Figure 1.
Protein kinase C (PKC) activators (PMA and bryostatin) significantly enhanced CCR5-ZFN activity in CD34+ hematopoietic stem/progenitor cells (HSPC). Adult HSPCs were stimulated with SFT in SCGM medium overnight followed by PMA or bryostatin treatment for 30 minutes before CCR5-ZFN transduction (multiplicity of infection (MOI) 150). The percent CCR5 disruption was obtained by surveyor nuclease assay from transduced cells (MOI 150) without PKC activator treatment (left), with 20 ng/ml PMA treatment (middle), and 10 nmol/l bryostatin treatment (right). Percent of CCR5 disruption is indicated under each lane. PMA, phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate; ZFN, zinc finger nuclease.
