Abstract
Recently, we developed a kidney-targeted gene transfer technique, in which naked DNA was injected into the renal vein while the renal vein and artery were clamped. Kidney-targeted DNA transfer with only the renal vein clamped is an important modification that may permit less invasive catheter-based gene transfer in future clinical applications. The preparation of PCR-amplified DNA fragments is less time-consuming than that of naked plasmid DNA. We examined rat erythropoietin (Epo) plasmid, pCAGGS-Epo, or PCR-amplified DNA fragment, fCAGGS-Epo, transfer into the rat kidney with only the renal vein clamped. The Epo level peaked at week 3 and then was sustained for 24 weeks, which resulted in significant erythropoiesis. This modified technique, allowing long-term expression of both PCR-amplified DNA fragments and naked plasmid DNA, could potentially be used for catheter-based gene transfer in humans, and could help determine the physiological functions of putative genes.
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