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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-7-17
pubmed:abstractText
Advances in gene therapy vectors and techniques hold promise for treatment of many inherited and acquired diseases. For lung indications, especially those involving the epithelium, delivery of the gene therapy vehicle ideally will involve the use of an aerosol. Aerosol delivery of transgenes using cationic lipids is currently limited by the ability to generate highly concentrated formulations of lipid:DNA complexes that are stable and retain their activity following aerosolization. We have examined many of the variables inherent in aerosolizing cationic lipid gene delivery vehicles and have devised a new formulation that incorporates small amounts of a polyethylene glycol-containing lipid. This formulation has allowed the preparation of concentrated dispersions of cationic lipid:plasmid DNA (pDNA) complexes (> 20 mM pDNA) at approximately 10-fold higher concentrations than previously reported. Most of the pDNA in these formulations was bound to the lipid component and thereby protected from nebulizer-induced shearing; the pDNA also maintained full biological activity both in vitro and in vivo. This new formulation thus represents a significant improvement over current methods to prepare concentrated, active cationic lipid gene delivery vectors, and provides a new tool with which to test gene transfer to the lung.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
1043-0342
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
10
pubmed:volume
8
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
765-73
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-5-1
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:9113516-Administration, Inhalation, pubmed-meshheading:9113516-Administration, Intranasal, pubmed-meshheading:9113516-Aerosols, pubmed-meshheading:9113516-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:9113516-Cations, pubmed-meshheading:9113516-Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase, pubmed-meshheading:9113516-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:9113516-Excipients, pubmed-meshheading:9113516-Female, pubmed-meshheading:9113516-Gene Therapy, pubmed-meshheading:9113516-Gene Transfer Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:9113516-Lipid Metabolism, pubmed-meshheading:9113516-Lung, pubmed-meshheading:9113516-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:9113516-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:9113516-Phosphatidylethanolamines, pubmed-meshheading:9113516-Plasmids, pubmed-meshheading:9113516-Pneumonia, pubmed-meshheading:9113516-Polyethylene Glycols, pubmed-meshheading:9113516-Transfection
pubmed:year
1997
pubmed:articleTitle
A concentrated and stable aerosol formulation of cationic lipid:DNA complexes giving high-level gene expression in mouse lung.
pubmed:affiliation
Genzyme Corporation, Framingham, MA 01701-9322, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article