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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
39
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-9-21
pubmed:abstractText
Import of exogenous plasmid DNA (pDNA) into mammalian cell nuclei represents a key intracellular obstacle to efficient non-viral gene delivery. This includes access of the pDNA to the nuclei of non-dividing cells where the presence of an intact nuclear membrane is limiting for gene transfer. Here we identify, isolate, and characterize, cytoplasmic determinants of pDNA nuclear import into digitonin-permeabilized HeLa cells. Depletion of putative DNA-binding proteins, on the basis of their ability to bind immobilized pDNA, abolished pDNA nuclear import supporting the critical role of cytoplasmic factors in this process. Elution of pDNA-bound proteins, followed by two-dimensional sodium dodecyl polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis identified several candidate DNA shuttle proteins. We show that two of these, NM23-H2, a ubiquitous c-Myc transcription-activating nucleoside diphosphate kinase, and the core histone H2B can both reconstitute pDNA nuclear import. Further, we demonstrate a significant increase in gene transfer in non-dividing HeLa cells transiently transfected with pDNA containing binding sequences from two of the DNA shuttle proteins, NM23-H2 and the homeobox transcription factor Chx10. These data support the hypothesis that exogenous pDNA binds to cytoplasmic shuttle proteins and is then translocated to the nucleus using the minimal import machinery. Importantly, increasing the binding of pDNA to shuttle proteins by re-engineering reporter plasmids with shuttle binding sequences enhances gene transfer. Increasing the potential for exogenously added pDNA to bind intracellular transport cofactors may enhance the potency of non-viral gene transfer.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1083-351X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
25
pubmed:volume
284
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
26978-87
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-10-26
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19638341-Active Transport, Cell Nucleus, pubmed-meshheading:19638341-Cell Extracts, pubmed-meshheading:19638341-Cell Membrane Permeability, pubmed-meshheading:19638341-Cell Nucleus, pubmed-meshheading:19638341-Cytoplasm, pubmed-meshheading:19638341-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:19638341-Digitonin, pubmed-meshheading:19638341-Electrophoresis, Gel, Two-Dimensional, pubmed-meshheading:19638341-HeLa Cells, pubmed-meshheading:19638341-Homeodomain Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19638341-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19638341-NM23 Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinases, pubmed-meshheading:19638341-Plasmids, pubmed-meshheading:19638341-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:19638341-Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:19638341-Proteomics, pubmed-meshheading:19638341-Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser..., pubmed-meshheading:19638341-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:19638341-Transfection
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Identification and functional characterization of cytoplasmic determinants of plasmid DNA nuclear import.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Gene Therapy, National Heart & Lung Institute, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, London SW3 6LR, United Kingdom. f.munkonge@imperial.ac.uk
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural