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  • Title: Manipulation of local disposition and gene expression characteristics of plasmid DNA following intramuscular administration by complexation with cationic macromolecule.
    Author: Kawase A, Kobayashi N, Isaji K, Nishikawa M, Takakura Y.
    Journal: Int J Pharm; 2005 Apr 11; 293(1-2):291-301. PubMed ID: 15778067.
    Abstract:
    To modulate the immune responses of DNA vaccine, it is very important to control the disposition and gene expression of plasmid DNA (pDNA) after local administration. We chose methylated bovine serum albumin (mBSA), a cationic macromolecule, as a carrier of pDNA. We examined the effects of complexation of pDNA with mBSA on the disposition and gene expression in mice after intramuscular administration. The elimination from injection site was retarded and the accumulation to lymph nodes was increased at the positively charged mBSA/pDNA complexes. As the charge ratios of mBSA/pDNA complexes were higher, the levels of gene expression were reduced. Antigen specific immune responses were evaluated using pDNA encoding ovalbumin (OVA), pCMV-OVA, as a model antigen-expressing pDNA. However, significant levels of production of anti-ovalbumin IgG antibody were obtained in mice immunized with a positively charged complex, mBSA/pCMV-OVA (8:1) (weight ratio). In vitro experiments using DC2.4 cells, a murine dendritic cell line, demonstrated that the levels of gene expression and cytokine release were increased by complexation. These results suggest that the immune responses might be manipulated by complexation presumably due to the altered disposition and gene expression of pDNA.
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