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Surgical Method for Virally Mediated Gene Delivery to the Mouse Inner Ear through the Round Window Membrane
Published on: March 16, 2015
[Construction of recombinant adenovirus and mediated reported gene expression in the guinea pig cochlea]
Yingpeng Liu1, Guopeng Wang, Anmin Shen
1Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China.
Objective:
To purify P0 protein from guinea pig's inner ear by preparative SDS-PAGE and study the possible role it may play in the etiology of autoimmune inner ear disease.
Method:
A mixture of membraneous proteins of inner ear was separated by preparative SDS-PAGE. The corresponding band at 30kd was cut and electrically eluted. The protein collected was identified by analytical SDS-PAGE and Western blot assay. A group of 20 guinea pigs were immunized with P0 protein emulsified in complete Freund's adjuvant, another 10 guinea pigs were immunized with complete Freund 's adjuvant only as control. The guinea pigs' hearing thresholds, serum IgG level and morphological changes in the inner ear were investigated. The distribution of P0 protein in the cochlear was detected by immunohistochemical technique.
Result:
The purity of the protein was demonstrated by a single band at the 30 kD site in SDS-PAGE, which was identified as P0 protein by western blot analysis assay. About 17.5% P0-immunized guinea pigs showed increased hearing thresholds, elevated IgG level (F =6.48, P <0. 01), as well as a decreased number of spiral ganglion cells and inflammatory cell infiltration in the cochlear nerve region. The P0 protein is distributed in the cochlear nerve and spiral ganglion only.
Conclusion:
P0 protein from guinea pig's inner ear can be successfully purified by preparative SDS-PAGE and an animal model of experimental autoimmune inner ear disease induced by P0 protein is successfully established.
