杂交构树UDP-葡萄糖脱氢酶基因编码蛋白的亚细胞定位及其启动子5'端缺失片段的功能分析

为了研究杂交构树UDP-葡萄糖脱氢酶基因（DDBJ，BpUGDH基因登录号为LC457701）启动子不同区域的表达活性，利用5'端缺失及同源重组实验技术，将5个不同长度的BpUGDH启动子5'端缺失片段与GUS基因连接，并通过农杆菌介导法瞬时转化烟草；同时，为了定位BpUGDH基因编码的蛋白在细胞中表达的具体位置，利用GFP报告基因融合目的基因进行蛋白质的亚细胞定位。结果显示：BpUGDH基因启动子-244 bp以内的序列均能介导GUS基因的诱导表达，并且-973、-465、-355、-281和-244 bp之间的区域可能对BpUGDH基因启动子的活性发挥着至关重要的作用。另外，BpUGDH基因编码蛋白的亚细胞定位结果显示：BpUGDH位于叶绿体中。     

绿色杜氏藻不同β-胡萝卜素羟化酶基因家族胁迫应答模式研究

β-胡萝卜素羟化酶(β-carotenoid hydroxylase, CHYB)是植物类胡萝卜素生物合成途径中的一个重要限速酶。本研究对绿色杜氏藻转录组测序数据进行分析,获得2条β-胡萝卜素羟化酶家族基因chyb1和chyb2。采用染色体步移法分别克隆并获得了绿色杜氏藻chyb1和chyb2基因的启动子序列,全长分别为1080 bp(GenBank登录号：KY012338)和1155 bp (GenBank登录号：KY012339)。利用Plantcare软件分析两个启动子的顺式作用元件,结果表明绿色杜氏藻chyb1基因启动子含有与甲基茉莉酸、花生四烯酸、水杨酸等非生物胁迫相关的顺式作用元件,而绿色杜氏藻chyb2基因启动子含有与光照相关的顺式作用元件。通过qRT-PCR分析了绿色杜氏藻CHYB基因家族在不同胁迫下的基因表达水平,结果表明该基因家族的基因表达水平与启动子调控相关,且不同的家族基因应答不同的胁迫。     

Promoter elements of the mouse 21-hydroxylase (Cyp-21) gene involved in cell-selective and cAMP-dependent gene expression

Cyp-21 (the mouse steroid 21-hydroxylase gene) is expressed exclusively in cells of the adrenal cortex, is induced by ACTH and cAMP, and is required for corticosteroid synthesis. This review examines the molecular basis for the regulated expression of Cyp-21 in the ACTH-responsive, mouse adrenocortical tumor cell line, Y1. We demonstrate that 330 bp of 5′-flanking DNA from the Cyp-21 gene are sufficient for cell-selective and ACTH-induced expression of Cyp-21, and that this promoter region comprises multiple, closely spaced enhancer elements each of which is required for promoter function. Within this promoter, we define three related elements that contain variations of an AGGTCA motif and that contribute to the cell-selective expression of Cyp-21. Variations of these same AGGTCA-bearing elements are also involved in the expression of Cyp 11a and Cyp 11b in Y1 adrenocortical cells. These elements interact with the same or closely related nuclear proteins found only in steroidogenic cell lines. Taken together, these results suggest that shared elements contribute to the adrenal cell-selective expression of at least three steroidogenic cytochrome P450 genes.

The element at −170 and the related elements at −65, −140 and −210 in the Cyp-21 promoter are not active as enhancers in the mutant Y1 cell line, Kin-8. Kin-8 cells contain a mutation in the regulatory subunit of the type 1 cAMP-dependent protein kinase that renders the enzyme resistant to activation by cAMP. Therefore, these elements appear to be selectively dependent upon an intact cAMP-dependent protein kinase for enhancer function. Individually, none of these elements confer cAMP-dependence to a reporter gene driven by a heterologous promoter. On the basis of these observations, we suggest that ACTH- and cAMP-dependent expression of Cyp-21 requires the combined actions of the element at −170, and the related elements at −140, −210 and −65.