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Park JW, Lee MH, Choi JO, Park HY, Jung SC. Tissue-specific activation of mitogen-activated protein kinases for expression of transthyretin by phenylalanine and its metabolite, phenylpyruvic acid. Exp Mol Med 2010; 42:105-15. [PMID: 19946178 DOI: 10.3858/emm.2010.42.2.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Phenylketonuria is an autosomal recessive disorder caused by a deficiency of phenylalanine hydroxylase. Transthyretin has been implicated as an indicator of nutritional status in phenylketonuria patients. In this study, we report that phenylalanine and its metabolite, phenylpyruvic acid, affect MAPK, changing transthyretin expression in a cell- and tissue-specific manner. Treatment of HepG2 cells with phenylalanine or phenylpyruvic acid decreased transcription of the TTR gene and decreased the transcriptional activity of the TTR promoter site, which was partly mediated through HNF4alpha. Decreased levels of p38 MAPK were detected in the liver of phenylketonuria-affected mice compared with wild-type mice. In contrast, treatment with phenylalanine increased transthyretin expression and induced ERK1/2 activation in PC-12 cells; ERK1/2 activation was also elevated in the brainstem of phenylketonuria-affected mice. These findings may explain between-tissue differences in gene expression, including Ttr gene expression, in the phenylketonuria mouse model.
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- Joo Won Park
- Department of Biochemistry, School of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 158-710, Korea
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Hoffmann D, Jogler C, Wildner O. Effects of the Ad5 upstream E1 region and gene products on heterologous promoters. J Gene Med 2005; 7:1356-66. [PMID: 15945123 DOI: 10.1002/jgm.771] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND All recombinant adenovirus vectors contain the upstream region of the E1A gene comprising the viral origin of replication, encapsidation signal, and cis-acting regulatory elements for transcription of the E1A and other early genes. Using different reporter genes, some previous studies demonstrated the maintenance of heterologous promoter specificity in the adenoviral context, while others reported that adenoviral sequences interfere with promoter activity. METHODS Plasmid DNA-based luciferase reporter gene assays and adenovirus type 5 (Ad5) infection were combined to examine the effect of the Ad5 (nt 1-353) element and/or adenoviral gene products on tissue-specific (Midkine (MK) and COX-2), cell cycle associated (Ki-67 and E2F1) and viral promoters (Ad5 E1, Ad5 E4 and SV40). As a proof of concept, data were verified in the setting of recombinant replication-defective and replication-competent adenoviral vectors. RESULTS Viral and E2F1 promoter activities were enhanced by the Ad5 (nt 1-353) segment by approximately 100% and 145%, respectively, regardless of its position. A polyadenylation sequence (polyA) upstream of the promoter had no effect, confirming an enhancer element within the Ad5 (nt 1-353) segment. Ad5 (nt 1-353) increased COX-2 promoter activity by 146% but was blocked by an upstream polyA, indicating a cryptic transcription start site. When placing the reporter gene cassette in a replication-defective adenovirus, similar data were obtained. In the plasmid vector-based system, adenoviral gene products transactivated the E2F1 and viral promoters by 194%, 19%, 67%, and 16%, respectively. Tissue-specific promoter activities were not significantly affected by the Ad5 (nt 1-353) segment, nor adenoviral gene products. In concert with these data, we were able to target replication-competent adenoviral vectors with the COX-2 promoter, but not with the cell cycle associated promotor. CONCLUSIONS The adenovirus E1A upstream regulatory region and gene products interact with some but not all heterologous promoters. Often, the basal promoter activity can be reduced with an upstream polyA. Since the data obtained in our plasmid vector-based assay with internal control and infection with adenovirus could be confirmed in the adenoviral setting, our system might be suitable to speed up the identification of promoters which maintain their specificity in the adenoviral context and circumvent the problems associated with determining infectious adenovirus titers.
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- Dennis Hoffmann
- Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Abteilung für Molekulare und Medizinische Virologie, Bldg. MA, Rm. 6/40, D-44801 Bochum, Germany
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- Jayanta Roy-Chowdhury
- Departments of Medicine and Molecular Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 1300 Morris Park Avenue, Bronx, New York, 10461, USA
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Shi CX, Hitt M, Ng P, Graham FL. Superior tissue-specific expression from tyrosinase and prostate-specific antigen promoters/enhancers in helper-dependent compared with first-generation adenoviral vectors. Hum Gene Ther 2002; 13:211-24. [PMID: 11812278 DOI: 10.1089/10430340252769743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The ability to target specific tissues is important in many applications of gene therapy. In this respect, a disadvantage of adenoviral vectors is the relative lack of specificity with which they transduce cells. One approach to overcome this is to express the therapeutic gene under the control of a tissue-specific promoter. However, the specificity and activity of these promoters may be altered by adenoviral sequences in the vector backbone. In contrast, helper-dependent adenoviral (HDAd) vectors [Parks, R.J., Chen, L., Anton, M., Sankar, U., Rudnicki, M.A., and Graham, F.L. (1996). Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 93, 13565-13570] are almost completely devoid of adenovirus sequences, and this may preserve the specificity of these heterologous promoters. We have compared HDAd and first-generation adenoviral (FGAd) vectors with respect to tissue-specific expression from prostate-specific antigen (PSA) or tyrosinase promoters/enhancers. A PSA-positive cell line (LNCaP) and a panel of PSA-negative cell lines were infected with HDAd vectors expressing luciferase under the control of three different kinds of PSA promoter/enhancer constructs. The results showed that these PSA promoter/enhancer cassettes in HDAd vectors maintained strict tissue-specific expression, but lost specificity when expressed from FGAd vectors. Similar results were observed with tyrosinase promoter-carrying vectors, except that the tyrosinase promoter retained a small degree of tissue specificity in FGAd vectors. Insertion of a murine cytomegalovirus immediate-early gene promoter-beta-galactosidase (MCMV-lacZ)-expressing cassette into a second site in the HDAd vector backbone significantly impaired the tissue specificity of the PSA and tyrosinase promoters. These results indicate that HDAd vectors are superior to FGAd vectors in their ability to maintain high levels of tissue-specific expression from PSA and tyrosinase promoters/enhancers. They also suggest that tissue-specific expression can be influenced not only by Ad sequences, but also by other viral and/or strong constitutive promoter/enhancers (such as the MCMV promoter) in the vector backbone.
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- Chang-Xin Shi
- Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4K1
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Richman L, Meylan PRA, Munoz M, Pinaud S, Mirkovitch J. An adenovirus-based fluorescent reporter vector to identify and isolate HIV-infected cells. J Virol Methods 2002; 99:9-21. [PMID: 11684299 DOI: 10.1016/s0166-0934(01)00375-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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A procedure is described that allows the simple identification and sorting of live human cells that transcribe actively the HIV virus, based on the detection of GFP fluorescence in cells. Using adenoviral vectors for gene transfer, an expression cassette including the HIV-1 LTR driving the reporter gene GFP was introduced into cells that expressed stably either the Tat transcriptional activator, or an inactive mutant of Tat. Both northern and fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) analysis indicate that cells containing the functional Tat protein presented levels of GFP mRNA and GFP fluorescence several orders of magnitude higher than control cells. Correspondingly, cells infected with HIV-1 showed similar enhanced reporter gene activation. HIV-1-infected cells of the lymphocytic line Jurkat were easily identified by fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) as they displayed a much higher green fluorescence after transduction with the reporter adenoviral vector. This procedure could also be applied on primary human cells as blood monocyte-derived macrophages exposed to the adenoviral LTR-GFP reporter presented a much higher fluorescence when infected with HIV-1 compared with HIV-uninfected cells. The vector described has the advantages of labelling cells independently of their proliferation status and that analysis can be carried on intact cells which can be isolated subsequently by fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS) for further culture. This work suggests that adenoviral vectors carrying a virus-specific transcriptional control element controlling the expressions of a fluorescent protein will be useful in the identification and isolation of cells transcribing actively the viral template, and to be of use for drug screening and susceptibility assays.
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- Larry Richman
- Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research (ISREC), Chemin des Boveresses 155, CH-1066, Epalinges, Switzerland
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Galanis E, Vile R, Russell SJ. Delivery systems intended for in vivo gene therapy of cancer: targeting and replication competent viral vectors. Crit Rev Oncol Hematol 2001; 38:177-92. [PMID: 11369253 DOI: 10.1016/s1040-8428(01)00103-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Cancer gene therapy represents one of the most rapidly evolving areas in pre-clinical and clinical cancer research. Application of gene transfer techniques in clinical trials has made increasingly obvious that several issues will need to be addressed prior to meaningful incorporation of gene therapy in the care of cancer patients. Two of the most important problems to overcome are lack of selectivity of the existing vectors and low efficiency of gene transfer. This review focuses on use of targeting and replication competent vectors in order to overcome these obstacles. Targeted gene therapy of malignancies can be achieved through vector targeting or transcriptional targeting and can improve the therapeutic index of gene transfer by preventing damage of normal tissues, an important requirement if systemic gene delivery is contemplated. Replication competent viral vectors can improve the efficiency of gene transfer. Provisionally replicating viruses can also improve the therapeutic index by targeting toxicity to tumor cells. A variety of provisionally replicating viruses, such as the attenuated adenovirus ONYX-015, the adenovirus CN706 that selectively replicates in prostate cancer cells, the double mutant herpes simplex virus G207, the human reovirus, and the Newcastle disease virus are currently in clinical trials. Early clinical results and limitations in the application of these vectors are discussed.
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- E Galanis
- Department of Oncology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
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Steinwaerder DS, Lieber A. Insulation from viral transcriptional regulatory elements improves inducible transgene expression from adenovirus vectors in vitro and in vivo. Gene Ther 2000; 7:556-67. [PMID: 10819570 DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3301139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Recombinant adenoviruses (Ad) are attractive vectors for gene transfer in vitro and in vivo. However, the widely used E1-deleted vectors as well as newer generation vectors contain viral sequences, including transcriptional elements for viral gene expression. These viral regulatory elements can interfere with heterologous promoters used to drive transgene expression and may impair tissue-specific or inducible transgene expression. This study demonstrates that the activity of a metal-inducible promoter is affected by Ad sequences both upstream and downstream of the transgene cassette in both orientations. Interference with expression from the heterologous promoter was particularly strong by viral regulatory elements located within Ad sequences nucleotides 1-341. This region is present in all recombinant Ad vectors, including helper-dependent vectors. An insulator element derived from the chicken gamma-globin locus (HS-4) was employed to shield the inducible promoter from viral enhancers as tested after gene transfer with first-generation Ad vectors in vitro and in vivo. Optimal shielding was obtained when the transgene expression cassette was flanked on both sides by HS-4 elements, except for when the HS-4 element was placed in 3'-->5' orientation in front of the promoter. The insulators reduced basal expression to barely detectable levels in the non-induced stage, and allowed for induction factors of approximately 40 and approximately 230 in vitro and in vivo, respectively. Induction ratios from Ad vectors without insulators were approximately 40-fold lower in vitro and approximately 15-fold lower in vivo. This study proves the potential of insulators to improve inducible or tissue-specific gene expression from adenovirus vectors, which is important for studying gene functions as well as for gene therapy approaches. Furthermore, our data show that insulators exert enhancer-blocking effects in episomal DNA.
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- D S Steinwaerder
- Division of Medical Genetics, University of Washington, Seattle 98195, USA
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Borrás T, Rowlette LL, Erzurum SC, Epstein DL. Adenoviral reporter gene transfer to the human trabecular meshwork does not alter aqueous humor outflow. Relevance for potential gene therapy of glaucoma. Gene Ther 1999; 6:515-24. [PMID: 10476211 DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3300860] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Obstruction of the aqueous humor outflow from the anterior chamber of the eye leads to an elevation of intraocular pressure in glaucoma, the second major cause of blindness worldwide. Our goal is to be able to modulate aqueous humor outflow resistance by gene transfer to the cells of the trabecular meshwork (TM). We have previously shown that adenoviral vectors are able to transfer a reporter gene to the TM of postmortem human donors. However, assessing gene therapy for glaucoma requires models that can monitor changes in aqueous humor outflow facility (C = flow/pressure). In this study we used four replication-deficient adenoviruses in two such perfusion models. In the first model, whole porcine eyes were infected, perfused at constant pressure and flow changes recorded for 5 h. In the second one, anterior segments from human eyes were infected, perfused at constant flow and pressure changes recorded for 3 days. A single dose of 10(8) adenovirus plaque forming units (pfu) causes a reduction in C while single doses of 10(7), 10(6) and 10(5) p.f.u. do not affect outflow facility and retain positive gene transfer. These findings indicate that adenovirus, at effective doses, could become useful vectors for gene therapy of glaucoma.
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- T Borrás
- Department of Ophthalmology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA
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Von Seggern DJ, Nemerow GR. ADENOVIRAL VECTORS FOR PROTEIN EXPRESSION. GENE EXPRESSION SYSTEMS 1999. [PMCID: PMC7150134 DOI: 10.1016/b978-012253840-7/50006-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Sato Y, Tanaka K, Lee G, Kanegae Y, Sakai Y, Kaneko S, Nakabayashi H, Tamaoki T, Saito I. Enhanced and specific gene expression via tissue-specific production of Cre recombinase using adenovirus vector. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1998; 244:455-62. [PMID: 9514856 DOI: 10.1006/bbrc.1997.8087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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A tissue-specific promoter is potentially valuable for the study of specific gene function and for gene therapy, as it permits a linked cytotoxic or any other gene to be expressed specifically in target cells. The expression levels of such promoters are generally low, and we have therefore developed a novel and general method to enhance the expression level of a tissue-specific promoter while maintaining specificity. We constructed a "regulator" recombinant adenovirus (rAd) producing the site-specific recombinase Cre under the control of the hepatocarcinoma-specific alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) promoter. The rAd was infected to AFP-producing cells together with a "target" rAd containing a Cre-activating potent expression unit. In in vitro experiments, the double infection method gave about 50-fold higher expression than the single rAd infection directly driven by the AFP promoter, while maintaining strict specificity to AFP-producing cells. The enhanced and specific expression was also observed in in vivo tumor models. This method may contribute not only to the establishment of specific gene therapies but also to basic study for elucidating cell-type specific gene functions.
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- Y Sato
- Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, University of Tokyo, Japan
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- R D Gerard
- Center For Transgene Technology and Gene Therapy, Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
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Walter E, Croyle MA, Davidson BL, Roessler BJ, Hilfinger JM, Amidon GL. Adenovirus mediated gene transfer to intestinal epithelial cells as a potential approach for oral delivery of peptides and proteins. J Control Release 1997. [DOI: 10.1016/s0168-3659(96)01584-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Shi Q, Wang Y, Worton R. Modulation of the specificity and activity of a cellular promoter in an adenoviral vector. Hum Gene Ther 1997; 8:403-10. [PMID: 9054515 DOI: 10.1089/hum.1997.8.4-403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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Most gene therapy studies with recombinant adenoviruses employ viral promoters and lack tissue specificity. To determine whether a tissue-specific cellular promoter inserted into the adenoviral genome can direct the expression of a reporter gene in a tissue-specific manner, recombinant adenoviruses containing a nuclear lacZ gene driven by a human ventricular/slow muscle myosin light chain 1 promoter with and without a muscle creatine kinase enhancer were constructed. The ability of these viruses to express the reporter genes in infected myogenic and nonmyogenic cell lines was studied. Intramuscular injection of these viruses into mice showed that little or no reporter gene expression occurred in muscle fibers, although a relatively high level of lacZ gene expression was observed in surrounding connective tissue. Insertion of adenovirus sequences from the 5' inverted terminal repeat (ITR) region and/or the protein IX region into plasmids resulted in decreased reporter gene expression from myosin light chain 1 promoter in transfected C2C12 myotubes and 293 cells, as well as in injected muscles. These results suggested that negative elements are present in the adenoviral genome. This negative effect seems neither tissue nor species specific. Adenovirus cis-elements that may affect the specificity and activity of a cellular promoter are discussed.
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- Q Shi
- Department of Genetics and Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- J R Nevins
- Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Genetics, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
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Hitt MM, Addison CL, Graham FL. Human adenovirus vectors for gene transfer into mammalian cells. ADVANCES IN PHARMACOLOGY (SAN DIEGO, CALIF.) 1997; 40:137-206. [PMID: 9217926 DOI: 10.1016/s1054-3589(08)60140-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 147] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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- M M Hitt
- Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Chapter 11 Adenoviral Gene Delivery. Methods Cell Biol 1997. [DOI: 10.1016/s0091-679x(08)60381-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register]
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Many viral and non-viral vector systems have now been developed for gene therapy applications. In this article, the pros and cons of these vector systems are discussed in relation to the different cancer gene therapy strategies. The protocols used in cancer gene therapy can be broadly divided into six categories including gene transfer to explanted cells for use as cell-based cancer vaccines; gene transfer to a small number of tumour cells in situ to achieve a vaccine effect; gene transfer to vascular endothelial cells (VECs) lining the blood vessels of the tumour to interfere with tumour angiogenesis; gene transfer to T lymphocytes to enhance their antitumour effector capability; gene transfer to haemopoietic stem cells (HSCs) to enhance their resistance to cytotoxic drugs and gene transfer to a large number of tumour cells in situ to achieve nonimmune tumour reduction with or without bystander effect. Each of the six strategies makes unique demands on the vector system and these are discussed with reference to currently available vectors. Aspects of vector biology that are in need of further development are discussed in some detail. The final section points to the potential use of replicating viruses as delivery vehicles for efficient in vivo gene transfer to disseminated cancers.
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- J Zhang
- Cambridge Centre for Protein Engineering, MRC Centre, UK
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Connelly S, Gardner JM, McClelland A, Kaleko M. High-level tissue-specific expression of functional human factor VIII in mice. Hum Gene Ther 1996; 7:183-95. [PMID: 8788169 DOI: 10.1089/hum.1996.7.2-183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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Hemophilia A results from subnormal levels of blood coagulation factor VIII (FVIII) and is an attractive target for gene therapy. However, progress has been impeded by features of FVIII biology such as low mRNA accumulation and the instability of the protein. We have shown previously that a FVIII adenoviral vector, Av1ALH81, allowed high-level expression of human FVIII in mice sustained for several weeks. Here, we have generated a second FVIII adenoviral vector, Av1ALAPH81, in which an intron was introduced into the FVIII expression cassette. Administration of Av1ALAPH81 to mice resulted in significantly increased FVIII plasma levels, 1,046 +/- 163 ng/ml compared to 307 +/- 93 ng/ml of FVIII detected in mice that received Av1ALH81. Normal FVIII levels in humans are 100-200 ng/ml and therapeutic levels are as low as 10 ng/ml. Therapeutic levels are defined as the amount of FVIII necessary to convert severe hemophilia to a moderate or mild hemophiliac condition. The increased potency of the second FVIII adenoviral vector allowed the administration of significantly lower, less toxic vector doses, while retaining the potential for high FVIII expression. Furthermore, we demonstrate that adenoviral-mediated expression of human FVIII can be limited to the liver by inclusion of a liver-specific promoter, thereby achieving the first step in regulated expression of human FVIII in vivo.
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- S Connelly
- Genetic Therapy, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD 20878, USA
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Leber SM, Yamagata M, Sanes JR. Gene transfer using replication-defective retroviral and adenoviral vectors. Methods Cell Biol 1996; 51:161-83. [PMID: 8722476 DOI: 10.1016/s0091-679x(08)60628-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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- S M Leber
- Division of Pediatric Neurology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor 48109, USA
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Gene and oligonucleotide therapy are emerging as clinically viable therapeutic regimens for genetic, neoplastic, and infectious diseases. Approaches include insertion of human genes in viral vectors including recombinant retrovirus, adenovirus, adeno-associated virus, and herpes simplex virus-1, or recombinant bacterial plasmids. Viral vectors transfect cells directly; plasmid DNA is delivered with the help of cationic liposomes (lipofection), polylysine conjugates, gramicidin S, artificial viral envelopes or other such intracellular carriers. Major areas of interest include replacement of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane regulator gene and the alpha 1-antitrypsin gene; arrest of human immunodeficiency virus infection; and reversal of tumorigenicity and cancer immunization, among others. Oligonucleotide therapy is principally focusing on the same areas, although the approach is to halt DNA transcription or messenger RNA translation with code-blocking triple-helix-forming or "antisense" oligomers. Contributions from the pharmaceutical sciences are expected in pharmaceutical chemistry, drug delivery systems design, analytical chemistry, and biopharmaceutics.
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- H Schreier
- Center for Lung Research, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN 37232-2650
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There are good theoretical arguments for exploring the use of replicating gene-transfer vectors for human cancer therapy. Such vectors should be derived from weakly pathogenic human viruses with initially broad tissue tropism. Coat protein engineering and promoter engineering might be used successfully to narrow the tropism of the vector, enhancing its ability to target tumour cells. Killing of uninfected 'bystander' tumour cells could be achieved through prodrug activation by a vector-encoded enzyme. Rapid elimination of infused vector particles by circulating antiviral antibody would limit access to tumour deposits after repeated administration, but might be circumvented by the use of infectious nucleic acid which is poorly imunogenic [64]. This putative therapeutic strategy is illustrated in Figure 1.
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- S J Russell
- Cambridge Centre for Protein Engineering, MRC Centre, UK
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Functional analysis of the trans-acting factor binding sites of the mouse alpha-fetoprotein proximal promoter by site-directed mutagenesis. J Biol Chem 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(18)54837-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Ponder KP, Dunbar RP, Wilson DR, Darlington GJ, Woo SL. Evaluation of relative promoter strength in primary hepatocytes using optimized lipofection. Hum Gene Ther 1991; 2:41-52. [PMID: 1863638 DOI: 10.1089/hum.1991.2.1-41] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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For most genetic deficiencies manifested in the liver, maximization of gene expression in hepatocytes will be an important factor in achieving successful gene therapy. A rapid, highly efficient, and nontoxic method for transfecting DNA into hepatocytes was used to compare directly promoter strengths of various cellular and viral promoters. Conditions are described here for transfecting 5-10% of primary hepatocytes using the positively charged liposomes, Lipofectin. Cells are not damaged by this method as they continue to transcribe genes controlled by liver specific promoters and can survive for over 2 weeks in culture. We find that the cytomegalovirus, SR alpha, and beta-actin promoters are more active than the SV40, RSV, RNA polymerase II, albumin, alpha 1-antitrypsin, or phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase promoters. A simple TK promoter and a TK promoter with the polyoma enhancer (MCI) were almost completely inactive. This information will be useful in the construction of vectors designed to express genes efficiently in primary hepatocytes for purposes of gene therapy, although the stability of expression from these promoters will need to be demonstrated in hepatocytes in vivo.
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- K P Ponder
- Department of Cell Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX 77030
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LIBERMANN TOWIAA, BALTIMORE DAVID. Transcriptional regulation of immunoglobulin gene expression. MOLECULAR ASPECTS OF CELLULAR REGULATION 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-444-81382-4.50025-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Adami GR, Babiss LE. The efficiency of adenovirus transformation of rodent cells is inversely related to the rate of viral E1A gene expression. J Virol 1990; 64:3427-36. [PMID: 2141089 PMCID: PMC249599 DOI: 10.1128/jvi.64.7.3427-3436.1990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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While the products of the type 5 adenovirus E1A and E1B genes can initiate pathways leading to a transformed rodent cell, little is known about how the rate of viral early gene expression influences the efficiency of this process. An adenovirus mutant [E1a(r) virus] that expresses its viral E1A and E1B genes at as much as a 100-fold-reduced rate relative to wild-type virus in infected CREF or HeLa cells transforms CREF cells at an 8-fold-higher efficiency than wild-type virus. Additional studies show that the reduction in viral E1A gene expression is solely responsible for this transformation phenotype, and at this low rate of viral E1A gene expression both E1A gene products must be expressed. Unlike previously characterized viruses which transform CREF cells at frequencies greater than wild-type virus, the foci obtained following E1a(r) virus infection were indistinguishable from those arising from wild-type virus by several criteria (morphological characteristics and anchorage-independent growth). Surprisingly, an analysis of viral early gene expression from a panel of wild-type- and E1a(r) virus-transformed CREF cell lines showed similar average rates of both viral E1A and E1B gene expression. By using an adenovirus-transformed cell line that is cold-sensitive for maintenance of the transformed cell phenotype, we show that both wild-type and the E1a(r) viruses can transform these cells at equally high efficiencies at the nonpermissive temperature of 32 degrees C. Our findings suggest that the process leading to a fully transformed cell involves multiple stages, with an early stage being facilitated by a reduced rate of viral E1A gene expression.
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- G R Adami
- Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, Rockefeller University, New York, New York 10021-3699
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Papaconstantinou J, Rabek JP, Zhang DE. Molecular Mechnisms of Liver-Specific Albumin and alpha-Fetoprotein Gene Regulation: A Review. albumin gene/alpha-fetoprotein gene/regulation promoter/liver-specific. Dev Growth Differ 1990. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-169x.1990.00205.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Localization of DNA protein-binding sites in the proximal and distal promoter regions of the mouse alpha-fetoprotein gene. J Biol Chem 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9258(19)39779-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Schorpp M, Kugler W, Wagner U, Ryffel GU. Hepatocyte-specific promoter element HP1 of the Xenopus albumin gene interacts with transcriptional factors of mammalian hepatocytes. J Mol Biol 1988; 202:307-20. [PMID: 3172219 DOI: 10.1016/0022-2836(88)90460-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 90] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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By transfecting various Xenopus albumin-CAT fusion genes into the mouse hepatoma cell line BW1J a 13 base-pair hepatocyte-specific promoter element (HP1) could be identified. A similar sequence element is also present in the promoter of the albumin and alpha-fetoprotein genes of other vertebrates. Introduction of single point mutations into HP1 destroys its function. Binding studies with nuclear proteins identify a factor interacting with HP1 which is specific for hepatic cells. In-vitro transcription in a rat liver nuclear extract demonstrates that HP1 leads to an increased transcriptional activity. This increased transcription is specifically inhibited by the addition of an HP1-containing oligonucleotide, establishing that the interaction of factors with HP1 is essential for increased transcription. Since HP1 derived from a Xenopus gene functions in mammalian hepatocytes, we conclude that a regulatory system involved in liver-specific gene expression has been conserved during evolution.
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- M Schorpp
- Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe, Institut für Genetik und Toxikologie, F.R.G
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Lorès P, Besnard C, Jami J. A mouse minialbumin gene is specifically expressed in differentiated hepatoma cells but not in transgenic mice. Differentiation 1988; 38:35-41. [PMID: 3181649 DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-0436.1988.tb00589.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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A mouse genomic DNA fragment including the albumin gene in which central exons 9-12 had been deleted and flanked by 2.2 kb in 5' and 4.3 kb in 3' (minialbumin gene), was introduced into rat hepatoma cells and also into mouse embryos to produce transgenic mice. The minialbumin gene was specifically transcribed in stably transfected differentiated clones and a 47-k Da minialbumin was synthesized and secreted into the culture medium. In contrast, the transgene was not expressed in any of the seven independent transgenic mouse lines examined. This suggests that expression of the albumin gene in developing animals requires cis-regulating elements additional to those located within the immediate flanking regions of the gene, which are sufficient to elicit specific expression in differentiated hepatoma cells in culture.
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- P Lorès
- Institut Jacques Monod du CNRS, Unité INSERM 257, Université Paris VII, France
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Wasylyk B. Transcription elements and factors of RNA polymerase B promoters of higher eukaryotes. CRC CRITICAL REVIEWS IN BIOCHEMISTRY 1988; 23:77-120. [PMID: 3048889 DOI: 10.3109/10409238809088317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The promoter for eukaryotic genes transcribed by RNA polymerase B can be divided into the TATA box (located at -30) and startsite (+1), the upstream element (situated between -40 and about -110), and the enhancer (no fixed position relative to the startsite). Trans-acting factors, which bind to these elements, have been identified and at least partially purified. The role of the TATA box is to bind factors which focus the transcription machinery to initiate at the startsite. The upstream element and the enhancer somehow modulate this interaction, possibly through direct protein-protein interactions. Another class of transcription factors, typified by viral proteins such as the adenovirus EIA products, do not appear to require binding to a particular DNA sequence to regulate transcription. The latest findings in these various subjects are discussed.
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- B Wasylyk
- Laboratoire de Genetique Moleculaire des Eucaryotes du CNRS, Strasbourg, France
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Sugano S, Stoeckle MY, Hanafusa H. Transformation by Rous sarcoma virus induces a novel gene with homology to a mitogenic platelet protein. Cell 1987; 49:321-8. [PMID: 3032449 DOI: 10.1016/0092-8674(87)90284-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 171] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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A cDNA clone, designated 9E3, was isolated from a chick embryo fibroblast (CEF) cDNA library. 9E3 mRNA was 20-fold higher in CEF following transformation by Rous sarcoma virus because of increased transcription rate. In CEF infected with temperature-sensitive mutants, increased 9E3 mRNA was found within 2 hr of a shift to permissive temperature. Nucleotide sequence and in vitro translation results indicate that 9E3 mRNA encodes an 11 kd polypeptide that is homologous to human connective tissue activating peptide III (CTAP-III), a mitogenic platelet alpha-granule protein, and to beta-thromboglobulin and platelet factor 4. The reported biological activities of CTAP-III suggest that elevated expression of 9E3 may play a role in producing some of the phenotypic features of RSV-transformed cells.
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Babiss LE, Friedman JM, Darnell JE. Cellular promoters incorporated into the adenovirus genome. Effect of viral DNA replication on endogenous and exogenous gene transcription. J Mol Biol 1987; 193:643-50. [PMID: 3612788 DOI: 10.1016/0022-2836(87)90347-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Cell-specific utilization of the albumin and immunoglobulin promoters within non-replicating adenovirus genomes has been established. With such viruses plus helper viruses we now consider the impact of infection by replicating viruses on liver-specific gene expression in hepatoma cells and of the effect of replication on the previously established limits of cell-specific expression. We find that replication of any adenovirus, whether or not it contains the albumin promoter, decreases albumin and apolipoprotein A transcription in hepatoma cells but does not affect transcription of at least four other genes expressed mainly (or only) in the liver. Thus, it may be that some hepatoma-specific genes and late adenoviral genes require a factor(s) in common, and these factors become limiting during replication. In hepatoma cells, the increased copy number of the exogenous promoters resulting from viral DNA replication did not influence the cell-specific expression noted previously; only albumin and not globin or immunoglobulin promoters in the virus were active. In contrast, replication by the same viruses in HeLa cells resulted in high levels of expression from all the exogenous promoters.
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