Expression of ssDNA in mammalian cells.

نویسندگان

  • Yin Chen
  • Yong-Jie Ji
  • Charles Conrad
چکیده

Antisense therapy involves the use of antisense oligonucleotides for altering targeted gene function. However, the low efficiency of cell delivery of antisense oligonucleotides has limited the efficacy of antisense therapeutic approaches. RNA-based antisense or ribozyme oligonucleotides can be either synthesized endogenously (e.g., by a viral vector) or delivered exogenously. However, there is presently no vector delivery system available for DNA-based oligonucleotides. Recently, a novel ssDNA expression vector that can generate intracellularly any ssDNA molecule, such as antisense oligonucleotide or DNA enzyme, has been developed in our laboratory. Here we describe an improved expression vector based on the first-generation two-vector system. To test this new expression vector, we chose to express a single-stranded "10-23" DNA enzyme targeting c-raf mRNA in the human lung carcinoma A549 cell line. After introduction into cells by transient transfection, c-raf-cleaving DNA enzymes produced by this expression vector can significantly suppress the expression of c-raf mRNA. Furthermore, the expressed c-raf DNA enzymes induced cell apoptosis, as indicated by genomic DNA fragmentation assay. Our study further demonstrates the feasibility of using this novel ssDNA expression technology to produce intracellularly any sequence of interest, including antisense oligonucleotides and DNA enzyme molecules.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • BioTechniques

دوره 34 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2003