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Bacterial DNA methylation and gene transfer efficiency.

Abstract：

:The necessary amplification step in bacteria of any plasmid currently used in DNA immunization or gene therapy introduces modification in the nucleotide sequence of plasmid DNA used in gene transfer. These changes affect the adenine and the internal cytosine in respectively all of the GATC and CC(A/T)GG sequences. These modifications which introduce 6-methyladenine and 5-methylcytosine in plasmidic DNA are the consequence of the existence of the bacterial modification systems Dam and Dcm. In eucaryotes, the presence of 5-methylcytosine at dinucleotides -CG- is involved in silencing gene expression, but the possible consequences of the presence of the bacterial G(m)ATC and C(m)C(A/T)GG sequences in the plasmids used in gene transfer experiments are presently unknown. Since the possibility exists to obtain plasmid DNA lacking this specific bacterial pattern of methylation by using (dam(-), dcm(-)) bacteria we performed experiments to compare in vitro and in vivo gene transfer efficiency of a pCMV-luc reporter plasmid amplified either in the JM109 (dam(+), dcm(+)) or JM110 (dam(-), dcm(-)) bacteria. Data obtained demonstrated that the presence of 6-methyladenine in GATC sequences and 5-methylcytosine in the second C of CC(A/T)GG motifs does not reduce the levels of luciferase activity detected following in vitro or in vivo gene transfer. On the contrary, gene transfer with a pCMV-luc amplified in JM109 (dam(+), dcm(+)) bacteria gives greater amounts of luciferase than the same transfection performed with a plasmid amplified in the mutated JM110 (dam(-), dcm(-)) counterpart. Therefore, these data do not suggest that the use of (dam(-), dcm(-)) bacteria to amplify plasmid DNA may increase gene transfer efficiency. However, the persistence of the use of (dam(+), dcm(+)) bacteria in order to amplify plasmid DNA raises the question of the possible biological consequences of the introduction of the bacterial G(m)ATC and C(m)C(A/T)GG sequences in eukaryotic cells or organisms.

journal_name

Biochem Biophys Res Commun

journal_title

Biochemical and biophysical research communications

authors

Allamane S,Jourdes P,Ratel D,Vicat JM,Dupré I,Lainé M,Berger F,Benabid AL,Wion D

doi

10.1006/bbrc.2000.3603

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2000-10-05 00:00:00

pages

1261-4

issue

eissn

0006-291X

issn

1090-2104

pii

S0006-291X(00)93603-9

journal_volume

276

pub_type

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Bacterial DNA methylation and gene transfer efficiency.