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ArticleBMC neuroscience2010

Ex vivo infection of human embryonic spinal cord neurons prior to transplantation into adult mouse cord.

Gábor Márton, Dóra Tombácz, Judit S Tóth, András Szabó, Zsolt Boldogköi, Adám Dénes, Akos Hornyák, Antal Nógrádi

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Article in BMC neuroscience, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 3 countries.

Gábor MártonDepartment of Ophthalmology, Faculty of General Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary.
Dóra Tombácz
Judit S Tóth
András Szabó
Zsolt Boldogköi
Adám Dénes
Akos Hornyák
Antal Nógrádi
University of Szeged · HUHUN-REN Institute of Experimental Medicine · HUHUN-REN Veterinary Medical Research Institute · HUMansfield University · US

Funding

Wellcome Trust 069652
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundGenetically modified pseudorabies virus (Prv) proved suitable for the delivery of foreign genes to rodent embryonic neurons ex vivo and maintaining foreign gene expression after transplantation into spinal cord in our earlier study. The question arose of whether human embryonic neurons, which are known to be more resistant to Prv, could also be infected with a mutant Prv. Specifically, we investigated whether a mutant Prv with deleted ribonucleotide reductase and early protein 0 genes has the potential to deliver marker genes (gfp and beta-gal) into human embryonic spinal cord neurons and whether the infected neurons maintain expression after transplantation into adult mouse cord.

resultsThe results revealed that the mutant Prv effectively infected human embryonic spinal cord neurons ex vivo and the grafted cells exhibited reporter gene expression for several weeks. Grafting of infected human embryonic cells into the spinal cord of immunodeficient (rnu-/rnu-) mice resulted in the infection of some of the host neurons. DISCUSSION: These results suggest that Prv is suitable for the delivery of foreign genes into transplantable human cells. This delivery method may offer a new approach to use genetically modified cells for grafting in animal models where spinal cord neuronal loss or axon degeneration occurs.

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AnimalsGenetic VectorsHerpesvirus 1, SuidHumansMiceMice, Inbred BALB CMicroscopy, FluorescenceNeuronsSpinal Cord

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PMID20509957
PMCPMC2890693
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