In vivo gene transfer into the ocular ciliary muscle mediated by ultrasound and microbubbles.

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Serval ID
serval:BIB_C35325F78633
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
Collection
Publications
Institution
Title
In vivo gene transfer into the ocular ciliary muscle mediated by ultrasound and microbubbles.
Journal
Ultrasound In Medicine and Biology
Author(s)
Kowalczuk L., Boudinet M., El Sanharawi M., Touchard E., Naud M.C., Saïed A., Jeanny J.C., Behar-Cohen F., Laugier P.
ISSN
1879-291X (Electronic)
ISSN-L
0301-5629
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2011
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
37
Number
11
Pages
1814-1827
Language
english
Notes
Publication types: Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov'tPublication Status: ppublish
Abstract
This study aimed to assess application of ultrasound (US) combined with microbubbles (MB) to transfect the ciliary muscle of rat eyes. Reporter DNA plasmids encoding for Gaussia luciferase, β-galactosidase or the green fluorescent protein (GFP), alone or mixed with 50% Artison MB, were injected into the ciliary muscle, with or without US exposure (US set at 1 MHz, 2 W/cm(2), 50% duty cycle for 2 min). Luciferase activity was measured in ocular fluids at 7 and 30 days after sonoporation. At 1 week, the US+MB treatment showed a significant increase in luminescence compared with control eyes, injected with plasmid only, with or without MB (×2.6), and, reporter proteins were localized in the ciliary muscle by histochemical analysis. At 1 month, a significant decrease in luciferase activity was observed in all groups. A rise in lens and ciliary muscle temperature was measured during the procedure but did not result in any observable or microscopic damages at 1 and 8 days. The feasibility to transfer gene into the ciliary muscle by US and MB suggests that sonoporation may allow intraocular production of proteins for the treatment of inflammatory, angiogenic and/or degenerative retinal diseases.
Keywords
Analysis of Variance, Animals, Ciliary Body/cytology, Ciliary Body/metabolism, Eye Diseases/genetics, Eye Diseases/therapy, Feasibility Studies, Female, Gene Transfer Techniques, Green Fluorescent Proteins/genetics, Green Fluorescent Proteins/metabolism, In Situ Nick-End Labeling, Luciferases/genetics, Luciferases/metabolism, Microbubbles, Plasmids, Rats, Rats, Inbred Lew, Sonication, Statistics, Nonparametric, Transfection, beta-Galactosidase/genetics, beta-Galactosidase/metabolism
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