利用RNA干扰抑制人肝癌细胞中核因子-κB p65基因的表达

目的：用小干扰RNA（siRNA）抑制核因子-κB（NF-κB）p65基因在人肝细胞癌细胞中的表达。方法：从p65的cDNA序列中挑选3个RNA干扰靶位点,用体外转录法制备siRNA,以萤光素酶基因的siRNA为对照,分别转染Hep3B和SMMC-7721细胞,用逆转录半定量PCR和免疫印迹检测siRNA对p65基因表达的抑制效率。结果：3条siRNA对p65基因的表达都有抑制作用,其中2条siRNA的抑制作用更为显著,最高抑制效率约为70%。结论：制备的p65-siRNA可用于研究NF-κB在肝细胞癌发生发展中的作用。     

HIF-1alpha-prolyl hydroxylase: molecular target of nitric oxide in the hypoxic signal transduction pathway

We have investigated inhibitory mechanisms of hypoxic activation of HIF-1alpha by nitric oxide (NO). Using a Hep3B cell-derived cell line, HRE7 cells, we found that the inhibition of HIF-1alpha activity by NO requires a substantial amount of oxygen, albeit at a lower level. We further investigated the effect of NO on the binding activity of the von Hippel-Lindau tumor suppressor protein (pVHL) to the N-terminal activation domain (NAD) overlapping the oxygen-dependent degradation domain (ODD) of HIF-1alpha, because this reaction involves prolyl hydroxylation in NAD that requires oxygen. Although we could not detect any binding activity when NAD was incubated with whole cell extracts from cells treated with CoCl(2) or desferrioxamine, the binding capacity was manifested when Hep3B cells were treated together with NO. This activation was also observed when whole cell extracts from CoCl(2)-treated cells were incubated with NO. The prolyl hydroxylase from Hep3B cells treated with CoCl(2) was partially purified about 80-fold, and several enzymatic properties were examined. The enzyme required ferrous ion and 2-oxoglutaric acid. Strong activation of the prolyl hydroxylase by NO was observed without further addition of ferrous ion.