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ArticleGene therapy2015

Preferable sites and orientations of transgene inserted in the adenovirus vector genome: The E3 site may be unfavorable for transgene position.

M Suzuki, S Kondo, Z Pei, A Maekawa, I Saito, Y Kanegae

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Article in Gene therapy, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

M SuzukiLaboratory of Molecular Genetics, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
S KondoLaboratory of Molecular Genetics, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Z PeiLaboratory of Molecular Genetics, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
A MaekawaLaboratory of Molecular Genetics, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
I SaitoLaboratory of Molecular Genetics, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
Y KanegaeLaboratory of Molecular Genetics, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The adenovirus vector (AdV) can carry two transgenes in its genome, the therapeutic gene and a reporter gene, for example. The E3 insertion site has often been used for the expression of the second transgene. A transgene can be inserted at six different sites/orientations: E1, E3 and E4 sites, and right and left orientations. However, the best combination of the insertion sites and orientations as for the titers and the expression levels has not sufficiently been studied. We attempted to construct 18 AdVs producing GFP or LacZ gene driven by the EF1α promoter and Cre gene driven by the α-fetoprotein promoter. The AdV containing GFP gene at E3 in the rightward orientation (GFP-E3R) was not available. The LacZ-E3R AdV showed 20-fold lower titer and 50-fold lower level of fiber mRNA than the control E1L AdV. Notably, we found four aberrantly spliced mRNAs in the LacZ-E3L/R AdVs, probably explaining their very low titers. Although the transgene expression levels in the E4R AdVs were about threefold lower than those in the E1L AdVs, their titers are comparable with that of E1L AdVs. We concluded that E1L and E4R sites/orientations are preferable for expressing the main target gene and a second gene, respectively.

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Genome, ViralTransgenesAdenoviridaebeta-GalactosidaseGenetic VectorsGreen Fluorescent ProteinsHEK293 CellsHeLa CellsHumansMutagenesis, InsertionalPeptide Elongation Factor 1Promoter Regions, GeneticRecombinant Proteinsbeta-GalactosidaseGreen Fluorescent ProteinsPeptide Elongation Factor 1Recombinant Proteins

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PMID25588742
PMCPMC4424821
OpenAlexW2092418008

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