The effect of hepatitis C virus core gene transfection on expression of human telomerase reverse transcriptase mRNA in uman biliary carcinoma cell lines / 中国普通外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To study the effect of HCV C gene transfection on expression of hTERT mRNA in human biliary carcinoma cell lines (QBC939) and to elucidate the significance of activation of hTERT mRNA by HCV C gene on the carcinogenesis of bile duct cells. MethodsThe recombinant plasmid(pcDNA3-HCVC) and the vector-alone were co-transfected with enhanced green fluorescent protein( EGFP )into QBC939 and human normal bile duct epithelial cells(HBEC) using liposome. The reverse transcription PCR(RT-PCR) and immunocytochemical stain were used to show the expression of hTERT mRNA and protein. Results The transfection efficiency of pcDNAHCV-C,which was determined by the expression of EGFP,is about 16% and 30% in QBC939 and HBEC respectively. There was no expression of hTERT mRNA assayed in HBECs when transfected blank vector,but a dramatic increase was observed for hTERT mRNA expression in HBEC when transfected with HCV C expressing vector. The expression of hTERT mRNA and protein assayed in QBC939 significantly increased when transfected with HCV C expression vector than that transfected with blank vector. Conclusion HCV C gene transfection up-regulates the transcriptional expression of hTERT mRNA in biliary carcinoma cells,it is suggested that HCV C protein contributes to virus carcinogenesis.