Angiogenic effect of AG-30 in mouse ischaemic hind limb model. (A) Slow release profile of 125I-labelled AG-30 with/without gelatin microspheres or 125I-labelled gelatin at 3, 7, 14 and 21 day. (B) Evaluation of angiogenic effect by measuring mouse hind limb blood flow at pre-treatment (pre), 1, 2, 3 and 4 week. Ischaemic hind limb mouse were treated with gelatin/AG-30 (500 μg or 100 μg), gelatin/control peptide (500 μg), only AG-30 (500 μg) or PBS. Upper panel shows representative pictures of LDI images of hind limb blood flow at pre-, 2 and 4 weeks after treatment. *P < 0.05 versus control peptide gelatin. (C) Evaluation of capillary density of the AG-30-treated ischaemic hind limb. Upper panel shows representative photomicrographs (×400) of tissue immunostained with anti-CD31 antibody. Lower panel shows number of capillary per field. *P < 0.05 versus control peptide gelatin. n= 5–8 per group.