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  • Title: [Construction of glucosylceramide synthase-specific siRNA expression vector and its efficiency in reversal of drug resistance in breast carcinoma cells].
    Author: Sun YL, Zhou GY, Li KN, Li WT, Song XR, Gao P.
    Journal: Zhonghua Yi Xue Za Zhi; 2005 Mar 02; 85(8):518-21. PubMed ID: 15949329.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To construct a glucosylceramide synthase (GCS)-specific small interfering RNA (siRNA) expression vector and to investigate the inhibitory effect of this siRNA on GCS expression and drug resistance in breast carcinoma cells. METHODS: Two GCS gene-specific siRNAs were designed and cloned into the expression vector pSUPER to generate the plasmids pSUPER-GCS1 and pSUPER-GCS2. Human adriamycin (ADM)-resistant breast carcinoma cells of the line MCF-7/ADR and human adriamycin-sensitive breast carcinoma cells of the line MCF-7 were cultured and transfected with pSUPER-GCS1, pSUPER-GCS2, and blank vector pSUPER as controls. The expression of GCS mRNA was assayed by RT-PCR and the expression of GCS protein was observed by flow cytometry. The 50% inhibition concentration of ADM on MCF-7/ADR cells was evaluated by MTT method. Flow cytometry was performed to determine the ratio of apoptosis. RESULTS: Double enzyme digestion analysis and DNA sequencing confirmed that pSUPER-GCS1 and pSUPER-GCS2 were successfully constructed. The GCS protein positive rate of the MCF-7/ADR cells 48 hours after transfection with pSUPER-GCS1 and pSUPER-GCS2 were 8.3% +/- 1.0% and 9.2% +/- 0.8% respectively, significantly lower than that before transfection (68.3% +/- 0.6%), with a inhibition rate of 89.4% and 88.5% respectively (both P < 0.01). Forty-eight hours after transfection with pSUPER-GCS1 and pSUPER-GCS2, the relative reversal rates of sensitivity to ADM of the MCF-7/ADR cells were 93.7% and 91.6%. Flow cytometry showed that the apoptotic rate of the MCF-7/ADR cells was 0.80 +/- 0.06 before transfection, 15.38 +/- 1.16 after transfection with pSUPER-GCS1 and 13.92 +/- 1.73 after transfection with pSUPER-GCS2 (both P < 0.05), and was 0.87 +/- 0.12 in the cells transfected with blank vector (P > 0.05). CONCLUSION: A GCS-specific small interfering RNA expression vector has been constructed successfully that suppresses the GCS expression and reverses the multidrug resistance in breast carcinoma cells by increasing the ratio of apoptosis in drug-resistant cells.
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