Lentivirus carrying the Atohl gene can infect Corti's organ and express a hair-like cell surface marker in the supporting cell area. However, expression of the gene carried by adenovirus is instantaneous, which undou...Lentivirus carrying the Atohl gene can infect Corti's organ and express a hair-like cell surface marker in the supporting cell area. However, expression of the gene carried by adenovirus is instantaneous, which undoubtedly limits its clinical application. Lentivirus acts as a carrier that can stably and continuously express genes. In this study, the cochlear structure and hearing level were not affected, and Atohl gene carried by lentivirus promoted the production of hair-like cells in the cochlear supporting cell area. This led to expression of the hair-like cell surface marker myosin 7a 30 days after lentivirus carrying Atohl was microinjected into the cochlear round window of rats.展开更多
基金supported by grants from the National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program), No. 2012CB967900, 2012CB967904the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 81070782+2 种基金the Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province, China, No. 30672308the Qianjiang Talent Project of Science and Technology Ministry in Zhejiang Province, No. 2011R10014the Natural Science Foundation of Ningbo, No. 2011A610042
文摘Lentivirus carrying the Atohl gene can infect Corti's organ and express a hair-like cell surface marker in the supporting cell area. However, expression of the gene carried by adenovirus is instantaneous, which undoubtedly limits its clinical application. Lentivirus acts as a carrier that can stably and continuously express genes. In this study, the cochlear structure and hearing level were not affected, and Atohl gene carried by lentivirus promoted the production of hair-like cells in the cochlear supporting cell area. This led to expression of the hair-like cell surface marker myosin 7a 30 days after lentivirus carrying Atohl was microinjected into the cochlear round window of rats.