Abstract:
Objective To study the effects of antisense peptide nucleic acid(asPNA)on thyroid stimulating hormone receptor(TSHR)of Fisher rat thyroid cells membrane.
Methods Two kinds of asPNA which could hybridized to the TSHR mRNA named as nuclear localization signal-asPNA1(NLS-asPNA1) and NLS-asPNA2 were designed, and a control PNA with a scramble sequence named as NLS-scrPNA was synthetized. The cellular uptake of peptide nucleic acids were analyzed by fluorescence microscopy, and the toxic effect of asPNA to Fisher rat thyroid cells was evaluated by MTT assay. The effect of NLS-asPNA on the expression of TSHR mRNA was detected by realtime quantitative RT-PCR.
Results Fluorescence microscopy indicated that asPNA were taken up by the cells. The results of MTT assay showed that all the asPNA had no toxic effect on the cells. The results of realtime quantitative RT-PCR showed that NLS-asPNA1 and NLS-asPNA2 could inhibit the expression of TSHR mRNA, the copies of TSHR cDNA decreased gradually along with the prolongation of culture time. But NLS-scrPNA had no significant effect on the expression of TSHR mRNA.
Conclusion NLS-asPNA could be taken up by the cells and down-regulate the expression of TSHR mRNA.