TY - JOUR
T1 - Isolated lung liposome-mediated gene transfer produces organ-specific transgenic expression
AU - Lee, Richard
AU - Boasquevisque, Carlos H.R.
AU - Boglione, Mariano M.
AU - Hiratsuka, Masafumi
AU - Scheule, Ronald K.
AU - Cooper, Joel D.
AU - Patterson, G. Alexander
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Katherine Grapperhaus for performing the CAT assay and William Osburn of Genzyme Corporation for amplifying the CAT cDNA. This work was supported by the National Institute of Health grants 1 R01 HL 41281 and 5 T32 HL07776.
PY - 1998/9
Y1 - 1998/9
N2 - Background. Gene therapy is a promising strategy for the treatment of inoperable pulmonary tumors and rejection after lung transplantation. However, unlike ex vivo administration, intravenous in vivo transfection lacks organ specificity and has a limited duration of expression. The objectives of this study were to limit transfection to a single lung and to increase the duration of gene expression in vivo. Methods. Sixteen male Fisher rats were anesthetized and divided into two groups. Animals in group I (n = 7) received an intrajugular administration of 1,320 μg of chloramphenicol acetyl transferase (CAT) complementary DNA complexed with cationic liposomes. Animals in group II (n = 9) received 660μg of CAT complementary DNA complexed with cationic liposomes into the pulmonary artery of an isolated left lung over 10 minutes. After 40 minutes of incubation, the lung was flushed with 10 mL of normal saline solution, and the perfusate was suctioned through a left pulmonary venotomy. The circulation to the left lung was then restored. After 48 hours, the animals were divided into subgroups (a and b) and CAT activity was assessed in the lungs, hearts, livers, and kidneys of groups Ia (n = 3) and IIa (n = 5). After 21 days, CAT activity was assessed in the left lungs of groups Ib (n = 4) and IIb (n = 4). Results. After 48 hours, animals that had received intravenous administration of CAT cDNA showed strong expression in the lungs and hearts and negligible expression in the livers and kidneys. In contrast, animals in group IIa, which had received isolated left lung perfusion of CAT cDNA showed expression only in the left lung. After 21 days, the left lungs of animals in group Ib, which had received intravenous administration of CAT complementary DNA, showed no CAT expression, but the left lungs of animals in group IIb, which had received isolated left lung perfusion of CAT complementary DNA, exhibited strong CAT expression. Conclusions. Compared with intravenous administration, isolated lung liposome-mediated gene transfer provides prolonged organ- specific gene expression. This provides a useful model to study the effects of gene therapy on pulmonary tumors, which may have further application when gene therapy is used in clinical practice.
AB - Background. Gene therapy is a promising strategy for the treatment of inoperable pulmonary tumors and rejection after lung transplantation. However, unlike ex vivo administration, intravenous in vivo transfection lacks organ specificity and has a limited duration of expression. The objectives of this study were to limit transfection to a single lung and to increase the duration of gene expression in vivo. Methods. Sixteen male Fisher rats were anesthetized and divided into two groups. Animals in group I (n = 7) received an intrajugular administration of 1,320 μg of chloramphenicol acetyl transferase (CAT) complementary DNA complexed with cationic liposomes. Animals in group II (n = 9) received 660μg of CAT complementary DNA complexed with cationic liposomes into the pulmonary artery of an isolated left lung over 10 minutes. After 40 minutes of incubation, the lung was flushed with 10 mL of normal saline solution, and the perfusate was suctioned through a left pulmonary venotomy. The circulation to the left lung was then restored. After 48 hours, the animals were divided into subgroups (a and b) and CAT activity was assessed in the lungs, hearts, livers, and kidneys of groups Ia (n = 3) and IIa (n = 5). After 21 days, CAT activity was assessed in the left lungs of groups Ib (n = 4) and IIb (n = 4). Results. After 48 hours, animals that had received intravenous administration of CAT cDNA showed strong expression in the lungs and hearts and negligible expression in the livers and kidneys. In contrast, animals in group IIa, which had received isolated left lung perfusion of CAT cDNA showed expression only in the left lung. After 21 days, the left lungs of animals in group Ib, which had received intravenous administration of CAT complementary DNA, showed no CAT expression, but the left lungs of animals in group IIb, which had received isolated left lung perfusion of CAT complementary DNA, exhibited strong CAT expression. Conclusions. Compared with intravenous administration, isolated lung liposome-mediated gene transfer provides prolonged organ- specific gene expression. This provides a useful model to study the effects of gene therapy on pulmonary tumors, which may have further application when gene therapy is used in clinical practice.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0003-4975(98)00603-1
DO - 10.1016/S0003-4975(98)00603-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 9768949
AN - SCOPUS:0032169748
SN - 0003-4975
VL - 66
SP - 903
EP - 907
JO - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
JF - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
IS - 3
ER -