IQ基序突变对AtIQM1的钙调素结合活性的影响

旨在确定IQ基序中关键氨基酸残基突变对IQM1的Ca M结合活性的影响,利用基因体外定点突变技术将LQ缺失或将L突变成S,并通过酵母双杂交分析突变蛋白iqm1的Ca M结合活性。结果显示,用重组质粒p GADT7-IQM1CDS、p GADT7-IQM1Del113-114、p GADT7-IQM1L113S或p GBKT7-Ca M5分别转化酵母AH109,未出现自激活现象;用p GADT7-IQM1CDS和p GBKT7-Ca M5共转化酵母能在选择性培养基(SD/-Ade/-His/-Leu/-Trp/X-α-Gal)上形成蓝色菌落;而用p GADT7-IQM1Del113-114和p GBKT7-Ca M5或p GADT7-IQM1L113S和p GBKT7-Ca M5共转化酵母则不能在选择性培养基(SD/-Ade/-His/-Leu/-Trp)上形成菌落。结果表明,IQ基序中LQ或者L是IQM1与Ca M5结合的关键氨基酸残基。     

缺铁应答基因FOX1上游调控基因的筛选

[目的]筛选与莱茵衣藻FOX1基因启动子结合的调控基因序列。[方法]利用酵母单杂交的方法,构建pHIS2.1-FOX1诱饵载体,并将其转入到酵母菌株Y187中,在SD/-Trp/-His/-Leu/50 mmol/L 3-AT筛选培养基上挑选酵母阳性转化子,PCR克隆阳性转化子的序列并测序,利用Blastx程序检索phytozome莱茵衣藻基因组数据库,获得阳性转化子序列的同源基因信息。[结果]18个酵母阳性转化子测序成功,其同源基因主要有CTR型铜离子转运体(CTR2)、核糖体蛋白,和参与光合作用、氧化还原反应和物质运输等方面的功能蛋白。[结论]利用酵母单杂交技术筛选到缺铁应答基因FOX1潜在的上游调控基因。     

用酵母双杂交系统研究载脂蛋白AI(apoAI)和清道夫受体BI(SR-BI)间的相互作用

目的:利用酵母双杂交系统验证在胆固醇逆转运过程中起关键作用的大鼠载脂蛋白AI(apoAI)和清道夫受体BI-(SR-BI)间存在着相互作用,为初步筛选具有降脂活性组分提供1对新的靶点。方法:首先分别克隆了Wistar大鼠的apoAI和SR-BI基因的cDNA,并构建了酵母表达载体,利用共转化技术观察到apoAI和SR-BI间存在着相互作用,并在酵母交配实验中证实了这个结果。结果:经共转化后的实验组与阳性对照组可在SD/-Leu/-Trp/-His/-Ade/X-α-Gal平板上生长且菌斑呈蓝色,经测定α、β半乳糖苷酶活力可知酶活分别为8～12U和10～40U。酵母交配后的二倍体实验组、阳性对照组可在SD/-Leu/-Trp/-His/-Ade/X-α-Gal平板上生长且菌斑呈蓝色。结论:apoAI和SRBI间的确存在相互作用。     

小麦TaCIPK8基因的表达分析及其与TaCBLs的互作

CIPK是植物钙感受器钙调磷酸酶B类似蛋白特定靶向的一类丝氨酸/苏氨酸蛋白激酶。根据拟南芥At CIPK8基因序列,利用同源克隆的方法从抗逆性较强的小麦品种石4185中克隆了一个编码序列全长为1350 bp的蛋白激酶基因Ta CIPK8(Gen Bank号:KJ561804.1)。序列分析表明该基因编码的蛋白含有449个氨基酸,分子量为52.24 k D,理论等电点为7.16,具有CIPKs家族蛋白所特有的N端激酶域和C端NAF/FISL结构域;与拟南芥At CIPK8蛋白序列相似度达83.5%。为进一步研究其功能,采用Real-time PCR方法检测该基因在胁迫条件下的响应情况,发现Ta CIPK8基因受高盐、外源ABA和低温(4℃)胁迫诱导表达。利用植物启动子数据库Plant CARE和PLACE对Ta CIPK8基因启动子序列进行分析,结果显示Ta CIPK8基因启动子存在大量应答脱水胁迫、干旱、低温和ABA的顺式作用元件,也存在一些响应激素GA和茉莉酸甲酯的元件。利用酵母双杂交方法研究Ta CIPK8和Ta CBL家族蛋白的互作,结果显示,共转化含有Ta CIPK8和Ta CBL3基因载体的酵母菌能够在SD/-Trp/-Leu、SD/-Trp/-Leu/X-α-Gal/Ab A和SD/-Trp/-Leu/-Ade/-His/X-α-Gal/Ab A三种培养基上生长,且在后两种培养基上长出蓝色菌落。结果说明Ta CIPK8与Ta CBL3发生了互作,进而引起了报告基因MEL1、AUR1-C、HIS3和ADE2的表达。该研究结果对于研究Ta CIPK8基因的功能以及与CBL蛋白的互作调控网络具有一定的参考作用。     

鸡法氏囊B淋巴细胞中与鸡传染性法氏囊病病毒VP2相互作用蛋白筛选

为了获得鸡法氏囊B淋巴细胞中与鸡传染性法氏囊病病毒 (IBDV) VP2相互作用的蛋白质,利用酵母双杂交系统,用IBDV VP2蛋白为诱饵蛋白,筛选鸡法氏囊B淋巴细胞cDNA表达文库。将表达文库质粒转化含IBDV VP2诱饵质粒的酵母感受态细胞,检测报告基因在相应的营养缺陷型培养基 (SD/-Leu/-Trp/-His) 上表达情况,进一步经β-半乳糖苷酶报告基因检测,筛选到16个阳性克隆。提取阳性克隆质粒,经测序分析获得5个原鸡基因序列,分别是：线粒体DNA、蛋白质O位N-乙酰葡萄糖胺糖基化转移酶、肿瘤     

小麦翻译控制肿瘤蛋白TCTP与蔗糖非酵解型蛋白激酶SnRK1的相互作用

翻译控制肿瘤蛋白(Translationally controlled tumor protein, TCTP)广泛存在于真核细胞中,参与调节细胞分裂、植物生长发育,并介导植物抵御病原物侵染。蔗糖非酵解型蛋白激酶(SNF1-related protein kinase, SnRK1)在酵母、动物和植物中非常保守,并参与包括糖代谢和抵抗非生物和生物胁迫在内的一系列生理过程。本实验室前期工作证明TaTCTP响应叶锈菌侵染并参与诱发寄主产生防卫反应。为了深入探讨TaTCTP在叶锈菌侵染小麦诱发的防卫反应中发挥的作用,采用串联亲和纯化(TAP)与质谱(MS)联用技术,鉴定出SnRK1可能为TaTCTP潜在互作蛋白。文中对TCTP和SnRK1的相互作用进行了研究。酵母双杂交结果表明,同时携带TCTP和SnRK1的酵母可以在SD/-Leu/-Trp/-His/-Ade(SD/-LWHA,四缺)培养基上生长,说明TCTP与SnRK1在酵母双杂交系统中可以发生相互作用;通过双分子荧光互补实验,发现TCTP与SnRK1发生相互作用的荧光信号分布在细胞质中;进一步用Co-IP实验证明TCTP和SnRK1可以发生相互作用。本研究为深入研究TaTCTP在小麦与叶锈菌互作过程中的作用机制奠定了重要基础,对进一步完善小麦抵御叶锈菌侵染的分子机理具有重要意义。     

JAB1与糖皮质激素受体的相互作用及对其转录活性的影响

应用酵母双杂交方法筛选到与糖皮质激素受体(GR)结合的蛋白JAB1,进一步验证JAB1与GR的结合作用并证明其对GR的影响.构建与Gal4-BD融合表达的载体pGBKT7-GR LBD,与构建于pACT2载体上的人骨髓cDNA文库杂交,在SD/-Ade/-His/-Leu/-Trp选择培养板上培养,经X-α-gal检测,阳性克隆片段插入pGEM^®-T Vector 载体,测序,再经酵母双杂交和GST pull down蛋白质结合实验验证其结合作用,应用反映GR转录活性的CAT报告基因检测JAB1对GR的调节活性.结果在人骨髓cDNA文库中,筛选到42个X-α-gal检测变蓝且含有pACT2质粒序列的克隆,其中有5个克隆的序列皆为Jun活性区结合蛋白JAB1的一部分.酵母双杂交和蛋白质结合实验表明,JAB1与COS7真核表达的GR-LBD在体外有结合作用.JAB1加强GR转录激活的能力.     

DEV-NP基因酵母双杂交诱饵载体的构建及自激活检测

为构建鸭肠炎病毒(DEV)核衣壳蛋白(NP)基因酵母双杂交诱饵载体,采用PCR技术扩增出DEV-NP基因,克隆至酵母双杂交诱饵质粒pGBKT7中,以PCR检测、限制性酶切和序列测定等方法进行鉴定;然后采用PEG/LiA.法将阳性质粒pGBKT7-NP转化酵母Y2HGold,在不同营养缺失型培养基进行自激活检测,结果显示,经PCR检测和EcoR I/BamH I双酶切,可见到与预期相一致的目的片段;测序表明该片段含DEV NP基因全部序列;转化Y2HGold酵母菌后,在SD/-Trp/X-a-Gal 固体培养基上长出蓝色菌落,而在SD/-Trp/X-a-GaUAbA固体培养基上未见有菌落生长.无自激活作用的诱饵载体pGBKT7NP的成功构建,为DEV NP宿主结合蛋白的筛选莫定了基础.     

拟南芥FD与14-3-3/GRF7蛋白的相互作用研究

为了明确拟南芥FD与14-3-3/GRFs家族成员14-3-3/GRF7之间的互作关系,利用酵母双杂交和双分子荧光互补两种技术分别做了研究。在酵母中,与阴性对照相比,共转化FD-BD与14-3-3/GRF7-AD的酵母菌落在-Leu/-Trp/-His/-Ade四缺培养基上生长良好,表明在酵母中FD与4-3-3/GRF7之间存在直接的相互作用。在烟草中,与阴性对照相比,转化FD-c YFP与14-3-3/GRF7-n YFP,以及FD-n YFP与14-3-3/GRF7-c YFP载体的农杆菌共注射烟草细胞之后均在细胞核内观察到很强的荧光信号,表明在烟草细胞中FD与14-3-3/GRF7之间存在直接的相互作用。两种技术的结果共同证实FD与14-3-3/GRFs家族成员14-3-3/GRF7之间存在直接相互作用。     

FOXL2酵母双杂交诱饵载体构建及检测

目的:用FOXL2编码区片段构建酵母双杂交诱饵质粒并对诱饵质粒进行自激活活性及毒性检测.方法:PCR扩增FOXl2编码区DNA片段,克隆入pGBKT7质粒,转化至DH-5α大量扩增后提取质粒,经PCR、酶切和测序验证,再转化至Y187酵母菌株中用缺陷培养基筛选并进行自激活和毒性检测.结果:获得FOXL2基因1137bp片段,并成功将人类正常和一突变型FOXL2编码区克隆人pGBKT7中,经检测在SD/-Trp/X-α-Gal单缺培养基平板上无蓝色菌斑出现,在SD/-Ade/-Trp培养基平板无生长.同时在SD/-Trp/Kana(20μg/ml)培养24h后测得菌液OD600≥0.8,说明重组诱质粒无自激活活性和酵母毒性,满足作为诱饵质粒的条件.结论:成功构建了正常及突变型的FOXL2酵母杂交诱饵质粒;为进一步利用酵母双杂交技术研究与FOXL2相互作用的蛋白打下坚实基础.     

环指蛋白RING1与A型核纤层蛋白的细胞内相互作用

环指蛋白RING1能结合DNA并抑制基因的转录.采用酵母双杂交方法从人骨骼肌文库中筛选出了与A型核纤层蛋白(lamin A)结合的RING1蛋白,回复杂交酵母能在缺陷培养基上生长.RING1与绿色荧光蛋白融合载体转染HEK293细胞,激光共聚焦显微观察发现RING1能与带红色荧光蛋白的lamin A蛋白在细胞核周围共定位.免疫共沉淀结果证明RING1与lamin A能够相互作用.结果证明了一个新的lamin A结合蛋白,为揭示lamin A影响基因表达乃至细胞衰老提供了依据.     

利用酵母双杂交技术筛选与hPOT1相互作用的新蛋白

目的:利用酵母双杂交系统筛选与人POT1(human protection of telomeres 1,hPOT1)相互作用的蛋白。方法:以hPOT1的300～634氨基酸片段为诱饵,在人乳腺cDNA文库中筛选能与hPOT1相互作用的蛋白质;运用营养缺陷型培养基和X-α-Gal实验排除假阳性,并对阳性克隆进行序列测定和比对。结果:经过酵母双杂交筛选,发现7个与hPOT1相互作用的蛋白;选取NM23B与hPOT1通过GST-pull down和免疫共沉淀进行进一步的验证,结果证明它们确实存在相互作用。结论:hPOT1能与NM23B发生相互作用,在此实验基础上可以进一步研究NM23B与hPOT1相互作用的生物学意义。     

应用酵母双杂交系统筛选与CIKS(151-574)相互作用的蛋白质

CIKS(ConnectiontoIKKandSAPK JNK)是最近发现的细胞蛋白 ,能激活IKK和SAPK JNK。应用酵母双杂交系统 ,将CIKS(15 1 5 74)插入载体pAS2 1作为诱铒 ,筛选人HeLa细胞MATCHMAKERcDNA文库 ,以期为阐明NFκB及JNK活性调控的分子机理提供新的线索。筛选得到 6个阳性AD 文库质粒 ,并用酵母双杂交实验验证了阳性AD 文库质粒与CIKS的相互作用。将阳性AD 文库质粒测序并对测序结果做BLAST分析 ,发现它们分别是RIKENcDNA 473340F0 3,PLAC8,CD2 7BP (Siva 1) ,CDC5L ,SnRNPsmB ,DVL2。CIKS能与这些功能各异的蛋白质相互作用 ,表明CIKS在细胞的多种生理活动中发挥作用。     

Cyclic analogs of alpha-melanocyte-stimulating hormone (alphaMSH) with high agonist potency and selectivity at human melanocortin receptor 1b

Alpha-melanotropin (alphaMSH), Ac-Ser1-Tyr2-Ser3-Met4-Glu5-His6-Phe7-Arg8-Trp9-Gly10-Lys11-Pro12-Val13-NH2,(1) has been long recognized as an important physiological regulator of skin and hair pigmentation in mammals. Binding of this peptide to the melanocortin receptor 1 (MC1R) leads to activation of tyrosinase, the key enzyme of the melanin biosynthesis pathway. In this study, interactions of the human MC1bR (an isoform of the receptor 1a) with the synthetic cyclic analogs of alphaMSH were studied. These ligands were analogs of MTII, Ac-Nle4-cyclo-(Asp5-His6-D-Phe7-Arg8-Trp9-Lys10)-NH2, a potent pan-agonist at the human melanocortin receptors (hMC1,3-5R). In the structure of MTII, the His6-D-Phe7-Arg8-Trp9 segment has been recognized as "essential" for molecular recognition at the human melanocortin receptors (hMC1,3-5R). Herein, the role of the Trp9 in the ligand interactions with the hMC1b,3-5R has been reevaluated. Analogs with various amino acids in place of Trp9 were synthesized and tested in vitro in receptor affinity binding and cAMP functional assays at human melanocortin receptors 1b, 3, 4 and 5 (hMC1b,3-5R). Several of the new peptides were high potency agonists (partial) at hMC1bR (EC50 from 0.5 to 20 nM) and largely inactive at hMC3-5R. The bulky aromatic side chain in position 9, such as that in Trp, was found not to be essential to agonism (partial) of the studied peptides at hMC1bR.     

The protein phosphatase-1 targeting subunit TIMAP regulates LAMR1 phosphorylation

TIMAP is a prenylated endothelial cell protein with a domain structure that predicts it to be a protein phosphatase-1 (PP-1) regulatory subunit. We found that TIMAP interacts with the 37/67 kDa laminin receptor (LAMR1) in yeast two-hybrid assays. In endothelial cells, endogenous TIMAP and LAMR1 co-immunoprecipitated and co-localized at the plasma membrane. TIMAP amino acids 261-290, representing the fourth ankyrin repeat of TIMAP, are necessary and sufficient for the interaction. In MDCK cells, lacking endogenous TIMAP, overexpression of full-length TIMAP, but not TIMAP deleted in the fourth ankyrin domain, allowed co-immunoprecipitation with LAMR1. PP-1 co-precipitated with overexpressed and endogenous TIMAP in MDCK and endothelial cells, respectively. In MDCK cells, PP-1 associated with LAMR1 in the presence, but not in the absence, of TIMAP. LAMR1 was a substrate for PP-1 in vitro, and in MDCK cells its phosphorylation was abrogated by expression of full-length TIMAP but not by TIMAP deficient in the fourth ankyrin domain. Hence, TIMAP targets PP-1 to LAMR1, and LAMR1 is a TIMAP-dependent PP-1 substrate.     

巴西橡胶树HbICE1基因酵母双杂交诱饵载体的构建及互作蛋白的筛选

寒害是我国植胶区的主要自然灾害之一,不仅影响橡胶产量还威胁到橡胶树的生存。拟南芥中,ICE1是低温胁迫信号通路中的重要转录激活因子,但橡胶树冷胁迫信号途径中包括Hb ICE1在内的大部分关键基因尚未被克隆与鉴定,与Hb ICE1蛋白发生互作的蛋白也不清楚,成为严重阻碍橡胶树抗寒分子机理研究的瓶颈。为了筛选和鉴定与巴西橡胶树Hb ICE1蛋白发生互作的蛋白,阐明橡胶树抵御寒害胁迫的分子机理,本文首先通过PCR扩增出Hb ICE1基因的编码序列(约1400 bp),然后将目标序列插入p GBKT-7载体,构建酵母双杂交诱饵载体;将该载体转入酵母Y2H菌株感受态细胞中,并在缺陷型培养基上检测其自激活活性,发现Hb ICE1基因的自转录激活在含有30 mmol/L和更高浓度3-AT(3-氨基-1,2,4-三氮唑)的培养基上能得到有效抑制;进一步通过与橡胶树c DNA文库进行酵母双杂交,筛选出一些可能与Hb ICE1发生互作的蛋白,包括DNA结合蛋白、核糖体蛋白和功能未知蛋白。本研究结果为橡胶树抗寒机理研究提供了重要理论依据。     

Bombesin analogs containing alpha-amino-isobutyric acid with potent anticancer activity.

Six octapeptide bombesin (BN) analogs were synthesized by substituting alpha-aminoisobutyric acid (Aib), in place of Ala9 or Gly11, or both, in the [D-Phe6, desMet14]-BN (6-14) sequence: D-Phe6-Gln7-Trp8-Ala9-Val10-Gly11-His12-Leu13-NH2 (P0). Additionally, Leu13 was replaced with isoleucine in two analogs and one of the analogs was butanoylated at the N-terminus. The antiproliferative activity of the analogs was tested in vitro on human pancreatic (MiaPaCa-2) and colon cancer (SW620, HT29 and PTC) cell lines using the 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay. The analogs demonstrated anticancer activity in the above cell lines at concentrations ranging from 0.01 nM to 1 microM. One of the analogs, P6, was evaluated for in vivo tumor regression in a xenograft model of human primary colon cancer in athymic nude mice and was found to cause significant reduction in tumor volume. NMR and molecular dynamics (MD) simulation studies for this analog revealed the presence of a mixed 3(10)/alpha-helical structure. This study demonstrates that the designed BN analogs retain their anticancer activity after the incorporation of the constrained amino acid, Aib, and are potential molecules for future use in cancer therapy and drug targeting.     

PESl蛋白与雄激素受体的相互作用及定位

目的：研究PES1蛋白与雄激素受体（An）之间的相互作用。方法：利用免疫共沉淀实验检测PES1蛋白与AR之间的相互作用,并进行相互作用定位;利用Western印迹研究PESl对乳腺癌细胞内AR表达水平的影响。结果：免疫共沉淀实验显示PES1蛋白与AR存在相互作用;PES1蛋白的1—110、111-220、221-320和311-588氨基酸残基（aa）区域均能与AR结合,415～588aa不能结合AR;AR的651-918aa区域与PESl结合。PESl不能调节乳腺癌细胞AR的表达水平。结论：PES1多个区域均能与AR相互作用,并且主要结合在AR的转录激活结构域2,为进一步探讨PES1对AR功能的调节奠定了基础。     

Carboxyl-terminal consensus Ser-Lys-Leu-related tripeptide of peroxisomal proteins functions in vitro as a minimal peroxisome-targeting signal.

The minimal sequence requirement for a peroxisome-targeting signal was investigated using an in vitro import system. Carboxyl-terminal sequences Ser-Lys-Leu (SKL) and Leu-Gln-Ser-Lys-Leu (LQSKL) of acyl-CoA oxidase (AOX) directed to peroxisomes the fused proteins with import-incompetent forms of AOX and catalase that had been truncated, implying that the SKL tripeptide functions as a targeting signal. Elimination of the entire SKL sequence or deletion of any 1 or 2 amino acids in the sequence abolished the import activity of AOX. Substitution of alanine for serine did not affect the import activity. Topogenic activity was retained when lysine was mutated to either arginine or histidine, whereas mutation to glutamic acid completely abolished the activity. A synthetic peptide comprising the carboxyl-terminal 10 amino acid residues of AOX inhibited the import of the authentic AOX polypeptide, whereas other peptides in which SKL was mutated, deleted, or internally located were not effective. The uptake of AOX was little affected by the peptide with an amidated alpha-carboxyl group. These results strongly suggest that the carboxyl-terminal SKL motif sequence (Ser/Ala)-(Lys/Arg/His)-Leu functions as a topogenic signal in translocation of proteins into peroxisomes, requiring the whole tripeptide sequence with a free alpha-COOH group at the carboxyl terminus.