Establishment of a cell-based assay for examining the expression of tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-¦Á) gene

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• 作者：Qiang Chen ; Yang Zhao ; Zhuo Cheng ; Yixiang Xu and Chundong Yu
• 关键词：TNF ; α ; ; Luciferase activity ; Macrophage ; LPS
• 刊名：Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
• 出版年：2008
• 出版时间：August, 2008
• 年：2008
• 卷：80
• 期：2
• 页码：357-363
• 全文大小：182.5 KB

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Tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) is a proinflammatory cytokine produced by activated macrophages and lymphocytes and involved in many inflammatory diseases. Preventing the production or action of TNF-α is a potent therapeutic strategy for these inflammatory diseases. Since there is a lack of rapid and effective assay for examining the expression TNF-α in macrophages, we attempt to establish a reporter system to assess TNF-α gene expression through measuring luciferase activity. In this study, mouse macrophage cell line RAW 264.7 was stably transfected with a luciferase reporter pGL3-TNFPro-UTR, which contains TNF-α promoter and 3′-untranslated region (3′-UTR). The TNF-α-luciferase reporter cell line is used for assessing the expression of TNF-α gene induced by LPS in the presence or absence of chemicals that inhibit the biosynthesis of TNF-α such as dexamethasone and emodin, and also for measuring change of expression of TNF-α gene under downregulation of the expression of steroid receptor coactivator-3, a modulator for TNF-α. The luciferase activity correlated well with the ELISA results for TNF-α production, therefore, the TNF-α-luciferase reporter cell line is a sensitive, effective tool for studying the expression of TNF-α gene.