重组腺病毒介导反义2型基质金属蛋白酶抑制人肝癌细胞株浸润的实验研究

目的构建携带反义2型基质金属蛋白酶(MMP2)的重组腺病毒并探讨它对人肝癌细胞株HepG2侵袭细胞基底膜的抑制作用。方法从新鲜肝癌组织中提取总RNA,用逆转录聚合酶链反应法合成MMP2cDNA序列中5'端转录起始位点附近长约500bp的基因片段,将此片段反义克隆到腺病毒载体系统的多克隆位点,经转染293细胞包装生成携带反义MMP2基因的重组腺病毒Ad-MMP2AS;利用侵袭小室模型,检测Ad-MMP2AS对肝癌细胞株(HepG2细胞)体外侵袭能力的影响。结果成功构建并生成携带反义MMP2基因片段的重组腺病毒Ad-MMP2AS,病毒滴度达1×108;体外细胞实验中Ad-MMP2AS能明显抑制HepG2细胞穿透人工重组基底膜的能力。结论重组腺病毒介导反义MMP2基因可望有效抑制肝癌细胞的浸润和转移,为肝细胞癌的基因治疗提供新的方法。

Recombinant adenovirus vectors carrying antisense MMP2 inhibit invasion of HCC cells in vitro

OBJECTIVES: To construct a recombinant adenoviral vector carrying antisense matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP2) and to study its inhibitory effects on the invasiveness and migratory capacity of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cell line HepG2 in vitro. METHODS: Total RNA was extracted from HCC. Then a 500 bp fragment at the 5' end of the human MMP2 cDNA sequence was synthesized by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and was reversely inserted into the multiclone site (MCS) of the shuttle plasmid pAdTrack-CMV. With the resultant plasmid and the backbone plasmid pAdEasy-1, the homologous recombination took place in the E.coli BJ5183 and the recombinant adenoviral plasmid carrying the antisense MMP2 gene was constructed. The adenovirus (Ad-MMP2AS) was packaged and amplified in the HEK 293 cells and the viral titer was checked by GFP. Using the Boyden chamber model, the influence of Ad-MMP2AS on the invasion ability of HepG2 cells was determined in vitro. RESULTS: The recombinant adenovirus vector carrying antisense MMP2 was constructed successfully and a strong green fluorescence was observed in HepG2 cells under a fluorescence microscope. The viral titer was 1 x 10(8); Ad-MMP2AS can effectively inhibit the penetrating capacity of HepG2 cells through Matrigel in vitro. CONCLUSION: The recombinant adenovirus with antisense MMP2 can effectively inhibit the invasiveness and migratory capacity of HepG2 in vitro and may have potential in treating HCC.