title: Construction and expression of recombinant plasmid pCD-rbFGF in osteoblasts.
abstract: To construct basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) eukaryotic expression vector and to evaluate the possibility of bFGF gene therapy in orthopedic disease, the pCD-rbFGF recombinant plasmid was constructed by cloning rat basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) cDNA into an eukaryotic expression vector, pcDNA3. Rat osteoblasts were transfected with pCD-rbFGF plasmid by lopofectin mediated gene transfer, the transient expression was detected by streptavidin-biotin-enzyme complex (SABC) method. It was observed that the expression of rat bFGF gene was detected 72 h after transfected distinctly. Basic fibroblast growth factor gene therapy is a method of potential for a wide array of orthopedic diseases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopedics, Xiehe Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430022.
authors.forename: Cao
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Shuhua
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Xiaodong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Shen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Qu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D005057:Eukaryotic Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2 / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics*; D018014:Gene Transfer Techniques; D051379:Mice; D010006:Osteoblasts / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D010957:Plasmids; D011994:Recombinant Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000235:genetics; D014162:Transfection; D014170:Transformation, Genetic
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D011994:Recombinant Proteins; D016222:Fibroblast Growth Factor 2