Effects of transforming growth factor-beta 3 gene transfer on type I collagen synthesis of hepatic stellate cells / 中华肝脏病杂志
Chinese Journal of Hepatology
;
(12): 43-48, 2008.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-277613
ABSTRACT
<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To observe the effects of transforming growth factor-beta 3 gene transfer on type I collagen synthesis of cells of HSC-T6.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>Transforming growth factor-beta 1 expression plasmid and transforming growth factor-beta 3 expression plasmid were constructed. The recombinant expression plasmids pcDNA3.1(+)-TGF beta 1 and pcDNA3.1(+)-TGF beta 3 were respectively transfected and cotransfected into cultured HSC-T6 cells; expression of TGF betav1, TGF beta 3, type I collagen mRNA were detected by real-time quantitative PCR, expression of TGF beta 1 and type I collagen protein were detected by Western blot. The recombinant expression plasmid pcDNA3.1(+)-TGF beta 1 was transfected into cultured HSC-T6 cells; positive clones were selected by G418. The positive clones were transfected by the recombinant expression plasmid pcDNA3.1(+)-TGF beta 3; expression of TGF beta 1, TGF beta 3 and type I collagen mRNA were detected by real-time quantitative PCR; expression of TGF beta 1 and type I collagen protein were detected by Western blot.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>HSC-T6 was transfected by recombinant expression plasmid pcDNA3.1(+)-TGF beta 1 and pcDNA3.1(+)-TGF beta 3 and the transfection efficiency was 28.2%. After the cells were transfected with pcDNA3.1-TGF beta 3, type I collagen mRNA and the protein expression in the cells were higher than those in the untransfected cells (control group) (P < 0.05). The increase reached to the maximal at 72 h after the transfection. Expressions of type I collagen mRNA and the protein in the cells transfected by pcDNA3.1(+)-TGF beta 1 were higher than in those cotransfected by pcDNA3.1(+)-TGF beta 1 and pcDNA3.1(+)-TGF beta 3 (P < 0.05). TGF beta 1 protein, type I collagen mRNA and type I collagen protein expression significantly decreased in the clones transfected by recombinant expression plasmid pcDNA3.1(+)-TGF beta 3 (P < 0.05), but the changes of TGF beta 1 mRNA were not significant (P > 0.05).</p><p><b>CONCLUSIONS</b>Expression of type I collagen increased after the cultured HSC-T6 cells were transfected by TGF beta 3 gene. The significant decrease of the expression of type I collagen of the TGF beta 3 gene transfected positive clones suggests that TGF beta 3 could inhibit the occurrence of liver fibrosis.</p>
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Main subject:
Plasmids
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Transfection
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Cell Line
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Rats, Sprague-Dawley
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Collagen Type I
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Transforming Growth Factor beta3
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Hepatic Stellate Cells
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Genetic Vectors
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Genetics
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Metabolism
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Animals
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Chinese Journal of Hepatology
Year:
2008
Type:
Article
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