Human acid maltase-deficient myogenic cell transformation with origin-defective SV40: characterization of a cloned line

A clonal human skeletal muscle cell line showing acid maltase deficiency (AMD) was established through the transfection of origin-defective SV40 DNA. The low acid alpha-glucosidase activity and glycogenosomes in this clone corresponded to AMD. This clone, in spite of loading glycogenososmes, was competent not only as to proliferation without contact inhibition but also as to myogenic differentiation to some extent. Dexamethasone promoted the formation by the transformant of multinucleated myotubes, which expressed acetylcholine receptors. The existence of glycogenosomes did not seem to affect the proliferation or differentiation of myoblasts. The aberrant acid alpha-glucosidase expressed in the transformed myogenic clone was shown to be biochemically identical to that in AMD fibroblasts. This transformant should be of great value for investigating the pathogenesis of AMD because of the possibility of supplying semi-permanently a uniform myogenic cell line expressing AMD.     

Oncogene-mediated propagation of tracheal epithelial cells from two cystic fibrosis fetuses with different mutations. Characterization of CFT-1 and CFT-2 cells in culture

Abstract. Primary tracheal epithelial cells obtained from two fetuses with cystic fibrosis (CF) were successfully transfected with a plasmid vector recombined with the large T oncogene of SV40. The resulting tracheal cells were propagated in culture for up to 25 passages and retained the mutations of the CF genes carried by the two fetuses, one heterozygous for the S549N and N1303K substitutions (CFT-I cells), and the other homozygous for the most common deletion ΔF508 (CFT-2 cells). The transfected cells: (a) expressed the SV40 large T oncogene, as determined by immunofluorescence and Northern blot analysis; (b) retained typical epithelial morphology, as assessed by the presence of microvilli, desmosomes, gap junctions, and cytokeratin expression; (c) were fully responsive to the cAMP-stimulating agents isproterenol, forskolin and vasoactive intestinal peptide for cAMP production and PKA activation; (d) do not produce any tumour in the athymic nude mice; (e) were diploid and tetraploid with a normal chromosomal complement at early passages, and (f) exhibited the abnormal regulation of chloride conductance characteristic of CF.
These results indicate that CFT-1 and CFT-2 cells constitute a suitable model for: (a) comparison of the maturation and function of the CFTR protein mutated in the two nucleotide-binding domains; (2) analysis of the biochemical defect in CF epithelial airway cells, (c) development of new therapeutic agents, and correction of the CF defect by gene replacement therapy in vitro .     

Uncatalyzed assembly of spherical particles from SV40 VP1 pentamers and linear dsDNA incorporates both low and high cooperativity elements

The capsid of SV40 virion is comprised of 72 pentamers of the major capsid protein, VP1. We examined the synergism between pentamer-pentamer interaction and pentamer-DNA interaction using a minimal system of purified VP1 and a linear dsDNA 600-mer, comparing electrophoresis with electron microscopy and size exclusion chromatography. At low VP1/DNA ratios, large tubes were observed that apparently did not survive native agarose gel electrophoresis. As the VP1 concentration increased, electrophoretic migration was slower and tubes were replaced by 200 Å diameter particles and excess free pentamer. At high VP1/DNA ratios, a progressively larger fraction of particles was similar to 450 Å diameter virions. VP1 association with DNA is very strong compared to the concentrations in these experiments yet, paradoxically, stable complexes appear only at high ratios of VP1 to DNA. These data suggest a DNA saturation-dependent nucleation event based on non-specific pentamer-DNA interaction that controls assembly and the ultimate capsid geometry.     

Automated radiosynthesis of [11C]UCB-J for imaging synaptic density by positron emission tomography

An automated radiosynthesis of carbon-11 positron emission tomography radiotracer [¹¹C]UCB-J for imaging the synaptic density biomarker synaptic vesicle glycoprotein SV2A was established using Synthra RNPlus synthesizer. Commercially available trifluoroborate UCB-J analogue was used as a radiolabelling precursor, and the desired radiolabelled product was isolated in 11 ± 2% (n = 7) nondecay corrected radiochemical yield and formulated as a 10% EtOH solution in saline with molar activities of 20 to 100 GBq/μmol. The method was based upon the palladium(0)-mediated Suzuki cross-coupling reaction and [¹¹C]CH₃I as a radiolabelling synthon. The isolated product was cGMP compliant as demonstrated by the results of quality control analysis.     

Aortic flow after valve sparing root replacement with or without neosinuses reconstruction

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This study applied advanced 4-dimensional flow magnetic resonance imaging processing to assess differences in aortic flow dynamics after valve sparing root replacement, with and without reconstruction of the Valsalva sinuses.

SV40T抗原胃壁细胞特异性表达载体的构建与鉴定

目的:构建在胃壁细胞中特异性表达SV40T抗原的真核表达裁体并进行鉴定.方法:采用酚-氯仿法从昆明小鼠肝细胞中提取基因组DNA,聚合酶链式反应(PCR)扩增H~ /K~ ATPaseβ亚基启动子,产物命名为HK.将PCR产物纯化回收后与pMT18-T载体相连,并将其克隆至真核表达载体pcDNA3.1(-),构建pcDNA3.1(-)/HK;从含SV40T基因片段的质粒p LITAg中酶切回收SV40T基因,与pcDNA3.1(-)/HK相连,构建胃壁细胞特异性表达载体pcDNA3.1(-)/HKSV,并测序鉴定.结果:pcDNA3.1(-)/HKSV用XbaⅠ、BarnHⅠ双酶切可得到1kb H~ /K~ ATPaseβ亚基启动子,2.7 kb SV40T基因与5.4 kb pcDNA3.1(-)载体3条DNA条带.用XbaⅠ、KpnⅠ双酶切电泳,可见到约3.7与5.4 kb的两条DNA条带;用BamHⅠ单酶切电泳,可见到2.7与6.4 kb的2条DNA条带;用EcoRⅠ单酶切,只见到约9.1 kb的1条DNA条带,酶切电泳结果均与设计一致.测序结果显示,H~ /K~ ATPaseβ亚基启动子与SV40T基因成功构建于pcDNA3.1(-)真核表达载体中.结论:构建在胃壁细胞中特异性表达SV40T基因的真核表达载体,为进一步转基因小鼠及胃癌动物模型的建立提供了稳定、可靠的分子工具.