WO1999004025A1 - Improvements in or relating to expression of nucleic acid sequences in cerebellar cells - Google Patents
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- This invention relates to nucleic acid sequences and constructs, host cells and organisms comprising the same, and to a method of directing expression of a polypeptide of interest to a particular cell type.
- GAB A (7-aminobutyric acid); IRES (internal ribosome entry site); lacZ (/3-galactosidase) ;
- NL nuclear localization signal
- X-gal (5-bromo-4chloro-3-indoyl-, /3-D-galactoside).
- ⁇ -aminobutyric acid type A (GABA A ) receptors are transmitter-gated chloride channels mediating fast neuronal inhibition. They are built as pentameric subunit assemblies selected from a large gene family ( ⁇ l- ⁇ , 01-/33, ⁇ l- ⁇ 3, ⁇ and e) (Refs. 1-6 [all documents cited in this specification are incorporated herein by reference]).
- the subunit genes are transcribed in complex patterns throughout the brain (7, 8), but nothing is known about how these patterns are generated. Many of the subunit genes are clustered e.g. the c , ⁇ , ⁇ 2 and c ⁇ genes are on mouse chromosome 11/ human chromosome 5q
- the ⁇ 6 locus is active only in postmigratory and differentiated cells, i.e. expression first begins to appear at the beginning of the second postnatal week (5. 14,
- the invention provides a nucleic acid fragment which, when operably linked to a downstream nucleic acid sequence of interest, causes selective expression in cerebellar granule cells of the downstream sequence, the nucleic acid fragment comprising an isolated 5' portion of the ⁇ -aminobutyric acid type A (GABA receptor a ⁇ subumt gene, the isolated portion comprising: the first seven exons, and a 5' part of exon 8 of the a ⁇ subunit gene, the intervening introns, and at least 500bp upstream of the transcription start site region.
- GABA receptor a ⁇ subumt gene the isolated portion comprising: the first seven exons, and a 5' part of exon 8 of the a ⁇ subunit gene, the intervening introns, and at least 500bp upstream of the transcription start site region.
- sequence of the mtervering introns may not be essential and the intron sequences may be substituted with functionally equivalent sequences of similar size (and which are recognised as introns) without affecting the functioning of the nucleic acid fragment of the invention.
- the a ⁇ subunit gene may have the gene sequence of the mouse or rat a ⁇ subunit gene (as exemplified below).
- the a ⁇ subunit gene being highly conserved (and showing similar cerebellar granule-cell specific expression) across a wide range of mammals (e.g. humans, mouse, rat) and other animals (e.g. goldfish) and birds (e.g. chicken, Refs. 29, 30), the portions from a ⁇ subunit genes from other sources, being functionally equivalent to the portions of the rat/mouse genes identified above, may successfully be employed, if desired.
- the homologous fragment of the human a ⁇ subunit gene is considered to be the portion stretching from approximately l. ⁇ kb upstream (5') of the ATG start codon through to about the middle of exon 8.
- Functionally equivalent portions of genes from other sources can readily be located by those skilled in the art, for example by conducting sequence comparisons using commercially available computer programs such as Mac Vector (available from Kodak IBI) or "Blast" (available from European Bio informatics Institute, Hinxton Hall, UK).
- the isolated 5' portion of the a ⁇ subunit gene is a sequence from the mouse gene having a 5' end at or adjacent to an Sphl restriction site at nucleotide -1610 upstream from the ATG start codon on the gene, and a 3' end at or adjacent to a unique Afl ⁇ l site in exon 8 (this includes about 200bp, or approx. 50%, of exon 8).
- the invention provides a nucleic acid construct which directs the specific expression in cerebellar granule cells of a nucleic acid sequence of interest, the construct comprising an isolated 5' portion of the GABA A receptor a ⁇ subunit gene operably linked to a downstream nucleic acid sequence of interest; wherein the 5' portion comprises the first seven exons and a 5' part of exon 8 of the a ⁇ subunit gene, the intervening introns, and at least 500bp upstream of d e transcription start site region.
- the term "expression" is intended to refer to transcription, with optional translation, of the nucleic acid sequence of interest.
- it may simply be desired to produce an RNA transcript of the nucleic acid sequence of interest (in particular, where the sequence of interest is operably linked in the antisense orientation to the cerebellar granule cell-specific promoter, so as to inhibit expression of one or more polypeptides in the cerebellum).
- the nucleic acid sequence of interest includes both transcription and translation thereof, and the polypeptide of interest is synthesised in cerebellar granule cells.
- sequence of interest is expressed as an in- frame fusion with the 5' portion of the a ⁇ subunit gene.
- transcription of the nucleic acid sequence encoding the polypeptide of interest commences separately at an internal ribosome entry site (IRES).
- IRS internal ribosome entry site
- the 5' portion of the a ⁇ subunit gene may comprise additional base pairs upstream of the a ⁇ transcription start region. Up to 1Kb has been successfully included, and further 5' extension could be made if desired, although this has not so far been found to have any advantageous effect on the working of the invention.
- the nuleic acid fragment of the inevntion may comprise just a single base from exon 8, the intention being that substantially all of intron 7 is included in the fragment.
- the a ⁇ subunit portion may be extended in the 3' direction to include for example all of exon 8 and, if desired, some or all of the subsequent intron. Again, however, it is not anticipated that this will have any significant beneficial effect on the operation of the invention.
- the isolated 5' portion of the a ⁇ subunit whilst possibly including regions of the a ⁇ gene in addition to those found important by the present inventors, will not comprise the entire a ⁇ gene sequence as this is not expected to confer cerebellar granule cell-specific expression on the sequence encoding the polypeptide of interest.
- Sequences other than an IRES may be included between the 5' portion of the a ⁇ subunit gene and the sequence encoding the polypeptide of interest without disrupting the operable linkage therebetween.
- intervening sequences may be regulatory sequences (such as nuclear localization signals) or may be sequences to facilitate manipulation (e.g. restriction endonuclease polylinkers).
- the invention is illustrated by the use of a reporter gene sequence, encoding a reporter polypeptide (/3-galactosidase) .
- a reporter polypeptide 3-galactosidase
- genes of interest which could be employed in the construct include Cre recombinase (38), to produce cerebellar granule cell-specific "knockout" transgenic animals, or A. victoria green fluorescent protein (GFP) for imaging of living cerebellar granule cells (see e.g. Chalfie et al, 1994 Science 263, 802-805; Yang et al, 1996 Gene 173, 19-23).
- the construct would be of usefulness in gene therapy of brain disorders, such as those diseases which are associated with death of cerebellar granule cells, leading to ataxia (e.g. SCAs or "spinocerebellar ataxias").
- Potentially therapeutic genes include those encoding: growth factors e.g. brain-derived neuro trophic factor, or neurotrophin-3 (Neveu & Arenas 1996 J. Cell. Biol. 133, 631-646); Ca 2+ binding proteins e.g. Calbindin D28 (Airaksinen et al, 1997 Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 94, 1488-1493); protease inhibitors; and membrane channel-forming proteins e.g. Ca 2 ⁇ channel ⁇ subunit gene Cchb4 (Burgess et al, 1997 Cell 88, 385-392).
- growth factors e.g. brain-derived neuro trophic factor, or neurotrophin-3 (Neveu & Arenas 1996 J. Cell
- the invention provides a host cell transformed with the construct defined above, or the progeny of such a cell.
- the term "transformed” as employed herein is intended to refer to any process by which foreign DNA may be introduced into a cell and includes, for example, electroporation, transduction, cell fusion and the like.
- the host cell may be a prokaryotic cell, into which the construct is introduced for the purposes of replication (in which case, the construct will preferably comprise a prokaryotic origin of replication). More typically the cell is a eukaryotic cell, conveniently a mammalian cell.
- the construct may be introduced into a cerebellar granule cell, which cells may be cultured in vitro (Gallo et al, 1987 J. Neurosci. 7, 2203-2213) and transfected with adenoviral vectors (Fritz et al, 1997 J. Neurochem. 68, 204-212).
- adenoviral vectors Fritz et al, 1997 J. Neurochem. 68, 204-212
- the invention provides a transgenic animal (conveniently a transgenic mammal, preferably a rat or mouse) comprising the nucleic acid construct defined above.
- a transgenic animal conveniently a transgenic mammal, preferably a rat or mouse
- Such transgenic animals will allow for the cerebellar granule cell-specific expression of nucleic acid sequences encoding polypeptides of interest, and may therefore act as valuable research tools.
- the invention provides a method of obtaining cerebellar granule cell- specific expression of a nucleic acid sequence of interest, the method comprising: placing the nucleic acid sequence in operable linkage to, and downstream of, a nucleic acid fragment in accordance with the first aspect of the invention defined above, to form a nucleic acid construct; and introducing the construct into a host cell.
- the host cell may be a cerebellar granule cell cultured in vitro, in order to obtain expression of the nucleic acid sequence.
- the construct is introduced into a cell from which a transgenic animal may be formed.
- the construct may be introduced by pronuclear micro injection into a mouse or rat embryonic stem cell or the like.
- Methods of producing transgenic animals are now well known to those skilled in the art. A general reference on the subject is by Hogan et al (1994, Manipulating the mouse embryo: a laboratory manual. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, New York).
- the m ⁇ lRESlacZ transgene can be modified to deliver products other than ⁇ - galactosidase to cerebellar granule cells. Specifically, lacZ could be removed, and alternative open reading frames placed downstream of the IRES.
- SCAs spinocerebellar ataxia degenerations
- the a ⁇ gene 5' portion could also be incorporated into viral vectors such as adenovirus (Hashimoto et al, 1996 Human Gene Therapy 7, 149-158).
- the method of the invention may be used in gene therapy, wherein the nucleic acid sequence encodes a therapeutic polypeptide, such as a nerve growth factor or a nucleic acid sequence which correctly codes for a polypeptide so as to replace a missing or "faulty" (i.e. mutated) gene in the patient (e.g. human homologues of the mouse genes described by Bugess et al cited above).
- the nucleic construct could be introduced into a human patient within a vector, such as a retro virus or adenovirus, or encapsulated or associated with liposomes or as naked DNA.
- the presence of the 5' portion of the a ⁇ subumt gene serves to ensure that the therapeutic polypeptide is expressed only in cerebellar granule cells, thereby preventing inappropriate expression should the construct be inadvertently introduced into other cells, which inadvertent expression could otherwise lead to undesirable side effects.
- nucleic acid sequences into human subjects for the purposes of gene therapy are now well known, e.g. adenoviral vectors for infecting the airways of cystic fibrosis sufferers.
- herpes simplex virus-based or adenovirus-based vectors e.g. those described by Bett et al, 1994 Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 91. 8802- 8806 and those described by Le Gal La Salle et al, 1993 Science 259, 988-990
- Figure 1 shows a schematic representation of various reporter constructs used (on the left hand side), together with columns showing the number of transgenic founders obtained and the number of founders showing reporter gene expression in (from left to right) cerebellar granule cells, cochlear nucleus, or ectopic expression.
- A+ is the SV40 polyadenylation signal
- Ex denotes exon
- NL is the SV40 nuclear localization sequence
- B denotes a Bam HI site
- S denotes an Sph 1 site
- the arrow indicates the transcriptional start site(s).
- the open box at the 3' end of the m ⁇ 6IRES-LacZ6 transgene marks the residual 5' fragment of the neomycin (neo) resistance gene (see 25); (* 3 independent lines were derived, all of which expressed the transgene);
- FIGS 2A-2F are micrographs showing ectopic (2A-2C), granule cell-specific mosaic (2D-2E), and cochlear nucleus (2F) expression of the r ⁇ 6LacZ7 transgene.
- Figures 3A-3G are micrographs demonstrating that Expression of the m ⁇ :6IRES-lacZ6 transgene is restricted to cerebellar granule cells.
- Figures 3A-C are horizontal sections of three representative independent adult founder brains from the highest expressing (3A) to the lowest expressing (3C) mcu6IRES-lacZ6 integration.
- Figure 3D is a higher power view of a cerebellar section from the founder shown in 3A; 3E shows that no cochlear nucleus expression is observed even though very strong expression is found in the granule cell layer;
- Figures 3F-G are high power views of the granule cell layer of an expressing founder from different subregions of the cerebellum to illustrate mosaicism. In Figure 3F, all cells are heavily stained.
- Figures 3A-D are stained only for /3-galactosidase activity; Figures 3E-G are counterstained with neutral red;
- Scale bars Figures 3A-C, 1 mm; 3D, 0.5 mm; 3E, 170 ⁇ m; 3F-G, 30 ⁇ m.
- Plasmids pr ⁇ 6nLacZ7 and pr ⁇ ;6nLacZ12 were built with the vector pr ⁇ 6nLacZ0.9 (23).
- This vector contains 500 bp of 5' nontranscribed region, the proximal promoter including the transcription start site(s), and the complete 5' untranslated segment (approx. 350 bp).
- the first methionine of the a ⁇ gene is replaced with the lacZ coding region incorporating an SV40-derived nuclear localization (NL) sequence (24).
- the pra6nLacZ0.9 plasmid was first modified to give pr ⁇ 6nLacZ0.9 ⁇ Not 7zo, by inserting unique Not / and Xho I sites into the 5' and 3' polylinkers respectively.
- pm 6IRES-lacZ6 This transgene was isolated from homozygous ⁇ lacZ 129/Sv x C57BL/6 mouse liver genomic DNA (25).
- the transgene comprises 6 kb of mouse GABA A receptor 0:6 subunit gene containing 1 kb of sequence upstream of the transcription start sites, exons 1 through to 8 (up to the Afl ⁇ L site contained in exon 8), linked to an internal robosome entry site and lacZ reporter/poly adenylation sequences.
- ⁇ lacZ liver genomic DNA was partially Sau 3 A digested, ligated into a ⁇ Fix II Xho Partial Fill-In vector (Stratagene), packaged and amplified.
- the resulting library was screened with an a ⁇ cDNA probe (12).
- the 5' Sph I site is 1 kb 5' of the transcription start site(s); the 3' end of the transgene contains a herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase promoter linked to the region encoding the first 180 amino acids of the neomycin phosphotransferase protein.
- the insert was released using Sph I.
- the construct could readily be prepared by those skilled in the art by following the instructions below: screen a genomic ⁇ phage or cosmid-based library (constructed with mouse strain 129/Sv DNA) using an a ⁇ cDNA probe. Isolate the unique 12 kb Sphl restriction fragment spanning lkb upstream of the transcription start sites through to exon
- I fragment into any standard pUC based cloning plasmid, e.g. by first changing the Smal site in the pBluescript SK (Stratagene) poly linker to Sphl.
- An IRES-lacZ-neo cassette is then introduced into exon 8 within the 12 kb Sphl fragment as follows: Linerize the plasmid with Aflll (this site is unique, and located in exon 8). Fill in the Afll ⁇ ends with
- the Sphl restriction enzyme site is underlined. The 3' end is defined by the unique Aflll site in exon 8.
- the transgene m ⁇ lRESlacZ can be released from the plasmid backbone by Sphl digestion.
- mice (CBA/cba x C57BL/6) were produced by pro nuclear micro injection (26). Founders were identified by blotting Bam Hi-digested tail-derived genomic DNA, and hybridizing with a lacZ probe. Anaesthetised adult mice were transcardially perfused with 4% paraformaldehyde. Sections from brains and selected organs (liver, kidney, heart) were then incubated with Xgal (5-bromo-4-chloro-3-indoyl- ⁇ -D-galactoside) (27). Low-power images were obtained by photographing wet, non-coverslipped sections using a Leica Wild Heerbrugg microscope. Selected sections were counterstained with neutral red (Sigma), coverslipped and photographed with a Leica Orthomat E microscope.
- a 12 kb Sph I genomic fragment (m ⁇ 6IRES-lacZ6) contains 1 kb upstream of the transcription start site(s), 5 kb of exon and intronic regions through to exon 8, followed by an IRES-lacZ poly A sequence (25; and see Table 1).
- IRES-lacZ poly A sequence 25; and see Table 1.
- proximal 500 bp promoter contains information for neuronal specificity, and seems primed to drive expression in granule cells, but with low efficiency (23). It might interact with a downstream element which enforces transcriptional specificity.
- an optimum gene architecture could account for the high fidelity of transgene expression in granule cells e.g. the exon- intron structure may be particularly suited to granule cell expression.
- the cerebellum participates in the acquisition and deployment of motor skills (34-35), and in higher cognitive aspects of learning and anticipating patterns (36-37).
- the m ⁇ 6IRES-lacZ6 transgene described here can be adapted to deliver other gene products uniquely to cerebellar granule cells. By coupling this with recent developments in transgenic technology (22, 38), the specific contributions of granule cell components to the physiology of cerebellar processes can now be investigated.
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