Basic & Clinical Medicine ›› 2018, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (8): 1059-1063.

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Down regulation of lmna gene promotes the apoptosis of zebrafish embryo cells

  

  • Received:2017-11-13 Revised:2018-05-02 Online:2018-08-05 Published:2018-07-24
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China

Abstract: Objective The mechanism of apoptosis of zebrafish embryo cells after lmna was down regulated by morpholine oligonucleotides. Methods Select the appropriate target, design for lmna morpholino oligonucleotides sequence (lmna-MO),microinjection of lmna-MO into wild type zebrafish embryos to down regulate LMNA. Detection of cell apoptosis by flow cytometry and detection of apoptotic protein p-AKT,AKT and BCL-2 expression by Western blot.Results Early apoptosis of 24 h and 72 h zebrafish embryos was observed after administration of lmna-MO, There was correlation with the phase of drug exposure(p<0.01); The expression of p-AKT protein is higher than that of wild type embryos(p<0.01);The expression of AKT was increased compared with wild type embryo cells(p<0.05), the expression of BCL-2 protein in embryo cells decreased after lmna-MO injection of 24 h and 72 h compared with wild type embryo cells(p<0.05).Conclusions lmna may be involved in the regulation of zebrafish embryonic cell apoptosis, and its mechanism may be related to the expression of AKT protein and BCL-2 protein; p-AKT(S473)participates in the activation of AKT pathway. Down regulation of lmna may be mediated by the promotion of phosphorylation of AKT,activation of P13K/AKT signaling pathway inhibits apoptosis and promotes cell survival, but it is not the only regulatory mechanism.

Key words: morpholine oligonucleotide, LMNA gene, apoptosis protein, flow cytometry, western blot