III collagen dropped about two times on day 10, and the expression of type IV collagen dropped about five times on day 6, in rats treated with the recombinant adenoviral vector pAd.PGK-ONAC-huPA compared to rats treated with irrelevant adenovirus pAd-GFP.

In a further embodiment, huPA over-expression induces the turning off of the genes of type I, III and IV endogenous collagens coding for ECM
proteins.

In another aspect, provided is a recombinant adenoviral vector obtained through the process according to the invention, containing an adenoviral genome from which the open reading frames El and/or E3 have been deleted, but retaining enough sequence to make the adenoviral vector able to replicate in vitro, characterized also because said vector contains a therapeutic gene or a DNA sequence of interest regulated by ubiquitous promoters and/or tissue-specific promoters, or inducible and/or regulatable promoters, encoding for therapeutic proteins useful in fibrosis treatment.

17d In an embodiment, the promoter is the promoter from cytomegalovirus (CMV).

In a further embodiment, the therapeutic gene or the DNA sequence cloned in such adenoviral vector is selected from the human gene of wild and/or modified huPA urokinase derived plasminogen activator and from the gene of TGF-beta type II truncated receptor encoding for therapeutic proteins that degrade and/or prevent the synthesis and deposition of excess collagenic proteins deposited in the cirrhotic organs.

In a further embodiment, the therapeutic gene is a DNA sequence selected from the gene of the Hepatocyte Growth Factor (HGF), which encodes for proteins stimulating hepatic regeneration with the purpose to re-establish the normal functions of the liver.

In a further embodiment, the therapeutic proteins for the treatment of fibrosis are the wild and/or modified huPA urokinase derived plasminogen activator; the TGF-S type II truncated receptor and the hepatocyte growth factor HGF.
In a further embodiment, the recombinant adenoviral vector contains also the delivery of therapeutic genes or DNA sequences which encode for therapeutic proteins intended for the treatment of fibrosis in cirrhotic liver.

In a further embodiment, the delivery of the therapeutic genes is carried out in other organs with generalized fibrosis.

In a further embodiment, the delivery of therapeutic genes is also conducted through the tissue-specific recognition of the therapeutic genes to the fibrotic organs by the administration route used and by natural tropism to cirrhotic liver of the recombinant vectors used.

In a further embodiment, the administration route is endovenous.

In a further embodiment, the organs with fibrosis are selected among liver, lung, heart, kidney, pancreas, skin, and hypertrophic scars, in mammals, including human beings.

In a further embodiment, the main target organ is the liver.

17e In a further embodiment, recombinant adenoviral vector is pAd.PGK-4N
C4-huPA.

In a further embodiment, the sending of therapeutic genes is conducted through the use of viral and non-viral vectors.

In a further embodiment, the viral vectors are selected from first, second, third and/or fourth generation of adenoviral vectors, "gutless"
adenoviral vectors and adeno-associated vectors.

In a further embodiment, the non-viral vectors can be constituted by phospholipidic components, liposomes from different structures and combined with different ligands for specific receptors.

In a further embodiment, the viral and non-viral vectors are prepared through the construction and coupling of the cDNA of the human gene of wild and/or modified urokinase derived plasminogen activator and the cDNA of the TGF-beta type truncated receptor with plasmids from different origins and with.regulatable and/or inducible promoters.

In a further embodiment, the non viral vectors are selected from plasmids and cationic and anionic liposomes.

In a further embodiment, the efficient delivery of the human gene of urokinase derived plasminogen activator huPA to liver can induce collagen degradation by means of over-expression of metalloproteases.

In a further embodiment, the recombinant adenoviral vector is used for the treatment of the hepatic, pulmonary, renal, heart, pancreatic fibrosis, keloids and hypertrophic scars, and does not induce lethal toxicity in mammals, including human beings.

In a further embodiment, the additional advantage of using said recombinant vectors is that, because they do not secrete significant amount of huPA, they do not cause hypercoagulation or spontaneous bleeding, the main disadvantage in cirrhotic animals.

In a further embodiment, a non secreted huPA form with retention signal modification in endoplasmic reticulum (RE) at the amino-terminus and carboxi-terminus is used in order to prevent as much as possible its secretion in the blood stream.

17f In a further embodiment, cDNA of huPA cloned in pGEM3 in XbaI/Asp 718 sites is modified at the carboxi-terminus adding a sequence coding for KDEL
signal, and also residues upstream through the cloning of 75 PCR-generated nucleotides.

In a further embodiment, the amino-terminal 25 amino acids that include the pre-uPA peptidic signal were substituted by the amino-terminal retention signal (RR) next to the anchor in the transmembrane region (TM) separated by a spacer peptide of 31 amino acids from transmembrane II
protein Iip33 obtained by PCR.

In a further embodiment, the RR sequence is constituted by arginine residue MHRRRSR located next to the anchor region of transmembrane (TM) and are present in type II transmembrane proteins such as the invariable chain protein Iip33.

In a further embodiment, the modified huPA gene is cloned on the adenoviral plasmid pAd.ANAC-huPA for recombinant adenoviral vector production.

In another aspect, provided is a pharmaceutical composition containing a therapeutically effective quantity, with a unitary dose regimen, of viral particles of the recombinant adenoviral vectors according to the invention, for the treatment of liver, lung, kidney, heart, pancreas fibrosis, keloids and hypertrophic scars, combined with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

In an embodiment, the unitary dose contains about 107-14 viral particles per fibrotic individual.

In another aspect, provided is the use of recombinant adenoviral vectors, and other viral and non-viral vectors according to the invention, to prepare a drug containing a therapeutically effective quantity, with a unitary dose regimen, of viral particles for the treatment of liver, lung, kidney, heart, pancreas fibrosis, keloids and hypertrophic scars, in mammals, including human beings.

In an embodiment, the unitary dose contains about 107-1014 viral particles per fibrotic individual.

17g In another aspect, provided is a method for the treatment of treatment of liver, lung, kidney, heart, pancreas fibrosis, keloids and hypertrophic scars, in mammals, including human beings, consisting in the administration of a recombinant adenoviral vector according to the invention.

In further aspect, provided is a method for the treatment of liver, lung, kidney, heart, pancreas fibrosis, keloids and hypertrophic scars, in mammals, including human beings, consisting in the administration of the pharmaceutical composition according to the invention.

In an embodiment, the route of administration is endovenous.

In a further embodiment, the unitary dose contains about 10'-1014 viral particles per fibrotic individual.

17h BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

Other particularities and advantages of this invention will be evident from the following detailed description of the preferred objects and embodiments, from the enclosed claims and from the drawings or figures attached, in which:

FIG. 1 shows the cellular physiopathology of hepatic cirrhosis (A);
and the concept evidence regarding how the gene therapy works to revert the fibrosis process, as well as the cascade of events induced by huPA cDNA
leading to fibrosis reversion and liver cell regeneration (B); lsgb;0038]

FIG. 2 shows the scheme of the adenoviral vector map containing the reporter gene LacZ (A) used to determine dose-response, safety, toxicity, and bio-distribution of an exogenous gene in several normal and cirrhotic laboratory rat organs (B-I);

FIG. 3 is a scheme representation showing the genetic modification of human uPA cDNA and the formation of Ad-8NAC-huPA (therapeutic) corresponding adenoviral vectors, the administration through the iliac vein (A-D). The determination of human huPA therapeutic protein expression levels in cirrhotic rats is also shown through n,i/mA Uu, 0005 U

18 corresponding immunohistochemistry and ELISA essays (E-G) ;
Figure 4 shows liver histological cuts from rats treated with CC14 during 6 weeks obtained on different days after the injection of Ad-GFP (A), irrelevant vector, and Ad-MNOC-huPA (B), therapeutic vector, the quantitative determination through morphometrical analysis of fibrosis grade, in each case, and the concomitant induction of metalloprotease 2 (MMP-2) activity is also shown (C and C'). The expression of the protein product of fluorescent green gene is also shown as an adequate control of in vivo transduction;
Figure 5 shows the semi-quantitative analysis through reverse transcriptase polimerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) of the messengers RNA for collagens types I, III, and IV of the livers of cirrhotic rats treated with the adenoviral vector Ad-ONAC-huPA, Ad-GFP or only with saline in which amplified PCR products are shown corresponding to said genes (A), and their corresponding densitometrical determination compared to the expression of a constitutive expression gene (B);
Figure 6 shows the immunohistochemical staining of rat cirrhotic livers with anti a-SMA (smooth muscle actin) antibody after the delivery of Ad-ANOC-huPA (A) therapeutic vector, as well as the quantitative computing through a computer assisted morphometrical analysis of the percentage of a-SMA positive cells (B);
Figure 7 shows the immunohistochemical staining of cirrhotic rat liver sections with anti-PCNA
(Proliferating Cell Antigen) antibody to evaluate hepatocytes proliferation after the administration of Ad-AN C-huPA adenoviral vector, Ad-GFP o saline only (A);
(B) and (C) show the percentage of immunostained cells in

19 the periportal and lobular region, respectively, through an automated image analyzer. (D) shows the 'semi-quantitative RT-PCR determination of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), c-met and huPA after the administration of different vectors in which the PCR amplified products corresponding these genes are shown; and Figure 8, (A) shows the prothrombrin times of rats sacrificed on different days after the administration of Ad-ANOC-huPA vector o treated only with to saline. Besides (B) shows the evaluation of liver weight/body weight x 100 ratio to detect a possible liver hyperplasia and/or hypertrophy in these livers.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
There are many reports showing that through systemic administration of recombinant adenoviral vectors (AdR) into healthy experiment animals, a specific homing and highly preferential tropism of these vectors into the liver is observed. The inventors of the instant invention have shown that the cirrhotic liver is also a favorite target of adenoviral vectors, even though the organ lobular architecture is altered because of the fibrosis established in the entire liver parenchyma, mainly around the central and portal veins.
Therefore, in the instant invention the hypothesis has been established according to which, using a modified cDNA of human urokinase derivate plasmid gene activator (huPA), it could be possible to promote, in damaged livers, the in situ degradation of excess collagen components of the extracellular matrix through latent MMPs activation, and to reestablish the free exchange of macromolecules between the sinusoid and the hepatocytes, as well as the functionality of the hepatocytes affected Pct/MX 00/ 0005 0 upon inducing them to proliferate and in this way, repopulate the liver parenchyma and obtain' the regeneration and cure of the damaged liver.
With the development of the invention claimed 5 herein, a research line is started to conduct gene therapy as an alternative for the treatment of chronic-degenerative illnesses, specifically liver cirrhosis in human beings, upon establishing an efficient vehicle to send genes to the liver, said genes producing therapeutic 10 proteins that help reestablish the normal functions of the liver (see Figures 1 and 4), where it is shown how to deliver effectively and in an adequate way huPA gene to obtain the degradation of the excess collagens deposited through the over-expression of huPA protein.
15 In the left panel of figure 2B, frozen cuts are shown which are stained with X-gal. In the left panel of figure 2B tissues of the same livers on which a X-gal determination was conducted are shown, but said tissues were soaked in paraffin before being cut and were stained

20 with Sirius Red in order to visualize the fibrosis grade.
Transduction grade was about 4.0% in cirrhotic rats, compared to 84% in normal rats (figure 2C). Because the dose-response essay establishes a dose of 3x1011 total viral particles (figure 2D, E, and F), in figure 2H the adenoviral vector bio-distribution is shown and in the graph it can be seen that the main target organ is the liver, both in healthy rats as well as in rats receiving a chronic administration of CCL4. Spleen and kidney presented a transduction grade under 1%. The adenoviral vector bio-distribution was corroborated by PCR, the primers use amplify a region of adenovirus and a region of reporter gene Lac-Z and the bands obtained (figure 2-I) in the different organs correspond to the distribution AiRIA 0, 0 0 0 5 0

21 found with X-gal reaction. Finally, using the 3x1012 viral particle dose, we found that about 50% of the animals died through disseminated intravascular coagulopathy.

The modified huPA produced is intracellularly located Taking into account the well known uPA function as one of the main primers of the extracellular matrix proteolysis (ECM), and as plasmid activator and hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) (Kim, T. H., Mars, W. M., Stolz, D.B., Peterson, B.E., and Michalopoulos, G. K.
Extracellular matrix remodeling at the early stages of liver regeneration in the art. Hepatology 1997:26:896-904; Mars, W.M. Zarnegar, R., Michalopoulos, G. K.
Activation of hepatocyte growth factor by the plasminogen activators uPA and tPA. Am. J. pathol. 1993:143:949-958.
(35); and Roselli, HT., Su, M., Washington, K., Kerins, D.M., Vaughan, D. E. and Russel W. E. Liver regeneration is transiently impaired in urokinase-deficient mice. Am.
J. Phisiol. 1998:275:G1472-G1479), it was decided to use human uPA to induce enzyme activity specifically in cirrhotic livers and to test its effect in fibrosis reversion. However, to avoid bleeding risk as a consequence of huPA secretion, we used a non secreted huPA form with a modification in the amino-terminus and carboxi-terminus ends to prevent to the greatest possible extent it secretion in the blood stream (figure 3A and 3B).
To induce cirrhosis, the rats received CC14, intraperitoneally, 3 times per week during six to eight weeks (figure 3D). After a six-week administration of CC14, various livers sections of cirrhotic animals injected with pAd-GFP and saline used as control were analyzed, and nodes of various sizes similar to human MAX 00, 0005 0

22 cirrhosis were observed. Thick and thin fibrosis bands were observed around the nodes with obvious parenchyma collapse and the typical collagen bridge pattern linking the portal tracts and central veins. Necrotic and swollen hepatocytes were frequently associated with the fibrosis bands (figure 4A). Thus, the pAd.PGK-MNOC-huPA was used to treat the animals and revert severe fibrosis as well as stimulate hepatocytes regeneration. Based in the previous observation (Garcia -Banuelos J, Siller Lopez, F, Aguilar-Cordova, E and Armendariz-Borunda J. Adenovirus-Mediated gene delivery to cirrhotic rat livers: potential tool for gene therapy. Gene Ther. And Mol. Biol. Accepted 2000), the dose of 6x1011 viral particles/kg of pAd.PGK-ANAC-huPA adenoviral vector was established, administrated through the iliac vein in one dose at the end of the sixth week of CC14 chronic intoxication (Armendariz-Borunda, J. Katai H., Jones, C.M., Seyer J.M., Kang J.M. and Ragliow R. Transforming growth factor P is transiently enhanced at a critical stage during liver regeneration following CC14 treatment. Lab Invest.
1993:69:283-294). It is important to observe that CC14 damage continued in rats sacrificed two days after the administration of adenoviral vector (figure 3D). In other words, rats sacrificed on days 8 and 10 received three additional injections of hepatotoxic agent compared to the rest of the animals. After only one pAd.PGK-,NAC-huPA
injection and ELISA essay was conducted to determine the presence of huPA protein in liver homogenate and serum (figure 3G). The results showed that a large quantity of modified huPA protein was detected in the tissue extract, compared to the concentration detected in the sera, which can be explained by the fact that the produced protein leaves the damage hepatocytes. Importantly, huPA levels mi111A UU1 UUU;~) U

23 produced in said experiments were very high (-5 ng/ml) (100 times higher compared to other protein induction systems in similar experimental models (Schirmacher, P., Geerts, A., Jung., W., Pietrangelo, A., Rogler, C. E., Dienes, H. P. The role of Ito cells in the biosynthesis of HGF-SF in the liver. EXS 1993:65:285-299). (43) ] . huPA
levels increased by day 2, diminishing afterwards but showing detectable levels, compared to the lack of expression in control animals injected with irrelevant adenovirus, pAd-GFP (figure 3G). Besides, there are evidences that the modified huPA was located intracellularly when the detection was made by huPA
immunohistochemistry with specific antibodies, showing and confirming the induction of said protein in cirrhotic livers (Figure 3E and F). Normal and cirrhotic rat liver tissues used as controls show occasionally hepatocytes stained with huPA antibody (-3.5%). Contrasting with this finding, the animals treated with pAd.PGK-ANAC-huPA
showed by day 2 a significant increase of huPA
immunostained hepatocytes (46%) (figure 3E and F), reaching a peak after day 6 on which over 80% of the cells were positives. Besides, Kupffer cells and biliary epithelium cells also showed immunoreactivity.
Even though the vector application induced a histological appearance of degenerate hepatocytes and there was an important serum transaminase increase in the first days after pAd-ANAC-huPA treatment (table 1), said increase was transient and none of the animals died of liver failure as a consequence are overlain adenoviral hepatitis. Compared tc cirrhotic control animals that received saline (n=5) and an irrelevant adenovirus preparation (pAd-GFP) (n=5), the animals injected with pAd.PGK-ANAC-huPA showed a remarkable improvement in rill/11A U U, 0 0 0 T 0

24 liver function tests (table 1). Globally, the rats sacrificed in the last days showed prothrombin times (PT) of 14 seconds (very similar to normal values) 8 and 10 days after the adenovirus administration compared to 24 seconds on days 2, 4 and 6 (figure 8A). Importantly, no anemia was observed, but a transitory small decrease of platelets (table 2) in animals that received pAd.PGK-ONOC-huPA could be seen. With regard to this point, it has previously been reported that the injection of adenoviral vectors in normal animals induces a transitory platelet decrease (Brann, T., Kayda, D., Lyons, R.M., Shirley, P., Ruy, S., Kaleko, M., and Smith, T.
Adenoviral vector-mediated expression of physiologic levels of human factor VIII nonhuman primates. Hum.
Gene Ther. 1999:10:2999-3011).

TABLE 1. SUMMARY OF GROUP AVERAGES OF LIVER FUNCTION TEST
RESULTS

D A Y S

ALT Normal 73.6 10.9 (IU/L) pAd-ANAC-huPA 15631948.8 443.751308 345 60 88.5 24..7 684 50 pAd-GFP 890 260.2 337.5 54.4 426148 410145 715160 AST(IU/L) Normal 162.3130.9 pAd-ANAC-huPA 1590 957.09 676.5 576.3 395 70 137 29.7 599130 pAd-GFP 7371156.98 627.5 389.6 21001114 2250155.6 23151115.3 Alcaline Normal 159.7 34.7 phosphatase pAd-ANAC-huPA 525.7111.3 385.21221.7 336140 205154.5 310128.5 (IU/L) pAd-GFP 382.5 40.3 7151181 577 63.4 454 46.5 485145.3 gilirrubine Normal 0.5510.07 total pAd-ANAC-huPA 0.97 0.6 0.825 0.43 0.610.2 0.9410.3 0.710.3 (mg/dL) pAd-GFP 0.35 0.07 0.75 0.6 2.3 0.4 1.4 0.3 1.210.2 d .vt,m uus U005 0 SUNMARY OF THE AVERAGES PER GROUPS OF HEMATOLOGY RESULTS
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5 Hemoglobin Normal 13.510.64 (g/dL) pAd-ANAC-huPA 13.511.77 15.530.8 16.510.14 pAd-GFP 14.911.13 1411.12 14.1 0.99 Hematocrite Normal 40.610.85 (t) pAd-ANAC-huPA 40.115.87 46.5 0.7 49.510.25 pAd-GFP 40.310.07 41.912.3 42.452.83 Erythrocytes Normal 6.9510.226 (101/mm') pAd-ANAC-huPA 7.111.2 6.9910.56 7.510.7 10 pAd-GFP 7.1410.226 7.710.93 7.310.51 Leucocyte Normal 2.4711.79 (10'/mm') pAd-ANAC-huPA 5.612.08 4.96 2.9 8.9 2.2 pAd-GFP 6.810.99 9.4331.2 11.316.7 Lymphocyte Normal 45.5112.6 (~) pAd-ANAC-huPA 41.710.99 55.411.3 49.812.8 pAd-GFP 44.911.01 61.714.5 50.7127.08 15 Neutrophiles Normal 46.217.99 (~) pAd-ANAC-huPA 53.913.18 41.432.5 49.213.2 pAd-GFP 49.812.5 3713.5 47.1527 Monocytes Normal 1.511.75 (~+ ) pAd-ANAC-huPA 3.114.23 1.3331.22 0.2 0.02 pAd-GFP 3.915.24 0.2412.3 0.310.35 Platelets Normal 1050145.6 (103/mm') pAd-ANAC-huPA 959.5 78.5 859 52.3 1020.5 38.9 pAd-GFP 896 80.6 961 79 693 127 h,}PA over-exvression in liver induces fibrosis reversion Besides its plasminogen activation role, huPA is considered one of the main primers leading to the activation of the cascade of metalloproteases associated to the extracellular matrix degradation (Kim, T.H., Mars, W.M., Stolz, D.B., Petersen, B. E., and Michalopoulos, G.K. Extracellular matrix remodeling at the early stages of liver regeneration in the rat. Hepatology 1997:
26:896-904). After activating plasminogen in plasmin, uPA
also activates procolagenases and possibility other metalloproteases (MMPs) converting them into the active form at early stages (Steler-Stevenson, W. G. Dynamics of riitJty UU, , U U U 5 U

matrix turnover during pathologic remodeling of the extracellar matrix. Am. J. Pathol. 1996:148:1345-1350.
(33)). Thus, we determined first the fibrosis grade in cirrhotic livers stained with Masson. Computer assisted morphometrical analysis of multiple fields showed that rats treated with pAd.PGK-ONAC-huPA presented a dramatic fibrosis reduction by day ten (855) (Figures 4B and B'), compared to fibrosis levels at the beginning of the treatment, as well as compared to cirrhotic animals receiving pAd.GFP (Figure 4A and A') and only saline.
Said findings are consistent with the data showed on Figures 4C and C' where metalloprotease-2 (MMP-2) activity in liver homogenates was quantitatively determined through a specific ELISA essay. Said essay detects active MMP-2 levels (Verheijen, JH, Nieuwenbroek, NM, Beekman B, Hanemaijer, R, Verspaget HW, Ronday HK, Bakker AH. Modified proenzymes as artificial substrates for proteolytic enzymes: colorimetric assay of bacterial collagenase and matrix metalloproteinase activity using modified pro-urokinase. Biochem J. 1997:323 (Pt3): 603-609), which specifically degrades type IV collagen and, to a lesser extent, other collagens (Corcoran, ML, Hewitt, RE, Kleiner, DE Jr., Stetler-Stevenson, WG. MMP-2: expression, activation and inhibition, Enzyme protein 1996:49(1-3):7-19; Nogase, H., Ogata, Y, Suzuki, K, Enghild, JJ, Salvensen G. Substrate specific and activation mechanisms of matrix metalloproteinases.
Biochem. Soc. Trans. 1991(3)715-8). A six-fold MMP-2 increase was found (above 11.5 ng/ml) four days after huPA administration compared to normal rats and a three-fold increase was observed compared to control cirrhotic animals. On the other hand, and independently from the induction of specific huPA collagens and the 1U-/ n-n j V, V V V J u physiological importance of collagen degradation activity, the expression of type I, II and IV endogenous collagen genes was evaluated through semi-quantitative RT-PCR, which permitted to detect specific changes in the baseline levels of said genes. The expression of type IV
collagen gene presented -5-fold decrease by day six and the expression of type I collagen gene presented a four-fold decrease by day 10 in rats that received pAd.PGK-LNAC-huPA compared to the rats that received an irrelevant adenovirus, pAd-GFP. Type III collagen expression diminished -2 times on day 10 of injection of huPA adenoviral vector compared to pAd-GFP (Figures 5A
and B). Said data strongly suggest that the over-expression of human huPA induces the turning off of said genes that code for ECM proteins. In cirrhotic livers with severe fibrosis, hepatic stellate cells (HSC, main collagen producing cells) are increased in fibrotic areas, and most of them change their phenotype to activated HSC that specifically express alfa-smooth muscle actin ((x-SMA) (Nyberg-Hoffman, C., Shabram, P., Li, W., Giroux, D. and Aguilar-Cordova, E. Sensitivity and reproducibility in adenoviral infectious titer determination. Nature Med. 1997:3(7):808-11). a-SMA
expression was examined in rat livers through immunohistochemistry and it was discovered that it correlates to the distribution of excess ECM deposited throughout liver parenchyma, results that are consistent with the % of fibrotic tissue. There is a significant reduction in the number of a-SMA positive cells (8.9% on day ten compared to 43.2% on day 2 after the treatment) (Figures 6 A and B). Besides, a representative fibrosis area is magnified, where the HSC are clearly visible (Figure 6C).

HuPA induces a vigorous cirrhotic liver cell regeneration Having solved the first half of the process, we proceeded to determine the liver regeneration level "necessary to refill the empty spaces" after conducting extracellular matrix degradation (ECM). Figure 7 represents mitosis kinetics in livers, probably stimulated by in situ HGF activation (Locaputo, S., Carrick, T.L and Bezerra, J.A. Zona Regulation of gene expression during liver regeneration of urokinase transgenic mice. Hepatology 1999:291106-1113). Hepatocyte proliferation was measured as the percentage of stained cells with a specific antibody against proliferation cellular nuclear antigen (PCNA). The number of PCNA
positive hepatocytes was dramatically higher (10 times) in livers of rats treated with pAd.PGK-ONAC-huPA compared to livers of rats treated with pAd-GFP and normal livers (Figure 7A). The marking index showed that about 55% of hepatocytes were positively stained with anti-PCNA
antibodies both in periportal' areas (Figure 7B) and in centrilobular areas (Figure 7C) (Hattori, N., Sisson, T.H., Xu, Y., and Simon R.H. Upregulation of fibrinolysis by adenovirus-mediated transfer of urokinase-type plasminogen activator genes to lung cells in vitro and in vivo. Hum. Gene Ther. 1999:10:215-222) 2 days after pAd.PGK-iNAC-huPA injection together with numerous mitotic figures and binucleated hepatocytes (Figure 7A).
Marking indexes of 40% were detected even 8 days after the adenoviral vector administration (Figures 7B and C).
The positive cells detected by day 10 indicate a re-establishment of the liver functional mass, which was confirmed through the clear normalization trend (Table 1 and Figure 8A) shown by means of livers function tests t(AST, ALT, Bilirubin and prothrombin times).

r~i~mx O p 0 0 0 F, 0 HGF is one of the most potent hepatocytes mitogens (Michalopoulos, G.K. HGF in liver regeneration and tumor promotion. Prog Clin. Biol. Res. 1995:391:179-185) and c-met is its corresponding tirosine kinase receptor transducing its signal. Figure 7D shows an over-expression of HGF gene in animals treated with huPA and only a minor expression in cirrhotic control animals and pAd-GFP treated animals. Said over-expression of this gene is most notable in c-met 2 days after huPA
administration which suggest that liver cell proliferation is controlled through this mechanism.
Finally, the liver weight related to body weight of the animals was measured at the time when the animals were sacrificed to determine a possible uncontrolled growth (Figure 8B). As can be observed, there was only a very small increase in the weight of the organ by day 10, suggesting that no "abnormal" cell growth regulating mechanism is involved.
The preferred way to apply the present invention is through endovenous administration of the recombinant adenoviral vectors (or any previously mentioned vector containing the therapeutic genes) of the instant invention, in which therapeutically effective amount is administered with a unitary dose regimen convenient to a fibrotic individual. This regimen can be adjusted according to the affliction degree. Generally, unitary doses of about 107 to 1014 viral particles per individual are employed.
The preparation of a pharmaceutical compound including the adenoviral recombinant vectors of this invention can be made through the employment of standard techniques very well known by the persons skilled in the art, in combination with any of the pharmaceutically rIL/IYIA UU, 0005 0 acceptable carriers described in the state of the art, including without restriction, starch, glucose, lactose, saccharose, gel, malt, rice, wheat flour, chalk, silica-gel, magnesium stearate, sodium stearate, glyceril 5 monostearate powder, NaCl, glycerol, propilene glycol, water, ethanol, and similar. These compounds can take the pharmaceutical form of solutions, suspensions, pills, tablets, capsules, powders and slow release formula, and similar.
10 The above description and the following examples have the purpose to illustrate particular embodiments of the invention and they should not be considered as limitations of the scope of this patent.

METHODOLOGY to demonstrate huPA activity on fibrosis reversion and liver regeneration stimulation a) Experiment animals mimicking human liver cirrhosis 20 The model consisted of animals submitted to CC14 chronic intoxication (Armendariz-Borunda, J. Seyes, J.
M., Kang, A. H. and Ranghow, R. Regulation of TGF gene expression in rat liver intoxicated with carbon tetrachloride. FASEB J. 1990:4:215-221) in which liver

25 cirrhosis is established since the sixth week of CC14 intraperitoneal administration (Figure 3D) and that resembles human liver cirrhosis induced by alcohol abuse or chronic hepatitis C virus infection. Animals weighting 80 g received 3 intraperitoneal weekly doses of CCL4-30 mineral oil mixture 1:6 during the first week, 1:5 during the second week, 1:4 during the third week and 1:3 during the weeks four to eight. Rats were paired to be used as control injecting-them similarly only with the carrier.
All the experimental methods have been previously PCT/Mx 00, 0 0 0 5 0 described (Garcia- Bufluelos J., Siller-Lopez, F, Aguilar-Cordova, E. and Armendiriz-Borunda J. Adenovirus-mediated gene delivery to cirrhotic rat livers: potential tool for gene therapy. Gene Thera and Mol. Biol. Accepted 2000), and all the adenovirus applications were conducted through the iliac vein (Figure 3C).

b) Expression vectors containing reporter genes to Ad5-(3Gal adenoviral vector (Figure 2A) comes from p0E1sp1B, to which bacterial (3-galactosidase gene (lac-Z) was inserted. (3-Gal activity visualization was obtained with X-gal reagent which, in presence of (3-galactosidase enzyme changes from colorless to blue. At the same time, the same Ad5-(3Gal batch was administrated to healthy rats (n=5) and cirrhotic rats (n=5), after 5 and.8 weeks of CC14 intoxication. The animals were sacrificed 72 hours after Ad5-(3Ga1. For histological analysis and the determination of the expression of,(3-galactosidase ((3-gal) protein coded for by the recombinant adenovirus, different organs were extracted: liver, spleen, heart, lungs, kidneys, brain, testes and ileum. Said organs were frozen at -30 C and cut with a cryostat to obtain 8 gm sections. The cuts were exposed to X-gal reagent during 16-18 hours, counterstaining with Neutral Red. The percentage of transduced cells was determined through computerized image analysis in several fields. Cirrhotic rat liver cuts were also made, said cuts were soaked in paraffin, cut and stained with Sirius Red, which specifically stains collagen.

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c? Adenoviral vectors containing huPA therapeutic gig An adenoviral vector was constructed with the insertion of the cDNA coding for the totally functional non-secreted human urokinase plasminogen activator (pAd.PGK-M C-huPA). Retention signals were added to the protein in endoplasmic reticulum (RE) in the amino-terminal and carboxi-terminal end in order to prevent the hemorrhage risk secondary to huPA secretion. Generally, proteins secreted are first translocated through the endoplasmic reticulum membrane and then are carried in vesicles to the Golgi apparatus. In the case of uPA, the traslocation through the endoplasmic reticulum membrane.
,is activated by a characteristic signal in the amino-terminus of the precursor protein. Said signal peptide is cut by signal peptidases during polipeptide transfer through the membrane. To inhibit or diminish uPA
secretion in systemic circulation, the protein was modified in such a way that it was necessary to avoid it export from the endoplasmic reticulum. Human uPA cDNA
(1,326 bp) cloned in pGEM3 in Xba I/Asp 718 sites (figure 3A) was modified in the carboxi-terminal end adding a sequence coding for KDEL signal (a highly conserved sequence characteristic of soluble proteins residing in RE lumen) besides residues upstream through the cloning of 75 nucleotides generated by PCR (Figure 3B). To modify the amino-terminus, the 25 amino-terminal amino acids including the pre-uPA peptidic signal were replaced by an amino-terminal retention signal (RR) together with the "anchor" in the transmembrane region (TM) separated by a peptide spacer (31 a.a.) coming from the transmembrane II
protein Iip33 obtained through PCR (Figure 3B). The RR
sequence is constituted by arginin residues MHRRRSR
located near the transmembrane anchor region (TM) and are PST/Mx QO 00050 present in type II transmembrane protein as the invariable chain protein Iip33. This resulting modified huPA gene was cloned in the adenoviral plasmid pAd.PGK-ANAC-huPA, for the subsequent production of recombinant adenoviral vectors. The preparation of said adenoviral vector was monitored to discard endotoxin in microplasm contamination. The reason for the use of this vector is the advantage that, because it does not secrete huPA, it does not cause hypocoagulation, or spontaneous bleeding, which is the main this disadvantage in cirrhotic animals.
The PAd-GFP vector used here is an adenoviral vector deleted in El and E3 regions replication deficient previously described (Nyberg-Hoffman, C., Shabram, P., Li, W., Giroux, D. and Aguilar-Cordova, E. Sensivity and reproducibility in adenoviral infectious titer determination. Nature Med. 1997:3(7):808-11). The two vectors were produced under sterile laboratory conditions implemented to obtain totally characterized vectors. The vectors were titled and characterized (Nyberg-Hoffman, C., Shabram, P., Li, W., Giroux, D. and Aguilar-Cordova, E. Sensivity and reproducibility in adenoviral infectious titer determination. Nature Med. 1997:3(7):808-11) and batches were obtained with viral particle title (vp) to infection units (IU) ratio 2:30.
d) Liver homogenate preparation for the detection of huPA
therapeutic protein production and metalloprotease activity The rats were sacrificed as indicated in Figure 3D and liver homogenates were prepared from 150 mg of tissue as described (Gao, C., Jokers, R., Gondipalli, P., Cai, S. H., Kennedy S. and Ponder K. P. Intramuscular of an hepatic transduction with a retroviral vector in mice.

av'/lun V11: UUU;~ U

Hum. Gene Ther. 1999:10:911-922) and kept at -70 C. At the same time, serum samples were obtained and kept at -200 C. In summary, for huPA and in presence of protease inhibitors, 150 mg of liver were obtained and macerated in 400 pl homogenate buffer (0.05 M Tris-HC1, 0.15 M
NaC1, 0.01 M HEPES, 2mM CaC12, 0.01% Tween 80, 1 mm phenylmethylsulfonyl fluoride (PMSF), pH 8.5). The homogenate was centrifuged at 12,000 x g during 15 minutes and huPA levels were determined through ELISA in supernatant using a commercially available kit (Biopool, Sweden) consisting of a specific enzyme immunoessay for human uPA quantitative determination. The essay sensitivity detects uPA antigen baseline levels in 0-5 ng/mL linear range. The total protein levels were determined using Bradford technique for protein quantification (Bradford, M.M A rapid and sensitive method for the quantification of microgram quantities of protein utilizing the principle of protein-dye binding.
Anal. Biochem. 1976:72:248-54). For MMP-2 essay the samples were homogenized using a homogenizer (Politron PT
3000, Kinematica AG, Brinkman, Switzerland) during 5 minutes at 8,000 x g in 4 ml 0.15 M NaCl, at 4 C. After 3 cycles of freezing-thawing they were sonicated twice at 21 kilocycles per second during 1 minute at 4 C and centrifuged at 8,000 x g during 10 minutes at 40 C, aliquoted and kept at -70 C. MMP-2 levels were determined in said supernatants through ELISA using a commercial kit (Biotrak, Amersham).

e) Biochemical evaluation of liver and blood functional tests Blood was taken from the animals at. specific times and liver functional tests were conducted in serum {u-/ t-n J1 UUU5 U

(ALT, AST, alkalinephosphatase and bilurubin) in an automated apparatus (Synchron Cx7). Prothrombrin 'times were analyzed on plasma with an automated device (ACL-3000) and blood analyses were conducted with another 5 automated device (Cell-Dyn 3500R).

f) Histological and inm-unohistochemical evaluation of liver sections The rats were sacrificed on days 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10 10 after pAd.PGK-DNOC-huPA administration (Figure 3D). A
group of cirrhotic animals that received pAd-GFP
(irrelevant adenovirus) and a group of cirrhotic animals that received a saline were used as control groups. At least five rats were included in each group. For the 15 histological study, the livers obtained were immediately fixed through immersion in 10% formaldehyde in phosphate buffer (PBS), dehydrated in ethyl alcohol and soaked in paraffin. The 5.L thick cuts were stained with hematoxylin/eosin, Sirius Red and Masson trichromic stain 20 and in this last experiment fibrosis percentage was determined in the affected livers using a computerized image analyzer (Qwin Leica) through the random analysis of 10 fields per slide and calculating the connective tissue ratio to total liver area. For the 25 immunohistochemistry, liver sections were mounted on silanized slides, paraffin was removed and the endogenous peroxidase activity was blocked with 0.03% H202 in absolute methanol. They were incubated overnight at room temperature with monoclonal antibodies against PCNA
30 (Proliferation cellular nuclear antigen) and smooth muscle a-actin (Boehringer Mannheim, Ger) diluted with PBS 1/20 and 1/50, respectively, and with antihuman uPA
goat polyclonal antibody (Chemicon International, USA) ru" "'A UU, 0005 U

diluted in PBS 1/400. The reaction was detected with peroxidase marked rabbit or goat polyclonal antibodies, developed with diaminobenzidine, and counterstained with hematoxyllin. Four fields were randomly evaluated for quantification purposes from intralobular and periportal areas. Positive and negative cells were counted with an automated image analyzer (Qwin, Leica) - and data were expressed as positive cell percentage. The histopathological analysis was interpreted by two independent certified pathologists with a 5% difference margin.

g) RNA extraction and semi-quantitative RT-PCR
Total RNBA was . immediately isolated after obtaining the livers in the defined times, according to Chomczynski and Sacchi's method (Chomczynski, P. and Sacchi, N. Single-step method of RNA isolation by acid guanidinium thiocyanato-phenol chloroform extraction.
Anal. Biochem. 1987:162:156-159). Liver tissue was homogenized through a Politron device in presence of Trizol and then chloroform was added obtaining an aqueous phase and precipitating RNA with isopropanol. RNA
quantity was determined through spectrophotometry at 260/280 nm. The quality was verified through 1% agarose gel and formaldehyde electrophoresis.
Analysis of HGF (Hepatocyte Growth Factor) gene expression, c-met (HGF cellular receptor) and collagens were conducted through semi-quantitative RT-PCR. We used a methodology developed in our laboratory and described in Delgado-Rizo et al, (Delgado-Rizo, V., Salazr, A, A.
Panduro, A., Armendiriz-Borunda, J. Treatment with anti-transforming grown factor 13 antibodies influences an altered pattern of cytokines gene expression in injured a , a, nut j 1 11 I `J J

rat liver. Biochim. Biophys, Acta 1998: 1442:20-27).
Briefly, the livers of at least 3 animals in each'group were processed. In the same way, 3 different RT-PCR
reactions were conducted on each liver, and quantitative densometrical results of their averages are shown.
The amplified genes were:

GENE PRIMERS AMPLIFIED FRAGMENT
HGF (sense) 5'ATGCTCATTGGACCCTGGT3' 700 bp (antisense) 5' GCCTGGCAAGCTTCATTA3' c-met (sense) 5'CAGTGATGATCTCAATGGGCAAT3' 726 bp (antisense) 5' AATGCCCTCTTCCTATGACTTC3' Collagen I (sense) 5'CAAGAATGGCGACCGTGGTGA3' 1043 bp (antisense) 5' GGTGTGACTCGTGCAGCCATC3' Collagen III (sense) 5'AGATGGATCAAGTGGACATC3 449 bp (antisense) 5' CATGTTTCTCCGGTTTCCAT3' The previously isolated RNA was underwent reverse transcription through enzyme (M-MLV) and the obtained cDNAs were submitted to amplification in a thermocycler under the following conditions. 5 minutes at 94 C, 1 minute at 60 C and 1.5 minutes at 72 C during 30 cycles. The expression levels of all the transcripts were normalized with a HPRT constitutive expression gene.
The hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) has multifunctional activities including cell proliferation, migration and differentiation (Kim, T.H., Mars, W.M., Stolz, D.B., Petersen B.E. and Michalopoulos, G.K.
Extracellular matrix remodeling at the early stages of liver regeneration in the rat. Hepatology 1997:26:896-904; and Michalopoulos, G.k., DeFrances M.C. liver regeneration. Science 1997:276:60-66). In the normal liver, HGF is produced by hepatic stellate cells (HSC) tuijiitt UL) UUUh U

(Schirmacher, P., Geerts, A., Jung, W., Pietrangelo, A., Rogler, C . E . , Dienes, H . P .. The role of Ito cells in the biosynthesis of HGF-SF in the liver. EXS 1993:65:285-299) and is sequestered in the extracellular matrix (ECM) (Liu, M.L. Mars, W.M., Zarnegar, R., Michalopoulos, G.K., Uptake and distribution of hepatocyte growth factor in normal and regenerating adult rat liver. Am. J. Pathol.
1994:144:129-140). Moreover, HGF is also produced by the placenta, lung and brain (Schirmacher, P., Geerts, A., Jung, W., Pietrangelo, A., Rogler, C.E., Dienes, H.P..
The role of Ito cells in the biosynthesis of HGF-SF in the liver. EXS 1993:65:285-299 and Wolf, H.K., Zarnegar, R. Michalopoulos, G.K. Localization of hepatocyte growth factor in human and rat tissues: an immunohistochemical study. Hepatology 1991:14488-494) . It has been reported that uPA can activate single chain HGF (scHGF, inactive form), twin chain HGF (tcHGF, active form) (Schirmacher, P., Geerts, A., Jung, W., Pietrangelo, A., Rogler, C.E., Dienes, H.P.. The role of Ito cells in the biosynthesis of HGF-SF in the liver. EXS 1993:65:285-299 and Wolf, H.K., Zarnegar, R. Michalopoulos,, G.K. Localization of hepatocyte growth factor in human and rat tissues: an immunohistochemical study. Hepatology 1991:14488-494). In this way, in our experimental model, the impressive human uPA production modified in remaining functional hepatocytes led strongly to the in situ HGF activation which binds to its c-met receptor and induces early cell proliferation in liver, both in total parenchyma and in periportal areas (Figures 7A, B, C and D). Besides, it is known that HGF application in normal rat liver stimulates hepatocyte proliferation only in periportal hepatocytes (Liu, M.L. Mars, W.M., Zarnegar, R., Michalopoulos, G.K.
Collagenase pretreatment and the mitogenic effects of f V VW V

hepatocyte growth factor and transforming growth factor-alpha in adult rat liver. Hepatology 1994:19:1521-152 and Liu, M.L. Mars, W.M., Zarnegar, R., Michalopoulos, G.K., Uptake and distribution of hepatocyte growth factor in normal and regenerating adult rat liver. Am. J. Pathol.
1994:144:129-140), but a dramatic increase in DNA
synthesis has been observed in hepatocytes of lobular areas, when normal livers were previously treated with collagenases (Liu, M.L. Mars, W.M., Zarnegar, R., to Michalopoulos, G.K. Collagenase pretreatment and the mitogenic effects of hepatocyte growth factor and transforming growth factor-alpha in adult rat liver.
Hepatology 1994:19:1521-152). In summary, the combined evidences presented here suggest that the active ECM
degradation together with c-met increased regulation and HGF synchronous activation and binding to its corresponding receptor, activate hepatocyte proliferation. The strong proliferation response observed 'in cirrhotic animals injected woith uPA (about 60%) could reflect the additive effect of a direct action of HGF
inducible on hepatocytes and MMPs effect on hepatocyte preparation in such a way that they can offer a more effective response to growth factors (Kim, T. H., Mars, W. M., Stolz, D.B., Peterson, B.E., and Michalopoulos, G.
K. Extracellular matrix remodeling at the early stages of liver regeneration in the rat. Hepatology 1997:26:896-904) .
Besides its function in plasminogen activation, it is considered that uPA is one of the main primers leading to the activation of metalloprotease cascade associated with matrix degradation (Kim, T. H., Mars, W.
M., Stolz, D.B., Peterson, B.E., and Michalopoulos, G. K.
Extracellular matrix remodeling at the early stages of rbt1 111A UU, UUW~ U

liver regeneration in the rat. Hepatology 1997:26:896-904). After plasminogen activation into plasmin through uPA, said plasmin, in turn, activates procolagenases and possibly other metalloproteases (MMPs) to their active 5 form, in early stages (Kim, T. H., Mars, W. M., Stolz, D.B., Peterson, B.E., and Michalopoulos, G. K.
Extracellular matrix remodeling at the early stages of liver regeneration in the rat. Hepatology 1997:26:896-904) . The in situ action of said enzymes brought about 10 the ECM specific component degradation, remodeling the altered organ architecture and the appearance of newly formed blood vessels (angiogenesis) (data not shown).
Even though it is clear that modified uPA overproduction activates the rapid ECM reorganization observed here, 15 this could be regulated through mechanisms not yet elucidated, but the specific MMP-2 induction is part of said mechanisms.
Thus, besides the uPA/plasmin system initiating matrix remodeling, membrane type matrix metal loproteases 20 (MT-MMPs) could be other inducible proteinases that have to be identified in ECM remodeling in our system, since it has been reported that MT1-MMPs could initiate pro-MMP2 activation. Thus, a collateral object of the study conducted at our laboratory is to elucidate MMPs function 25 in huPA-induced liver fibrosis reversion.
Finally, the application of this type of strategies is being evaluated to be used on cirrhotic human beings prior determination and evaluation in animals superior to the rat. We are in the process of 30 integrating the corresponding protocol for its evaluation in Beagle dogs and/or non-human primates.
It must be obvious for those skilled in the art that other embodiments of the present invention not shown FIi/MX 0p 00050 in this description are possible and within the scope and spirit of this invention. Thus the invention is not limited to the embodiments presented in this description, and the invention is only limited by following claims and their equivalent.

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<120> Recombinant viral and non-viral vectors containing the human gene of the urokinase plasminogen activator and their utility in the treatment of various types of fibrosis such as hepatic, renal, pulmonary, pancreatic, heart fibrosis as well as hypertrophic scars.

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aggctaagtg 5880 ggaggggtag cggtcgttgt ccactagggg gtccactcgc tccagggtgt gaagacacat 5940 gtcgccctct tcggcatcaa ggaaggtgat tggtttgtag gtgtaggcca cgtgaccggg 6000 tgttcctgaa ggggggctat aaaagggggt gggggcgcgt tcgtcctcac tctcttccgc 6060 atcgctgtct gcgagggcca gctgttgggg tgagtactcc ctctgaaaag cgggcatgac 6120 ttctgcgcta agattgtcag tttccaaaaa cgaggaagat ttgatattca cctggcccgc 6180 ggtgatgcct ttgagggtgg ccgcatccat ctggtcagaa aagacaatct ttttgttgtc 6240 aagcttggtg gcaaacgacc cgtagagggc gttggacagc aacttggcga tggagcgcag 6300 ggtttggttt ttgtcgcgat cggcgcgctc cttggccgcg atgtttagct gcacgtattc 6360 gcgcgcaacg caccgccatt cgggaaagac ggtggtgcgc tcgtcgggca ccaggtgcac 6420 gcgccaaccg cggttgtgca gggtgacaag gtcaacgctg gtggctacct ctccgcgtag 6480 gcgctcgttg gtccagcaga ggcggccgcc cttgcgcgag cagaatggcg gtagggggtc 6540 tagctgcgtc tcgtccgggg ggtctgcgtc cacggtaaag accccgggca gcaggcgcgc 6600 gtcgaagtag tctatcttgc atccttgcaa gtctagcgcc tgctgccatg cgcgggcggc 6660 aagcgcgcgc tcgtatgggt tgagtggggg accccatggc atggggtggg tgagcgcgga 6720 gggttacatg ccgcaaatgt cgtaaacgta gaggggctct ctgagtattc caagatatgt 6780 agggtagcat cttccaccgc ggatgctggc gcgcacgtaa tcgtatagtt cgtgcgaggg 6840 agcgaggagg tcgggaccga ggttgctacg ggcgggctgc tctgctcgga agactatctg 6900 cctgaagatg gcatgtgagt tggatgatat ggttggacgc tggaagacgt tgaagctggc 6960 gtctgtgaga cctaccgcgt cacgcacgaa ggaggcgtag gagtcgcgca gcttgttgac 7020 cagctcggcg gtgacctgca cgtctagggc gcagtagtcc agggtttcct tgatgatgtc 7080 atacttatcc tgtccctttt ttttccacag ctcgcggttg aggacaaact cttcgcggtc 7140 tttccagtac tcttggatcg gaaacccgtc ggcctccgaa cgttaagagc ctagcatgta 7200 gaactggttg acggcctggt aggcgcagca tcccttttct acgggtagcg cgtatgcctg 7260 cgcggccttc cggagcgagg tgtgggtgag cgcaaaggtg tccctgacca tgactttgag 7320 gtactggtat ttgaaatcag tgtcgtcgca tccgccctgc tcccagagca aaaagtccgt 7380 gcgctttttg gaacgcggat ttggcagggc gaaggtgaca tcgttgaaga gtatctttcc 7440 cgcgcgaggc ataaagttgc gtgtgatgcg gaagggtccc ggaacctcgg aacggttgtt 7500 aattacctgg gcggcgagca cgatctcgtc aaagccgttg atgttgtggc ctacaatgta 7560 aagttccaag aagcgcggga tgcccttgat ggaaggcaat tttttaagtt cctcgtaggt 7620 gagctcttca ggggagctga gcccgtgctc taaaagggcc cagtctgcaa gatgagggtt 7680 ggaagcgacg aatgagctcc acaggtcacg ggccattagc atttgcaggt ggtcgccaaa 7740 ggtcctaaac tggcgaccta tggccatttt ttctgggttg atgcagtaga aggtaagcgg 7800 gtcttgttcc cagcggtccc atccaaggtt cgcgcctagg tctcgcgcgg cagtcactag 7860 aggctcatct ccgccgaact tcatgaccag catgaagggc acgagctgct tcccaaagcc 7920 ccgcatccaa gtataggtct ctacatcgta ggtgacaaag agacgctcgg tgcgaggatg 7980 cgagccgatc gggaagaact ggatctcccg ccaccaattg gaggagtggc tattgatgtg 8040 gtgaaagtag aagtccctgc gacgggccga acactcgtgc tggcttttgt aaaaacgtgc 8100 gcagtactgg cagcggtgca cgggctgtac atcctgcacg aggttgacct gacgaccgcg 8160 cacaaggaag cagagtggga atttgagccc ctcgcctggc gggtttggct ggtggtcttc 8220 tacttcggct gcttgtcctt gaccgtctgg ctgctcgagg ggagttacgg tggatcggac 8280 caccacgccg cgcgagccca aagtccagat gtccgcgcgc ggcggtcgga gcttgatgac 8340 aacatcgcgc agatgggagc tgtccatggt ctggagctcc cgcggcgtca ggtcaggcgg 8400 gagctcctgc aggtttacct cgcatagacg ggtcagggcg cgggctagat ccaggtgata 8460 cctaatttcc aggggctggt tggtggcggc gtcgatggct tgcaagaggc cgcatccccg 8520 cggcgcgact acggtaccgc gcggcgggcg gtgggccgcg ggggtgtcct tggatgatgc 8580 atctaaaagc ggtgacgcgg gcgagccccc ggaggtaggg ggggctccgg acccgccggg 8640 agagggggca ggggcacgtc ggcgccgcgc gcgggcagga gctggtgctg cgcgcgtagg 8700 ttgctggcga acgcgacgac gcggcggttg atctcctgaa tctggcgcct ctgcgtgaag 8760 acgacgggcc cggtgagctt gagcctgaaa gagagttcga cagaatcaat ttcggtgtcg 8820 ttgacggcgg cctggcgcaa aatctcctgc acgtctcctg agttgtcttg ataggcgatc 8880 tcggccatga actgctcgat ctcttcctcc tggagatctc cgcgtccggc tcgctccacg 8940 gtggcggcga ggtcgttgga aatgcgggcc atgagctgcg agaaggcgtt gaggcctccc 9000 tcgttccaga cgcggctgta gaccacgccc ccttcggcat cgcgggcgcg catgaccacc 9060 tgcgcgagat tgagctccac gtgccgggcg aagacggcgt agtttcgcag gcgCtgaaag 9120 aggtagttga gggtggtggc ggtgttttct gccacgaaga agtacataac ccagcttcac 9180 aacgtggatt cgttgatatc ccccaaggcc tcaaggcgct ccatggcctc gtagaagtcc 9240 acggcgaagt tgaaaaactg ggagttgcgc gccgacacgg ttaactcctc ctccagaaga 9300 cggatgagct cggcgacagt gtcgcgcacc tcgcgctcaa aggctacagg ggcctcttct 9360 tcttcttcaa tctcctcttc cataagggcc tccccttctt cttcttctgg cgtccgtggg 9420 ggagggggga cacggcggcg acgacggcgc accgggaggc ggtcgacaaa gcgctcgatc 9480 atctccccgc ggcgacggcg catggtctcg gtcaccgcgc gcccgttttc gcgggggggc 9540 agttggaaga cgccgcccgt catgtcccgg ttatgggttg gcggggggct gccatgcggc 9600 agggatacgg cgctaacgat gcatctcaac aattgttgtg taggtactcc gccgccgagg 9660 gacctgagcg agtccgcatc gaccggatcg gaaaacctct cgagaaaggc gtctaaccag 9720 tcacagtcgc aaggtaggct gacgaccgtg gcgggcggca gcgggcggcg gtcggggttg 9780 tttctggcgg aggtgctgct gatgatgtaa ttaaagtagg cggtcttgag acggcgaatg 9840 gtcgacagaa gcaccatgtc cttgggtgcg gcctgctgaa tgcgcaggtg gtcggccatg 9900 ccccaggctt cgttttgaca tcggcgcagg tctttgtagt agtcttgcat gagcctttct 9960 accggcactt cttcttctcc ttcctcttgt cctgcatctc ttgcatctat cgctgcggcg 10020 gcggcggagt ttggccgtag gtggcgccct cttcctccca tgcgtgtgac cccgaagccc 10080 ctcatcggct gaagcagggc taggtcggcg acaacgcgct cggctaatat ggcctgctgc 10140 acctgcgtga gggtagactg gaagtcatcc atgtccacaa agcggtggta tgcgcccgtg 10200 ttgatggtgt aagtgcagtt ggccataacg gaccagttaa cggtctggtg acccggctgc 10260 gagagctcgg tgtacctgag acgcgagtaa gccctcgagt caaatacgta gtcgttgcaa 10320 gtccgcacca ggtactggta tcccaccaaa aagtgcggcg gcggctggcg gtagaggggc 10380 cagcgtaagg tggccggggc tccgggggcg agatcttcca acataaggcg atgatatccg 10440 tagatgtacc tggacatcca ggtgatgccg gcggcggtgg tggaggcgcg cggaaagtcg 10500 cgaacgcggt tccagatgtt gcgcagcggc aaaaagtgct ccatggtcgg gacgctctgg 10560 ccggtcaggc gcgcgcaatc gttgacgctc tagaccgtgc aaaaggagag cctgtaagcg 10620 ggcactcttc cgtggtctgg tggataaatt cgcaagggta tcatggcgga cgaccggggt 10680 tcgagccccg tatccggccg tccgccgtga tccatgcggt taccgcccgc gtgtcgaacc 10740 caggtctgcg acgtcagaca acgggggagt gctccttttg gcttccttcc aggcgcggcg 10800 gctgctgcgc tagctttttt ggccactggc cgcgcgcagc gtaagcggtt aggctggaaa 10860 gcgaaagcat taagtggctc gctccctgta gccgcagagt tattttccaa gggttgagtc 10920 gcgggacccc cggttcgagt ctcggaccgg ccggattgcg gcgaacgggg gtttgcctcc 10980 ccgtcatgca agaccccgct tgcaaattcc tccggaaaca gggacgagcc ccttttttgc 11040 ttttcccaga ttcatccggt gctgcggcag atgcgccccc ctcctcagca gcggcaagag 11100 caagagcagc ggcagacatg cagggcaccc tcccctcctc ctaccgcgtc aggaggggcg 11160 acatccgcgg ttgacgcggc agcagatggt gattacgaac ccccgcggcg ccgggcccgg 11220 cactacctgg acttggagga gggcgagggc ctggcgcggc taggagcgcc ctctcctgag 11280 cggtacccaa gggtgcagct gaagcgtgat acgcgtgagg cgtacgtgcc gcggcagaac 11340 ctgtttcgcg accgcgaggg agaggagccc gaggagatgc gggatcgaaa gttccacgca 11400 gggcgcgagc tgcggcatgg cctgaatcgc gagcggttgC tgcgcgacga ggactttgag 11460 cccgacgcgc gaaccgggat tagtcccgcg cgcgcacacg tggcggccgc cgacctggta 11520 accgcatacg agcagacggt gaaccaggag attaactttc aaaaaagctt taacaaccac 11580 gtgcgtacgc ttgtggcgcg cgaggaggtg gctataggac tgatgcatct gtgggacttt 11640 gtaagcgcgc tggagcaaaa cccaaatagc aagccgctca tggcgcagct gttccttata 11700 gtgcagcaca gcagggacaa cgaggcattc agtgatgccc tgctaaacat agtagagccc 11760 gagggccgct ggctgctcga tttgataaac atcctgcaga gcatagtggt gcaggagcgc 11820 agcttgagcc tggctgacaa ggtggccgcc atcaactatt ccatgcttag cctgggcaag 11880 ttttacgccc gcaagatata ccatacccct tacgttccca tagacaagga ggtaaagatc 11940 gaggggttct acatgcgcat ggcgctaaag gtgcttacct tgagcgacga cctgggcgtt 12000 tatcgcaacg agcgcatcca caaggccgtg agcgtgagcc ggcggcgcga gctcagcgac 12060 cgcgagctga tgcacagcct gcaaagggcc ctggctggca cgggcagcgg cgatagagag 12120 gccgagtcct actttgacgc gggcgctgac ctgcgctggg ccccaagccg acgcgccctg 12180 gaggcagctg gggccggacc tgggctggcg gtggcacccg cgcgcgctgg caacgtcggc 12240 ggcgtggagg aatatgacga ggacgatgag tacgagccag aggacggcga gtactaagcg 12300 gtgatgtttc tgatcagatg atgcaagacg caacggaccc ggcggtgcgg gccctgctgc 12360 agagccagcc gtccggcctt aactccacgg acgactggcg ccaggtcatg gaccgcatca 12420 tgtgtgtgac tgcgcgcaat cctgacgcgt tccggcagca gccgcaggcc aaccggctct 12480 ccgcaattct ggaagcggtg gtcccggcgc gcgcaaaccc cacgcacgag aaggtgctgg 12540 cgatcgtaaa cgcgctgccc gaaaacaggg ccatccggcc cgacgaggcc ggcctgctgt 12600 acaacgcgct gcttcagcgc gtggctcgtt acaacagcgg caacgtgcag accaacctgg 12660 accggctggt gggggatgtg cgcgaggccg tggcgcagcg tgagcgcgcg cagcagcagg 12720 gcaacctggg ctccatggtt gcactaaacg ccttcctgag tacacagccc gccaacgtgc 12780 cgcggggaca ggaggactac accaactttg tgagcgcact gcggctaatg gtgactgaga 12840 caccgcaaag tgaggtgtac cagtctgggc cagactattt tttccagacc agtagacaag 12900 gcctgcagac cgtaaacctg agccaggctt tcaaaaactt gcaggagctg tggggggtgc 12960 gggctcccac aggcgaccgc gcgaccgtgt ctagcttgct gacgcccaac tcgcgcctgt 13020 tgctgctgct aatagcgccc ttcacggaca gtggcaccct gtcccgggac acatacctag 13080 gtcacttgct gacactgtac cgcgaggcca taggtcagcC gcatgtggac gagcatactt 13140 tccaggagat tacaagtgtc agccgcgcgc tggggcagga ggacacgggc agcctggagg 13200 caaccctaaa ctacctgctg accaaccggc ggcagaagat cccctcgttg cacagtttaa 13260 acagcgagga ggagcgcatt ttgcgctacg tgcagcagag cgtgagcctt aacctgatgc 13320 gcgacggggt aacgcccagc gtggcgctgg acatgaccgc gcgcaacatg gaaccgggca 13380 tgtatgcctc aaaccggccg tttatcaacc gcctaatgga ctacttgcat cgcgcggccg 13440 ccgggaaccc cgagtatttc accaatgcca tcttgaaccc gcactggcta ccgccccctg 13500 gtttctacac cgggggattc gaggtgcccg agggtaacga tggattcctc tgggacgaca 13560 tagacgacag cgtgttttcc ccgcaaccgc agaccctgct agagttgcaa cagcgcgagc 13620 aggcagaggc ggcgctgcga aaggaaagct tccgcaggcc aagcagcttg tccgatctag 13680 gcgctgcggc cccgcggtca gatgctagta gcccatttcc aagcttgata gggtctctta 13740 ccagcactcg caccacccgc ccgcgcatgc tgggcgagga ggagtaccta aacaactcgc 13800 tgctgcagcc gcagcgcgaa aaaaacctgc ctccggcatt tcccaacaac gggatagaga 13860 gcctagtgga caagatgagt agatggaaga cgtacgcgca ggagcacagg gacgtgccag 13920 gcccgcgccc gcccacccgt cgtcaaaggc acgaccgtca gcggggtctg gtgtgggagg 13980 acgatgactc ggcagacgac agcagcgtcc tggatttggg agggagtggc aacccgtttg 14040 cgcaccttcg ccccaggctg gggagaatgt tttaaaaaaa aaaaagcatg atgcaaaata 14100 aaaaactcac caaggccatg gcaccgagcg ttggttttct tgtattcccc ttagtatgcg 14160 gcgcgcggcg atgtatgagg aaggtcctcc tccctcctac gagagtgtgg tgagcgcggc 14220 gccagtggcg gcggcgctgg gttctccctt cgatgctccc ctggacccgc cgtttgtgcc 14280 tccgcggtac ctgcggccta ccggggggag aaacagcatc cgttactctg agttggcacc 14340 cctattcgac accacccgtg tgtacctggt ggacaacaag tcaacggatg tggcatccct 14400 gaactaccag aacgaccaca gcaactttct gaccacggtc attcaaaaca atgactacag 14460 cccgggggag gcaagcacac agaccatcaa tcttgacgac cggtcgcact ggggcggcga 14520 cctaaaaacc atcctgcata ccaacatgcc aaatgtgaac gagttcatgt ttaccaataa 14580 gtttaaggcg cgggtgatgg tgtcgcgctt gcctactaag gacaatcagg tggagctgaa 14640 atacgagtgg gtggagttca cgctgcccga gggcaactac tccgagacca tgaccataga 14700 ccttatgaac aacgcgatcg tggacgacta cttgaaagtg ggcagacaga acggggttct 14760 ggaaagcgac atcggggtaa agtttgacac ccgcaacttc agactggggt ttgaccccgt 14820 cactggtctt gtcatgcctg gggtatatac aaacgaagcc ttccatctag acatcatttt 14880 gctgccagga tgcggggtgg acttcaccca cagccgcctg agcaacttgt tgggcatccg 14940 caagcggcaa cccttccagg agggctttag gatcacctac gatgatctgg agggtggtaa 15000 cattcccgca ctgttggatg tggacgccta ccaggcgagc ttgaaagatg acaccgaaca 15060 gggcgggggt ggcgcaggcg gcagcaacag cattggcagc ggcgcggaag agaactccaa 15120 cgcggcagcc gcggcaatgc agccggtgga ggacatgaac gatcatgcca ttcgcggcga 15180 cacctttgcc acacgggctg aggagaagcg cgctgaggcc gaagcagcgg ccgaagctgc 15240 cgcccccgct gcgcaacccg aggtcgagaa gcctcagaag aaaccggtga tcaaacccct 15300 gacagaggac agcaagaaac gcagttacaa cctaataagc aatgacagca ccttcaccca 15360 gtaccgcagc tggtaccttg catacaacta cggcgaccct cagaccggaa tccgctcatg 15420 gaccctgctt tgcactcctg acgtaacctg cggctcggag caggtctact ggtcgttgcc 15480 agacatgatg caagaccccg tgaccttccg ctccacgcgc cagatcagca actttccggt 15540 ggtgggcgcc gagctgttgc ccgtgcactc caagagcttc tacaacgacc aggccgtcta 15600 ctcccaactc atccgccagt ttacctctct gacccacgtg ttcaatcgct ttcccgagaa 15660 ccagattttg gcgcgcccgc cagcccccac catcaccacc gtcagtgaaa acgttcctgc 15720 tctcacagat cacgggacgc taccgctgcg caacagcatc ggaggagtcc agcgagtgac 15780 cattactgac gccagacgcc gcacctgccc ctacgtttac aaggccctgg gcatagtctc 15840 gccgcgcgtc ctatcgagcc gcactttttg agcaagcatg tccatcctta tatcgcccag 15900 caataacaca ggctggggcc tgcgcttccc aagcaagatg tttggcgggg ccaagaagcg 15960 ctccgaccaa cacccagtgc gcgtgcgcgg gcactaccgc gcgccctggg gcgcgcacaa 16020 acgcggccgc actgggcgca ccaccgtcga tgacgccatc gacgcggtgg tggaggaggc 16080 gcgcaactac acgcccacgc cgccaccagt gtccacagtg gacgcggcca ttcagaccgt 16140 ggtgcgcgga gcccggcgtt atgctaaaat gaagagacgg cggaggcgcg tagcacgtcg 16200 ccaccgccgc cgacccggca ctgccgccca acgcgcggcg gcggccctgc ttaaccgcgc 16260 acgtcgcacc ggccgacggg cggccatgcg ggccgctcga aggctggccg cgggtattgt 16320 cactgtgccc cccaggtcca ggcgacgagc ggccgccgca gcagccgcgg ccattagtgc 16380 tatgactcag ggtcgcaggg gcaacgtgta ttgggtgcgc gactcggtta gcggcctgcg 16440 cgtgcccgtg cgcacccgcc ccccgcgcaa ctagattgca agaaaaaact acttagactc 16500 gtactgttgt atgtatccag cggcggcggc gcgcaacgaa gctatgtcca agcgcaaaat 16560 caaagaagag atgctccagg tcatcgcgcc ggagatctat ggccccccga agaaggaaga 16620 gcaggattac aagccccgaa agctaaagcg ggtcaaaaag aaaaagaaag atgatgatga 16680 tgaacttgac gacgaggtgg aactgctgca cgctaccgcg cccaggcgac gggtacagtg 16740 gaaaggtcga cgcgtaaaac gtgttttgcg acccggcacc accgtagtct ttacgcccgg 16800 tgagcgctcc acccgcacct acaagcgcgt gtatgatgag gtgtacggcg acgaggacct 16860 gcttgagcag gccaacgagc gcctcgggga gtttgcctac ggaaagcggc ataaggacat 16920 gctggcgttg ccgctggacg agggcaaccc aacacctagc ctaaagcccg taacactgca 16980 gcaggtgctg cccgcgcttg caccgtccga agaaaagcgc ggcctaaagc gcgagtctgg 17040 tgacttggca cccaccgtgc agctgatggt acccaagcgc cagcgactgg aagatgtctt 17100 ggaaaaaatg accgtggaac ctgggctgga gcccgaggtc cgcgtgcggc caatcaagca 17160 ggtggcgccg ggactgggcg tgcagaccgt ggacgttcag atacccacta ccagtagcac 17220 cagtattgcc accgccacag agggcatgga gacacaaacg tccccggttg cctcagcggt 17280 ggcggatgcc gcggtgcagg cggtcgctgc ggccgcgtcc aagacctcta cggaggtgca 17340 aacggacccg tggatgtttc gcgtttcagc cccccggcgc ccgcgcggtt cgaggaagta 17400 cggcgccgcc agcgcgctac tgcccgaata tgccctacat ccttccattg cgcctacccc 17460 cggctatcgt ggctacacct accgccccag aagacgagca actacccgac gccgaaccac 17520 cactggaacc cgccgccgcc gtcgccgtcg ccagcccgtg ctggccccga tttccgtgcg 17580 cagggtggct cgcgaaggag gcaggaccct ggtgctgcca acagcgcgct accaccccag 17640 catcgtttaa aagccggtct ttgtggttct tgcagatatg gccctcacct gccgcctccg 17700 tttcccggtg ccgggattcc gaggaagaat gcaccgtagg aggggcatgg ccg ccacgg 17760 cctgacgggc ggcatgcgtc gtgcgcacca ccggcggcgg cgcgcgtcgc accgtcgcat 17820 gcgcggcggt atcctgcccc tccttattcc actgatcgcc gcggcgattg gcgccgtgcc 17880 cggaattgca tccgtggcct tgcaggcgca gagacactga ttaaaaacaa gttgcatgtg 17940 gaaaaatcaa aataaaaagt ctggactctc acgctcgctt ggtcctgtaa ctattttgta 18000 gaatggaaga catcaacttt gcgtctctgg ccccgcgaca cggctcgccc cctttcattg 18060 gaaactggca agatatcggc accagcaata tgagcggtgg cgccttcagc tggggctcgc 18120 tgtggagcgg cattaaaaat ttcggttcca ccgttaagaa ctatggcagc aaggcctgga 18180 acagcagcac aggccagatg ctgagggata agttgaaaga gcaaaatttc caacaaaagg 18240 tggtagatgg cctggcctct ggcattagcg gggtggtgga cctggccaac caggcagtgc 18300 aaaataagat taacagtaag cttgatcccc gccctcccgt agaggagcct ccaccggccg 18360 tggagacagt gtctccagag gggcgtggcg aaaagcgtcc gcgccccgac agggaagaaa 18420 ctctggtgac gcaaatagac gagcctccct cgtacgagga ggcactaaag caaggcctgc 18480 ccaccacccg tcccatcgcg cccatggcta ccggagtgct gggccagcac acacccgtaa 18540 cgctggacct gcctcccccc gccgacaccc agcagaaacc tgtgctgcca ggcccgaccg 18600 ccgttgttgt aacccgtcct agccgcgcgt ccctgcgccg cgccgccagc ggtccgcgat 18660 cgttgcggcc cgtagccagt ggcaactggc aaagcacact gaacagcatc gtgggtctgg 18720 gggtgcaatc cctgaagcgc cgacgatgct tctgaatagc taacgtgtcg tatgtgtgtc 18780 atgtatgcgt ccatgtcgcc gccagaggag ctgctgagcc gccgcgcgcc cgctttccaa 18840 gatggctacc ccttcgatga tgccgcagtg gtcttacatg cacatctcgg gccaggacgc 18900 ctcggagtac ctgagccccg ggctggtgca gtttgcccgc gccaccgaga cttacttcag 18960 cctgaataac aagtttagaa accccacggt ggcgcctacg cacgacgtga ccacagaccg 19020 gtcccagcgt ttgacgctgc ggttcatccc tgtggaccgt gaggatactg cgtactcgta 19080 caaggcgcgg ttcaccctag ctgtgggtga taaccgtgtg ctggacatgg cttccacgta 19140 ctttgacatc cgcggcgtgc tggacagggg ccctactttt aagccctact ctggcactgc 19200 ctacaacgcc ctggctccca agggtgcccc aaatccttgc gaatgggatg aagctgctac 19260 tgctcttgaa ataaacctag aagaagagga cgatgacaac gaagacgaag tagacgagca 19320 agctgagcag caaaaaactc acgtatttgg gcaggcgcct tattctggta taaatattac 19380 aaaggagggt attcaaatag gtgtcgaagg tcaaacacct aaatatgccg ataaaacatt 19440 tcaacctgaa cctcaaatag gagaatctca gtggtacgaa actgaaatta atcatgcagc 19500 tgggagagtc cttaaaaaga ctaccccaat gaaaccatgt tacggttcat atgcaaaacc 19560 cacaaatgaa aatggagggc aaggcattct tttaaaacaa caaaatggaa agctagaaag 19620 tcaagtggaa atgcaatttt tctcaactac tcaggcgacc gcaggcaatg gtgataactt 19680 gactcctaaa gtggtattgt acagtgaaga tgtagatata gaaaccccag acactcatat 19740 ttcttacatg cccactatta aggaaggtaa ctcacgagaa ctaatg gcc aacaatctat 19800 gcccaacagg cctaattaca ttgcttttag ggacaatttt attggtctaa tgtattacaa 19860 cagcacgggt aatatgggtg ttctggcggg ccaagcatcg cagttgaatg ctgttgtaga 19920 tttgcaagac agaaacacag agctttcata ccagcttttg cttgattcca ttggtgatag 19980 aaccaggtac ttttctatgt ggaatcaggc tgttgacagc tatgatccag atgttagaat 20040 tattgaaaat catggaactg aagatgaact tccaaattac tgctttccac tgggaggtgt 20100 gattaataca gagactctta ccaaggtaaa acctaaaaca ggtcaggaaa atggatggga 20160 aaaagatgct acagaatttt cagataaaaa tgaaataaga gttggaaata attttgccat 20220 ggaaatcaat ctaaatgcca acctgtggag aaatttcctg tactccaaca tagcgctgta 20280 tttgcccgac aagctaaagt acagtccttc caacgtaaaa atttctgata acccaaacac 20340 ctacgactac atgaacaagc gagtggtggc tcccgggtta gtggactgct acattaacct 20400 tggagcacgc tggtcccttg actatatgga caacgtcaac ccatttaacc accaccgcaa 20460 tgctggcctg cgctaccgct caatgttgct gggcaatggt cgctatgtgc ccttccacat 20520 ccaggtgcct cagaagttct ttgccattaa aaacctcctt ctcctgccgg gctcatacac 20580 ctacgagtgg aacttcagga aggatgttaa catggttctg cagagctccc taggaaatga 20640 cctaagggtt gacggagcca gcattaagtt tgatagcatt tgcctttacg ccaccttctt 20700 ccccctgccc cacaacaccg cctccacgct tgaggccatg cttagaaagg acaccaacga 20760 ccagtctttt aacgactatc tctccgccgc caacatgctc taccctatac ccgccaacgc 20820 taccaacgtg cccatatcca tcacctcccg caactgggcg gctttccgcg gctgggcctt 20880 cacgcgcctt aagactaagg aaaccccatc actgggctcg ggctacgacc cttattacac 20940 ctactctggc tctataccct acctagatgg aaccttttac ctcaaccaca cctttaagaa 21000 ggtggccatt acctttgact cttctgtcag ctggcctggc aatgaccgcc tgcttacccc 21060 caacgagttt gaaattaagc gctcagttga cggggagggt tacaacgttg cccagtgtaa 21120 catgaccaaa gactggttcc tggtacaaat gctagctaac tacaacattg gctaccaggg 21180 cttctatatc ccagagagct acaaggaccg catgtactcc ttctttagaa acttccagcc 21240 catgagccgt caggtggtgg atgatactaa atacaaggac taccaacagg tgggcatcct 21300 acaccaacac aacaactctg gatttgttgg ctaccttgcc cccaccatgc gcgaaggaca 21360 ggcctaccct gctaacttcc cctatccgct tataggcaag accgcagttg acagcattac 21420 ccagaaaaag tttctttgcg atcgcaccct ttggcgcatc ccattctcca gtaactttat 21480 gtccatgggc gcactcacag acctgggcca aaaccttctc tacgccaact ccgcccacgc 21540 gctagacatg acttttgagg tggatcccat ggacgagccc acccttcttt atgttttgtt 21600 tgaagtcttt gacgtggtcc gtgtgaaccg gccgcaccgc ggcctcatcg aaaccgtgta 21660 cctgcgcacg cccttctcgg ccggcaacgc cacaacataa agaagcaagc aacatcaaca 21720 acagctgccg ccatgggctc cagtgagcag gaactgaaag ccattgtcaa agatcttggt 21780 tgtgggccat attttttggg cacctatgac aagcgctttc caggctttgt ttctccacac 21840 aagctcgcct gcgccatagt caatacggcc ggtcgcgaga ctgggggcgt acactggatg 21900 gcctttgcct ggaacccgca ctcaaaaaca tgctacctct ttgagccctt tggcttttct 21960 gaccagcgac tcaagcaggt ttaccagttt gagtacgagt cactcctgcg ccgtagcgcc 22020 attgcttctt cccccgaccg ctgtataacg ctggaaaagt ccacccaaag cgtacagggg 22080 cccaactcgg ccgcctgtgg actattctgc tgcatgtttc tccacgcctt tgccaactgg 22140 ccccaaactc ccatggatca caaccccacc atgaacctta ttaccggggt acccaactcc 22200 atgctcaaca gtccccaggt acagcccacc ctgcgtcgca accaggaaca gctctacagc 22260 ttcctggagc gccactcgcc ctacttccgc agccacagtg cgcagattag gagcgccact 22320 tctttttgtc acttgaaaaa catgtaaaaa taatgtacta gagacacttt caataaaggc 22380 aaatgctttt atttgtacac tctcgggtga ttatttaccc ccacccttgc cgtctgcgcc 22440 gtttaaaaat caaaggggtt ctgccgcgca tcgctatgcg ccactggcag ggacacgttg 22500 cgatactggt gtttagtgct ccacttaaac tcaggcacaa ccatccgcgg cagctcggtg 22560 aagttttcac tccacaggct gcgcaccatc accaacgcgt ttagcaggtc gggcgccgat 22620 atcttgaagt cgcagttggg gcctaccacc tgcgcgcgcg agttgcgata cacagggttg 22680 cagcactgga acactatcag cgccgggtgg tgcacgctgg ccagcacgct cttgtcggag 22740 atcagatccg cgtccaggtc ctccgcgttg ctcagggcga acggagtcaa ctttggtagc 22800 tgccttccca aaaagggcgc gtgcccaggc tttgagttgc actcgcaccg tagtggcatc 22860 aaaaggtgac cgtgcccggt ctgggcgtta ggatacagcg cctgcataaa agccttgatc 22920 tgcttaaaag ccacctgagc ctttgcgcct tcagagaaga acatgccgca agacttgccg 22980 gaaaactgat tggccggaca ggccgcgtcg tgcacgcagc accttgcgtc ggtgttggag 23040 atctgcacca catttcggcc ccaccggttc ttcacgatct tggccttgct agactgctcc 23100 ttcagcgcgc gctgcccgtt ttcgctcgtc acatccattt caatcacgtg ctccttattt 23160 atcataatgc ttccgtgtag acacttaagc tcgccttcga tctcagcgca gcggtgcagc 23220 cacaacgcgc agcccgtggg ctcgtgatgc ttgtaggtca cctctgcaaa cgactgcagg 23280 tacgcctgca ggaatcgccc catcatcgtc acaaaggtct tgttgctggt gaaggtcagc 23340 tgcaacccgc ggtgctcctc gttcagccag gtcttgcata cggccgccag agcttccact 23400 tggtcaggca gtagtttgaa gttcgccttt agatcgttat ccacgtggta cttgtccatc 23460 agcgcgcgcg cagcctccat gcccttctcc cacgcagaca cgatcggcac actcagcggg 23520 ttcatcaccg taatttcact ttccgcttcg ctgggctctt cctcttcctc ttgcgtccgc 23580 ataccacgcg ccactgggtc gtcttcattc agccgccgca ctgtgcgctt acctcctttg 23640 ccatgcttga ttagcaccgg tgggttgctg aaacccacca tttgtagcgc cacatcttct 23700 ctttcttcct cgctgtccac gattacctct ggtgatggcg ggcgctcggg cttgggagaa 23760 gggcgcttct ttttcttctt gggcgcaatg gccaaatccg ccgccgaggt cgatggccgc 23820 gggctgggtg tgcgcggcac cagcgcgtct tgtgatgagt cttcctcgtc ctcggactcg 23880 atacgccgcc tcatccgctt ttttgggggc gcccggggag gcggcggcga cggggacggg 23940 gacgacacgt cctccatggt tgggggacgt cgcgccgcac cgcgtccgcg ctcgggggtg 24000 gtttcgcgct gctcctcttc ccgactggcc atttccttct cctataggca gaaaaagatc 24060 atggagtcag tcgagaagaa ggacagccta accgccccct ctgagttcgc caccaccgcc 24120 tccaccgatg ccgccaacgc gcctaccacc ttccccgtcg aggcaccccc gcttgaggag 24180 gaggaagtga ttatcgagca ggacccaggt tttgtaagcg aagacgacga ggaccgctca 24240 gtaccaacag aggataaaaa gcaagaccag gacaacgcag aggcaaacga ggaacaagtc 24300 gggcgggggg acgaaaggca tggcgactac ctagatgtgg gagacgacgt gctgttgaag 24360 catctgcagc gccagtgcgc cattatctgc gacgcgttgc aagagcgcag cgatgtgccc 24420 ctcgccatag cggatgtcag ccttgcctac gaacgccacc tattctcacc gcgcgtaccc 24480 cccaaacgcc aagaaaacgg cacatgcgag cccaacccgc gcctcaactt ctaccccgta 24540 tttgccgtgc cagaggtgct tgccacctat cacatctttt tccaaaactg caagataccc 24600 ctatcctgcc gtgccaaccg cagccgagcg gacaagcagc tggccttgcg gcagggcgct 24660 gtcatacctg atatcgcctc gctcaacgaa gtgccaaaaa tctttgaggg tcttggacgc 24720 gacgagaagc gcgcggcaaa cgctctgcaa caggaaaaca gcgaaaatga aagtcactct 24780 ggagtgttgg tggaactcga gggtgacaac gcgcgccgag ccgtactaaa acgcagcatc 24840 gaggtcaccc actttgccta cccggcactt aacctacccc ccaaggtcat gagcacagtc 24900 atgagtgagc tgatcgtgcg ccgtgcgcag cccctggaga gggatgcaaa tttgcaagaa 24960 caaacagagg agggcctacc cgcagttggc gacgagcagc tagcgcgctg gcttcaaacg 25020 cgcgagcctg ccgacttgga ggagcgacgc aaactaatga tggccgcagt gctcgttacc 25080 gtggagcttg agtgcatgca gcggttcttt gctgacccgg agatgcagcg caagctagag 25140 gaaacattgc actacacctt tcgacagggc tacgtacgcc aggcctgcaa gatctccaac 25200 gtggagctct gcaacctggt ctcctacctt ggaattttgc acgaaaaccg ccttgggcaa 25260 aacgtgcttc attccacgct caagggcgag gcgcgccgcg actacgtccg cgactgcgtt 25320 tacttatttc tatgctacac ctggcagacg gccatgggcg tttggcagca gtgcttggag 25380 gagtgcaacc tcaaggagct gcagaaactg ctaaagcaaa acttgaagga cctatggacg 25440 gccttcaacg agcgctccgt ggccgcgcac ctggcggaca tcattttccc cgaacgcctg 25500 cttaaaaccc tgcaacaggg tctgccagac ttcaccagtc aaagcatgtt gcagaacttt 25560 aggaacttta tcctagagcg ctcaggaatc ttgcccgcca cctgctgtgc acttcctagc 25620 gactttgtgc ccattaagta ccgcgaatgc cctccgccgc tttggggcca ctgctacctt 25680 ctgcagctag ccaactacct tgcctaccac tctgacataa tggaagacgt gagcggtgac 25740 ggtctactgg agtgtcactg tcgctgcaac ctatgcaccc cgcaccgctc cctggtttgc 25800 aattcgcagc tgcttaacga aagtcaaatt atcggtacct ttgagctgca gggtccctcg 25860 cctgacgaaa agtccgcggc tccggggttg aaactcactc cggggctgtg gacgtcggct 25920 taccttcgca aatttgtacc tgaggactac cacgcccacg agattaggtt ctacgaagac 25980 caatcccgcc cgccaaatgc ggagcttagc gcctgcgtca ttacccaggg ccacattctt 26040 ggccaattgc aagccatcaa caaagcccgc caagagtttc tgctacgaaa gggacggggg 26100 gtttacttgg acccccagtc cggcgaggag ctcaacccaa tccccccgcc gccgcagccc 26160 tatcagcagc agccgcgggc ccttgcttcc caggatggca cccaaaaaga agctgcagct 26220 gccgccgcca cccacggacg aggaggaata ctgggacagt caggcagagg aggttttgga 26280 cgaggaggag gaggacatga tggaagactg ggagagccta gacgaggaag cttccgaggt 26340 cgaagaggtg tcagacgaaa caccgtcacc ctcggtcgca ttcccctcgc cggcgcccca 26400 gaaatcggca accggttcca gcatggctac aacctccgct cctcaggcgc cgccggcact 26460 gcccgttcgc cgacccaacc gtagatggga caccactgga accagggccg gtaagtccaa 26520 gcagccgccg ccgttagccc aagagcaaca acagcgccaa ggctaccgct catggcgcgg 26580 gcacaagaac gccatagttg cttgcttgca agactgtggg ggcaacatct ccttcgcccg 26640 ccgctttctt ctctaccatc acggcgtggc cttcccccgt aacatcctgc attactaccg 26700 tcatctctac agcccatact gcaccggcgg cagcggcagc ggcagcaaca gcagcggcca 26760 cacagaagca aaggcgaccg gatagcaaga ctctgacaaa gcccaagaaa tccacagcgg 26820 cggcagcagc aggaggagga gcgctgcgtc tggcgcccaa cgaacccgta tcgacccgcg 26880 agcttagaaa caggattttt cccactctgt atgctatatt tcaacagagc aggggccaag 26940 aacaagagct gaaaataaaa aacaggtctc tgcgatccct cacccgcagc tgcctgtatc 27000 acaaaagcga agatcagctt cggcgcacgc tggaagacgc ggaggctctc ttcagtaaat 27060 actgcgcgct gactcttaag gactagtttc ggcggctttc tcaaatttaa gcgcgaaaac 27120 tacgtcatct ccagcggcca cacccggcgc cagcacctgt cgtcagcgcc attatgagca 27180 aggaaattcc cacgccctac atgtggagtt accagccaca aatgggactt gcggctggag 27240 ctgcccaaga ctactcaacc cgaataaact acatgagcgc gggaccccac atgatatccc 27300 gggtcaacgg aatccgcgcc caccgaaacc gaattctctt ggaacaggcg gctattacca 27360 ccacacctcg taataacctt aatccccgta gttggcccgc tgccctggtg taccaggaaa 27420 gtcccgctcc caccactgtg gtacttccca gagacgccca ggccgaagtt cagatgacta 27480 actcaggggc gcagcttgcg ggcggctttc gtcacagggt gcggtcgccc gggcagggta 27540 taactcacct gacaatcaga gggcgaggta ttcagctcaa cgacgagtcg gtgagctcct 27600 cgcttggtct ccgtccggac gggacatttc agatcggcgg cgccggccgt ccttcattca 27660 cgcctcgtca ggcaatccta actctgcaga cctcgtcctc tgagccgcgc tctggaggca 27720 ttggaactct gcaatttatt gaggagtttg tgccatcggt ctactttaac cccttctcgg 27780 gacctcccgg ccactatccg gatcaattta ttcctaactt tgacgcggta aaggactcgg 27840 cggacggcta cgactgaatg ttaagtggag aggcagagca actgcgcctg aaacacctgg 27900 tccactgtcg ccgccacaag tcctttgccc gcgactccgg tgagttttgc tactttgaat 27960 tgccctagta tcatatcgag ggcccggcgc acggcgtccg gcttaccgcc cagggagagc 28020 ttgcccgtag cctgattcgg gagtttaccc agcgccccct gctagttgag cgggacaggg 28080 gaccctgtgt tctcactgtg atttgcaact gtcctaacct tggattacat caagatcttt 28140 gttgccatct ctgtgctgag tataataaat acagaaatta aaatatactg gggctcctat 28200 cgccatcctg taaacaccac cttcttcacc cgcccaagca aaccaaggcg aaccttacct 28260 ggtactttta acatctctcc ctctgtgatt tacaacagtt tcaacccaga cggagtgagt 28320 ctacgagaga acctctccga gctcagctac tccatcagaa aaaacaccac cctccttacc 28380 tgccgggaac gtacgagtgc gtcaccggcc gctgcaccac acctaccgcc tgaccgtaaa 28440 ccacattttt tccggacaga cctcaataac tctgtttacc agaacaggag gtgagcttag 28500 aaaaccctta gggtattagg ccaaaggcgc agctactgtg gggtttatga acaattcaag 28560 caactctacg ggctattcta attcaggttt ctctagaatc ggggttgggg ttattctctg 28620 tcttgtgatt ctctttattc ttatactaac 9cttctctgc ctaaggctcg ccgcctgctg 28680 tgtgcacatt tgcatttatt gtcagctttt taaacgctgg ggtcgccacc caagatgatt 28740 aggtacataa tcctaggttt actcaccctt gcgtcagccc acggtaccac ccaaaaggtg 28800 gattttaagg agccagcctg taatgttaca ttcgcagctg aagctaatga gtgcaccact 28860 cttataaaat gcaccacaga acatgaaaag ctccttattc gccacaaaaa caaaattggc 28920 aagtatgctg tttatgctat ttggcagcca ggtgacacta cagagtataa tgttacagtt 28980 ttccagggta aaagtcataa aacttttatg tatacttttc cattttatga aatgttcgac 29040 attaccatgt acatgagcaa acagtataag ttgtggcccc cacaaaattg tgtggaaaac 29100 actggcactt tctgctgcac tgctatgcta attacagtgc tcgctttggt ctgtacccta 29160 ctctatatta aatacaaaag cagacgcagc tttattgagg aaaagaaaat gccttaattt 29220 actaagttac aaagctaatg tcaccactaa ctgctttact cgctgcttgc aaaacaaatt 29280 caaaaagtta gcattataat tagaatagga tttaaacccc ccggtcattt cctgctcaat 29340 accattcccc tgaacaattg actctatgtg ggatatgctc cagcgctaca accttgaagt 29400 caggcttcct ggatgtcagc atctgacttt ggccagcacc tgtcccgcgg atttgttcca 29460 gtccaactac agcgacccac cctaacagag atgaccaaca caaccaacgc ggccgccgct 29520 accggactta catctaccac aaatacaccc caagtttctg cctttgtcaa taactgggat 29580 aacttgggca tgtggtggtt ctccatagcg cttatgtttg tatcccttat tattatgtgg 29640 ctcatctgct gcctaaagcg caaacgcgcc cgaccaccca tctatagtcc catcattgtg 29700 ctacacccaa acaatgatgg aatccataga ttggacggac tgaaacacat gttcttttct 29760 cttacagtat gattaaatga gacatgattc ctcgagtttt tatattactg accctttttg 29820 cgcttttttg tgcgtgctcc acattggctg cggtttctca catcgaagta gactgcattc 29880 cagccttcac agtctatttg ctttacggat ttgtcaccct cacgctcatc tgcagcctca 29940 tcactgtggt catcgccttt atccagtgca ttgactgggt ctgtgtgcgc tttgcatatc 30000 tcagacacca tccccagtac agggacagga ctatagctga gcttcttaga attctttaat 30060 tatgaaattt actgtgactt ttctgctgat tatttgcacc ctatctgcgt tttgttcccc 30120 gacctccaag cctcaaagac atatatcatg cagattcact cgtatatgga atattccaag 30180 ttgctacaat gaaaaaagcg atctttccga agcctggtta tatgcaatca tctctgttat 30240 ggtgttctgc agtaccatct tagccctacc tatatatccc taccttgaca ttggctggaa 30300 acgaatagat gccatgaacc acccaacttt ccccgcgccc gctatgcttc cactgcaaca 30360 atttgttgcc ggcggctttg tcccagccaa tcagcctcgc cccacttctc ccacccccac 30420 tgaaatcagc tactttaatc taacaggagg agatgactga caccctagat ctagaaatgg 30480 acggaattat tacagagcag cgcctgctag aaagacgcag ggcagcggcc gagcaacagc 30540 gcatgaatca agagctccaa gacatggtta acttccacca gtgcaaaagg gttatctttt 30600 gtctggtaaa gcaggccaaa gtcacctacg acagtaatac caccggacac cgccttagct 30660 acaagttgcc aaccaagcgt cagaaattgg tggtcatggt gggagaaaag cccattacca 30720 taactcagca ctcggtagaa accgaaggct gcattcactc accttgtcaa ggacctgagg 30780 atctctgcac ccttattaag accctgtgcg gtctcaaaga tcttattccc tttaactaat 30840 aaaaaaaaat aataaagcat cacttactta aaatcagtta gcaaatttct gtccagttta 30900 ttcagcagca cctccttgcc ctcctcccag ctctggtatt gcagcttcct cctggctgca 30960 aactttctcc acaatctaaa tggaatgtca gtttcctcct gttcctgtcc atccgcaccc 31020 actatcttca tgttgttgca gatgaagcgc gcaagaccgt ctgaagatac cttcaacccc 31080 gtgtatccat atgacacgga aaccggtcct ccaactgtgc cttttcttac tcctcccttt 31140 gtatccccca atgggtttca agagagtccc cctggggtac tctctttgcg cctatccgaa 31200 cctctagtta cctccaatgg catgcttgcg ctcaaaatgg gcaacggcct ctctctggac 31260 gaggccggca accttacctc ccaaaatgta accactgtga gcccacctct caaaaaaacc 31320 aattcaaaca taaacctgga aatatctgca cccctcacag ttacctcaga agccctaact 31380 gtggctgccg ccgcacctct aatggtcgcg ggcaacacac tcaccatgca atcacaggcc 31440 ccgctaaccg tgcacgactc caaacttagc attgccaccc aaggacccct cacagtgtca 31500 gaaggaaagc tagccctgca aacatcaggc cccctcacca ccaccgatag cagtaccctt 31560 actatcactg cctcaccccc tctaactact gccactggta gcttgggcat tgacttgaaa 31620 gagcccattt atacacaaaa tggaaaacta ggactaaagt acggggctcc tttgcatgta 31680 acagacgacc taaacacttt gaccgtagca actggtccag gtgtgactat taataatact 31740 tccttgcaaa ctaaagttac tggagccttg ggttttgatt cacaaggcaa tatgcaaatt 31800 aatgtagcag gaggactaag gattgattct caaaacagac gccttatact tgattttatt 31860 tatccgtttg atgctcaaaa ccaactaaat ctaagactag gacagggccc tctttttata 31920 aactcagccc acaacttgga tattaactac aacaaaggcc tttacttgtt tacagcttca 31980 aacaattcca aaaagcttga ggttaaacta agcactgcca aggggttgat gtttgacgct 32040 acagccatag ccattaatgc aggagatggg cttgaatttg gttcacctaa tgcaccaaac 32100 acaaatcccc tcaaaacaaa aattggccat ggcctagaat ttgattcaaa caagcttatg 32160 gttcctaaac taagaactgg ccttagtttt gacagcacag gtgccattac agtaggaaac 32220 aaaaataatg ataagctaac tttgtggacc acaccagctc catctcctaa ctgtagacta 32280 aatgcagaga aagatgctaa actcactttg gtcttaacaa aatgtggcag tcaaatactt 32340 gctacagttt cagttttggc tgttaaaggc agtttggctc caatatctgg aacagttcaa 32400 agtgctcatc ttattataag atttgacgaa aatggagtgc tactaaacaa ttccttcctg 32460 gacccagaat attggaactt tagaaatgga gatcttactg aaggcacagc ctatacaaac 32520 gctgttggat ttatgcctaa cctatcagct tatccaaaat ctcacggtaa aactgccaaa 32580 agtaacattg tcagtcaagt ttacttaaac ggagacaaaa ctaaacctgt aacactaacc 32640 attacactaa acggtacaca ggaaacagga gacacaactc caagtgcata ctctatgtca 32700 ttttcatggg actggtctgg ccacaactac attaatgaaa tatttgccac atcctcttac 32760 acttcttcat acattgccca agaataaaga atcgtttgtg ttatgtttca acgtgtttat 32820 ttttcaattg cagaaaattt caagtcattt ttcattcagt agtatagccc caccaccaca 32880 tagcttatac agatcaccgt accttaatca aactcacaga accctagtat tcaacctgcc 32940 acctccctcc caacacacag agtacacagt cctttctccc cggctggcct taaaaaccat 33000 catatcatgg gtaacagaca tatttttagg tgttatattc cacacggttt cctgtcgagc 33060 caaacgctca tcagtgatat taataaactc cccgggcagc tcacttaagt tcatgtcgct 33120 gtccagctgc tgagccacag gctgctgtcc aacttgcggt tgcttaacgg gcggcgaagg 33180 agaagtccac gcctacatgg gggtagagtc ataatcgtgc atcaggatag ggcggtggtg 33240 ctgcagcagc gcgcgaataa actgctgccg ccgccgctcc gtcctgcagg aatacaacat 33300 ggcagtggtc tcctcagcga tgattcgcac cgcccgcagc ataaggcgcc ttgtcctccg 33360 ggcacagcag cgcaccctga tctcacttaa atcagcacag taactgcagc acagcaccac 33420 aatattgttc aaaatcccac agtgcaaggc gctgtatcca aagctcatgg cggggaccac 33480 agaacccacg tggccatcat accacaagcg caggtagatt aagtggcgac ccctcataaa 33540 cacgctggac ataaacatta cctcttttgg catgttgtaa ttcaccacct cccggtacca 33600 tataaacctc tgattaaaca tggcgccatc caccaccatc ctaaaccagc tggccaaaac 33660 ctgcccgccg gctatacact gcagggaacc gggactggaa caatgacagt ggagagccca 33720 ggactcgtaa ccatggatca tcatgctcgt catgatatca atgttggcac aacacaggca 33780 cacgtgcata cacttcctca ggattacaag ctcctcccgc gttagaacca tatcccaggg 33840 aacaacccat tcctgaatca gcgtaaatcc cacactgcag ggaagacctc gcacgtaact 33900 cacgttgtgc attgtcaaag tgttacattc gggcagcagc ggatgatcct ccagtatggt 33960 agcgcgggtt tctgtctcaa aaggaggtag acgatcccta ctgtacggag tgcgccgaga 34020 caaccgagat cgtgttggtc gtagtgtcat gccaaatgga acgccggacg tagtcatatt 34080 tcctcaagca aaaccaggtg cgggcgtgac aaacagatct gcgtctccgg tctcgccgct 34140 tagatcgctc tgtgtagtag ttgtagtata tccactctct caaagcatcc aggcgccccc 34200 tggcttcggg ttctatgtaa actccttcat gcgccgctgc cctgataaca tccaccaccg 34260 cagaataagc cacacccagc caacctacac attcgttctg cgagtcacac acgggaggag 34320 cgggaagagc tggaagaacc atgttttttt ttttattcca aaagattatc caaaacctca 34380 aaatgaagat ctattaagtg aacgcgctcc cctccggtgg cgtggtcaaa ctctacagcc 34440 aaagaacaga taatggcatt tgtaagatgt tgcacaatgg cttccaaaag gcaaacggcc 34500 ctcacggcca agtggacgta aaggctaaac ccttcagggt gaatctcctc tataaacatt 34560 ccagcacctt caaccatgcc caaataattc tcatctcgcc accttctcaa tatatctcta 34620 agcaaatccc gaatattaag tccggccatt gtaaaaatct gctccagagc gccctccacc 34680 ttcagcctca agcagcgaat catgattgca aaaattcagg ttcctcacag acctgtataa 34740 gattcaaaag cggaacatta acaaaaatac cgcgatcccg taggtccctt cgcagggcca 34800 gctgaacata atcgtgcagg tctgcacgga ccagcgcggc cacttccccg ccaggaacct 34860 tgacaaaaga acccacactg attatgacac gcatactcgg agctatgcta accagcgtag 34920 ccccgatgta agctttgttg catgggcggc gatataaaat gcaaggtgct gctcaaaaaa 34980 tcaggcaaag cctcgcgcaa aaaagaaagc acatcgtagt catgctcatg cagataaagg 35040 caggtaagct ccggaaccac cacagaaaaa gacaccattt ttctctcaaa catgtctgcg 35100 ggtttctgca taaacacaaa ataaaataac aaaaaaacat ttaaacatta gaagcctgtc 35160 ttacaacagg aaaaacaacc cttataagca taagacggac tacggccatg ccggcgtgac 35220 cgtaaaaaaa ctggtcaccg tgattaaaaa gcaccaccga cagctcctcg gtcatgtccg 35280 gagtcataat gtaagactcg gtaaacacat caggttgatt catcggtcag tgctaaaaag 35340 cgaccgaaat agcccggggg aatacatacc cgcaggcgta gagacaacat tacagccccc 35400 ataggaggta taacaaaatt aataggagag aaaaacacat aaacacctga aaaaccctcc 35460 tgcctaggca aaatagcacc ctcccgctcc agaacaacat acagcgcttc acagcggcag 35520 cctaacagtc agccttacca gtaaaaaaga aaacctatta aaaaaacacc actcgacacg 35580 gcaccagctc aatcagtcac agtgtaaaaa agggccaagt gcagagcgag tatatatagg 35640 actaaaaaat gacgtaacgg ttaaagtcca caaaaaacac ccagaaaacc gcacgcgaac 35700 ctacgcccag aaacgaaagc caaaaaaccc acaacttcct caaatcgtca cttccgtttt 35760 cccacgttac gtaacttccc attttaagaa aactacaatt cccaacacat acaagttact 35820 ccgccctaaa acctacgtca cccgccccgt tcccacgccc cgcgccacgt cacaaactcc 35880 accccctcat tatcatattg gcttcaatcc aaaataaggt atattattga tgatg 35935 <210> 2 <211> 1964 <212> cDNA
<213> Homo sapiens <221> CDS
<222> 100..1395 <400> 2 aagcttcggg ccagggtcca cctgtccccg cagcgccgtc gcgccctcct gccgcaggcc 60 accgaggccg ccgccgtcta gcgccccgac ctcgccacca tgagagccct gctggcgcgc 120 ctgcttctct gcgtcctggt cgtgagcgac tccaaaggca gcaatgaact tcatcaagtt 180 ccattgaact gtgactgtct aaatggagga acatgtgtgt ccaacaagta cttctccaac 240 attcactggt gcaactgccc aaagaaattc ggagggcagc actgtgaaat agataagtca 300 aaaacctgct atgaggggaa tggtcacttt taccgaggaa aggccagcac tgacaccatg 360 ggccggccct gcctgccctg gaactctgcc actgtccttc agcaaacgta ccatgcccac 420 agatctgatg ctcttcagct gggcctgggg aaacataatt actgcaggaa cccagacaac 480 cggaggcgac cctggtgcta tgtgcaggtg ggcctaaagc cgcttgtcca agagtgcatg 540 gtgcatgact gcgcagatgg aaaaaagccc tcctctcctc cagaagaatt aaaatttcag 600 tgtggccaaa agactctgag gccccgcttt aagattattg ggggagaatt caccaccatc 660 gagaaccagc cctggtttgc ggccatctac aggaggcacc gggggggctc tgtcacctac 720 gtgtgtggag gcaccctcat cagcccttgc tggatgatca gcgccacaca ctgcttcatt 780 gattacccaa agaaggagga ctacatcgtc tacctgggtc gctcaaggct taactccaac 840 acgcaagggg agatgaagtt tgaggtggaa aacctcatcc tacacaagga ctacagcgct 900 gacacgcttg ctcaccacaa tgacattgcc ttgctcaaga tccgttccaa ggagggcagg 960 tgtgcgcagc catcccggac tatacagacc atctccctcc cctcgatgta taacgatccc 1020 cagtttggca caagctgtga gatcactggc tttggaaaag agaattctac cgactatctc 1080 tatccggagc agctgaaaat gactgttgtg aagctgattt cccaccggga gtgtcagcag 1140 ccccactact acggctctga agtcaccacc aaaatgctgt gtgctgctga cccacagtgg 1200 aaaacagatt cctgccaggg agactcaggg ggacccctcg tctgttccct ccaaggccgc 1260 atgactttga ctggaattgt gagctggggc cgtggatgtg ccctgaagga caagccaggc 1320 gtctacacga gagtctcaca cttcttaccc tggatccgca gtcacaccaa ggaagagaat 1380 ggcctggccc tctgagggtc cccagggagg aaacgggcac cacccgcttt cttgctggtt 1440 gtcatttttg cagtagagtc atctccatca gaagcttttg gggagcagag acactaacga 1500 cttcagggca gggctctgat attccatgaa tgtatcagga aatatatatg tgtgtgtatg 1560 tttgcacact tgttgtgtgg gctgtgagtg taagtgtgag taagagctgg tgtctgattg 1620 ttaagtctaa atatttcctt aaactgtgtg gactgttatg ccacacagag tggtctttct 1680 ggagaggtta taggtcactc ctggggcctc ttgggtcccc cacgtgacag tgcctgggaa 1740 tgtacttatt ctgcagcatg acctgtgacc agcactgtct cagtttcact ttcacataga 1800 tgtccctttc ttggccagtt atcccttcct tttagcctag ttcatccaat cctcactggg 1860 tggggtgagg accactcctt acactgaata tttatatttc actattttta tttatatttt 1920 tgtaatttta aataaaagtg atcaataaaa tgtgattttt ctga 1964 <210> 3 <211> 1359 <212> cDNA
<213> Homo sapiens <221> CDS
<222> 100..1395 <400> 3 ggctctagat cgccaccatg caaaggagga gaagcaggag catgcatcgt cgccgcagtc 60 gaagctgtcg ggaagaccaa aaacctgttt atcaacagcc atcgaaccca tcgaactgtg 120 actgtctaaa tggaggaaca tgtgtgtcca acaagtactt ctccaacatt cactggtgca 180 actgcccaaa gaaattcgga gggcagcact gtgaaataga taagtcaaaa acctgctatg 240 aggggaatgg tcacttttac cgaggaaagg ccagcactga caccatggac cggccctgcc 300 tgccctggaa ctctgccact gtccttcagc aaacgtacca tgcccacaga tctgatgctc 360 ttcagctggg cctggggaaa cataattact gcaggaaccc agacaaccgg aggcgaccct 420 ggtgctatgt gcaggtgggc ctaaagccgc ttgtccaaga gtgcatggtg catgactgcg 480 cagatggaaa aaagccctcc tctcctccag aagaattaaa atttcagtgt ggccaaaaga 540 ctctcaggcc ccgctttaag attattgggg gagaattcac caccatcgag aaccagccct 600 ggtttgcggc catctacagg aggcaccggg ggggctctgt caccttcgtg tgtggaggca 660 gcctcatcag cccttgctgg gtgatcagcg ccacacagtg cttcattgat tacccaaaga 720 aggaggacta catcgtctac ctgggtcgct caaggcttaa ctccaacacg caaggggaga 780 tgaagtttga ggtggaaaac ctcatcctac acaaggacta cagcgctgac acgcttgctc 840 accacaatga cattgccttg ctgaagatcc gttccaagga gggcaggtgt gcgcagccat 900 cccggactat acagaccatc tgcctgccct cgatgtataa cgatccccag tttggcacaa 960 gctgtgagat cactggcttt ggaaaagaga attctaccga ctatctctat ccggagcagc 1020 tgaaaatgac tgttgtgaag ctgatttccc accgggagtg tcagcagccc cactactacg 1080 gctctgaagt caccaccaaa atgctgtgtg ctgctgaccc acagtggaaa acagatttct 1140 gccagggaga ctcaggggga cccctcgtgt gttccctcca aggccgcatg actttgactg 1200 gaattgtgag ctggggccgt ggatgtgccc tgaaggacaa gccaggcgtc tacacgagag 1260 tctcacactt cttaccctgg atccgcagtc acaccaagga agagaatggc ctggccctcg 1320 aagaagatac cagtgaaaaa gacgagctct gagggtacc 1359 <210> 4 <211> 2094 <212> cDNA
<213> Homo sapiens <221> CDS
<222> 339..2042 <400> 4 gttggcgagg agtttcctgt ttcccccgca gcgctgagtt gaagttgagt gagtcactcg 60 cgcgcacgga gcgacgacac ccccgcgcgt gcacccgctc gggacaggag ccggactcct 120 gtgcagcttc cctcggccgc cgggggcctc cccgcgcctc gccggcctcc aggccccctc 180 ctggctggcg agcgggcgcc acatctggcc cgcacatctg cgctgccggc ccggcgcggg 240 gtccggagag ggcgcggcgc ggaggcgcag ccaggggtcc gggaaggcgc cgtccgctgc 300 gctgggggct cggtctatga cgagcagcgg ggtctgccat gggtcggggg ctgctcaggg 360 gcctgtggcc gctgcacatc gtcctgtgga cgcgtatcgc cagcacgatc ccaccgcacg 420 ttcagaagtc ggttaataac gacatgatag tcactgacaa caacggtgca gtcaagtttc 480 cacaactgtg taaattttgt gatgtgagat tttccacctg tgacaaccag aaatcctgca 540 tgagcaactg cagcatcacc tccatctgtg agaagccaca ggaagtctgt gtggctgtat 600 ggagaaagaa tgacgagaac ataacactag agacagtttg ccatgacccc aagctcccct 660 accatgactt tattctggaa gatgctgctt ctccaaagtg cattatgaag gaaaaaaaaa 720 agcctggtga gactttcttc atgtgttcct gtagctctga tgagtgcaat gacaacatca 780 tcttctcaga agaatataac accagcaatc ctgacttgtt gctagtcata tttcaagtga 840 caggcatcag cctcctgcca ccactgggag ttgccatatc tgtcatcatc atcttctact 900 gctaccgcgt taaccggcag cagaagctga gttcaacctg ggaaaccggc aagacgcgga 960 agctcatgga gttcagcgag cactgtgcca tcatcctgga agatgaccgc tctgacatca 1020 gctccacgtg tgccaacaac atcaaccaca acacagagct gctgcccatt gagctggaca 1080 ccctggtggg gaaaggtcgc tttgctgagg tctataaggc caagctgaag cagaacactt 1140 cagagcagtt tgagacagtg gcagtcaaga tctttcccta tgaggagtat gcctcttgga 1200 agacagagaa ggacatcttc tcagacatca atctgaagca tgagaacata ctccagttcc 1260 tgacggctga ggagcggaag acggagttgg ggaaacaata ctggctgatc accgccttcc 1320 acgccaaggg caacctacag gagtacctga cgcggcatgt catcagctgg gaggacctgc 1380 gcaagctggg cagctccctc gcccggggga ttgctcacct ccacagtgat cacactccat 1440 gtgggaggcc caagatgccc atcgtgcaca gggacctcaa gagctccaat atcctcgtga 1500 agaacgacct aacctgctgc ctgtgtgact ttgggctttc cctgcgtctg gaccctactc 1560 tgtctgtgga tgacctggct aacagtgggc aggtgggaac tgcaagatac atggctccag 1620 aagtcctaga atccaggatg aatttggaga atgttgagtc cttcaagcag accgatgtct 1680 actccatggc tctggtgctc tgggaaatga catctcgctg taatgcagtg ggagaagtaa 1740 aagattatga gcctccattt ggttccaagg tgcgggagca cccctgtgtc gaaagcatga 1800 aggacaacgt gttgagagat cgagggcgac cagaaattcc cagcttctgg ctcaaccacc 1860 aaggcatcca gatggtgtgt gagacgttga ctgagtgctg ggaccacgac ccagaggccc 1920 gtttcacatc ccagtgtgtg gcagaacgct tcagtgagct ggagcatctg gacaggctct 1980 cggggaggag ctgctcggag gagaagattc ctgaagacgg ctccctaaac actaccaaat 2040 agctcttctg gggcaggctg ggccatgtcc aaagaggctg cccctctcac caaa 2094 <210> 5 <211> 2393 <212> cDNA
<213> Homo sapiens <221> CDS
<222> 105..2291 <400> 5 ggggggctca gagccgactg gctcttttag gcactgactc cgaacaggat tctttcaccc 60 aggcatctcc tccagaggga tccgccagcc cgtccagcag caccatgtgg gtgaccaaac 120 tcctgccagc cctgctgctg cagcatgtcc tcctgcatct cctcctgctc cccatcgcca 180 tcccctatgc agagggacaa aggaaaagaa gaaatacaat tcatgaattc aaaaaatcag 240 caaagactac cctaatcaaa atagatccag cactgaagat aaaaaccaaa aaagtgaata 300 ctgcagacca atgtgctaat agatgtacta ggaataaagg acttccattc acttgcaagg 360 cttttgtttt tgataaagca agaaaacaat gcctctggtt ccccttcaat agcatgtcaa 420 gtggagtgaa aaaagaattt ggccatgaat ttgacctcta taaaaacaaa gactacatta 480 gaaactgcat cattggtaaa ggacgcagct acaagggaac agtatctatc actaagagtg 540 gcatcaaatg tcagccctgg agttccatga tacaacacga acacagcttt ttgccttcga 600 gctatcgggg taaagaccta caggaaaact actgtcgaaa tcctcgaggg gaagaagggg 660 gaccctggtg tttcacaagc aatccagagg tacgctacga agtctgtgac attcctcagt 720 gttcagaagt tgaatgcatg acctgcaagg gggagagtta tcgaggtctc atggatcata 780 cagaatcagg caagatttgt cagcgctggg atcatcagac accacaccgg cacaaattct 840 tgcctgaaag atatcccgac aagggctttg atgataatta ttgccgcaat cccgatggcc 900 agccgaggcc atggtgctat actcttgacc ctcacacccg ctgggagtac tgtgcaatta 960 aaacatgcgc tgacaatact atgaatgaca ctgatgttcc tttggaaaca actgaatgca 1020 tccaaggtca aggagaaggc tacaggggca ctgtcaatac catttggaat ggaattccat 1080 gtcagcgttg ggattctcag tatcctcacg agcatgacat gactcctgaa aatttcaagt 1140 gcaaggacct acgagaaaat tactgccgaa atccagatgg gtctgaatca ccctggtgtt 1200 ttaccactga tccaaacatc cgagttggct actgctccca aattccaaac tgtgatatgt 1260 cacatggaca agattgttat cgtgggaatg gcaaaaatta tatgggcaac ttatcccaaa 1320 caagatctgg actaacatgt tcaatgtggg acaagaacat ggaagactta catcgtcata 1380 tcttctggga accagatgca agtaagctga atgagaatta ctgccgaaat ccagatgatg 1440 atgctcatgg accctggtgc tacacgggaa atccactcat tccttgggat tattgcccta 1500 tttctcgttg tgaaggtgat accacaccta caatagtcaa tttagaccat cccgtaatat 1560 cttgtgccaa aacgaaacaa ttgcgagttg taaatgggat tccaacacga acaaacatag 1620 gatggatggt tagtttgaga tacagaaata aacatatctg cggaggatca ttgataaagg 1680 agagttgggt tcttactgca cgacagtgtt tcccttctcg agacttgaaa gattatgaag 1740 cttggcttgg aattcatgat gtccacggaa gaggagatga gaaatgcaaa caggttctca 1800 atgtttccca gctggtatat ggccctgaag gatcagatct ggttttaatg aagcttgcca 1860 ggcctgctgt cctggatgat tttgttagta cgattgattt acctaattat ggatgcacaa 1920 ttcctgaaaa gaccagttgc agtgtttatg gctggggcta cactggattg atcaactatg 1980 atggcctatt acgagtggca catctctata taatgggaaa tgagaaatgc agccagcatc 2040 atcgagggaa ggtgactctg aatgagtctg aaatatgtgc tggggctgaa aagattggat 2100 caggaccatg tgagggggat tatggtggcc cacttgtttg tgagcaacat aaaatgagaa 2160 tggttcttgg tgtcattgtt cctggtcgtg gatgtgccat tccaaatcgt cctggtattt 2220 ttgtccgagt agcatattat gcaaaatgga tacacaaaat tattttaaca tataaggtac 2280 cacagtcata gctgaagtaa gtgtgtctga agcacccacc aatacaactg tcttttacat 2340 gaagatttca gagaatgtgg aatttaaaat gtcacttaca acaatcctaa gac 2393 STATEMENT
Applicant's Attorney makes a statement that the information recorded in this computer readable form is identical to the written sequence listing for the PCT/MXOO/0050 Application.

By: Jose Hinojosa Cuellar, Esq.

Claims (14)

CLAIMS:

1. The use of a recombinant adenoviral vector capable of replicating in vitro in a host cell expressing E1 product in trans for the treatment of hepatic fibrosis, said recombinant adenoviral vector comprising:

an adenoviral genome from which the open reading frames E1 and E3 have been deleted;

a nucleotide sequence encoding a non-secreted, modified human urokinase plasminogen activator (huPA) having a modified endoplasmic reticulum (ER) retention signal at the amino-terminus and carboxi-terminus; and wherein expression of said non-secreted, modified huPA is regulated by a CMV promoter.

2. The use of a recombinant adenoviral vector capable of replicating in vitro in a host cell expressing E1 product in trans for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of hepatic fibrosis, said recombinant adenoviral vector comprising:

an adenoviral genome from which the open reading frames E1 and E3 have been deleted;

a nucleotide sequence encoding a non-secreted, modified human urokinase plasminogen activator (huPA) having a modified endoplasmic reticulum (ER) retention signal at the amino-terminus and carboxi-terminus; and wherein expression of said non-secreted, modified huPA is regulated by a CMV promoter.

3. The use according to any one of claims 1-2, wherein the nucleotide sequence encodes a modified huPA which degrades or prevents the synthesis and deposition of excess collagenic proteins deposited in an organ with fibrosis.

4. The use according to any one of claims 1-2, wherein the nucleotide sequence encodes a modified huPA which activates liver latent collagenases and matrix metalloproteases (MMP's) to promote the in situ degradation of excess collagen components of the extracellular matrix (ECM) in the space of Disse or perisinusoid space.

5. The use according to any one of claims 1-2, wherein the nucleotide sequence encodes a modified huPA which downregulates expression of genes encoding type I
collagen, type II collagen, and type IV collagen.

6. The use according to any one of claims 1-2, wherein the nucleotide sequence encodes a modified huPA which induces hepatocyte replication and repopulation of the hepatic parenchyma in a fibrotic liver.

7. The use according to any one of claims 1 -6, wherein the nucleotide sequence encodes a modifed huPA in a non-secreted form and said recombinant adenoviral vector does not cause hypercoagluation or spontaneous bleeding in a cirrhotic subject following administration.

8. The use according to any one of claims 1-2, wherein the modified endoplasmic reticulum (ER) retention signal is a modification at the amino-terminus and carboxi-terminus which prevent secretion of the modified huPA in the blood stream of a cirrhotic subject following administration.

9. The use according to claim 8, wherein an amino-terminal 25 amino acid that include the pre-uPA peptidic signal of the huPA are substituted by an amino-terminal retention signal next to the anchor in the transmembrane region (TM) separated by a spacer peptide of 31 amino acids from transmembrane II protein Iip33 obtained by PCR.

10. The use according to claim 9, wherein the amino-terminal retention signal is constituted by an amino acid sequence MHRRRSR located next to the anchor region of transmembrane region (TM) and are present in type II transmembrane protein Iip33.

11. The use according to any one of claims 1 to 10, wherein the adenoviral vector is one of the following alternatives: first generation adenoviral vector;
second generation adenoviral vector; third generation adenoviral vector;
fourth generation adenoviral vector; or gutless adenoviral vector.

12. The use according to any one of claims 1-2, wherein the recombinant adenoviral vector is pAd.PGK-.DELTA.N.DELTA.C-huPA.

13. The use according to claim 2, wherein the medicament is formulated for endovenous administration.

14. The use according to 13, wherein the medicament is formulated as a unitary dose for administration to a fibrotic individual, said unitary dose containing between 7 to 10 14 viral particles.