Efficient transfer and expression of human clotting factor IX cDNA in neonatal hemophilia B mice mediated by VSV-G pseudotyped retrovirus

The feasibility of in vivo gene therapy for hemophilia B by VSV-G pseudotyped retroviral vector was introduced. The novel packaging cell line 293GPG was used to produce VSV-G/G1NaBAIX pseudotyped virus with the highest titers up to 8.5×10⁸ cfu·mL^-1. In contrast to the conventional retrovirus, VSV-G pseudotyped virus was more resistant to inactivation by serum complements (P＜0.001). Our results also demonstrated that VSV-G pseudotyped virus was more stable in neonatal mice serum than in adult mice serum (P＜0.01). After intraperitoneal injection of different doses of virus, hFIX antigen was detected and lasted for more than 120 d, the highest level reached (72.5±6.1) ng·mL^-1. Moreover, the functional activity was improved to some extent in all hFIX-treated mice, the most remarkable improvement was observed in the mice treated with higher dose of virus whose clotting activity increased to (3.4±1.5)% and APTT (activated partial thromboplastin time) reduced to (43.2±7.2) s. The anti-hFIX antibody was not detected by the method of Bethesda, no germ line transmission and any side effects associated with gene transfer were found. Our results indicated that neonatal gene therapy for hemophilia B mice by VSV-G pseudotyped retrovirus is promising.     

IL-2和EGFP共表达逆转录病毒载体的构建

设计质粒pR evT et-O n和pIRES2-EGFP的接头序列,经一系列酶切连接,重组为含有增强型绿色荧光蛋白(EGFP)基因和多克隆位点(M CS)的逆转录病毒载体pR evIRES2-EGFP;同时将质粒pBV 220-IL-2和pEGFP-C 1重组为含有人白细胞介素-2(h IL-2)的过渡质粒pEGFP-C 1-IL-2.再酶切质粒pEGFP-C 1-IL-2,琼脂糖凝胶电泳回收IL-2基因片段,并将其连接到pR evIRES2-EGFP的多克隆位点中,转化E.coli DH 5α进行扩增,提取质粒DNA获得重组体pR evIRES2-EGFP-IL-2.鉴定结果表明构建的逆转录病毒表达载体pR evIRES2-EGFP-IL-2完全正确.     

逆转录病毒感染结合流式细胞分选方法构建稳定过表达CUEDC2的MCF-10A细胞系

CUEDC2（CUE domain containing protein 2）是本实验室发现的功能未知蛋白质。已有研究证明CUEDC2通过抑制孕激素受体PR影响乳腺癌细胞的生长,同时CUEDC2的高表达能够降解雌激素受体ER而导致乳腺癌内分泌治疗耐药。为了深入研究CUEDC2在乳腺癌中的功能,我们构建了稳定过表达CUEDC2的MCF-10A细胞系。利用逆转录病毒将非融合形式的绿色荧光蛋白质GFP和CUEDC2基因稳定整合至靶细胞的基因组中,经过流式分选获得GFP阳性细胞,即为稳定表达CUEDC2的细胞株。上述方法高效快捷,极大提高了稳定细胞株的构建效率。同时该稳定细胞株的建立为CUEDC2的功能研究提供了必要的工具。     

Construction and expression of retroviruses encoding dual drug resistance genes in human umbilical cord blood CD34+ cells

A series of retroviral vectors encoding human mdr1 gene alone as well as in combination with either human mgmt gene or human mutant Ser31-dhfr gene are engineered. The resultant retroviruses are used to transduce human umbilical cord blood CD34+ cells. It has been shown that expression of dual drug resistance genes in transduced cells confers a broad range of resistance to both kinds of corresponding drugs. These data suggest a rationale for the use of such double chemoresistance gene constructs in an in vivo model in which transduced hematopoietic cells will acquire multiple protection against the cytotoxic side effects of combination chemotherapy and may have future application in chemoprotection of normal tissues, thus killing tumor cells more effectively.     

人类逆转录病毒的长末段重复序列（VRTVLTR）的表达与肺癌转移的关系

肺癌是最常见的恶性肿瘤之一。肿瘤癌很容易发生转移。实验以17例肺癌（5例肺腺癌、1例腺鳞癌、7例肺鳞癌及4例小细胞末分化癌）的原发灶、癌旁正常组织及转移淋巴结为材料,采用PCR及非放射性标记的RNA斑点杂交分析LTR在基因组的存在及其表达情况。研究结果发现：LTR序列在17例肺癌病人的正常组织及肿瘤组织的基因组中普遍存在,LTR致肺癌转移与其插入基因组中无关;LTR致肺癌转移与其表达增高有关,而且其高表达与小细胞肺癌的转移无关,而与非小细胞肺癌的转移密切相关。提示LTR参与了非小细胞肺癌的转移过程。实验结果为从细胞系获得的结论提供了进一步的证据。     

Xenozoonoses in xenotransplantation

Pig to human xenotransplantation is one of the possible ways to solve the problem of organ shortage, but the potential risk of xenozoonoses hinders the progress of xenotransplantation. Among pathogens that might cause xenozoonoses, porcine endogenous retrovirus (PERV) is undoubtedly the most noticeable. Current researches show that PERV exists in pigs' genomes and is able to express in multiple tissues and organs in pigs. Other experiments also show that PERV could successfully infect several human cell lines in vitro and could infect SCID mice through pig to mouse islet transplantation. The discussion and research on the risk of PERV is one of the hottest topics in current xenotransplantation, but the question of whether PERV will transmit to human through xenotransplantation has not been answered due to the lack of suitable animal models. More work should be done to evaluate the risk of xenozoonoses caused by PERV after pig to human xenotransplantation.