Extensive Replication of a Retroviral Replicating Vector Can Expand the A Bulge in the Encephalomyocarditis Virus Internal Ribosome Entry Site and Change Translation Efficiency of the Downstream Transgene
Autor: | Lin, Amy H, Liu, Yanzheng, Burrascano, Cynthia, Cunanan, Kathrina, Logg, Christopher R, Robbins, Joan M, Kasahara, Noriyuki, Gruber, Harry, Ibañez, Carlos, Jolly, Douglas J |
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Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Green Fluorescent Proteins Genetic Vectors Gene Therapy Internal Ribosome Entry Sites Cell Line Cytosine Deaminase Mice HEK293 Cells Infectious Diseases Rare Diseases Protein Biosynthesis Genetics Animals Humans RNA Female Viral Transgenes Encephalomyocarditis virus Moloney murine leukemia virus Infection Inbred BALB C Biotechnology |
Zdroj: | Human gene therapy methods, vol 27, iss 2 |
Popis: | We have developed retroviral replicating vectors (RRV) derived from Moloney murine gammaretrovirus with an amphotropic envelope and an encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV) internal ribosome entry site (IRES)-transgene cassette downstream of the env gene. During long-term (180 days) replication of the vector in animals, a bulge of 7 adenosine residues (A's) in the J-K bifurcation domain sometimes serially added A's. Therefore, vectors with 4-12 A's in the A bulge in the J-K bifurcation domain were generated, and the impact of the variants on transgene protein expression, vector stability, and IRES sequence upon multiple infection cycles was assessed in RRV encoding yeast-derived cytosine deaminase and green fluorescent protein in vitro. For transgene protein expression, after multiple infection cycles, RRV-IRES with 5-7 A's gave roughly comparable levels, 4 and 8 A's were within about 4-5-fold of the 6 A's, whereas 10 and 12 A's were marked lower. In terms of stability, after 10 infection cycles, expansion of A's appeared to be a more frequent event affecting transgene protein expression than viral genome deletions or rearrangement: 4 and 5 A's appeared completely stable; 6, 7, and particularly 8 A's showed some level of expansion in the A bulge; 10 and 12 A's underwent both expansion and transgene deletion. The strong relative translational activity of the 5 A's in the EMCV IRES has not been reported previously. The 5A RRV-IRES may have utility for preclinical and clinical applications where extended replication is required. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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