小分子干扰RNA靶向抑制suvivin基因诱导U251细胞凋亡的实验研究

目的 构建靶向survivin基因的小分子干扰RNA（siRNA）表达载体，导入人胶质瘤细胞U251中，研究siRNA靶向抑制survivin基因对U251细胞的凋亡诱导作用。方法根据siRNA设计原则，在survivin全长序列中选取设计含19个核苷酸（19nt）靶序列两条反向重复序列，间以9个核苷酸的茎环序列，两端分别加上对应的酶切位点．形成siRNA的DNA模板并克隆到siRNA表达载体pGenesil-1中，获得靶向抑制survivin基因的siRNA表达载体pGenesil-1／survivin；采用Metafectene转染试剂将干扰质粒导入到胶质瘤细胞U251；分别采用实时荧光定量PCR以及Western bloting从mRNA和蛋白水平检测干扰效果；采用Annexin—V／PI双色标记的流式细胞仪法检测siRNA诱导的细胞凋亡。结果实时荧光定量PCR以及Western blotting显示：survivin基因的mRNA转录水平以及蛋白水平的表达均得到显著抑制：流式细胞仪检测结果显示：survivin基因表达被抑制后，U251细胞凋亡率明显增高。结论靶向survivin基因的重组siRNA干扰载体pGenesi—l／survivin介导的RNAi显著靶向抑制了survivin基因在人胶质瘤细胞U251中的表达，并明显诱导了U251细胞发生凋亡。

Apoptosis of glioma cell line U251 induced by small interfering RNA targeting survivin

Objective To construct recombinant expression vectors of small interfering RNA (siRNA) targeting survivin and investigate apoptosis of glioma cell line U251 mediated by the survivin-targeting siRNA. Methods According to the sequence of the coding region of survivin gene, two strings of 19 nucleotides of inverted sequence flanking the loop sequence of two complementary 9-base oligonucleotides were designed and synthesized to form hairpin construct as the DNA templates for the target siRNA. The siRNA templates were cloned into siRNA expression vector pGenesil-1, and the resulted vector pGenesil-1/survivin was transfected into U251 cells using Metafectene following the standard protocols. Real-time PCR and Western blotting were performed to evaluate survivin gene silencing induced by siRNA transfection at the RNA and protein levels, respectively. Flow cytometry analysis with Annexin-V/PI double staining was used to determine the cell apoptosis. Results Real-time RT-PCR and Western blotting revealed significantly lowered survivin expression at both RNA and protein levels in transfected U251 cells, which exhibited a significantly higher apoptosis rate after transfection as shown by flow cytometry analysis. Conclusion RNA interference mediated by the siRNA expression vector pGenesi-1/survivin can significantly reduce survivin expression and induce remarkable apoptosis in U251 cells.