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Activation of silenced transgene expression in neural precursor cell lines by inhibitors of histone deacetytation

Rosenqvist, Nina LU ; Hård af Segerstad, C ; Samuelsson, C ; Johansen, J and Lundberg, Cecilia LU orcid (2002) In Journal of Gene Medicine 4(3). p.248-257
Abstract
Background Ex vivo gene therapy in the central nervous system (CNS) holds great promise for diseases such as the neurodegenerative disorders. However, achieving stable, long-term transgene expression in grafted cells has proven problematic. This study reports the establishment of an in vitro model of transgene down-regulation in cells grafted to the CNS using the immortalized neural progenitor cell lines HiB5 and RN33B. Methods Neural cell lines were transduced at 33 C with different GFP constructs, both viral and non-viral, containing either viral or non-viral promoters. Cell differentiation in vitro was obtained by culturing the cells at 37 C in serum-free defined media, which halts cell division, and GFP-expression was analysed by FACS.... (More)
Background Ex vivo gene therapy in the central nervous system (CNS) holds great promise for diseases such as the neurodegenerative disorders. However, achieving stable, long-term transgene expression in grafted cells has proven problematic. This study reports the establishment of an in vitro model of transgene down-regulation in cells grafted to the CNS using the immortalized neural progenitor cell lines HiB5 and RN33B. Methods Neural cell lines were transduced at 33 C with different GFP constructs, both viral and non-viral, containing either viral or non-viral promoters. Cell differentiation in vitro was obtained by culturing the cells at 37 C in serum-free defined media, which halts cell division, and GFP-expression was analysed by FACS. As early as day 3 of culture at 37degreesC, the transgene expression decreased markedly in most cell lines. To validate the assay, the same clones were grafted to the adult rat striatum and the down-regulation of GFP-expression was evaluated. Results The temporal pattern of down-regulation was found to be similar in vitro and in vivo. Using this assay, it was shown that addition of inhibitors of histone deacetylation, but not an inhibitor of DNA methylation, reversed the silencing of GFP in quiescent neural progenitors by up to 308% of control values. Conclusion These results suggest that the same mechanisms controlling gene transcription of the host cell's genome are active in controlling transgene expression and that this should be taken into account when constructing vectors for gene therapy. The assay reported in this study could be used as a screening method to evaluate new vectors. Copyright (C) 2002 John Wiley Sons, Ltd. (Less)
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structure, transgene silencing, chromatin, gene therapy, neural stem cell lines, neural transplantation
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Journal of Gene Medicine
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4
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248 - 257
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John Wiley & Sons Inc.
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1521-2254
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10.1002/jgm.268
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English
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  abstract     = {{Background Ex vivo gene therapy in the central nervous system (CNS) holds great promise for diseases such as the neurodegenerative disorders. However, achieving stable, long-term transgene expression in grafted cells has proven problematic. This study reports the establishment of an in vitro model of transgene down-regulation in cells grafted to the CNS using the immortalized neural progenitor cell lines HiB5 and RN33B. Methods Neural cell lines were transduced at 33 C with different GFP constructs, both viral and non-viral, containing either viral or non-viral promoters. Cell differentiation in vitro was obtained by culturing the cells at 37 C in serum-free defined media, which halts cell division, and GFP-expression was analysed by FACS. As early as day 3 of culture at 37degreesC, the transgene expression decreased markedly in most cell lines. To validate the assay, the same clones were grafted to the adult rat striatum and the down-regulation of GFP-expression was evaluated. Results The temporal pattern of down-regulation was found to be similar in vitro and in vivo. Using this assay, it was shown that addition of inhibitors of histone deacetylation, but not an inhibitor of DNA methylation, reversed the silencing of GFP in quiescent neural progenitors by up to 308% of control values. Conclusion These results suggest that the same mechanisms controlling gene transcription of the host cell's genome are active in controlling transgene expression and that this should be taken into account when constructing vectors for gene therapy. The assay reported in this study could be used as a screening method to evaluate new vectors. Copyright (C) 2002 John Wiley Sons, Ltd.}},
  author       = {{Rosenqvist, Nina and Hård af Segerstad, C and Samuelsson, C and Johansen, J and Lundberg, Cecilia}},
  issn         = {{1521-2254}},
  keywords     = {{structure; transgene silencing; chromatin; gene therapy; neural stem cell lines; neural transplantation}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{3}},
  pages        = {{248--257}},
  publisher    = {{John Wiley & Sons Inc.}},
  series       = {{Journal of Gene Medicine}},
  title        = {{Activation of silenced transgene expression in neural precursor cell lines by inhibitors of histone deacetytation}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jgm.268}},
  doi          = {{10.1002/jgm.268}},
  volume       = {{4}},
  year         = {{2002}},
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