Electroporation-mediated delivery of FER gene enhances innate immune response and improves survival in a murine model of pneumonia
Previously, we reported that electroporation-mediated (EP) delivery of the FER gene improved survival in a combined trauma-pneumonia model. The mechanism of this protective effect is unknown. In this paper, we performed a pneumonia model in C57/BL6 mice with 500 CFU of Klebsiella pneumoniae . After...
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Veröffentlicht in: | Gene therapy 2018-08, Vol.25 (5), p.359-375 |
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Zusammenfassung: | Previously, we reported that electroporation-mediated (EP) delivery of the FER gene improved survival in a combined trauma-pneumonia model. The mechanism of this protective effect is unknown. In this paper, we performed a pneumonia model in C57/BL6 mice with 500 CFU of
Klebsiella pneumoniae
. After inoculation, a plasmid encoding human FER was delivered by EP into the lung (PNA/
p
FER-EP). Survival of FER-treated vs. controls (PNA; PNA/EP-
p
cDNA) was recorded. In parallel cohorts, bronchial alveolar lavage (BAL) and lung were harvested at 24 and 72 h with markers of infection measured. FER-EP-treated animals reduced bacterial counts and had better 5-day survival compared to controls (80 vs. 20 vs. 25%;
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ISSN: | 0969-7128 1476-5462 |
DOI: | 10.1038/s41434-018-0022-y |