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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
9
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-4-17
pubmed:abstractText
Gene therapy of the cornea shows promise for modulating corneal transplant rejection but the most appropriate vector for gene transfer has yet to be determined. We investigated a lentiviral vector (LV) for its ability to transduce corneal endothelium. A lentivector expressing enhanced yellow fluorescent protein (eYFP) under the control of the Simian virus type 40 early promoter (LV-SV40-eYFP) transduced 80-90% of rat, ovine and human corneal endothelial cells as detected by fluorescence microscopy. The kinetics of gene expression varied among species, with ovine corneal endothelium showing a relative delay in detectable reporter gene expression compared with the rat or human corneal endothelium. Vectors containing the myeloproliferative sarcoma virus promoter or the phosphoglycerate kinase promoter were not significantly more effective than LV-SV40-eYFP. The stability of eYFP expression in rat and ovine corneas following ex vivo transduction of the donor cornea was assessed following orthotopic corneal transplantation. Following transduction ex vivo, eYFP expression was maintained in corneal endothelial cells for at least 28 days after corneal transplantation in the sheep and >60 days in the rat. Thus, rat, ovine and human corneal endothelial cells were efficiently transduced by the LV, and gene expression appeared stable over weeks in vivo.
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
14
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
760-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:17301843-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:17301843-Corneal Diseases, pubmed-meshheading:17301843-Corneal Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:17301843-Endothelium, Corneal, pubmed-meshheading:17301843-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:17301843-Gene Therapy, pubmed-meshheading:17301843-Genes, Reporter, pubmed-meshheading:17301843-HIV-1, pubmed-meshheading:17301843-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:17301843-Luminescent Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:17301843-Microscopy, Fluorescence, pubmed-meshheading:17301843-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:17301843-Sheep, pubmed-meshheading:17301843-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:17301843-Transduction, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:17301843-Transgenes, pubmed-meshheading:17301843-Transplantation, Homologous, pubmed-meshheading:17301843-Transplantation, Isogeneic
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
Lentivirus-mediated gene transfer to the rat, ovine and human cornea.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Ophthalmology, Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't