Carcinogenesis, Teratogenesis & Mutagenesis ›› 2004, Vol. 16 ›› Issue (2): 89-91.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-616x.2004.02.007

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Ionizing Radiation Regulated Expression of HeLa Cells by Lipofectamin-Mediated TNF α Gene

LIU Jian-xiang;SU Xu   

  1. National Institute for Radiological Protection, China CDC, Beijing 100088,China
  • Received:2004-01-09 Revised:2004-02-11 Online:2004-03-30 Published:2004-03-30
  • Contact: LIU Jian-xiang

Abstract: BACKGROUND & AIM : To investigate the expression of p-Egr-TNFα, cell cycle and apoptosis in HeLa cells, which were transfected by recombined plasmid p-Egr-TNFα, induced by 60Co γ-rays irradiation in different doses. MATERIAL AND METHODS: The expression of TNFα was detected by ELISA. The cell cycle and apoptosis were detected by Flow Cytometry. RESULTS: After γ-rays irradiation in different doses, the expression of TNFα was(250~400)pg/ml,significantly higher than that of the control group. The percentages of S and G2 M phase were markedly higher than that of the control group,and showed a dose-dependent increase, the rate of G0/G1 showed a dose-dependent decrease. Cell apoptosis rate showed a dose-dependent increase. CONCLUSION: γ-rays can regulate expression of p-Egr-TNFα by Lipofectamin-mediated TNFα gene in HeLa cells. The expression level shows a significantly increase in transfected HeLa cells. The change of cell cycle and apoptosis shows a dose-dependent effect.

Key words: 60Co γ-rays, TNFα expression, cell cycle, dose effect