Lack of methylation on transgene leads to high level and persistent transgene expression in induced pluripotent stem cells
Short-lived therapeutic gene expression in mammalian cells by DNA methylation is one of the major challenges in gene therapy. In this study, we assessed the implication of DNA methylation on the duration of GFP expression in mouse embryonic stem (ES) and mouse induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells. T...
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| description | Short-lived therapeutic gene expression in mammalian cells by DNA methylation is one of the major challenges in gene therapy. In this study, we assessed the implication of DNA methylation on the duration of GFP expression in mouse embryonic stem (ES) and mouse induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells. The cells were transduced with lentivirus (LV) carrying green fluorescent protein (GFP) driven by either human elongation factor (EF1α) or cytomegalovirus (CMV) promoter. Transduced iPS cells exhibited higher percentage of GFP+ cells with persistent mean fluorescent intensity than transduced ES cells. Analysis on the integrated copy of transgene in the population of the transduced cells demonstrated similar copy number. However, significant increase in GFP intensity following 5-azaC treatment was observed in transduced ES cells only, suggesting the influence of DNA methylation in transgene silencing. Subsequent DNA methylation analysis showed that the promoter and the GFP region of the provirus in iPS cells had negligible methylation profile compared to transduced ES cells. Interestingly, sustained transgene expression was observed upon directed differentiation of transduced iPS cells towards CD34+ CD45+ cells. Hence, this study has shown that favourable transgene activity from lentiviral transduced iPS cells was due to the lack of methylation at the proviral regions. |
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| spelling | upm-895392021-08-16T10:09:46Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/89539/ Lack of methylation on transgene leads to high level and persistent transgene expression in induced pluripotent stem cells Alhaji, Suleiman Yusuf Nordin, Norshariza Ngai, Siew Ching Al Abbar, Akram Lai, Mei I. Abdullah, Syahril Short-lived therapeutic gene expression in mammalian cells by DNA methylation is one of the major challenges in gene therapy. In this study, we assessed the implication of DNA methylation on the duration of GFP expression in mouse embryonic stem (ES) and mouse induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells. The cells were transduced with lentivirus (LV) carrying green fluorescent protein (GFP) driven by either human elongation factor (EF1α) or cytomegalovirus (CMV) promoter. Transduced iPS cells exhibited higher percentage of GFP+ cells with persistent mean fluorescent intensity than transduced ES cells. Analysis on the integrated copy of transgene in the population of the transduced cells demonstrated similar copy number. However, significant increase in GFP intensity following 5-azaC treatment was observed in transduced ES cells only, suggesting the influence of DNA methylation in transgene silencing. Subsequent DNA methylation analysis showed that the promoter and the GFP region of the provirus in iPS cells had negligible methylation profile compared to transduced ES cells. Interestingly, sustained transgene expression was observed upon directed differentiation of transduced iPS cells towards CD34+ CD45+ cells. Hence, this study has shown that favourable transgene activity from lentiviral transduced iPS cells was due to the lack of methylation at the proviral regions. Elsevier 2020 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/89539/1/LENTI.pdf Alhaji, Suleiman Yusuf and Nordin, Norshariza and Ngai, Siew Ching and Al Abbar, Akram and Lai, Mei I. and Abdullah, Syahril (2020) Lack of methylation on transgene leads to high level and persistent transgene expression in induced pluripotent stem cells. Gene, 758. pp. 1-19. ISSN 0378-1119; ESSN: 1879-0038 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0378111920306272 10.1016/j.gene.2020.144958 |
| spellingShingle | Alhaji, Suleiman Yusuf Nordin, Norshariza Ngai, Siew Ching Al Abbar, Akram Lai, Mei I. Abdullah, Syahril Lack of methylation on transgene leads to high level and persistent transgene expression in induced pluripotent stem cells |
| title | Lack of methylation on transgene leads to high level and persistent transgene expression in induced pluripotent stem cells |
| title_full | Lack of methylation on transgene leads to high level and persistent transgene expression in induced pluripotent stem cells |
| title_fullStr | Lack of methylation on transgene leads to high level and persistent transgene expression in induced pluripotent stem cells |
| title_full_unstemmed | Lack of methylation on transgene leads to high level and persistent transgene expression in induced pluripotent stem cells |
| title_short | Lack of methylation on transgene leads to high level and persistent transgene expression in induced pluripotent stem cells |
| title_sort | lack of methylation on transgene leads to high level and persistent transgene expression in induced pluripotent stem cells |
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