RAI , one candidate gene associated with differentiation of human lung adenocarcinoma cells

From all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA)-treated human lung adenocarcinoma GLC-82 cells and control, subtractive cDNA library has been constructed using subtractive hybridization technique in our laboratory. The screening of the cDNA subtractive library resulted in identification of a clone containing cDNA fragment of one ATRA-induced gene (RAI) in GLC-82 cells. The positive clone with full-length cDNA of RAI was identified by screening fetal brain cDNA library using colony hybridization technique, and then sequenced. RT-PCR results showed that RAI was expressed in many different human fetal tissues. These results suggest that RAI may be involved in cell differentiation and play an important role in vital activities of cells.     

ASGP受体介导的体内基因转移

我们针对肝细胞特异的ＡＳＧＰ（去唾液酸糖蛋白）受体,构建了一种具有肝细胞特异导向性的基因转移载体系统,该载体包括两种共价结合的功能成分：一种为ＡＳＧＰ,作为配体,与肝细胞表面特异的ＡＳＧＰ受体结合;另一种为多聚左旋赖氨酸（ｐｏｌｙ－Ｌ－ｌｙｓｉｎｅ）,与ＤＮＡ以强静电作用相结合。小鼠尾静脉注射３２Ｐ－ＤＮＡ－ｐｏｌｙ－Ｌ－ｌｙｓｉｎｅ－ＡＳＯＲ（去唾液酸ａｌ酸性糖蛋白）或等量的３２Ｐ－ＤＮＡ、ＡＳＯＲ、ｐｏｌｙ－ＤＬ－ｌｙｓｉｎｅ单体混合物,２０小时后,小鼠肝、脾、肾各组织的放射性计数结果表明该载体系统具有较强的肝组织特异性。     

RAI——一候选的人肺腺癌分化相关基因

通过进一步分析采用全反式维甲酸(all trans retinoic acid,ATRA)诱导人肺腺癌GLC-82细胞,经cDNA文库消减杂交构建的cDNA消减文库,得到一在ATRA诱导GLC-82细胞分化过程中激活表达(retinoic acid induced,RAI)的基因的cDNA片段,应用菌落原位杂交技术在胎脑cDNA文库中进行筛选,克隆RAI的全长cDNA序列并测序.RT-PCR分析表明,RAI在多种胎儿组织中表达.结果表明,RAI可能与细胞分化有关,并在细胞基本生命活动中发挥重要作用.