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GENE THERAPY
卷 7, 期 15, 页码 1344-1349出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3301229
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gene therapy; naked DNA; gene delivery; hydrodynamics-based transfection; alpha 1-antitrypsin
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- NCI NIH HHS [CA72925] Funding Source: Medline
The liver is an important target organ for gene transfer due to its large capacity for synthesizing serum proteins and its involvement in numerous genetic and acquired diseases. Previously, we and others have shown that an efficient gene transfer to liver cells in vivo can be achieved by an intravenous injection of plasmid DNA using a hydrodynamics-based procedure. In this study, we systematically characterized the expression of transgene encoding a secretory protein in mouse. Using human alpha 1-antitrypsin (hAAT) gene as a reporter, we demonstrate that the serum level of hAAT can reach as high as 0.5 mg/ml by a simple tail vein injection of 10-50 mu g plasmid DNA into a mouse. The serum hAAT reaches the peak level 1 day after DNA injection and then declines during the following 2 to 4 weeks to 2-5 mu g/ml, a level which persists for at least 6 months. Southern analysis of extracted DNA and RT-PCR analysis of RNA from the liver reveal that hAAT gene is active and present as episomal form after 6 months. These results suggest that the hydrodynamics-based transfection procedure provides a valuable tool for screening genes for therapeutic purposes in whole animals.
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