Targeted retroviral gene transfer into the rat biliary tract
Targeted retroviral gene transfer into the rat biliary tract
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DOI:
10.1007/bf02374373
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发表时间:
1996-01-01
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Raper, SE
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作者:
Cabrera, JA;Wilson, JM;Raper, SE
The ability to induce proliferation by temporary duct ligation suggested an hypothesis that retrovirus-mediated gene transfer into cells of the biliary tract could be accomplished. The time course of histologic changes, incorporation of H-3-thymidine and immunofluorescent staining with a monoclonal antibody to cytokevatin-19 (a marker for differentiated bile ducts) was studied in male Fischer F344 rats. A recombinant Gibbon ape leukemia virus (GALV), containing a gene encoding Escherichia coli P-galactosidase was next introduced into 24 hr obstructed bile ducts. Gene transfer was maximal when virus was exposed to the obstructed duct for 12 hr (similar to 0.1%). The majority of X-gal positive cells were in cytokevatin-19 negative peribiliary tissues, which had the appearance of newly forming bile ducts. The data suggest that cells targeted by retroviral infection of the obstructed rat bile duct may be a precursor of mature, fully differentiated biliary epithelium.