STUDY OF INCREASING THE LEVEL OF IFN-? IN THE LUNGS OF IMMUNOCOMPROMISED RATS WITH GENE TRANSFECTION / 解放军医学杂志

ABSTRACT

To study the possibility of enhancing IFN ? level in the lung of rats by gene transfection. The recombined IFN ? expression vector in eukaryotic cell was constructed, and it was transfected into lungs of immunocompromised rats. The expression of pLXSN IFN and pLXSN in the genomic DNA of the transfected cells was investigated, and the level and activity of IFN ? in the BALF and sera was assessed. The results showed that the sequence of the IFN ? gene in the constructed recombinant pLXSN IFN eukaryotic cell was the same as that of the IFN ? of rats found in the Gene Bank. The band of transfected plasmid was found when the eletrophoresis analysis of PCR product of genomic DNA of the transfected cells in BALF was done. It could still be the found 21 days after transfection. The level and activity of IFN ? in the BALF of the transfected pLXSN IFN group were markedly higher than those of transfected pLXSN group.On the other hand, the level and activity of IFN ? in sera showed no difference between the two groups. It was suggested that the constructed recombinant IFN ? exprossion vector in eukaryotic cell could be transfected into the cells of the lungs of rats successfully, inserted into the genomic DNA, resulting in active secretion of IFN ?, and prolongation of its expression.