دورية أكاديمية

Destabilizing domains mediate reversible transgene expression in the brain.

التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
العنوان: Destabilizing domains mediate reversible transgene expression in the brain.
المؤلفون: Khalid Tai, Luis Quintino, Christina Isaksson, Fredrik Gussing, Cecilia Lundberg
المصدر: PLoS ONE, Vol 7, Iss 9, p e46269 (2012)
بيانات النشر: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2012.
سنة النشر: 2012
المجموعة: LCC:Medicine
LCC:Science
مصطلحات موضوعية: Medicine, Science
الوصف: Regulating transgene expression in vivo by delivering oral drugs has been a long-time goal for the gene therapy field. A novel gene regulating system based on targeted proteasomal degradation has been recently developed. The system is based on a destabilizing domain (DD) of the Escherichia coli dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) that directs fused proteins to proteasomal destruction. Creating YFP proteins fused to destabilizing domains enabled TMP based induction of YFP expression in the brain, whereas omission of TMP resulted in loss of YFP expression. Moreover, induction of YFP expression was dose dependent and at higher TMP dosages, induced YFP reached levels comparable to expression of unregulated transgene., Transgene expression could be reversibly regulated using the DD system. Importantly, no adverse effects of TMP treatment or expression of DD-fusion proteins in the brain were observed. To show proof of concept that destabilizing domains derived from DHFR could be used with a biologically active molecule, DD were fused to GDNF, which is a potent neurotrophic factor of dopamine neurons. N-terminal placement of the DD resulted in TMP-regulated release of biologically active GDNF. Our findings suggest that TMP-regulated destabilizing domains can afford transgene regulation in the brain. The fact that GDNF could be regulated is very promising for developing future gene therapies (e.g. for Parkinson's disease) and should be further investigated.
نوع الوثيقة: article
وصف الملف: electronic resource
اللغة: English
تدمد: 1932-6203
Relation: http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3460874?pdf=render; https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046269
URL الوصول: https://doaj.org/article/ede1238e80cc468291c620c3498024d3
رقم الأكسشن: edsdoj.1238e80cc468291c620c3498024d3
قاعدة البيانات: Directory of Open Access Journals
الوصف
تدمد:19326203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0046269