Ca2+-sensitive cytosolic nucleases prevent efficient delivery to the nucleus of injected plasmids

The Journal of Gene Medicine
H PollardD Escande

Abstract

Efficient gene delivery by synthetic vectors is a major challenge in gene therapy. However, inefficient nuclear delivery of cDNA is thought to be a major limiting step in gene transfer using non-viral vectors. It is commonly thought that, in the cytosol, cDNA has to be released from its vector before importation to the nucleus. The stability of naked cDNA in the cytoplasm is not well established. cDNA plasmids, either free or complexed with poly(ethyleneimine) (PEI), were microinjected into the cytoplasm of mammalian cells and their turnover was assessed by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). Incubations of cDNA plasmids in cytosolic extracts were also performed. FISH experiments showed that naked cDNA rapidly fade with time when injected into the cytosol. Fading was not observed when naked cDNA plasmids were injected into the nucleus. Incubation of naked cDNA in a cytosolic fraction isolated from mammalian cells reproduced cDNA degradation as observed in microinjection experiments. Nuclease inhibitors, including aurin tricarboxylic acid or Zn2+, prevented in vitro cDNA degradation. The cytosolic nuclease activity was optimal at physiological pH and physiological Ca2+ concentration. By contrast, it was insensitive to Mg2...Continue Reading

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