pLNCX-pemt2重组载体的构建ptpemt2基因在大鼠肝癌CBRH-7919细胞中的表达

为进一步研究pemt2对肝癌细胞生长抑制的作用机制提供方便的实验模型,构建了pLNCX-pemt2重组体.将目的基因pemt2连接入含有neo抗性基因的真核细胞表达载体pLNCX中,构建pLNCX-pemt2重组子,并用磷酸钙沉淀法将其转入大鼠肝癌CBRH-7919细胞中,应用PCR、Western印迹及[3H]SAM参入等技术对其转染、表达及活性进行鉴定.转染pLNCX-pemt2的大鼠肝癌细胞,PEMT2成功表达(分子量为22.5kD);高表达克隆PEMT2的表达量对照组高约5倍,其活性比对照组高2.1倍;细胞生长的倍增时间从21.54±7.08h延长到43.22±7.11h.结果表明,pLNCX-pemt2重组体转入肝癌细胞后,PEMT2蛋白得到高效表达,明显抑制肝癌细胞生长.     

pLNCX-pemt2重组载体的构建及pemt2基因在大鼠肝癌CBRH-7919细胞中的表达

为进一步研究 pemt2对肝癌细胞生长抑制的作用机制提供方便的实验模型 ,构建了p LNCX- pemt2重组体 .将目的基因 pemt2连接入含有 neo抗性基因的真核细胞表达载体 p LNCX中 ,构建 p LNCX- pemt2重组子 ,并用磷酸钙沉淀法将其转入大鼠肝癌 CBRH- 791 9细胞中 ,应用PCR、Western印迹及 [3 H]SAM参入等技术对其转染、表达及活性进行鉴定 .转染 p LNCX- pemt2的大鼠肝癌细胞 ,PEMT2成功表达 (分子量为 2 2 .5k D) ;高表达克隆 PEMT2的表达量比对照组高约 5倍 ,其活性比对照组高 2 .1倍 ;细胞生长的倍增时间从 2 1 .54± 7.0 8h延长到 43.2 2± 7.1 1h.结果表明 ,p LNCX- pemt2重组体转入肝癌细胞后 ,PEMT2蛋白得到高效表达 ,明显抑制肝癌细胞生长 .     

pLNCX-pemt2重组载体的构建及pemt2基因在大鼠肝癌CBRH-7919细胞中的表达

为进一步研究 pemt2对肝癌细胞生长抑制的作用机制提供方便的实验模型 ,构建了p LNCX- pemt2重组体 .将目的基因 pemt2连接入含有 neo抗性基因的真核细胞表达载体 p LNCX中 ,构建 p LNCX- pemt2重组子 ,并用磷酸钙沉淀法将其转入大鼠肝癌 CBRH- 791 9细胞中 ,应用PCR、Western印迹及 [3 H]SAM参入等技术对其转染、表达及活性进行鉴定 .转染 p LNCX- pemt2的大鼠肝癌细胞 ,PEMT2成功表达 (分子量为 2 2 .5k D) ;高表达克隆 PEMT2的表达量比对照组高约 5倍 ,其活性比对照组高 2 .1倍 ;细胞生长的倍增时间从 2 1 .54± 7.0 8h延长到 43.2 2± 7.1 1h.结果表明 ,p LNCX- pemt2重组体转入肝癌细胞后 ,PEMT2蛋白得到高效表达 ,明显抑制肝癌细胞生长 .     

PEMT2过表达抑制大鼠肝癌细胞PI3K, Akt的表达(英)

为探讨磷脂酰乙醇胺-N-甲基转移酶2(PEMT2)过表达抑制大鼠肝癌细胞增殖的机制,构建了PEMT2高表达细胞克隆,并采用半定量RT-PCR、免疫细胞化学及流式细胞仪技术,研究了PEMT2过表达对PI3K/Akt信号转导途径的影响.实验结果显示,PEMT2过表达可抑制细胞PI3K和Akt的表达,并诱导细胞凋亡.这一结果提示,PI3K/Akt信号转导途径下调可能是PEMT2抑制肝癌细胞增殖的部分机制.     

PEMT2过表达增强大鼠肝癌细胞cAMP的表达

目的：在大鼠肝癌细胞株CBRH-7919中研究磷脂酰乙醇胺-N-甲基转移酶2（PEMT2）过表达对cAMP表达量的影响。方法：利用基因转染技术建立PEMT2过表达的大鼠肝癌细胞株,用免疫细胞化学法观察cAMP的表达情况,用[^3H]-cAMP掺入法测定cAMP的含量,用流式细胞术分析细胞周期的变化,并与原代培养大鼠肝细胞比较。结果：cAMP在原代培养的肝细胞中表达较高,在肝癌细胞中含量均较低,PEMT2高表达可明显提高肝癌细胞内cAMP的含量。结论：PEMT2表达抑制肝癌细胞的生长可能与cAMP介导的信号转导通路加强有关。     

人Bcl2基因真核表达载体的构建及其抗凋亡功能研究

目的:构建带myc标签的Bcl2真核表达载体,获得myc-Bcl2融合蛋白,并对其生物学功能进行初步检测。方法:以本实验室保存的乳腺文库为模板,采用PCR技术扩增Bcl2编码序列,将其插入p CMV-myc载体,Western印迹检测表达情况;将重组质粒与空载体分别转染乳腺癌MCF-7细胞,通过流式细胞仪检测p CMV-myc-Bcl2重组质粒对细胞凋亡的影响。结果:双酶切和测序结果表明p CMV-myc-Bcl2真核表达质粒构建成功;转染293T细胞后myc-Bcl2蛋白成功表达;流式细胞仪检测结果显示,myc-Bcl2明显抑制乳腺癌细胞系的凋亡。结论:构建了带myc标签的人Bcl2真核表达载体,为进一步研究Bcl2在细胞凋亡中的功能奠定了基础。     

维甲酸对肝癌细胞HepG2糖基化磷脂酰肌醇特异性磷酯酶D表达及细胞生物学特性的影响

应用MTT、流式细胞仪、免疫印迹法检测全反式维甲酸(ATRA)单独或联合糖基化磷脂酰肌醇特异性磷酯酶D(GPI-PLD)特异性抑制剂1,10-二氮杂菲对肝癌细胞HepG2生物学特性的改变.ATRA使肝癌细胞HepG2 GPI-PLD基因表达及酶活性上调,并呈现剂量和时间依赖性.ATRA可抑制肝癌细胞HepG2增殖,使肝癌细胞Caspase-3表达水平显著增加,Bcl-2表达水平下调,促进肝癌细胞凋亡(P<0.05).ATRA联合1,10-二氮杂菲诱导组细胞,Bcl-2、细胞增殖活性较ATRA单独诱导组显著增强,Caspase-3、凋亡率显著下降.维甲酸可促进肝癌细胞HepG2 GPI-PLD基因表达上调,高活性的GPI-PLD有助于维甲酸抑制肝癌细胞增殖,促进肝癌细胞凋亡.     

反义p73基因诱导人肝癌细胞HepG2的凋亡

目的：构建表达重组反义p73基因的重组逆转录病毒,观察其对人肝癌细胞HepG2的凋亡诱导活性,并进一步探讨其作用机制。方法：克隆p73基因的反义片段,重组法构成逆转录病毒载体pBabe-p73（pBP73）,以脂质体Lipofectamine2000将其转染293A细胞进行病毒包装;将逆转录病毒感染人肝癌细胞HepG2,用MTT法检测细胞生长抑制情况,Western blotting检测p73的表达;再分别用琼脂糖凝胶电泳和流式细胞仪检测肿瘤细胞的凋亡;最后检测p53,caspase-3和bcl-2蛋白的表达变化。结果  重组质粒pBP73经鉴定连接正确,其转染293A细胞后上清液中可得到病毒,滴度达5×107pfu;MTT检测见pBP73病毒组48和72h细胞抑制率高于对照组（45.1% vs. 5.3%,69.5% vs.17.3%,均p<0.05）。琼脂糖凝胶电泳出现典型梯形条带;流式细胞仪检测出现凋亡峰,于转染48h后达最高峰,其凋亡百分率高达20.47%;p73蛋白高表达组p53和caspase-3蛋白的表达亦有显著升高（p<0.05）,但bcl-2蛋白未见表达差异。结论：成功构建了p73逆转录病毒,反义p73基因在体外能够有效地诱导人肝癌细胞HepG2的凋亡,其可能机制是通过激活caspase-3而发生作用。     

三氧化二砷诱导人宫颈癌HeLa细胞凋亡及Bcl-2保护作用的机制研究

探讨三氧化二砷 (As₂ O₃)对人宫颈癌HeLa细胞的生物学效应和Bcl -2的高表达对这一效应的影响 .通过MTT ,克隆形成实验 ,形态观察 ,流式细胞仪 ,DNA凝胶电泳 ,细胞凋亡原位检测 (TUNEL) ,RT PCR ,Northernblot,Westernblot等方法发现As₂ O₃明显降低HeLa细胞存活率 ,并诱导其凋亡和细胞周期G2 /M期阻滞 ,分析显示As2 O3可能主要通过抑制c -myc基因和病毒致瘤基因的表达来诱导HeLa细胞凋亡 .Bcl -2的高表达也可能正是通过降低As₂ O₃对G2 /M期阻滞 ,逆转As₂ O₃对c -myc基因的降调节 ,减轻As₂ O₃对病毒致瘤基因的表达抑制作用 ,来部分阻止这种凋亡的发生 .我们还发现As₂ O₃能引起Bc1-2高表达HeLa细胞G2 /M期的弱阻滞 ,降调Bcl -2的表达以及略微抑制病毒致瘤基因的表达 ,这可能是As₂ O₃仍能诱导Bcl -2高表达HeLa细胞凋亡的原因 .     

TFPI-2对人肝癌细胞生长增殖、凋亡及AFP合成的影响

目的: 探讨TFPI-2基因对人肝癌细胞Hep3B生长增殖、凋亡及甲胎蛋白AFP表达的影响。 方法: 将重组质粒PCDNA3.1-TFPI-2转染Hep3B细胞并经G418稳定筛选后,RT-PCR和Western blot检测转染前后TFPI-2 mRNA和蛋白表达水平,采用CCK-8法、生长曲线观察TFPI-2对人肝癌细胞Hep3B生长增殖的影响,通过平板克隆形成实验观察单个细胞的增殖能力,RT-PCR检测AFP mRNA的表达,并用电化学发光法测定培养上清液中甲胎蛋白AFP含量,流式细胞仪检测细胞早晚期凋亡情况。 结果: 转染成功的Hep3B细胞检测到TFPI-2 mRNA和蛋白的表达;与转染空载体及未转染的细胞相比,转染TFPI-2的细胞生长增殖能力明显减弱;AFP mRNA表达抑制率为16.51%,AFP蛋白分泌明显低于对照组(P<0.01);流式细胞术检测转染TFPI-2的Hep3B细胞早期凋亡率明显增加(24.03%±7.28% vs 8.77%±3.66%)。 结论: TFPI-2表达可显著抑制肝癌细胞生长和AFP的表达,同时还能诱导细胞早期凋亡。为进一步探讨靶向TFPI-2的肝癌基因治疗提供了实验依据。     

Overexpression of PEMT2 downregulates the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway in rat hepatoma cells

Phosphatidylethanolamine N-methyltransferase 2 (PEMT2) is an isoform of PEMT that converts phosphatidylethanolamine to phosphatidylcholine in mammalian liver. Overexpression of PEMT2 led to inhibition of proliferation of hepatoma cells [J. Biol. Chem. 269 (1994) 24531]. The present study aims to unravel the molecular mechanism of the reduced proliferation, especially the signaling transducer proteins involved in this process. Thus, we chose PI3K/Akt pathway that is initiated by growth factors and leads to cell survival and proliferation. Rat hepatoma CBRH-7919 cells transfected with pemt2-cDNA showed that: (1) signaling proteins including c-Met, PDGF receptor, PI3K, Akt and Bcl-2 all had reduced expression as shown by Western blotting studies; (2) flow cytometric and DNA ladder assays showed that 22.9% of the pemt2-transfected cells were undergoing apoptosis; (3) the activity of Akt was decreased as shown by Western blotting using antibody directed against p-Akt (Thr308); (4) wortmannin and PD98059, inhibitors of PI3K and MEK, respectively, both inhibited Akt activity, indicating that PI3K and MAPK pathways were merging at Akt in CBRH-7919 cells. The above results suggest that overexpression of PEMT2 strongly downregulated the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway at multiple sites and induced apoptosis. This, at least partly, explains the molecular mechanism of impaired proliferation induced by pemt2 transfection.     

Choline Plasmalogens Isolated from Swine Liver Inhibit Hepatoma Cell Proliferation Associated with Caveolin-1/Akt Signaling

Plasmalogens play multiple roles in the structures of biological membranes, cell membrane lipid homeostasis and human diseases. We report the isolation and identification of choline plasmalogens (ChoPlas) from swine liver by high performance thin layer chromatography (HPTLC) and high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)/MS. The growth and viability of hepatoma cells (CBRH7919, HepG2 and SMMC7721) was determined following ChoPlas treatment comparing with that of human normal immortal cell lines (HL7702). Result indicated that ChoPlas inhibited hepatoma cell proliferation with an optimal concentration and time of 25 μmol/L and 24 h. To better understand the mechanism of the ChoPlas-induced inhibition of hepatoma cell proliferation, Caveolin-1 and PI3K/Akt pathway signals, including total Akt, phospho-Akt(pAkt) and Bcl-2 expression in CBRH7919 cells, were determined by western blot. ChoPlas treatment increased Caveolin-1 expression and reduced the expression of phospho-Akt (pAkt) and Bcl-2, downstream targets of the PI3K/Akt pathway. Further cell cycle analysis showed that ChoPlas treatment induced G₁ and G₁/S phase transition cell cycle arrest. The expression of essential cell cycle regulatory proteins involved in the G₁ and G₁/S phase transitions, cyclin D, CDK4, cyclin E and CDK2, were also analyzed by western blot. ChoPlas reduced CDK4, cyclin E and CDK2 expression. Taken together, the results indicate that swine liver-derived natural ChoPlas inhibits hepatoma cell proliferation associated with Caveolin-1 and PI3K/Akt signals.     

Functional roles of PC‐PLC and Cdc20 in the cell cycle,proliferation, and apoptosis

Phosphatidylcholine‐specific phospholipase C (PC‐PLC) is the major enzyme in the Phosphatidylcholine (PC) cycle and is involved in many long‐term cellular responses such as activation, proliferation, and differentiation events. Cell division cycle 20 homolog (Cdc20) is an essential cell‐cycle regulator required for the completion of mitosis. Our previous studies identified the interaction between PC‐PLC and Cdc20. Through the interaction, Cdc20 could mediate the degradation of PC‐PLC by Cdc20‐mediated ubiquitin proteasome pathway (UPP). In this study, we found that PC‐PLC might not be involved in cancer metastasis. Inhibition of PC‐PLC by D609 could cause cell proliferation inhibition and apoptosis inhibition in CBRH‐7919 cells. Inhibition of PC‐PLC could also influence the cell cycle by arresting the cells in G1 phase, and Cdc20 might be involved in these processes. Taken together, in this report, we provided new evidence for the functional roles of PC‐PLC and Cdc20 in the cell cycle, proliferation, and apoptosis in CBRH‐7919 cells. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

bcl-2核酶与Bax在诱导食管癌细胞凋亡中的协同作用

为了同时调节二种凋亡相关蛋白的表达诱导肿瘤细胞凋亡 ,探索肿瘤基因治疗的可能性 ,同时转入可诱导表达的特异性切割 bcl- 2的核酶基因及 bax基因 ,间接免疫荧光标记法检测 Bcl- 2及Bax蛋白的表达量 ,用 TUNEL、流式细胞术及琼脂糖凝胶电泳检测细胞凋亡 .共转染后 Bcl- 2蛋白表达下降 ,同时 Bax蛋白表达升高 ,导致 30 %左右细胞凋亡 ,并可使细胞对紫杉醇的敏感度增加近4倍 ,使紫杉醇有效作用时间缩短近一倍 .同时调节二个凋亡相关基因可导致细胞凋亡 ,并能有效促进化疗药物诱导的凋亡 .同时校正多个基因的异常表达 ,比仅仅改变单个基因可更有效地达到治疗肿瘤的目的 .     

pcDNA3.1-Canstatin-3Flag真核表达载体的构建及转染HepG2细胞中的表达

目的:构建pcDNA3.1-Canstatin-3Flag载体并稳定转染肝癌HepG2细胞,检测canstatin在mRNA水平的表达。方法:胎盘中提取总RNA,RT-PCR法获得canstatinDNA,克隆至pcDNA3.1(-)载体中,并测序,重组质粒pcDNA3.1-Canstatin-3Flag转染肝癌HepG2细胞,G418筛选出稳定转染细胞,RT-PCR检测canstatin mRNA表达。结果:1.成功构建出pcDNA3.1-Canstatin-3Flag重组质粒;2.获得稳定转染pcDNA3.1-Canstatin-3Flag的肝癌HepG2细胞;3.发现转染后的肝癌HepG2细胞canstatin在mRNA水平比未转染细胞有明显的增强。结论:获得了稳定转染pcDNA3.1-Canstatin-3Flag的肝癌HepG2细胞,为后期canstatin在肝癌中的研究提供了支持。     

表达PKCα反义RNA对人肺癌细胞增殖的影响

 运用基因重组和基因转染技术 ,将 PKCα c DNA反向插入的重组质粒 p XJ41 - CKPα导入人肺癌 LTEPa- 2细胞 .经 Northern印迹 ,Western印迹等检验 ,表明成功地建立了稳定表达 PKCα反义 RNA的人肺癌细胞 (LT· AS4) .进一步研究了表达 PKCα反义 RNA对人肺癌细胞 LTEPa-2增殖的影响 .结果表明 ,表达 PKCα反义 RNA可抑制人肺癌细胞增殖速率 ,流式细胞光度术检测 ,G1 期细胞百分数增加 ,S期细胞百分数降低 ,并进一步探讨了其作用机理 ,观察到与增殖相关基因 c- myc、Ca M和 Cyclin B1的表达水平均下降 .这可能是 PKCα表达被阻抑、负调细胞增殖的分子机理之一     

MicroRNA‐181c targets Bcl‐2 and regulates mitochondrial morphology in myocardial cells

Apoptosis is an important mechanism for the development of heart failure. Mitochondria are central to the execution of apoptosis in the intrinsic pathway. The main regulator of mitochondrial pathway of apoptosis is Bcl‐2 family which includes pro‐ and anti‐apoptotic proteins. MicroRNAs are small noncoding RNA molecules that regulate gene expression by inhibiting mRNA translation and/or inducing mRNA degradation. It has been proposed that microRNAs play critical roles in the cardiovascular physiology and pathogenesis of cardiovascular diseases. Our previous study has found that microRNA‐181c, a miRNA expressed in the myocardial cells, plays an important role in the development of heart failure. With bioinformatics analysis, we predicted that miR‐181c could target the 3′ untranslated region of Bcl‐2, one of the anti‐apoptotic members of the Bcl‐2 family. Thus, we have suggested that miR‐181c was involved in regulation of Bcl‐2. In this study, we investigated this hypothesis using the Dual‐Luciferase Reporter Assay System. Cultured myocardial cells were transfected with the mimic or inhibitor of miR‐181c. We found that the level of miR‐181c was inversely correlated with the Bcl‐2 protein level and that transfection of myocardial cells with the mimic or inhibitor of miR‐181c resulted in significant changes in the levels of caspases, Bcl‐2 and cytochrome C in these cells. The increased level of Bcl‐2 caused by the decrease in miR‐181c protected mitochondrial morphology from the tumour necrosis factor alpha‐induced apoptosis.