An intracellular delivery vehicle for protein transduction of micro-dystrophin - Protein

An intracellular delivery vehicle for protein transduction of micro-dystrophin
2005 Feb
Richard H Weisbart, James E Hansen, Robert N Nishimura, Grace Chan, Rika Wakelin, Sophia S Chang, Larry Baresi, Jeffrey S Chamberlain
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The Fv fragment of an antibody that selectively targets and penetrates skeletal muscle in vivo was produced as a fusion protein with a micro-dystrophin for use as a delivery vehicle to transport micro-dystrophin into muscle cells. Fv-micro-dystrophin was produced as a secreted protein by transient transfection of Fv-micro-dystrophin cDNA in COS-7 cells and as a non-secreted protein by permanent transfection in Pichia pastoris. Isolated Fv-micro-dystrophin was shown to be full-length by Western blot analysis. Fv-micro-dystrophin penetrated multiple cell lines in vitro, and it localized to the plasma membrane of a cell line with membrane beta-dystroglycan. In the absence of membrane beta-dystroglycan, it localized to the cytoplasm. Antibody-mediated transduction of micro-dystrophin into muscle cells is a potential therapy for dystrophin-deficient muscular dystrophies.
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