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Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice >

2017 , Vol. 23 >Issue 2: 166 - 172

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.1006-9771.2017.02.010

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Construction of Rat Extracellular Signal-regulated Kinase 1 Gene 3ʹ Untranslated Regions Dual-luciferase Reporter Plasmids and Effect of rno-miR-15b-5p on Its Activitiy

  • LUO Han-jiang ,
  • XU Yun-feng ,
  • LI Xiao-xiao ,
  • YANG Yu-tao ,
  • XU Zhi-qing
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  • 1. Captial Medical University School of Basic Medical Sciences, Beijing 100069, China;
    2. Huangdao Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, Qingdao, Shandong 266555, China

Received date: 2016-09-05

  Revised date: 2016-09-18

  Online published: 2017-03-06

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Abstract

Objective To construct dual-luciferase reporter plasmids containing the wild type and mutant rat extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1 (ERK1) gene 3ʹ untranslated regions (UTR) which were used to detect rno-miR-15b-5p's putative target gene. Methods The rat ERK1 gene 3ʹ UTR fragment was amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) from PC12 cell cDNA and cloned into pmiR-RB-ReportTM vector. The mutant rat ERK1 gene 3ʹ UTR fragment was obtained by overlap PCR and inserted into pmiR-RB-ReportTM vector. Successful wild type and mutant recombinant plasmids were confirmed by DNA sequencing. PC12 cells were co-transfected with rno-miR-15b-5p mimic and pmiR-ERK1 3ʹ UTR or pmiR-ERK1-mut 3ʹ UTR and then analyzed by dual-luciferase reporter assay system. The achieved mutation sequence of the target site TGCTGCT was mutated to CGAACGT and GTACACG, respectively. Results The wild-type reporter vector pmiR-ERK1 3ʹ UTR and the mutant reporter vector pmiR-ERK1-mut 3ʹ UTR were successfully constructed. The rno-miR-15b-5p mimic decreased the activity of pmiR-ERK1 3ʹ UTR plasmid (P<0.001) but did not decrease the activity of pmiR-ERK1-mut 3ʹ UTR plasmid. Conclusion The recombinant pmiR-ERK1 3ʹ UTR and pmiR-ERK1-mut 3ʹ UTR plasmids were constructed successfully, and luciferase activities demonstrated that the 3ʹ UTR of ERK1 gene might be a potential target of rno-miR-15b-5p.

Key words： rno-miR-15b-5p; extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1; overlap polymerase chain reaction; pmiR-ERK1 3'UTR; pmiR-ERK1-mut 3'UTR; luciferase reporter assay

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LUO Han-jiang , XU Yun-feng , LI Xiao-xiao , YANG Yu-tao , XU Zhi-qing . Construction of Rat Extracellular Signal-regulated Kinase 1 Gene 3ʹ Untranslated Regions Dual-luciferase Reporter Plasmids and Effect of rno-miR-15b-5p on Its Activitiy[J]. Chinese Journal of Rehabilitation Theory and Practice, 2017 , 23(2) : 166 -172 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1006-9771.2017.02.010

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