Comparison of cDNA and genomic forms of tyrosine hydroxylase gene therapy of the brain with Trojan horse liposomes.
Comparison of cDNA and genomic forms of tyrosine hydroxylase gene therapy of the brain with Trojan horse liposomes.
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特洛伊木马脂质体大脑酪氨酸羟化酶基因治疗的 cDNA 和基因组形式的比较。
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10.1002/jgm.1046
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2007
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Pardridge,WilliamM
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Xia,Chun-Fang;Chu,Chun;Li,Jianyi;Wang,Yuntao;Zhang,Yun;Boado,RubenJ;Pardridge,WilliamM
BackgroundThe present study examines whether chromosomal derived forms of therapeutic genes can be delivered to brain following intravenous administration. The brain expression of a rat tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) cDNA is compared to the brain expression of a plasmid DNA encoding the 18 kb rat TH gene.MethodsTH gene expression is measured in cell culture andin vivoin brain in experimental Parkinson's disease (PD). A total of four eukaryotic expression plasmids encoding rat TH were engineered wherein the size of the TH expression cassette ranged from 1.5 kb, in the case of the cDNA form of the gene, to 17.5 kb, in the case of the largest size genomic construct. The TH expression plasmids were delivered to either cultured cells or to rat brainin vivowith Trojan horse liposomes (THLs), which target the non‐viral plasmid DNA to cells via cell membrane receptors.ResultsThe pattern of TH gene expression in cell culture andin vivowas similar: the cDNA form of the TH gene was fast‐acting with short duration of action, and the genomic form of the TH gene was slow‐acting with longer duration of action. The most sustained replacement of striatal TH enzyme activity in experimental PD was produced by combination gene therapy where both the cDNA and the genomic forms of the TH gene were administered simultaneously.ConclusionsEukaryotic expression plasmids encoding genomic forms of therapeutic genes, as large as 18 kb, can be successfully incorporated in THLs and delivered to brain following intravenous administration. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.