Statements in which the resource exists as a subject.
PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-12-28
pubmed:abstractText
Pressure injection of DNA directly into individual fibers of surgically exposed soleus muscle leads to efficient and reliable expression of the transgene. Conditionally regulated gene expression in a single muscle fiber was analyzed in vivo by co-injecting a tetracycline-regulated lacZ reporter construct and a transactivator (rtTA) expression vector. The tetracycline-responsive element revealed significant basal transcriptional activity that was further increased by rtTA even in the absence of the effector doxycycline (dox). The high basal activity of the simple two-component system precludes tight gene regulation in muscle. Concomitant expression of the silencer tTS(Kid), however, reduced the basal activity to low or undetectable levels. This allowed the specific activation of the tetracycline-responsive element by the application of dox. Direct gene transfer can thus be employed to express transgenic proteins in distinct muscle fibers at spatially defined regions and to regulate gene expression conditionally.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0302-766X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
301
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
397-403
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:10994785-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:10994785-Anti-Bacterial Agents, pubmed-meshheading:10994785-Doxycycline, pubmed-meshheading:10994785-Gene Expression Regulation, pubmed-meshheading:10994785-Gene Silencing, pubmed-meshheading:10994785-Gene Transfer Techniques, pubmed-meshheading:10994785-Genes, Reporter, pubmed-meshheading:10994785-Green Fluorescent Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10994785-Indicators and Reagents, pubmed-meshheading:10994785-Lac Operon, pubmed-meshheading:10994785-Luminescent Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:10994785-Microinjections, pubmed-meshheading:10994785-Muscle, Skeletal, pubmed-meshheading:10994785-Muscle Fibers, Skeletal, pubmed-meshheading:10994785-Plasmids, pubmed-meshheading:10994785-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:10994785-Transcriptional Activation, pubmed-meshheading:10994785-Transgenes
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Gene transfer into individual muscle fibers and conditional gene expression in living animals.
pubmed:affiliation
Abteilung Zellphysiologie, Max-Planck-Institut für Medizinische Forschung, Heidelberg, Germany.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article