Innovative Methodology Noninvasive delivery of small inhibitory RNA and other reagents to pulmonary alveoli in mice

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  • Donald Massaro
  • Gloria DeCarlo Massaro
  • Linda Biadasz Clerch
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Massaro, Donald, Gloria DeCarlo Massaro, and Linda Biadasz Clerch. Noninvasive delivery of small inhibitory RNA and other reagents to pulmonary alveoli in mice. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 287: L1066–L1070, 2004. First published July 2, 2004; doi:10.1152/ajplung.00067.2004.—A technically easy, noninvasive means of delivering molecules to alveoli, which act selectively or specifically in the lung, would be experimentally and therapeutically useful. As proof of principle, we took advantage of the spreading ability of pulmonary surface active material (InfaSurf), mixed it with elastase, glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase (GAPDH) small inhibitory RNA (siRNA), or all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA), and instilled microliter amounts of the mixture into the nose of lightly anesthetized mice. One instillation of elastase caused diffuse alveolar destruction (emphysema) demonstrating widespread alveolar delivery. A single nasal instillation of GAPDH siRNA, compared with scrambled GAPDH siRNA, lowered GAPDH protein in lung, heart, and kidney by 50–70% 1 and 7 days later. To test the possibility of lung-specific delivery of a potentially therapeutic drug, we administered ATRA and monitored its effect on expression of cellular retinol binding protein (CRBP)-1 mRNA, whose translation product is a key molecule in retinoid metabolism. Given intranasally, ATRA elevated CRBP-1 mRNA 4.3-fold in a lung-specific manner. The same dose and dose schedule of ATRA given intraperitoneally increased CRBP-1 mRNA only 1.8-fold in lung; intraperitoneally administered ATRA elevated expression of CRBP-1 mRNA 1.7-fold or more in brain cortex, cerebellum, and testes, thereby increasing the risk of untoward effects. This simple noninvasive technique allows regulation of specific proteins in the lung and lung-specific delivery of reagents of experimental and potentially therapeutic importance.

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تاریخ انتشار 2004