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ArticleHuman gene therapy2015

Inhibition of HIV-1 by a Lentiviral Vector with a Novel Tat-Inducible Expression System and a Specific Tropism to the Target Cells.

Touraj Farazmandfar, Mohammad Reza Haghshenas, Majid Shahbazi

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Article in Human gene therapy, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Touraj Farazmandfar1 Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Advanced Medical Technologies, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran.
Mohammad Reza Haghshenas2 Molecular and Cell Biology Research Center, Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, Sari, Iran.
Majid Shahbazi1 Department of Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Advanced Medical Technologies, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran.
Golestan University · IRMazandaran University of Medical Sciences · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Today, lentiviral vectors are favorable vectors for RNA interference delivery in anti-HIV therapeutic approaches. Nevertheless, problems such as the specific recognition of target cells and uncontrolled expression of the transgene can restrict their use in vivo. Herein we present a new HIV-inducible promoter to express anti-HIV short hairpin RNA (shRNA) by RNA Pol II in mammalian cells. We likewise showed a novel third-generation lentiviral vector system with more safety and a specific tropism to the target cells. The new promoter, CkRhsp, was constructed from the chicken β-actin core promoter with the R region of HIV-1 long terminal repeat fused upstream of minimal hsp70 promoter. This system was induced by HIV-1 Tat, and activates transcription of two shRNAs against two conserved regions of HIV-1 transcripts produced in two steps of the virus life cycle. We also mimicked HIV-1 cell tropism by using the HIV-1 envelope in structure of third-generation lentiviral vector. The new fusion promoter efficiently expressed shRNA in a Tat-inducible manner. HIV-1 replication was inhibited in transient transfection and stable transduction assays. The new viral vector infected only CD4+cells. CkRhsp promoter may be safer than other inducible promoters for shRNA-mediated gene therapies against HIV. The use of the wild envelope in the vector packaging system may provide the specific targeting T lymphocytes and hematopoietic stem cells for anti-HIV-1 therapeutic approaches in vivo.

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AnimalsCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesGenetic VectorsHIV-1HIV InfectionsHSP70 Heat-Shock ProteinsHumansLentivirusRNA Polymerase IIRNA, Small Interferingtat Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency VirusTransduction, GeneticViral TropismVirus ReplicationHSP70 Heat-Shock ProteinsRNA Polymerase IIRNA, Small Interferingtat Gene Products, Human Immunodeficiency Virus

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PMID26077977
PMCPMC4630793
OpenAlexW1740418148

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