东亚三角涡虫Rab蛋白cDNA序列的克隆与生物信息学分析

通过构建东亚三角涡虫(Dujesia japonica)cDNA文库,随机挑选重组阳性克隆进行测序,对部分序列进行引物步移法测序,获得1个三角涡虫新基因——Rab蛋白基因(DjR),涡虫Rab蛋白cDNA全长2 141 bp,开放性阅读框(ORF)621bp,编码206个氨基酸,相对分子量为23.1 kD,等电点6.59,属亲水性蛋白,主要定位于细胞质中,在氨基酸第20和21位之间有信号肽剪切位点。有8个磷酸化位点。含有小G蛋白家族5个保守的鸟苷酸结合区域。同源性比较分析结果表明,其碱基序列与已经报道的其他23个物种的相似性为53%-90%,且符合种属之间的进化关系。     

建兰花叶病毒运动蛋白基因克隆及序列分析

从建兰花叶病毒 (CyMV)石斛兰分离物中提取病毒RNA ,用反转录———聚合酶链式反应 (RT PCR)方法获得约 5 0 0bp的运动蛋白基因片断 ,插入 pGEM T载体克隆并测序。序列分析表明 ,该基因片断由 474个核苷酸组成 ,和CyMV美国夏威夷分离物、新加坡分离物相应基因核甘酸序列分别具有 97.8%同源性 ;根据核酸序列推导该片断含有 3个部分重叠的开放阅读框架 (ORF) ,分别编码 14kD、12kD和 10kD的多肽     

丝氨酸/苏氨酸蛋白激酶AKT2的体外激酶活性分析

目的 建立蛋白激酶AKT2体外磷酸化检测体系.方法 构建携带AKT2 cDNA编码区的pLNCX2逆转录病毒重组载体,包装重组病毒,转导293A细胞,G418筛选得到稳定表达组成型活化的AKT2细胞株,应用免疫沉淀获得蛋白激AKT2;将核基质结合蛋白SATB1的1～204的氨基酸序列及其47位丝氨酸的突变体S47A、S47D,分别与GST基因融合表达载体pGEX4T-1进行重组,经测序鉴定后转化大肠埃希菌BL-21,IPTG诱导表达经亲和纯化得到GST-SATB1 1-204、GST-SATB1 1-204 S47A和GST-SATB1 1-204 S47D融合蛋白;利用免疫沉淀的AKT2磷酸化GST-SATB1融合蛋白,应用免疫印迹检测其是否被磷酸化.结果 细胞表达的蛋白激酶AKT2能高效的将野生型SATB1 1-204 磷酸化,而不能磷酸化其两种突变体.结论 成功建立了一个蛋白激酶体外磷酸化系统.     

建兰花叶病毒运动蛋白基因克隆及序列分析

从建兰花叶病毒（CyMV）石斛兰分离物中提取病毒RNA,用反转录——聚合酶链式反应(RT-PCR)方法获得约500bp的运动蛋白基因片断,插入pGEM-T载体克隆并测序。序列分析表明,该基因片断由474个核苷酸组成,和CyMV美国夏威夷分离物、新加坡分离物相应基因核甘酸序列分别具有97.8%同源性;根据核酸序列推导该片断含有3个部分重叠的开放阅读框架（ORF）,分别编码14kD、12kD和10kD的多肽。     

梅花鹿S100A4 基因的克隆及融合蛋白的表达

为了研究梅花鹿S100A4 (S100 calcium binding protein A4)基因在鹿茸生长过程中的作用。用RT-PCR 法
从生茸骨膜细胞总RNA 中克隆了梅花鹿S100A4 基因,在NCBI 中对基因序列进行比对;将完整的基因序列与逆
转录病毒表达载体pLEGFP-C1 重组,获得了重组质粒pLEGFP-S100;用脂质体法将pLEGFP-S100 与pVSV-G (被
膜载体)共转染包装细胞GP2 - 293,获得重组病毒上清液,感染角柄骨膜细胞后逆转录病毒携带的基因进入宿
主细胞。结果显示:S100A4 基因是一个相对保守的基因,与多个物种的匹配度达到90% ;重组逆转录病毒载体
pLEGFP-S100 可以形成重组逆转录病毒粒子,将S100A4 基因导入靶细胞,并表达S100A4 与GFP (Green fluorescent
protein)的融合蛋白。     

SOEing法在构建人瘦蛋白乳腺表达载体中的应用

目的 :将奶牛CSN2 5′端启动子区与人瘦蛋白cDNA序列进行拼接 ,进而构建人瘦蛋白乳腺特异性表达载体。方法 :设计特殊的“巨型引物” ,运用PCR方法分别从质粒pBBC和pHL上扩增了牛CSN2 5′端启动子 ( 2 8kb)和有完整读码框的人瘦蛋白基因。利用改进的重叠区扩增基因拼接法 (SOEing法 ) ,将两个独立的片断进行了拼接。结果 :得到了两者线形融合基因 ,为构建人瘦蛋白乳腺特异性表达载体打下了基础。     

人ob基因克隆及其亚细胞定位的研究

目的:旨在克隆人肥胖(obese,ob)基因的全长cDNA序列,与EGFP重组构建融合蛋白表达载体,并分析其亚细胞水平的定位.方法:提取人脂肪细胞总RNA,采用RT-PCR方法扩增出人ob基因cDNA,并克隆至真核表达载体pEGFP-CI,重组质粒转染NIH-3T3细胞,荧光显微镜分析EGFP-ob融合蛋白的亚细胞定位.结果:克隆的ob基因cDNA为501bp,共编码167个氨基酸,与GenBank公布的人ob基因序列一致,荧光显微镜分析表明,重组的EGFP-ob融合蛋白主要分布于NIT-3T3的细胞质中.结论:成功克隆了人OB基因的cDNA序列,构建人OB基因的真核表达载体pEGFP-CI-ob,融合蛋白EGFP-ob定位于NIH-3T3细胞质中.     

可溶性HLA-A*0203-BSP原核表达载体的构建及其在大肠杆菌中的高效表达

目的：构建HLA-A*0203重链胞外域羧基端融合生物素化酶BirA底物肽(BSP)的融合蛋白（HLA-A*0203-BSP）的原核表达载体并在大肠杆菌中进行表达。方法：以RT-PCR方法从HLA-A2+ 供者外周血单个核细胞(PBMC)中克隆HLA-A*0203重链基因的cDNA并测序鉴定,然后以PCR方法构建HLA-A*0203-BSP的原核表达载体,在大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)菌株中诱导表达并以免疫印迹鉴定。结果：DNA测序显示,从3名HLA-A2+ 供者PBMC中克隆的cDNA中,只有从供者2获得编码HLA-A*0203重链基因的cDNA。将编码重链胞外域1-276的序列和编码BSP的序列融合,构建HLA-A*0203-BSP融合蛋白的原核表达载体并经测序验证。该融合蛋白在BL21(ED3)中获得高效表达,约占菌体总蛋白的30％;产物相对分子质量约为34 kD,与理论大小一致。Western印迹分析显示融合蛋白完全存在于包涵体中。结论：成功克隆HLA-A*0203重链基因的cDNA,构建HLA-A*0203-BSP融合蛋白的原核表达载体,并在大肠杆菌中获得高效表达,为制备HLA-A*0203四聚体打下基础。     

SARS冠状病毒S蛋白噬菌体抗原库的构建及筛选

本研究旨在构建SARS冠状病毒S蛋白特异性噬菌体抗原库,并用于鉴定抗S蛋白单克隆抗体的抗原表位。首先采用PCR技术扩增出SARS冠状病毒S蛋白的全基因,以DNaseI将其随机酶切成50～500bp不同大小的DNA片段。然后将DNA片段平末端化并连接到经过改造的噬菌体表达载体pComb3XSS,经电转化大肠杆菌XL1-Blue和辅助噬菌体感染获得S蛋白的特异性噬菌体抗原库。利用两个抗S蛋白单克隆中和抗体(S-M1和S-M2)对S蛋白抗原库进行富集和筛选。结果表明,我们成功构建库容量为5.7×106的S蛋白噬菌体抗原库。通过对S-M1和S-M2的有效富集和筛选,分别得到14个和15个阳性克隆,序列分析初步揭示了抗体的抗原表位。因此,S蛋白噬菌体抗原库的构建为鉴定S蛋白的抗原表位提供了重要的技术平台,对研发SARS疫苗和诊断试剂具有重要的科学意义和应用价值。     

筛选G-box结合蛋白的酵母单杂交文库的构建

目的：筛选花青素合成中的关键基因查尔酮合成酶基因CHS启动子中G-box的结合蛋白,从而找到调节CHS表达的转录因子。方法：采用Matchmaker Gold Yeast One-Hybrid Library Screening System,将CHS启动子G-box序列串联后整合入酵母染色体,构建诱饵菌株;采用SMART技术合成芜菁幼苗下胚轴cDNA,将该cDNA与pGADT7-Rec表达载体共同转化诱饵菌株,通过同源重组在酵母细胞内同步进行cDNA文库的构建和筛选;用酵母菌落PCR法获得阳性克隆中的cDNA插入片段,测序后在NCBI网站进行Blast分析。结果：共筛选了2.52×106个酵母克隆,得到94个阳性克隆,菌落PCR获得了长度为0.4~2.0 kb的cDNA插入片段,并通过Blast推测了其编码蛋白。结论：实验结果证明酵母单杂交文库构建成功,初步筛选获得了G-box结合蛋白的候选蛋白,为研究CHS的表达调控奠定了基础。     

Accurate quantification of basal plasma levels of 3-nitrotyrosine and 3-nitrotyrosinoalbumin by gas chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

Measurement of 3-nitro-L-tyrosine (NO(2)Tyr) and protein-related 3-nitro-L-tyrosine in human plasma is associated with numerous methodological problems which result in highly divergent basal plasma levels often ranging within two orders of magnitude. Recently, we have described an interference-free GC-tandem MS-based method for NO(2)Tyr which yielded the lowest basal plasma NO(2)Tyr levels reported thus far. This method was extended to quantify protein-associated 3-nitrotyrosine and in particular 3-nitrotyrosinated albumin (NO(2)TyrALB) in human plasma. NO(2)TyrALB and albumin (ALB) were extracted from plasma by affinity column extraction and digested enzymatically at neutral pH. 3-Nitro- L-[2H(3)]tyrosine was used as internal standard. In plasma of 18 healthy young volunteers the molar ratio of NO(2)TyrALB to albumin-derived tyrosine (TyrALB), i.e. NO(2)TyrALB/TyrALB, was determined to be 1.55+/-0.54x1:10(6) (mean+/-SD). The plasma concentration of NO(2)TyrALB was estimated as 24+/-4 nM. The NO(2)Tyr plasma levels in these volunteers were determined to be 0.73+/-0.53 nM. In the same volunteers, NO(2)TyrALB/TyrALB, NO(2)TyrALB and NO(2)Tyr were measured 15 days later and the corresponding values were determined to be 1.25+/-0.58x1:10(6), 25+/-6 nM and 0.69+/-0.16 nM. For comparison, NO(2)Tyr and NO(2)TyrALB were measured in six plasma samples from healthy volunteers by GC-MS and GC-tandem MS. Different values were found for NO(2)Tyr, i.e. 5.4+/-2.8 versus 2.7+/-1.5 nM, and comparable values for NO(2)TyrALB/TyrALB, i.e. 0.5+/-0.2x1:10(6) versus 0.4+/-0.1x1:10(6), by these methods. The ratio of the values measured by GC-MS to those measured by GC-tandem MS were 2.9+/-3.1 for NO(2)Tyr and 1.2+/-0.2 for NO(2)TyrALB/TyrALB. The present GC-tandem MS method provides accurate values of NO(2)Tyr and NO(2)TyrALB in human plasma.     

Quantitative studies of amino acid and growth factor requirements of transformed and nontransformed cells in high concentrations of serum of lymph

Summary The growth rate of spontaneously transformed BALB/3T3 cells is proportional to glutamine concentration between 50 and 400 μM, with little or no growth occurring in less than 50 μM glutamine. By contrast, nontransformed BALB/3T3 cells multiply, although slowly, with as little as 20 μM glutamine. Neither cell type depletes the medium of glutamine at the low concentrations. Cystine requirements of both cell types increase with serum concentration, probably due to the binding of half-cystine residues by the serum. Calf serum is a much more potent stimulator of cell multiplication than calf lymph, especially for the nontransformed cells. The rate of cell multiplication can be reduced by lowering the concentration of essential amino acids to the physiologic level found in body fluids, but the growth limitations can be fully compensated by simply raising the serum concentration. Growth factors may act by enhancing the utilization of amino acids, particularly of glutamine which is a required substrate for the first and chief regulatory steps of purine and pyrimidine synthesis. Lymph, which is coextensive with interstitial fluid in vivo, is poor in growth factors for the nontransformed BLAB/3T3 cells as well as for recently explanted mouse embryo cells, which raises questions of how normal cell growth is maintained in the body. This work was supported by USPHS grant CA-15744 from the Division of Extramural Activities, National Cancer Institute; by American Cancer Society Research Development Program grant RD-231; and by The Council for Tobacco Research grant 1948.     

Binding of isolated 3T3 surface membranes to growing 3T3 cells and their effect on cell growth

We have quantitated by autoradiography the binding of [¹²⁵I]labeled 3T3 plasma membrane fragments to 3T3 cells growing on the surface of plastic dishes; ie, the same conditions in which these membranes specifically arrest the growth of 3T3 cells early in the G₁ phase of the cell cycle. We have been able to demonstrate that binding of membranes to cells is coincidental with the expression of the growth inhibitory activity of protein(s) present in the membrane fragments. Treatments that reduce binding (heat denaturation of the membranes or culture in the presence of high scrum) also reduce growth inhibitory activity. [¹²⁵I]labeled membranes bound to cells are located primarily on the cell surface (as determined by electron microscope autoradiography) and are exchangeable with unlabeled membranes. We conclude that binding of membranes to cells is necessary but may not be sufficient for the expression of the growth inhibitory activity of these membranes. This approach provides information not only on the average level of binding of membranes to cells, but also provides a quantitative assessment of the variation of the level of membrane to cell binding between different cells in the population.     

Inhibition of ribonucleotide reductase by naturally occurring quinols from spores of Agaricus bisporus

gamma-L-glutaminyl-4-hydroxybenzene, a stable phenol found in high concentrations in the gill tissue of the common mushroom, Agaricus bisporus, was shown to be capable of selectively inhibiting DNA synthesis in L1210 leukemia cells. Studies with isolated enzymes and permeabilized L1210 cells revealed that this compound inhibits ribonucleotide reductase ( RNR ) but has no effect on DNA polymerase. The results indicated a good correlation between the inhibition of DNA synthesis and the ability of this compound to inhibit RNR . The concentration of glutaminyl-4-hydroxybenzene required to elicit these inhibitory effects has physiological relevance to the gill tissue during the prodromal period of sporulation.     

The mutational spectrum of procarbazine in Drosophila melanogaster.

The antineoplastic agent Procarbazine was tested for the induction of genetic damage in Drosophila melanogaster. The compound was administered to adult males by oral application. The following types of genetic damage were measured: (1) sex-linked recessive lethals; (2) dominant lethals; (3) total and partial sex-chromosome loss; and (4) translocations. Procarbazine is highly mutagenic in causing recessive lethal mutations in all stages of spermatogenesis. In sperm a clear-cut concentration-effect relationship is not apparent, but in spermatids such a relationship is obtained for mutation induction at low levels of procarbazine exposure, while at high concentrations the induction of recessive lethals is not a function of concentration. A low induction of total sex-chromosome loss (X,Y) and dominant lethals was observed in metabolically active germ cells (spermatids), but procarbazine failed to produce well-defined breakage events, such as partial sex-chromosome loss (YL,YS) and II-III translocations. The results obtained in Drosophila melanogaster are discussed and compared with the mutational pattern reported in the mouse after procarbazine treatment.     

Strain differences in the induction of soluble and microsomal enzymes by phenobarbital and 3-methylcholanthrene

The ability of phenobarbital and 3-methylcholanthrene (3MC) to induce liver microsomal and soluble enzymes was compared in Sprague-Dawley and Long-Evans rats. 3MC increased the V for the aniline hydroxylase and stimulated the formation of the hemoprotein P₄₄₈ to a similar extent in the 2 strains of rats. On the other hand phenobarbital increased the V for the microsomal enzyme aniline hydroxylase and aminopyrine demethylase and enhanced the activity of the soluble enzyme aldehyde dehydrogenase only in Sprague-Dawley rats. It induced a more marked increase of cytochrome P₄₅₀ in the Sprague-Dawley than in the Long-Evans strain.     

拟南芥IQM3基因的表达分析及其突变体的鉴定

对拟南芥(Arabidopsis thaliana)IQM3基因的功能进行了分析.结果表明,推定IQM3的启动子中存在多种光、非生物胁迫和植物激素反应的顺式作用元件,可能参与植物对环境变化的反应.RT-PCR分析表明,IQM3在拟南芥莲座叶、花序叶、茎、花和根中的表达较强,但在荚果中的表达很弱;IQM3基因的T-DNA插入突变体iqm3-1和iqm3-2分别是功能缺失和超表达突变体,对这些突变体的表型分析表明,IQM3基因与种子萌发及幼苗子叶膨大有密切关系.     

AFM对3T3-L1前脂细胞及其骨架的可视化研究

目的:为脂肪细胞分化提供数据,加深对3T3-L1细胞分化机制的了解.方法:应用AFM对3T3-L1前脂细胞的形貌、超微结构、机械性能和细胞骨架进行了可视化研究.结果:3T3-L1细胞舒展,伪足丰富,膜表面有大小不一的斑块和突起.通过统计分析得出3T3-L1细胞的高低差,均方根粗糙度、平均粗糙度和平均高度分别为622.3nm、77.34nm、55.80nm、393.1nm;AFM针尖与细胞膜表面的相对粘弹力为95.10±19.41pN,平均硬度为2.36±0.39mN/m,杨氏模量为4.85±0.99kPa.AFM对3T3-L1细胞骨架成像,观察到骨架南排列整齐的大纤维束和细小的微纤维以及颗粒状蛋白组成,形成网络结构.结论:细胞形貌结合细胞的机械性能可知3T3-L1细胞生长状态良好,细胞的移动迁移能力强.     

Differential expression and accumulation of 14-3-3 paralogs in 3T3-L1 preadipocytes and differentiated cells

The 14-3-3 protein family interacts with more than 2000 different proteins in mammals, as a result of its specific phospho-serine/phospho-threonine binding activity. Seven paralogs are strictly conserved in mammalian species. Here, we show that during adipogenic differentiation of 3T3-L1 preadipocytes, the level of each 14-3-3 protein paralog is regulated independently. For instance 14-3-3β, γ, and η protein levels are increased compared to untreated cells. In contrast, 14-3-3ε protein levels decreased after differentiation while others remained constant. In silico analysis of the promoter region of each gene showed differences that explain the results obtained at mRNA and protein levels.