CONSTRUCTION AND IDENTIFICATION OF EUKARYOTIC VECTOR EXPRESSING SIRNA SPECIFIC FOR BACE

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CONSTRUCTION AND IDENTIFICATION OF EUKARYOTIC VECTOR EXPRESSING SIRNA SPECIFIC FOR BACE

Objective To generate eukaryotic expression vector of siRNA specific for β-site APP cleaving enzyme(BACE),and detect the interfering effect to the expression of BACE. Methods To clone the BACE targeting siRNA gene by PCR, the PCR products was inserted into the pUC19/EGFP-U6 plasmid. Then it was sub-cloned into the vector named pLXSN. The resultant plasmid was named pLXSN/EGFP-U6-siBACE, it was packaged into AmphoPack-293 cells by calcium phosphate transfection and collected the virus supernatant. The neuroblastoma cells SK-N-SH was infected with the pLXSN/EGFP-U6-siBACE retroviral vector, immunohistochemistry method was used to detect whether the pLXSN/EGFP-U6-siBACE infection can inhibit the expression of BACE of the neuroblastoma cells. Results The pLXSN/EGFP-U6-siBACE retroviral vector was constructed successfully and the siBACE can inhibit the BACE of the neuroblastma effectively. Conclusion The siRNA can inhibit the expression of the BACE gene, the endogenous production of BACE protein was decreased. It will lay the important foundation for using RNA technology to prevent the Alzheimer's disease.