LEGO-AP1x3-GM55
(Plasmid #217414)

• Purpose: Luciferase expression vector with 3 AP-1 sites and the minimal GM-CSF promoter. Alias: LEGO-GM55-AP-1x3
• Depositing Lab: Peter Cockerill
• Publication: Cockerill Lab Luciferase Plasmids 2024 (unpublished)

Backbone

• Vector backbone: LeGO-iG
• Backbone manufacturer: Boris Fehse (Addgene #27358)
• Vector type: Mammalian Expression, Lentiviral, Luciferase

Growth in Bacteria

• Bacterial Resistance(s): Ampicillin, 100 μg/mL
• Growth Temperature: 37°C
• Growth Strain(s): NEB Stable
• Copy number: High Copy

Gene/Insert

• Gene/Insert name: Luciferase, GFP
• Alt name: SV40 PolyA sites, 3x AP-1 sites, Human -55 to +28 minimal CSF2 promoter, Promega pGL3 LUC+, IRES-EGFP
• Species: H. sapiens (human); Firefly
• Promoter: 3 AP-1 sites, Human -55 to +28 minimal CSF2 promoter

Cloning Information

• Cloning method: Restriction Enzyme
• 5′ cloning site: unknown (unknown if destroyed)
• 3′ cloning site: unknown (unknown if destroyed)
• 5′ sequencing primer: n/a

Resource Information

• Supplemental Documents:
  • LEGO-AP1x3-GM55.gb

Terms and Licenses

• Academic/Nonprofit Terms:
  • UBMTA
  • Luciferase Limited Use Label License
• Industry Terms:
  • Not Available to Industry

Depositor Comments

This is an inducible lentiviral luciferase expression vector that has 3 RAS/MAPK-inducible AP-1 sites driving transcription from the minimal CSF2 promoter. LEGO-AP1x3-GM55 was constructed from LeGO-iG (Weber et al, 2008) (Addgene #27358) by replacing a NotI/XbaI fragment containing the U6 and SFFV promoters with a fragment from the plasmid pAP1-3 (Addgene #71258) that has 3 copies of the MMP3 gene AP-1 site in front of human CSF2 -55 to +28 minimal promoter driving expression of the Luc+ firefly luciferase gene originating from the plasmid pGL3 (Promega). The luciferase gene is linked to an IRES that in principle supports co-expression of luciferase and EGFP. The insert has 2 copies of the SV40 transcription termination/polyadenylation signal upstream of the multiple cloning site, which blocks background read-through transcription originating in the vector backbone, which itself can be substantial (Bert et al, 2000). Cloning of the luciferase gene cassette into NotI and XbaI sites was enabled by mutating the pAP1-3 TthIII site to an XbaI site and the XbaI site to a NotI site. The inserted luciferase gene and SV40 polyA site sequences originate from the plasmid pXPG (Addgene #71248).
References:
Bert et al. Plasmid. 2000 Sep;44(2):173-82. PMID 10964627.
Weber et al. Mol Ther. 2008 Apr. 16(4):698-706. PMID 18362927.