Treatment of Parkinson's Disease by Genetically Modified Immortalized Fibroblasts.
Primary rat fibroblast cells were immortalized by genetic modification of SV40 large T antigen (LT(Ag)) gene and called RFLT. This cell line was non-tumorigenic after grafting into nud-mouse and rat. The LT(Ag)gene stopped expression when the cells were transplanted in rat striatum, but it resumed the expression ability after the transplanted cells were recovered from striatum and cultured in vitro.TH gene and GCH gene were transfected into RFLT, respectively, and two types of transfected cells, RFLT-TH and RFLT-GCH, were obtained. In mixed culture with these two cell lines, DA was detected with HPLC-ECD. Implanting mixture of those cells into the striatum of PD rats significantly decreased their rotational asymmetry for up to 12 weeks. The expression of TH gene was proved by TH immunohistochemical staining in the sections of rat brain. The establishment of the genetically modified immortalized cells may play role in the gene therapy of PD.
Xu
De-Hua
DH
Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences,the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200031, China. sib203@sunm.shcnc.ac.cn
Chen
Xian-Wen
XW
Xu
Ling-Fei
LF
Cao
Lei
L
Chen
Sheng-Di
SD
Liu
Xin-Yuan
XY
Zheng
Zhong-Cheng
ZC