A Quantitative Method for Measuring Gene Expression Magnitude and Volume Delivered by Gene Therapy Vectors

This study describes a quantitative method to measure the magnitude and distribution of gene expression following local delivery of an adenoviral vector containing the human sodium iodide symporter (hNIS) reporter gene into the canine prostate. Following systemic administration of Na99mTcO4, autorad...

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Veröffentlicht in:Molecular therapy 2004-04, Vol.9 (4), p.625-631
Hauptverfasser: Barton, Kenneth N, Xia, Xueqing, Yan, Hui, Stricker, Hans, Heisey, Gregory, Yin, Fang-Fang, Nagaraja, Tavarekere N, Zhu, Guopei, Kolozsvary, Andrew, Fenstermacher, Joseph D, Lu, Mei, Kim, Jae Ho, Freytag, Svend O, Brown, Stephen L
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Zusammenfassung:This study describes a quantitative method to measure the magnitude and distribution of gene expression following local delivery of an adenoviral vector containing the human sodium iodide symporter (hNIS) reporter gene into the canine prostate. Following systemic administration of Na99mTcO4, autoradiographs of prostate sections depicting hNIS-dependent 99mTcO4− uptake were digitized and stacked to produce a three-dimensional reconstruction of gene expression. Frequency histograms reflecting hNIS gene expression magnitude and volume were used to quantify hNIS function. The method demonstrated submillimeter resolution allowing for precise measurements of gene expression magnitude and volume in vivo. The method developed here could be applied to other reporter gene systems in which the readout can be digitized from thin tissue sections.
ISSN:1525-0016
1525-0024
DOI:10.1016/j.ymthe.2004.01.011