Construction of recombinant adenoviruses carrying the optimal shRNA template against goat PTHrP and successful suppression of PTHrP expression in mammary epithelial cells | Zendy

Heng Zheng | Zendy; Xiao M Liu | Zendy; Yu Qian | Zendy; Xing Rong | Zendy; Zhuo Yang | Zendy; Jianhong Luo | Zendy

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Construction of recombinant adenoviruses carrying the optimal shRNA template against goat PTHrP and successful suppression of PTHrP expression in mammary epithelial cells

Author(s) -

Heng Zheng,

Xiao M Liu,

Yu Qian,

Xing Rong,

Zhuo Yang,

Jianhong Luo

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

genetics and molecular research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.356

H-Index - 48

ISSN - 1676-5680

DOI - 10.4238/2013.september.4.2

Subject(s) - small hairpin rna , blot , recombinant dna , parathyroid hormone related protein , lactation , microbiology and biotechnology , messenger rna , rna interference , complementary dna , biology , mammary gland , gene , parathyroid hormone , rna , medicine , biochemistry , calcium , pregnancy , genetics , cancer , breast cancer

Parathyroid hormone-related protein (PTHrP) is a protein member of the parathyroid hormone family that regulates the dynamic balance between blood and bone calcium during lactation. However, the mechanism of its regulation is not very clear. In order to establish a framework for further functional studies of the PTHrP gene in goat mammary gland epithelial cells during the lactation period, PTHrP cDNA was isolated from Xinong Saanen dairy goats. Its coding sequence is 534 bp in size. We also designed a short hairpin RNA (shRNA) to efficiently inhibit PTHrP expression and constructed recombinant adenoviruses carrying a template encoding this shRNA (AD-PTHrP-322) using the Block-iT shRNA interference system. Finally, the inhibition of PTHrP expression by the recombinant adenoviruses was confirmed by quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) and Western blotting. qRT-PCR results showed that the expression of PTHrP mRNA in mammary epithelial cells was downregulated by 29.2, 68.1, and 82.6% 24, 48, and 72 h after the cells were infected with AD-PTHrP-322, respectively. Western blotting also showed that the expression of PTHrP was reduced in a time-dependent manner. These results suggest that AD-PTHrP-322 significantly inhibits the expression of PTHrP.

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