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Construction of Pax-8 gene recombinant plasmid and study of its function |
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| Authors: | ZHOU Xi HUANG Xiao-yan CHEN Chang-xi CHEN Bi-cheng GONG Yong-sheng YANG De-ye |
| Institution: | 1. Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital, Institute for Cardiovascular Biology & Gene,Wenzhou 325000, China; 2. Center of Experimental Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital,Wenzhou 325000, China; 3. Experimental Center of Function, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Wenzhou Medical College, Wenzhou 325000, China. E-mail: Deyeyang203@hotmail.com |
| Abstract: | AIM: To investigate the effects of over-expression of Pax-8 gene on the proliferation and apoptosis of H9c2 cells(a cardiomyocyte cell line). METHODS: The full length of rat Pax-8 gene was restrictively digested by Kpn I and Not I from the pCMV sport6-Pax-8 vector, and then inserted into the eukaryotic expression vector pcDNA3.1(+). The recombinant plasmid pcDNA3.1(+)-Pax-8 was confirmed by restriction endonuclease digestion and sequencing. The pcDNA3.1(+)-Pax-8 was transfected into H9c2 cells. The expression of Pax-8 at mRNA and protein levels was identified after transfection by RT-PCR and Western blotting. The cell proliferation was measured by CCK-8. Cell apoptosis was induced by serum deprivation in H9c2 cells transfected with Pax-8 gene. The apoptosis rate of the cells was determined by flow cytometry with annexin V-FITC and propidium iodide double staining. The protein expression of activated caspase-3 was measured by Western blotting. RESULTS: The full length of Pax-8 gene was successfully cloned into pcDNA3.1(+) expression vector and over-expression of Pax-8 at mRNA and protein levels was observed in H9c2 cells transfected with Pax-8 gene as compared to the wild-type cells and the cells transfected with an empty vector (both P<0.05). Transfection of Pax-8 gene promoted the proliferation of the cardiomyocytes (P<0.05) and inhibited the apoptosis rates induced by serum deprivation (P<0.01). The expression level of activated caspase-3 was increased by serum deprivation and attenuated by Pax-8 transfection (P<0.01). CONCLUSION: The pcDNA3.1(+)-Pax-8 expression vector was successfully constructed and over-expression of Pax-8 gene in cardiomyocytes is obtained. Pax-8 gene acts as an anti-apoptotic factor in cardiomyocytes by promoting cell proliferation and inhibiting apoptosis. |
| Keywords: | Genes Pax-8 Eukaryotic expression Apoptosis Cell proliferation |
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