目的观察高水平的HBV复制对QSG-7701细胞可能产生的致病效应。方法采用磷酸钙沉淀方法转染质粒pUC18-HBV1.2(实验组)和空质粒pUC18(对照组)至QSG-7701细胞,细胞计数观察细胞生长曲线。转染后4d,采用荧光实时定量PCR方法检测培养上清中HBV DNA水平;免疫荧光细胞化学染色检测细胞内的HBsAg表达;电子显微镜和末端脱氧核苷酸转移酶介导duTP缺口末端标记法(TUNEL)检测细胞凋亡;Oliga信号传导基因芯片检测实验组和对照组的基因差异表达。结果对照组细胞转染6d后细胞数量增加(8.3±1.2)倍,凋亡细胞极少见。实验组在转染后6d细胞数量仅增加(1.1±0.2)倍,HBsAg阳性细胞35.4%±6.7%,细胞凋亡占15.2%±4.3%。基因差异表达谱分析显示与细胞生长和凋亡相关的部分基因如CASP3(2.7981)、CASP7(2.2643)、3.Apr(3.5013)、CDC2(0.4380)、MAPK6(0.4447)和MAP3K2(0.2785)等表达水平发生显著改变。结论高水平的HBV复制明显抑制QSG-7701细胞生长,并诱导部分细胞发生凋亡。
Objective To investigate the effects of high level hepatitis B virus (HBV) replication on the hepatocytes. QSG-7701 cells. Methods Human hepatocytes of the line QSG-7701 were cultured and transfected with the plasmid pUC18-HBV1.2 or pUC18 containing 1.2 full length HBV DNA by the standard calcium phosphate precipitation method. Other QSG-7701 cells were transfected with the plasmid pUC18 as controls. Cell growth curves were drawn for 7 days after transfection. Four 4 days after transfection, HBV DNA in the culture medium was detected by using fluorescence quantitative real-time PCR. Cell apoptosis was detected by using terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labeling and electronic microscopy. Differential expressed genes were analyzed by using Oliga signal pathway micro-array. Results The curves of cell growth showed that the amount of control QSG-7701 cells increased by (8.3 ± 1.2) times, significantly faster than the pUC18-HBV1. 2 transfected QSG-7701 cells that increased only by (1.1 ±0.2) times (P 〈0.01). Four days after transfection, the HBsAg positive rate of the pUC18- HBV1.2 transfected cells was 35.4% ±6.7%, and the apoptotic rate was 15.2% ±4.3%. The HBV DNA level in the culture supernatant peaked 4 days adder transfection with the maximum value of (5.8 ± 2.6) × 106 copies/ml. Genes related to cell growth and apoptosis, such as CASP3 (2. 7981 ) ,CASP7 (2. 2643 ), 3-Apr (3.5013), CDC2 (0.4380), MAPK6 (0.4447), and MAP3K2 (0. 2785), were differentially expressed. Conclusion High replicated HBV markedly inhibits the growth of hepatocytes and induces cell apoptosis.