丙肝病毒NS5B-EGFP融合蛋白真核表达载体的构建及稳定转染HepG2细胞系的建立

目的　构建可表达丙型肝炎病毒 (HCV)NS5B EGFP融合蛋白的真核表达载体 ;获得重组质粒稳定转染的HepG2 细胞系。方法　利用PCR技术从HCV基因组中扩增出ns5b基因片段 ,XhoⅠ KpnⅠ双酶切后连接到经同样酶切的pEGFP N3真核表达载体 ,转化TG1菌株感受态细胞 ,获得阳性重组质粒pEGFPN3 ns5b。将阳性克隆用脂质体法转染HepG2 细胞 ,经持续G4 18压力选择和有限稀释法克隆化获得稳定转染的细胞系。结果　成功构建了真核表达载体pEGFPN3 ns5b ;建立了其重组质粒稳定转染的HepG2 细胞系。结论　重组质粒稳定转染的HepG2 细胞系可表达NS5B EGFP融合蛋白 ;该HepG2 细胞系可以应用于以ns5b基因为靶位的抗HCV感染研究

Construction of eukaryotic expression vector expressing hepatitis C virus NS5B and EGFP fusion protein and establishment of stable transfected HepG2 cell line

OBJECTIVE: To construct a eukaryotic expression vector for expressing hepatitis C virus (HCV) recombinant NS5B-EGFP fusion protein and obtain a stable transfected HepG2 cell line. METHODS: The coding region of NS5B gene of HCV was amplified by PCR and was digested by Xho I/Kpn I. This fragment was inserted into pEGFPN3 with T4 ligase and transformed E. coli TG1. The positive recombinant plasmid was selected, then the recombinant plasmid was transfected into HepG2 cell by Lipofect AMINE 2000. Cells containing stable transformants were selected by the ability of resistance to G418 and isolated with a limited dilution. The stable transfected cell line expressing high level NS5B-EGFP fusion protein was obtained. RESULTS: The eukaryotic expression vector named pEGFPN3-ns5b was successfully constructed and the stable transfected HepG2 cell line expressing NS5B-EGFP fusion protein was obtained. CONCLUSION: The stable transfected HepG2 cell line could express NS5B-EGFP fusion protein, could be used for anti-HCV infection with ns5b gene as the target.