Yee J K, Moores J C, Jolly D J, Wolff J A, Respess J G, Friedmann T
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1987 Aug;84(15):5197-201. doi: 10.1073/pnas.84.15.5197.
Retroviral vectors are used for the efficient transfer of foreign genes into mammalian cells. We report here the construction of murine retrovirus-based vectors carrying the full-length cDNA for human hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT; EC 2.4.2.8) and from which the enhancer sequences, the "CAAT box," and the "TATA box" in the long terminal repeats (LTRs) have been deleted. After infection of HPRT-deficient rat cells by the vectors, transcriptional activity from the 5' LTR was undetectable and expression of the HPRT cDNA was dependent on an internal promoter. Removal of the LTR regulatory elements increased HPRT gene expression from an internal promoter, indicating interference between the two sets of transcriptional signals. Such disabled vectors may reduce the likelihood of undesirable genetic changes through insertional mutagenesis in cells infected with retroviral vectors.
逆转录病毒载体被用于将外源基因高效导入哺乳动物细胞。我们在此报告基于鼠逆转录病毒构建的载体,其携带人次黄嘌呤磷酸核糖转移酶(HPRT;EC 2.4.2.8)的全长cDNA,并且长末端重复序列(LTRs)中的增强子序列、“CAAT盒”和“TATA盒”已被删除。用这些载体感染HPRT缺陷型大鼠细胞后,无法检测到来自5' LTR的转录活性,并且HPRT cDNA的表达依赖于一个内部启动子。去除LTR调控元件可增加来自内部启动子的HPRT基因表达,这表明两组转录信号之间存在干扰。这种失活载体可能会降低在感染逆转录病毒载体的细胞中通过插入诱变产生不良基因变化的可能性。