Objective:Toinvestigatetheinvitrocleavageabilityandeffectsonapoptosisandcellgrowthofthebcr-ablfusiongenespecificmulti-unitribozymes.Methods:Threefusionpointspecificribozymesweredesignedandthemulti-unitribozymes'invitrotranscriptionvectorandretroviralvectorwereconstructed.Theinvitrocleavageabilitywastested.TheretroviralvectorwastransfectedintoK562cellandtheeffectsonproliferation,apoptosis,cellcycleandcellstructurewereobserved.Results:Multi-unitribozymeshadinvitrocleavageefficiencyof70.8%,whichwasmoreefficientthansingle-unitanddouble-unitribozymes.TransfectionoftheretroviralvectoroftheribozymeintoK562cells,inducedinhibitionofcellgrowthandapoptosis.TheincorporationrateofDNAinribozymestransfectedK562cellswasgreatlydecreasedalongwithtimepassed,withaninhibitionrateofmorethan50%after96hoftransfection.UnderFCM,18.4%ofthecellsunderwentapoptosis72haftertransfectionandmorecellswereblockedinGphase,withtheratioinSphasegreatlydecreased(41.9%).Underelectronmicroscope,compactionofnuclearchromatinandapoptosisbodieswereobserved.Conclusion:Multi-unitribozymesspecifictobcr-ablfusiongenecanbeusedtotreatCMLandtopurgebonemarrowforself-grafting.
