PMID- 16261208 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20081222 LR - 20051101 IS - 1003-9279 (Print) IS - 1003-9279 (Linking) VI - 19 IP - 3 DP - 2005 Sep TI - [Screening and cloning of hepatitis C virus non-structural protein 4B interacting protein gene in hepatocytes]. PG - 248-51 AB - OBJECTIVE: To investigate biological functions of non-structural protein 4B (NS4B) of hepatitis C virus (HCV), yeast-two hybrid technique was performed to seek proteins in hepatocytes interacting with HCV NS4B. METHODS: HCV NS4B bait plasmid was constructed by ligating the NS4B gene with carrier plasmid pGBKT7 and transformed into yeast cells AH109 (type alpha). The transformed yeast cells were amplified and mated with yeast cells Y187 (alpha type) containing liver cDNA library plasmid pACT2 in 2 x YPDA medium. Diploid yeast cells were plated on synthetic dropout nutrient medium (SD/-Trp-Leu-His-Ade) and synthetic dropout nutrient medium (SD/-Trp-Leu-His-Ade) containing x-alpha-gal for selecting two times. After extracting plasmid from blue colonies, plasmid DNA was transformed into competent Escherichia coli and analysed by DNA sequencing and bioinformatics. RESULTS: Five genes in eight positive colonies were obtained. There were one NADH dehydrogenase subunit 3, one cytochrome c oxidase subunit III, one retinol binding protein 4, one reticulon 3-A (RTN3) and one fibrinogen gamma polypeptide (FGG). CONCLUSION: Genes of HCV NS4B interacting proteins in hepatocytes were successfully cloned and the results paved the way for studying the biological functions of NS4B and associated proteins. FAU - Liu, Yan AU - Liu Y AD - Gene Therapy Research Center, Institute of Infectious Diseases, The No. 302 Hospital of the People's Liberation Army, Beijing 100039, China. FAU - Cheng, Jun AU - Cheng J FAU - Bai, Gui-qin AU - Bai GQ FAU - Yan, Fu-ming AU - Yan FM FAU - Wu, Shun-hua AU - Wu SH FAU - Wang, Lin AU - Wang L FAU - Zhang, Ling-xia AU - Zhang LX LA - chi PT - English Abstract PT - Journal Article PL - China TA - Zhonghua Shi Yan He Lin Chuang Bing Du Xue Za Zhi JT - Zhonghua shi yan he lin chuang bing du xue za zhi = Zhonghua shiyan he linchuang bingduxue zazhi = Chinese journal of experimental and clinical virology JID - 9602873 RN - 0 (Carrier Proteins) RN - 0 (Membrane Proteins) RN - 0 (NS4B protein, flavivirus) RN - 0 (Nerve Tissue Proteins) RN - 0 (RTN3 protein, human) RN - 0 (Retinol-Binding Proteins) RN - 0 (Viral Nonstructural Proteins) RN - EC 1.6.99.3 (NADH Dehydrogenase) RN - EC 1.9.3.1 (Electron Transport Complex IV) SB - IM MH - Blotting, Western MH - Carrier Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Cell Line, Tumor MH - Cloning, Molecular MH - Electron Transport Complex IV/genetics/metabolism MH - Gene Library MH - Hepatocytes/*metabolism MH - Humans MH - Immunoprecipitation MH - Membrane Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - NADH Dehydrogenase/genetics/metabolism MH - Nerve Tissue Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - Plasmids/genetics MH - Protein Binding MH - Retinol-Binding Proteins/genetics/metabolism MH - *Two-Hybrid System Techniques MH - Viral Nonstructural Proteins/genetics/*metabolism EDAT- 2005/11/02 09:00 MHDA- 2008/12/23 09:00 CRDT- 2005/11/02 09:00 PHST- 2005/11/02 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2008/12/23 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2005/11/02 09:00 [entrez] PST - ppublish SO - Zhonghua Shi Yan He Lin Chuang Bing Du Xue Za Zhi. 2005 Sep;19(3):248-51.