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Suppression of nonsense mutations in cel ... timerized suppressor tRNA genes
Suppression of nonsense mutations in cell culture and mice by multimerized suppressor tRNA genes.
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We demonstrate here the first experimental suppression of a premature termination codon in vivo by using an ochre suppressor tRNA acting in an intact mouse. Multicopy tRNA expression plasmids were directly injected into skeletal muscle and into the hearts of transgenic mice carrying a reporter gene with an ochre mutation. A strategy for modulation of suppressor efficiency, applicable to diverse systems and based on tandem multimerization of the tRNA gene, is developed. The product of suppression (chloramphenicol acetyltransferase) accumulates linearly with increases in suppressor tRNA concentration to the point where the ochre-suppressing tRNA(Ser) is in four- to fivefold excess over the endogenous tRNA(Ser). The subsequent suppressor activity plateau seems to be attributable to accumulation of unmodified tRNAs. These results define many salient variables for suppression in vivo, for example, for tRNA suppression employed as gene therapy for nonsense defects.
Buvoli M, Buvoli A, Leinwand LA
Molecular and cellular biology
2000-05-01 00:00
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Animals,Blotting, Northern,COS Cells,Cells, Cultured,Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase,Codon, Terminator,Male,Mice,Mice, Transgenic,Models, Biological,Muscle, Skeletal,Mutation,Myocardium,Plasmids,RNA, Transfer,Suppression, Genetic,Tongue,Transfection,Codon, Terminator,RNA, Transfer,Chloramphenicol O-Acetyltransferase
Department of Molecular Biology, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
Mol. Cell. Biol.
NHLBI HL50560
0270-7306
789
True
10757796
