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ArticleDrug design, development and therapy2020

Enhancing the Butyrylcholinesterase Activity in HEK-293 Cell Line by Dual-Promoter Vector Decorated on Lipofectamine.

Vida Mirzaie, Touba Eslaminejad, Homayoon Babaei, Seyed Noureddin Nematollahi-Mahani

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Article in Drug design, development and therapy, 2020. 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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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Vida MirzaieDepartment of Anatomy, Afzalipour School of Medicine, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.ORCID 0000-0001-7052-2013
Touba EslaminejadPharmaceutics Research Centre, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
Homayoon BabaeiDepartment of Clinical Sciences, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran.
Seyed Noureddin Nematollahi-MahaniNeuroscience Research Centre, Institute of Neuropharmacology, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran.
Kerman University of Medical Sciences · IRShahid Bahonar University of Kerman · IR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeHuman butyrylcholinesterase (BChE) serves as a bio scavenger to counteract organophosphate poisoning. It is also a potential drug candidate in several therapeutic fields. Therefore, in the present study, we constructed a new dual-promoter plasmid consisting of

methodsThe new dual-promoter construction (pBudCE dual BChE) including two copies of the

resultsValidation examination of the cloned plasmids confirmed the successful cloning process. The gene expression level and Ellman's method value in pBudCE dual BChE was higher than the other groups. CMV promoter has also increased the enzyme activity, although the difference was not significant compared with the control group. Interestingly, freeze-thaw cycles followed by several passages did not affect the enzyme activity.

conclusionThe designed construction with CMV and EF-1α promoters could increase BChE gene expression and the activity of the BChE enzyme in HEK-293 cell line. Large-scale production of BChE enzyme can be achieved by using dual-promoter plasmid construction compared to a single-promoter vector to be used in clinical trials.

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ButyrylcholinesteraseCells, CulturedCytomegalovirusGenetic VectorsHEK293 CellsHumansLipidsPeptide Elongation Factor 1Promoter Regions, GeneticButyrylcholinesteraseLipidsLipofectaminePeptide Elongation Factor 1drug deliverydual-promoterEllman’s methodHEK-293recombinant proteinvector

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PMID32943846
PMCPMC7481294
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