Journal article
Cationic Polymer and Lipids Enhance Adenovirus-Mediated Gene Transfer to Rabbit Carotid Artery
Stroke (1970), Vol.29(10), pp.2181-2188
10/1998
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.29.10.2181
PMID: 9756601
Abstract
Background and Purpose—Improvement of efficiency of gene transfer to endothelium could be useful for several applications. We tested the hypothesis that cationic nonviral molecules augment adenovirus-mediated gene transfer to blood vessels, perhaps by alteration of the surface charge of adenovirus and facilitation of binding to endothelium.
Methods—Carotid arteries from rabbits were incubated in vitro for 0.5 to 2 hours with an adenoviral vector alone or noncovalent complexes of adenovirus with poly-l-lysine (a cationic polymer) or lipofectin (a cationic lipid). Binding of adenovirus to the vessels was evaluated immediately after incubation with virus, and assay of transgene (β-galactosidase) activity and histochemistry were performed 24 hours after gene transfer. To determine whether cationic molecules can be used to augment alteration of vascular function by adenovirus-mediated gene transfer, we also examined effects on gene transfer of endothelial nitric oxide synthase.
Results—Assay of β-galactosidase activity indicated that both cationic molecules increased transgene expression in vessels by ≈5- to 6-fold. In contrast, when endothelium was removed from the vessels after gene transfer, poly-l-lysine and lipofectin did not significantly increase transgene activity. Histochemistry for β-galactosidase also suggested that the adenovirus-cationic molecule complexes augmented transgene expression mainly in the endothelium. In addition, we found that complexing adenovirus with cationic molecules increased binding of adenovirus to the vessels. After gene transfer with recombinant adenovirus containing endothelial nitric oxide synthase, calcium ionophore (A23187) produced greater relaxation of vessels treated with adenovirus complexed with poly-l-lysine or lipofectin than those treated with adenovirus alone.
Conclusions—Cationic molecules improve the efficiency of adenovirus-mediated gene transfer to blood vessels.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Cationic Polymer and Lipids Enhance Adenovirus-Mediated Gene Transfer to Rabbit Carotid Artery
- Creators
- Kazunori Toyoda - From the Departments of Internal Medicine, Physiology and Biophysics, and Pharmacology, Cardiovascular Center and Center on Aging (K.T., H.O., Y.C., B.L.D., D.D.H.), and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (A.F., M.J.W), University of Iowa College of Medicine, and Veterans Administration Medical Center, Iowa City, IowaHiroaki Ooboshi - From the Departments of Internal Medicine, Physiology and Biophysics, and Pharmacology, Cardiovascular Center and Center on Aging (K.T., H.O., Y.C., B.L.D., D.D.H.), and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (A.F., M.J.W), University of Iowa College of Medicine, and Veterans Administration Medical Center, Iowa City, IowaYi Chu - From the Departments of Internal Medicine, Physiology and Biophysics, and Pharmacology, Cardiovascular Center and Center on Aging (K.T., H.O., Y.C., B.L.D., D.D.H.), and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (A.F., M.J.W), University of Iowa College of Medicine, and Veterans Administration Medical Center, Iowa City, IowaAl Fasbender - From the Departments of Internal Medicine, Physiology and Biophysics, and Pharmacology, Cardiovascular Center and Center on Aging (K.T., H.O., Y.C., B.L.D., D.D.H.), and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (A.F., M.J.W), University of Iowa College of Medicine, and Veterans Administration Medical Center, Iowa City, IowaBeverly L Davidson - From the Departments of Internal Medicine, Physiology and Biophysics, and Pharmacology, Cardiovascular Center and Center on Aging (K.T., H.O., Y.C., B.L.D., D.D.H.), and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (A.F., M.J.W), University of Iowa College of Medicine, and Veterans Administration Medical Center, Iowa City, IowaMichael J Welsh - From the Departments of Internal Medicine, Physiology and Biophysics, and Pharmacology, Cardiovascular Center and Center on Aging (K.T., H.O., Y.C., B.L.D., D.D.H.), and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (A.F., M.J.W), University of Iowa College of Medicine, and Veterans Administration Medical Center, Iowa City, IowaDonald D Heistad - From the Departments of Internal Medicine, Physiology and Biophysics, and Pharmacology, Cardiovascular Center and Center on Aging (K.T., H.O., Y.C., B.L.D., D.D.H.), and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (A.F., M.J.W), University of Iowa College of Medicine, and Veterans Administration Medical Center, Iowa City, Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Stroke (1970), Vol.29(10), pp.2181-2188
- DOI
- 10.1161/01.STR.29.10.2181
- PMID
- 9756601
- NLM abbreviation
- Stroke
- ISSN
- 0039-2499
- eISSN
- 1524-4628
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 10/1998
- Academic Unit
- Neurology; Molecular Physiology and Biophysics; Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Occupational Medicine; Cardiovascular Medicine; Neuroscience and Pharmacology; Neurosurgery; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984020852802771
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