靶向Survivin的反义寡核苷酸对肿瘤细胞增殖的抑制作用

 Survivin是新近克隆的一种凋亡抑制蛋白 (IAP)家族成员 ,在几乎所有肿瘤组织中特异性表达 ,而在正常成年终末分化组织中低表达甚至不表达 .采用四唑盐 (MTT)比色实验法比较 2 0条抗人survivin反义寡核苷酸对HeLa细胞增殖的抑制效果 ,并从中筛选效果显著的反义寡核苷酸 ,在体外水平进一步验证其抑制survivin表达的能力 .在用 4 0 0nmol L反义寡核苷酸转染HeLa细胞 4 8h后 ,有 4条反义寡核苷酸对细胞增殖的抑制率超过 4 0 %,其中 4 5号反义寡核苷酸的抑制率可达5 9%,而阳性对照序列ISIS2 372 2的抑制率仅达 30 %.Northern和Western印迹分析证明 :4 5号反义寡核苷酸可明显降低细胞中survivin基因的mRNA含量和蛋白水平 .4 5号反义寡核苷酸还可在较低浓度 (2 0 0nmol L)显著增强HeLa细胞对化疗药三尖杉酯碱的敏感性 .因此 ,4 5号反义寡核苷酸有望应用于survivin高表达肿瘤的辅助治疗之中     

10-23型DNA酶作为鉴定mRNA靶点有效性的新工具

10-23DNA酶是能主动切割mRNA的一类反义寡核苷酸.利用10-23DNA酶的直接切割作用验证mRNA结构靶点的有效性.对筛选的绿色荧光蛋白(GFP)基因mRNA的4个靶点平行设计了4条反义寡核苷酸和4条10-23DNA酶,对照组反义寡核苷酸将最佳靶点——靶点2的反义寡核苷酸突变2个碱基,对照组10-23DNA酶将靶点2的10-23DNA酶结合臂中央突变2个碱基.体外4条10-23DNA酶切割mRNA的结果和相应的4条反义寡核苷酸依赖的RNaseH降解结果完全相似,细胞内4条10-23DNA酶对绿色荧光蛋白的表达抑制作用与相应的4条反义寡核苷酸相似,表明10-23DNA酶显示的最佳作用靶点同样是最佳作用效果的反义寡核苷酸结合靶.10-23DNA酶可以作为评价mRNA结构靶点有效性的新工具.     

绿色荧光蛋白基因mRNA反义寡核苷酸的筛选和应用

基因mRNA的靶点筛选是设计反义寡核苷酸的关键.建立了PARASS(polyAanchoredRNAaccessiblesitesscreening)方法,即通过在mRNA末端引入polyA,与生物素标记的polyT退火结合,将其同链亲和素磁珠混合,使mRNA通过3’末端得到固定,保持mRNA的自然伸展和折叠,与寡核苷酸文库杂交筛选mRNA的结合靶点.PARASS筛选获得了绿色荧光蛋白(GFP)mRNA的3个反义寡核苷酸结合靶点,据其设计了多条反义寡核苷酸,与对照组相比,体外RNaseH分析显示3个靶点均为有效,在HeLa细胞内针对靶点的反义寡核苷酸能抑制GFP的表达,得到了Northern印迹结果支持.PARASS对反义寡核苷酸药物设计具有应用价值.     

细胞周期蛋白E2基因的过度表达与胃腺癌细胞迁徙的关系

从基因芯片筛选出差异表达的基因中一个细胞周期蛋白 (cyclin)E2基因 ,深入研究周期蛋白E2在高转移性胃腺癌细胞系RF 4 8细胞中的生物学作用 .首先通过合成硫代磷酸化修饰的反义、正义和错配寡核苷酸片段 ,使用半定量RT PCR和Western印迹方法分别检测被 3种寡核苷酸转染的RF 4 8细胞在 1～ 5d内周期蛋白E2基因及它可能调控下游靶基因之一FGFR基因和蛋白质的表达 ,检测寡核苷酸转染的RF 4 8细胞周期和凋亡细胞 ,观察寡核苷酸转染RF 4 8细胞的软琼脂集落形成、运动能力和体外侵袭能力 .结果表明 ,修饰的反义寡核苷酸在有效地抑制RF 4 8细胞中周期蛋白E2表达上调后 ,RF 4 8细胞的迁徙能力被显著降低 ,其增殖、运动能力没有变化 .周期蛋白E2基因的主要作用并不是促细胞分裂 ,也与细胞的增殖、运动能力无关 ,周期蛋白E2基因的过度表达与胃腺癌的迁徙性存在相关性 ,其触发肿瘤的侵袭性可能通过某种机制调控其下游靶基因之一成纤维细胞生长因子受体 (FGFR)基因的表达来实现的     

mRNA靶点筛选方法研究进展

mRNA靶点筛选问题是反义核酸领域的一个难题。近年来出现了多种筛选mRNA上可接近位点以确定靶位点的方法,包括mRNA实测分析法和计算机模拟分析两大类。其中mRNA实测分析法又包括多种针对自然折叠mRNA的实验分析技术;即基因walk技术,RNaseH作图技术、寡核苷酸微阵列技术,酶作图法确定二级结构技术,核酶导向型随机RNA库位点筛选技术和随机寡核苷酸库结合逆转录位点筛选技术。这些方法在鉴定RNA可接近位点及反义核酸的设计方面均有重要作用。     

逆转录法筛选mRNA靶点设计核酶对GPA的表达干预实验研究

采用自行设计5’固定3’随机的文库对基因mRNA进行杂交用于逆转录反应以筛选mRNA的寡核苷酸结合靶点。对人I型跨膜糖蛋白-血型糖蛋白A （glycophorin A,GPA）的mRNA筛选了4个反义寡核苷酸可结合靶点,分别设计反义核酸（Antisense）,分别加入mRNA中用RNase H验证各靶点的核酸结合和切割效率,最终确定2个高效结合和切割靶点。再设计Ribozyme,构建表达核酶（Ribozyme）质粒,利用慢病毒（Lentivirus）包装技术,感染人源红系白血病细胞株K562细胞,在细胞水平验证其下调GPA基因表达的效果,对转染细胞mRNA进行反转录和Real Time PCR分析mRNA表达水平,并在蛋白水平进行了Western Blot分析。结果表明文库结合逆转录方法筛选靶点设计的Ribozyme具有高效率下调膜受体表达的作用,GPA为I型跨膜糖蛋白,该实验为筛选mRNA靶点提供参考方法,并对膜受体表达干预有参考价值。     

反义寡核苷酸体外抗流感病毒活性

为了获得具有抗流感病毒活性的反义寡核苷酸,针对A型流感病毒基因组3′和5′端保守序列,设计并合成了多条硫代寡核苷酸(ODN)：3′端反义ODN(IV3#)与3′端正义ODN(IV3S);5′端反义ODN(IV4#)与5′端正义ODN(IV4S)以及由5′和3′端正义/反义保守序列组成的复合序列ODN(IV6#和IV7#)。测定了PSODN的体外细胞毒性和在MDCK细胞中对流感病毒复制的影响。结果表明：(1)PSODN浓度高达50μmol/L时对MDCK细胞末表现有毒性作用;(2)与流感病毒基因组5′端互补的ODN IV4#以及由5′和3′端保守序列构成的IV6#ODN和IV7#ODN均具有较高的抗病毒活性;如IV4#ODN浓度为1μmol/L时对流感病毒A/京防/861(H1N1)抑制率近50%,浓度为10μmol/L或更高时抑制率超过70%,且IV4#抑制病毒活性呈现明显的序列和剂量依赖性;(3)IV4#ODN不仅对A型流感病毒H1N1亚型有抑制作用,对H3N2亚型也表现较高的抑制活性;(4)病毒感染复数(MOI)对IV4#ODN抗病毒活性有一定影响,当MOI较低时,IV4#ODN表现的剂量效应关系更加明显。抗流感病毒反义寡核苷核IV4#ODN的发现为进一步研究流感新型药物奠定了实验基础。〖HTH〗关键词〖HTSS〗：流感病毒, 反义寡核苷酸, 体外细胞毒性, 抗病毒活性, 感染复数     

Survivin反义寡核苷酸诱导SW620细胞凋亡过程中对caspase-3表达的影响

目的：观察survivin反义寡核苷酸（ASODN）对人结肠癌细胞株SW620增殖、凋亡的影响,并初步探讨其分子机制。方法：靶向survivin基因中与caspase-3结合的部位设计、合成反义寡核苷酸并通过脂质体将其转染至人结肠癌细胞SW620中。噻唑蓝（MTT）法观察survivinASODN对SW620细胞增殖的抑制作用,测定IC50;转染36h后,Hoechst33342染色荧光显微镜下观察检测SW620细胞核变化,RT-PCR检测survivinASODN处理后SW620细胞中caspase-3mRNA表达,分光光度法检测caspase-3酶活性．结果：转染8h后,SW620细胞中可见黄绿色荧光均匀分布：不同浓度survivinASODN处理SW620细胞44h后,SW620细胞增殖显著受到抑制,IC50为1×10^-6M。2×10^-7,4×10^-7,6×10^-7,8×10^-7 and1.2×10^-6M的survivinASODN处理后,细胞生长抑制率分别为15．38±0．022％、2404±0．023％、30．87±0．027％、45．02±0．018％和65．01±0．024％：Hoechest33342染色后荧光显微镜下可观察到染色质凝集并出现凋亡小体,RT-PCR检测到caspase-3mRNA表达上调,另外caspase-3酶活性显著升高。结论靶向survivin基因中与caspase-3结合的部位设计合成的survivinASODN可抑制显著结肠癌SW620增殖、诱导细胞凋亡,其机制与诱导caspase-3表达,提高caspase-3酶活性有关。     

靶向CrkL基因的siRNA真核表达载体的构建及对H9C2心肌细胞凋亡的作用

为研究CrkL基因在心肌细胞中的作用机制提供实验基础,首先体外合成6个针对大鼠CrkL基因的特异反义脱氧寡核苷酸序列,定向克隆至pSR-GFP/neo siRNA真核表达质粒中,经双酶切和测序证实重组载体pSR-GFP/neo-CrkLi构建成功.然后将其转染入大鼠H9C2心肌细胞内,用荧光显微镜观察其转染率,RT-PCR法鉴定其对CrkL mRNA表达的抑制作用.流式细胞仪检测转染前后H9C2细胞凋亡率.所有pSR-GFP/neo-CrkLi载体均能高效率的转染H9C2细胞,但只有3个载体能显著抑制CrkL mRNA的表达.其中pSR-GFP/neo-CrkLi3效果最佳,其转染H9C2细胞后,该组H9C2细胞凋亡率明显高于其他两组(P=0.001).     

Survivin反义寡核苷酸对人胆管癌QBC939细胞株凋亡增殖及survivin和cyclinD1表达的影响

目的:观察survivin反义寡核苷酸(Antisensc Oligodeoxynuleotide,ASDON)对人胆管癌QBC939细胞株凋亡增殖及survivin和cyclinD1表达的影响.方法:合成特异性靶向survivin ASODN,并将其转染QBC939细胞,流式细胞术观察survivin ASODN对QBC939细胞凋亡和增殖的影响;同时,应用免疫组化检测survivin ASODN对QBC939细胞中survivin和细胞周期素D1(cyclinD1)蛋白表达的影响.结果:ASODN转染组细胞凋亡指数明显高于对照组(P<0.05),ASODN转染组细胞增殖指数明显低于各对照组(P<0.05).ASODN组survivin和cyclinD1的蛋白表达明显低于对照组(P<0.05).结论:SurvivinASODN转染能诱导胆管癌细胞QBC939凋亡,抑制细胞增殖,并可下调survivin和cyclin D1蛋白表达.     

Fas基因mRNA反义靶点筛选和体外验证

应用PARASS(poly-A anchored RNA accessible sites screening) 技术筛选Fas基因mRNA 获得3个潜在反义作用靶点,靶点1、2、3分别位于Fas基因297nt-317nt、619nt-639nt和662nt-682nt。设计了对应靶点的反义寡核苷酸A1、A2、A3,和10-23型DNAzyme D1、D2和D3。将反义寡核苷酸和Fas基因RNA结合再加入RNase H进行反应,10-23型DNAzyme则直接与Fas基因RNA作用,结果表明：3个靶点的反义寡核苷酸组及DNAzyme均能降解Fas基因RNA,为有效靶点,其靶点反应优势次序为靶点3>靶点1>靶点2;而非靶点对照组和有效靶点突变了2个碱基的对照组均没有反应。靶点2和靶点3与ISIS公司经过多次实验筛选到的Fas反义作用靶点位置基本相同,表明PARASS技术的有效性和可靠性。获得的有效反义寡核苷酸和DNAzyme为后续研究打下基础。     

Determination of optimal sites of antisense oligonucleotide cleavage within TNFalpha mRNA

Antisense oligonucleotides provide a powerful tool in order to determine the consequences of the reduced expression of a selected target gene and may include target validation and therapeutic applications. Methods of predicting optimum antisense sites are not always effective. We have compared the efficacy of antisense oligonucleotides, which were selected in vitro using random combinatorial oligonucleotide libraries of differing length and complexity, upon putative target sites within TNFα mRNA. The relationship of specific target site accessibility and oligonucleotide efficacy with respect to these parameters proved to be complex. Modification of the length of the recognition sequence of the oligonucleotide library illustrated that independent target sites demonstrated a preference for antisense oligonucleotides of a defined and independent optimal length. The efficacy of antisense oligonucleotide sequences selected in vitro paralleled that observed in phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA)-activated U937 cells. The application of methylphosphonate:phosphodiester chimaeric oligonucleotides to U937 cells reduced mRNA levels to up to 19.8% that of the untreated cell population. This approach provides a predictive means to profile any mRNA of known sequence with respect to the identification and optimisation of sites accessible to antisense oligonucleotide activity.     

Sequence-specific RNase H cleavage of gag mRNA from HIV-1 infected cells by an antisense oligonucleotide in vitro.

We have used a ribonuclease protection assay to investigate RNase H cleavage of HIV-1 mRNA mediated by phosphorothioate antisense oligonucleotides complementary to the gag region of the HIV-1 genome in vitro. Cell lysate experiments in H9 and U937 cells chronically infected with HIV-1 IIIB showed RNase H cleavage of unspliced gag message but no cleavage of spliced message which did not contain the target gag region. RNase H cleavage products were detected at oligonucleotide concentrations as low as 0.01 microM and the RNase H activity was seen to be concentration dependent. Similar experiments with 1-, 3- and 5-mismatch oligonucleotides demonstrated sequence specificity at low concentrations, with cleavage of gag mRNA correlating with the predicted activities of the parent and mismatch oligonucleotides based on their hybridization melting temperatures. Experiments in living cells suggested that RNase H-specific antisense activity was largely determined by the amount of oligonucleotide taken up by the different cell lines studied. RNase H cleavage products were detected in antisense oligonucleotide treated MT-4 cells acutely infected with HIV-1 IIIB, but not in infected H9 cells treated with oligonucleotide under the same conditions. The data presented demonstrate potent and specific RNase H cleavage of HIV-1 mRNA mediated by an antisense oligonucleotide targeted to HIV-1 gag mRNA, and are in agreement with previous reports that the major obstacle to demonstrating antisense activity in living cells remains the lack of penetration of these agents into the desired cellular compartment.     

Mapping of accessible sites for oligonucleotide hybridization on hepatitis delta virus ribozymes

Semi-random libraries of DNA 6mers and RNase H digestion were applied to search for sites accessible to hybridization on the genomic and antigenomic HDV ribozymes and their 3′ truncated derivatives. An approach was proposed to correlate the cleavage sites and most likely sequences of oligomers, members of the oligonucleotide libraries, which were engaged in the formation of RNA–DNA hybrids. The predicted positions of oligomers hybridizing to the genomic ribozyme were compared with the fold of polynucleotide chain in the ribozyme crystal structure. The data exemplified the crucial role of target RNA structural features in the binding of antisense oligonucleotides. It turned out that cleavages were induced if the bound oligomer could adapt an ordered helical conformation even when it required partial penetration of an adjacent double-stranded region. The major features of RNA structure disfavoring hybridization and/or RNase H hydrolysis were sharp turns of the polynucleotide chain and breaks in stacking interactions of bases. Based on the predicted positions of oligomers hybridizing to the antigenomic ribozyme we chose and synthesized four antisense DNA 6mers which were shown to direct hydrolysis in the desired, earlier predicted regions of the molecule.