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中国生物工程杂志

China Biotechnology
China Biotechnology
技术与方法     
Establishment of the Huntington's Disease in vitro Drug Screening Cell Model
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Abstract  To develop a Huntington's disease(HD) cell model in vitro to screen drugs targeting the aggregation of polyQ,different length of CAG repeat fragments were amplified by random primer PCR, identified by DNA sequencing and were fused to the N-terminus of CAT in the pCAR system respectively which had been constructed and identified before. Recombinant plasmids were transformed into and induced to express in the host E.coli. SDS-PAGE and chloramphenicol resistance test were done to determine the solubility of the polyQ and chloramphenicol resistance levels of the fusions. With different length of CAG repeat fragments cloned and expressed in the CAT-fusion protein reporting system, we found that when the length of the fragments increased over 40, their encoding polyQ expressed as insoluble protein and chloramphenicol resistance levels are lower, while under 40, the polyQ expressed as soluble ones and chloramphenicol resistance levels are higher. A in vitro HD model that could minimize the pathological process of the HD thus has been developed. With which by measure the recombinant bacteria's resistance to chloramphenicol we can determine the polyQ' solubility and folding state in vitro by quality and quantity. Thus this model can be used to screen drugs or bioactivity materials that can inhibit aggregation of the polyQ, which thereby shedding new light on the prevent, diagnosis and therapy of HD.

Key wordsHuntington's disease (HD)      protein solubility      chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT)      cell model      polyglutamine (polyQ)     
Received: 02 June 2006      Published: 25 October 2006
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. Establishment of the Huntington's Disease in vitro Drug Screening Cell Model. China Biotechnology, 2006, 26(10): 18-23.

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https://manu60.magtech.com.cn/biotech/     OR     https://manu60.magtech.com.cn/biotech/Y2006/V26/I10/18