• 1. Department of General Surgery, Zengcheng People’s Hospital, Boji Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Zengcheng 511300, Guangdong Province, China;;
  • 2. Department of General Surgery, the Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310009, Zhejiang Province, China;;
  • 3. Organ Transplantation Research Institution of Sun Yat-sen University, Liver Transplantation Certer, the Third Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510630, Guangdong Province, China;;
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Objective  To construct the expression vector of HLA-G-shRNA and investigate the effect of HLA-GshRNA from NK cell lysis.
Methods  Four HLA-G shRNA plasmids were constructed and transiently transfected to Bel-7402 cell lines, the levels of mRNA and protein of HLA-G were detected by Real-Time PCR and Western blot. The cytotoxicity of NK-92MI cells against the transfected cells was analyzed by LDH releasing assay.
Results  The gel electrophoresis and sequencing showed that the inserted sequence was identical to the one which we designed, and no aberrations such as mutation,deletion or insertion occurred. The expressions of HLA-G confirmed by Real Time-PCR and Western blot were significantly down-regulated. Bel-7402 cell lines transfected HLA-G shRNA showed higher lytic activity (P<0.01). After KIR2DL4 receptor blocked,lytic activity of NK-92 MI cell were decreased (P<0.01).
Conclusions  HLA-G shRNA plasmids are successfully constructed and HLA-G down-regulated can increase NK cytolysis against Bel-7402 cell. After HLA-G combines with KIR2DL4 receptor at the surface of NK cells, the inhibition effect is transferred.

Citation: ZENG Xiancheng,Chen Wei,Zhang Tong,Li Hua,Nie Changfu,Zhang Qi,Chen Guihua.. Construction of Recombinant Expression Vector Carrying Human Leukocyte Antigen-G-shRNA and Detection of Its Effect. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2012, 19(6): 604-609. doi: Copy