title: Survivin--an attractive target for RNAi in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Daudi cell line as a model.
abstract: RNA interference (RNAi) has been widely used in tumor gene therapy, antivirus and gene drug selection. Survivin gene is highly expressed in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) tissues and high malignancy Burkitt's lymphoma cell line-Daudi and it is regarded as a potential target of gene therapy for NHL. This study used a vector-based short hairpin RNA (shRNA) technique to explore the effect of RNAi-mediated survivin gene silencing on apoptosis and proliferation of Daudi cells. Recombinant plasmid survivin-shRNA was transfected into Daudi cells transiently and stably. The expression of survivin was detected by semi-quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and Western blot. The apoptosis of Daudi cells after transfection were evaluated by flow cytometry. After transfection of survivin-shRNA, the levels of survivin mRNA were significantly reduced by 64.20% (transient transfection) and 62.32% (stable transfection), respectively; The levels of survivin protein were significantly reduced by 63.50% (transient transfection) and 61.88% (stable transfection); compared with control-shRNA and PBS treated groups. Apoptosis of Daudi cells were significantly higher in the transfection group than in the control group, respectively 21.30 +/- 2.96% (transient transfection) and 19.10 +/- 2.15% (stable transfection). In conclusion, it was suggested that survivin could be an attractive target for new anti-cancer intervention of NHL and vector-based survivin-shRNA could effectively reduce the expression of survivin and induce cell apoptosis and growth inhibition of NHL cells.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Guangzhou Women and Children Hospital, Guangzhou, PR China.
authors.forename: Gu
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Congmin
authors.forename: Zeng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Mu
authors.forename: Ma
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yihui
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hanliang
mesh_terms: D017209:Apoptosis; D015153:Blotting, Western; D002051:Burkitt Lymphoma / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D049109:Cell Proliferation; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D020868:Gene Silencing / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D051034:Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000235:genetics*; D008954:Models, Biological; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000235:genetics*; D010957:Plasmids; D012333:RNA, Messenger / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering / Q000494:pharmacology*; D020133:Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction; D000077022:Survivin; D014162:Transfection; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: C107489:BIRC5 protein, human; D051034:Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins; D009363:Neoplasm Proteins; D012333:RNA, Messenger; D034741:RNA, Small Interfering; D000077022:Survivin