• Chinese Med J Peking · Jul 2000

    Transfection and expression of HCV-NS5B gene in Huh-7 cells.

    • J Fang, E Ouyang, C H Wu, G Y Wu, D Qiu, and S Xiao.
    • Shanghai Institute of Digestive Disease, Shanghai Second Medical University, Shanghai 200001, China.
    • Chinese Med J Peking. 2000 Jul 1; 113 (7): 602-5.

    ObjectiveTo study the mechanism of hepatitis C virus (HCV) replication and to test gene therapy for hepatitis C, a human liver cell line expressed HCV RNA polymerase has been established.MethodsNS5B gene has been transfected into Huh-7 cells by lipofectamine. The results of transfection were confirmed by PCR and Southern blot analysis, and the level of the non-structural protein 5B (NS5B) in Huh-7 cells was detected by Western blot analysis.ResultsThere were NS5B gene fragments and the expression of NS5B protein in Huh-7c cells transfected with pTeT-NS5B or pcDNA-NS5B plasmid.ConclusionsWe have established a HCV RNA polymerase expression system in Huh-7 cells which can be further used to analyze the mechanism of HCV replication and provide a cell model for gene therapy in vitro.

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