目的:构建沉默结缔组织生长因子(connective tissue growth factor,CTGF)基因的复制缺陷型重组腺病毒Ad-siCTGF,并进行功能验证。方法:选取已验证的能高效沉默CTGF基因的靶序列,克隆入载体pSES-HUS中;将质粒线性化处理后与腺病毒骨架质粒pAdEasy共同转染大肠埃希菌BJ5183,构建重组腺病毒载体Ad-siCTGF;腺病毒载体用PacI酶切线性化处理后转染HEK293细胞,包装重组腺病毒;采用"乒乓交互感染法"提高病毒滴度。用此病毒感染4T1细胞,行实时荧光定量PCR(real-time fluorescence quantitative-PCR,RFQ-PCR)及Western印迹法验证其沉默效果。结果:PacI酶切电泳证实重组腺病毒载体Ad-siCTGF构建成功,扩增纯化后测定重组病毒Ad-siCTGF的滴度为2.6×10^10pfu/mL。感染此病毒后,4T1细胞中CTGF mRNA表达水平下调至36.27%,蛋白表达水平下调至31.56%。结论:成功构建能沉默CTGF基因的重组腺病毒,为进一步研究CTGF在肿瘤中的作用机制奠定了基础。
Objective:To design and construct the replication-deficient recombinant adenovirus Ad-siCTGF which can silence the expression of connective tissue growth factor(CTGF) by RNA interference and verified its function.Methods:A specific sequence,which was verified to be able to silence CTGF gene with high efficiency,was cloned into pSES-HUS vector to produce the shuttle plasmid pSES-siCTGF.The plasmid after Pme Ⅰ linearization was cotransduced with pAdEasy into BJ5183 E.coli strains to construct recombinant vector Ad-siCTGF.After linearization treatment with Pac Ⅰ enzyme digestion Ad-siCTGF was transfected into HEK293 cells via liposome mediation.The recombinant adenovirus was packaged.The titer of the Ad-siCTGF was increased after three times of cross-infection.4T1 cells were infected with the adenovirus.The silencing efficiency was tested by real-time fluorescence quantitative(RFQ)-PCR and Western blotting.Results:Pac Ⅰ enzyme digestion electrophoresis indentified that recombinant adenovirus was successfully constructed.The titer of the recombinant adenovirus Ad-siCTGF was 2.6×10^10 pfu/mL after amplification and purification.The CTGF mRNA and protein expression in 4T1 cells were decreased by 36.27% and 31.56%,respectively,compared with the control groups.Conclusion:The recombinant adenovirus which can silence the expression of CTGF was successfully constructed.It laid a good foundation for further investigation of the action mechanism of CTGF in tumor cells.