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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-1-16
pubmed:abstractText
For functional assessment of gene therapy in experimental animals, in vivo assessment of transferred genes will provide a major advance over an in vitro analysis which must be done post-hoc. In the current study we conducted positron emission tomography (PET) analysis in rats following injection of the adenoviral vector encoding the cDNA for the rat dopamine D(2) receptors (D(2)R) (AdCMV.DopD(2)R) into rat brain to provide a quantitative evaluation of D(2)R overexpression. Quantitative measurements as well as images by PET and ex vivo autoradiography demonstrated the significant increase of D(2)R binding of [(11)C]raclopride, a specific D(2)R radioligand, in the AdCMV.DopD(2)R-injected rat striatum 2 or 3 days after vector injection. Longitudinal in vivo assessment of the gene expression by PET demonstrated decreased binding of [(11)C]raclopride with time, which was in agreement with the observation in a cross-sectional autoradiographic study. The results of the current study demonstrate that PET can be used for longitudinal in vivo assessment of D(2)R expression mediated by adenoviral vector in rat brain.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0887-4476
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2002 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
43
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
195-200
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
In vivo assessment of adenoviral vector-mediated gene expression of dopamine D(2) receptors in the rat striatum by positron emission tomography.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Geriatrics, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, 65 Tsuruma-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8550 Japan. umegaki@tsuru.med.nagoya-u.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't