BACKGROUND: Intraesophageal manganese superoxide dismutase plasmid liposome (MnSOD-PL) gene therapy protects against irradiation damage. MATERIALS AND METHODS: To determine whether esophageal side population (SP) stem cells were protected, epitope-tagged (hemagglutinin) (HA) MnSOD-PL was administered to C57BL/6J mice 24 hours prior to 30 Gy esophageal irradiation. SP cells were isolated, and apoptosis and multi-lineage vimentin/endothelin/F4/80 (macrophage) colonies in vitro were quantitated. RESULTS: The number and percent of SP cells, apoptotic cells, or numbers of multi-lineage vimentin/endothelin/F4/80-positive in vitro colonies isolated from non-irradiated HA-MnSOD-PL-treated or 30 Gy-irradiated esophagus did not differ between groups. Irradiation in vitro significantly increased apoptosis in explanted non-SP cells from control (p = 0.021) compared to MnSOD-PL-treated mice. Irradiation-induced cell division was significantly increased in SP cells from control-irradiated mice (p = 0.001), but not MnSOD-PL-treated mice. Irradiation-induced apoptosis detected in vivo at 5 days was decreased by MnSOD-PL. CONCLUSION: MnSOD-PL gene therapy protects esophageal SP cells from irradiation in vitro and in vivo.
BACKGROUND: Intraesophageal manganese superoxide dismutase plasmid liposome (MnSOD-PL) gene therapy protects against irradiation damage. MATERIALS AND METHODS: To determine whether esophageal side population (SP) stem cells were protected, epitope-tagged (hemagglutinin) (HA) MnSOD-PL was administered to C57BL/6J mice 24 hours prior to 30 Gy esophageal irradiation. SP cells were isolated, and apoptosis and multi-lineage vimentin/endothelin/F4/80 (macrophage) colonies in vitro were quantitated. RESULTS: The number and percent of SP cells, apoptotic cells, or numbers of multi-lineage vimentin/endothelin/F4/80-positive in vitro colonies isolated from non-irradiated HA-MnSOD-PL-treated or 30 Gy-irradiated esophagus did not differ between groups. Irradiation in vitro significantly increased apoptosis in explanted non-SP cells from control (p = 0.021) compared to MnSOD-PL-treated mice. Irradiation-induced cell division was significantly increased in SP cells from control-irradiated mice (p = 0.001), but not MnSOD-PL-treated mice. Irradiation-induced apoptosis detected in vivo at 5 days was decreased by MnSOD-PL. CONCLUSION:MnSOD-PL gene therapy protects esophageal SP cells from irradiation in vitro and in vivo.
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