Phenotypic Knockout of CXCR4 on Molt-4 with SDF-1α/54 Attached with KDEL

摘要

Objective:To investigate the mechanism of phenotypic knockout of CXCR4 on T-cell leukemia cell line Molt-4 via SDF-1α/54/KDEL intrakine technology, which the mutant SDF-1α/54, human stromal cell-derived Faceor-1(SDF-1α) was deleted its C-terminal α-helix and attached with a endoplasimc reticulum retention signal 4-peptide-KDEL encoding gene, so that retain the newly synthesized receptor CXCR4 within the Molt-4 cells endoplasmic reticulum. Methods:The recombinant vector pEGFP-C3/SDF-1α/54/KDEL were transfected into Cos-7 cells by liposome, SDF-1α/54/KDEL fusion protein was confirmed with western blot. The recombinant plasmids were transfected transiently into Molt-4 by electroporation. Results:Western blot confirmed SDF-1α/54/KDEL expression in Cos-7.A dramatic downregulation of CXCR4 expression on Molt-4 was demonstrated by flow cytometric (FCM) analysis. Conclusion:SDF-1α/54/KDEL and SDF-1αKDEL have no significant deviation for phenotypic knockout of CXCR4. These suggest that the phenotypic knockout effects of SDF-1α/54 against CXCR4 are not influenced by deleting of SDF-1α helix in the C-terminal.