Efficient in Vivo Gene Transfer by Intraperitoneal Injection of Plasmid DNA and Calcium Carbonate Microflowers in Mice
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- 作者：Shintaro Fumoto ; Sayuri Nakajima ; Toyoharu Mine ; Naoki Yoshikawa ; Takashi Kitahara ; Hitoshi Sasaki ; Hirotaka Miyamoto ; Koyo Nishida
- 刊名：Molecular Pharmaceutics
- 出版年：2012
- 出版时间：July 2, 2012
- 年：2012
- 卷：9
- 期：7
- 页码：1962-1970
- 全文大小：387K
- 年卷期：v.9,no.7(July 2, 2012)
- ISSN：1543-8392
文摘
Gene transfer to intraperitoneal organs is thought to be a promising approach to treat such conditions as peritoneal fibrosis and peritoneal dissemination of cancers. We previously discovered that simple instillation of naked plasmid DNA (pDNA) onto intraperitoneal organs such as the liver and stomach could effectively transfer foreign genes in mice. In this study, we developed a novel nonviral method to enhance transfection efficiency of naked pDNA to intraperitoneal organs using a calcium carbonate suspension containing pDNA. Using commercially available calcium carbonate, we successfully transfected pDNA to the stomach. Handling of commercially available calcium carbonate, however, was troublesome owing to rapid precipitation and caking. To obtain slowly settling particles of calcium carbonate, we tried to synthesize novel versions of such particles and succeeded in creating flower-shaped particles, named calcium carbonate microflowers. Sedimentation of calcium carbonate microflowers was sufficiently slow for in vivo experiments. Moreover, the transfection efficiency of the suspension of calcium carbonate microflowers to the stomach was more effective than that of commercially available calcium carbonate, especially at low concentrations. Intraperitoneal injection of the suspension of calcium carbonate microflowers containing pDNA greatly enhanced naked pDNA transfer to whole intraperitoneal organs in mice. Furthermore, lactate dehydrogenase activities in intraperitoneal fluid and plasma were not raised by the suspension of calcium carbonate microflowers.