ZHAO Zhen-jun,ZHANG Li-jie,LU Gang,ZHANG Yin-juan,SHAN Bao-en.siRNA targeting STAT5 induces apoptosis in human hepatocellular carcinoma cell line SMMC-7721[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2009,31(12):1147-1150.
ZHAO Zhen-jun,ZHANG Li-jie,LU Gang,ZHANG Yin-juan,SHAN Bao-en.siRNA targeting STAT5 induces apoptosis in human hepatocellular carcinoma cell line SMMC-7721[J].J Amry Med Univ (J Third Mil Med Univ),2009,31(12):1147-1150.DOI:
Objective To investigate the effects of inhibition of STAT5 gene expression by RNA interference technology on apoptosis of human hepatocellular carcinoma cell line SMMC-7721. Methods Three siRNA eukaryotic expression vectors against STAT5 were constructed and transfected with lipofectamine
TM
2000 into SMMC-7721 cells. The changes in STAT5 expression were detected by semi-quantitative RT-PCR and Western blot. Cell apoptosis was assayed by flow cytometry (FCM). Results The sequence-specific siR
NA could effectively and specifically inhibit STAT5 gene expression at both mRNA and protein levels. The inhibition rates of STAT5 mRNA expression were 70.43%
43.02%
and 45.07%
respectively. The inhibition rates of STAT5 protein expression were 67.45%
37.36%
and 41.86%
respectively. At 48 h after transfection
apoptosis rate was 25.61%. Conclusion siRNA against STAT5 can inhibit STAT5 gene expression in SMMC-7721 cells effectively and specifically and induce apoptosis of SMMC-7721 cells. siRNA targeting STAT5 has a great potential value in gene therapy of hepatocellular carcinoma.