Application of the Sleeping Beauty system in Saanen goat fibroblast cells for establishing persistent transgene expression

Genet Mol Res. 2011 Oct 25;10(4):3347-55. doi: 10.4238/2011.October.25.4.

Abstract

The Sleeping Beauty (SB) transposon system is a promising new method for establishing persistent transgene expression in vivo. We applied the SB system for enhancing transgenesis in Saanen dairy goat fibroblast cells. We constructed a pKT2/CMV-EGFP-IRES-PURO vector and investigated the influence of transposon and transposase vector ratios on transfection efficiency in the Saanen goat fibroblast cells. To enhance the SB system performance, we developed a new transfection technique (double-transfection method) for the SB system. The cultured cells were transfected with transposase and transposon vectors successively, with a 42-h interval. Consequently, the transposase and DNA donor (transposon vector) can interact, both at the highest level. Compared with the traditional transfection method, this new double-transfection method approximately doubled integration efficiency.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cell Count
  • Cytomegalovirus / genetics
  • DNA / metabolism
  • DNA Transposable Elements / genetics*
  • Fibroblasts / cytology
  • Fibroblasts / metabolism*
  • Gene Expression*
  • Gene Transfer Techniques*
  • Genetic Vectors
  • Goats / genetics*
  • Green Fluorescent Proteins / metabolism
  • Karyotyping
  • Molecular Weight
  • Transfection
  • Transgenes / genetics*
  • Transposases / metabolism*

Substances

  • DNA Transposable Elements
  • enhanced green fluorescent protein
  • Green Fluorescent Proteins
  • DNA
  • Transposases