Creation of a reversible on/off system for site-specific in vivo control of exogenous gene activity in the renal glomerulus.
AUTOR(ES)
Kitamura, M
RESUMO
Using genetically engineered glomerular mesangial cells, an in vivo gene transfer approach was developed that specifically targets the renal glomerulus. By combining this system with a tetracycline (Tc)-responsive promoter, the present study aimed to create a reversible on/off system for site-specific in vivo control of exogenous gene activity within the glomerulus. In the Tc regulatory system, a Tc-controlled transactivator (tTA) encoded by a regulator plasmid induces target gene transcription by binding to a tTA-responsive promoter located in a response plasmid. Tc inhibits this tTA-dependent transactivation via its affinity for tTA. In double-transfected cells, therefore, the activity of a transgene can be controlled by Tc. Cultured rat mesangial cells were cotransfected with a regulator plasmid and a response plasmid that introduces a beta-galactosidase gene. In vitro, stable double-transfectant MtTAG cells exhibited no beta-galactosidase activity in the presence of Tc. However, following withdrawal of Tc from culture media, expression of beta-galactosidase was induced within 24 h. When Tc was again added, the expression was rapidly resuppressed. Low concentrations of Tc were sufficient to maintain the silent state of tTA-dependent promoter. MtTAG cells were then transferred into the rat glomeruli via renal artery injection. In the isolated chimeric glomeruli, expression of beta-galactosidase was induced ex vivo in the absence of Tc, whereas it was repressed in its presence. When Tc-pretreated MtTAG cells were transferred into the glomeruli of untreated rats, beta-galactosidase expression was induced in vivo within 3 days. Oral administration of Tc dramatically suppressed this induction. These data demonstrate the feasibility of using mesangial cell vectors combined with the Tc regulatory system for site-specific in vivo control of exogenous gene expression in the glomerulus.
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