Screening and identification of the genes trans-regulated by hepatitis B virus pre-S1 protein with microarray assay / 解放军医学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate the influence of expression of pre S1 protein on the genomic expression of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infected hepatocyte with microarray. Methods The differentially expressed genes between the hepatoblastoma cell line HepG2 transfected by pcDNA3.1(-) and pcDNA3.1(-)-preS1, were respectively compared by cDNA microarray technique. The HBV pre-S1 coding DNA fragment was amplified with polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique by using G376-7 plasmid DNA containing the full length of HBV genome as the template. The expressive vector of pcDNA3.1-preS1 was constructed by routine molecular biological methods. HepG2 cells were transfected by pcDNA3.1(-) and pcDNA3.1-preS1, respectively, using FuGENE6 Transfection Reagent. The total RNA was isolated and reversely transcribed. Results The cDNAs were subjected for microarray screening with 1152 cDNA probes. From the scanning results, it was found that 30 genes were up-regulated and 38 genes were down-regulated by pre-S1 protein of HBV. Conclusion The expression of pre-S1 protein affected the genomic expression spectrum of HBV infected hepatocyte(HepG2 cell line).