• Department of Orthopedics, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu Sichuan, 610041, P.R.China;
WANG Lei, Email: wangle_cd@126.com
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ObjectiveTo explore the feasibility of co-transduction and co-expression of Nogo extracellular peptide residues 1-40 (NEP1-40) gene and neurotrophin 3 (NT-3) gene into neural stem cells (NSCs).MethodsNSCs were derived from the cortex tissue of Sprague Dawley rat embryo. The experiment included 5 groups: no-load lentiviral vector transducted NSCs (group A), NEP1-40 transducted NSCs (group B), NT-3 transducted NSCs (group C), NEP1-40 and NT-3 corporately transducted NSCs (group D), and blank control (group E). Target genes were transducted into NSCs by lentiviral vectors of different multiplicity of infection (MOI; 5, 10, 15) for different time (24, 48, 72 hours). Fluorescent microscope was used to observe the expression of fluorescence protein and acquire the optimum MOI and optimum collection time. Real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR and Western blot tests were utilized to evaluate the gene expressions of NEP1-40 and NT-3 in NSCs and protein expressions of NEP1-40 and NT-3 in NSCs and in culture medium.ResultsThe optimum MOI for both target gene was 10 and the optimum collection time was 48 hours. The real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR and Western blot results showed that the mRNA and protein relative expressions of NEP1-40 in groups B and D were significantly higher than those in groups A and C (P<0.05), but no significant difference was found between groups B and D, and between groups A and C (P>0.05). The mRNA and protein relative expressions of NT-3 in groups C and D were significantly higher than those in groups A and B (P<0.05), but no significant difference was found between groups A and B, and between groups C and D (P>0.05).ConclusionNEP1-40 and NT-3 gene can be successfully co-transducted into NSCs by the mediation of lentiviral vector. The expressions of the two target genes are stable and have no auxo-action or antagonism between each other.

Citation: WANG Linnan, WANG Lei, SONG Yueming, LIU Limin, YANG Xi, FENG Ganjun, ZHOU Chunguang. Experimental study of lentivirus-mediated Nogo extracellular peptide residues 1-40 gene and neurotrophin 3 gene co-transduction in neural stem cells. Chinese Journal of Reparative and Reconstructive Surgery, 2018, 32(4): 420-427. doi: 10.7507/1002-1892.201710079 Copy