1.Construction and expression of a pEGFP-C2-HDAC2 recombinant plamid
Hui ZHANG ; Cheng HUANG ; Erbao BIAN ; Bin ZHAO ; Baoming WU ; Changwei LIU ; Xiaoxia CHEN ; Ju LI
Chinese Pharmacological Bulletin 2014;(6):812-815,816
Aims HDAC2 gene was cloned into pEGFP-C2 vector to explore the efficiency of the plasmid trans-fection in renal fibroblasts COS-7 cells to identify the expression of both mRNA and protein levels and to ob-serve the distribution of the protein. Methods The HDAC2 cDNA was amlified by PCR and cut with the double enzyme Xho I and BamH I, then inserted into the eukaryotic expression vector pEGFP-C2 with T4 en-zyme. The recombinant vector was verified by PCR, restriction enzymes cut and sequencing identification. Then it was transfected into COS-7 cells and the ex-pression of pEGFP-C2-HDAC2 was monitored by fluo-
rescence microscope and PCR. Results Fragments of HDAC2 could be seen after dealt with double diges-tion, and GFP could also be detected in the transfected COS-7 cells. HDAC2 gene expression could be detec-ted by PCR and Western blot. The fusion expression of pEGFP-C2-HDAC2 could be detected by Western blot. Conclusion Eukaryotic expression vector of HDAC2 has been successfully constructed, the fusion expres-sion of HDAC2 and GFP protein can be detected in COS-7 cells.
2. Differential expressions analysis of piwi-interacting RNAs in hepatocellular carcinoma
Peizhen MIAO ; Yi YANG ; Erbao CHEN ; Guiqi ZHU ; Biao WANG ; Zhi DAI
Chinese Journal of Hepatology 2018;26(11):842-846
Objective:
To investigates the role of piwi-interacting RNAs (piRNA) in the occurrence and development of hepatocellular carcinoma.
Methods:
Second-generation small RNA sequencing was performed on cancer and paracancerous tissues, metastatic and non-metastatic liver cancer tissues of patients with liver cancer, and the sequencing data were filtered out for the common RNA sequences to be repeated. The piRNA predictor was used to forecast the possible new piRNA merged with the downloaded known piRNA to screen out distinction. A miRanda algorithm was used to predict the corresponding target genes and functional enrichment analysis. piRNA was selected for experimental functional (migration) analysis. An independent t-test was used to compare means between the two groups.
Results:
66 772 piRNAs (known 149) were obtained by sequencing. 241 piRNAs were found in cancer and paracancerous tissues, and 1 634 piRNAs were found in metastatic and non-metastatic tumors. Analysis of the GO and KEGG pathways of the target genes of differential piRNAs revealed that they were mainly involved in cell adhesion. An experimental functional analysis was performed on the selected Pirna (PIR1/97), which showed that it promoted the migration of hepatoma cells (LM3:
3. High expression of hnRNPAB/Kap1 together promote poor prognosis in HCC
Zhengjun ZHOU ; Xiaoyi WANG ; Xiaoyu XU ; Zhiqiang HU ; Erbao CHEN ; Shaolai ZHOU ; Weizhong WU ; Jian ZHOU ; Jia FAN ; Zhi DAI
Chinese Journal of Hepatology 2017;25(6):452-457
Objective:
To further understand the interaction protein spectrum of heterogeneous ribonucleoprotein AB (hnRNP AB), and to investigate their clinical significance in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).
Methods:
We carried out mass spectrometry to reveal the specific peptides of KRAB-associated protein 1 (Kap1) and hnRNPAB, and verified their interaction by immunocoprecipitation and western blotting. Expression of hnRNPAB/Kap1 proteins were detected by immunohistochemical staining in the tissue microarrays. Categorical data were analyzed by the chi square test or Fisher exact test; enumeration data between groups were compared using Student