کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
9410672 1613319 2005 10 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Effects of AAV-2-mediated aspartoacylase gene transfer in the tremor rat model of Canavan disease
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علم عصب شناسی علوم اعصاب سلولی و مولکولی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Effects of AAV-2-mediated aspartoacylase gene transfer in the tremor rat model of Canavan disease
چکیده انگلیسی
The tremor rat is a spontaneous epilepsy model with a seizure phenotype caused by a deletion in the aspartoacylase (ASPA) gene. The absence of ASPA expression in these animals results in undetectable levels of enzyme activity and the accumulation of the substrate N-acetyl-aspartate (NAA) in brain, leading to generalized myelin vacuolation and severe motor and cognitive impairment. In support of human gene therapy for CD, recombinant adeno-associated viral vector (AAV-2) expressing ASPA was stereotactically delivered to the tremor rat brain and effects on the mutant phenotype were measured. AAV-ASPA gene transfer resulted in elevated aspartoacylase bioactivity compared to untreated mutant animals and elicited a significant decrease in the pathologically elevated whole-brain NAA levels. Assessment of motor function via quantitative rotorod testing demonstrated that rats injected with AAV-ASPA significantly improved on tests of balance and coordinated locomotion compared to animals receiving control vectors. This study provides evidence that AAV-2-mediated aspartoacylase gene transfer to the brain improves biochemical and behavioral deficits in tremor rat mutants (tm/tm) and supports the rationale of human gene transfer for Canavan disease.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Molecular Brain Research - Volume 135, Issues 1–2, 27 April 2005, Pages 112-121
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