OBJECTIVE:To investigate the effect of multidrug resistance gene 1 (mdr1) antisense oligodeoxynucleotides (ODNs) on reversing multidrug resistance in the drug resistant ovarian carcinoma cell line SKOV3/mdr1.METHODS:The ovarian carcinoma cell line SKOV3 transducted with a human multidrug resistance gene (mdr1) served as the drug resistant model (SKOV3/mdr1). The mdr1 antisense ODNs was transfected into SKOV3/mdr1 cells while mediated by lipofectamine. Reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was used to measure the expression and the amount of the mdr1 mRNA in the cells. The positive rate and function of the mdr1 gene product P-glycoprotein (Pgp) in the mdr1 antisense ODNs treated SKOV3/mdr1 cells were determined by flow cytometry and rhodamine 123 efflux. Drug resistance in the SKOV3/mdr1 cell line was observed by MTT assay and cell colony culture.RESULTS:The mdr1 mRNA level was decreased to about 60% of that of beta-actin after mdr1 antisense ODNs treatment. The Pgp positive rate of mdr1 antisense ODNs treated SKOV3/mdr1 cells decreased from 100% to 52.6% (P < 0.01). The intracellular rhodamine 123 retention was increased from 9.1% to 33.8% (P < 0.01). The chemoresistance to taxol decreased to 58% of SKOV3/mdr1 with mdr1 antisense ODN treatment. Compared with SKOV3/mdr1 cells in the control group, under a certain range of drug concentrations, the number of drug resistance colonies in mdr1 antisense ODNs treated SKOV3/mdr1 cells for taxol and doxorubicin decreased by 8.6 +/- 0.8 fold and 3.1 +/- 0.6 fold, respectively. Some non-specific functions during oligodeoxyncleotide treatment was also detected.CONCLUSION:mdr1 expression in the SKOV1/mdr1 cell line was partially inhibited after mdr1 antisense ODNs treatment at the mRNA and protein level, increasing the chemotherapy sensitivity of this drug resistant ovarian carcinoma cell line.

为探讨转染FL和/或TPO基因骨髓基质细胞系对脐血CD34+细胞的体外扩增效应, 建立了转基因骨髓基质细胞系共培养体系. 采用免疫磁珠法分离人脐血CD34+细胞, 在CD34+细胞不同体外培养体系中取样测试细胞总数、CD34+细胞百分率和CFC(包括CFU-GM 和BFU-E). 结果表明, 在8种不同组合的培养体系中, 转基因基质细胞共培养体系较无基质液体培养体系对细胞总数, CFC, CD34+细胞均具有明显的扩增效应, 其中以SCF + IL-3 + HFT扩增效果最好, 分别扩增了(893.3±52.1), (74.5±5.2)和15.7倍. CFU-GM和BFU-E在第2周时达扩增高峰, 扩增倍数分别为(78.1±5.5)和(57.0±19.7). LTC-IC测定结果显示, 只有SCF + IL-3 + FL + TPO和SCF + IL-3 + HFT组有LTC-IC的存在, 统计学检验无显著性差异. 上述结果提示, 转基因骨髓基质细胞系可通过细胞间的接触协同其他细胞因子增强对脐血CD34+细胞的体外扩增作用.