OBJECTIVEOur research was aim to investigate the effect of microRNA-328 (miR-328) on proliferation of chronic myeloid leukemia(CML) cell K562 and the mediated effect of C/EBPα.

METHODSThe eukaryotic expression vectors of miR-328 targeting gene and suppressor gene (hsa-miR-328 and hsa-miR-328-inhibitor) were constructed, and transfected into K562 cells respectively. The mRNA expression levels of miR-328 and C/EBP α were detected by real-time fluorescence quantitative RT-PCR; C/EBP α protein expression was detected by Western blot; CCK-8 was used to estimate the cell viability.

RESULTSThe recombinant genes of hsa-miR-328 and hsa-miR-328-inhibitor were successfully constructed and transfected into K562 cells. Fluorescent cells were observed after 24 h, and the visible fluorescence cells were gradually increased after 48 h or 72 h, the miR-328 showed no effect on the mRNA expression of C/EBPα detected by RT-PCR. Meanwhile, miR-328 showed recovering effect on C/EBPα translation and inhibition of K562 cells proliferation.

CONCLUSIONmiR-328 has been successfully constructed and transfected into K562 cells, miR-328 inhibits the proliferation of K562 cells by up-regulation of C/EBPα.