Cloning of human vascular endothelial growth factor cDNA and its expression in COS-7 cells

Author: Yi-Xiong ZHENG ¹ ; Li CHEN ; Shao-Ming XU ; Jia-Ping PENG ; Jiang CAO
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1. The Second Affiliated Hospital, College of Medical Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310009, China.
Publication Type:Journal Article
From: Journal of Zhejiang University. Medical sciences 2002;31(5):316-320
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: OBJECTIVE: To clone vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) cDNA gene, construct its eukaryotic expression vector and to express this recombinant plasmid in COS-7 cells. METHODS: Human VEGF165 cDNA was amplified by RT PCR from human ovarian carcinoma. After DNA sequenced, the VEGF165 cDNA was inserted into eukaryotic expression vector pcDNA3.1(-). The recombinant plasmid pcDNA3.1 VEGF165 containing VEGF165 cDNA was identified by enzyme digestion and transferred into COS-7 cells mediated by liposome. The transient expression of VEGF was detected by immunohistochemical staining. RESULTS: The cloned VEGF165 cDNA was confirmed by enzyme digestion and DNA sequence analysis. The immunohistochemical results showed that the VEGF165 protein was expression in COS-7 cells 72 h after gene transfer. CONCLUSION: VEGF165 cDNA gene successfully cloned and expressed in COS-7 cells.