scholarly journals Assessment of the Level of Accumulation of the dIFN Protein Integrated by the Knock-In Method into the Region of the Histone H3.3 Gene of Arabidopsis thaliana

Cells ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (8) ◽  
pp. 2137
Author(s):  
Natalya V. Permyakova ◽  
Tatyana V. Marenkova ◽  
Pavel A. Belavin ◽  
Alla A. Zagorskaya ◽  
Yuriy V. Sidorchuk ◽  
...  

Targeted DNA integration into known locations in the genome has potential advantages over the random insertional events typically achieved using conventional means of genetic modification. We investigated the possibility of obtaining a suspension cell culture of Arabidopsis thaliana carrying a site-specific integration of a target gene encoding modified human interferon (dIFN) using endonuclease Cas9. For the targeted insertion, we selected the region of the histone H3.3 gene (HTR5) with a high constitutive level of expression. Our results indicated that Cas9-induced DNA integration occurred with the highest frequency with the construction with donor DNA surrounded by homology arms and Cas9 endonuclease recognition sites. Among the monoclones of the four cell lines with knock-in studied, there is high heterogeneity in the level of expression and accumulation of the target protein. The accumulation of dIFN protein in cell lines with targeted insertions into the target region of the HTR5 gene does not statistically differ from the level of accumulation of dIFN protein in the group of lines with random integration of the transgene. However, one among the monoclonal lines with knock-in has a dIFN accumulation level above 2% of TSP, which is very high.

1992 ◽  
Vol 84 (4) ◽  
pp. 561-567 ◽  
Author(s):  
Poul E. Jensen ◽  
Michael Kristensen ◽  
Tine Hoff ◽  
Jan Lehmbeck ◽  
Bjarne M. Stummann ◽  
...  

1999 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. S. JENKINS ◽  
W. PAUL ◽  
M. CRAZE ◽  
C. A. WHITELAW ◽  
A. WEIGAND ◽  
...  

2002 ◽  
Vol 70 (2) ◽  
pp. 787-793 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patricia Guerry ◽  
Christine M. Szymanski ◽  
Martina M. Prendergast ◽  
Thomas E. Hickey ◽  
Cheryl P. Ewing ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT The outer cores of the lipooligosaccharides (LOS) of many strains of Campylobacter jejuni mimic human gangliosides in structure. A population of cells of C. jejuni strain 81-176 produced a mixture of LOS cores which consisted primarily of structures mimicking GM2 and GM3 gangliosides, with minor amounts of structures mimicking GD1b and GD2. Genetic analyses of genes involved in the biosynthesis of the outer core of C. jejuni 81-176 revealed the presence of a homopolymeric tract of G residues within a gene encoding CgtA, an N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase. Variation in the number of G residues within cgtA affected the length of the open reading frame, and these changes in cgtA corresponded to a change in LOS structure from GM2 to GM3 ganglioside mimicry. Site-specific mutation of cgtA in 81-176 resulted in a major LOS core structure that lacked GalNAc and resembled GM3 ganglioside. Compared to wild-type 81-176, the cgtA mutant showed a significant increase in invasion of INT407 cells. In comparison, a site-specific mutation of the neuC1 gene resulted in the loss of sialic acid in the LOS core and reduced resistance to normal human serum but had no affect on invasion of INT407 cells.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tatiana P. Fedorchuk ◽  
Inga A. Kireeva ◽  
Vera K. Opanasenko ◽  
Vasily V. Terentyev ◽  
Natalia N. Rudenko ◽  
...  

We studied bicarbonate-induced stimulation of photophosphorylation in thylakoids isolated from leaves of Arabidopsis thaliana plants. This stimulation was not observed in thylakoids of wild-type in the presence of mafenide, a soluble carbonic anhydrase inhibitor, and was absent in thylakoids of two mutant lines lacking the gene encoding alpha carbonic anhydrase 5 (αCA5). Using mass spectrometry, we revealed the presence of αCA5 in stromal thylakoid membranes of wild-type plants. A possible mechanism of the photophosphorylation stimulation by bicarbonate that involves αCA5 is proposed.


2009 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paola Zago ◽  
Marco Baralle ◽  
Youhna M. Ayala ◽  
Natasa Skoko ◽  
Serena Zacchigna ◽  
...  

1994 ◽  
Vol 107 (7) ◽  
pp. 1761-1772
Author(s):  
W. Filsell ◽  
J.C. Little ◽  
A.J. Stones ◽  
S.P. Granger ◽  
S.A. Bayley

The dermal papilla is a discrete group of cells at the base of the hair follicle and is implicated in controlling the hair growth cycle. Early passage dermal papilla cells can induce hair growth in vivo, but, upon further culturing, this property is lost. In order to study the events occurring in hair induction, a representative dermal papilla cell line was required. We have transfected passage 1 rat vibrissa dermal papilla cells with a polyomavirus large T gene encoding a temperature-sensitive T antigen, and generated permanent cell lines in which the immortalizing function can be switched off by temperature shift. The cells established without crisis, resembled cells in the starting population, and retained the aggregative properties of early passage dermal papilla cells. Growth studies were performed on the immortalized cell lines, which showed that transferring the cells to the restrictive temperature for the large T gene product resulted in cell senescence or quiescence, and changes in morphology. Implantation of cell pellets into the ears of immunologically compatible rats showed that the immortal cells retained hair-inductive ability. Cytokines are believed to have an important role in the control of hair growth. The pattern of cytokine gene expression in the immortal cell lines was compared with early passage dermal papilla cells and a non-hair-inducing dermal papilla cell line, using reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction. Epidermal growth factor, tumour necrosis factor, and interleukin-1a were detected in the immortalized and non-hair-inducing dermal papilla cell lines, but were absent in passage 2 dermal papilla cells. All other cytokines examined were detected in all the cell types under study. These results demonstrate that the polyomavirus large Ttsa-immortalized dermal papilla cell lines are very similar to passage 2 dermal papilla cells and thus provide a good model for hair growth studies. Cytokine expression profiles indicate that the expression of several cytokines may be implicated in hair induction. Further studies are under way to investigate the relationship between cytokine expression and the hair growth cycle.


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