摘要:
The present invention provides methods for high level, regulated transgene transcription that is restricted to cell populations of specific types. The process is designed to work with any inducible expression regulation systems, adapting them to a tissue-specific expression pattern while simultaneously delivering maximal achievable expression levels. In particular, the invention utilizes hybrid promoters that contain the DNA elements for both cell type-specific and regulated transcription. By placing the gene of the transcriptional activation factor (TAF) under the control of this tissue-specific/drug-regulated (TSDR) promoter, this invention achieves high expression levels of TAF in specific target cells by first initiating TAF expression using cell-type specific transcription elements, and subsequently amplifying transcriptional activity by establishing an autoregulatory positive feedback loop. In non-target cells, cell type-specific elements of the TSDR promoter will be inactive, the TAF expression will not be initiated, and auto-upregulation will not occur. For cell type-specific promoters with leaky low-level activity in non-target cells, a variation of this system has been developed which combines autologous upregulation of TAF with the expression of cross-competing transcriptional silencers (TSi) to achieve a type of eukaryotic “genetic switch”—either shutting off transgene and TAF expression completely or promoting maximal expression levels, depending on the original activity level of the specific promoter in that particular cell.
摘要:
The invention generally relates to targeted gene therapy using recombinant vectors and particularly adenovirus vectors. The invention specifically relates to replication-conditional vectors and methods for using them. Such vectors are able to selectively replicate in a target tissue to provide a therapeutic benefit from the presence of the vector per se or from heterologous gene products expressed from the vector and distributed throughout the tissue. In such vectors, a gene essential for replication is placed under the control of a heterologous tissue-specific transcriptional regulatory sequence. Thus, replication is conditioned on the presence of a factor(s) that induces transcription or the absence of a factor(s) that inhibits transcription of the gene by means of the transcriptional regulatory sequence with this vector; therefore, a target tissue can be selectively treated.
摘要:
Endogenous gene regulation mechanisms together with microRNAs expressed in many organisms can be used to provide regulated or conditional expression of transgenes by placing an appropriate sequence, a microRNA binding site, within the transcribed gene. This microRNA-dependent transcription regulation can be further regulated using microRNA inhibitors.
摘要:
The invention concerns the use of an avian cell for producing an exogenous protein of interest in an animal belonging to the avian species, said cell being transformed by an expression vector comprising the gene coding for said protein, said cell being introduced in the sub-germinal cavity of an embryo, the blood stream of the embryo or being used as nucleus source for nuclear transfer into an avian egg enucleated or not, or whereof the chromosomes have been destroyed.
摘要:
The invention generally relates to targeted gene therapy using recombinant vectors and particularly adenovirus vectors. The invention specifically relates to replication-conditional vectors and methods for using them. Such vectors are able to selectively replicate in a target tissue to provide a therapeutic benefit from the presence of the vector per se or from heterologous gene products expressed from the vector and distributed throughout the tissue. In such vectors, a gene essential for replication is placed under the control of a heterologous tissue-specific transcriptional regulatory sequence. Thus, replication is conditioned on the presence of a factor(s) that induces transcription or the absence of a factor(s) that inhibits transcription of the gene by means of the transcriptional regulatory sequence with this vector; therefore, a target tissue can be selectively treated.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a method of expressing a heterologous gene in mammalian cells and a recombinant DNA construct for use in the method. The invention also relates to a method of specifically killing cells which constitutively express AFP.
摘要:
The invention generally relates to targeted gene therapy using recombinant vectors and particularly adenovirus vectors. The invention specifically relates to replication-conditional vectors and methods for using them. Such vectors are able to selectively replicate in a target tissue to provide a therapeutic benefit from the presence of the vector per se or from heterologous gene products expressed from the vector and distributed throughout the tissue. In such vectors, a gene essential for replication is placed under the control of a heterologous tissue-specific transcriptional regulatory sequence. Thus, replication is conditioned on the presence of a factor(s) that induces transcription or the absence of a factor(s) that ihibits transcription of the gene by means of the transcriptional regulatory sequence with this vector; therefore, a target tissue can be selectively treated.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a method of expressing a heterologous gene in mammalian cells and a recombinant DNA construct for use in the method. The invention also relates to a method of specifically killing cells which constitutively express AFP.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a method of expressing a heterologous gene in mammalian cells and a recombinant DNA construct for use in the method. The invention also relates to a method of specifically killing cells which constitutively express AFP.
摘要:
Methods for treatment, processes for preparing, and compositions for delivering selected nucleic acid sequences to cells, primarily of the treatment of neurological disorders and exploring neurological functions, are disclosed. In particular, the invention provides recombinant Herpesvirus vectors with a high rate of expression of selected nucleic acid sequences and/or a low cytopathicity and its associated methods and processes.