SUI Hua, et al. Therapeutic application of plasmid DNA coding for human Fas ligand in animal model of Graves disease. [J]. Journal of Chongqing Medical University 34(12):1640-1642(2009)
SUI Hua, et al. Therapeutic application of plasmid DNA coding for human Fas ligand in animal model of Graves disease. [J]. Journal of Chongqing Medical University 34(12):1640-1642(2009)DOI:
Therapeutic application of plasmid DNA coding for human Fas ligand in animal model of Graves disease
Objective:To observe therapeutic effects of plasmid pcDNA3.1/hFasL on mice with Graves’ disease.Methods:Three groups were set in this study.Animals in the control group(10 mice) were immunized with splenocytes sensitized by blank plasmid pcDNA3.1(+)
and then treated with pcDNA3.1(+).Animals in the model group(19 mice) and treated group(19 mice) were all immunized with splenocytes sensitized by hTSHR
then the latter were injected with pcDNA3.1(+)/hFasL.Results:47.4%of thyroid follicular epithelia in the model group displayed hypertrophy and hyperplasia
and the follicles cavity contained little colloid.Compared with the control group
elevated TT4 and TRAb and reduced TSH levels(P<0.05) were also observed in the model group.In the treated group
only 15.8% of thyroid follicular epithelia showed pathologic changes of GD with heterochromatin margination.There was no statistical significance in the levels of TT4
TRAb
and TSH between the treated group and the control group.Conclusion:Gene therapy by administration of plasmid pcDNA3.1/hFasL has made a curative therapeutic effects on Graves’ disease in animal model.