Journal of Jilin University(Medicine Edition) ›› 2022, Vol. 48 ›› Issue (1): 136-141.doi: 10.13481/j.1671-587X.20220117

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Construction of LAG3 lentiviral plasmid and establishment of its stable transfection cell line

Yuxuan LIU,Lili HUANG,Fuxu YANG,Kaiyi FANG,Nannan HU,Yeteng MU,Chong GUO,Wei XIA(),Xingang GUAN()   

  1. Key Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology,School of Medical Technology,Beihua University,Jilin 132013,China
  • Received:2021-04-28 Online:2022-01-28 Published:2022-01-17
  • Contact: Wei XIA,Xingang GUAN E-mail:xiawei4016@126.com;guanxg@ciac.ac.cn

Abstract: Objective

To construct the lentiviral vector of lymphocyte activation gene 3 (LAG3)-mCherry red fluorescent protein (LAG3-mCherry) and establish the cell line stably expressed LAG3-mCherry after transfection of the HEK293T cells, and to investigate the cellular location of LAG3-mCherry fusion protein in the HEK293T cells.

Methods

The LAG3 plasmid and lentiviral vector including mCherry gene were digested by endonucleases EcoRⅠ and NotⅠ. The insert and vector fragments were extracted and ligated to construct the pEZ-LAG3-mCherry plasmid. The pEZ-LAG3-mCherry plasmid was sequenced and transfected into the HEK293T cells using Lipofectamine 3000. The expression location of LAG3-mCherry in the HEK293T cells was observed with fluorescence microscope and the expression of LAG3-mCherry fusion proteins in the cells were detected by Western blotting method.

Results

The results of double digestion of recombinant plasmid showed that two DNA bands of about 8 012 and 2 066 bp were found in gel electrophoresis, which were consistent with the size of pEZ-Lv-mCherry vector and LAG3 gene fragment. The DNA sequencing results showed that the LAG-3 gene was successfully inserted into the lentiviral expression vector. The fluorescence microscope results demonstrated that most of LAG3-mCherry proteins were located on the cell membrane of HEK293T cells, while a few fusion proteins were found in the cytoplasm area. The results of Western blotting method showed a specific protein band of LAG3 in the HEK293T cells transfected with pEZ-LAG3-mCherry plasmid.

Conclusion

The pEZ-LAG3-mCherry plasmid including LAG3-mCherry DNA sequence is successfully constructed and the cell line stably expressing LAG3-mCherry is established. The LAG3-mCherry fusion protein is mainly distributed on the cell membrane of HEK293T cells transfected with pEZ-LAG3-mCherry plasmid.

Key words: Lymphocyte activation gene 3, Lentiviral expression vectorr, Fluorescent protein, Cell transfection

CLC Number: 

  • Q782