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A M Babcock1, D Standing, K Bullshields, E Schwartz, C M Paden, D J Poulsen.
Abstract
Hippocampal alpha-Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase II (alpha-CaMKII) has been implicated in spatial learning, neuronal plasticity, epilepsy, and cerebral ischemia. In the present study, an adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector was designed to express green fluorescent protein (GFP) from the CBA promoter and a small hairpin RNA targeting alpha-CaMKII (AAV-shCAM) driven from the U6 promoter. The AAV-shCAM or control vector was microinfused into the rat hippocampus and behavioral testing conducted 19-26 days following surgery. Expression of the marker gene and alpha-CaMKII was evaluated 31 days following AAV infusion. GFP expression was localized to the hippocampus and extended +/-2 mm rostral and caudal from the injection site. Hippocampal alpha-CaMKII was significantly reduced following AAV-shCAM treatment as demonstrated using immunohistochemical and Western analysis. This suppression of alpha-CaMKII was associated with changes in exploratory behavior (open field task) and impaired place learning (water maze task). These results demonstrate the efficacy of a viral-based delivered shRNA to produce gene suppression in a specific circuit of the brain.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID： 15922960 DOI： 10.1016/j.ymthe.2005.02.016
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mol Ther ISSN： 1525-0016 Impact factor: 11.454