ADENO-ASSOCIATED VIRUS INTRODUCED INTEGRATION AND EXPRESSION OF FOREIGN GENES IN PC12 CELLS / 药物分析学报

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate integration and expression of adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors in neuronal PC12 cells,the result of which can be applied in further gene therapy of diseases of the central nervous system. Methods Human neurotrophin-3(hNT3)genes were inserted into AAV vectors. Then the recombinat AAV plasmids were encapsidated as recombinant virions. PC12 cells were transfected with the virions and the positive cells were selected by G418. The transfection positive (hNT3 modified)PC12 cells were cultured for several generations and the cellular genomic DNA and total RNA were extracted. We investigated the integration locus of AAV vectors by Southern blot and transcript situation of foreign genes by dot blot. Results The hybridization tests showed that AAV introduced foreign genes were stably integrated, but at random locus, and robustly transcribed in hNT3 modified PC12cells. Conclusion AAV vectors can serve as high efficiency vectors of target genes in neuronal PC12 cells.