反义阻断CROC-1基因表达导致细胞生长变慢

目的:建立CROC- 1 基因表达被阻断的FL-CROC- 1 ^-细胞系,研究CROC- 1 基因在细胞生长中的作用。方法: 运用反义技术将新近发现的人泛素缀合酶样蛋白基因CROC- 1 的适当长度cDNA片断克隆到本室改建的真核细胞表达载体pMAMneo-amp^-中,经限制性内切酶图谱分析筛选出反向插入的表达CROC- 1 反义RNA的重组质粒。将此反义表达重组质粒(pMAM-antiCROC- 1 )用改良的磷酸钙法转染人羊膜FL细胞并用含G418的培养基筛选,测定G418抗性的FL-CROC- 1 ^- 细胞系的生长速度。 结果:建立的FL-CROC- 1 ^- 细胞系在地塞米松诱导下CROC- 1 基因表达被反义抑制后,其生长速度较对照FL细胞及转染了载体pMAMneo-amp^- 的FL细胞(FL-MAMneo)的明显要慢(P＜0.05)。结论: 本研究成功地建立了CROC- 1 基因表达被阻断的FL-CROC- 1 ^- 细胞系,并提示CROC- 1 基因编码的泛素缀合酶样蛋白在细胞生长中起正调控作用。

The antisense block of CROC-1 gene expression makes cells grow slower

AIM:To establish FL-CROC- 1 ^- cell line in which CROC- 1 gene expression was blocked and study the role of CROC- 1 gene in cell growth. METHODS:The appropriate length cDNA fragment of the recently identified human gene CROC- 1 which encodes ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme like protein(Ubc-like protein) was cloned into the reconstructed eukaryotic expression vector pMAMneo-amp^- by antisense strategy. The recombinant plasmid which can express CROC- 1 antisense RNA was selected by restriction enzyme map analysis. The antisense expression recombinant plasmid pMAM-antiCROC- 1 was then transfected into human amnion FL cells by a modified calcium phosphate-mediated transfection procedure and selected with MEM medium containing 400 μg/mL geneticin. Finally ,the growth rate of the G418 resistant FL-CROC- 1 ^- cell line was determined.RESULTS:When the antisense inhibition of CROC-1 gene expression was induced by dexamethasone,the growth rate of the FL-CROC-1^- cel line was obviously slower as compared with that of the control FL cell and FL-MAMneo cell which was established by transfection of plasmid pMAMneo-amp^-(P<0.05).CONCLUSIONS:FL-CROC- 1 ^- cell line was successfully established in this study and the result of FL-CROC- 1 ^- cell growth suppression suggests that CROC- 1 gene encoded Ubc-like protein plays a positive regulation role in cell growth.