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ArticleGene therapy2010

A dual promoter lentiviral vector for the in vivo evaluation of gene therapeutic approaches to axon regeneration after spinal cord injury.

K Löw, A Blesch, J Herrmann, M H Tuszynski

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Article in Gene therapy, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

K LöwDepartment of Neurosciences, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA. karin.low@epfl.ch
A Blesch
J Herrmann
M H Tuszynski
University of California, San Diego · US

Funding

Regulatable Gene Transfer for Spinal Cord InjuryR01NS054883 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI BLESCH, ARMIN · 2007 to 2010
$920k
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS054883
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The identification of axon growth-promoting genes, and overexpression of these genes in central nervous system (CNS) neurons projecting to the spinal cord, has emerged as one potential approach to enhancing CNS regeneration. Assessment of the regenerative potential of candidate genes usually requires axonal tracing of spinal projections, ideally limited to neurons that express the candidate gene. Alternatively, coexpression of a reporter gene such as enhanced green fluorescent protein (GFP) from an internal ribosomal entry site can be used to identify neurons expressing the candidate gene, but this strategy does not label corticospinal axons in the spinal cord. We therefore developed a dual promoter lentiviral vector in which a potentially therapeutic transgene is expressed from the cytomegalovirus-enhanced chicken beta-actin promoter and the fluorescent protein copGFP is expressed from the elongation factor-1alpha promoter. The vector was constructed to be compatible with the Gateway recombination system for efficient introduction of transgenes through entry shuttle vectors. We show both simultaneous expression of a candidate and reporter gene in corticospinal and red nucleus neurons, and efficient labeling of their axons after lesions in the cervical spinal cord. This expression system is therefore an accurate and efficient means of screening candidate genes in vivo for enhancement of axonal growth.

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Genetic VectorsLentivirusNerve RegenerationActinsAnimalsAxonsFemaleGenetic TherapyMicePeptide Elongation Factor 1Promoter Regions, GeneticRatsSpinal Cord InjuriesActinsPeptide Elongation Factor 1

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PMID20200564
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