目的:构建稳定表达x基因编码的乙型肝炎病毒x蛋白(x protein of hepatitis B virus,HBx)的HepG2细胞,检测其对罗格列酮敏感性的变化,并探讨HBx与过氧化物酶体增殖物激活受体γ(peroxisome proliferators activated receptor γ,PPARγ)之间的相互作用在原发性肝癌形成过程中的可能机制。方法:构建plRES2-HBx真核表达质粒,筛选稳定表达HBx的HepG2细胞;MTT法检测细胞对罗格列酮的敏感性;免疫细胞化学法检测PPARγ定位的变化;RT—PCR和Western印迹法检测PPART的表达。结果:成功构建pIRES2-HBx真核表达质粒,获得稳定表达HBx的HepG2细胞;罗格列酮对该细胞的抑制作用明显降低(P〈0.05),经丝裂原活化蛋白激酶/细胞外信号调节激酶的激酶1(mitogen-activated protein kinase/extra-cellular signalregulated kinase kinase 1,MEK1)抑制剂PD98059预处理后,抑制率有所回升;PPARγ表达量变化的差异无统计学意义,但在细胞中的表达位置发生改变,即从细胞核转至细胞质。结论:HBx可降低HepG2细胞对罗格列酮的敏感性,可能的机制是HBx可改变PPARγ在细胞内的定位以及与DNA的结合能力.并通过磷酸化狳径影响PPARγ与配体的结合能力及其活性。
Objective:To establish a HepG2 cell line with stable expression of x protein of hepatitis B virus ( HBx), detect its sensitivity to rosiglitazone, and explore the mechanism for the role of the interaction of HBx with peroxisome proliferato-activated receptor γ(PPARγ) in hepatocarcinogenesis. Methods: This work constructed pIRES2-HBx eukaryotic expression plasmid, screened HepG2 cell clone with stable expression of HBx. The sensitivity of HBx-expressing HepG2 cells to rosiglitazone was assessed by MTT assay. The change in PPARγ location was detected by immunocytochemistry. The mRNA and protein expressions of PPARγ were determined by RT-PCR and Western blotting respectively. Results: This work successfully constructed pIRES2-HBx eukaryotic expression plasmid and obtained the HepG2 cell line with stable expression of HBx. The inhibitory effect of rosiglitazone on HBx-expressing HepG2 cells decreased obviously, but the inhibitory effect was partly reversed when the ceils were pretreated with PD98059, an inhibitor of mitogen-activated protein kinase/extracellular signal-regulated kinase kinase 1 ( MEK1 ). The difference in PPARγ/expression was not significant. But the location of PPARγ was changed. It moved from nucleus to cytoplasm. Conclusion: HBx reduces the sensitivity of HepG2 cells to rosiglitazone. The possible mechanism is that HBx changes the site-specific location of PPARγ and decreases its binding ability to DNA, thus influence the binding of PPARγ to its ligand and the activity of PPARγ through phosphorylation pathway.