title: [Construction and identification of the human liver-specific miR-122 expression vector].
abstract: miR-122 is the most abundant miRNA in adult human liver. To study the functions of miR-122 in liver disease, we amplified the precursor of human miR-122 gene by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) from the HepG2 genomic DNA, and then constructed miR-122 expression vector pLMP-miR-122. pLMP-miR-122 could overexpress mature miR-122 when human normal liver cells L-O2 and the hepatoma cells HepG2 were transfected with it. When HepG2 cells were co-transfected with HBV1.3 and pLMP-miR-122, we found that miR-122 could down-regulate the expression of HBs and HBe antigen. These results showed that the human liver specific miR-122 expression vector was constructed successfully, and it could regulate the replication and the expression of HBV genes. The plasmid pLMP-miR-122 will facilitate further studies of the functions of miR-122 in the development of liver virus infection diseases and HCC.
authors.affiliation: College of Biological Science, China Agricultural University, Beijing 100193, China.
authors.forename: Zenghong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Changmei
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D005822:Genetic Vectors / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000473:pathology; D035683:MicroRNAs / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: C531907:MIRN122 microRNA, human; D035683:MicroRNAs