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Construction and Identification of a Lentiviral Vector Expressing Semaphorin 4D |
SUN Qiang-ming, PAN Yue, ZHAO Yu-jiao, CHEN Jun-ying, SHI Hai-jing, MA Shao-hui |
Institute of Medical Biology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Yunnan Key Laboratory of Vaccine Research & Development on Severe Infectious Diseases, Kunming 650118, China |
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Abstract Objective: To construct a lentiviral vector expressing Semaphorin 4D to investigate the role of Semaphorin 4D in angiogenesis. Methods: Semaphorin 4D sequence was amplified from the Jurkat cell cDNA, inserted into pWPI GW vector and identified by DNA sequencing. The packing cell line (human embryonic kidney 293T cell) was cotransfected with pWPI GW/Sema4D, pVSVG and pSPAX. The recombinant lentivirus was packaged and amplified, followed by infection of 293T and HUVEC cells. The expression level of Semaphorin 4D gene was analyzed by Western blot and immunofluresence staining. A Boyden chamber migration assay was performed to establish the biological significance of Semaphorin 4D. Results: The recombinant lentiviral vector expressing Semaphorin 4D was successfully constructed. Western blot and immunofluresence staining results demonstrated that Semaphorin 4D was successfully expressed in 293T and HUVEC cells infected by recombinant lentivirus expressing Semaphorin 4D. Boyden chamber migration assay results showed that enhanced endothelial cell migration is induced by Sema4D-expressing Hela cells.
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Received: 21 February 2011
Published: 25 July 2011
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