A novel packaging system for producing recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) vector was described. Instead of the conventional method for rAAV production by two-plasmid co-transfection followed by superinfec-tion ...A novel packaging system for producing recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) vector was described. Instead of the conventional method for rAAV production by two-plasmid co-transfection followed by superinfec-tion with adenovirus 5, an HSV-1 amplicon system expressing AAV-2 rep and cap genes from their native promoters was used to provide complete helper functions for rAAV replicating and packaging. This HSV-1 amplicon stock consisted of two kinds of infectious HSV-1 virions, a replicating-defective HSV-1 amplicon pseudovirus harboring multi-copies of AAV-2 rep and cap gene and a temperature-sensitive HSV-1 mutant strain ts-KOS. High-liter rAAV was generated with this new packaging system. This packaging system gives a simple and scaleable process for rAAV production.展开更多
A composite EBV based expression vector, pEBAF, was constructed with the 5′ flanking sequence of human α fetoprotein gene as a promoter. Complexed to galactosylated histone, this vector with a foreign DNA insertion ...A composite EBV based expression vector, pEBAF, was constructed with the 5′ flanking sequence of human α fetoprotein gene as a promoter. Complexed to galactosylated histone, this vector with a foreign DNA insertion could be transferred into hepatic cells via the asialoglycoprotein receptor mediated endocytosis pathway. It was replicated as an episome, and its expression was restricted to the AFP positive hepatoma cells. This new gene delivery method has the following advantages: (i) absence of a potential toxicity is related to viral vectors; (ii) the targeting is specific to AFP positive hepatoma cells; (iii) the introduction of the EBV replicon into this system results in the high level expression and long term maintenance of the transferred gene. This novel gene delivery system has potential applications in gene therapy for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National High Technology Development Program National Climbing Project
文摘A novel packaging system for producing recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) vector was described. Instead of the conventional method for rAAV production by two-plasmid co-transfection followed by superinfec-tion with adenovirus 5, an HSV-1 amplicon system expressing AAV-2 rep and cap genes from their native promoters was used to provide complete helper functions for rAAV replicating and packaging. This HSV-1 amplicon stock consisted of two kinds of infectious HSV-1 virions, a replicating-defective HSV-1 amplicon pseudovirus harboring multi-copies of AAV-2 rep and cap gene and a temperature-sensitive HSV-1 mutant strain ts-KOS. High-liter rAAV was generated with this new packaging system. This packaging system gives a simple and scaleable process for rAAV production.
文摘A composite EBV based expression vector, pEBAF, was constructed with the 5′ flanking sequence of human α fetoprotein gene as a promoter. Complexed to galactosylated histone, this vector with a foreign DNA insertion could be transferred into hepatic cells via the asialoglycoprotein receptor mediated endocytosis pathway. It was replicated as an episome, and its expression was restricted to the AFP positive hepatoma cells. This new gene delivery method has the following advantages: (i) absence of a potential toxicity is related to viral vectors; (ii) the targeting is specific to AFP positive hepatoma cells; (iii) the introduction of the EBV replicon into this system results in the high level expression and long term maintenance of the transferred gene. This novel gene delivery system has potential applications in gene therapy for the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma.
