HBV infection upregulates the PD-L expression on HepG 2.2.15 cell / 中国实用内科杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To investigate the expression of programmed cell death-1(PD-1)ligands on HepG2 cell and 2.2.15 cell.Methods Culture HepG2 cell and 2.2.15 cell in vitro and stain the cells with fluorescence-labeled monoclonal antibodies specifically against PD-L1 and PD-L2,respectively.Isolate total RNA of HepG2 cell and 2.2.15 cell and detect the mRNA expressions of PD-L1 and PD-L2 by RT-PCR.Results The expression of PD-L1 on 2.2.15 cell was upregulated on the levels of both proteins and mRNA.The expression of PD-L2 in 2.2.15 cell was not detected.And neither the PD-L1 nor PD-L2 was detected in HepG2 cell.Conclusion HBV infection can upregulate the expression of PD-L1 on hepatocyte,which might contribute to the immune evasion of HBV.