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Zoological Research
Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
ISSN: 2095-8137
Vol. 38, No. 2, 2017, pp. 88-95
Bioline Code: zr17010
Full paper language: English
Document type: Report
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Zoological Research, Vol. 38, No. 2, 2017, pp. 88-95

 en Comparative study of the transfection efficiency of commonly used viral vectors in rhesus monkey ( Macaca mulatta check for this species in other resources ) brains
Wu, Shi-Hao; Liao, Zhi-Xing; Rizak, Joshua D.; Zheng, Na; Zhang, Lin-Heng; Tang, Hen; He, Xiao-Bin; Wu, Yang; He, Xia-Ping; Yang, Mei-Feng; Li, Zheng-Hui; Qin, Dong-Dong & Hu, Xin-Tian

Abstract

Viral vector transfection systems are among the simplest of biological agents with the ability to transfer genes into the central nervous system. In brain research, a series of powerful and novel gene editing technologies are based on these systems. Although many viral vectors are used in rodents, their full application has been limited in non-human primates. To identify viral vectors that can stably and effectively express exogenous genes within non-human primates, eleven commonly used recombinant adeno-associated viral and lentiviral vectors, each carrying a gene to express green or red fluorescence, were injected into the parietal cortex of four rhesus monkeys. The expression of fluorescent cells was used to quantify transfection efficiency. Histological results revealed that recombinant adeno-associated viral vectors, especially the serotype 2/9 coupled with the cytomegalovirus, human synapsin I, or Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II promoters, and lentiviral vector coupled with the human ubiquitin C promoter, induced higher expression of fluorescent cells, representing high transfection efficiency. This is the first comparison of transfection efficiencies of different viral vectors carrying different promoters and serotypes in non-human primates (NHPs). These results can be used as an aid to select optimal vectors to transfer exogenous genes into the central nervous system of non-human primates.

Keywords
Recombinant adeno-associated virus; Lentivirus; Rhesus monkey; Central nervous system

 
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