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ArticlePloS one2010

Development of a chromosomally integrated metabolite-inducible Leu3p-alpha-IPM "off-on" gene switch.

Maria Poulou, Donald Bell, Kostas Bozonelos, Maria Alexiou, Anthony Gavalas, Robin Lovell-Badge, Eumorphia Remboutsika

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Article in PloS one, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Maria PoulouStem Cell Biology Laboratory, Institute of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Biomedical Sciences Research Center "Alexander Fleming," Attica, Greece.
Donald Bell
Kostas Bozonelos
Maria Alexiou
Anthony Gavalas
Robin Lovell-Badge
Eumorphia Remboutsika
Alexander Fleming Biomedical Sciences Research Center · GR

Funding

Medical Research Council MC_U117562207Medical Research Council U117512772
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPresent technology uses mostly chimeric proteins as regulators and hormones or antibiotics as signals to induce spatial and temporal gene expression. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL

findingsHere, we show that a chromosomally integrated yeast 'Leu3p-alpha-IotaRhoMu' system constitutes a ligand-inducible regulatory "off-on" genetic switch with an extensively dynamic action area. We find that Leu3p acts as an active transcriptional repressor in the absence and as an activator in the presence of alpha-isopropylmalate (alpha-IotaRhoMu) in primary fibroblasts isolated from double transgenic mouse embryos bearing ubiquitously expressing Leu3p and a Leu3p regulated GFP reporter. In the absence of the branched amino acid biosynthetic pathway in animals, metabolically stable alpha-IPM presents an EC(50) equal to 0.8837 mM and fast "OFF-ON" kinetics (t(50)ON = 43 min, t(50)OFF = 2.18 h), it enters the cells via passive diffusion, while it is non-toxic to mammalian cells and to fertilized mouse eggs cultured ex vivo. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: Our results demonstrate that the 'Leu3p-alpha-IotaRhoMu' constitutes a simpler and safer system for inducible gene expression in biomedical applications.

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AnimalsBase SequenceChromosomes, MammalianFemaleFibroblastsGenetic EngineeringMalatesMaleMiceMice, TransgenicPregnancySaccharomyces cerevisiaeSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsTrans-Activatorsalpha-isopropylmalateLEU3 protein, S cerevisiaeMalatesSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsTrans-Activators

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