目的:构建人乳头状瘤病毒(human papillomavirus,HPV)-16E6、E7癌蛋白及其突变型的双筛选标记质粒并筛选出稳定表达HPV-16癌蛋白的肺癌A549细胞株。方法:以携带新霉素抗性基因neo的pEGFP质粒(pEGFP—N1)为空载体,在EcoRI和BamHI位点间插入HPV-16E6、E7及其突变型基因。新构建的质粒鉴定后转染A549细胞并用G418筛选,多次挑取单克隆后用流式细胞仪分选带荧光的细胞。结果:PCR、双酶切鉴定结果及DNA序列测定结果均证实质粒构建正确;PCR扩增结果显示细胞中存在目的基因;流式细胞术结果显示细胞阳性率高;Western blotting结果显示细胞能表达HPV-16E6、HPV-16E7蛋白。结论:成功构建pEGFP-E6、E7质粒并筛选出稳定表达E6和E7癌蛋白的A549细胞株,为进一步研究HPV对肺癌的影响奠定了基础;同时发现G418筛选结合流式细胞仪分选可提高稳定转染细胞的阳性率。
Objective: To construct plasmids with double-selection markers including human papillomavirus-16 E6 or E7 or their mutants and screen the stably transfected lung cancer A549 cells. Methods: pEGFP plasmid with neomycin resistance gene was used as empty vector and HPV-16 E6, E7 and their mutant genes were inserted between EcoR I and BamH I. The recombination ofpEGFP-16 E6, E6 mutant, E7 and E7 mutant plasmids were identified by PCR, restriction enzyme digestion, and sequencing. G418 was used to screen the recombinant plasmids-transfected A549 cells. The monoclones were picked out repeatedly and culture expansion. Fluorescence cells were sorted by flow cytometer. Results: The results of PCR and restriction enzyme digestion clearly appeared target bands. BLAST showed that the insert sequence was the same with the original one, and HPV-16 E6 and E7 sequences were the same with the homologous fragments of HPV-16 genome DNA. The target genes were amplified by PCR. Western blotting results showed that these cells could express HPV-16 E6 or E7 oncoprotein stably. Conclusions: pEGFP-HPV- 16 E6, E6 mutant, E7, and E7 mutant plasmids were constructed successfully and stably transfected cells were selected, which lay a foundation to study the influence of HPV on lung cancer. Additionally, the screening of G418 combined with the sorting of flow cytometry can increase the positive rate of transfected cells.