• 1.Department of Vascular Surgery, Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong 637000, Sichuan Province, China;;
  • 2.Biochemical Laboratory, North Sichuan Medical College, Nanchong 637000, Sichuan Province, China;
ZHENG Jianghua, Email: zhengjianghua@126.com
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Objective  To construct gene silence adenovirus vector targeting both transglutaminase 2 (TG2) and Mer receptor tyrosine kinase (Mertk) synchronously and detect the gene silence function of it.
Methods  The interfering plasmids targeting TG2 protein and Mertk protein were constructed firstly, then the H1 promoter and RNA interfering (RNAi) sequence were cut and ligated to pAdTrack for constructing pAdTrack/TG2/Mertk. The pAdTrack/TG2/Mertk was transfected into BJ5183 bacterial cells which contained pAdEasy-1, then the plasmid was detected by enzyme digestion after recovery. Adenovirus were harvested after that pAdTrack/TG2/Mertk was infected into HEK293 cells. The virus titer was measured after repeated amplification. The RAW264.7 cells were infected by pAdTrack/TG2/Mertk, pAdTrack/TG2, pAdTrack/Mertk, and pAdTrack/green fluorescent protein (GFP), respectively. Then the expression levels of TG2 protein and Mertk protein of mouse macrophages were detected by Western blot after infection.
Results  The virus titer of pAdTrack/TG2/Mertk plasmid was 6.13×1010GFU/mL. The pAdTrack/TG2/Mertk plasmid which contained 2 promoters and 2 RNAi sequences was identified successfully by enzyme digestion. Compared with pAdTrack/GFP group and pAdTrack/Mertk group (there was no significant differece between the 2 groups), the expression levels of TG2 protein of mouse macrophages which infected with pAdTrack/TG2/Mertk or pAdTrack/TG2 decreased obviously (P<0.01), but there was no significant difference between the later 2 groups. Compared with pAdTrack/GFP group and pAdTrack/TG2 group (there was no significant difference between the 2 groups), the expression levels of Mertk protein of mouse macrophages which infected with pAdTrack/TG2/Mertk or pAdTrack/Mertk decreased obviously too (P<0.01), but there was no significant difference between the later 2 groups.
Conclusion  Gene silence adenovirus vector plasmid targeting both TG2 and Mertk synchronously is constructed successfully, and the pAdTrack/TG2/Mertk can reduce the expressions of TG2 protein and Mertk protein of mouse macrophages obviously.

Citation: ZHENG Jianghua,CHEN Jing,CHEN Kai,ZHU Yanbin,WU Guo. Construction and Gene Silence Function of Gene Silence Adenovirus Vector Plasmid Targeting Both TG2 and Mertk Synchronously. CHINESE JOURNAL OF BASES AND CLINICS IN GENERAL SURGERY, 2013, 20(4): 395-399. doi: Copy

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