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- Title
A ϕC31 integrase‐mediated integration hotspot in favor of transgene expression exists in the bovine genome.
- Authors
Hai-Long Ou; Ying Huang; Li-Juan Qu; Miao Xu; Jing-Bin Yan; Zhao-Rui Ren; Shu-Zhen Huang; Yi-Tao Zeng
- Abstract
ϕC31 integrase, a site‐specific recombinase, can effectively mediate foreign genes bearing an attB sequence integrated into pseudo attP sites. We have previously identified two pseudo attP sites, BpsF1 and BpsM1 from the bovine genome. In this study, two new pseudo attP sites, BF4 and BF10, were discovered using half‐nested inverse PCR from cow fibroblasts. The genomic locations of these two pseudo attP sites were identified by direct sequencing and a BLAST search, and it was confirmed that they reside at positions 4q31 and 10q35 by fluorescence in situ hybridization analysis. Subsequently, the distinct integration frequencies of the four pseudo attP sites were examined. The BF4 site was identified as a hotspot where site‐specific integration occurred in most of the cell clones examined, accounting for 74% (42/57) of the integration; much more than the integration frequency for BF10 (7%; 4/57), BpsF1 (7%; 4/57) and BpsM1 (0/57). Interestingly, similar to other hotspots identified in the human and mouse genomes, in which transgenes integrated at hotspots result in high expression, the GFP gene integrated at hotspot BF4 was expressed at high levels in cow fibroblasts, as confirmed by fluorescence microscopy and FACS analysis. Furthermore, ELISA showed that the expression level of the GFP gene integrated at the BF4 site averaged ∼ 328 μg·mg−1, which is more than twofold higher than that integrated at the BF10 site. This study suggests that somatic cells carrying a desired gene integrated at the BF4 site can be used as nuclear donors to generate valuable transgenic animals by nuclear transfer.
- Publication
FEBS Journal, 2009, Vol 276, Issue 1, p155
- ISSN
1742-464X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1742-4658.2008.06762.x