title: Expression of a multidrug resistance-adenosine deaminase fusion gene.
abstract: A novel fusion gene has been created in which the expression of a dominant selectable marker, the human multidrug resistance gene, is directly linked to the expression of human adenosine deaminase cDNA. The chimeric gene was inserted between the long terminal repeats of a Harvey murine sarcoma virus expression vector and used to transfect drug-sensitive human KB carcinoma cells. Transfectants were selected in increasing concentrations of colchicine and found to contain multiple copies of the intact fusion gene, which is stably and efficiently expressed. A membrane-associated 210-kDa human P-glycoprotein-adenosine deaminase fusion protein is synthesized which retains function of the multidrug transporter and also exhibits adenosine deaminase activity. The data indicate that the human multidrug resistance gene may be used as a dominant selectable marker to introduce other genes in the form of gene fusions into cultured cells.
authors.affiliation: National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892.
authors.forename: U A
authors.initials: UA
authors.lastname: Germann
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Gottesman
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Pastan
mesh_terms: D020168:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1; D000243:Adenosine Deaminase / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D002460:Cell Line; D003070:Coformycin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000494:pharmacology; D003078:Colchicine / Q000494:pharmacology; D004351:Drug Resistance; D005818:Genetic Engineering; D005822:Genetic Vectors; D006801:Humans; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D009700:Nucleoside Deaminases / Q000235:genetics*; D015649:Pentostatin; D011233:Precipitin Tests; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D012641:Selection, Genetic; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D020168:ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Subfamily B, Member 1; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D011993:Recombinant Fusion Proteins; D003070:Coformycin; D015649:Pentostatin; D009700:Nucleoside Deaminases; D000243:Adenosine Deaminase; D003078:Colchicine