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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-3-4
pubmed:abstractText
Regulated animal growth occurred following a single electroporated injection of a mixture of two plasmids (10 microg of DNA), one expressing the GeneSwitch regulator protein, the other an inducible growth hormone releasing hormone (GHRH) gene, into the tibialis anterior muscles of adult SCID mice. Administration of the ligand mifepristone (MFP) up-regulated GHRH expression, as shown by elevations of IGF-I levels, and when MFP dosing was withdrawn, IGF-I returned to baseline levels. Five cycles of IGF-I induction were observed during a five-month period. Chronic MFP dosing for 25 days increased lean body mass, weight gain, and bone mineral density significantly compared with non-MFP treated controls. In summary, long-term drug-regulated GHRH expression was achieved following plasmid-based gene therapy, and chronic induction of GHRH expression in adult animals led to improvements in weight gain and body composition.
pubmed:keyword
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
1530-6860
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
16
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
426-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:11790726-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:11790726-Body Composition, pubmed-meshheading:11790726-Bone Density, pubmed-meshheading:11790726-Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:11790726-Chickens, pubmed-meshheading:11790726-Gene Therapy, pubmed-meshheading:11790726-Genetic Vectors, pubmed-meshheading:11790726-Growth Hormone-Releasing Hormone, pubmed-meshheading:11790726-Injections, pubmed-meshheading:11790726-Insulin-Like Growth Factor I, pubmed-meshheading:11790726-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:11790726-Ligands, pubmed-meshheading:11790726-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:11790726-Mice, SCID, pubmed-meshheading:11790726-Mifepristone, pubmed-meshheading:11790726-Muscle, Skeletal, pubmed-meshheading:11790726-Plasmids, pubmed-meshheading:11790726-Protein Engineering, pubmed-meshheading:11790726-Transcriptional Activation, pubmed-meshheading:11790726-Weight Gain
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Enhanced animal growth via ligand-regulated GHRH myogenic-injectable vectors.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Center for Cell and Gene Therapy, ASR-USDA Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. ada@bcm.tmc.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article