Research Project
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Adipose tissue is potentially a suitable target of gene transfer for diseases like hemophilia. However, no efficient method has been developed for in vivo gene transfer. In this study, we explored the utility of excipients to augment gene transfer into the adipose tissue of mice and found that Pluronic F88 was useful for this purpose when combined with AAV serotype 1 vectors. The improvement was also demonstrated by vectors encoding murine erythropoietin, and the mice became polycythemic. Moreover, after removing transduced adipose tissue, plasma erythropoietin levels returned to normal, which suggests the unique advantage of this method. When AAV8-based vector was tested in the same manner, robust transgene expression was observed in the liver rather than the injected adipose tissue. This finding led to the discovery of ectopic liver expression following intramuscular injection of AAV8-based vectors. On the other hand, in experiments with vectors encoding coagulation factor IX gene, transgene expression level was not satisfactory in mice. The reason for this phenomenon is still unclear and need to be clarified in the future. Further optimization and analysis is necessary to improve the level of transgene expression and application to the diseases other than hemophilia.
All 2007 2006 2005 Other
All Journal Article (38 results) Book (1 results)
Int J Mol Med 19巻
Pages: 75-79
Int J Cancer 120巻
Pages: 278-284
Plast Reconstr Surg 119巻
Pages: 227-234
Int J Mol Med 19
Pages: 75-9
Int J Cancer 120
Pages: 278-84
Plast Reconstr Surg 119
Pages: 227-34
Int J Mol Med 19・1
Int J Cancer 120・2
Plast Reconstr Surg 119・1
Hum Gene Ther 17巻
Pages: 921-928
J Virol 80巻
Pages: 11899-11910
J Gene Med 8巻
Pages: 990-997
Thromb Res 118巻
Pages: 627-635
Mol Ther 13巻
Pages: 738-746
Pages: 823-828
Pages: 1874-1885
Hum Gene Ther 17
Pages: 921-8
J Gene Med 8
Pages: 990-7
Thromb Res 118
Pages: 627-35
Mol Ther 13
Pages: 738-46
J Virol 80
Pages: 1874-85
Pages: 823-8
Pages: 11899-910
Hum Gene Ther 17・9
J Virol 80・24
J Gene Med 8・8
Thromb Res 118・5
Mol Ther 13・4
Hum Gene Ther 16・12
Pages: 1413-1421
Mol Ther 12・4
Pages: 725-733
Hum Gene Ther 16
Pages: 1413-21
Mol Ther 12
Pages: 725-33
J Gene Med (in press)
Mol Ther (in press)
Thromb Res (in press)