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Frengen E, Zhao B, Howe S, Weichenhan D, Osoegawa K, Gjernes E, Jessee J, Prydz H, Huxley C, de Jong PJ. Modular bacterial artificial chromosome vectors for transfer of large inserts into mammalian cells. Genomics 2000; 68:118-26. [PMID: 10964509 DOI: 10.1006/geno.2000.6286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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To facilitate the use of large-insert bacterial clones for functional analysis, we have constructed new bacterial artificial chromosome vectors, pPAC4 and pBACe4. These vectors contain two genetic elements that enable stable maintenance of the clones in mammalian cells: (1) The Epstein-Barr virus replicon, oriP, is included to ensure stable episomal propagation of the large insert clones upon transfection into mammalian cells. (2) The blasticidin deaminase gene is placed in a eukaryotic expression cassette to enable selection for the desired mammalian clones by using the nucleoside antibiotic blasticidin. Sequences important to select for loxP-specific genome targeting in mammalian chromosomes are also present. In addition, we demonstrate that the attTn7 sequence present on the vectors permits specific addition of selected features to the library clones. Unique sites have also been included in the vector to enable linearization of the large-insert clones, e. g., for optical mapping studies. The pPAC4 vector has been used to generate libraries from the human, mouse, and rat genomes. We believe that clones from these libraries would serve as an important reagent in functional experiments, including the identification or validation of candidate disease genes, by transferring a particular clone containing the relevant wildtype gene into mutant cells or transgenic or knock-out animals.
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- E Frengen
- Department of Cancer Genetics, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York 14263, USA.
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Poorkaj P, Peterson KR, Schellenberg GD. Single-step conversion of P1 and P1 artificial chromosome clones into yeast artificial chromosomes. Genomics 2000; 68:106-10. [PMID: 10950935 DOI: 10.1006/geno.2000.6267] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Large insert genomic clones are useful for generating transgenic animals, particularly when specific mutations are introduced. To facilitate manipulation of large genomic sequences, we developed a method of converting Escherichia coli P1 artificial chromosomes (PACs) into yeast artificial chromosomes (YACs). A shuttle vector, pMAX-121, was generated that contains elements needed to generate a YAC (cen4, ars, ura3, his, and two telomere segments) along with approximately 1.3 kb of sequence homologous to P1 and PAC vector sequences. Cotransformation of yeast with the target PAC or P1 clone and pMAX-121 results in two homologous recombination events. The first, between the target clone and pMAX-121, results in a circular molecule. The second is an intramolecular recombination event between the two pMAX-121 telomere sequences, resulting in a linear molecule. The resulting YAC is stably maintained in yeast and can be further modified using homologous recombination. The method was used to convert a 201-kb PAC containing the human tau gene into a stable linear YAC. A second vector, pLys2-neo, was developed to retrofit the YAC with the yeast lys2 gene, a selectable marker replacing the yeast ura3 gene, and a Pgk-neo cassette that confers G418 resistance to mammalian cells. The resulting YAC can be used for generating transgenic animals and stably transfected cell lines. Also, the lys2 marker facilitates introduction of mutations by homologous recombination.
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- P Poorkaj
- Geriatric Research Education Clinical Center, Seattle, Washington 98108, USA.
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Tolmachova T, Simpson K, Huxley C. Analysis of a YAC with human telomeres and oriP from epstein-barr virus in yeast and 293 cells. Nucleic Acids Res 1999; 27:3736-44. [PMID: 10471744 PMCID: PMC148630 DOI: 10.1093/nar/27.18.3736] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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One approach to the construction and propagation of a mammalian artificial chromosome is to build it up in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, using a yeast artificial chromosome (YAC) base. We have demonstrated that circular YACs carrying the Epstein-Barr virus origin of plasmid replication ( oriP ) are maintained as stable, episomal elements in human cells. We wished to determine whether this technology could be extended, to generate linear extrachromosomal elements. Here, we describe the generation of retrofitting constructs, which permit the addition of human telomeres and the oriP domain to YACs. The constructs contain 0.8 kb of human telomere sequence separated by a unique Not I site from 0.7 kb of Tetrahymena telomere sequence. These constructs seed telomere formation with approximately 40-60% efficiency in human 293-EBNA and HT1080 cells whether or not the Tetrahymena sequence is removed by Not I digestion. A detailed analysis demonstrates that YACs carrying the human telomere cassettes on both arms show instability of the telomere sequences in S.cerevisiae at a frequency of approximately 50%. Introduction of correctly retrofitted, linear oriP YACs into human 293-EBNA cells by lipofection resulted in the generation of circular extrachromosomal elements varying in size from 8 to 300 kb. However, no apparently linear YACs could be detected, suggesting that extrachromosomal maintenance of DNA with the oriP /EBNA-1 system is not compatible with linear molecules capped by telomeres.
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MESH Headings
- Animals
- Blotting, Southern
- Cation Exchange Resins
- Cell Line
- Chromosomes, Artificial, Yeast/genetics
- Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator/genetics
- DNA, Circular/genetics
- DNA, Recombinant/genetics
- DNA, Viral/genetics
- Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
- Genetic Markers/genetics
- Genetic Vectors/genetics
- Herpesvirus 4, Human/genetics
- Humans
- Lipids
- Mutagenesis, Insertional/genetics
- Mutagenesis, Insertional/methods
- Recombination, Genetic/genetics
- Replication Origin/genetics
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genetics
- Telomere/genetics
- Tetrahymena/genetics
- Transfection
- Tumor Cells, Cultured
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- T Tolmachova
- Section of Molecular Genetics, Division of Biomedical Sciences, Imperial College School of Medicine, Imperial College Road, London SW7 2AZ, UK.
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Zuberi AR, Christianson GJ, Dave SB, Bradley JA, Roopenian DC. Expression Screening of a Yeast Artificial Chromosome Contig Refines the Location of the Mouse H3a Minor Histocompatibility Antigen Gene. THE JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY 1998. [DOI: 10.4049/jimmunol.161.2.821] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The H3 complex, on mouse Chromosome 2, is an important model locus for understanding mechanisms underlying non-self Ag recognition during tissue transplantation rejection between MHC-matched mouse strains. H3a is a minor histocompatibility Ag gene, located within H3, that encodes a polymorphic peptide alloantigen recognized by cytolytic T cells. Other genes within the complex include β2-microglobulin and H3b. A yeast artificial chromosome (YAC) contig is described that spans the interval between D2Mit444 and D2Mit17, a region known to contain H3a. This contig refines the position of many genes and anonymous loci. In addition, 23 new sequence-tagged sites are described that further increase the genetic resolution surrounding H3a. A novel assay was developed to determine the location of H3a within the contig. Representative YACs were modified by retrofitting with a mammalian selectable marker, and then introduced by spheroplast fusion into mouse L cells. YAC-containing L cells were screened for the expression of the YAC-encoded H3aa Ag by using them as targets in a cell-mediated lympholysis assay with H3aa-specific CTLs. A single YAC carrying H3a was identified. Based on the location of this YAC within the contig, many candidate genes can be eliminated. The data position H3a between Tyro3 and Epb4.2, in close proximity to Capn3. These studies illustrate how genetic and genomic information can be exploited toward identifying genes encoding not only histocompatibility Ags, but also any autoantigen recognized by T cells.
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Navas PA, Peterson KR, Li Q, Skarpidi E, Rohde A, Shaw SE, Clegg CH, Asano H, Stamatoyannopoulos G. Developmental specificity of the interaction between the locus control region and embryonic or fetal globin genes in transgenic mice with an HS3 core deletion. Mol Cell Biol 1998; 18:4188-96. [PMID: 9632803 PMCID: PMC109003 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.18.7.4188] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/1998] [Accepted: 04/16/1998] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The human beta-globin locus control region (LCR) consists of five erythroid-lineage-specific DNase I-hypersensitive sites (HSs) and is required for activation of the beta-globin locus chromatin domain and globin gene expression. Each DNase I-HS of the LCR consists of a highly conserved core element and flanking sequences. To analyze the functional role of the core elements of the HSs, we deleted a 234-bp fragment encompassing the core of HS3 (HS3c) from a beta-globin locus residing on a 248-kb beta-locus yeast artificial chromosome and analyzed its function in F2 progeny of transgenic mice. Human epsilon-globin gene expression was absent at day 10 and severely reduced in the day 12 embryonic erythropoiesis of mice lacking HS3c. In contrast, gamma-globin gene expression was normal in embryonic erythropoiesis but it was absent in definitive erythropoiesis in the fetal liver. These results indicate that the core element of HS3 is necessary for epsilon-globin gene transcription in embryonic cells and for gamma-globin gene transcription in definitive cells. Normal gamma-globin gene expression in embryonic cells and the absence of gamma-globin gene expression in definitive cells show that different HSs interact with gamma-globin gene promoters in these two stages of development. Such results provide direct evidence for developmental stage specificity of the interactions between the core elements of HSs and the promoters of the globin genes.
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- P A Navas
- Division of Medical Genetics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
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Fabb SA, Ragoussis J. Yeast artificial chromosome vectors. MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY OF HUMAN DISEASES SERIES 1998; 5:104-24. [PMID: 9532563 DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-0547-7_6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- S A Fabb
- Division of Medical and Molecular Genetics, UMDS Guy's Hospital, London, UK
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Jülicher K, Vieten L, Bröcker F, Bardenheuer W, Schütte J, Opalka B. Yeast artificial chromosome transfer into human renal carcinoma cells by spheroplast fusion. Genomics 1997; 43:95-8. [PMID: 9226378 DOI: 10.1006/geno.1997.4787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Successful transfer of yeast artificial chromosomes (YACs) into human cells has been described in only a single study. We here report on the evaluation of YAC transfer strategies into a human renal cell carcinoma cell line by yeast spheroplast fusion and cationic lipids. While the latter approach proved inefficient, significant numbers of clones containing both vector arms were obtained by spheroplast fusion. FISH analyses on such clones revealed the presence of YAC integration and the co-localization of both vector arms with insert sequences. These data demonstrate that under certain experimental conditions efficient YAC transfer into human cells by spheroplast fusion is possible and may be useful for the cloning of human disease-related genes.
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- K Jülicher
- Innere Klinik und Poliklinik (Tumorforschung), Universitatsklinikum Essen, Westdeutsches Tumorzentrum, Germany
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Tambini CE, George AM, Rommens JM, Tsui LC, Scherer SW, Thacker J. The XRCC2 DNA repair gene: identification of a positional candidate. Genomics 1997; 41:84-92. [PMID: 9126486 DOI: 10.1006/geno.1997.4636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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The human XRCC2 gene, complementing a hamster cell line (irs1) hypersensitive to DNA-damaging agents, was previously mapped to chromosome 7q36.1. Following radiation reduction of human/hamster hybrids, the gene was found to be associated with the marker D7S483. Yeast artificial chromosomes (YACs) carrying D7S483 were fused to the irs1 cell line to identify a YAC that complemented the sensitivity defect. Transcribed sequences were isolated by direct cDNA selection using the complementing YAC, and these were mapped back to the YAC and hybrids to define a 400-kb region carrying XRCC2. Sequencing of cDNAs led to the identification of both known and novel gene sequences, including a candidate for XRCC2 with homology to the yeast RAD51 gene involved in the recombinational repair of DNA damage. Strong support for the candidacy of this gene was obtained from its refined map position and by the full complementation of irs1 sensitivity with a 40-kb cosmid carrying the gene.
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- C E Tambini
- DNA Repair and Mutagenesis Group, MRC Radiation and Genome Stability Unit, Harwell, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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Simpson K, Huxley C. A shuttle system for transfer of YACs between yeast and mammalian cells. Nucleic Acids Res 1996; 24:4693-9. [PMID: 8972855 PMCID: PMC146308 DOI: 10.1093/nar/24.23.4693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
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The development of a system for shuttling DNA cloned as yeast artificial chromosomes (YACs) between yeast and mammalian cells requires that the DNA is maintained as extrachromosomal elements in both cell types. We have recently shown that circular YACs carrying the Epstein-Barr virus origin of plasmid replication (oriP) are maintained as stable, episomal elements in a human kidney cell line constitutively expressing the viral transactivator protein EBNA-1. Here, we demonstrate that a 90-kb episomal YAC can be isolated intact from human cells by a simple alkaline lysis procedure and shuttled back into Saccharomyces cerevisiae by spheroplast transformation. In addition, we demonstrate that the 90-kb YAC can be isolated intact from yeast cells. The ability to shuttle large, intact fragments of DNA between yeast and human cells should provide a powerful tool in the manipulation and analysis of functional regions of mammalian DNA.
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- K Simpson
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, Imperial College School of Medicine at St. Mary's, London, UK
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Gobin SJ, Alcaïde-Loridan C, Bono MR, Ottone C, Chumakov I, Rothstein R, Fellous M. Transfer of yeast artificial chromosomes into mammalian cells and comparative study of their integrity. Gene X 1995; 163:27-33. [PMID: 7557474 DOI: 10.1016/0378-1119(95)00399-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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Yeast artificial chromosomes (YACs) from the CEPH MegaYAC library (Paris, France) ranging in size from 350 to 1600 kb and mapping to the q22.1 and q22.2 regions of human chromosome 21 were transferred into mammalian cells by spheroplast fusion. The integrity of the YACs from two adjacent parts of the region was compared after retrofitting and stable transfer into mammalian cells. We found that large YACs could easily be manipulated to allow transfer of the YAC material into mammalian cells and that the size of the YAC did not appear to be limiting for fusion. However, we show that there was great variability in the integrity of the YACs from the two regions, which was not related to the size of the YACs. Four YACs in region I from sequence-tagged site (STS) G51E05 up to STS LL103 showed, in general, no loss of material and correct gene transfer into mammalian cells. In contrast, the three YACs in the more centromeric region II (from STS G51B09 up to G51E05) frequently showed a loss of human material during handling, retrofitting and transfer. As a YAC from another library covering region II was also found to be unstable, we propose that the integrity of the YACs is highly dependent on the incorporated human chromosomal DNA.
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- S J Gobin
- Immunogénétique Humaine, INSERM U276, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Mendez MJ, Abderrahim H, Noguchi M, David NE, Hardy MC, Green LL, Tsuda H, Yoast S, Maynard-Currie CE, Garza D. Analysis of the structural integrity of YACs comprising human immunoglobulin genes in yeast and in embryonic stem cells. Genomics 1995; 26:294-307. [PMID: 7601456 DOI: 10.1016/0888-7543(95)80214-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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With the goal of creating a strain of mice capable of producing human antibodies, we are cloning and reconstructing the human immunoglobulin germline repertoire in yeast artificial chromosomes (YACs). We describe the identification of YACs containing variable and constant region sequences from the human heavy chain (IgH) and kappa light chain (IgK) loci and the characterization of their integrity in yeast and in mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells. The IgH locus-derived YAC contains five variable (VH) genes, the major diversity (D) gene cluster, the joining (JH) genes, the intronic enhancer (EH), and the constant region genes, mu (C mu) and delta (C delta). Two IgK locus-derived YACs each contain three variable (V kappa) genes, the joining (J kappa) region, the intronic enhancer (E kappa), the constant gene (C kappa), and the kappa deleting element (kde). The IgH YAC was unstable in yeast, generating a variety of deletion derivatives, whereas both IgK YACs were stable. YACs encoding heavy chain and kappa light chain, retrofitted with the mammalian selectable marker, hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT), were each introduced into HPRT-deficient mouse ES cells. Analysis of YAC integrity in ES cell lines revealed that the majority of DNA inserts were integrated in substantially intact form.
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- M J Mendez
- Cell Genesys, Inc., Foster City, California 94404, USA
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The ability to replace mouse genes with their human equivalents using "yeast artificial chromosome" technology provides a powerful new technique for studying the regulation and function of human genes.
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- A Jakobovits
- Department of Molecular Immunology, Cell Genesys Inc., Foster City, California 94404
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Yeast artificial chromosomes (YACs) have become essential research tools as they enable large fragments of DNA to be cloned. In order to overcome several disadvantages of YACs, including chimaerism and instability, several complementary bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) vectors have been developed. More recently, attempts are being made to construct artificial chromosomes in mammalian cells (MACs).
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- A P Monaco
- Imperial Cancer Research Fund Laboratories, Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headington, Oxford, UK
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Heard E, Avner P, Rothstein R. Creation of a deletion series of mouse YACs covering a 500 kb region around Xist. Nucleic Acids Res 1994; 22:1830-7. [PMID: 8208607 PMCID: PMC308081 DOI: 10.1093/nar/22.10.1830] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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Two mouse YACs, PA-2 and PA-3, contain the Xist gene and are 460 kb and 3.3 Mb long respectively. While PA-2 is non-chimeric, PA-3 contains a substantial proportion of non-contiguous DNA. As a prerequisite to functional studies of the role of this region in X inactivation, we have created a deletion series of YACs that are spaced at approximately 50 kb intervals and were able to eliminate the unwanted chimeric sequences in YAC PA-3. For this purpose, we have constructed mouse B1 fragmentation vectors based on those described for human Alu fragmentation. Having created this series of YAC deletion derivatives, we were able to eliminate efficiently the 10-15% aberrant YACs that arise during the course of a fragmentation experiment by assessing their marker content. The overlap and the opposite orientation of the two YAC inserts permitted the creation of deletions on both sides of the 500 kb region around Xist. The use of this series of YACs in a biological assay will help us define the extent of the sequences necessary to bring about X chromosome inactivation.
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- E Heard
- Unité de Génétique Moléculaire Murine, CNRS URA 1445, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France
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Genetic transfer and expression of reconstructed yeast artificial chromosomes containing normal and translocated BCL2 proto-oncogenes. Mol Cell Biol 1993. [PMID: 8355694 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.13.9.5469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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The goal of this study was to determine whether it will be feasible to study the expression of a large, human gene, such as the BCL2 proto-oncogene, by DNA transfection. The BCL2 proto-oncogene is 230 kb in size and is deregulated in tumor cells by translocation into the immunoglobulin heavy-chain locus. Yeast artificial chromosomes (YACs) containing the human BCL2 gene were altered by homologous recombination in Saccharomyces cerevisiae to yield replicas of the normal and translocated alleles. Constructions containing either allele and ranging in size from 360 to 800 kb were integrated stably into a mouse tumor line. Fifty-eight percent of the clones contained a copy of the entire YAC insert. Over 50% of these clones expressed appropriate levels of human BCL2 RNA and protein. These studies suggested that the expression of large human genes and their pathologic rearrangements can be studied by transfection techniques employing YACs propagated in S. cerevisiae.
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Silverman GA, Yang E, Proffitt JH, Zutter M, Korsmeyer SJ. Genetic transfer and expression of reconstructed yeast artificial chromosomes containing normal and translocated BCL2 proto-oncogenes. Mol Cell Biol 1993; 13:5469-78. [PMID: 8355694 PMCID: PMC360259 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.13.9.5469-5478.1993] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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The goal of this study was to determine whether it will be feasible to study the expression of a large, human gene, such as the BCL2 proto-oncogene, by DNA transfection. The BCL2 proto-oncogene is 230 kb in size and is deregulated in tumor cells by translocation into the immunoglobulin heavy-chain locus. Yeast artificial chromosomes (YACs) containing the human BCL2 gene were altered by homologous recombination in Saccharomyces cerevisiae to yield replicas of the normal and translocated alleles. Constructions containing either allele and ranging in size from 360 to 800 kb were integrated stably into a mouse tumor line. Fifty-eight percent of the clones contained a copy of the entire YAC insert. Over 50% of these clones expressed appropriate levels of human BCL2 RNA and protein. These studies suggested that the expression of large human genes and their pathologic rearrangements can be studied by transfection techniques employing YACs propagated in S. cerevisiae.
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- G A Silverman
- Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115
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Brookes AJ, Stevenson BJ, Porteous DJ, Dorin JR. A series of vectors that simplify mammalian gene targeting. Transgenic Res 1993; 2:238-44. [PMID: 8364606 DOI: 10.1007/bf01977354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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In order to facilitate the procedure of mammalian gene targeting, we have produced and functionally tested a series of generic vectors. Homologous recombination has been achieved with each vector. The vectors are designed for both replacement and insertional recombination, are suitable for 'hit and run' strategies and contain all necessary genetic elements for both positive-negative and promoterless/gene fusion enrichment of homologous integrations. Multiple unique restriction sites are included to simplify the incorporation of genomic targeting sequences.
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- A J Brookes
- MRC Human Genetics Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
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Markie D, Ragoussis J, Senger G, Rowan A, Sansom D, Trowsdale J, Sheer D, Bodmer WF. New vector for transfer of yeast artificial chromosomes to mammalian cells. SOMATIC CELL AND MOLECULAR GENETICS 1993; 19:161-9. [PMID: 8511673 DOI: 10.1007/bf01233531] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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A modification vector has been constructed to facilitate the transfer of yeast artificial chromosomes (YACs) to mammalian cells in culture by targeting a dominant selectable marker (G418 resistance) to the right arm of pYAC4 clones. The ADE2 gene is used for yeast selection with consequent disruption of the URA3 gene, allowing direct modification of YACs within the common host strain AB1380, and providing a simple test for correct targeting. This vector has been tested by modification of a 550-kb YAC containing part of the human MHC class II region and transfer to CHO cells by protoplast fusion. Analysis of 15 independent G418-resistant CHO lines obtained following fusion suggests the majority contain a complete YAC with moderate amplification in some lines.
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- D Markie
- Cancer Genetics Laboratory, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London, U.K
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Davies NP, Brüggemann M. Extension of yeast artificial chromosomes by cosmid multimers. Nucleic Acids Res 1993; 21:767-8. [PMID: 8441698 PMCID: PMC309194 DOI: 10.1093/nar/21.3.767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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- N P Davies
- AFRC, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics Research, Babraham, Cambridge, UK
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Riley JH, Morten JE, Anand R. Targeted integration of neomycin into yeast artificial chromosomes (YACs) for transfection into mammalian cells. Nucleic Acids Res 1992; 20:2971-6. [PMID: 1620591 PMCID: PMC312425 DOI: 10.1093/nar/20.12.2971] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Vectors have been constructed for the introduction of the neomycin resistance gene (neo) into the left arm, right arm or human insert DNA of yeast artificial chromosomes (YACs) by homologous recombination. These vectors contain a yeast selectable marker Lys-2, i.e. the alpha-aminoadipidate reductase gene, and a mammalian selection marker, neo, which confers G418 resistance. The vectors can be used to modify YACs in the most commonly used yeast strain for YAC library construction, AB1380. Specific targeting can be carried out by transfection of restriction endonuclease treated linear plasmids, with highly specific recombinogenic ends, into the YAC containing yeast cells. Analysis of targeted YACs confirmed that all three vectors can target correctly in yeast. Introduction of one of the targeted YACs into V79 (Chinese hamster fibroblast) cells showed complete and intact transfer of the YAC.
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- J H Riley
- ICI Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology Department, Macclesfield, Cheshire, UK
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Davies NP, Rosewell IR, Brüggemann M. Targeted alterations in yeast artificial chromosomes for inter-species gene transfer. Nucleic Acids Res 1992; 20:2693-8. [PMID: 1614855 PMCID: PMC336909 DOI: 10.1093/nar/20.11.2693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
Abstract
In order to facilitate alterations of large DNA molecules for their introduction into mammalian cells we have characterised the mechanism of site-specific modifications in yeast artificial chromosomes (YACs). Newly developed yeast integration vectors with dominant selectable marker genes allow targeted integration into left (centromeric) and right (non-centromeric) YAC arms as well as alterations to the human derived insert DNA. In transformation experiments, integration proceeds exclusively by homologous recombination although yeast prefers linear ends of homology for predefined insertions. Targeted regions can be rescued which expedite the cloning of internal human sequences and the identification of 5' and 3' YAC/insert borders. Integration of the neomycin resistance gene into various parts of the YAC allowed the transfer and stable integration of large DNA molecules into a variety of mammalian cells including embryonic stem cells.
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Affiliation(s)
- N P Davies
- AFRC, Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics Research, Babraham, Cambridge, UK
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