Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics 2009;36(11):1429-1435

doi:10.3724/SP.J.1206.2009.00255

In vitro Efficacy of mda-7 Gene for Hepatocellular Carcinoma Gene Therapy Mediated by Human Ribosomal DNA Targeting Vector

Jinfeng XUE ; Xionghao LIU ; Qiang HE ; Zhigang XUE ; Youjin HI ; Zhuo LI ; Junlin YANG ; Ting GAO ; Qian PAN ; Zhigao LONG ; Lingqian WU ; Kun XIA ; Desheng LIANG ; Jiahui XIA

Keywords

hrDNA targeting vector; mda-7 gene; hepatocellular carcinoma; gene therapy

Country

China

Language

Chinese

Abstract

Human ribosomal DNA (hrDNA) targeting vector pHr is a homologous recombinant plasmid for human genome which developed in the State Key Laboratory of Medical Genetics. pHr was used to construct a recombinant plasmid pHr-CMG expressing mda-7/GFP fusion gene and its efficacy in the hepatocellular carcinoma cell line Bel-7402 was investigated. The expression of mda-7/GFP fusion gene was detected by fluorescent microscope, RT-PCR and Western blotting, and its function was detected by cell-cycle analyses, MTT assay and Hoechst33258 staining. The results demonstrated that pHr-CMG vector could express MDA-7/GFP fusion protein effectually and the mda-7 gene could induce cell apoptosis and proliferation suppression in Bel-7402 cell line, which might be caused by the G2/M cell cycle arrest. These results also suggested that human ribosomal DNA targeting vector system and the pHr-CMG vector may be applied in further gene therapy researches for hepatocellular carcinoma.