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ArticleOpen research Europe2024

Overcoming the Silencing of Doxycycline-Inducible Promoters in hiPSC-derived Cardiomyocytes.

Michelle Guichardaz, Sveva Bottini, Elisa Balmas, Alessandro Bertero

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Article in Open research Europe, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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Michelle GuichardazDepartment of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Molecular Biotechnology Center "Guido Tarone", University of Turin, Torino, 10126, Italy.
Sveva BottiniDepartment of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Molecular Biotechnology Center "Guido Tarone", University of Turin, Torino, 10126, Italy.
Elisa BalmasDepartment of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Molecular Biotechnology Center "Guido Tarone", University of Turin, Torino, 10126, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4600-6809
Alessandro BerteroDepartment of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Molecular Biotechnology Center "Guido Tarone", University of Turin, Torino, 10126, Italy.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4919-9087

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Background: Human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) are pivotal for studying human development, modeling diseases, and advancing regenerative medicine. Effective control of transgene expression is crucial to achieve temporal and quantitative precision in all of these contexts. The doxycycline (dox)-inducible OPTi-OX system, which integrates the Tet-On 3G transactivator and dox-responsive transgene at the Methods: To address this, we evaluated strategies to enhance dox-inducible transgene expression. We compared two promoters, TRE3VG and T11, for activity and stability, and investigated the addition of a Ubiquitous Chromatin Opening Element (UCOE) to reduce silencing. We also tested relocating the transgene cassette to the Results: TRE3VG exhibited higher activity than T11, but both were prone to silencing. UCOE did not enhance promoter activity in hiPSCs, but modestly reduced silencing in hiPSC-CMs. Targeting the Conclusions: These findings underscore the need for integrating multiple strategies, including careful GSH selection, improved cassette design, epigenetic modulation, and clone screening, to develop robust dox-inducible systems that retain functionality during hiPSC differentiation.

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cardiomyocytesgenomic safe harboursHuman induced pluripotent stem cellsinducible expressionsilencingsodium butyrateT11 promoterTet-On 3GTRE3VG promoterubiquitous chromatin opening element

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