• Department of General Surgery, Affiliated Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430030, China;
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【Abstract】ObjectiveTo study the effect of transfection with antisense DNMT3b gene eukaryotic expression vector on the expression of DNMT3b gene in human cholangiocarcinoma cell line QBC-939.
MethodsThe constructed antisense DNMT3b gene eukaryotic expression vector was transfected into the human cholangiocarcinoma cell line QBC-939 by using lipofectamine transfection reagents, and positive cell clones were obtained by using G418 selection after transfection. Whether the constructed recombinant vector was transfected into QBC-939 cells successfully was confirmed by amplifying the exogenous neoR gene with PCR method. The expression of DNMT3b gene mRNA and protein were detected by semi-quantitative RT-PCR and FCM methods respectively.
ResultsFollowing the transfection of antisense DNMT3b gene eukaryotic expression vector, the mRNA level of DNMT3b gene in QBC-939 cells of human cholangiocarcinoma decreased from 0.956±0.053 to 0.209±0.023, and the protein level of DNMT3b gene also decreased from (75.38±3.22)% to (29.87±3.46)%. There were very significant differences on the expression levels of DNMT3b gene between non-tranfections group and the antisense DNMT3b gene eukaryotic expression vector transfection group (P<0.01).
ConclusionTransfection with antisense DNMT3b gene eukaryotic expression vector significantly reduces the expression level of DNMT3b gene in human cholangiocarcinoma cell line QBC-939, and this study may provide a valid tool and method to investigate the function of DNMT3b gene and its role in cholangiocarcinoma.

Citation: ZUO Shi,GUO Wei,LIU Minfeng,DONG Jingqing,XU Lining,LUO Jian,ZOU Shengquan.. Effect of Transfection with Antisense DNMT3b Gene Eukaryotic Expression Vector on Expression of DNMT3b Gene in Human Cholangiocarcinoma Cell Line. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2006, 13(1): 56-60. doi: Copy