JOURNAL OF PRACTICAL HEPATOLOGY ›› 2011, Vol. 14 ›› Issue (5): 323-326.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1672-5069.2011.05.002

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Effects of LINE-1 ORF-1p overexpression on proliferation and anchor-independent growth of SMMC7721 hepatoma cell line

GAO Xudong,LU Yinying,FENG Fan,et al.   

  1. Center for Liver Cancer,302nd Hospital of PLA,Beijing 100039,China
  • Received:2011-06-08 Online:2011-10-15 Published:2016-04-14

Abstract: Objective To investigate the effects of L1 encoded ORF-1p on the proliferation of SMMC7721 cells. Methods Recombinant expression vector pcDNA3.0-Flag-ORF1 was used to transfect SMMC7721 cells;Expression of ORF1p in the transfected cells was detected by Western blotting;Proliferation and anchor-independent growth of the cells transfected with Flag-ORF1p vector were detected by MTT assays and soft-agar anchored colony formation assays;Transcriptional activity of p15,p21 and p53 reporter genes was analyzed by luciferase reporter system. Results Flag-ORF-1p could enhance the proliferation and anchor-independent growth ability of SMMC7721 cells;It also reduced the transcriptional activity of p15,p21 and p53 luciferase report genes. Conclusion ORF-1p of L1 might enhance the SMMC7721 cell proliferation and anchor-independent growth through regulation of some genes.

Key words: SMMC7721 cells, Retrotransposon LINE-1, Open reading frame-1p, Carcinogenesis