Abstract
Purpose: Our goals were to produce a functional recombinant RPE retinal G protein-coupled receptor (RGR) opsin for biochemical studies and to test the efficiency of a lentiviral vector for transgene expression of human RGR. Methods: A human RGR cDNA was cloned into a replication-defective lentiviral vector, and recombinant bRGR-Lentivirus was prepared for transduction of the ARPE-19, a human retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cell line, and COS-7 cells. Recombinant RGR expression was detected by Western blot analysis, and functionality of the protein was tested by a [3H]all-trans-retinal binding assay. Results: RGR protein was detected in each cell type after transduction with recombinant virus and was not observed in untreated cells. RGR expression in ARPE-19 cells increased steadily for up to 10 days after transduction and was stable for at least 6 months. The transduced ARPE-19 cells produced -100-fold higher amounts of RGR protein than the transduced COS-7 cells. When cell membranes from the ARPE-19 cells were incubated with [3H]all-trans-retinal, the chromophore bound specifically to the expressed protein. Uptake of [3H]all-trans-retinol into the ARPE-19 cells was followed by specific binding of radiolabeled retinoid to RGR. Conclusions: Using a Lentivirus-derived gene delivery system, we were able to express high amounts of human RGR protein in the ARPE-19 human RPE cell line. The transduced ARPE-19 cells remain able to process all-trans-retinol, and the expressed protein is capable of binding to the all-trans-retinal chromophore. The Lentivirus-based expression of functional RGR can be used to study RGR in cultured cells and to test in vivo transduction of quiescent RPE cells.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 237-242 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Molecular Vision |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 32 |
| State | Published - 2000 |
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Expression of a recombinant human RGR opsin in Lentivirus-transduced cultured cells. / Yang, Mao; Wang, Xiao Guang; Timothy Stout, J.; Chen, Pu; Hjelmeland, Leonard M; Appukuttan, Binoy; Fong, Henry K W.
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T1 - Expression of a recombinant human RGR opsin in Lentivirus-transduced cultured cells
AU - Yang, Mao
AU - Wang, Xiao Guang
AU - Timothy Stout, J.
AU - Chen, Pu
AU - Hjelmeland, Leonard M
AU - Appukuttan, Binoy
AU - Fong, Henry K W
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - Purpose: Our goals were to produce a functional recombinant RPE retinal G protein-coupled receptor (RGR) opsin for biochemical studies and to test the efficiency of a lentiviral vector for transgene expression of human RGR. Methods: A human RGR cDNA was cloned into a replication-defective lentiviral vector, and recombinant bRGR-Lentivirus was prepared for transduction of the ARPE-19, a human retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cell line, and COS-7 cells. Recombinant RGR expression was detected by Western blot analysis, and functionality of the protein was tested by a [3H]all-trans-retinal binding assay. Results: RGR protein was detected in each cell type after transduction with recombinant virus and was not observed in untreated cells. RGR expression in ARPE-19 cells increased steadily for up to 10 days after transduction and was stable for at least 6 months. The transduced ARPE-19 cells produced -100-fold higher amounts of RGR protein than the transduced COS-7 cells. When cell membranes from the ARPE-19 cells were incubated with [3H]all-trans-retinal, the chromophore bound specifically to the expressed protein. Uptake of [3H]all-trans-retinol into the ARPE-19 cells was followed by specific binding of radiolabeled retinoid to RGR. Conclusions: Using a Lentivirus-derived gene delivery system, we were able to express high amounts of human RGR protein in the ARPE-19 human RPE cell line. The transduced ARPE-19 cells remain able to process all-trans-retinol, and the expressed protein is capable of binding to the all-trans-retinal chromophore. The Lentivirus-based expression of functional RGR can be used to study RGR in cultured cells and to test in vivo transduction of quiescent RPE cells.
AB - Purpose: Our goals were to produce a functional recombinant RPE retinal G protein-coupled receptor (RGR) opsin for biochemical studies and to test the efficiency of a lentiviral vector for transgene expression of human RGR. Methods: A human RGR cDNA was cloned into a replication-defective lentiviral vector, and recombinant bRGR-Lentivirus was prepared for transduction of the ARPE-19, a human retinal pigment epithelium (RPE) cell line, and COS-7 cells. Recombinant RGR expression was detected by Western blot analysis, and functionality of the protein was tested by a [3H]all-trans-retinal binding assay. Results: RGR protein was detected in each cell type after transduction with recombinant virus and was not observed in untreated cells. RGR expression in ARPE-19 cells increased steadily for up to 10 days after transduction and was stable for at least 6 months. The transduced ARPE-19 cells produced -100-fold higher amounts of RGR protein than the transduced COS-7 cells. When cell membranes from the ARPE-19 cells were incubated with [3H]all-trans-retinal, the chromophore bound specifically to the expressed protein. Uptake of [3H]all-trans-retinol into the ARPE-19 cells was followed by specific binding of radiolabeled retinoid to RGR. Conclusions: Using a Lentivirus-derived gene delivery system, we were able to express high amounts of human RGR protein in the ARPE-19 human RPE cell line. The transduced ARPE-19 cells remain able to process all-trans-retinol, and the expressed protein is capable of binding to the all-trans-retinal chromophore. The Lentivirus-based expression of functional RGR can be used to study RGR in cultured cells and to test in vivo transduction of quiescent RPE cells.
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JO - Molecular Vision
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