Cai XK, Lin JS, Liu ZZ, Zhou HJ, Liang KH. Construction of two vectors harboring PNP gene under control of two different promoters and their expression.
Shijie Huaren Xiaohua Zazhi 2004;
12:2036-2040. [DOI:
10.11569/wcjd.v12.i9.2036]
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Abstract
AIM: To construct two expression vectors carrying PNP gene under a cytomegalovirus (CMV) promoter and a hybrid a-fetoprotein (AFP) tissue-specific promoter, and to detect and analyze their expression in different cell lines.
METHODS: [HRE]AF promoter was inserted into pcDNA3.0 vector, and a recombinant vector controlled by the hybrid AFP promoter, p[HRE]AF, was constructed. Inserting PNP gene into pcDNA3.0 and p[HRE]AF vectors separately, two PNP gene expression vectors driven by two different promoters, pcDNA3.0/PNP and p[HRE]AF /PNP, were constructed by using recombinant DNA techniques. The recombinants were analyzed and identified by restriction enzymes, PCR and sequencing. pcDNA3.0/PNP and p[HRE]AF/PNP were transfected into human hepatocellular carcinoma cell lines by liposome-mediated method. The expression of PNP gene in four different cell lines was detected by RT-PCR method.
RESULTS: All target fragments were separately cloned into corresponding vectors. We detected the expression of PNP gene under the control of CMV promoter in all cell lines, and the tissue-specific expression of PNP gene under the control of [HRE]AF promoter in AFP positive and negative hepatocellular carcinoma cell line was positive.
CONCLUSION: Two expression vectors harboring PNP gene are novel effective vectors for human hepatocellular carcinoma gene therapy, and p[HRE]AF/PNP is a target-expressing vector in AFP positive, especially in AFP negative hepatocellular carcinoma cells.
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