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Objective To establish nasopharyngeal carcinoma cell line (CNE1) with eIF1 gene stable over-expression and to study its effects on the proliferation and migration of nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells.Methods EIF1 over-expression vector was constructed by adopting the pEGFPC1 eukaryotic expression system for transfecting nasopharyngeal carcinoma CNE1 cells.Thus the stably transfected EIF1-elF1 and its control cells were obtained.The over-expression situation of eIF1 in these cells was verified by real time fluorescence quantitative PCR(qPCR) and Western blot.The proliferation and migration activity of CNE1-eIF1 cells were tested by adopting the cell proliferation and migration tests.Results The enzyme digestion electrophoresis identification and sequencing showed that the pEGFPC1-eIF1 eukaryotic expression vector was successfully constructed.After mRNA and protein expression identification,compared with the reloading plasmid transfection group,the eIF1 gene mRNA and protein expression levels in nasopharyngeal carcinoma cell line CNE1 stably over-expressing eIF1 were up-regulated by 2.85 folds and 2.58 folds respectively (P＜ 0.05),while its proliferation and migration activities were down-regulated by 55 ％ and 36 ％ respective (P＜ 0.05).Conclusion The nasopharyngeal carcinoma cell line over-expressing elF1 is successfully constructed,the eIF 1 over-expression could significantly down-regulate the proliferation and migration activities of nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells,suggesting that eIF1 has potential anti-tumor effect.
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Objective To establish nasopharyngeal carcinoma cell line (CNE1) with eIF1 gene stable over-expression and to study its effects on the proliferation and migration of nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells.Methods EIF1 over-expression vector was constructed by adopting the pEGFPC1 eukaryotic expression system for transfecting nasopharyngeal carcinoma CNE1 cells.Thus the stably transfected EIF1-elF1 and its control cells were obtained.The over-expression situation of eIF1 in these cells was verified by real time fluorescence quantitative PCR(qPCR) and Western blot.The proliferation and migration activity of CNE1-eIF1 cells were tested by adopting the cell proliferation and migration tests.Results The enzyme digestion electrophoresis identification and sequencing showed that the pEGFPC1-eIF1 eukaryotic expression vector was successfully constructed.After mRNA and protein expression identification,compared with the reloading plasmid transfection group,the eIF1 gene mRNA and protein expression levels in nasopharyngeal carcinoma cell line CNE1 stably over-expressing eIF1 were up-regulated by 2.85 folds and 2.58 folds respectively (P＜ 0.05),while its proliferation and migration activities were down-regulated by 55 ％ and 36 ％ respective (P＜ 0.05).Conclusion The nasopharyngeal carcinoma cell line over-expressing elF1 is successfully constructed,the eIF 1 over-expression could significantly down-regulate the proliferation and migration activities of nasopharyngeal carcinoma cells,suggesting that eIF1 has potential anti-tumor effect.
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Host genes involved in lipid metabolism are differentially affected during the early stages of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection.Here we demonstrate that artificial up-regulation of fatty acid biosynthesis has a positive effect on the replication of the HCV full-length replicon when cells were treated with nystatin.Conversely,the HCV RNA replication was decreased when fatty acid biosynthesis was inhibited with 25-hydroxycholesterol and PDMP(D-threo-1-phenyl-2-decanoylamino-3- morpholino-1-propanol).In agreement with these results,the expression level of GlcT-1(ceramide glucosyltransferase),a host glucosyltransferase in the first step of GSL (glycosphingolipid) biosynthesis,was found to be closely associated with the expression and replication of HCV RNA.On the other hand,the viral RNA can also activate GlcT-1 in the early stage of viral RNA transfection in vitro.To identify viral factors that are responsible for GlcT-1 activation,we constructed ten stable Vero cell lines that express individual HCV proteins.Based on the analyses of these cell lines and transient transfection assay of the GlcT-1 promoter regions,we conclude that HCV proteins,especially NS5A and NS5B,have positive effects on the expression of GlcT-1.It is possible that NS5A and NS5B stimulate transcription factor(s) to activate the expression of GlcT-1 by increasing its transcription level.