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人端粒酶逆转录酶核酶抑制端粒酶活性   总被引:9,自引:0,他引:9  
为有效切割端粒酶逆转录酶mRNA以降低端粒酶活性 ,从而使肿瘤细胞生长变慢 ,凋亡增加。设计并合成了针对端粒酶逆转录酶mRNA的锤头状核酶基因 ,构建了该核酶基因的体外转录和真核表达质粒。检测了该核酶对端粒酶逆转录酶mRNA的体外切割效力。并将该核酶基因转染至肿瘤细胞中 ,检测其对肿瘤细胞端粒酶活性和生物学性状的影响。结果表明 ,该核酶在体外和细胞内均能有效切割端粒酶逆转录酶mRNA ;在细胞内能明显抑制端粒酶活性 ,使细胞生长变慢 ,倍增时间延长。因而 ,该核酶可望成为有效的端粒酶抑制剂 ,在抑制肿瘤生长中发挥作用  相似文献   

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Ribozyme抑制端粒酶活性的肿瘤基因治疗   总被引:8,自引:0,他引:8  
针对端粒酶RNA组分模板区设计合成锤头状端粒酶核酶(teloRZ),构建了teloRZ基因体外转录质粒PSPT19-teloRZ和真核表达质粒PXJ-neo-teloRZ.用T7/SP6体外转录系统检测了teloRZ对端粒酶RNA组分的体外切割效率,达60%左右.用脂质体介导法, 将PXJ-neo-teloRZ导入HeLa细胞和裸鼠移植瘤,结果使HeLa细胞端粒酶活性降至对照细胞的11%~12.5%, 细胞生长速度明显变慢,传至19~20代时出现95%凋亡.裸鼠移植瘤注射PXJ-neo-teloRZ 14 d后,端粒酶活性下降69%,抑瘤率达62%.实验表明,该核酶可望成为有效的端粒酶抑制剂,在肿瘤治疗中发挥作用.  相似文献   

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正常人体细胞DNA的端粒随着细胞分裂而缩短,当缩短至一定长度时细胞将停止增殖并衰老死亡。细胞中的端粒酶对端粒起着补足长度的作用。但端粒酶在正常体细胞中不表达,只在生殖细胞、干细胞和肿瘤细胞中表达。最近已有将人端粒酶亚单位基因导入正常人体细胞而使细胞寿命延长的报道。本研究将人端粒酶催化亚基(hTERT)基因用电穿孔法转入正常人体成纤维细胞,筛选出阳性克隆后传代培养,确认外源性端粒酶基因表达和端粒酶活性的重建,证实细胞衰老延缓;同时,通过DNA整倍性和染色体核型分析,明确这些寿命延长的细胞并未发生恶性转化。目的在于通过在具有成骨潜能的成纤维细胞中重建端粒酶活性来延长它们作为骨修复种子细胞的寿命,并且对它们进一步用于临床的安全性进行考察。  相似文献   

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通过设计并化学合成人端粒酶催化亚单位(hTERT)特异性siRNA,观察其对hTERT表达水平及肿瘤细胞生长的影响。将hTERT-siRNA以脂质体法转染入HeLa细胞,应用RT-PCR、实时定量TRAP、Western印迹、软琼脂克隆形成实验、荷瘤裸鼠肿瘤内注射等方法检测细胞内hTERTmRNA、蛋白质表达水平及对肿瘤细胞生长的影响。RT-PCR、实时定量TRAP和Western印迹的结果显示hTERT-siRNA明显降低了HeLa细胞内hTERT的mRNA及蛋白质表达水平并伴随有端粒酶活性的下降。克隆形成实验表明hTERT-siRNA组的体外肿瘤形成能力受到抑制。荷瘤裸鼠肿瘤内注射hTERT-siRNA使肿瘤平均体积显著小于对照组。TUNEL凋亡检测表明hTERT-siRNA转染组的凋亡率明显高于对照组。研究表明hTERT特异性siRNA可以明显抑制HeLa细胞内hTERT的表达水平,对其生长有明显抑制作用,是一种有前途的肿瘤治疗新方法。  相似文献   

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重点讨论了端粒酶在肿瘤细胞和永生化细胞中的作用和功能,以及它与细胞衰老和永生化的关系.多数真核细胞的端粒酶能将单一重复序列加到端粒DNA的3′末端.端粒酶主要由模板RNA和端粒酶蛋白催化亚基组成,后者以前者为模板起逆转录酶的作用.端粒酶活性存在于肿瘤细胞中,而在良性肿瘤、体细胞中未发现端粒酶.  相似文献   

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端粒酶RNA和端粒酶活性在人生殖道癌细胞株中的表达   总被引:16,自引:0,他引:16  
本文采用反转录套式PCR(nested RT-PCR)和PCR端粒重复扩增(TRAP)方法分别检测了5种人生殖道癌细胞株端粒酶RNA(hTR)基因及端粒酶活性的表达。结果表明,宫颈癌HeLa和SiHa细胞株,绒毛膜癌JAR和BeWo细胞株及卵巢癌OCCI细胞株hTR及端粒酶活性均呈强阳性。但正常卵巢、宫颈和胎盘组织hTR和端粒酶呈阴性或弱阳性。提示反转录套式PCR和端粒重复扩增法可以简便而有效地检测端粒酶RNA及端粒酶活性。端粒酶的激活与肿瘤细胞增殖密切相关,并可能成为一项具有临床价值的肿瘤标志物。  相似文献   

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目的构建MKRN1的siRNA重组腺病毒载体,并在表达MKRN1的HeLa细胞中鉴定其干扰作用和对端粒酶活性的影响,为探讨MKRN1功能及其与肿瘤关系提供有效工具。方法人工合成靶向MKRN1的siRNA干扰序列,用分子克隆的方法克隆到穿梭载体pSES-HUS上得到pSES-HUS-MKRN1 siRNA,并与腺病毒骨架质粒pAdeasy-1在BJ5183细菌中进行同源重组得到pAdeasy-SES-HUS-MKRN1 siRNA;在HEK293细胞中包装成重组腺病毒,感染表达MKRN1的HeLa细胞株,用RT-PCR法及Western印迹技术检测腺病毒对细胞MKRN1表达的影响,用PCR-TRAP法检测细胞中端粒酶活性的变化。结果成功构建了MKRN1的siR-NA重组腺病毒载体;MKRN1的siRNA重组腺病毒能显著抑制HeLa细胞中MKRN1的表达,并显著上调细胞中端粒酶的活性。结论构建的Adeasy-MKRN1 siRNA腺病毒能有效地抑制HeLa细胞中MKRN1的表达并上调细胞端粒酶活性,从而为进一步研究MKRN1的功能及其与肿瘤的关系提供了有效的新工具。  相似文献   

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端粒的生物学功能主要是保护染色体末端,避免核酸酶对染色体末端的降解,防止染色体之间发生融合和重排。大多数人类肿瘤细胞通常通过端粒酶活性的重新激活来延长端粒,从而稳定染色体端粒DNA的长度。端粒酶是由端粒酶逆转录酶和端粒酶RNA模板组成的具有特殊逆转录活性的核糖核蛋白复合物。抑制端粒酶阳性细胞中的端粒酶活性会导致细胞凋亡或衰老。目前有多种以端粒和端粒酶为靶点来进行肿瘤治疗的策略。  相似文献   

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Telomerase plays an important role in cell proliferation and carcinogenesis and is believed to be a good target for anti-cancer drugs. Elimination of template function of telomerase RNA may repress the telomerase activity. A hammer-headed ribozyme (telomerase ribozyme, te-loRZ) directed against the RNA component of human telomerase (hTR) was designed and synthesized. TeloRZ showed a specific cleavage activity against the hTR. The cleavage efficacy reached 60%. A eukaryotic expression plasmid containing teloRZ gene was inducted into HeLa cells by lipofectamine, the telomerase activity in HeLa cells expressing teloRZ decreased to one eighth of that in the control cells. The doubling time increased significantly and the apoptosis ratio was elevated with increasing population doublings (PDS). After 19-20 PDS 95% cells were apoptotic. To further investigate the effect of teloRZ on tumor growth, the eukaryotic expression plasmid containing teloRZ was injected into transplanted tumor of nude mouse. The teloRZ e  相似文献   

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Telomerase plays an important role in cell proliferation and carcinogenesis and is believed to be a good target for anti-cancer drugs. Elimination of template function of telomerase RNA may repress the telomerase activity. A hammer-headed ribozyme (telomerase ribozyme, teloRZ) directed against the RNA component of human telomerase (hTR) was designed and synthesized. TeloRZ showed a specific cleavage activity against the hTR. The cleavage efficacy reached 60%. A eukaryotic expression plasmid containing teloRZ gene was inducted into HeLa cells by lipofectamine, the telomerase activity in HeLa cells expressing teloRZ decreased to one eighth of that in the control cells. The doubling time increased significantly and the apoptosis ratio was elevated with increasing population doublings (PDS). After 19–20 PDS 95% cells were apoptotic. To further investigate the effect of teloRZ on tumor growth, the eukaryotic expression plasmid containing teloRZ was injected into transplanted tumor of nude mouse. The teloRZ effectively inhibited the telomerase activity in transplanted tumor, promoted apoptosis of the transplanted tumor cells, and decreased the tumor size significantly. These results indicate that teloRZ can effectively inhibit telomerase activity and growth of tumor cells, and suggest the potential use of this ribozyme in anti-cancer therapy.  相似文献   

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Telomerase synthesizes telomeric DNA by copying the template sequence of its own RNA component. In Tetrahymena thermophila and yeast (G. Yu, J. D. Bradley, L. D. Attardi, and E. H. Blackburn, Nature 344:126-131, 1990; M. McEachern and E. H. Blackburn, Nature 376:403-409, 1995), mutations in the template domain of this RNA result in synthesis of mutant telomeres and in impaired cell growth and survival. We have investigated whether mutant telomerase affects the proliferative potential and viability of immortal human cells. Plasmids encoding mutant or wild-type template RNAs (hTRs) of human telomerase and the neomycin resistance gene were transfected into human cells to generate stable transformants. Expression of mutant hTR resulted in the appearance of mutant telomerase activity and in the synthesis of mutant telomeres. Transformed cells were not visibly affected in their growth and viability when grown as mass populations. However, a reduction in plating efficiency and growth rate and an increase in the number of senescent cells were detected in populations with mutant telomeres by colony-forming assays. These results suggest that the presence of mutant telomerase, even if coexpressed with the wild-type enzyme, can be deleterious to cells, likely as a result of the impaired function of hybrid telomeres.  相似文献   

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The majority of gastric cancers express high levels of human telomerase template RNA (hTR) that is essential for cellular survival. In this study, we examined whether antisense hTR (ahTR) had a growth inhibitory effect on three gastric cancer cell lines, MKN-1, MKN-28, and TMK-1, through transfection via an ahTR expression vector. Both the ahTR transfected MKN-1 and TMK-1 cells changed morphologically into multinucleate giant cells, and subsequently underwent cell death. Conversely, the ahTR transfected MKN-28 cells survived over 50 PDs in spite of telomere shortening. Surprisingly, high levels of telomerase activity were observed in the telomere-reduced cells. Furthermore, the expression of mRNAs for p21/Waf1/Cip1/Sdi1, IRF-1 and IFN inducible 6-16 was higher in the telomere-reduced cells than in the parental cells. These results suggest overall that the ahTR expression may bring about telomere shorting, leading to cell death or cellular senescence in gastric cancer cells.  相似文献   

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Telomerase is an excellent target molecule for cancer therapy, though any effective agents have never been developed in human subjects. We designed a variety of hammerhead ribozymes against human telomerase RNA (hTR) and hTERT mRNA and studied their possibility as a tool for cancer therapy. To search promising target site of hTR, the catalytic actiuity of 3 kinds of hammerhead ribozymes was studied in cell-free system. They showed equivalent catalytic activity, but only 36-ribozyme, which was designed to cleave the template region of hTR, revealed telomerase inhibitory activity in an endometrial carcinoma cell line. Among hTERT-mRNA-targeted ribozymes, the ribozyme to cleave 13 nucleotides downstream from the 5'-end of hTERT mRNA (13-ribozyme) exhibited the strongest telomerase-inhibitory activity, and the ribozyme to cleave 59 nucleotides upstream from the poly(A) tail showed clear activity. Stable transfection studies confirmed that the 36-ribozyme as well as the 13-ribozyme suppressed telomerase. These observations suggest that the template region of hTR and 5'end of hTERT mRNA are promising target sites for ribozymes to reduce telomerase activity.  相似文献   

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端粒酶RNA反义基因对肝癌细胞的影响   总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1  
用RT-PCR的方法钓取端粒酶RNA基因的cDNA,并将其反向插入到逆转录病毒载体pLNCX上,构建hTR基因的反义表达质粒。将质粒经脂质体介导转染人肝癌SMMG-7721细胞中表达。结果表明hTR反义基因的表达有效地封闭或抑制肝癌细胞的端粒酶活性,抑制细胞的生长和增殖,延长细胞的倍增时间并促进细胞凋亡。  相似文献   

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