Construction and identification of a recombinant lentiviral vector of RNA interference of lung cancer related gene SLC35F2

Abstract

Objective To investigate the possibility of SLC35F2 inhibition by lentiviral vector-mediated RNA interference (RNAi) and the influence on cell proliferation and apoptosis in lung cancer cell line,and to set up a lung cancer cell line in which SLC35F2 is stably suppressed.Methods The lentiviral vector of siRNA targeted against SLC35F2 (SLC-siRNA) was constructed and transfected into the packaging cells 293T,and the viral supernatant was collected to transfect H1299 cells.After selection by puromycin and culture expansion,the stable cell clones were attained.Quantitative real-time fluorescent polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and Western blotting were used to detect the expression of SLC35F2.The effect of SLC35F2 silencing by RNAi on cell proliferation was quantified by CCK-8 assay.Annexin V-FITC/PI staining was employed to examine the apoptosis.Results Lentiviral vector SLC35F2-shRNA was constructed successfully.As compared with control group,the SLC35F2 expression was decreased to 81.8% in RNA and protein levels.CCK-8 revealed that the inhibition rate of H1299 cells transfected with SLC35F2 was 16.3%,and the apoptosis rate was significantly increased as compared with negative control group ( 14.88% vs 3.16% ,P ＜0.05 ).Conclusion Lentiviral vector-mediated RNA interference targeting against SLC35F2 can effectively inhibit SLC35F2 expression and cell proliferation.The lung cell line in which SLC35F2 gene was stably suppressed was successfully established. Key words: Long carcinoma; RNA interference; Lentiviral vector; Cell proliferation