Abstract |
Gene therapy approaches delivering neurotrophic factors have offered promising results in both preclinical and clinical trials of Parkinson's disease (PD). However, failure of glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor in phase 2 clinical trials has sparked a search for other trophic factors that may retain efficacy in the clinic. Direct protein injections of one such factor, insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-1, in a rodent model of PD has demonstrated impressive protection of dopaminergic neurons against 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) toxicity. However, protein infusion is associated with surgical risks, pump failure, and significant costs. We therefore used lentiviral vectors to deliver Igf-1, with a particular focus on the novel integration-deficient lentiviral vectors (IDLVs). A neuron-specific promoter, from the human synapsin 1 gene, excellent for gene expression from IDLVs, was additionally used to enhance Igf-1 expression. An investigation of neurotrophic effects on primary rat neuronal cultures demonstrated that neurons transduced with IDLV-Igf-1 vectors had complete protection on withdrawal of exogenous trophic support. Striatal transduction of such vectors into 6-OHDA-lesioned rats, however, provided neither protection of dopaminergic substantia nigra neurons nor improvement of animal behavior.
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Authors | Ngoc B Lu-Nguyen, Martin Broadstock, Rafael J Yáñez-Muñoz |
Journal | Human gene therapy
(Hum Gene Ther)
Vol. 26
Issue 11
Pg. 719-33
(Nov 2015)
ISSN: 1557-7422 [Electronic] United States |
PMID | 26222254
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- Nerve Growth Factors
- insulin-like growth factor-1, rat
- Insulin-Like Growth Factor I
- Oxidopamine
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Topics |
- Animals
- Cells, Cultured
- Disease Models, Animal
- Genetic Therapy
- Genetic Vectors
(administration & dosage)
- Insulin-Like Growth Factor I
(administration & dosage, genetics)
- Lentivirus
(genetics)
- Nerve Growth Factors
(therapeutic use)
- Neurons
(cytology)
- Oxidopamine
- Parkinson Disease
(genetics, physiopathology, therapy)
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- Transduction, Genetic
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