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Hepatocyte-specific gene expression from integrated lentiviral vectors   总被引:2,自引:0,他引:2  
BACKGROUND: For many applications, efficient gene therapy will require long-term, organ-specific therapeutic gene expression. Lentiviral vectors based on HIV-1 are promising gene delivery vehicles due to their ability to integrate transgenes into non-dividing cells. Many experimental vectors express transgenes under the control of the cytomegalovirus (CMV) immediate-early gene promoter. Although this promoter directs strong gene expression in vitro, it may be shut off rapidly in vivo. This study explores the potential of HIV-1-based vectors to transduce hepatocytes and compares gene expression from different promoters in integrated vectors. METHODS: HIV-1-based vector plasmids expressing the green fluorescent protein (GFP) under the control of the CMV promoter, the alpha-1 antitrypsin gene promoter or promoters derived from the hepatitis B virus (HBV) genome were used to compare expression in transfected and transduced cell lines. RESULTS: Hepatocyte cell lines differed strikingly in their transfectability. Transduction with replication-deficient HIV-1-based vector particles incorporating the different promoter elements was uniformly effective in hepatocyte and non-hepatocyte lines. However, in hepatocytes, only the CMV, alpha-1 antitrypsin and HBV core but not HBV surface promoters were able to produce GFP expression. Addition of the HBV enhancer 2 element improved the transducing ability of the HBV surface promoter and suppressed expression in non-hepatocytes increasing specificity for hepatocytes. CONCLUSIONS: Integrated lentiviral vectors can be used to direct transgene expression in liver cells both promiscuously and specifically. Promoters derived from the alpha-1 antitrypsin gene or HBV are alternatives to the CMV promoter. Inclusion of the HBV enhancer 2 permits strong liver-specific gene expression in vitro.  相似文献   

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真核生物启动子位于基因5’端上游转录起始位点附近,是包含核心启动子以及上游转录调控元件的一段DNA序列,这些转录调控元件控制着基因表达的强度和特异性。肌肉特异性启动子的上游调控元件种类、数量和排列顺序决定着基因在肌肉中的特异性表达。深入研究肌肉启动子的上游调控元件,可以进一步了解肌肉基因表达机制,从而为肌肉性状的改良、增殖分化的机理和疾病的基因治疗等研究提供重要依据。该文回顾了近年来肌肉特异性启动子研究领域中的新发现,包括肌肉特异性启动子转录调控元件的分子机制、建立人工合成肌肉启动子的方法及应用,并探讨该领域中急需解决的问题和发展前景。  相似文献   

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