کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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4320315 | 1290859 | 2006 | 5 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Peripheral and mesencephalic transfer of a synthetic gene for the thymic peptide thymulin
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علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری
علم عصب شناسی
علوم اعصاب سلولی و مولکولی
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چکیده انگلیسی
Thymulin is a thymic peptide with antiinflammatory activity in the brain. We constructed a recombinant adenoviral vector, RAd-FTS, expressing a synthetic DNA sequence encoding met-FTS, a biologically active analog of thymulin and used it for peripheral and central gene transfer in rats. Thymulin concentration in serum and brain tissue was determined by bioassay. Reporter gene expression in the substantia nigra (SN) was quantitated by enzymohistochemistry or fluorescence microscopy using an appropriate image analysis software. A single intramuscular injection (108 plaque forming units (pfu)/animal) of RAd-FTS in thymectomized rats (nondetectable serum thymulin) induced supraphysiologic serum thymulin levels for at least 110 days (123 ± 22 fg/ml versus 598 ± 144 fg/ml in intact and vector-injected rats, respectively). Stereotaxic intranigral injection of RAd-FTS induced steady expression levels of met-FTS for at least 90 days, whereas expression of adenovirally transferred reporter genes coding for green fluorescent protein fused to HSV thymidine kinase (GFP-TK)fus or E. coli β-galactosidase (β-gal), declined drastically within a month (% transgene expression in the SN on post-injection day 30 relative to day 2 was: 18, <1 and 125%, for β-gal, (GFP-TK)fus and met-FTS, respectively). We conclude that RAd-FTS constitutes a suitable biotechnological tool for the assessment of peripheral and central thymulin gene therapy in animal models of nigral dopaminergic neurodegeneration induced by pro-inflammatory agents.
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Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Brain Research Bulletin - Volume 69, Issue 6, 31 May 2006, Pages 647-651
Journal: Brain Research Bulletin - Volume 69, Issue 6, 31 May 2006, Pages 647-651
نویسندگان
Gustavo R. Morel, Oscar A. Brown, Paula C. Reggiani, Claudia B. Hereñú, Enrique L. Portiansky, Gustavo O. Zuccolilli, Jean M. Pléau, Mireille Dardenne, Rodolfo G. Goya,