Objective: To investigate the effect of RNA interfering on VEGF-C in MDA-MB-231 cells. Methods: Three small interfering RNAs (siRNAa, siRNAb, siRNAc) were prepared. The most efficient one was screened and short ha...Objective: To investigate the effect of RNA interfering on VEGF-C in MDA-MB-231 cells. Methods: Three small interfering RNAs (siRNAa, siRNAb, siRNAc) were prepared. The most efficient one was screened and short hairpin (shRNA) was designed, the recombinant plasmid pGenesil-1/VEGF-C was constructed, and transfeeted into MDA-MB-231 cells by Lipofectamine TM 2000. RT-PCR, Western-blot an immunohistochemical methods were performed to detect the expression of VEGF-C. Results: RT-PCR results showed that siRNAa, siRNAb, siRNAc could inhibit the growth of MDA-MB-231 cells, among which, siRNAa was the most significant, with an inhibition rate of 72.1%. The recombinant plasmid pGenesil-1/VEGF-C was successfully constructed using shRNA and pGenesil-1. VEGF-C expression was significantly inhibited as determined by RT-PCR, immunocytochemistry staining and Western blot (P〈0.05). Conclusion: shRNA RNAi technology could silence the expression of VEGF-C in MDA-MB-231 cells, which suggested that the technology may be one of the effective methods for inhibiting lymphangiogenesis in breast cancer.展开更多
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文摘Objective: To investigate the effect of RNA interfering on VEGF-C in MDA-MB-231 cells. Methods: Three small interfering RNAs (siRNAa, siRNAb, siRNAc) were prepared. The most efficient one was screened and short hairpin (shRNA) was designed, the recombinant plasmid pGenesil-1/VEGF-C was constructed, and transfeeted into MDA-MB-231 cells by Lipofectamine TM 2000. RT-PCR, Western-blot an immunohistochemical methods were performed to detect the expression of VEGF-C. Results: RT-PCR results showed that siRNAa, siRNAb, siRNAc could inhibit the growth of MDA-MB-231 cells, among which, siRNAa was the most significant, with an inhibition rate of 72.1%. The recombinant plasmid pGenesil-1/VEGF-C was successfully constructed using shRNA and pGenesil-1. VEGF-C expression was significantly inhibited as determined by RT-PCR, immunocytochemistry staining and Western blot (P〈0.05). Conclusion: shRNA RNAi technology could silence the expression of VEGF-C in MDA-MB-231 cells, which suggested that the technology may be one of the effective methods for inhibiting lymphangiogenesis in breast cancer.