摘要Objective To investigate the effect of exogenous S100A13 gene overexpression on the proliferation of human thyroid cancer cell line TT.Methods The recombinant ORF of S100A13 tagged with six histidines at the 5' end was subcloned into the pcDNA3.2N5/GW/D-TOPO vector and sequenced.The eukaryotic expression plasmid pcDNA3.2N5 /GW/D-S100A13 and empty vector pcDNA3.2N5/GW/D were transfected into TT cells.The positive clones were selected by G418.The expressions of S100A13 mRNA and protein were detected by real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) and Western blot.The effect of S100A13 on cell proliferation and cell cycle was evaluated by cell growth curve,MTT colorimetric assay and flow cytometry.Results S100A13 gene tagged with six histidines at the 5' end was confirmed to be inserted into the pcDNA3.2N5/GW/D vector correctly.TT-S100A13-V5 cells,which over-expressed S100A13,were constructed successfully.TT-S100A13-V5 cells grew much faster than TT-V5 and TT cells (P ＜0.001).The proportions of both S and G2/M phase cells were significantly higher in TT-S100A13-V5 cells than those in TT-V5 and TT cells (P ＜0.001).Conclusion The eukaryotic expression vector containing human S100A13 gene has been successfully constructed,which highly expresses S100A13 in TT cells.Exogenous S100A13 gene overexpression accelerates TT cell proliferation and drives the cell cycle progression of TT cells from G0/G1 phase to S and G2/M phases.