Objective: To investigate the change of gene expression after the interactions of human peripheral blood mononuclear cell (PBMC) and porcine endothelial cell.
Methods: Human PBMC were co-cultured with porcine vascular endothelial cell line PIEC for 18 h. The mixed un-co-cultured PBMC and PIEC were used as controls. The cDNAs of both groups were prepared and subtracted by suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH). The up-regulated cDNAs were cloned into pGEM-T Easy vector to be sequenced. Nucleic acid homology searches were performed using the BLAST program.
Results: A subtracted cDNA library was obtained through SSH and cloning, which included about 300 clones corresponding to up-regulated genes. We randomly selected 24 of these clones for sequencing tests and analysis of homology in the GenBank. Four of the 24 clones were part of known human genes, 8 were known porcines expressed sequence tag (EST), and 9 held similar homology with known human genes. Three clones were not matched.
Conclusion: Many genes are up-regulated after the interaction of human PBMC and porcine endothelial cell.