Retroviral delivery of the ecdysone-regulatable gene expression system

We describe a set of Moloney Murine Leukemia Virus (MoMLV)-based replication-defective retroviral vectors for delivery of the ecdysone-inducible system into mammalian cells. The vector pFB-ERV contains a tricistronic CMV expression cassette from which the ecdysone receptor proteins RXR and VgEcR are expressed, with the neo-resistance marker expressed as the third open reading frame (ORF). The inducible vector pCFB-EGSH contains an ecdysone-inducible expression cassette inserted between the viral LTRs in the antisense orientation relative to that for the viral promoter. Potential interference from the proviral 5' LTR is obviated due to a SIN deletion in the 3' LTR. When used together, induction ratios of over 1000-fold were achieved in NIH3T3 cells using firefly luciferase as a reporter.     

可诱导慢病毒载体的优化策略及应用

以1型人免疫缺陷病毒(HIV-1)为基础构建的慢病毒载体具有可感染非分裂细胞、免疫反应小、携带的基因片段容量大和可整合进宿主基因组而长期表达等优点,因而成为最理想的基因转移载体之一。可诱导慢病毒载体介导的可诱导基因表达系统能够有效控制目的基因表达,扩大了慢病毒载体的临床应用潜能,成为很有前景的基因治疗载体。主要介绍带有四环素和其他几种诱导系统的可调控性慢病毒载体及其改进,以及可诱导慢病毒载体在RNA干扰中的应用。