Construction a lentiviral vector for RNA interference of glutathione peroxidase 2 gene and its effect on HepG2 cell apoptosis
CAO Jiangping
TANG Liujun
ZHANG Jianhong
ZHAN Yiqun
YANG Xiaoming
GE Changhui
Abstract：Objective To construct a RNA interference lentiviral vector for human glutathione peroxidase 2 (GPX2) gene and observe the effect of GPX2 knockdown on cell apoptosis. Methods The sequence of the small interfering RNA (siRNA) for GPX2 interference was inserted into the pSicoR vector. HepG2 cells were infected by the packaged si-GPX2 lentivirus and the expression of GPX2 in the infected cells was detected by both RT-PCR and Western blotting. Changes of cell apoptosis following the infection were analyzed by flow cytometry. Results The lentiviral particles pSicoR-GPX2 were successfully packaged. The expression of GPX2 in the infected cells was obviously down-regulated at both RNA and protein levels. GPX2 knockdown caused increased apoptosis rate, increased Bax expression and lowered Bcl-2 expression in HepG2 cells. Conclusion We have successfully constructed the lentiviral vector for RNA interference of human GPX2 gene.
Keywords：glutathione peroxidase 2lentivirusRNA interferenceapoptosis
Publication Date：2015-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：6( 832-837 )