Construction of MafA recombinant retroviral vector and its stable expression in liver epithelial progenitor cells / 第二军医大学学报

ABSTRACT

Objective:To construct a recombinant retroviral vector harboring MafA and to establish a liver epithelial progenitor cell(LEPC)line for stable expression of MafA.Methods:MafA was amplified by PCR and suncloned into pBMN-Z- IRES-Neo vector to obtain pBMH-MafA-Neo vector.After introducing the pBMN-MafA-Neo into Phoenix package cells,the cell culture supernatant was used to infect LEPCs.LEPCs stably expressing MafA gene were screened out.RT-PCR was used to detect the influence of MafA on the phenotype of LEPCs.Results:We successfully constructed pBMH-MafA-Neo vector and obtained LEPCs which stably expressed MafA.Expression of GK and GLUT2 genes in LEPCs-MafA cells was higher than that in the LEPCs.Conclusion:We have successfully obtained LEPCs which can stably express MafA,laying a basis for studying the differentiation of LEPCs into pancreas cells.