Construct Double Reporter Vector Enhanced by CK19 Promoter and Its Application in Differentiation of Hepatic Progenitor Cells
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This work was supported by grants from Hi-Tech Research and Development Program of China (2006AA02A107), National Basic Research Program of China (2005CB522702) and The National Natural Science Foundation of China (30901441)

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    Abstract:

    Liver progenitor cells are co-precursor cells of hepatic cells and bile duct epithelial cells, a reporter gene was used to research the differentiation of liver progenitor cells. First of all, the cytokeratin 19 promoter segment was cloned from hepatocellular carcinoma cell line HepG2 and then following the promoter a renilla luciferase and a red fluorescence protein's fusion gene were inserted to finish the double report lentiviral vector. Second, the liver progenitor cells were transducted with lentivirus, and then GFP positive cells were enriched by flow cytometry sorting. Third, the GFP positive liver progenitor cells were co-cultured with PT67 cells which could express the molecule-epimorphin for 5 days. Then, it was found that the stable transducted liver progenitor cells' shape were not only transformed and arranged as cord like structure, but also renilla luciferase and red fluorescence protein which enhanced by CK19 promoter were detected. So, these results proved that the liver progenitor cells had been induced to bile duct epithelial cells. The vector enhanced by CK19 promoter can monitor the differentiation of liver progenitor cells in different environment. In a word, this lentivirus vector can help us study the differentiation mechanism of liver progenitor cells, and scan the molecules which can do a help in differentiation.

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ZHANG Heng, JIA Ya-Li, YUE Wen, CHEN Lin, XIE Xiao-Yan, NAN Xue, HE Li-Juan, PEI Hai-Yun, PEI Xue-Tao. Construct Double Reporter Vector Enhanced by CK19 Promoter and Its Application in Differentiation of Hepatic Progenitor Cells[J]. Progress in Biochemistry and Biophysics,2010,37(7):728-736

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  • Received:January 14,2010
  • Revised:May 01,2010
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  • Online: May 12,2010
  • Published: July 20,2010