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- Title
Potential limitation of transcription terminators used as transgene insulators in adenoviral vectors.
- Authors
Buvoli, M.; Langer, S.J.; Bialik, S.; Leinwand, L.A.
- Abstract
The presence of adenoviral cis-elements interfering with the activity of tissue-specific promoters has seriously impaired the use of transcriptional targeting adenoviruses for gene therapy purposes. As an approach to overcome this limitation, transcription terminators were previously employed in cultured cells to insulate a transgene promoter from viral activation. To extend these studies in vivo, we have injected into heart and skeletal muscle, adenoviruses containing the human growth hormone terminator and the cardiac-specific α-myosin heavy chain promoter (αMyHC) driving the chloramphenicol acetyitransferase (CAT) reporter gene. Promoterless CAT constructs were also tested to study inter- fering viral transcription and terminator activity. Here we demonstrate that the presence of a terminator can produce undesirable effects on the activity of heterologous promoters. Our analysis shows that in particular conditions, a terminator can reduce the tissue specificity of the transgene promoter. By RNAse protection assay performed on cardiac myocytes, we also show that adenoviral elements can direct high levels of autonomous transcription within the E1A enhancer region. This finding supports the model that passive readthrough of the transgene promoter is responsible for loss of selective expression.
- Subjects
GENETIC transcription; TRANSGENE expression; ADENOVIRUSES; GENETIC vectors
- Publication
Gene Therapy, 2002, Vol 9, Issue 3, p227
- ISSN
0969-7128
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1038/sj.gt.3301640