摘要篇首： 1 IntroductionThe POT1 (protection of telomeres 1 ) protein binds the single-stranded overhang at the ends of chromosomes in diverse eukaryocytes. It is essential for chromosome end-protection in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe, and it is involved in regulation of telomere lengthin human cells. Human POT1 had been identified in 2001year. Its amino terminal is highly conservative in eukaryocytes. Since Pot1 can bind internal loops and directly adjacent DNA-binding sites, it is likely to fully coat and protect both G-strand overhangs and the displaced G strand of a T-loop. It also participates in the regulation of telomere maintenance by telomerase or of chromosome by other enzymes. But its biological function and mechanism are still unknown. hPOT eukaryotic expression vector(pcDNA3- hPOT1 ) and 3 kinds of siRNA expression vectors(pmU6-shDNA1, pmU6-shDNA2 and pmU6-shDNA3)had been constructed. And there were overexpression and RNA silence in HeLa cells.