EP0859856A2 - Lignees cellulaires stables d'encapsidation produisant un retrovirus pseudotype - Google Patents

Lignees cellulaires stables d'encapsidation produisant un retrovirus pseudotype

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EP0859856A2
EP0859856A2 EP96942729A EP96942729A EP0859856A2 EP 0859856 A2 EP0859856 A2 EP 0859856A2 EP 96942729 A EP96942729 A EP 96942729A EP 96942729 A EP96942729 A EP 96942729A EP 0859856 A2 EP0859856 A2 EP 0859856A2
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Michel Sadelain
Richard C. Mulligan
Jean E. Schaffer
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  • retroviruses are useful for in vivo and in vitro gene expression and for production of proteins of interest in eukaryotic host cells.
  • recombinant retroviruses are produced by introducing a suitable proviral DNA vector into mammalian cells that produce the necessary viral proteins for encapsidation of the desired recombinant RNA and generation of infectious recombinant virions.
  • the present invention relates to a stable packaging cell line which produces helper-free pseudotyped retroviruses and is of mammalian origin, preferably of non- urine origin, such as stable packaging human cell lines. These are referred to herein respectively, as stable pseudotyped retrovirus packaging cell lines and stable pseudotyped retrovirus packaging human cell lines.
  • the packaging cell line comprises one or more non-retroviral expression constructs, such as an expression construct with the human cytomegalovirus (CMV) immediate early promoter or derivatives of this promoter (e.g., pMD) , which direct expression of: a) the retroviral gag gene and the retroviral pol gene, referred to as the retroviral gagpol genes, and b) a non-retroviral gene which is under the control of an inducible operator system and whose gene product pseudotypes retroviral core virions.
  • CMV human cytomegalovirus
  • gagpol gene products package the desired recombinant RNA into core virions, which are pseudotyped by the non-retroviral gene product, resulting in production of a stable, pseudotyped retrovirus packaging cell line capable of generating helper-free recombinant retrovirus.
  • the present invention relates to a stable, pseudotyped retrovirus packaging cell line capable of generating helper-free recombinant pseudotyped retrovirus with a pantropic host range. These cell lines generate helper-free recombinant pseudotyped retrovirus.
  • the packaging cells comprise one or more non-retroviral expression constructs which direct expression of retroviral gagpol genes and a gene for the Vesicular Stomatitis Virus G (VSV-G) glycoprotein.
  • VSV-G glycoprotein which is under the control of an inducible operator system (e.g., tet operator) , provides an envelope protein that pseudotypes the retroviral core virion generated by the gagpol proteins.
  • a stable, pseudotyped retrovirus packaging cell line e.g., H29 gagpol
  • H29 gagpol which generates helper-free recombinant pseudotyped retrovirus with a pantropic host range.
  • altered (e.g., mutated) retroviral gagpol genes are used to produce a stable, pseudotyped retrovirus packaging cell line (e.g. , H29 new gagpol cell line) .
  • the present invention further relates to a method of making a stable, pseudotyped retrovirus packaging cell line which generates helper-free recombinant pseudotyped retrovirus.
  • mammalian cells are co-transfected with one or more non- retroviral expression constructs which direct the expression of: a) retroviral gagpol genes and b) a non- retroviral gene which is under the control of an inducible operator system and provides a pseudotyped envelope for retroviral core virions.
  • gagpol proteins package the desired recombinant RNA into core virions, which are pseudotyped by the non-retroviral gene product, resulting in production of a stable, pseudotyped retrovirus packaging cell line which generates helper-free recombinant pseudotyped retrovirus.
  • the present invention relates to a method of making a stable, pseudotyped retrovirus packaging cell line which generates helper-free recombinant pseudotyped retrovirus with a pantropic host range.
  • mammalian cells are co-transfected with one or more non-retroviral expression constructs which direct the expression of retroviral gagpol genes (e.g., wild type or altered) and a VSV-G gene.
  • the VSV-G gene which is under the control of an inducible operator system, provides a pseudotyped envelope protein for the retroviral core virions, which are produced by the gagpol proteins. This results in production of a stable, pseudotyped retrovirus packaging cell line which generates helper-free recombinant pseudotyped retrovirus with a pantropic host range.
  • the present invention relates to a method of making a stable, pseudotyped retrovirus packaging cell line which generates helper-free recombinant pseudotyped retrovirus with a pantropic host range.
  • mammalian host cells are co-transfected with a first non-retroviral construct which expresses the gene for tet transactivator fusion protein (tTA) (Gossen, M. and Bujard, M., Proc. Natl . Acad. Sci .
  • tTA tet transactivator fusion protein
  • transfected cells which produce retroviruses are stable, pseudotyped retrovirus packaging cells which generate helper-free recombinant pseudotyped retrovirus with a pantropic host range.
  • the present invention further relates to the particular packaging cell lines described herein (H29 gagpol or 293GPG cell line, H29 new gagpol cell line) and the particular cells and constructs (e.g., packaging elements) used to produce the stable, pseudotyped retrovirus packaging cell line described herein (H29 cells and pMD, pMDtet, pMDtet.G, PMD.gagpol, pMD.new gagpol constructs) .
  • packaging cell lines described herein H29 gagpol or 293GPG cell line, H29 new gagpol cell line
  • cells and constructs e.g., packaging elements
  • the retroviral vector comprises two retroviral long terminal repeats (LTRs) (e.g., a 5' retroviral LTR and a 3' retroviral LTR) , a cloning site for insertion of cDNA and a cytomegalovirus (e.g., human) promoter.
  • LTRs retroviral long terminal repeats
  • MMLV Moloney murine leukemia virus
  • the 3' MMLV LTR is unmodified and the 5' is a modified or chimeric MMLV LTR in which the U3 region of the 5' MMLV LTR is replaced with the cytomegalovirus (e.g., human) promoter or the cytomegalovirus enhancer-promoter.
  • the cytomegalovirus e.g., human
  • the present invention also relates to a cDNA library for expression in mammalian cells.
  • the library comprises retroviral vectors which comprise two retroviral LTRs, cDNA and a cytomegalovirus promoter.
  • the cDNA is positioned at a unique cloning site within the retroviral vector, preferably between the two LTRs, and is operably linked to the cytomegalovirus promoter.
  • the present invention also relates to a method of expression cloning in mammalian cells.
  • the method comprises the steps of introducing into mammalian cells a cDNA expression library comprising retroviral vectors of the present invention and maintaining the mammalian cells containing the expression library under conditions appropriate for expression of the cDNA expression library, whereby the cDNAs in the expression library are expressed in the mammalian cells.
  • the cDNA expression library is introduced into mammalian cells by infection with pseudotyped retroviruses produced in a stable mammalian (e.g. , human, murine) packaging cell line.
  • the stable mammalian packaging cell line can be selected to produce pseudotyped retroviruses with pantropic, ecotropic or amphotropic host range, preferably pantropic host range.
  • the present invention relates to a method of expression cloning in mammalian cells.
  • the method comprises the steps of introducing a cDNA expression library comprising retroviral vectors which comprise two retroviral LTRs, cDNA and a cytomegalovirus promoter into a packaging cell line which produces pseudotyped retroviruses; maintaining the packaging cell line containing the expression library under conditions appropriate for generation of pseudotyped retroviral particles containing the cDNA expression library; infecting mammalian cells with the pseudotyped retroviral particles, under conditions appropriate for infection of the mammalian cells; and maintaining the resulting mammalian cells under conditions appropriate for expression of the cDNA in the mammalian cells.
  • the packaging cell line is a stable human embryonic kidney cell line and, specifically, a human 293-derived cell line.
  • the present invention also relates to a method of cDNA expression cloning in mammalian cells, wherein VSV-G pseudotyped retrovirus particles which contain RNA produced by transcription of cDNA in a cDNA library are produced in a packaging cell line.
  • the cDNA library comprises vectors which, in turn, comprise two retroviral LTRs, cDNA and a cytomegalovirus promoter; the cDNA is positioned between the LTRs and operably linked to the promoter.
  • Mammalian cells are then infected with the VSV-G pseudotyped retroviral particles produced under conditions appropriate for transcription of RNA contained in the VSV-G pseudotyped retrovirus particles and production of protein encoded by cDNA in the cDNA library (by translation of the RNA in the retrovirus particles) in the mammalian cells.
  • Mammalian cells which contain the RNA contained in the VSV-G pseudotyped retrovirus particles or protein encoded by the cDNA in the cDNA library are detected, using known methods. For example, RNA can be detected using in situ hybridization.
  • immunodetection can be used, where the cDNA encodes protein which is expressed at the cell surface and the expressed proteins can be detected using antibodies which bind the protein expressed by the cDNA of interest (see e.g., U.S. Patent No. 5,506,126).
  • epitope tags can be used to detect the protein expressed.
  • functional assays can be used to detect the function of a protein expressed by the cDNA of interest (e.g., a protein which confers an adhesive phenotype on a cell) .
  • the present invention also relates to a method of identifying a gene defect responsible for a mutant phenotype using cDNA expression cloning by complementation in mammalian cells.
  • VSV-G pseudotyped retrovirus particles which contain RNA produced by transcription of cDNA in a cDNA library are produced in a packaging cell line.
  • the cDNA library comprises two retrovirus LTRs, cDNA and a cytomegalovirus promoter; the cDNA is positioned between the LTRs and operably linked to the promoter.
  • Mammalian cells which display a mutant phenotype are infected with the VSV-G pseudotyped retroviral particles under conditions appropriate for transcription of RNA contained in the VSV-G pseudotyped retrovirus particles and production of protein encoded by cDNA in the cDNA library (by translation of the RNA in the retrovirus particles) .
  • Mammalian cells with the mutant phenotype which display the wild type phenotype upon expression of the cDNA are identified.
  • the cDNA which confers the wild type phenotype in the mammalian cells is then identified, thereby determining the gene defect responsible for the mutant phenotype.
  • retroviral vectors of the present invention enables retroviral cDNA expression cloning in any mammalian cell type, obviating the need for specialized cells for efficient expression cloning.
  • any mutant mammalian cell type for which there is a phenotype distinct from the wild ⁇ type parental cell type e.g., primary human cells derived from patients, primary or established cell lines derived from mutant animal strains, primary or established cell lines derived from knockout mice, mutant cell lines generated in cell culture
  • the genetic difference between the mutant and wild type cell can be rapidly identified by expression cloning by complementation using this invention.
  • Figure 1 is a schematic representation of the pMD construct.
  • Figure 2 is a schematic representation of the pMDtet construct.
  • Figure 3 is a schematic representation of the pMD.G construct.
  • Figure 4 is a schematic representation of the pMDtet.G construct.
  • Figure 5 is a schematic representation of the pMD.gagpol construct.
  • Figure 6 is a schematic representation of the pMD.new gagpol construct.
  • Figure 7 is a schematic representation of the plasmid, pBC.tTA
  • Figure 8 is a schematic representation of the plasmid, MFG.SnlsLacZ.
  • Figure 9A is a schematic representation of the ⁇ U3 retroviral construct
  • Figure 9B is a schematic representation of the ⁇ U3 retroviral construct, ⁇ U3Bam.
  • the present invention relates to a stable retrovirus packaging cell line of mammalian origin, preferably of non- murine origin, such as stable packaging human cell lines, which produce pseudotyped retroviruses. These are referred to herein, respectively, as stable pseudotyped retrovirus packaging cell lines and stable pseudotyped retrovirus packaging human cell lines for producing pseudotyped retroviruses for retroviral gene transfer.
  • the packaging cell lines of the present invention comprise one or more non-retroviral constructs for expression of retroviral gagpol proteins, which produce a retroviral core virion, and a protein which provides a pseudotyped envelope for the retroviral core virion.
  • the protein which provides a pseudotyped envelope for retroviral core proteins is under control of an inducible operator system.
  • packaging cell lines of the present invention remain viable when uninduced (e.g., in the presence of tetracycline when a tet operator is used) and express retroviral gagpol proteins which are non- enveloped; the uninduced packaging cell lines are capable of generating (producing) recombinant pseudotyped retroviral particles when induced (e.g., in the absence of tetracycline when a tet operator is used) .
  • the pseudotyped retrovirus packaging cell line of the present invention is stable. Once induced, the packaging cell lines generate (produce) recombinant pseudotyped retroviral particles.
  • the packaging cell line of the present invention limits the potential for generation of helper virus.
  • Use of non-retroviral constructs and a non- retroviral protein which produces a pseudotyped envelope for the retroviral core virion contributes to the limited generation of helper virus.
  • Potential for helper virus formation can be further limited by using non-murine cells (e.g., human cells).
  • Murine cell lines e.g., NIH 3T3 cells
  • NIH 3T3 cells are typically used to generate retrovirus packaging cell lines.
  • endogenous murine retrovirus in the genome of murine cell lines such as NIH 3T3 cells (Danos, et al . , Proc . Natl . Acad . Sci . ,
  • retroviral gagpol genes can be altered (e.g. ,mutated) , further limiting the potential for the production of helper virus.
  • mutated gagpol sequences i.e., new 5' gagpol; new 3' gagpol
  • packaging cell lines of the present invention can be derived from human 293 cells which incorporate a novel non-retroviral, human CMV immediate early promoter expression construct (pMD) to express the gagpol gene and pseudotyped envelope which limits the potential for generation of helper virus.
  • pMD human CMV immediate early promoter expression construct
  • silent mutagenesis of gagpol coding sequences minimizes homology with retroviral vector sequences, further limiting the potential for generation of helper virus.
  • the packaging cell lines of the present invention express the Vesicular Stomatitis Virus G (VSV-G) glycoprotein which efficiently pseudotypes the retroviral core virions.
  • VSV-G glycoprotein has a broad host range.
  • VSV-G pseudotyped retroviruses demonstrate a broad host range (pantropic) and are able to efficiently infect cells that are resistant to infection by ecotropic and amphotropic retroviruses (Yee, J.-K., et al . , Proc . Natl . Acad . Sci . , 91:9564-9568 (1994)).
  • High levels of expression of VSV-G are cytotoxic and therefore, VSV-G expression in the new packaging cell line is controlled by an inducible operator system, such as the inducible tet operator system, allowing for tight regulation of gene expression (i.e., generation of retroviral particles) by the concentration of tetracycline in the culture medium.
  • VSV-G pseudotyped retroviral particles can be concentrated more than 100-fold by ultracentrifugation (Burns, J.C., et al . , Proc . Natl . Acad. Sci . , 90:8033-8037 (1993)).
  • the stable VSV-G pseudotyped retrovirus packaging cell lines permit generation of large scale viral preparations (e.g. from 10 to 50 liters supernatant) to yield retroviral stocks in the range of IO 7 to 10 u retroviral particles per ml.
  • the H29 cells that express the inducible VSV-G protein have been observed in cell culture for better than 20 passages.
  • the H29 cells at passage 20 remain viable and continue to express in an inducible manner detectable VSV-G protein (e.g., by cell fusion studies, Western blotting) at levels equivalent to cells at an early passage.
  • the expression construct for use in the present invention is a non-retroviral vector which directs expression of retroviral gagpol genes used to produce a retroviral core virion, and a protein which provides a pseudotyped envelope for the retroviral core virion.
  • a suitable expression construct for use in the present invention is a human cytomegalovirus (CMV) immediate early promoter construct.
  • CMV human cytomegalovirus
  • constructs which can be used to practice the invention include constructs that use SV40, RSV and rat /3-actin promoters.
  • non-retroviral expression constructs can be used to express the gagpol genes and the protein which provides a pseudotyped envelope, using skills known in the art.
  • the proteins can be expressed using one non-retroviral expression construct.
  • two non-retroviral expression constructs can be used wherein one construct expresses the gagpol genes and the other construct expresses the genes (VSV-G, tTA) which provide a pseudotyped envelope under control of an inducible operator.
  • the first non-retroviral construct codes for the inducible tet transactivator protein (tTA) which controls expression of the gene that expresses a pseudotyped envelope
  • the second non-retroviral construct expresses the genes which provides the pseudotyped envelope
  • the third non-retroviral construct expresses the gagpol genes.
  • the gag and pol sequences can be expressed separately, requiring a fourth non-retroviral construct (e.g., in which the third retroviral construct expresses the gag gene and the fourth retroviral expression construct expresses the pol gene) .
  • a "pseudotype envelope” is an envelope protein other than the one that naturally occurs with the retroviral core virion, which encapsidates the retroviral core virion (resulting in a phenotypically mixed virus) .
  • a suitable protein which provides a pseudotyped envelope is the Vesicular Stomatitis Virus G (VSV-G) glycoprotein, as described in Example l. Any suitable serotype (e.g., Indiana, New Jersey, Chandipura, Piry) and strain (e.g., VSV Indiana, San Juan) of VSV-G can be used in the present invention.
  • the protein chosen to pseudotype the core virion determines the host range of the packaging cell line.
  • VSV-G interacts with a specific phospholipid on the surface of mammalian cells (Schlegel, R. , et al . , Cell, 32:639-646 (1983); Supertzi, F., et al . , J. Gen Virol . , 68:387-399 (1987)).
  • the packaging cell line which utilizes VSV-G to provide a pseudotyped envelope for the retroviral core virion has a broad host range (pantropic) .
  • Suitable proteins which can be used to provide a pseudotyped envelope for a retroviral core virion include type C murine retroviral envelope proteins; HTLV-l envelope protein, Gibbon ape leukemia virus envelope protein, and derivatives of a suitable protein which provide a pseudotyped envelope (e.g., proteins which include insertions, deletions or mutations to prepare targeted envelope sequences such as ecotropic envelope with the EPO ligand, synthetic and/or other hybrid envelopes; derivatives of the VSV-G glycoprotein) .
  • a suitable protein which provide a pseudotyped envelope e.g., proteins which include insertions, deletions or mutations to prepare targeted envelope sequences such as ecotropic envelope with the EPO ligand, synthetic and/or other hybrid envelopes; derivatives of the VSV-G glycoprotein.
  • derivatives of murine retroviral envelope proteins can be used.
  • derivatives of the VSV-G protein can be obtained in which the portion of the VSV-G protein which is responsible for binding to the cell surface is replaced by a specific ligand and the portion of the VSV-G protein responsible for membrane fusion is retained.
  • the portion of the VSV-G protein responsible for binding to the cell surface is determined for example, by performing point mutation and deletion sequence analysis of the VSV-G sequence.
  • the ability of each mutated VSV-G protein to bind to the cell surface is determined using an appropriate binding assay. Retroviral particles incorporating such derivatives of VSV-G protein would now be able to be targeted to specific cell populations.
  • an inducible operator is used for controlled expression of the gene which provides a pseudotyped envelope.
  • high levels of VSV-G expression are cytotoxic (Yee, J.-K., et al . , Proc . Natl . Acad . Sci . , 91:9564-9568 (1994)).
  • an inducible tetracycline (i.e., tet) operator system is used to allow for tight regulation of VSV-G expression by the concentration of tetracycline in the culture medium of the packaging cell line.
  • the tetracycline in the presence of tetracycline, the tetracycline is bound to the tet transactivator fusion protein (tTA) , preventing binding of tTA to the tet operator sequences and allowing expression of the gene under control of the tet operator sequences (Gossen, M. and Bujard, M. , Proc . Natl . Acad. Sci . , 89:5547-5551 (1992)). In the absence of tetracycline, the tTA binds to the tet operator sequences preventing expression of the gene under control of the tet operator.
  • tTA tet transactivator fusion protein
  • inducible operator systems which can be used for controlled expression of the protein which provides a pseudotyped envelope are 1) inducible eukaryotic promoters responsive to metal ions (e.g., the metallothionein promoter) , glucocorticoid hormones and 2) the lac repressor/operator/inducer system of E. coli .
  • metal ions e.g., the metallothionein promoter
  • glucocorticoid hormones e.g., the lac repressor/operator/inducer system of E. coli .
  • nucleotide sequences which are encoded by the non- retroviral constructs can be obtained from a variety of suitable sources for use in the present invention.
  • nucleotide sequences expressing the operator system, the pseudotyped envelope and the gagpol sequences can be purified from natural sources, produced by chemical synthesis or produced by recombinant DNA techniques.
  • the gagpol sequence can be obtained using the pCripenv construct.
  • the cells used to prepare the packaging cells are mammalian cells, preferably non-murine cells.
  • the cells used to produce the packaging cell line are human cells (e.g., 293 cells,
  • the packaging cell lines of the present invention can be used to produce recombinant pseudotyped retroviruses to enable gene transfer, in vitro and in vivo , for purposes of expressing all or a portion of a desired gene in eukaryotic cells.
  • the packaging cell lines described herein can be used to produce recombinant pseudotyped retroviruses which are used to introduce a gene which encodes a particular mRNA, protein or polypeptide (e.g., therapeutic proteins or polypeptides, such as insulin, human growth hormone, erythropoietin, gene replacement for cystic fibrosis (CFTR) , familial hypercholesterolemia (LDL receptor) , ADA Deficiency (ADA) , Gaucher's Disease (glucocerebrosidase) , antisense therapy by expression of inhibitory mRNA sequences) into eukaryotic cells in order to produce the mRNA or protein in quantities which are useful in administration for therapeutic purposes or in a diagnostic context (Yee, J.-K., et al .
  • a particular mRNA, protein or polypeptide e.g., therapeutic proteins or polypeptides, such as insulin, human growth hormone, erythropoietin, gene replacement for cystic
  • pseudotyped recombinant virus can be harvested from the packaging cell lines and used as viral stock to infect recipient cells in culture or in vivo using known methods.
  • hematopoietic cells In the case of secreted proteins or proteins expressed in hematopoietic cells, sensitive assays such as ELISA or Western blotting can be used to assess gene transfer efficiency.
  • sensitive assays such as ELISA or Western blotting can be used to assess gene transfer efficiency.
  • high titer viral stocks produced by packaging cell lines provide superior gene transfer efficiency in transducing cells (e.g. , hematopoietic cells) and reduce contamination as compared with current co-cultivation techniques.
  • the packaging cell lines of the present invention can also be used to produce pseudotyped retroviruses containing DNA of interest for introducing DNA or genes of interest into mammalian cells, such as human cells, which will subsequently be administered into localized areas of the body (e.g., ex vivo infection of autologous white blood cells for delivery of protein into localized ares the body, see e.g., U.S. Patent No. 5,399,346).
  • packaging elements used to generate the stable, pseudotyped retrovirus packaging cell can be used in a variety of ways.
  • the H29 cell line which demonstrates inducible VSV-G expression, can be used to generate retroviral libraries for expression cloning. The potential for production of high titer viral stocks will improve the representation of rare cDNAs in a given library.
  • the packaging cell lines of the present invention can also serve as the basis for further generation of pseudotyped packaging cell lines.
  • the packaging elements can be used as expression constructs for purposes of efficient constitutive (e.g., pMD) and inducible (pMDtet) gene expression.
  • the pMDtet.G construct can be used for other applications for inducible expression of VSV-G.
  • the pMD gagpol and pMD new gagpol can be used to develop new generations of retrovirus packaging cell lines.
  • the pMD, pMDtet, pMDtet.G and pMD.gagpol constructs can be used for efficient expression of a heterologous gene.
  • a stable cell line expressing VSV-G in an inducible fashion has been generated.
  • a new CMV expression vector (pMD) and its derivatives pMD.G, pMDtet.G, pMD.gagpol, pMD.new gagpol) which use genomic human 3-globin sequences for high levels of expression has been developed.
  • pMD CMV expression vector
  • pMDtet.G CMV expression vector
  • pMD.gagpol pMD.new gagpol
  • the present invention also relates to a retroviral vector for producing a cDNA expression library, for expression in mammalian cells, comprising two retroviral LTRs, a cloning site for insertion of cDNA, and a cytomegalovirus promoter.
  • the two LTRs are Moloney murine leukemia virus (MMLV) .
  • MMLV Moloney murine leukemia virus
  • the 3' MMLV LTR is unmodified and the 5' is a modified or chimeric MMLV LTR in which the U3 region of the 5' MMLV LTR is replaced with the cytomegalovirus promoter or the cytomegalovirus enhancer-promoter.
  • the retroviral LTRs can be derived from any suitable retroviral vector, preferably a retroviral vector which results in high titer or expression of retroviral proteins
  • the two LTRs can be derived from the same retroviral vector or different retroviral vectors.
  • both retroviral LTRs can be derived from the Moloney murine leukemia virus (MMLV) .
  • MMLV Moloney murine leukemia virus
  • suitable retroviral LTRs include, for example, those derived from murine sarcoma virus (MSV) , murine papillary sarcoma virus (MPSV) , and Friend virus.
  • the cloning site of the retroviral vector can be a variety of cloning sites.
  • the cloning site can be a BamHI cloning site.
  • Other suitable cloning sites for use in the retroviral vectors of the present invention include, for example, any unique or infrequent restriction site within the gagpol or env genome, or within the U3 region.
  • the cytomegalovirus promoter can be obtained from any suitable source.
  • the complete cytomegalovirus enhancer-promoter is derived from the human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) . Part or all of previously described CMV promoter could be used in the present invention.
  • Other suitable sources for obtaining a cytomegalovirus promoter include commercial sources, such as Clontech, Invitrogen and Stratagene.
  • the retroviral vectors of the present invention can be used for expression cloning in mammalian cells, wherein a cDNA expression library comprising the retroviral vectors described herein are introduced into mammalian cells under conditions appropriate for expression of the cDNA expression library.
  • the present invention relates to a cDNA expression library for expression in mammalian cells, wherein the library comprises two retroviral LTRs, a cytomegalovirus promoter and cDNA, wherein the cDNA is positioned between the retroviral LTRs and is operably linked to the cytomegalovirus promoter.
  • the cDNA for use in the present invention is any cDNA which is of interest for expression in mammalian cells.
  • the cDNA can be from any type of cells, such as blood cells, cells from tissue samples, or cultured cells. Generally the cDNA will be from the same type of cell in which the cDNA is being expressed in those cases where expression cloning by complementation is being carried out.
  • the cDNA library for use in the present invention can be obtained using routine methods (e.g., Seed and Aruffo, Proc . Natl . Acad. Sci, USA, 84:3365-3369 (1987)).
  • mRNA can be prepared from any cell and the cDNA synthesized using standard techniques (Sambrook, J. , et al . , Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual , Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (1989)) and commercially available cloning kits (e.g. , Pharmacia, Invitrogen, Stratagene) .
  • the retroviral vectors of the present invention can be introduced into mammalian cell using any technique which results in expression of the cDNA expression library in the cell (e.g., electroporation, calcium phosphate precipitation, cationic lipids, liposomes) .
  • the cDNA expression library is introduced into a packaging cell line to produce retroviral particles, containing RNA transcribed from the cDNA expression library, which are used to infect mammalian cells resulting in expression of the cDNA expression library in the infected mammalian cell.
  • a packaging cell line (e.g., the 293GPG packaging cell line described herein) can be used to produce pseudotyped retroviral particles useful for expression cloning in mammalian cells, as described in Example 4.
  • suitable packaging cell lines for use in the present invention include other human cell line derived (e.g. , embryonic cell line derived) packaging cell lines and murine cell line derived packaging cell lines, such as Psi-2 cells (Mann, R. , et al . , Cell , 33:153-159 (1983); FLY (Cossett, F.L., et al . , Virol .
  • BOSC 23 cells Pear, W.S., et al . , Proc. Natl . Acad. Sci, USA, 90:8392-8396 (1993), PA317 cells (Miller, A.D. and C. Buttimore, Molec . and Cell . Biol . , 6:2895-2902 (1986)), Kat cell line, (Finer, M.H., et al . , Blood, 83:43-50 (1994)) GP+E-86 cells and GP+EM12 cells (Markowitz, D., et al . , J. Virol .
  • the packaging cell lines for use in the present invention can produce retroviral particles having a pantropic amphotropic or ecotropic host range. Therefore, in this embodiment, the cDNA expression library of the present invention can be expressed in any cell within the host range of the retroviral particle produced by the packaging cell line.
  • the promoter of the retroviral vector of the present invention can be any promoter which produces sufficient levels of transcription of the retroviral vector in the particular packaging cell line (e.g., SV40 promoter, RSV promoter, 0-actin promoter) .
  • the retroviral vectors of the present invention can be used for transient transfection of packaging cell lines which produce pseudotyped retroviruses (e.g., the 293 GPG cells described herein, which are also referred to herein as H29 gagpol cells) for production of high titer pseudotyped (e.g., VSV- G) retrovirus.
  • pseudotyped retroviruses e.g., the 293 GPG cells described herein, which are also referred to herein as H29 gagpol cells
  • high titer pseudotyped e.g., VSV- G
  • the retroviral vectors of the present invention permit construction of cDNA expression libraries (in the retroviral vectors) for transfection of retroviral packaging cell lines, in which pseudotyped retrovirus particles containing the cDNA expression libraries are produced.
  • Each pseudotyped retroviral particle generally contains multiple mRNA molecules.
  • VSV-G pseudotyped virus using the ⁇ U3 retroviral vectors have been produced using the 293GPG cells which can be used for expression cloning by complementation in any cell line having a VSV-G host range.
  • the retroviral vector, ⁇ U3nlsLZ has been used to transfect 293GPG cells which produce retroviruses at titers up to 3 x IO 6 infectious units (i.u.)/ml.
  • the retroviral cDNA cloning vector, ⁇ U3BAM has been used to transfect 293GPG cells with levels of expression and viral titers comparable to the ⁇ U3nlsLZ vector.
  • VSV-G retroviral pseudotypes produced by 293GPG cells described herein have broad host range and will permit infection of any mammalian type (Yee, J.-K, et al . , PNAS, 91:9564-9568) .
  • the present invention provides retroviral vectors which can be used with a variety of mammalian packaging cell lines to produce pseudotyped retroviral particles which can, in turn, be used to infect a variety of mammalian cells containing the expression product (protein, polypeptide) encoded by the cDNA.
  • the retroviral vectors are used to transiently transfect 293GPG cells to produce high titer virus with a VSV-G host range.
  • the ⁇ U3BAM retroviral vector will allow cloning of any cDNA library into the vector.
  • Retroviral cDNA library Transfection of the retroviral cDNA library into 293GPG cells produces retrovirus at titers >10 6 i.u./ml that are capable of infecting any mammalian cell type. Infection of host cells with this retroviral vector results in stable integration of the proviral genome, facilitating long-term high level expression of the cDNA in the retroviral construct.
  • retroviral vectors e.g., ⁇ U3Bam retroviral vectors
  • a packaging cell line e.g., the 293GPG cells
  • retroviral cDNA expression cloning in any mammalian cell type, obviating the need for specialized cells (e.g. Cos7 cells, oocytes) for efficient expression cloning.
  • any mutant mammalian cell type for which there is a phenotype distinct from the wild-type parental cell type e.g., primary human cells derived from patients, primary or established cell lines derived from mutant animal strains, primary or established cell lines derived from knockout mice, mutant cell lines generated in cell culture
  • the gene defect(s) can be rapidly identified by expression cloning by complementation using this invention.
  • retroviral vectors of the present invention to produce pseudotyped retrovirus in the packaging cells, for expression of candidate cDNA clones in cells that are derived from patients with genetic defects and established phenotypes.
  • This will permit screening to determine the basis for genetic defects (e.g., altered expression of a gene involved in metabolism) in patients by complementation analysis.
  • genetic defects e.g., altered expression of a gene involved in metabolism
  • numerous patients have been characterized biochemically and genetically to have single gene defects in fatty acid metabolism.
  • the mutant genes have not been established by conventional methods.
  • a panel of retroviral constructs which encode candidate cDNAs for various enzymes in fatty acid metabolism can be tested, for example, for complementation in primary fibroblasts from these patients.
  • the retroviral vectors of the present invention are retroviral-derived vectors (e.g., Moloney murine leukemia virus-derived vectors) in which the retroviral enhancer- promoter (e.g., HCMV) has been precisely replaced with the cytomegalovirus enhancer-promoter in order to facilitate high levels of expression in the packaging cell lines (e.g., 293GPG) .
  • the retroviral vectors of the present invention can be used to generate retroviral cDNA expression libraries to allow expression cloning in any mammalian cell type.
  • identification of mutant genes responsible for human genetic defects by expression cloning by complementation can be accomplished using retroviral vectors of the present invention.
  • Expression cloning of mutant genes from cultured cell lines that have been mutagenized in culture and have a known phenotype or from primary or established cell lines derived from animals with mutant phenotypes can be performed.
  • the expression cDNA library of the present invention is introduced into a cell having a mutated phenotype and identification of the gene(s) which complements the defect is determined.
  • an important advantage provided by the present invention is that expression cloning by complementation as described herein can be used to identify gene(s) responsible for a phenotype caused by a mutation and obtain proof of the function of the responsible gene(s) .
  • the example of the present invention will allow identification in knockout mice of gene products which complement the introduced mutation, or of gene products which function within the pathway(s) affected by the mutation (i.e., identification of downstream effectors by suppressor analysis) can be determined with the retroviral vectors of the present invention.
  • Retroviral cDNA libraries constructed in the retroviral vectors for commercial distribution are also provided.
  • Example 1 Expression Vector Constructions pMD (see Figure 1) was constructed with the 3.1 kb EcoRI-BamHI fragment from pBC12.AB that includes the pXF3 backbone and human CMV immediate early promoter regions and a 1.34 kb BamHI-Xbal fragment derived from pUCMd/3s(R)S (Sadelain, M. , et al . , Proc . Natl . Acad . Sci . USA, 92:6728- 6732 (1995)) that includes the genomic human j8-globin sequences from the BamHI site in exon 2 through 690 bp in the 3' untranslated region.
  • pUCMd3s(R)S differs from the genomic sequence in that there is a 374 bp deletion in the second intron between the first and third Rsal sites.
  • pBC12.AB is a derivative of pBC12/CMV/IL-2 (B. Cullen, Cell 46 : 973 (1986)) in which the IL-2 sequences (bp 756-1439) have been replaced with a polylinker.
  • the 3.1 kb EcoRI-BamHI and 1.34 kb BamHI-Xbal fragments were ligated after the EcoRI and Xbal overhangs were blunt-ended by treatment with the Klenow fragments.
  • pMD.G (see Figure 3) was constructed with a 1.6 kb EcoRI fragment containing the VSV G gene that was derived from pSVGL (Rose and Bergman, Cell 34:513 (1983)) and was cloned into the EcoRI site in pMD which is within exon 3 of the genomic human /3-globin sequence.
  • pMDtet (see Figure 2) was generated with a 0.47 kb Xhol-BamHI fragment from pUHC 13-3 (Gossen and Bujard,
  • PCR was performed with pCRIPenv- (Danos and Mulligan, Proc . Natl . Acad. Sci . , 85:6460-6466 (1988)) and the following pairs of primers: 5'-CGGAATTCATGGGCCAGACTGTTACC-3' (SEQ ID No:l) and 5'-AGCAACTGGCGATAGTGG-3' (SEQ ID No:2) , 5' -
  • CGGAATTCTTAGGGGGCCTCGCGG-3' SEQ ID No:3
  • 5'- ACTACATGCTGAACCGGG-3' SEQ ID No:4
  • the PCR products were digested with EcoRI and Xhol and with EcoRI and Hindlll, respectively, to generate 0.94 kb EcoRI-Xhol and 0.94 kb Hindlll-EcoRI fragments. These fragments were ligated with the 3.3 kb Xhol-Hindlll fragment from pCRIPenv- and pUC19 which had been linearized with EcoRI and phosphatase treated to produce pUC19.gagpol.
  • the 5.2 kb EcoRI fragment from pUC19.gagpol was cloned into the EcoRI site in pMD, which is within exon 3 of the genomic human 3-globin sequence, to yield pMD.gagpol.
  • pMD.new gagpol see Figure 6
  • PCR was performed with pBCIL2.gagpol (Chung and Mulligan, unpublished results) , which encodes a mutated gagpol sequence and the following pairs of primers: 5'-
  • CGGAATTCATGGGTCAGACTGTTACTAC-3' SEQ ID No: 5
  • AGCAACTGGCGATAGTGG-3' SEQ ID No: 2
  • 5'- CGGAATTCTTAGGGAGCTTCTCTTGTTAG-3' SEQ ID No: 6
  • 5'- ACTACATGCTGAACCGGG-3' SEQ ID No: 4
  • the PCR products were digested with EcoRI and Xhol and with EcoRI and Hindlll, respectively, to generate 0.94 kb EcoRI-Xhol and 0.94 kb Hindlll-EcoRI fragments. These fragments were ligated with the 3.3 kb Xhol-Hindlll fragment from pCRIPenv- and pUC19 which had been linearized with EcoRI and phosphatase treated to produce pUCl9.new gagpol. The 5.2 kb EcoRI fragment from pUC19.new gagpol was cloned into the EcoRI site in pMD, which is within exon 3 of the genomic human j8-globin sequence, to yield pMD.new gagpol.
  • a novel CMV expression vector was constructed for expression of the wild-type gagpol (pMD.gagpol) and for the mutagenized gagpol (pMD.new gagpol) .
  • pMD.gagpol reverse transcriptase assays have been performed which demonstrate production of retroviral particles under conditions of both transient and stable expression.
  • pMD.new gagpol reverse transcriptase assays have been performed which demonstrate production of retroviral particles under conditions of transient expression.
  • Human 293 cells (gift, B. Panning; Graham, F. , et al., J " . Gen . Virol . , 36 : 59-72 (1977)) were grown in DMEM with 5% inactivated fetal bovine serum, supplemented with 2 mM L- glutamine, penicillin and streptomycin (293 growth media) and incubated at 37 C with 5% C02.
  • the 293 cells were co- transfected by the calcium phosphate precipitation method (Pear, et al . , PNAS, 90:8392-8396 (1994)) with 5 ⁇ g pBC.tTA (see Figure 7; T. Chung and R.
  • each clone was plated in parallel into two 35 mm tissue culture dish (Corning) at 30% confluence. The following day one plate was washed twice with 2 ml 293 growth media without tetracycline and the media changed to standard 293 media supplemented with 2 ⁇ g/ml puromycin. At 48 hours the cells were harvested for total cellular protein and the paired samples run on a 7.5% SDS- polyacrylamide gel under reducing conditions. The gels were transferred onto nitrocellulose (Schleicher & Schuell, 0.45 mm) with a semi-dry electroblotter (Owl Scientific). Western blotting was performed using standard procedures.
  • a murine monoclonal anti-VSV-G IgG (Sigma) was used at a dilution of 1:800.
  • an HRP-coupled donkey anti-mouse IgG F(ab)2 fragment (Pharmingen) was used at a dilution of 1:10,000.
  • Chemiluminescent detection was performed with the Dupont NEN Renaissance kit. Positive cell lines (e.g. H29) were selected on the basis of no detectable VSV-G expression in the presence of tetracycline in the growth media and the detection of inducible VSV-G expression in the absence of tetracycline in the growth media.
  • H29 gagpol cell line (293 GPG cell line) .
  • H29 cells were grown in 293 growth media supplemented with 1.0 ⁇ g/ml tetracycline and 2 ⁇ g/ml puromycin (H29 media) and co-transfected by the calcium phosphate precipitation method with 10 ⁇ g pMD.gagpol linearized with Seal and 2 ⁇ g pSV2neo. During transfection the H29 media was supplemented with 1.0 ⁇ g/ml tetracycline. The transfected H29 cells were plated into selection 48 hours post-transfection in H29 media supplemented with 1.0 ⁇ g/ml tetracycline and 0.3 mg/ml G418 (Gibco). Sixty-nine independent clones were selected for clonal expansion and were screened for reverse transcriptase activity (Goff, et al . , J . Virology, 38:239-248 (1981)).
  • H29 cells are grown in 293 growth media supplemented with 1.0 ⁇ g/ml tetracycline and 2 ⁇ g/ml puromycin (H29 media) and co-transfected by the calcium phosphate precipitation method with 10 ⁇ g pMD.new gagpol linearized with Seal and 2 ⁇ g pSV2neo. During transfection the H29 media was supplemented with 1.0 ⁇ g/ml tetracycline. The transfected H29 cells are plated into selection 48 hours post-transfection in H29 media supplemented with 1.0 ⁇ g/ml tetracycline and 0.3 mg/ml G418 (Gibco). Independent clones are selected for clonal expansion and screened for reverse transcriptase activity (Goff, et al . , J. Virology (1981)).
  • H29 is derived from 293 cells (Graham, F. , et al . , J. Gen . Virol . , 36 : 59-72 (1977)) and was selected after co-transfection with pBC.tTA (the Tet transactivator) , pMDtet.G and pJG ⁇ puro.
  • the H29 cells show inducible VSV-G expression by western blotting that is only 5-fold less than transient VSV-G expression in parental 293 cells.
  • the H29 cells passaged in culture for 20 passages continue to demonstrate inducible VSV-G expression.
  • Example 3 Construction of the ⁇ U3 retroviral cloning vectors The ⁇ U3nlsLacZ retroviral vector was constructed by precise replacement of the U3 region in the 5' LTR of MFG.SnlsLacZ (Berns, et al . , Human Gene Therapy, 6:347-368 (1995) ; see Figure 8) with the HCMV enhancer-promoter (nt -671 to -2) (Boshart, M. , Cell, 41:521-530 (1985)). In ⁇ U3nlsLacZ the entire 5' genomic flanking region and all but 65 bp from the 3' genomic flanking region from MFG.SnlsLacZ is eliminated.
  • the pMD plasmid was constructed as described in Example 1.
  • a 701 bp fragment encoding the HCMV promoter was generated by PCR with the pMD plasmid as the template with the pair of primers, 5 , -GGGCCCAAGCTTCCCATTGCATACGTTGTATC-3' (SEQ ID NO: 9) and 5 , -GGACTGGCGCCGGTTCACTAAACGAGCTC-3' (SEQ ID NO: 10), creating a 5' Hind III site and a 3 ' Kas I site.
  • the PCR product was digested with Hind III and Kas I to yield a 677 bp fragment.
  • the 91 bp Kas I-Sty I was isolated from the 3 ' LTR of MFG (Riviere, I., et al . , PNAS, 92:6733-6737 (1995)).
  • the 253 bp Sty -Eag I and the 4994 bp Eag I-Sca I fragments were isolated from MFG.SNlsLacZ (Berns, et al . , Human Gene Therapy, 6:342-368 (1995)), and the backbone for ⁇ U3nlsLacZ is a 2.65 kb Hind Ill-Sma I fragment from pUCl ⁇ .
  • ⁇ U3Bam For the construction of ⁇ U3Bam, a 561 bp fragment was generated by PCR with ⁇ U3nlsLacZ as the template with the pair of primers, 5'-GTGACCTGGGAAGCCTTGGC-3' (SEQ ID NO: 11) and 5'CGGGATCCAGTCTAGAGGATGGTCCACC-3' SEQ ID NO: 12), creating a 5' Kas I site and a 3 ' Bam H I site. The PCR product was digested with Kas I and Bam H I to yield a 389 bp fragment.
  • the 389 bp Kas I-Bam H I fragment was ligated with 4466 bp Bam H I-Eag I and 695 bp Eag I-Kas I fragments that were derived from ⁇ U3nlsLacZ.
  • Figure 9A displays the structure of the ⁇ U3nlsLacZ vector and Figure 9B displays the structure of the ⁇ U3Bam vector.
  • Example 4 Production of VSV-G pseudotyped retrovirus by transient transfection of 293GPG cells
  • the plasmid pBC.tTA was constructed from pBC12/CMV/IL- 2 (Cullen, B.R., Cell, 46:973-982 (1986)) by replacement of the IL-2 sequences (bp 756-1439) with the tet transactivator gene from pUHD10-l (Gossen, M. , et al . , Proc. Natl . Acad. Sci . , 89:5547-551 (1992)).
  • Figure 7 displays the structure of the pBC.tTA plasmid.
  • the pMD, pMD.G, pMDtet, pMDtet.G, and pMD.gagpol constructs and the 293GPG cell line were constructed as described in Example 1.
  • Transient transfections with 293GPG cells were performed on 60 mm dishes where 4-5 x 10 6 cells were plated the night prior in 4 ml 293 GPG media.
  • 4 ug of ⁇ U3nlsLacZ was diluted into 300 ul Opti-MEM (Gibco BRL) and incubated at room temperature for 30 minutes with 25 ul Lipofectamine (Gibco BRL) diluted into 300 ul Opti-MEM.
  • 2.4 ml Opti-MEM was added to the DNA-Lipofectamine mixture and layered on top of the 293GPG cells, which had been rinsed 30 minutes prior to transfection and had media replaced with 2 ml Opti-MEM.
  • 2 ml 293 media was added at 7-8 hours post- transfection and the media was changed at 24 hours. The supernatant was harvested at 72 hours and viral titers determined as described below.
  • Quantitative /3-galatosdase activity was determined using a commercially available luminescent assay (Clontech) .
  • NIH 3T3 cells were plated at 1 x 10 5 cells per well in 6-well culture dishes 16 hours prior to infection and incubated for 24 hours with serial dilutions of viral supernatants containing 8 ug/ml polybrene (Sigma) .
  • Viral titer was determined as the average number of cells with blue nuclei (/3-galactosidase- producing cells) per twenty 1 mm 2 fields (2-3 x 10 4 cells) multiplied by a factor to account for plate size, dilution of viral stock and division of target cells in tissue culture wells.
  • the 293GPG clone was used to produce VSV-G pseudotyped retrovirus by transient transfection, taking advantage of the high transfectability of 293 cells.
  • the ⁇ U3nlsLacZ retroviral construct was generated by substitution of the U3 region of the 5' LTR of MFG.nlsLacZ with the HCMV enhancer-promoter and deletion of the genomic 5' and 3' flanking regions of MFG.SnlsLacZ.
  • ⁇ U3nlsLacZ enabled a 20-fold increase in expression in transient transfections.
  • the 293GPG clone was transiently transfected by lipofectamine with an average efficiency of 40% with the ⁇ U3nlsLacZ construct.
  • a 48 hour virus supernatant was collected between 24 and 72 hours post- transfection and removal of tetracycline from the growth medium.
  • Viral titers in the range of 1-3 x IO 6 i.u./ml were achieved transiently.
  • the ⁇ U3 vectors are specifically modified for high transient expression in 293-derived cell lines (e.g. 293GPG cells) by precise replacement of the U3 region in the 5' LTR by the complete human CMV enhancer-promoter (Boshart et al . , Cell, 41:521-530 (1985)).
  • the ⁇ U3 vectors are derived from MFG which is an established high titer and high expression vector.
  • the effect of 5' untranslated sequences on cDNA expression and cDNA viral titer was examined.
  • ⁇ U3Bam vector can accommodate up to 165 bp of 5' untranslated sequences within the cDNA insert with only a modest reduction in expression or viral titer as compared with a non-cloning MFG-based retroviral vector. This data supports the capability of the ⁇ U3Bam vector to promote efficient packaging of the cDNA inserts and efficient transfer of the cDNA to the target calls.
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  • SEQUENCE DESCRIPTION SEQ ID NO:10: GGACTGGCGC CGGTTCACTA AACGAGCTC 29
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La présente invention se rapporte à une lignée cellulaire stable d'encapsidation de rétrovirus pseudotypé, cette lignée cellulaire comprenant des cellules d'encapsidation qui génèrent un rétrovirus pseudotypé de recombinaison sans auxiliaire. La lignée cellulaire d'encapsidation comprend une ou plusieurs constructions d'expression non rétrovirales tel qu'une construction d'expression dont le cytomégalovirus humain (CMV) est proche du promoteur précoce ou de dérivés de ce promoteur (tel que pMD) qui dirigent l'expression: a) de gènes gagpol rétroviraux et b) d'un gène non rétroviral qui est sous le contrôle d'un système opérateur inductible dont le produit génique génère des pseudotypes de virions coeur rétroviraux. La présente invention se rapporte également à un procédé de production d'une lignée cellulaire stable d'encapsidation de rétrovirus pseudotypé qui génère un rétrovirus pseudotypé de recombinaison sans auxiliaire, ainsi qu'à des lignées celluaire d'encapsidation spécifiques décrites dans cette demande (telle que H29 gagpol, un nouveau H29 gagpol) et à des cellules et des constructions spécifiques (tels que des éléments d'encapsidation) utilisés pour produire la lignée cellulaire stable d'encapsidation de rétrovirus pseudotypé décrite dans cette demande (telles que des cellules H29 et des constructions pMD, pMDtet, pMDtet.G, PMD.gagpol, p.MD nouveau gagpol). La présente invention se rapporte en outre à un vecteur rétroviral destiné à produire une banque d'ADNc pour l'expression dans des cellules mammaliennes, et comprenant deux longs segments terminaux à répétitions rétroviraux, un site de clonage pour l'insertion de l'ADNc et un promoteur de cytomégalovirus. L'invention se rapporte à une banque d'ADNc pour l'expression des cellules mammaliennes, cette banque comprenant les vecteurs rétroviraux, ainsi qu'à un procédé de clonage d'expression dans des cellules mammaliennes; à un procédé de clonage d'expression de l'ADNc dans les cellules mammaliennes, et à un procédé d'identification d'un défaut génique responsable d'un phénotype mutant mettant en ÷uvre le clonage d'expression de l'ADNc par complémentation dans les cellules mammaliennes.
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