Journal of International Oncology ›› 2017, Vol. 44 ›› Issue (10): 721-726.doi: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-422X.2017.10.001

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Construction of overexpression lentiviral vector and its expression in lung cancer A549 cells of AMPactivated protein kinase

Zhang Xiangmin, Liu Lianbin, Zeng Wen, Zhou Maohua, Ye Guilin, Ye Yongqiang, Wang Gang, Li Shaojin   

  1. First Clinical Medical College, Gannan Medical University; Institute Cancer Research, Affiliated Tumor Hospital of Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou 341000, China
  • Online:2017-10-08 Published:2017-11-08
  • Contact: Li Shaojin E-mail:lsj1362@126.com
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China (81441069)

Abstract: ObjectiveTo establish a stable lung cancer A549 cell line transfected by AMPactivated protein kinase (AMPK) expression vector, and to observe the effect of AMPK on proliferation as well as on the invasive ability of A549 cells. MethodsFulllength of AMPK gene was amplified and its target gene was digested, then inserted into the GV358 plasmid. Cotranfected 293T cells were subjected to the lentivirus equipment package. Subsequently, we collected the lentivirus supernatant to infect the A549 cells and establish a stably, overexpressed cell line A549. The mRNA and protein of AMPK were examined by realtime quantitative reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (qRTPCR) and Western blotting. The proliferation and invasion abilities of A549 cells were detected by methyl thiazolyl thiazolium (MTT) and Transwell assay. ResultsGV358AMPK lentivirus vectors was successfully constructed by restrictive enzyme digestion and plasmid sequencing. There were significantly increased expressions of AMPK protein (5.87 times, P=0.002) and mRNA (16.12 times, P<0.001) after transfected with GV358AMPK compared with the Vector group. Meanwhile, AMPK overexpression showed significantly lower proliferation (the forth day: 0.53±0.03 vs. 0.64±0.05, P=0.021; the fifth day: 0.58±0.04 vs. 0.80±0.07, P=0.002) and weaken invasive ability [(1.6±0.5)×105 vs. (3.4±0.3)×105, P=0.004] of A549 cells. ConclusionThe lentiviral AMPK expression vector and its A549 cell line is successfully constructed. AMPK overexpression inhibits the proliferation and invasive ability of A549 cells.

Key words: Carcinoma, nonsmallcell lung, Lentivirus, Cell proliferation, AMPactivated protein kinase