Hypoxic-response Elements in the Oncolytic Parvovirus Minute Virus of Mice Do Not Allow for Increased Vector Production at Low Oxygen Concentration.
From: Laboratoire de Cytologie et de Cancérologie Expérimentale, IBMM-IRIBHM, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Gosselies, Belgium.
The Journal of general virology
- Publish Date: May 2006
- ISSN: 0022-1317
- Volume: 87
- Issue: Pt 5
- Pages: 1197-201
- Medium: Print
- Language: English
- Citation (JAMA): Servais Charlotte, Caillet-Fauquet Perrine, Draps Marie-Louise, et al. Hypoxic-response Elements in the Oncolytic Parvovirus Minute Virus of Mice Do Not Allow for Increased Vector Production at Low Oxygen Concentration.. J. Gen. Virol. May 2006;87:1197-201
Abstract
Vectors derived from the autonomous parvovirus Minute virus of mice, MVM(p), are promising tools for the gene therapy of cancer. The validation of their in vivo anti-tumour effect is, however, hampered by the difficulty to produce high-titre stocks. In an attempt to increase vector titres, host cells were subjected to low oxygen tension (hypoxia). It has been shown that a number of viruses are produced at higher titres under these conditions. This is the case, among others, for another member of the family Parvoviridae, the erythrovirus B19 virus. Hypoxia stabilizes a hypoxia-inducible transcription factor (HIF-1alpha) that interacts with a ‘hypoxia-responsive element’ (HRE), the consensus sequence of which ((A)/(G)CGTG) is present in the B19 and MVM promoters. Whilst the native P4 promoter was induced weakly in hypoxia, vector production was reduced dramatically, and adding HRE elements to the P4 promoter of the vector did not alleviate this reduction. Hypoxia has many effects on cell metabolism. Therefore, even if the P4 promoter is activated, the cellular factors that are required for the completion of the parvoviral life cycle may not be expressed.
Mesh Headings (Keywords): Animals, Cell Hypoxia, Cell Line, Cobalt, Genetic Vectors, Humans, Hypoxia-Inducible Factor 1, alpha Subunit, Minute virus of mice, Promoter Regions (Genetics)
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