Abstract: Objective To investigate the effects of human augmenter of liver regeneration (ALR) on the transcription of cyclin-dependent kinase 1 gene promoter (CDK1p), and to explore the biological function mechanism of ALR. Methods Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technique was employed to amplify the sequence of CDK1 promoter from HepG2 genomic DNA, named CDK1p, and the PCR product was cloned into pCAT3-basic, named pCAT3-CDK1p. The HepG2 cells were transfected with pCAT3-CDK1p, and then co-transfected with pCAT3-CDK1p and pcDNA3.1(-)-ALR. The chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) activity was detected by an enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) kit. Results The CAT activity of the HepG2 transfected by pCAT3-CDK1p was significantly higher than that of the negative control group. The CAT activity of the HepG2 co-transfected by pCAT3-CDK1p and pcDNA3.1(-)-ALR was significantly lower than that of the HepG2 transfected by pCAT3-CDK1p. Conclusions The CDK1p has transcription activity. It is suggested that ALR can down-regulate CDK1 gene.
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