产前基因治疗的动物模型:绵羊模型。
Animal models for prenatal gene therapy: the sheep model.
作者信息
Abi-Nader Khalil N, Boyd Michael, Flake Alan W, Mehta Vedanta, Peebles Donald, David Anna L
机构信息
Prenatal Cell and Gene Therapy Group, EGA Institute for Women's Health, University College London, London, UK.
出版信息
Methods Mol Biol. 2012;891:219-48. doi: 10.1007/978-1-61779-873-3_11.
Large animal experiments are vital in the field of prenatal gene therapy, to allow translation from small animals into man. Sheep provide many advantages for such experiments. They have been widely used in research into fetal physiology and pregnancy and the sheep fetus is a similar size to that in the human. Sheep are tolerant to in utero manipulations such as fetoscopy or even hysterotomy, and they are cheaper and easier to maintain than non-human primates. In this chapter, we describe the animal husbandry involved in generating time-mated sheep pregnancies, the large number of injection routes in the fetus that can be achieved using ultrasound or fetoscopic-guided injection, and laparotomy when these more minimally invasive routes of injection are not feasible.
大型动物实验在产前基因治疗领域至关重要,有助于从小动物实验向人体实验转化。绵羊为这类实验提供了诸多优势。它们已广泛应用于胎儿生理学和妊娠研究,绵羊胎儿的大小与人类胎儿相近。绵羊耐受诸如胎儿镜检查甚至子宫切开术等宫内操作,而且相较于非人灵长类动物,它们饲养成本更低且更容易照料。在本章中,我们描述了培育定时配种的绵羊妊娠所涉及的动物饲养管理,利用超声或胎儿镜引导注射可实现的胎儿多种注射途径,以及在这些创伤性更小的注射途径不可行时的剖腹手术。