論文

国際誌
2018年12月18日

Site-Specific Integration by Recruitment of a Complex of ΦC31 Integrase and Donor DNA to a Target Site by Using a Tandem, Artificial Zinc-Finger Protein.

Biochemistry
  • Tatsuhiko Sumikawa
  • ,
  • Serika Ohno
  • ,
  • Takeharu Watanabe
  • ,
  • Ryo Yamamoto
  • ,
  • Miyu Yamano
  • ,
  • Tomoaki Mori
  • ,
  • Koichi Mori
  • ,
  • Takamasa Tobimatsu
  • ,
  • Takashi Sera

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開始ページ
6868
終了ページ
6877
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1021/acs.biochem.8b00979

To solve the problem of uncontrolled therapeutic gene integration, which is a critical drawback of retroviral vectors for gene therapy, the integration sites of exogenous genes should be precisely controlled not to perturb endogenous gene expression. To accomplish this, we explored the possibility of site-specific integration using two six-finger artificial zinc-finger proteins (AZPs) tandemly conjugated via a flexible peptide linker (designated "Tandem AZP"). A Tandem AZP in which two AZPs recognize specific 19 bp targets in a donor and acceptor DNA was expected to site-specifically recruit the donor DNA to the acceptor DNA. Thereafter, an exogenously added integrase was expected to integrate the donor DNA into a specific site in the acceptor DNA (as it might be in the human genome). We demonstrated in vitro that in the presence of Tandem AZP, ΦC31 integrase selectively integrated a donor plasmid into a target acceptor plasmid not only at 30 °C (the optimum temperature of the integrase) but also at 37 °C (for future application in humans). We expect that with further improvement of our current system, a combination of Tandem AZP with integrase/recombinase will enable site-specific integration in mammalian cells and provide safer gene therapy technology.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.biochem.8b00979
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30462489
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1021/acs.biochem.8b00979
  • PubMed ID : 30462489

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