AIM： To investigate RNA interference targeting signal transducer and activator of transcription-3 （STAT3） on invasion of human pancreatic cancer cells.METHODS： We constructed three plasmids of RNA interference tar...AIM： To investigate RNA interference targeting signal transducer and activator of transcription-3 （STAT3） on invasion of human pancreatic cancer cells.METHODS： We constructed three plasmids of RNA interference targeting the STAT3 gene. After LV （lentivirus）-STAT3siRNA （STAT3 small interfering RNA） the vector was transfected into the human pancreatic cell line, SW1990 and cell proliferation was measured by the MTT assay. Flow cytometry was used to assess cell cycle. Vascular endothelial growth favor （VEGF） and matrix metalloproteinase-2 （MMP-2） mRNA and protein expression were examined by quantitative PCR and western blotting, respectively. The invasion ability of SW1990 cells was determined by cell invasion assay.RESULTS： We successfully constructed the LVSTAT3siRNA lentivirus vector and proved that it can suppress expression of STAT3 gene in SW1990 cells. RNA interference of STAT3 by the LV-STAT3siRNA construct significantly inhibited the growth of SW1990 cells, in addition to significantly decreasing both VEGF and MMP-2 mRNA and protein expression. Moreover, suppression of STAT3 by LV-STAT3siRNA decreased the invasion ability of SW1990 cells.CONCLUSION： The STAT3 signaling pathway may provide a novel therapeutic target for the treatment of pancreatic cancer since it inhibits the invasion ability of pancreatic cancer cells.展开更多
Objective： To construct a lentiviral expression vector for RNA interference （RNAi） of human VIM gene; and assess its gene silencing effect in pancreatic cancer cell line Panc-1. Methods： Three pairs of human VIM g...Objective： To construct a lentiviral expression vector for RNA interference （RNAi） of human VIM gene; and assess its gene silencing effect in pancreatic cancer cell line Panc-1. Methods： Three pairs of human VIM gene short hairpin RNA（shRNA） sequences were designed using a software available on-line and one pair came from document. After synthesis and annealing, four double-stranded oligonucleotides （dsOligo） were cloned into the pGCL-GFP/U6 plasmid, which were subsequently confirmed by polymerase chain reaction （PCR） and DNA sequencing analysis. Real-time PCR and Westemblotting were used to screen the effective pGCL-GFP-shRNA plasmid in 293T cells, then the most effective one was packed into the recombinant lentivirus Lv-VIM-shRNA with lentiviral packing materials pHelper 1.0 and pHelper 2.0 in 293T cells. The titer of lentivirus was determined by hole-by-dilution titer assay. The silencing effect of Lv-VIM-shRNA in Panc-1 calls were validated by real-time PCR and Western-blotting. Results： An effective Lv-VIM-shRNA was successfully constructed. The titer of lentivirus was determined on 2× 10^9TU/mL. The expressions of VIM mRNA and vimentin were down-regluated in the Panc-1 cells infected with Lv-VIM-shRNA. Conclusion： An effective Lv-VIM-shRNA could inhibit the expression of VIM gene in Panc-1 cells in vitro, which provides a tool for investigating the role of VIM gene in the signaling pathway involved in tumorigenesis and progression of pancreatic cancer and searching new therapeutic targets.展开更多
Objective： To explore the influence of AD-VEGF-siRNA on the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor （VEGF） in neoplasm and blood serum. Methods： Transplantable model of human osteosarcoma was successfully...Objective： To explore the influence of AD-VEGF-siRNA on the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor （VEGF） in neoplasm and blood serum. Methods： Transplantable model of human osteosarcoma was successfully established by the way of subcutaneous injection of VEGF highly expressed human MG63 osteosarcoma cells. These mice were divided randomly into three groups： AD-VEGF-siRNA group, 15 mice; AD-EGFP group, 15 mice; PBS group, 15 mice. Three mice were additionally raised without any treatment. The drug was injected intratumorally 200 μL at each time, once a day. The total dose of virus was 2 × 10^9 pfu. Three osteosarcema-bearing mice of each group were sacrificed at 11th, 14th ,17th day after the implantation of MG63 cells. The expression of VEGF in implanted tumors and blood serum was detected by ELISA methods. Then the left mice were all sacrificed at the end of experiment （19th day）. The expression of VEGF in implanted tumors was detected by RT-PCR and immune histochemistry methods, and that in implanted tumors and blood serum was detected by ELISA methods. Results： （1） Tumors in mice could be seen at 5th day from the implantation of MG63 cells. （2） The expression of VEGF could be detected in all groups by RT-PCR and immune histochemistry, Which was much lower in the group receiving AD-VEGF-siRNA therapy than two control groups （P 〈 0.05）. （3） The expression of VEGF in blood serum of osteosarcoma-bearing mice was much higher than that of three healthy mice by ELISA （P 〈 0.05）. （4） The expression of VEGF in blood serum and neoplasm in AD-VEGF-siRNA group was much lower than that in two control groups （P 〈 0.05）. Conclusion： AD-VEGF-siRNA could effectively inhibited VEGF expression in vivo. This technology would bring some good references for our therapy of antiangiogenesis in osteosarcoma.展开更多
Objective： To investigate the effect of RNAj-mediated Survivin gene with conditionally replicating adenovirus silencing on Survivin gene in colon carcinoma cell lines HT-29 lastingly. Methods： We transfected Ad-delE...Objective： To investigate the effect of RNAj-mediated Survivin gene with conditionally replicating adenovirus silencing on Survivin gene in colon carcinoma cell lines HT-29 lastingly. Methods： We transfected Ad-delE1655KD-shRNA / Survivin-EGFP to HT-29 （control was replication defective adenovirus and liposome vector which was contained the same shRNA as Ad-delE1b55KD-shRNA / Survivin-EGFP）. The expressions of EGFP, Survivin mRNA and Survivin protein in HT- 29 were detected at the 1st, 7th, 14th and 28th days alter transfection. Results： The expression of EGFP, the inhibition of Survivin mRNA and Survivin protein in HT-29 were high in each group at the 7th day alter transfection, among the total, the effect of Ad-delE1655KD-shRNA/Survivin-EGFP group was the highest; at the 14th day, the effects of replication defective adenovirus group and liposome vector group were decreased obviously, and it was still high in Ad-delE1655KD-shRNA / Survivin-EGFP group; at the 28th day, the effects of control groups were disappeared, and it was still high in Ad-delE1b55KD- shRNA/Survivin-EGFP group like before （P 〈 0.05）. Conclusion： RNAi-mediated Survivin gene with conditionally replicating adenovirus can silence Survivin gene in colon carcinoma cell lines HT-29 lastingly.展开更多
To investigate adenoviral vector mediated exogenous gene expression in mouse lungs and the effect of mIFN γ transgene expression on allergen induced pulmonary eosinophil infiltration in a murine asthmatic model ...To investigate adenoviral vector mediated exogenous gene expression in mouse lungs and the effect of mIFN γ transgene expression on allergen induced pulmonary eosinophil infiltration in a murine asthmatic model Methods LacZ marker gene was transduced into CD 1 mouse airway epithelial cells by installation of a replication deficient adenovirus with LacZ gene (AdCMVLacZ) 5×10 9 plaque forming unit (pfu) in the intratrachea or nostril C57 mice were sensitized intraperitoneally and challenged by aerosol with ovalbumin (OVA) to produce an asthmatic model AdCMVmIFNγ 5×10 9 pfu was administered via nostril in asthmatic mice 48 h before OVA challenge Sera, bronchial alveolar lavage (BAL) and lungs were recovered 48 h after OVA challenge Results After administration with AdCMVLacZ by intratracheal installation or nose drop, the lungs revealed a high level of widespread LacZ transduction with X gal staining, mainly along airways IFN γ via adenoviral vector transduction could be overexpressed both in vitro and in vivo (1624 7±1321 5 pg/ml in BAL 96 h after AdCMVIFNγ infection) In AdCMVIFNγ treated asthmatic models, histological evaluation revealed marked suppression of eosinophil peribronchial and perivascular infiltration; the recoverable percentage of eosinophils in BAL was an average of 9 00%±4 58%, which was a statistically significant decrease versus that of the positive control group (75 13%±6 85%) ( P 【0 001) The total cell number in BAL ((145±55 6)×10 3 cells/ml) in AdCMVmIFNγ treated mice also was tremendously reduced compared to the positive control group ((216 6±71 1)×10 3 cells/ml) Conclusions Adenoviral vector was able to overexpress exogenous gene in murine lungs IFN γ overexpression via adenoviral vector in pulmonary epithelia in vivo can abrogate allergen induced eosinophilic infiltration in lungs in an asthmatic model, which may suggest a new preventively therapeutic method for cytokine immunogenetic transfer in allergic asthma展开更多
Overexpression of breast cancer resistance protein （ABCG2/BCRP） in cancer cells may cause tumor resistance to chemotherapeutic drugs. RNA interference （RNAi） can selectively silence the expression of a target gene...Overexpression of breast cancer resistance protein （ABCG2/BCRP） in cancer cells may cause tumor resistance to chemotherapeutic drugs. RNA interference （RNAi） can selectively silence the expression of a target gene of interest. In the present study, we aimed to modulate the BCRP expression and examine the functional consequence using RNAi approach. Three siRNAs （si-BCRP1, si-BCRP2 and si-BCRP3） targeting BCRP were evaluated in drug-resistant MCF-7/MX100 cells overexpressing BCRP. The BCRP expression at the mRNA and protein levels was inhibited by si-BCRP2 and si-BCRP3 over 90% and 70%, respectively. As a result, the intracellular mitoxantrone accumulation was sharply increased in MCF-7/ MX100 cells after the transfection. Furthermore, shRNA sequences bearing si-BCRP2 and siBCRP3 were cloned into lentiviral expression plasmid （pTRIPZ） to package lentivirus, and MCF-7/MX100 cells stably expressing siRNA targeted to human ABCG2/BCRP were established by lentivector-mediated gene transfer system. The stable cells exhibited an increased miotxantrone accumulation, among which the BCRP expression at the mRNA level was reduced by Lenti-BCRP2 and Lenti-BCRP3 around 72% and 56%, respectively. Moreover, the BCRP expression at the protein level was reduced by 70% and 53%, respectively. Furthermore, the cell lines were used to screen active ingredients in traditional herbal medicines in order to evaluate BCRP substrates or inhibitors. Our data suggested that the BCRP knockdown cell lines could serve as good cell models for preclinical studies.展开更多
基金Supported by The Affiliated First People’s Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and the Board of Education Fund for Scientific Research of Shanghai, China, No. 06BE067
文摘AIM： To investigate RNA interference targeting signal transducer and activator of transcription-3 （STAT3） on invasion of human pancreatic cancer cells.METHODS： We constructed three plasmids of RNA interference targeting the STAT3 gene. After LV （lentivirus）-STAT3siRNA （STAT3 small interfering RNA） the vector was transfected into the human pancreatic cell line, SW1990 and cell proliferation was measured by the MTT assay. Flow cytometry was used to assess cell cycle. Vascular endothelial growth favor （VEGF） and matrix metalloproteinase-2 （MMP-2） mRNA and protein expression were examined by quantitative PCR and western blotting, respectively. The invasion ability of SW1990 cells was determined by cell invasion assay.RESULTS： We successfully constructed the LVSTAT3siRNA lentivirus vector and proved that it can suppress expression of STAT3 gene in SW1990 cells. RNA interference of STAT3 by the LV-STAT3siRNA construct significantly inhibited the growth of SW1990 cells, in addition to significantly decreasing both VEGF and MMP-2 mRNA and protein expression. Moreover, suppression of STAT3 by LV-STAT3siRNA decreased the invasion ability of SW1990 cells.CONCLUSION： The STAT3 signaling pathway may provide a novel therapeutic target for the treatment of pancreatic cancer since it inhibits the invasion ability of pancreatic cancer cells.
基金Supported by a grant from the National Natural Science Foundation of China （No. 30600592）.
文摘Objective： To construct a lentiviral expression vector for RNA interference （RNAi） of human VIM gene; and assess its gene silencing effect in pancreatic cancer cell line Panc-1. Methods： Three pairs of human VIM gene short hairpin RNA（shRNA） sequences were designed using a software available on-line and one pair came from document. After synthesis and annealing, four double-stranded oligonucleotides （dsOligo） were cloned into the pGCL-GFP/U6 plasmid, which were subsequently confirmed by polymerase chain reaction （PCR） and DNA sequencing analysis. Real-time PCR and Westemblotting were used to screen the effective pGCL-GFP-shRNA plasmid in 293T cells, then the most effective one was packed into the recombinant lentivirus Lv-VIM-shRNA with lentiviral packing materials pHelper 1.0 and pHelper 2.0 in 293T cells. The titer of lentivirus was determined by hole-by-dilution titer assay. The silencing effect of Lv-VIM-shRNA in Panc-1 calls were validated by real-time PCR and Western-blotting. Results： An effective Lv-VIM-shRNA was successfully constructed. The titer of lentivirus was determined on 2× 10^9TU/mL. The expressions of VIM mRNA and vimentin were down-regluated in the Panc-1 cells infected with Lv-VIM-shRNA. Conclusion： An effective Lv-VIM-shRNA could inhibit the expression of VIM gene in Panc-1 cells in vitro, which provides a tool for investigating the role of VIM gene in the signaling pathway involved in tumorigenesis and progression of pancreatic cancer and searching new therapeutic targets.
基金a grant from the National Nature Sciences Foundation of China (No. 30271314)
文摘Objective： To explore the influence of AD-VEGF-siRNA on the expression of vascular endothelial growth factor （VEGF） in neoplasm and blood serum. Methods： Transplantable model of human osteosarcoma was successfully established by the way of subcutaneous injection of VEGF highly expressed human MG63 osteosarcoma cells. These mice were divided randomly into three groups： AD-VEGF-siRNA group, 15 mice; AD-EGFP group, 15 mice; PBS group, 15 mice. Three mice were additionally raised without any treatment. The drug was injected intratumorally 200 μL at each time, once a day. The total dose of virus was 2 × 10^9 pfu. Three osteosarcema-bearing mice of each group were sacrificed at 11th, 14th ,17th day after the implantation of MG63 cells. The expression of VEGF in implanted tumors and blood serum was detected by ELISA methods. Then the left mice were all sacrificed at the end of experiment （19th day）. The expression of VEGF in implanted tumors was detected by RT-PCR and immune histochemistry methods, and that in implanted tumors and blood serum was detected by ELISA methods. Results： （1） Tumors in mice could be seen at 5th day from the implantation of MG63 cells. （2） The expression of VEGF could be detected in all groups by RT-PCR and immune histochemistry, Which was much lower in the group receiving AD-VEGF-siRNA therapy than two control groups （P 〈 0.05）. （3） The expression of VEGF in blood serum of osteosarcoma-bearing mice was much higher than that of three healthy mice by ELISA （P 〈 0.05）. （4） The expression of VEGF in blood serum and neoplasm in AD-VEGF-siRNA group was much lower than that in two control groups （P 〈 0.05）. Conclusion： AD-VEGF-siRNA could effectively inhibited VEGF expression in vivo. This technology would bring some good references for our therapy of antiangiogenesis in osteosarcoma.
基金a grant from the Nature Sciences Foundation of Chongqing (No. 2005BB5225)
文摘Objective： To investigate the effect of RNAj-mediated Survivin gene with conditionally replicating adenovirus silencing on Survivin gene in colon carcinoma cell lines HT-29 lastingly. Methods： We transfected Ad-delE1655KD-shRNA / Survivin-EGFP to HT-29 （control was replication defective adenovirus and liposome vector which was contained the same shRNA as Ad-delE1b55KD-shRNA / Survivin-EGFP）. The expressions of EGFP, Survivin mRNA and Survivin protein in HT- 29 were detected at the 1st, 7th, 14th and 28th days alter transfection. Results： The expression of EGFP, the inhibition of Survivin mRNA and Survivin protein in HT-29 were high in each group at the 7th day alter transfection, among the total, the effect of Ad-delE1655KD-shRNA/Survivin-EGFP group was the highest; at the 14th day, the effects of replication defective adenovirus group and liposome vector group were decreased obviously, and it was still high in Ad-delE1655KD-shRNA / Survivin-EGFP group; at the 28th day, the effects of control groups were disappeared, and it was still high in Ad-delE1b55KD- shRNA/Survivin-EGFP group like before （P 〈 0.05）. Conclusion： RNAi-mediated Survivin gene with conditionally replicating adenovirus can silence Survivin gene in colon carcinoma cell lines HT-29 lastingly.
基金supported by a grant of General Program of Health Service of Chongqing(2008-2-387,2011-2-414)a grant of Science and Technique Foundation of Wanzhou,Chongqing(20084009,200903006)~~
基金ThisprojectwassupportedbytheNationalNaturalSciencesFoundationofChina (No 3980 0 0 67)
文摘To investigate adenoviral vector mediated exogenous gene expression in mouse lungs and the effect of mIFN γ transgene expression on allergen induced pulmonary eosinophil infiltration in a murine asthmatic model Methods LacZ marker gene was transduced into CD 1 mouse airway epithelial cells by installation of a replication deficient adenovirus with LacZ gene (AdCMVLacZ) 5×10 9 plaque forming unit (pfu) in the intratrachea or nostril C57 mice were sensitized intraperitoneally and challenged by aerosol with ovalbumin (OVA) to produce an asthmatic model AdCMVmIFNγ 5×10 9 pfu was administered via nostril in asthmatic mice 48 h before OVA challenge Sera, bronchial alveolar lavage (BAL) and lungs were recovered 48 h after OVA challenge Results After administration with AdCMVLacZ by intratracheal installation or nose drop, the lungs revealed a high level of widespread LacZ transduction with X gal staining, mainly along airways IFN γ via adenoviral vector transduction could be overexpressed both in vitro and in vivo (1624 7±1321 5 pg/ml in BAL 96 h after AdCMVIFNγ infection) In AdCMVIFNγ treated asthmatic models, histological evaluation revealed marked suppression of eosinophil peribronchial and perivascular infiltration; the recoverable percentage of eosinophils in BAL was an average of 9 00%±4 58%, which was a statistically significant decrease versus that of the positive control group (75 13%±6 85%) ( P 【0 001) The total cell number in BAL ((145±55 6)×10 3 cells/ml) in AdCMVmIFNγ treated mice also was tremendously reduced compared to the positive control group ((216 6±71 1)×10 3 cells/ml) Conclusions Adenoviral vector was able to overexpress exogenous gene in murine lungs IFN γ overexpression via adenoviral vector in pulmonary epithelia in vivo can abrogate allergen induced eosinophilic infiltration in lungs in an asthmatic model, which may suggest a new preventively therapeutic method for cytokine immunogenetic transfer in allergic asthma
基金National Major Projects of the Ministry of Science and Technology of China (Grant No.2012ZX09506001-004)
文摘Overexpression of breast cancer resistance protein （ABCG2/BCRP） in cancer cells may cause tumor resistance to chemotherapeutic drugs. RNA interference （RNAi） can selectively silence the expression of a target gene of interest. In the present study, we aimed to modulate the BCRP expression and examine the functional consequence using RNAi approach. Three siRNAs （si-BCRP1, si-BCRP2 and si-BCRP3） targeting BCRP were evaluated in drug-resistant MCF-7/MX100 cells overexpressing BCRP. The BCRP expression at the mRNA and protein levels was inhibited by si-BCRP2 and si-BCRP3 over 90% and 70%, respectively. As a result, the intracellular mitoxantrone accumulation was sharply increased in MCF-7/ MX100 cells after the transfection. Furthermore, shRNA sequences bearing si-BCRP2 and siBCRP3 were cloned into lentiviral expression plasmid （pTRIPZ） to package lentivirus, and MCF-7/MX100 cells stably expressing siRNA targeted to human ABCG2/BCRP were established by lentivector-mediated gene transfer system. The stable cells exhibited an increased miotxantrone accumulation, among which the BCRP expression at the mRNA level was reduced by Lenti-BCRP2 and Lenti-BCRP3 around 72% and 56%, respectively. Moreover, the BCRP expression at the protein level was reduced by 70% and 53%, respectively. Furthermore, the cell lines were used to screen active ingredients in traditional herbal medicines in order to evaluate BCRP substrates or inhibitors. Our data suggested that the BCRP knockdown cell lines could serve as good cell models for preclinical studies.
