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Published on: October 30, 2018
An XMRV derived retroviral vector as a tool for gene transfer
Daniel Cervantes-Garcia1, Augusto Rojas-Martinez, David Camerini
1Division of Infectious Diseases, Center for Virus Research and Institute for Immunology, University of California, Irvine, California, 92697-4068, USA.
Background:
Retroviral vectors are widely used tools for gene delivery and gene therapy. They are useful for gene expression studies and genetic manipulation in vitro and in vivo. Many retroviral vectors are derived from the mouse gammaretrovirus, murine leukemia virus (MLV). These vectors have been widely used in gene therapy clinical trials. XMRV, initially found in prostate cancer tissue, was the first human gammaretrovirus described.
Findings:
We developed a new retroviral vector based on XMRV called pXC. It was developed for gene transfer to human cells and is produced by transient cotransfection of LNCaP cells with pXC and XMRV-packaging plasmids.
Conclusions:
We demonstrated that pXC mediates expression of inserted transgenes in cell lines. This new vector will be a useful tool for gene transfer in human and non-human cell lines, including gene therapy studies.
