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Gawrys O, Rak M, Baranowska I, Bobis-Wozowicz S, Szaro K, Madeja Z, Swiezewska E, Masnyk M, Chmielewski M, Karnas E, Kompanowska-Jezierska E. Polyprenol-Based Lipofecting Agents for In Vivo Delivery of Therapeutic DNA to Treat Hypertensive Rats. Biochem Genet 2020; 59:62-82. [PMID: 32767051 PMCID: PMC7846535 DOI: 10.1007/s10528-020-09992-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2020] [Accepted: 07/28/2020] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
Development of efficient vectors for transfection is one of the major challenges in genetic engineering. Previous research demonstrated that cationic derivatives of polyisoprenoids (PTAI) may serve as carriers of nucleic acids. In the present study, the effectiveness of two PTAI-based formulations (PTAI-6–8 and 10–14) was investigated and compared to the commercial reagents. The purpose of applied gene therapy was to enhance the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF-A) in the renal medulla of spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR) and to test its potential as a novel antihypertensive intervention. In the first part of the study (in vitro), we confirmed that PTAI-based lipoplexes efficiently transfect XC rat sarcoma cells and are stable in 37 °C for 7 days. In the in vivo experiments, we administered selected lipoplexes directly to the kidneys of conscious SHR (via osmotic pumps). There were no blood pressure changes and VEGF-A level in renal medulla was significantly higher only for PTAI-10–14-based formulation. In conclusion, despite the promising results, we were not able to achieve VEGF-A expression level high enough to verify VEGF-A gene therapy usefulness in SHR. However, results of our study give important indications for the future development of PTAI-based DNA carriers and kidney-targeted gene delivery.
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Affiliation(s)
- Olga Gawrys
- Department of Renal and Body Fluid Physiology, M. Mossakowski Medical Research Centre, PAS, 5 A. Pawinskiego Street, 02-106, Warsaw, Poland.
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- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, 7 Gronostajowa St., 30-387, Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Renal and Body Fluid Physiology, M. Mossakowski Medical Research Centre, PAS, 5 A. Pawinskiego Street, 02-106, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, 7 Gronostajowa St., 30-387, Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, 7 Gronostajowa St., 30-387, Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, 7 Gronostajowa St., 30-387, Kraków, Poland
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics, PAS, 5a A. Pawinskiego Street, 02-106, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, 44/52 M. Kasprzaka Street, 01-224, Warsaw, Poland
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, 44/52 M. Kasprzaka Street, 01-224, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, 7 Gronostajowa St., 30-387, Kraków, Poland
- Malopolska Centre of Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, 7 Gronostajowa St., 30-387, Kraków, Poland
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- Department of Renal and Body Fluid Physiology, M. Mossakowski Medical Research Centre, PAS, 5 A. Pawinskiego Street, 02-106, Warsaw, Poland
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Taniguchi Y, Oyama N, Fumoto S, Kinoshita H, Yamashita F, Shimizu K, Hashida M, Kawakami S. Tissue suction-mediated gene transfer to the beating heart in mice. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0228203. [PMID: 32027678 PMCID: PMC7004367 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0228203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2019] [Accepted: 01/09/2020] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
Abstract
We previously developed an in vivo site-specific transfection method using a suction device in mice; namely, a tissue suction-mediated transfection method (tissue suction method). The aim of this study was to apply the tissue suction method for cardiac gene transfer. Naked plasmid DNA (pDNA) was intravenously injected in mice, followed by direct suction on the beating heart by using a suction device made of polydimethylsiloxane. We first examined the effects of suction conditions on transgene expression and toxicity. Subsequently, we analyzed transgene-expressing cells and the transfected region of the heart. We found that heart suction induced transgene expression, and that −75 kPa and −90 kPa of suction achieved high transgene expression. In addition, the inner diameter of the suction device was correlated with transgene expression, but the pressure hold time did not change transgene expression. Although the tissue suction method at −75 kPa induced a transient increase in the serum cardiac toxicity markers at 6 h after transfection, these markers returned to normal at 24 h. The cardiac damage was also analyzed through the measurement of hypertrophic gene expression, but no significant differences were found. In addition, the cardiac function monitored by echocardiography remained normal at 11 days after transfection. Immunohistochemical analysis revealed that CD31-positive endothelial cells co-expressed the ZsGreen1-N1 reporter gene. In conclusion, the tissue suction method can achieve an efficient and safe gene transfer to the beating heart in mice.
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- Yota Taniguchi
- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Sakamotomachi, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Sakamotomachi, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Sakamotomachi, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Department of Community Medicine Supporting System, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
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- Department of Drug Delivery Research, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Yoshida-shimoadachi cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya, Japan
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- Department of Drug Delivery Research, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Yoshida-shimoadachi cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
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- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Sakamotomachi, Nagasaki, Japan
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Effects of Tissue Pressure on Transgene Expression Characteristics via Renal Local Administration Routes from Ureter or Renal Artery in the Rat Kidney. Pharmaceutics 2020; 12:pharmaceutics12020114. [PMID: 32024046 PMCID: PMC7076412 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics12020114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2019] [Revised: 01/24/2020] [Accepted: 01/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
We previously developed a renal pressure-mediated transfection method (renal pressure method) as a kidney-specific in vivo gene delivery system. However, additional information on selecting other injection routes and applicable animals remains unclear. In this study, we selected renal arterial and ureteral injections as local administration routes and evaluated the characteristics of gene delivery such as efficacy, safety, and distribution in pressured kidney of rat. Immediately after the naked pDNA injection, via renal artery or ureter, the left kidney of the rat was pressured using a pressure controlling device. Transfection efficiency of the pressured kidney was about 100-fold higher than that of the injection only group in both administration routes. The optimal pressure intensity in the rat kidney was 1.2 N/cm2 for renal arterial injection and 0.9 N/cm2 for ureteral injection. We found that transgene expression site differs according to administration route: cortical fibroblasts and renal tubule in renal arterial injection and cortical and medullary tubule and medullary collecting duct in ureteral injection. This is the first report to demonstrate that the renal pressure method can also be effective, after renal arterial and ureteral injections, in rat kidney.
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Nishimura K, Yonezawa K, Fumoto S, Miura Y, Hagimori M, Nishida K, Kawakami S. Application of Direct Sonoporation from a Defined Surface Area of the Peritoneum: Evaluation of Transfection Characteristics in Mice. Pharmaceutics 2019; 11:pharmaceutics11050244. [PMID: 31121989 PMCID: PMC6571618 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics11050244] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2019] [Revised: 05/14/2019] [Accepted: 05/20/2019] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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In the present study, we developed a sonoporation system, namely “direct sonoporation”, for transfecting the peritoneum from a defined surface area to avoid systematic side effects. Here, the transfection characteristics are explained because there is less information about direct sonoporation. Naked pDNA and nanobubbles were administered to diffusion cell attached to the visceral and parietal peritoneum from the liver and peritoneal wall surface, respectively. Then, ultrasound was irradiated. Direct sonoporation showed a higher transfection efficacy at the applied peritoneum site from the liver surface while other sites were not detected. Moreover, transgene expression was observed in the peritoneal mesothelial cells (PMCs) at the applied peritoneum site. No abnormality was observed in the inner part of the liver. Although transgene expression of the visceral peritoneum was tenfold higher than that of the parietal peritoneum, transgene expression was observed in the PMCs on both the applied peritoneum sites. These results suggest that direct sonoporation is a site-specific transfection method of the PMCs on the applied peritoneum site without transgene expression at other sites and show little toxicity in the inner tissues at the applied site via cavitation energy. This information is valuable for the development of an intraperitoneal sonoporation device for treatment of peritoneal diseases such as peritoneal fibrosis.
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- Koyo Nishimura
- Department of Pharmaceutical Informatics, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki-shi, Nagasaki 852-8588, Japan.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Informatics, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki-shi, Nagasaki 852-8588, Japan.
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki-shi, Nagasaki 852-8588, Japan.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Informatics, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki-shi, Nagasaki 852-8588, Japan.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Informatics, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki-shi, Nagasaki 852-8588, Japan.
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki-shi, Nagasaki 852-8588, Japan.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Informatics, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki-shi, Nagasaki 852-8588, Japan.
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Haraguchi A, Fuchigami Y, Kawaguchi M, Fumoto S, Ohyama K, Shimizu K, Hagimori M, Kawakami S. Determining Transgene Expression Characteristics Using a Suction Device with Multiple Hole Adjusting a Left Lateral Lobe of the Mouse Liver. Biol Pharm Bull 2018; 41:944-950. [PMID: 29863083 DOI: 10.1248/bpb.b18-00094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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We developed a tissue suction-mediated transfection method (suction method) as a relatively reliable and less invasive technique for in vivo transfection. In this study, we determined hepatic transgene expression characteristics in the mouse liver, using a suction device, collecting information relevant to gene therapy and gene functional analysis by the liver suction method. To achieve high transgene expression levels, we developed a suction device with four holes (multiple hole device) and applied it to the larger portion of the left lateral lobe of the mouse liver. Hepatic transfection with physical stimuli was potentially controlled by activator protein-1 (AP-1) and nuclear factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells (NF-κB). We examined the spatial distribution of transgene expression in the suctioned lobe by 2-dimensional imaging with histochemical staining and 3-dimensional multicolor deep imaging with tissue clearing methods. Through monitoring spatial distribution of transgene expression, the liver suction method was used to efficiently transfect extravascular hepatocytes in the suction-deformable upper lobe of the liver. Moreover, long-term transgene expression, at least 14 d, was achieved with the liver suction method when cytosine-phosphate-guanine (CpG)-free plasmid DNA was applied.
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- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University
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- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University
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- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University
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- Department of Biomolecular Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University
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Oyama N, Fuchigami Y, Fumoto S, Sato M, Hagimori M, Shimizu K, Kawakami S. Characterization of transgene expression and pDNA distribution of the suctioned kidney in mice. Drug Deliv 2017; 24:906-917. [PMID: 28585867 PMCID: PMC8241128 DOI: 10.1080/10717544.2017.1333171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2017] [Revised: 05/15/2017] [Accepted: 05/17/2017] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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We have previously developed an efficient and safe transfection method for the kidney in mice: renal suction-mediated transfection. In this study, we verified the detailed characteristics of transgene expression and plasmid DNA (pDNA) in mice to develop therapeutic strategies and application to gene function analysis in the kidney. After naked pDNA was administered intravenously, the right kidney was immediately suctioned by a tissue suction device. We examined the spatial distribution of transgene expression and pDNA in the suctioned kidney using tissue clearing by CUBIC, ClearT2, and Scale SQ reagents. Spatial distribution analysis showed that pDNA was transfected into extravascular cells and sufficiently delivered to the deep renal cortex. In addition, we revealed that transgene expression occurred mainly in peritubular fibroblasts of the suctioned kidney by tissue clearing and immunohistochemistry. Next, we confirmed the periods of pDNA uptake and activation of transcription factors nuclear factor-κB and activator protein 1 by luciferase assays. Moreover, the use of a pCpG-free plasmid enabled sustained transgene expression in the suctioned kidney. In conclusion, analyses of the spatial distribution and immunostaining of the section suggest that pDNA and transgene expression occurs mainly in peritubular fibroblasts of the suctioned kidney. In addition, we clarified some factors for efficient and/or sustained transgene expression in the suctioned kidney.
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- Natsuko Oyama
- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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- Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
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- Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
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