超声波法转化酵母原生质体

本文报告了用超声波将外源ＤＮＡ导入酿酒酵母原生质体。我们以酿酒酵母Ｙ１６２作为质粒ＹＥＰ２４的受体菌,用２４ＫＨｚ、２０Ｗ的超声波处理酵母原生质体。上述超声处理对质粒ＤＮＡ没有明显破坏作用。随着作用时间的延长,酵母原生质体的存活率与转化率迅速下降。获得的最高转化率为１０３转化子／μｇＤＮＡ。用２０Ｗ或更高的功率及更长的时间处理完整酵母细胞没有获得转化子。     

酵母细胞的电击高频转化

用Ｂｉｏ－Ｒａｄ生产的基因脉冲仪进行酿酒酵母电击转化实验,得到的最适条件为：５ｋｖ／ｃｍ２５μＦ和２００Ω。电击后涂布前的培养时间为２小时。电击后细胞存活率为４６％时,每微克质粒ＤＮＡ得到１０６以上的转化子。用相同的质粒和受体菌进行原生质体法和醋酸锂法比较实验,转化率分别为２×１０４和３．５×１０２个转化子／μｇＤＮＡ。电击转化是最方便易行和高效率的方法。     

高效的酵母完整细胞转化法

以穿梭质粒PYES2转化酿酒酵母H158,用二硫苏糖醇（DTT）和处理酵母细胞,变性单链鱼精DNA（ssDNA）为质粒DNA的携带体;转化率比普通酵母完整细胞转化法提高200倍,可达8．3×104个转化子/μg质粒DNA。     

电穿孔法转化完整酵母的研究

本文用酿酒酵母（Ｓａｃｃｈａｒｏｍｙｃｅｓ ｃｅｒｅｖｉｓｉａｅ）作材料,探讨了电穿孔转化完整酵母的几个条件。其中电场强度及脉冲时间是两个最重要的参数。在２ｋｖ／ｃｍ,９ｍｓ时获得１０＾４转化子／ｕｇＤＮＡ的转化率。转化率还与所采用的菌株与质粒等条件有关。此技术简便迅速。     

大肠杆菌感受态细胞转化能力的影响因素

探讨了大肠杆菌菌株、细菌生长状态、转化溶液、抗冻剂及保存时间、质粒长度和纯度对感受态细胞转化能力的影响。结果表明,以100 mmol/L CaCl2为缓冲液,采用经活化培养的A600为0.55的TG1制备的感受态细胞,在冰上放置6h后转化,所得转化率最高,可达2×106-4×107cfu/μg DNA(pUC19)。随着质粒长度增加和纯度降低,转化率有所下降。若感受态细胞要保存备用,以15％甘油为抗冻剂优于7％DMSO,但添加抗冻剂对转化率有抑制作用。贮于甘油的感受态细胞在-70℃冻存两个月后仍有较理想的转化率。     

蓝藻的一种人工转化系统研究

本研究用溶菌酶处理ＳｙｎｅｃｈｏｃｏｃｃｕｓＰＣＣ６３０１细胞诱导人工感受态,并用外源质粒ｐＢＲ３２５转化受体细胞表达氯霉素抗性,转化频率接近５×１０￣（－５）转化子／细胞。用转化子ＤＮＡ再进行次级转化,转化频率可达５×１０￣（－４）转化子／细胞。这比以前的研究者对同种藻株,用克隆的ＤＮＡ、通过生理感受态进行转化得到的转化频率要高。ＤＮＡ电泳、次级转化和斑点杂交证明外源质粒通过单交换已经整合到了受体细胞染色体上。这些结果表明,人工转化系统是有效的,并具有可重复性。对于影响转化的一些条件,如ＤＮＡ与细胞保温时间、藻龄、光照或黑暗培养,也同时进行了研究。     

植病生防菌成团泛菌电击转化条件的研究*

研究了植病生防菌成团泛菌（Ｐａｎｔｏｅａ ａｇｇｌｏｍｅｒａｎｓ）的电击转化条件。结果表明受体菌固体培养、生长到对数早期时的细胞转化效果最好;质粒ＤＮＡ分子量增加１０培,转化效率降低１００倍;质粒ＤＮＡ浓度在０．０１－１μｇ／μＬ范围内其变化与转化频率呈正比,与转化效率成反比;从成团泛菌中提纯的质粒ＤＮＡ比从大肠杆菌中提纯的相同质粒ＤＮＡ转化成团泛菌的效率高出３０倍;最佳电击条件为场强１５ｋＶ／ｃ     

甾醇C-24甲基转移酶基因在酿酒酵母中的内源表达及工程菌麦角甾醇的合成

通过高保真PCR克隆到含酿酒酵母甾醇C-24甲基转移酶基因编码序列及终止子序列的DNA片段ERG6, 以大肠杆菌-酿酒酵母穿梭质粒YEp352为载体, 磷酸甘油酸激酶基因PGK1启动子为上游调控元件构建了酵母菌表达质粒pPERG6。通过同源重组, 以铜离子螯合蛋白基因CUP1替换染色体上ERG6基因内部序列获得ERG6破坏菌株YS58-erg6, 其中麦角甾醇的合成被阻断, 同时细胞的生长也受到明显抑制。表达质粒pPERG6转化破坏菌株YS58-erg6后, 不但使细胞恢复了合成麦角甾醇的能力, 细胞生物量也得到明显提高, 这说明表达质粒上的ERG6基因得到了功能性的表达。分别用载体质粒YEp352和表达质粒pPERG6转化酿酒酵母单倍体菌株YS58, 获得对照菌株YS58(YEp352)和重组菌株YS58(pPERG6)。重组菌株YS58(pPERG6) 生物量和麦角甾醇含量分别是对照菌YS58(YEp352)的1.23和1.32倍。可见甾醇C-24甲基转移酶基因的高表达可以增强酵母细胞麦角甾醇的合成能力。     

紫云英细胞转化条件的研究

研究了紫云英（ＡｓｔｒａｇａｌｕｓｓｉｎｉｃｕｓＬ．）细胞遗传转化的条件。根癌农杆菌（Ａｇｒｏｂａｃｔｅｒｉｕｍｔｕｍ ｅｆａｃｉｅｎｓ）经含乙酰丁香酮的低ｐＨ／ＰＯ３－４ 诱导培养后,用来感染紫云英下胚轴原生质体,随后的细胞ＧＵＳ瞬间表达活性显著提高,间接证明了上述预培养诱导活化了细菌ｖｉｒ基因,促进了Ｔ－ＤＮＡ 向植物细胞转移。在ＰＥＧ介导的ＤＮＡ 转移中,较高的ｐＨ 和Ｃａ２＋ 浓度能够提高细胞ＧＵＳ活性。质粒ＤＮＡ 浓度及启动子类型对外源基因在植物细胞内表达也有一定影响。采用外植体－农杆菌共培养法,获得ＧＵＳ和ＮＰＴ Ⅱ基因稳定表达的紫云英转化植株     

转移DNA

农杆菌能够将其环状质粒上的一段转移ＤＮＡ(ｔｒａｎｓｆｅｒＤＮＡ ,Ｔ ＤＮＡ)转移并整合到受体细胞的基因组中 ,并使之携带的基因在受体细胞中表达。利用这种天然载体转化系统 ,除了可以在细菌间进行接合转移外 ,还可以向真菌、放线菌等低等真核生物和许多高等植物基因组转移[1] 。利用人工构建的转移复合物可以将ＤＮＡ转运到哺乳动物的细胞核中[2 ] 。虽然不同农杆菌质粒ＤＮＡ同源性有较大差异 ,但仍有一些共有的保守区段 ,如Ｔ ＤＮＡ区、Ｖｉｒ区、质粒复制起始区、质粒接合转移毒性区等。其中Ｔ ＤＮＡ区和Ｖｉｒ区是与Ｔ ＤＮＡ…     

Transformation of intact yeast cells treated with alkali cations

Intact yeast cells treated with alkali cations took up plasmid DNA. Li+, Cs+, Rb+, K+, and Na+ were effective in inducing competence. Conditions for the transformation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae D13-1A with plasmid YRp7 were studied in detail with CsCl. The optimum incubation time was 1 h, and the optimum cell concentration was 5 x 10(7) cells per ml. The optimum concentration of Cs+ was 1.0 M. Transformation efficiency increased with increasing concentrations of plasmid DNA. Polyethylene glycol was absolutely required. Heat pulse and various polyamines or basic proteins stimulated the uptake of plasmid DNA. Besides circular DNA, linear plasmid DNA was also taken up by Cs+-treated yeast cells, although the uptake efficiency was considerably reduced. The transformation efficiency with Cs+ or Li+ was comparable with that of conventional protoplast methods for a plasmid containing ars1, although not for plasmids containing a 2 microns origin replication.     

Transformation of competent Bacillus subtilis cells by chromosomal and plasmid DNA incorporated in liposomes

Transformation with chromosomal and plasmid DNAs comprised in liposomes of different compositions was studied on competent cells of Bacillus subtilis. Transformation with chromosomal DNA comprised in liposomes appeared to constitute 1.1 to 1.5% of the control, and transformation with plasmid DNA in liposomes reaches 8 to 11%, as compared to the control. It has been revealed that absorbtion of chromosomal or plasmid DNA comprised in liposomes by competent cells is 1-2 orders higher than that of chromosomal or plasmid DNAs which are not contained in liposomes. Besides, chromosomal DNA in liposomes was found to be transferred to competent cells in the double-stranded form, while during common transformation without liposomes, the DNA transferred is single-stranded.     

Effect of glycerol on plasmid transfer in genetically competent Haemophilus influenzae

Summary The small plasmid pAT4 transformed at characteristically low frequencies those competent Haemophilus influenzae Rd strains that had no DNA homology with this plasmid. Transformation was increased up to 100 times, however, when the recipient cells were exposed to 30% glycerol before plating for transformants. Expression of plasmid resistance markers was then immediate. Ultraviolet irradiation experiments indicated that this large increase was due to release by the glycerol of double-stranded plasmid molecules, presumably from transformasomes. Several other plasmids exhibited the same phenomenon. Dimethylsulfoxide also stimulated plasmid transformation but lysolecithin and high concentrations of NaCl or glucose were ineffective. Glycerol did not increase the efficiency of transformation by either chromosomal DNA or linearized plasmid DNA.     

Transformation of Bacillus cereus vegetative cells by electroporation

Transformation of untreated vegetative cells of Bacillus cereus 569 with plasmid pC194 (1.8 megadaltons) by high-voltage electroporation resulted in a maximum of 2 x 10(-5) transformants per viable cell. Transformation of a 130-megadalton plasmid occurred at a comparable frequency. The method was simple, rapid, and yielded transformant colonies in 14 to 24 h. Transformation was obtained with unpurified total plasmid DNA.     

Transformation of Bacillus cereus vegetative cells by electroporation.

Transformation of untreated vegetative cells of Bacillus cereus 569 with plasmid pC194 (1.8 megadaltons) by high-voltage electroporation resulted in a maximum of 2 x 10(-5) transformants per viable cell. Transformation of a 130-megadalton plasmid occurred at a comparable frequency. The method was simple, rapid, and yielded transformant colonies in 14 to 24 h. Transformation was obtained with unpurified total plasmid DNA.     

The effects of volatile microbial secondary metabolites on protein synthesis in Serpula lacrymans

The cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 is transformable at high efficiency and integrates DNA by homologous double recombination. However, several genetic mapping procedures depend on the ability to generate transformants even with very small amounts of added DNA. This study is aimed at optimizing the transformation efficiency at limiting concentrations of exogenous DNA. The transformation efficiency showed little sensitivity to experimental conditions. Transformation with circular plasmid DNA was found to be no more than 30% more efficient than with linearized plasmid DNA. The efficiency of transformation remained essentially the same in the presence of competing DNA, indicating that the capacity of DNA uptake by the cells is not limiting. The incubation time of cells with DNA before plating (0-8 h) affected the transformation efficiency by up to 3-fold. Only minor changes in the efficiency were observed as a function of the presence of a membrane filter on the plate or the presence of TAE or TBE gel buffer residues in the transformation mixture. However, transformability of the host strain of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 was increased by two orders of magnitude if the sll1354 gene encoding the exonuclease RecJ was deleted. Therefore, the transformation efficiency of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 with exogenous DNA appears to be determined primarily by intracellular processes such as the efficiency of DNA processing and homologous recombination.     

Studies on transformation in Shigella

Transformation of pBR322 DNA into Shigella occurred at a low frequency. The efficiency of transformation was highest in S. dysenteriae 1 and lowest in S. flexneri. Treatment of cells with CaCl2 for a prolonged period (24h) increased the efficiency of transformation in all strains, except in S. flexneri, where transformation efficiency could not be improved by a variety of manipulations. Transformation efficiency did not increase in any of the strains when transformation was carried out with plasmid DNA obtained from a transformant (homologous transformation), suggesting the absence of a strong restriction-modification system. Extracellular deoxyribonuclease (DNase) levels were low in all the strains tested, but the levels of endogenous DNAse, released after CaCl2 treatment or sonication of the cells, were high. Washing the cells with a solution of CaCl2 did not enhance transformation, suggesting that endogenous DNase could be a significant factor affecting transformation efficiency in species of Shigella.     

Optimal conditions for genetic transformation of the cyanobacterium Anacystis nidulans R2

Under optimal conditions, the cyanobacterium Anacystis nidulans R2 was transformed to ampicillin resistance at frequencies of greater than 10(7) transformants per microgram of plasmid (pCH1) donor DNA. No stringent period of competency was detected, and high frequencies of transformation were achieved with cultures at various growth stages. Transformation increased with time after addition of donor DNA up to 15 to 18 h. The peak of transformation efficiency (transformants/donor molecule) occurred at plasmid concentrations of 125 to 325 ng/ml with an ampicillin resistance donor plasmid (pCH1) and 300 to 625 ng/ml for chloramphenicol resistance conferred by plasmid pSG111. The efficiency of transformation was enhanced by excluding light during the incubation or by blocking photosynthesis with the electron transport inhibitor 3-(3, 4-dichlorophenyl)-1, 1-dimethylurea (DCMU) or the uncoupler carbonyl cyanide-m-chlorophenyl hydrazone. Preincubation of cells in darkness for 15 to 18 h before addition of donor DNA significantly decreased transformation efficiency. Growth of cells in iron-deficient medium before transformation enhanced efficiency fourfold. These results were obtained with selection for ampicillin (pCH1 donor plasmid)- or chloramphenicol (pSG111 donor plasmid)-resistant transformants. Approximately 1,000 transformants per microgram were obtained when chromosomal DNA from an herbicide (DCMU)-resistant mutant was used as donor DNA. DCMU resistance was also transferred to recipient cells by using restriction fragments of chromosomal DNA from DCMU-resistant mutants. This procedure allowed size classes of fragments to be assayed for the presence of the DCMU resistance gene.     

"Marker augmentation" phenomenon in the plasmid transformation and transduction of Bacillus subtilis

Transformation of Bacillus subtilis cells carrying pUB110 plasmid by DNA of homologous plasmid pBD12 results in the significant increase in the number of plasmid transformants. This phenomenon named "augmentation" was not observed when instead of intact cells, regenerating protoplasts were used, or if pBD12 DNA was introduced into the cells via transduction.     

Optimized transformation by electroporation ofLactobacillus plantarum strains with plasmid vectors

Summary Whole cell transformation ofLactobacillus plantarum CCM 1904 by electroporation was optimized. Pulse duration and electric field strength were shown to be important parameters: the optimum conditions were 12.5 kV/cm, a time-constant of 10 ms for an exponential decay waveform and 6.7 kV/cm applied during 2.5 ms for a square waveform. Transformation efficiency was increased if cells were cultivated on medium containing sorbitol and harvested during their early exponential growth phase: 8 × 10^–4 transformants/g pGK12 DNA per viable cell were obtained, with a survival rate of 10%–30% Cryotreatment by several freeze-and-thaw cycles decreased transformant yields. Transformation efficiency with different plasmids was studied and plasmid pGK12 was found to transformL. plantarum the most efficiently. Transformation by electroporation ofL. plantarum is strain dependent. The best results were obtained withL. plantarum NCIB 7220, giving 5 × 10⁶ transformants/gmg plasmid pGK12 DNA.