Cervantes-Garcia D, Rojas-Martinez A, Camerini D. An XMRV derived retroviral vector as a tool for gene transfer.
Virol J 2011;
8:284. [PMID:
21651801 PMCID:
PMC3125358 DOI:
10.1186/1743-422x-8-284]
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Abstract
Background
Retroviral vectors are widely used tools for gene delivery and gene therapy. They are useful for gene expression studies and genetic manipulation in vitro and in vivo. Many retroviral vectors are derived from the mouse gammaretrovirus, murine leukemia virus (MLV). These vectors have been widely used in gene therapy clinical trials. XMRV, initially found in prostate cancer tissue, was the first human gammaretrovirus described.
Findings
We developed a new retroviral vector based on XMRV called pXC. It was developed for gene transfer to human cells and is produced by transient cotransfection of LNCaP cells with pXC and XMRV-packaging plasmids.
Conclusions
We demonstrated that pXC mediates expression of inserted transgenes in cell lines. This new vector will be a useful tool for gene transfer in human and non-human cell lines, including gene therapy studies.
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