title: Experimental study of plasmid TGF-beta 1 DNA gene transfer with lipofectamine into rabbit corneal epithelial cells in vitro.
abstract: To investigate whether the TGF-beta 1 plasmid DNA carried by lipofectamine could be introduced into cultured rabbit corneal epithelial cells, specific expression of the plasmid pMAM TGF-beta 1 in the cultured corneal epithelial cells was studied. Two days after 12 h of transfection of pMAMT-GF-beta 1 mediated by lipofectamine into the cultured corneal epithelial cells, the TGF-beta 1 protein expression specific for pMAMTGF-beta 1 in the cells was detected by means of immunohistochemical staining and the positive rate was 23.37%. The results suggested that foreign plasmid DNA could be effectively delivered into cultured rabbit corneal epithelial cells by means of lipofectamine, and this will provide a promising method of studying TGF-beta 1 on the mechanism of physiology and pathology concerned with corneal epithelial cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Xiehe Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022.
authors.forename: Qiong
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Yanhua
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Fagang
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Hong
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002455:Cell Division; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D019573:Epithelium, Corneal / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D018014:Gene Transfer Techniques; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D008055:Lipids / Q000494:pharmacology*; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics; D011817:Rabbits; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D053773:Transforming Growth Factor beta1
chemical_list: D008055:Lipids; C086724:Lipofectamine; D016212:Transforming Growth Factor beta; D053773:Transforming Growth Factor beta1