| 1 | Inhibition of human telomerase in MKN-45 cell line by antisense hTR expression vector induces cell apoptosis and growth arrest显示文摘AIM: To investigate the effects of antisense humantelomerase RNA (hTR) on the biologic behavior of humangastric cancer cell line: MKN-45 by gene transfection and itspotential role in the gene therapy of gastric cancer.METHODS: The hTR cDNA fragment was cloned from MKN-45 through RT-PCR and subcloned into eukaryoticexpression vector (pEF6/V5-His-TOPO) in cis-direction ortrans-direction by DNA recombinant methods. Theconstructed sense, antisense and empty vectors weretransfected into MKN-45 cell lines separately by lipofectin-mediated DNA transfection technology. After drugselection, the expression of antisense hTR gene in stabletransfectants and normal MKN-45 cells was detected by RT-PCR, the telomerase activity by TRAP, the apoptoticfeatures by PI and Hoechst 33258 staining, the cell cycledistribution by flow cytometry and the population doublingtime by cell counting. Comparison among the stabletransfectants and normal MKN-45 cells was made.RESULTS: The sense, antisense hTR eukaryotic expressionvectors and empty vector were successfully constructed andproved to be the same as original design by restrictionendonuclease analysis and sequencing. Then, they weresuccessfully transfected into MKN-45 cell lines separatelywith lipofectin. The expression of antisense hTR gene wasonly detected in MKN-45 cells stably transfected withantisense hTR vector (named as MKN-45-ahTR) but not inthe control cells. In MKN-45-ahTR, the telomerase activitywas inhibited by 75 %, the apoptotic rate was increased to25.3 %, the percentage of cells in the G0/G1 phase wasincreased to 65 %, the proliferation index was decreased to35 % and the population doubling time was prolonged to 35.3hours. However, the telomerase activity, the apoptotic rate,the distribution of cell cycle, the proliferation index and thepopulation doubling time were not different among the controlcells.CONCLUSION: Antisense hTR can significantly inhibittelomerase activity and proliferation of MKN-45 cells andinduce cell apoptosis. Antisense gene therapy based onteiomerase inhibition can be a potential therapeuticapproach to the treatment of gastric cancer. | FengRH ZhuZG 等 | 2002 | World Journal of Gastroenterology2002，8，3： | 31 |
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