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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-4-21
pubmed:abstractText
Noninvasive optical bioluminescence imaging systems are important tools for evaluating gene expression in vivo for study of individual and temporal variation in a living animal. In this report, we demonstrate that expression of the firefly luciferase reporter gene (fl) delivered by transferrin (Tf) targeted polyethylenimine (PEI) complexes with, or without, poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) modifications can be imaged in living A/J mice bearing N2A tumors using a cooled charged coupled device (CCD) camera. Tf-PEI-PEG, Tf-PEI, and PEI (positive control) complexes were tail-vein injected and mice were imaged at 5, 24, 48, and 72 h after complex injection. After imaging, the organs were analyzed ex vivo for firefly luciferase protein (FL) activity. The Tf and PEG modified formulations show significantly (P<0.05) higher FL activity in vivo and ex vivo at the tumor as compared to other organs, including the lungs (a site of high expression with PEI, the positive control). Furthermore, the in vivo bioluminescent signal correlated well (R(2)=0.83) with ex vivo FL activity. These data support that noninvasive imaging of fl reporter expression can be used to monitor the specificity of Tf-PEI and Tf-PEI-PEG polyplex targeting of N2A tumors in A/J mice.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0969-7128
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
10
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
758-64
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12704414-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12704414-Female, pubmed-meshheading:12704414-Firefly Luciferin, pubmed-meshheading:12704414-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:12704414-Gene Targeting, pubmed-meshheading:12704414-Injections, Intravenous, pubmed-meshheading:12704414-Luminescent Measurements, pubmed-meshheading:12704414-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:12704414-Mice, Inbred Strains, pubmed-meshheading:12704414-Neoplasms, Experimental, pubmed-meshheading:12704414-Polyethylene Glycols, pubmed-meshheading:12704414-Polyethyleneimine, pubmed-meshheading:12704414-Tail, pubmed-meshheading:12704414-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:12704414-Tissue Distribution, pubmed-meshheading:12704414-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:12704414-Transferrin, pubmed-meshheading:12704414-Tumor Cells, Cultured
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Optical imaging of transferrin targeted PEI/DNA complexes in living subjects.
pubmed:affiliation
The Crump Institute forMolecular Imaging, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.