目的:克隆表达人源基质金属蛋白酶-2(MMP-2)的C-端类血红素结合域片段PEX,在鸡胚脲囊膜模型上研究PEX对血管发生,乳腺癌BICR-H1的生长及转移抑制作用。方法:构建人源PEX的原核表达载体pET-28a(+)-PEX-His,转化大肠杆菌BL21DE3-pLys,异丙基β-D硫代半乳糖苷(IPTG)诱导PEX蛋白;包涵体蛋白经尿素变性后,通过Ni-NTA琼脂糖鏊合柱纯化、复性蛋白;观察其对人脐静脉血管内皮细胞增殖和鸡胚脲囊膜血管生长的影响;用带有绿色荧光蛋白(GFP)的腺病毒感染高转移人乳腺癌细胞BICR-H1,接种细胞到10日鸡胚脲囊膜上致瘤,通过静脉注射不同剂量PEX后,观察瘤重、体积和肺转移。结果:5~30μg经原核表达纯化的人PEX蛋白能有效抑制人脐静脉血管内皮细胞增殖能力,表现为时间和剂量依赖效应,并可抑制鸡胚脲囊膜血管发生。BICR-H1的生长及转移在10μg PEX作用时可得到有效抑制,30μg时则完全抑制,未见有肿瘤在接种部位的形成,更未观察到肺脏的转移灶。结论:原核表达纯化的人源PEX具有抑制血管生成、进而抑制乳腺癌BICR-H1细胞的生长和转移作用,是潜在的抗血管发生治疗肿瘤药物,有进一步研发价值。
Objective:This study was designed to express human MMP-2 C-terminal hemopexin-like domain(PEX) in E.coli,and then to test its biological effects on angiogenesis,as well as on the growth and metastasis of human breast cancer BICR-H1 cells.Method:PEX was cloned into prokaryotic expression vector pET28a(+) and was induced to express in BL21(DE3)-pLys by IPTG.PEX-His fusion protein,which existed in the inclusion bodies,was denatured by urea method,then was renatured and purified though Ni-NTA agarose beads.The purified PEX-His was further characterized for its biological effects on angiogenesis inhibition,as well as on the suppression of the growth and metastases of human breast cancer BICR-H1 cells by employing the CAM assay.Results: Human PEX expressed in E.coli was able to inhibit the growth of human umbilical vein endothelial cells in a time and dose dependent manner,and could effectively inhibit the CAM angiogenesis.Furthermore,the growth and metastases of BICR-H1 cells were suppressed significantly by injection of 10μg PEX through the vein of chicken embryos,and they were completely disappeared when 30μg PEX was administrated.Conclusion: Human PEX expressed in E.coli is an effective angiongenesis inhibitor.It can inhibit the growth and metastases of BICR-H1 cells,and it might be useful in the treatment of angiongenesis associated diseases such as cancer.