Cerebellar neurons and glial cells are transducible by lentiviral vectors without decrease of cerebellar functions

Croci, C., Fasano, Stefania ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3696-7139, Superchi, D., Perani, L., Martellosio, A., Brambilla, Riccardo ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3569-5706, Consalez, G. and Bongarzone, E. R. 2006. Cerebellar neurons and glial cells are transducible by lentiviral vectors without decrease of cerebellar functions. Developmental Neuroscience 28 (3) , pp. 216-222. 10.1159/000091919

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Abstract

Due to the profuse connections of the cerebellum to the rest of the central nervous system, cerebellar dysfunction impacts tremendously on movement coordination, maintenance of equilibrium, muscle tone and motor memory. Efficient gene transfer of therapeutic genes to this central nervous system structure would constitute a relevant step ahead the design of treatments to ameliorate cerebellar dysfunction. Lentiviral vectors (LVs) have been used as efficient vehicles to integrate transgenes into dividing and non-dividing cells, such as postmitotic adult neurons, with minimal toxicity and immune response. This study aimed to use LVs carrying green fluorescent protein (GFP) cDNA for transduction of cerebellar cells in vivo without compromising neurological cerebellar functions. Our results indicate that LVs, injected in the lobulus simplex, transduced different cerebellar neurons including stellate, Purkinje cells, granular neurons and glial cells such as astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, and that this gene transfer approach was not accompanied by cerebellar deficits.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Biosciences
ISSN:	1421-9859
Last Modified:	27 Oct 2022 08:26
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/62309

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