Study on the best titer of rAAV2 delivered to myocardium by ultrasound mediated microbubbles

VernacularTitle:超声介导下重组腺相关病毒载体转染心肌的最佳滴度的实验研究
Author: Shaoling YANG ; Yuming MU ; Qi TANG ; Wei HAN
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: Uhrasonography; Microbubbles; Myocardium; Transfection
From: Chinese Journal of Ultrasonography 2009;18(6):537-540
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To study the best titer of recombinant adeno-associated virus serotype 2 (rAAV2) delivered to myocardium by targeted ultrasound microbubbles. Methods Twenty one adult SD rats were divided into seven groups. SonoVue attached with different titer [1.5 × 109~ 3.0 × 1011 vg/ml (virus genome/ml)] of rAAV2-EGFP was infused into the tail vein of rats, following ultrasound mediated microbubbles destruction,as experiment groups. Normal saline was infused into the tail vein of rats as the control group (without rAAV2). Rats were killed after 14 days and hearts were harvested. GFP protein expression which showed rAAV2 transfer was observed under fluorescence microscope in frozen section and integrate optical density(IOD) was measured by Image Pro Plus software. Results When the titer of rAAV2 was 1.5 × 1011 vg/ml infused into the tail vein of rats there was much more GFP expression in myocardium than lower titers (P <0.01). Conclusions The best titer of rAAV2 delivered to myocardium by targeted ultrasound microbubbles is 1.5 × 1011 vg/ml in the tail vein infusion of rats.