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ArticleMolecular cancer2012

Highly efficient site-specific transgenesis in cancer cell lines.

Iacovos P Michael, Claudio Monetti, Anthony C Chiu, Puzheng Zhang, Takeshi Baba, Koichiro Nishino, Siamak Agha-Mohammadi, Knut Woltjen, Hoon-Ki Sung, Andras Nagy

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Article in Molecular cancer, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Iacovos P MichaelSamuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, M5G 1X5, Canada.
Claudio Monetti
Anthony C Chiu
Puzheng Zhang
Takeshi Baba
Koichiro Nishino
Siamak Agha-Mohammadi
Knut Woltjen
Hoon-Ki Sung
Andras Nagy
Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute · CAMount Sinai Hospital · CAUPMC Hillman Cancer Center · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTransgenes introduced into cancer cell lines serve as powerful tools for identification of genes involved in cancer. However, the random nature of genomic integration site of a transgene highly influences the fidelity, reliability and level of its expression. In order to alleviate this bottleneck, we characterized the potential utility of a novel PhiC31 integrase-mediated site-specific insertion system (PhiC31-IMSI) for introduction of transgenes into a pre-inserted docking site in the genome of cancer cells.

methodsAccording to this system, a "docking-site" was first randomly inserted into human cancer cell lines and clones with a single copy were selected. Subsequently, an "incoming" vector containing the gene of interest was specifically inserted in the docking-site using PhiC31.

resultsUsing the Pc-3 and SKOV-3 cancer cell lines, we showed that transgene insertion is reproducible and reliable. Furthermore, the selection system ensured that all surviving stable transgenic lines harbored the correct integration site. We demonstrated that the expression levels of reporter genes, such as green fluorescent protein and luciferase, from the same locus were comparable among sister, isogenic clones. Using in vivo xenograft studies, we showed that the genetically altered cancer cell lines retain the properties of the parental line. To achieve temporal control of transgene expression, we coupled our insertion strategy with the doxycycline inducible system and demonstrated tight regulation of the expression of the antiangiogenic molecule sFlt-1-Fc in Pc-3 cells. Furthermore, we introduced the luciferase gene into the insertion cassette allowing for possible live imaging of cancer cells in transplantation assays. We also generated a series of Gateway cloning-compatible intermediate cassettes ready for high-throughput cloning of transgenes and demonstrated that PhiC31-IMSI can be achieved in a high throughput 96-well plate format.

conclusionsThe novel PhiC31-IMSI system described in this study represents a powerful tool that can facilitate the characterization of cancer-related genes.

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Gene Transfer TechniquesHomologous RecombinationTransgenesAnimalsCell Line, TumorDoxycyclineGene ExpressionGene Expression RegulationGene OrderGenes, ReporterGenetic VectorsHigh-Throughput Screening AssaysHumansMiceNeoplasmsReproducibility of ResultsDoxycycline

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