RRC ID 38520
著者 Suga T, Kimura E, Morioka Y, Ikawa M, Li S, Uchino K, Uchida Y, Yamashita S, Maeda Y, Chamberlain JS, Uchino M.
タイトル Muscle fiber type-predominant promoter activity in lentiviral-mediated transgenic mouse.
ジャーナル PLoS One
Abstract Variations in gene promoter/enhancer activity in different muscle fiber types after gene transduction was noticed previously, but poorly analyzed. The murine stem cell virus (MSCV) promoter drives strong, stable gene expression in hematopoietic stem cells and several other cells, including cerebellar Purkinje cells, but it has not been studied in muscle. We injected a lentiviral vector carrying an MSCV-EGFP cassette (LvMSCV-EGFP) into tibialis anterior muscles and observed strong EGFP expression in muscle fibers, primary cultured myoblasts, and myotubes isolated from injected muscles. We also generated lentiviral-mediated transgenic mice carrying the MSCV-EGFP cassette and detected transgene expression in striated muscles. LvMSCV-EGFP transgenic mice showed fiber type-dependent variations in expression: highest in types I and IIA, intermediate in type IID/X, and lowest in type IIB fibers. The soleus and diaphragm muscles, consisting mainly of types I and IIA, are most severely affected in the mdx mouse model of muscular dystrophy. Further analysis of this promoter may have the potential to achieve certain gene expression in severely affected muscles of mdx mice. The Lv-mediated transgenic mouse may prove a useful tool for assessing the enhancer/promoter activities of a variety of different regulatory cassettes.
巻・号 6(3)
ページ e16908
公開日 2011-3-18
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0016908
PMID 21445245
PMC PMC3060803
MeSH 3T3 Cells Animals Base Sequence DNA Primers Green Fluorescent Proteins / genetics Lentivirus / genetics* Mice Mice, Inbred C57BL Mice, Transgenic Myofibrils / metabolism* Polymerase Chain Reaction Promoter Regions, Genetic*
IF 2.74
引用数 8
WOS 分野 GENETICS & HEREDITY
リソース情報
ヒト・動物細胞 NIH3T3 C2C12 (RCB0987)