焦磷酸在植物细胞能量代谢中的作用(综述)

ADVANCESINRESEARCHONTHEROLESOFPYROPHOSPHATEINCELLULARENERGYMETABOLISMOFPLANTSWangYixing(DepartmentofBiology,JinanUniversity,Guangzhou510632)LiMingqi(DepartmentofAgriculturalBiology,SouthChinaAgriculturalUniversity,Guangzhou510642)焦磷酸（PPi）是一种高能化合物,其水解的G为-33．4kJmol,即PPi水解释放的自由能与ATP相似（ATP水解为ADP和Pi的G为-31．3kJmol）。但是对于焦磷酸代谢的传统观点是：细胞内焦磷酸水平很低,代谢中的焦磷酸,主要是在大分子如蛋白质、淀粉等生…     

人细胞核dUTPase的克隆表达及其酶学活性

以阿尔茨海默病 (Alzheimer’sdisease ,AD)患者脑cDNA文库质粒为模板 ,用PCR方法扩增得到人细胞核dUTP焦磷酸酶 (dUTPase)的cDNA ,将其克隆到谷胱甘肽 S 转移酶 (GST)融合表达载体pGEX 4T 1中 ,并在大肠杆菌BL2 1中获得高效表达 .表达的融合蛋白GST dUTPase经过谷胱甘肽 Sepharose 4B亲和层析 ,凝血酶酶切和SephacrylS 10 0纯化 ,得到高纯度dUTPase蛋白 .通过SDS PAGE ,氨基酸组成分析 ,N端氨基酸序列测定以及HPLC测Mr 结果与期望值一致 .通过检测该酶水解dUTP释放的焦磷酸 (PPi)来测定表达产物dUTPase蛋白及GST dUTPase融合蛋白的酶活性 ,发现两蛋白都具有正常的酶水解dUTP活性 ,但融合蛋白的活性比dUTPase蛋白低 7～ 8倍 .同时研究了Mg2 +和EDTA对酶活性的影响     

NaCl胁迫下大麦根系液泡膜H+-ATP酶活性受ATP和焦磷酸含量的调节

选用两个耐盐性强弱不同的大麦(Hordeumvulgare L.)品种,研究了NaCl胁迫下其幼苗根中ATP和焦磷酸(PPi)含量的变化以及PPi对液泡膜H -ATP酶活性的影响.结果表明:在含NaCl 200mmol/L的1/2 Hoagland溶液中处理2 d,耐盐品种(滩引2号)根中液泡膜H -ATP酶活性增加,然后逐渐下降,而H -PPi酶活性在NaCl处理9 d中'直下降.盐敏感品种(科品7号)在NaCl胁迫下根中H -ATP酶和H -PPi酶活性都下降(图1).与对照相比较,NaCl胁迫下耐盐品种根中ATP含量2 d时增加,4 d后下降;盐敏感品种根中ATP积累受NaCl胁迫的抑制(图2).NaCl胁迫下,两品种的PPi含量皆略有增加(图3).PPi对液泡膜H -ATP酶活性有竞争性抑制作用(图4).结果表明:ATP积累是NaCl胁迫下液泡膜H -ATP酶活性增加的原因之一,NaCl胁迫下大麦品种根中ATP含量下降和PPi对液泡膜H -ATP酶的抑制使该酶活性下降.     

基于焦磷酸测序技术建立基因编辑水稻检测方法

基因编辑技术发展迅速,但对应的检测方法较少。为寻找创建基因编辑作物适用的检测方法,以 PL3 基因编辑水稻编辑位点为靶标,有效设计了焦磷酸测序的扩增引物及测序引物,并进行有效性检测,分别利用Sequence to Analyze等程序以及SNP和AQ两种模式完成了对PL3 基因的定性和定量检测试验,建立了 PL3 基因编辑水稻编辑位点焦磷酸测序检测方法。结果表明,基于焦磷酸测序技术可以通过检测编辑位点从而将基因编辑型水稻与野生型水稻进行区分。与常规的转基因检测方法相比,该检测方法具有较好的准确性、高效性及高灵敏度等优点,在基因编辑型水稻编辑位点定性和定量检测分析方面具有很好的应用前景。     

茶尺蠖无机焦磷酸酶EoPPase672的表达与功能研究

【目的】本研究旨在通过克隆茶尺蠖Ectropis obliqua解毒相关无机焦磷酸酶(inorganic pyrophosphatase, PPase)基因EoPPase672，并对其进行原核表达和功能验证，为更好地了解EoPPase672在茶尺蠖解毒过程中的作用及相关功能的应用提供理论依据。【方法】从茶尺蠖转录组数据库中筛选到EoPPase672 cDNA,构建原核表达载体pET-32a-EoPPase672，转化到大肠杆菌Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)，SDS-PAGE及Western blot鉴定重组表达蛋白；测定EoPPase672的浓度以及酶促反应最适温度、最适pH和最适金属离子。利用qRT-PCR检测亚致死浓度(LC₁₀=2.08 mg/L)溴氰菊酯刺激后不同时间不同龄期茶尺蠖幼虫中EoPPase672的表达水平。基于PPase的特性，分析重组蛋白EoPPase672在PCR反应中对焦磷酸盐(PPi)的去除效果和对PCR扩增效率的影响。【结果】通过原核表达和纯化获得重组蛋白EoPPase672。通过无机磷酸盐(Pi)含量标准曲线测得该酶的比活力为1 279.6 U/mg，酶促反应的最适温度为65℃、最适pH为7.5、最适金属离子为Mg²⁺。茶尺蠖幼虫被溴氰菊酯(2.08 mg/L)刺激12 h后，2和3龄幼虫EoPPase672的表达量与对照组的相比显著上调，4龄幼虫EoPPase672的表达量小幅上调；被溴氰菊酯刺激24 h后，2和3龄幼虫EoPPase672的表达量与对照组的相比仍然显著上调，但与刺激12 h的2和3龄幼虫中的相比下调。在PCR反应中添加重组蛋白EoPPase672后，部分PPi被水解，解除了PPi对PCR扩增的抑制作用，对PCR扩增效率起到了增强效果。【结论】这些结果表明，重组蛋白EoPPase672可提高PCR扩增效率，EoPPase672基因可能参与了茶尺蠖的解毒过程。研究结果为进一步研究茶尺蠖EoPPase672的功能提供了依据。     

乙肝治疗耐药基因突变的焦磷酸测序技术诊断

目的:建立焦磷酸测序技术检测拉米夫定和阿德福韦酯治疗乙肝所致乙肝病毒基因耐药突变的定量检测方法,为临床乙肝耐药诊断和治疗提供依据。方法:针对乙肝病毒DNA聚合酶基因序列上4个常见基因突变位点的6种突变形式,分别克隆构建野生型和突变型质粒作为标准品,应用生物信息学手段设计目标基因通用PCR引物和各突变点的焦磷酸测序引物,建立焦磷酸测序的突变检测方法。对接受拉米夫定、阿德福韦酯治疗的慢性乙型肝炎患者血清标本进行检测。结果:构建了乙肝病毒四种常见耐药性突变的标准株和变异株克隆,建立了分别或同时检测拉米夫定、阿德福韦酯耐药突变的焦磷酸测序方法,对68例临床耐药或疑似耐药的患者血清标本进行检测,双脱氧测序验证,检出拉米夫定耐药突变32例,阿德福韦酯耐药突变5例,其中焦磷酸测序检出20例为混合突变,而双脱氧测序显示为6例。结论:成功建立了焦磷酸测序定量检测拉米夫定、阿德福韦酯耐药基因突变的方法,构建了乙肝病毒耐药基因突变的标准质粒,为临床动态监测乙肝病毒变异病毒株、指导合理用药奠定了基础。     

UGPase和反义4CL基因对转基因烟草纤维素和木质素合成的调控

用根癌农杆菌介导法将源于紫穗槐的尿苷二磷酸葡萄糖焦磷酸化酶（UGPase）基因、反义4-香豆酸辅酶A连接酶（4CL）基因以及两者的双价基因分别转移至烟草中。PCR和Southern杂交检测证实外源基因已整合到转基因烟草基因组中。测定全纤维素和Klason木质素含量的结果显示,增强UGPase基因的表达可提高转基因植株的纤维素含量,但对木质素含量没有影响;抑制4CL基因的表达可显著降低转基因植株的木质素含量,但对纤维素含量没有影响;转移双价基因的转基因植株中纤维素含量增加而木质素含量降低。     

乙肝治疗耐药基因突变的焦磷酸测序技术诊断

目的：建立焦磷酸测序技术检测拉米夫定和阿德福韦酯治疗乙肝所致乙肝病毒基因耐药突变的定量检测方法,为临床乙肝耐药诊断和治疗提供依据。方法：针对乙肝病毒DNA聚合酶基因序列上4个常见基因突变位点的6种突变形式,分别克隆构建野生型和突变型质粒作为标准品,应用生物信息学手段设计目标基因通用PCR引物和各突变点的焦磷酸测序引物,建立焦磷酸测序的突变检测方法。对接受拉米夫定、阿德福韦酯治疗的慢性乙型肝炎患者血清标本进行检测。结果：构建了乙肝病毒四种常见耐药性突变的标准株和变异株克隆,建立了分别或同时检测拉米夫定、阿德福韦酯耐药突变的焦磷酸测序方法,对68例临床耐药或疑似耐药的患者血清标本进行检测,双脱氧测序验证,检出拉米夫定耐药突变32例,阿德福韦酯耐药突变5例,其中焦磷酸测序检出20例为混合突变,而双脱氧测序显示为6例。结论：成功建立了焦磷酸测序定量检测拉米夫定、阿德福韦酯耐药基因突变的方法,构建了乙肝病毒耐药基因突变的标准质粒,为临床动态监测乙肝病毒变异病毒株、指导合理用药奠定了基础。     

焦磷酸测序测定SNP的常见问题与解决方法

目的：探讨焦磷酸测序技术对单核苷酸多态性分型因测序图谱中存在的一些典型问题而导致分型结果不准确的解决方法。方法：以VKORC1基因1639 G〉A位点、CYP2C19基因636 G〉A位点及UGT1A1基因TA重复序列（TA）6〉（TA）7的多态性检测为例,分别采用优化PCR条件、改变测序时dNTP的加入顺序以及设立外标校正的方法来解决上述问题,从而提高焦测序对SNP分型的准确性。结果：通过升高PCR退火温度,可以显著提高VKORC1基因的扩增特异性,降低了测序图谱中非特异性信号峰强度;通过优化测序时dNTP的加入顺序,CYP2C19基因636 G〉A位点的准确分型结果可通过观察测序图谱中相关信号峰的有无而简单获得,避免了比较信号峰的相对强度;通过比较待测样本与已知基因型的外标样本的测序图谱来确定待测样本的基因型,提高了对UGT1A1基因TA重复序列（TA）6〉（TA）7多态性的分型准确性。结论：本文针对焦测序在测定SNP时的常见问题所提出的相应解决方法不仅简单、经济有效,而且在临床应用方面具有可靠性。     

TaqMan探针双重荧光定量PCR同时检测解脲支原体和巨细胞病毒

目的探讨双重荧光定量PCR技术的优化条件,建立基于TaqMan探针技术荧光定量法检测同时检测解脲支原体和巨细胞病毒的新方法。方法分别采用普通定性PCR扩增母婴垂直传播常见的病原体（解脲支原体和巨细胞病毒）测序鉴定,然后分别采用TaqMan探针的单重和双重定量PCR技术对解脲支原体和巨细胞病毒同时定性定量检测。结果解脲支原体和巨细胞病毒单种定性PCR检测均为阳性,TaqMan探针单重和双重定量PCR检测解脲支原体和巨细胞病毒阳性率和特异性均为100％,相同样品TaqMan探针单重、双重定量PCR分别检测的结果符合率100％。结论TaqMan探针双重荧光定量PCR技术可同时检测两种靶分子,结果可靠,应用前景广阔。     

A colorimetric assay for inorganic pyrophosphate that is also useful for measuring product accumulation in polymerase chain reactions

A novel coupled enzyme assay for measuring inorganic pyrophosphate (PP(i)) in biological samples is described. The total PP(i) is determined by a reaction with inosine 5'-monophosphate, catalyzed by hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl transferase, yielding hypoxanthine and phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate. The hypoxanthine is oxidized to uric acid by xanthine oxidase/xanthine dehydrogenase and can be measured by formation of formazan when a tetrazolium salt is used as the oxidant. The method is also useful for detecting and quantifying PP(i) released from nucleotides during polymerase chain reactions. This rapid and simple method for detecting amplified nucleic acids permits low-cost monitoring by eye or spectrophotometer.     

Phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate and the measurement on inorganic pyrophosphate in plant tissues

This work provides further evidence that plants contain appreciable amounts of inorganic pyrophosphate (PPi), and that breakdown of phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate (PPRibP) does not contribute significantly to the PPi detected in plant extracts. Inorganic pyrophosphate in extracts of the roots of Pisum sativum L., clubs of the spadices of Arum maculatum L., and the developing endosperm of Zea mays L. was assayed with pyrophosphate fructose 6-phosphate 1-phosphotransferase (EC 2.7.1.90), and with sulphate adenyltransferase (EC 2.7.7.4). The two different assays gave the same value for PPi content, and for recovery of added PPi. It was shown that PPRibP is converted to PPi during the extraction of PPi. However, the amounts of PPRibP in clubs of A. maculatum and the developing endosperm of Z. mays were negligible in comparison with the contents of PPi.Abbreviations EDTA ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid - PFK(PPi) pyrophosphate fructose 6-phosphate 1-phosphotransferase - PPi inorganic pyrophosphate - PPRibP phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate     

Following ionic activity by electrochemistry during the polymerase chain reaction

The most commonly used technique for gene detection is the polymerase chain reaction (PCR). PCR is associated with alterations in ionic activity because inorganic pyrophosphate (PPi) and inorganic phosphate (Pi) ions are produced during nucleotide polymerization. To maintain electro-neutrality, magnesium, potassium, and ammonium ions are bound to DNA. Deoxynucleotides are also bound to DNA during PCR. Some authors have described DNA itself as an electrically conducting polymer formed by base stapling with the formation of extensive Pi systems. In the current study, alterations in electrical conductivity determined experimentally during PCR are reported, and a model explaining the observed changes is described. During recent years, several different techniques for quantifying PCR products have been developed. The most frequently used technique is comparison of the densitometric intensities of ethidium bromide-stained PCR products separated by electrophoresis on gels. Here an alternative technique for quantifying PCR products by measuring alterations in electrical conductivity during PCR is presented.     

Isolation and characterization of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae XPT1 gene encoding xanthine phosphoribosyl transferase

A new Saccharomyces cerevisiae gene, XPT1, was isolated as a multicopy suppressor of a hypoxanthine phosphoribosyl transferase (HPRT) defect. Disruption of XPT1 affects xanthine utilization in vivo and results in a severe reduction of xanthine phosphoribosyl transferase (XPRT) activity while HPRT is unaffected. We conclude that XPT1 encodes XPRT in yeast.     

Repair of deaminated bases in DNA

Deamination of DNA bases can occur spontaneously, generating highly mutagenic lesions such as uracil, hypoxanthine, and xanthine. When cells are under oxidative stress that is induced either by oxidizing agents or by mitochondrial dysfunction, additional deamination products such as 5-hydroxymethyluracil (5-HMU) and 5-hydroxyuracil (5-OH-Ura) are formed. The cellular level of these highly mutagenic lesions is increased substantially when cells are exposed to DNA damaging agent, such as ionizing radiation, redox reagents, nitric oxide, and others. The cellular repair of deamination products is predominantly through the base excision repair (BER) pathway, a major cellular repair pathway that is initiated by lesion specific DNA glycosylases. In BER, the lesions are removed by the combined action of a DNA glycosylase and an AP endonuclease, leaving behind a one-base gap. The gapped product is then further repaired by the sequential action of DNA polymerase and DNA ligase. DNA glycosylases that recognize uracil, 5-OH-Ura, 5-HMU (derived from 5-methylcytosine) and a T/G mismatch (derived from a 5-methylcytosine/G pair) are present in most cells. Many of these glycosylases have been cloned and well characterized. In yeast and mammalian cells, hypoxanthine is efficiently removed by methylpurine N-glycosylase, and it is thought that BER might be an important pathway for the repair of hypoxanthine. In contrast, no glycosylase that can recognize xanthine has been identified in either yeast or mammalian cells. In Escherichia coli, the major enzyme activity that initiates the repair of hypoxanthine and xanthine is endonuclease V. Endonuclease V is an endonuclease that hydrolyzes the second phosphodiester bond 3' to the lesion. It is hypothesized that the cleaved DNA is further repaired through an alternative excision repair (AER) pathway that requires the participation of either a 5' endonuclease or a 3'-5' exonuclease to remove the damaged base. The repair process is then completed by the sequential actions of DNA polymerase and DNA ligase. Endonuclease V sequence homologs are present in all kingdoms, and it is conceivable that endonuclease V might also be a major enzyme that initiates the repair of hypoxanthine and xanthine in mammalian cells.     

Clinical and Biochemical Manifestations and Molecular Characterization of the Mutation HPRT Jerusalem

A novel point mutation (I137T) was identified in the hypoxanthine‐guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT) encoding gene, in a patient with partial deficiency of the enzyme. The mutation, ATT to ACT (substitution of isoleucine to threonine), occurred at codon 137, which is within the region encoding the binding site for 5‐phosphoribosyl‐1‐pyrophosphate (PRPP). The mutation caused decreased affinity for PRPP, manifested clinically as a Lesch–Nyhan variant (excessive purine production and delayed acquisition of language skills). The partial HPRT deficiency could be detected only by measuring HPRT activity in intact fibroblasts (uptake of hypoxanthine into nucleotides).     

A colorimetric confirmation method for DNA amplification in PCR and its application to the detection of Giardia lamblia cysts

A simple and quick colorimetric method for confirming DNA amplification in polymerase chain reactions (PCR) is described and has been applied to the amplification of Giardia lamblia DNA. This method detects the release of pyrophosphate based on the competition between 1,10-phenanthroline and pyrophosphate complexing with ferrous ion. When 1,10-phenanthroline complexed with Fe²⁺ is added to the finished PCR solution, depending on whether or not the DNA was amplified, the mixture is, respectively, either bleached or red. The color changed optimally for 20–30 min at 60–80 °C, and the result could be determined by detecting an absorbancy change at 510 nm or a color change discernible to the naked eye. The extent of change in absorbance was proportional to the amount of pyrophosphate produced.     

Purine excretion by mammalian cells deficient in adenosine kinase

An adenosine kinaseless (AK^?) mutant of the mouse fibroblast line 3T6 has been obtained in cell culture by evolution of resistance to 6-thio-methylpurine ribonucleoside and tubercidin. The mutant excretes purines (xanthine and hypoxanthine) into the culture medium. Human or mouse cells lacking hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl transferase (HPT^?) excrete increased amounts of purines, but a human cell mutant lacking both HPT and AK excretes considerably more hypoxanthine. The difference in hypoxanthine excretion between the HPT^? mutant and the HPT^? AK^? mutant originates from the adenosine normally reutilized through the activity of adenosine kinase. The activity of adenosine kinase is essential to retard the adenosine cycle and to prevent cellular loss of purines.     

Metabolism of hypoxanthine in isolated rat hepatocytes.

The hepatic metabolism of hypoxanthine was investigated by studying both the fate of labelled hypoxanthine, added at micromolar concentrations to isolated rat hepatocyte suspensions, and the kinetic properties of purified hypoxanthine/guanine phosphoribosyltransferase from rat liver. More than 80% of hypoxanthine was oxidized towards allantoin; less than 5% of the label was incorporated into the purine mononucleotides, and a similar proportion appeared transiently in inosine. The maximal velocity of oxidation (approx. 750nmol/min per g of cells) was in close agreement with the known activity of xanthine oxidase in liver extracts. In contrast, the maximal velocity of the incorporation of labelled hypoxanthine into mononucleotides reached only 30nmol/min per g of cells, compared with an activity of hypoxanthine/guanine phosphoribosyltransferase, measured at substrate concentrations analogous to those prevailing intracellularly, of 500nmol/min per g of cells. Hypoxanthine incorporation into the mononucleotides was decreased by allopurinol, anoxia and ethanol, despite inhibition of its oxidation under these conditions; it was increased by incubation of the cells in supraphysiological concentrations of Pi. Allopurinol and anoxia decreased the concentration of phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate inside the cells by respectively 40 and 60%, ethanol had no effect on the concentration of this metabolite and Pi increased its concentration up to 10-fold. The kinetic study of purified hypoxanthine/guanine phosphoribosyltransferase showed that a mixture of ATP, IMP, GMP and GTP, at the concentrations prevailing in the liver cell, decreased the V max. of the enzyme 6-fold, increased its Km for hypoxanthine from 1 to 4 microM and its Km for phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate from 2.5 to 25 microM. In the presence of 5 microM-hypoxanthine and 2.5 microM-phosphoribosyl pyrophosphate, the mixture of nucleotides inhibited the activity of purified hypoxanthine/guanine phosphoribosyltransferase by 95%. It is concluded that this inhibition results in a limited participation of hypoxanthine/guanine phosphoribosyltransferase in the control of the production of allantoin by the liver.     

Characterization of a family B DNA polymerase from Thermococcus barophilus Ch5 and its application for long and accurate PCR

The family B DNA polymerase gene from the euryarchaeon Thermococcus barophilus Ch5 (Tba5) contains an open reading frame of 6198 base pairs that encodes 2065 amino acid residues. The gene is split by three inteins that must be spliced out to form the mature DNA polymerase. A Tba5 DNA polymerase gene without inteins (genetically intein-spliced) was expressed under the control of the pET-28b(+)T7lac promoter in E. coli Rosetta 2(DE3)pLysS cells. The molecular mass of the purified Tba5 DNA polymerase was about 90 kDa consistent with the 90,470 Da molecular mass calculated based on the 776 amino acid sequence. The optimal pH for Tba5 DNA polymerase activity was 7.5 and the optimal temperature was 70–75 °C. The enzyme possessed 3′ → 5′ exonuclease activity and was activated by magnesium ions. PCR amplification using Tba5 DNA polymerase enables high-yield for 1- to 6-kb target DNA products, while 8- to 10-kb target DNA products were amplified at low or inefficient levels. To simultaneously improve product yield and amplification fidelity, Tba5 plus DNA polymerase mixtures were constituted with various amounts of Tba5 DNA polymerase mixed with Taq DNA polymerase. The Tba5 plus DNA polymerase mixtures robustly amplified up to 25-kb λ DNA fragments. In addition, the PCR error rate of Tba5 plus3 and Tba5 plus4 mixtures were much lower than those of wild-type Tba5 DNA polymerase, Pfu DNA polymerase, Taq DNA polymerase, and Pfu plus DNA polymerase.