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The Sleeping Beauty (SB) transposon system is non-viral and uses insertional mutagenesis, resulting in the permanent expression of transferred genes. Although the SB transposon is a useful method for establishing a mouse tumor model, there has been difficulty in using this method to generate tumors in the prostate. In the present study, electroporation was used to enhance the transfection efficiency of the SB transposon. To generate tumors, three constructs (a expression cassette, a (HRas proto-oncogene, GTPase) expression cassette and a shRNA against ) contained within the SB transposon plasmids were directly injected into the prostate. Electroporation was conducted on the injection site after the injection of the DNA plasmid. Following the tumorigenesis, the tumors were monitored by animal PET imaging and identified by gross observation. After this, the tumors were characterized by using histological and immunohistochemical techniques. The expression of the targeted genes was analyzed by Real-Time qRT-PCR. All mice subjected to the injection were found to have prostate tumors, which was supported by PSA immunohistochemistry. To our knowledge, this is the first demonstration of tumor induction in the mouse prostate using the electroporation-enhanced SB transposon system in combination with , and . This model serves as a valuable resource for the future development of SB-induced mouse models of cancer.
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