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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
15
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-7-21
pubmed:abstractText
Non-viral gene therapy is being considered as a treatment for cystic fibrosis. In clinical studies and in studies using the mouse airways as a model, current formulations result in only transient transgene expression. A number of reasons for this have been proposed including the loss of plasmid DNA from cells. The aim of these studies was to investigate why transgene expression from non-viral vectors is transient in the mouse lung. Plasmid DNA encoding the luciferase reporter gene was complexed with the cationic lipid GL67 and delivered to the mouse airways. The persistence of plasmid DNA in the mouse lungs was investigated using quantitative PCR and Southern hybridization. Results showed that intact plasmid DNA persisted in the mouse lung in the absence of any detectable luciferase activity. The de novo methylation of plasmid DNA in vivo was investigated as a potential cause of this transient gene expression but results suggested that plasmid DNA does not become de novo methylated in the mouse lung. Therefore processes other than the loss of plasmid DNA from the lung or the de novo methylation of plasmid DNA vectors must be responsible for the transient transgene expression.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0969-7128
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1206-14
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15800657-Adenoviridae, pubmed-meshheading:15800657-Administration, Inhalation, pubmed-meshheading:15800657-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15800657-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:15800657-Blotting, Southern, pubmed-meshheading:15800657-Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid, pubmed-meshheading:15800657-Cystic Fibrosis, pubmed-meshheading:15800657-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:15800657-DNA Methylation, pubmed-meshheading:15800657-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:15800657-Gene Therapy, pubmed-meshheading:15800657-Genes, Reporter, pubmed-meshheading:15800657-Liposomes, pubmed-meshheading:15800657-Luciferases, pubmed-meshheading:15800657-Lung, pubmed-meshheading:15800657-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:15800657-Mice, Inbred BALB C, pubmed-meshheading:15800657-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:15800657-Plasmids, pubmed-meshheading:15800657-Polymerase Chain Reaction, pubmed-meshheading:15800657-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:15800657-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:15800657-Transgenes
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Detection of plasmid DNA vectors following gene transfer to the murine airways.
pubmed:affiliation
GeneMedicine Research Group, Nuffield Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't