[Establishment of AFP promoter operated murine IL-1beta recombinant vector and its expression in H22 cells].

AIM

To establish a hepatoma specific murine IL-1beta (mIL-1beta) expression vector operated by AFP promoter and analysis its expression in H22 cell.

METHODS

The chimeric operating sequence composed of the minimal AFP promoter and CMV enhancer(ECMV) was prepared through SOE-PCR. The sequence was inserted to replace the conventional enhancer and promoter in pIRES2-EGFP to establish the novel hepatoma specific vector p(afp)IRES2-EGFP. Full length of murine IL-1beta was amplified through RT-PCR by pfu DNA polymerase followed by cloning to establish the recombinant pIRES2-EGFP-mIL-1beta expression vector verified through PCR, restriction enzyme assay, DNA sequencing and cell transfection. p(afp)IRES2-EGFP-mIL-1beta was tranfected into H22 hepatoma cells and YAC-1 lymphoma cells in a transient transfection system mediated by jetPEI. Expression of the vector was observed under fluorescent microscope 48 h after transfection. Expression level of mIL-1beta was detected by RT-PCR.

RESULTS

A 537 bp chimeric AFP promoter and ECMV was yield and inserted to establish a novel hepatoma specific vector p(afp)IRES2-EGFP proved by restriction enzyme assay, DNA sequencing and transfection. Full length murine IL-1beta was then amplified and cloned to establish the recombinant expression vector p(afp)IRES2-EGFP-mIL-1beta verified through repeated clony PCR, restriction enzyme assay by EcoR I and Xho I, DNA sequencing and transfection. Purified p(afp)IRES2-EGFP-mIL-1beta was transiently transfected into H22 cells and YAC-1 cells by jetPEI, and bright green fluorescence was only seen on the surface of H22 cells, indicating that p(afp)IRES2-EGFP-mIL-1beta can specifically express target gene within the murine hepatoma cells. Simutaneously, the expression level of mIL-1beta was markedly elevated in H22/mIL-1beta in RT-PCR assay.

CONCLUSION

We successfully prepared a hepatoma specific expression vector named p(afp)IRES2-EGFP-mIL-1beta that could expression high level of murine IL-1beta in a transient transfection system.