Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2024, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (8): 47-52.doi: 10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2024-0015

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Studies on the Regulation of MBD1-induced Expression by Dox in the Tet-On System

LU Xi(), YUAN Yue, LI Dan, ZHANG Peng()   

  1. Biology Department of Basic Medical Sciences College, Center for Tissue Engineering and Stem Cell Research, Key Laboratory of Functional Nucleic Acids-Based Biopharmaceutical Research, Guizhou Medical University, Guiyang 550004
  • Received:2024-01-05 Online:2024-08-26 Published:2024-09-05
  • Contact: ZHANG Peng E-mail:1520624702@qq.com;peng12zhang@gmc.edu.cn

Abstract:

【Objective】This work aims to construct the Tet-On inducible expression plasmid of methyl-binding protein 1(MBD1)and 293T cells, to explore the effect of doxycycline(Dox)on the expression of MBD1, and to reflect the regulatory mechanism of MBD1 by analyzing the CpG methylation level of the plasmid promoter in the cells.【Method】The MBD1 expression sequence of 293T was amplified using MBD1 primers and ligated into the polyclonal site of Tet-On inducible expression plasmid. The successfully constructed plasmid was transfected into MBD1 KO 293T by electro-transfection, and the obtained MBD1-restored 293T was verified using fluorescence microscope and Western blot(MBD1 RE). MBD1 expression was induced using different concentrations of Dox, and the expression of MBD1 in monoclonal cells was detected by Western blot. MBD1 expression was induced using the same concentration of Dox, and the cells were collected at 12, 24, 48, 96, 144 and 192 h. The expression of MBD1 in the cells was detected by Western blot; and MBD1 expression in the cells was detected by bisulfite sequencing. The expression of MBD1 in the cells was detected by Western blot, and the CpG methylation of inducible plasmid promoter was detected by bisulfite sequencing after Dox induction.【Result】Tet-On inducible MBD1 plasmid was successfully constructed; MBD1 protein was re-expressed in the transfected cells after Dox induction compared with uninduced cells. The expression of MBD1 in the cells increased gradually with the increase of Dox concentration; the expression of MBD1 in the cells increased gradually from 12 to 96 h after induction with the same concentration of Dox, but the expression decreased after 144 h. The expression of CpG methylation of plasmid promoter was detected by bisulfite sequencing method; the CpG methylation of plasmid promoter was detected by bisulfite sequencing method. CpG methylation of the plasmid promoter showed that the methylation level of the plasmid promoter gradually increased at 144 and 192 h compared with that at 96 h. The methylation level of the plasmid promoter decreased and the expression of MBD1 increased after the addition of the methyltransferase inhibitor, decitabine, at 144 h. The expression of MBD1 in the cells also decreased by the addition of the methyltransferase inhibitor, decitabine, at 144 h after the induction.【Conclusion】Tet-On induced the re-expression of MBD1 protein in the cells and the expression was positively correlated with the Dox concentration, but the elevated level of intracellular plasmid CpG methylation after prolonged induction affected the expression of MBD1 in the cells.

Key words: Tet-On, MBD1, MBD1 ΔCXXC3, methylation, HEK293T