Journal
STEM CELLS
Volume 27, Issue 5, Pages 1077-1087Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/stem.45
Keywords
Sleeping Beauty transposon; Human embryonic stem cells; CAG promoter; Double-feature'' promoter; Cardiomyocytes; Lentiviral gene delivery
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Funding
- EU [FP6-INTHER, LSHB-CT-2005018961]
- OTKA [AT 048986, NK72057, NKFP-1A-060/2004, ETT 405/2006]
- KKK
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Human embryonic stem (HuES) cells represent a new potential tool for cell-therapy and gene-therapy applications. However, these approaches require the development of efficient, stable gene delivery, and proper progenitor cell and tissue separation methods. In HuES cell lines, we have generated stable, enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP)-expressing clones using a transposon-based (Sleeping Beauty) system. This method yielded high percentage of transgene integration and expression. Similarly to a lentiviral expression system, both the undifferentiated state and the differentiation pattern of the HuES cells were preserved. By using the CAG promoter, in contrast to several other constitutive promoter sequences (such as CMV, elongation factor 1 alpha, or phosphoglycerate kinase), an exceptionally high EGFP expression was observed in differentiated cardiomyocytes. This phenomenon was independent of the transgene sequence, methods of gene delivery, copy number, and the integration sites. This double-feature'' promoter behavior, that is providing a selectable marker for transgene expressing undifferentiated stem cells, and also specifically labeling differentiated cardiomyocytes, was assessed by transcriptional profiling. We found a positive correlation between CAG promoter-driven EGFP transcription and expression of cardiomyocyte-specific genes. Our experiments indicate an efficient applicability of transposon-based gene delivery into HuES cells and provide a novel approach to identify differentiated tissues by exploiting a nontypical behavior of a constitutively active promoter, thereby avoiding invasive drug selection methods. STEM CELLS 2009;27:1077-1087
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