Ye Lu, Qi Junying, Li Gaopeng, Tao Deding, Song Shihui
Department of Infection, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China.
J Huazhong Univ Sci Technolog Med Sci. 2007 Apr;27(2):167-9. doi: 10.1007/s11596-007-0215-x.
To study the effect of HBx gene on the apoptosis of the cell lines (L02, HepG2) and the interaction between HBx and X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis protein (XIAP), the apoptosis of pcDNA3.1-HBx transiently transfected cell lines (L02, HepG2) was detected by flow cytometry and the mRNA expression of XIAP was assayed by real-time RT-PCR. Our study showed (1) the morphology of L02/pcDNA3.1-HBx was changed and the appearance of the cells mimicked that of HepG2 cells; (2) HBx gene could be detected in L02/pcDNA3.1-HBx and HepG2/ pcDNA3.1-HBx; (3) the apoptosis rate of L02/pcDNA 3.1-HBx was higher than that of L02 cells (P<0.01) and the apoptosis rate of HepG2/pcDNA3.1-HBx was lower than that of HepG2 cells (P<0.05); (4) the XIAP expression in L02 was about 3 times that in L02/pcDNA3.1-HBx cells (P<0.01), and the expression of XIAP in HepG2/pcDNA3.1-HBx was about 4 times that in HepG2 (P<0.01). It is concluded that HBx gene may promote the apoptosis of normal hepatocytes and inhibit the apoptosis of cells of hepatic carcinoma by regulating the expression of XIAP.
为研究HBx基因对细胞系(L02、HepG2)凋亡的影响以及HBx与凋亡抑制蛋白X连锁抑制因子(XIAP)之间的相互作用,采用流式细胞术检测pcDNA3.1-HBx瞬时转染细胞系(L02、HepG2)的凋亡情况,并通过实时逆转录聚合酶链反应(RT-PCR)检测XIAP的mRNA表达。我们的研究表明:(1)L02/pcDNA3.1-HBx的形态发生改变,细胞外观类似HepG2细胞;(2)在L02/pcDNA3.1-HBx和HepG2/pcDNA3.1-HBx中可检测到HBx基因;(3)L02/pcDNA 3.1-HBx的凋亡率高于L02细胞(P<0.01),HepG2/pcDNA3.1-HBx的凋亡率低于HepG2细胞(P<0.05);(4)L02中XIAP的表达约为L02/pcDNA3.1-HBx细胞中的3倍(P<0.01),HepG2/pcDNA3.1-HBx中XIAP的表达约为HepG2中的4倍(P<0.01)。结论是,HBx基因可能通过调节XIAP的表达促进正常肝细胞凋亡并抑制肝癌细胞凋亡。