体内表达的休眠蛋白抑制裸鼠肿瘤的生长  

Restin Expressed in vivo Suppresses the Growth of Tumors in Nude Mice

作　　者：徐韧[1] 辛利[1] 张金梅 李载平[1] 甘人宝[1] 

机构地区：[1]中国科学院上海生命科学研究院生物化学与细胞生物学研究所,上海200031

出　　处：《生物化学与生物物理学报》2002年第5期571-575,共5页

基　　金：中国科学院上海生命科学研究院创新基金支持项目

摘　　要：休眠蛋白 (restin)是内皮抑素 (endostatin)的同源蛋白 ,它们之间相同的氨基酸占整个蛋白质的 6 2 %。休眠蛋白位于胶原XV羧端的非胶原结构域。在大肠杆菌中重组表达的休眠蛋白经复性后可以专一地抑制牛主动脉内皮细胞的生长 ,并引起凋亡。将鼠源的休眠蛋白基因与信号肽连接后克隆入真核表达载体 pCDNA3,取名为pCDNAXV并转染Bel74 0 4细胞。利用RT PCR和Western印迹证实休眠蛋白在稳定转染株中表达。将这一稳定转染株细胞接入裸鼠皮下观察肿瘤生长 ,发现转染有休眠蛋白基因的肿瘤生长显著慢于对照组 ;由于休眠蛋白基因对肿瘤细胞的增殖没有影响 ,这种抑制作用很可能是通过抑制血管生长来实现的。同时 。Restin, a homologous protein of endostatin (62% homology), is the NC domain of collagen XV at C terminal. The recombinant restin expressed in E.coli had the ability to suppress the proliferation of bovin aortic endothelial cells and cause apoptosis. In this report, mouse restin gene was fused with a sequence of human plasminogen signal peptide by PCR and cloned into eukaryotic expression vector pCDNA3. The plasmid containing restin gene was named pCDNAXV and was transfected into human hepatoma cell line Bel7404. Stable transfected clones were screened and expression of restin was confirmed by RT PCR and Western blot. The proliferated cells were injected subcutaneusly into nude mice. The growth of tumors formed by cells transfected with restin gene was much slower than that of control group. These results indicated that the expressed restin in vivo could suppress the growth of tumor, and this suppression might be achieved by restraining angiogenesis since the restin had no effect on the proliferation of tumor cells. At the same time, this report provided a new method to investigate the effect of anti angiogenetic proteins on the tumor growth.

关 键 词：体内表达 休眠 蛋白 裸鼠 肿瘤 血管生长 稳定转染 抑制作用 

分 类 号：R73-36[医药卫生—肿瘤] Q789[医药卫生—临床医学]