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- Title
Gene expression imaging by enzymatic catalysis of a fluorescent probe via membrane-anchored β-glucuronidase.
- Authors
Su, Y.-C.; Chuang, K.-H.; Wang, Y.-M.; Cheng, C.-M.; Lin, S.-R.; Wang, J.-Y.; Hwang, J.-J.; Chen, B.-M.; Chen, K.-C.; Roffler, S.; Cheng, T.-L.
- Abstract
Development of nonimmunogenic and specific reporter genes to monitor gene expression in vivo is important for the optimization of gene therapy protocols. We developed a membrane-anchored form of mouse β-glucuronidase (mβG) as a reporter gene to hydrolyze a nonfluorescent glucuronide probe (fluorescein di-β-D-glucuronide, (FDGlcU) to a highly fluorescent reporter to assess the location and persistence of gene expression. A functional β-glucuronidase (βG) was stably expressed on the surface of murine CT26 colon adenocarcinoma cells where it selectively hydrolyzed the cell-impermeable FDGlcU probe. FDGlcU was also preferentially converted to fluorescent probe by (βG) on CT26 tumors. The fluorescent intensity in βG-expressing CT26 tumors was 240 times greater than the intensity in control tumors. Selective imaging of gene expression was also observed after intratumoral injection of adenoviral βG vector into carcinoma xenografts. Importantly, mβG did not induce an antibody response after hydrodynamic plasmid immunization of Balb/c mice, indicating that the reporter gene product displayed low immunogenicity. A membrane-anchored form of human βG also allowed in vivo imaging, demonstrating that human βG can be employed for imaging. This imaging system therefore, displays good selectivity with low immunogenicity and may help assess the location, magnitude and duration of gene expression in living animals and humans.Gene Therapy (2007) 14, 565–574. doi:10.1038/sj.gt.3302896; published online 18 January 2007
- Subjects
GENE expression; CATALYSIS; GLUCURONIDASE; FLUORESCENT probes; GENE therapy; REPORTER genes
- Publication
Gene Therapy, 2007, Vol 14, Issue 7, p565
- ISSN
0969-7128
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/sj.gt.3302896