Inthepresentstudy,weconstructedalentivirus,FIV-CMV-GFP-miR-7-3,containingthemicroRNA-7-3geneandthegreenfluorescentproteingene,andusedittotransfecthumangliomaU251cells.Fluorescencemicroscopyshowedthat80%ofU251cellsexpressedgreenfluorescence.Real-timereversetranscriptionPCRshowedthatmicroRNA-7-3RNAexpressioninU251cellswassignificantlyincreased.ProliferationwasslowedintransfectedU251cells,andmostcellswereintheG1phaseofthecellcycle.Inaddition,theexpressionoftheserine/threonineproteinkinase2wasdecreased.ResultssuggestedthattransfectionwithalentiviruscarryingmicroRNA-7-3caneffectivelysuppressepidermalgrowthfactorreceptorpathwayactivityinU251cells,arrestcellcycletransitionfromG1phasetoSphaseandinhibitgliomacellgrowth.
