Construction of a stable centromere protein F overexpression cell model of hepatocellular carcinoma using CRISPR activation system / 生物工程学报

Current studies have shown that centromere protein F (CENPF) was overexpressed in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and might be involved in the pathogenesis of HCC. Specifically, due to the very large molecular weight (358 kDa) of CENPF full length protein, only CENPF knock-down, but not overexpression models, were applied currently to explore the carcinogenicity of CENPF in HCC. Whether CENPF overexpression is a cause or an effect in HCC remains to be illustrated. We aimed to establish a CENPF overexpression cell model using CRISPR/dCas9 synergistic activation mediator (SAM) system with lentiMPHv2 and lentiSAMv2 vectors to explore the role of CENPF overexpression in HCC. Single guide RNAs (sgRNAs) that specifically identify the transcription initiation site of CENPF gene were synthesized and inserted into the lentiSAMv2 plasmid. Huh-7 and HCCLM3 cells were first transduced with lentiMPHv2 and then selected with hygromycin B. The cells were then transduced with lentiSAMv2 carrying specific sgRNA for CENPF gene, followed by blasticidin S selection. The mRNA and protein detection results of Huh-7 and HCCLM3 cells screened by hygromycin B and blasticidin S showed that the endogenous overexpression of CENPF can be induced by sgRNA1 and sgRNA4, especially by sgRNA4. By using the CRISPR/dCas9 technique, stable cell models with overexpressed CENPF were successfully constructed to explore the role of CENPF in tumorigenesis, which provides a reference for the construction of cell models overexpressing large molecular weight protein.

Construction of an oral squamous cell carcinoma cell line for stable PA28γ overexpression / 华西口腔医学杂志

OBJECTIVE@#To construct a PA28γ overexpression cell line and determine its effects after infecting an oral squa-mous cell carcinoma (OSCC) cell line.@*METHODS@#The PA28γ gene was cloned into the pLOV.CMV.cherry.2A.EF1a.PuroR lentiviral vector by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and PCR and DNA sequencing alignment analysis were used for identification. Then, 293T cells were used to package viral diseases. Infected OSCC cells were used to construct a cell line with stable PA28γ overexpression. Finally, the level of PA28γ expression in the OSCC cell line was detected through Western blot.@*RESULTS@#The successful construction of PA28γ recombinant lentiviral vectors was confirmed by DNA sequencing. The results of immunofluorescence showed that the PA28γ overexpression lentivirus successfully infected the OSCC cells and showed cherry red fluorescence. The results of Western blot demonstrated that the constructed cells with stable PA28γ overexpression significantly increased the expression of PA28γ.@*CONCLUSIONS@#The PA28γ overexpression lentiviral vector can significantly increase its protein expression in OSCC cells. We provide a stable OSCC cell line for further study on the effect of PA28γ in OSCC.

Construction of SHIP1 overexpressed NSCLC cell line and the effect of SHIP1 on NSCLC cell proliferation / 中国肿瘤生物治疗杂志

@# Objective: To observe the effect of SHIP1 on NSCLC cell proliferation. Methods: The CDS region of human SHIP1 gene was obtained by inquiring NCBI Gene database and was inserted into the vector pTSB-CMV-MCS-SBP-3Flag-EGFP to construct SHIP1 over-expression plasmid, which was further used to construct SHIP1 overexpression lentivirus. SHIP1 over-expressed lentiviruses were used to transfect A549, SPCA-1 and PC-9 cell lines to construct SHIP1 overexpressed NSCLC cell line. Western blotting and qRT-PCR were used to determine the protein and mRNAexpression of SHIP1. The MTT assay and Clone formation assay were used to examine the cell proliferation ability and clone formation ability of PC-9 cells overexpressed SHIP1; Western blotting was performed to examine the level of AP-1 proteins. Results: The sequencing result suggested that the SHIP1 eukaryotic over-expression plasmid was successfully constructed. A519, SPCA-1 and PC-9 cells with SHIP1 over-expression were observed to display uniform green fluorescence under fluorescent microscopy. Compared with negative control group, the mRNA and protein levels of SHIP1 were significantly increased in SHIP1 overexpressed cells (all P<0.01). The over-expression of SHIP1 suppressed the abilities of proliferation and clone formation in PC-9 cells (all P<0.01), and down-regulated the expression of p-c-Jun and FosB etc. Conclusion: The SHIP1 overexpressed NSCLC cell lines were successfully established, and the over-expression of SHIP1 suppressed the cell proliferation ability by inhibitingAP-1 proteins in NSCLC cell lines.