NK4基因在人胰腺癌细胞中的表达及其对血管内皮生长的影响

目的:构建NK4基因真核表达载体并进行转染研究。方法:对重组质粒pcDNA3/hNK4进行酶切,将目的基因NK4克隆到较强的真核表达载体pRC/CMV2中,应用脂质体将NK4基因转染到胰腺癌细胞株SW1990中,G418筛选获得稳定表达克隆,采用RT-PCR及Western blot鉴定及筛选出高转录和高表达的细胞克隆。以MTT法检测转染重组质粒pRC/CMV2-hNK4的细胞克隆表达产物对血管内皮细胞生长的影响。结果:在转染NK4基因的SW1990细胞克隆中,RT-PCR能扩增出NK4 mRNA预期的453bp片段,但强弱不同,Western blot显示均有约50 kD的NK4蛋白的表达。其上清可显著抑制血管内皮细胞的生长。结论:重组质粒pRC／CMV2-hNK4是一种高效真核表达载体,并且能够在SW1990细胞中高表达;NK4能够抑制血管内皮细胞的生长,提示其在肿瘤基因治疗中可能具有重要意义。

Expression of NK4 gene in human pancreatic cancer cells and its effect on growth of human vascular endothelial cells

AIM: The current study was designed to construct eukaryotic expression vector containing NK4 gene and transfect it into human pancreatic cancer cell lines.METHODS: The recombinant of pcDNA3/hNK4 was digested by restriction enzyme, the NK4 gene was cloned into a high effective eukaryotic expressing plasmid which contains CMV2 immediate early gene promoter and then transiently introduced into the pancreatic cancer cell line SW1990 by lipofectamine and clonal cell lines that secrete high levels of NK4 protein were isolated.The expression of NK4 was observed by RT-PCR and Western blot, in vitro the vascular endothelial cell proliferation inhibiting activity of NK4 was examined by 3-4,5-dimethylthiazolzyl]-2,5-diphenyl tetrazolium bromide(MTT) method. RESULTS: A specific expression of NK4 gene mRNA by lipofectamine-mediated transfer exhibited only in SW1990/NK4 cells,Western blot analysis demonstrated that there was positive expression of NK4 protein(50 kD).The NK4 inhibited proliferation of the vascular endothelial cells in vitro. CONCLUSION: The recombinant of pRC/CMV2-hNK4 is a high effective expressing eukaryotic vector.The bio-engineering product of the NK4 is an angiogenesis inhibitor and may play an important role in the gene therapy for tumor.