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ArticleScientific reports2020

Optimisation of Tet-On inducible systems for Sleeping Beauty-based chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) applications.

S M Ali Hosseini Rad, Aarati Poudel, Grace Min Yi Tan, Alexander D McLellan

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Article in Scientific reports, 2020. 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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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

S M Ali Hosseini Rad *Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Otago, Dunedin, Otago, 9010, New Zealand.
Aarati Poudel *Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Otago, Dunedin, Otago, 9010, New Zealand.
Grace Min Yi Tan *Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Otago, Dunedin, Otago, 9010, New Zealand.
Alexander D McLellanDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Otago, Dunedin, Otago, 9010, New Zealand. alex.mclellan@otago.ac.nz.
University of Otago · NZ

Funding

Marsden Fund 18-UOO-188
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Regulated expression of genetic elements that either encode polypeptides or various types of functional RNA is a fundamental goal for gene therapy. Inducible expression may be preferred over constitutive promoters to allow clinician-based control of gene expression. Existing Tet-On systems represent one of the tightest rheostats for control of gene expression in mammals. However, basal expression in absence of tetracycline compromises the widespread application of Tet-controlled systems in gene therapy. We demonstrate that the order of P2A-linked genes of interest was critical for maximal response and tightness of a chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-based construct. The introduction of G72V mutation in the activation region of the TetR component of the rtTA further improved the fold response. Although the G72V mutation resulted in a removal of a cryptic splice site within rtTA, additional removal of this splice site led to only a modest improvement in the fold-response. Selective removal of key promoter elements (namely the BRE, TATA box, DPE and the four predicted Inr) confirmed the suitability of the minimal CMV promoter and its downstream sequences for supporting inducible expression. The results demonstrate marked improvement of the rtTA based Tet-On system in Sleeping Beauty for applications such as CAR T cell therapy.

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Amino Acid SequenceDNA Transposable ElementsHEK293 CellsHumansModels, MolecularMutationProtein ConformationReceptors, Chimeric AntigenResponse ElementsTetracyclineDNA Transposable ElementsReceptors, Chimeric AntigenTetracycline

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PMID32753634
PMCPMC7403325
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