Walters R W, Duan D, Engelhardt J F, Welsh M J
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA.
J Virol. 2000 Jan;74(1):535-40. doi: 10.1128/jvi.74.1.535-540.2000.
Adeno-associated virus (AAV) is inefficient at infecting differentiated airway epithelia because of a lack of receptors at the apical surface. We hypothesized that incorporation of AAV in a calcium phosphate coprecipitate would circumvent this barrier. Interestingly, coprecipitation of AAV type 2 improved gene transfer to differentiated human airway epithelia in vitro and to the mouse lung in vivo. These results suggest that delivery of AAV as a CaP(i) coprecipitate may significantly enhance its utility for gene transfer to the airway epithelia in vivo.
腺相关病毒(AAV)由于顶端表面缺乏受体,在感染分化的气道上皮细胞时效率低下。我们推测,将AAV掺入磷酸钙共沉淀物中可以克服这一障碍。有趣的是,2型AAV的共沉淀提高了体外向分化的人气道上皮细胞以及体内向小鼠肺的基因转移效率。这些结果表明,以磷酸钙共沉淀物形式递送AAV可能会显著提高其在体内向气道上皮细胞进行基因转移的效用。