AIM: To investigate the regulation of phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome ten (PTEN) gene expression in human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cell lines.METHODS: The mRNA and protein levels of PTEN wer...AIM: To investigate the regulation of phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome ten (PTEN) gene expression in human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cell lines.METHODS: The mRNA and protein levels of PTEN were detected by Northern blot and Western blot in HCC cell lines, respectively. Plasmids containing different fragments of PTEN promoter with Luciferase reporter were constructed and transiently transfected into HCC cell lines to study the promoter activity. DNA analysis and RT-PCR were performed to detect the mutation of PTEN promoter and PTEN cDNA.RESULTS: Either protein or mRNA levels of PTEN in L02 cells (as a control) were significantly higher than that in HCC cell lines. The profile of PTEN promoter activity in 8 cell lines was closely correlated with levels of PTEN mRNA and PTEN protein. Furthermore, the sequence analysis of 8 cells lines showed no mutation in the region of PTEN promoter and PTENcDNA.CONCLUSION: PTEN expression is down-regulated in HCC cell lines probably due to loss of activity of PTEN promoter.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 39970338Shanghai Municipal Government Science and Technology Committee, No. 00JC14042and Innovation fund of Fudan University, CQF109801
文摘AIM: To investigate the regulation of phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome ten (PTEN) gene expression in human hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cell lines.METHODS: The mRNA and protein levels of PTEN were detected by Northern blot and Western blot in HCC cell lines, respectively. Plasmids containing different fragments of PTEN promoter with Luciferase reporter were constructed and transiently transfected into HCC cell lines to study the promoter activity. DNA analysis and RT-PCR were performed to detect the mutation of PTEN promoter and PTEN cDNA.RESULTS: Either protein or mRNA levels of PTEN in L02 cells (as a control) were significantly higher than that in HCC cell lines. The profile of PTEN promoter activity in 8 cell lines was closely correlated with levels of PTEN mRNA and PTEN protein. Furthermore, the sequence analysis of 8 cells lines showed no mutation in the region of PTEN promoter and PTENcDNA.CONCLUSION: PTEN expression is down-regulated in HCC cell lines probably due to loss of activity of PTEN promoter.
