中国春小麦puroindoline a基因的克隆及其真核表达载体的构建

目的:puroindoline(pin)基因在控制麦类作物的籽粒硬度中起着重要作用。构建真核表达载体pcDNA3.1( )-pina-gfp,为pina基因在哺乳细胞中的表达提供基础。方法:利用PCR方法从中国春小麦基因组中克隆到了pina基因,将其插入真核表达载体pcDNA3.1( )-gfp,用PCR和酶切鉴定重组子。结果:PCR和酶切鉴定表明,所构建的真核表达重组质粒为pcDNA3.1( )-pina-gfp;将该片段克隆到pCF-T载体中,经测序验证,表明其为目的基因。结论:构建的pina基因真核表达载体pcDNA3.1( )-pina-gfp为pina基因在哺乳动物细胞中的表达提供了基础。     

甲型流感病毒M1基因真核表达载体的构建及其表达

研究旨在构建含有甲型流感病毒M1基因的真核表达载体,并探讨其在真核细胞中的表达.提取流感病毒Influenza A/FM/1/47 (H1N1) RNA,RT-PCR扩增M1基因并将目的基因插入真核表达载体pcDNA3.1(+).经酶切及PCR鉴定后用PolyFect脂质体将其转染到Vero细胞,免疫荧光技术鉴定其表达.甲型流感病毒M1蛋白重组质粒pcDNA3.1-M1的成功构建,为开发研制流感病毒保守蛋白DNA疫苗奠定了基础.     

结核分枝杆菌Rv1884基因真核表达质粒的构建及表达

目的:构建结核分枝杆菌Rv1884基因真核表达载体。方法:PCR扩增Rv1884基因,测序正确后克隆入真核表达载体pcDNA3.1(-);经酶切鉴定正确的重组质粒酶以阳离子聚合物转染P815细胞后,以RT-PCR方法检测mRNA的表达,以间接免疫荧光技术检测目的蛋白的表达。结果:构建了重组质粒pcDNA-Rv1884;RT-PCR结果证明Rv1884可在P815细胞中转录;用间接免疫荧光检测,表达有Rv1884蛋白的细胞着染。结论:构建了结核分枝杆菌Rv1884基因的真核表达载体pcDNA-Rv1884,Rv1884基因可以在P815细胞中表达。     

HBV PreS2+S/IFN-α融合基因真核表达载体的构建及其表达

构建含HBV PrdS2+S和IFN-α融合基因的真核表达载体pcDNA3.1.S2S/IFN-α并在真核细胞中进行表达.应用重叠延伸剪切技术(splicing by overlapping extension,简称SOE)经两次PCR获得嵌合基因片段S2S/IFN-α,回收后直接克隆到pcDNA3.1 V5/His TOPO TA克隆载体,得到真核重组载体pcDNA3.1.S2S/IFN-α.然后用脂质体法转染Vero E6细胞.对重组载体进行了限制性酶切及PCR鉴定,证明连接正确;经间接免疫荧光检测证实该重组载体能在真核细胞中表达插入的外源性基因编码的融合蛋白.真核表达载体pcDNA3.1.S2S/IFN-α的成功构建及在Vero E6细胞中的有效表达,为进一步探讨HBV感染的特异性免疫治疗提供了实验依据.     

HBV PreS2 S/IFN-α融合基因真核表达载体的构建及其表达

构建含HBVPrdS2 S和IFN α融合基因的真核表达载体pcDNA3.1.S2S/IFN α并在真核细胞中进行表达。应用重叠延伸剪切技术 (splicingbyoverlappingextension ,简称SOE)经两次PCR获得嵌合基因片段S2S/IFN α ,回收后直接克隆到 pcDNA3.1V5 /HisTOPOTA克隆载体 ,得到真核重组载体pcDNA3.1.S2S/IFN α。然后用脂质体法转染VeroE6细胞。对重组载体进行了限制性酶切及PCR鉴定 ,证明连接正确 ;经间接免疫荧光检测证实该重组载体能在真核细胞中表达插入的外源性基因编码的融合蛋白。真核表达载体pcDNA3.1.S2S/IFN α的成功构建及在VeroE6细胞中的有效表达 ,为进一步探讨HBV感染的特异性免疫治疗提供了实验依据     

结核分枝杆菌furA基因真核表达质粒的构建及表达

以BamH Ⅰ和Hind Ⅲ双酶切pRSET-furA,获得结核分枝杆苗铁调控基因furA,将其克隆入真核表达载体pcDNA3．1（-）,构建了重组质粒pcDNA-furA,经酶切鉴定正确后,将重组质粒以阳离子聚合物转染CHO细胞。经RT—PCR分析表明,furA可在CHO细胞中转录;用间接免疫荧光检测,表达有FurA蛋白的细胞着染。以上结果表明,通过构建结核分枝杆菌furA基因的真核表达载体pcDNA-furA,使知以基因可以在CHO细胞中表达。     

IRE1结构域分析及截短型载体的构建和表达

目的 克隆IRE1基因,根据IRE1基因不同生物学功能的4个结构域构建截短型真核表达载体,并用生物信息学方法对其蛋白产物进行分析.方法 应用PCR重组技术,以pCMV-IRE1为模板扩增IRE1全长及4个截短型片段,利用DNA重组技术将片段定向插入到真核表达载体pcDNA3.1（-）中,经酶切及测序鉴定后,免疫印迹检测各重组载体在细胞中的表达,并利用SWISS-MODEL在线软件预测其蛋白结构.结果 酶切鉴定及Western 印迹结果表明成功构建了IRE1全长及每一种截短型片段的真核表达载体：pcDNA3.1（-）-IRE1（pIRE1）,pcDNA3.1（-）-IRE1-NLDP（pNLD）,pcDNA3.1（-）-IRE1-KinaseP（pKinase）,pcDNA3.1（-）-IRE1-R＋L（pR＋L）,pcDNA3.1（-）-IRE1-RNase（pRNase）.结论 IRE1及其截短型真核表达载体的成功构建和表达,为进一步研究IRE1各个结构域的生物学功能奠定了基础.     

小鼠EVL 基因的克隆和真核表达载体的构建

目的:构建小鼠EVL(Ena/VASP like)基因的真核表达载体,为深入研究EVL的功能奠定基础.方法:采用PCR方法,从小鼠cDNA文库中,扩增出1245bp的EVL编码区片段,经电泳、胶回收后连接入pMD- 18T载体中,测序鉴定正确.用BamHI和HincⅡ双酶切,定向克隆EVL编码区片段到真核表达载体pcDNA3.1中,用限制性内切酶酶切鉴定重组质粒正确后.将重组质粒转染入HELA细胞中,以RT-PCR检测EVL的mRNA的表达,以Western Blot检测EVL蛋白的表达.结果:酶切鉴定结果显示小鼠EVL编码区基因被成功克隆入真核表达载体pcDNA3.1中;RT-PCR和Western Blot结果以及免疫荧光染色显示Hela细胞中有EVL的mRNA和蛋白的表达.结论:成功获得pcDNA3.1 -EVL的真核表达载体,为进一步深入研究EVL蛋白的功能奠定了基础.     

真核表达载体pcDNA3.1(-)+KG的构建及在HeLa细胞中的表达

为了将绿色荧光蛋白(green fluorescent protein,GFP)引入细胞核内,采用两轮PCR方法从原先克隆在pcD-NA3.1(-)+GFP载体中将GFP编码序列扩增出来并引入Kozak序列和核定位信号,使用常规酶切和连接方法将其重组至pUCm-T克隆载体中,再将目的片段重组至pcDNA3.1(-)中,对阳性克隆进行酶切、PCR和测序鉴定后,构建了带有Kozak序列和核定位信号的绿色荧光蛋白(GFP)真核表达载体pcDNA3.1(-)+KG。真核表达载体pcDNA3.1(-)+KG被转染试剂Su-perfect转染至HeLa细胞中,绿色荧光蛋白基因在HeLa细胞中得到表达而且在细胞核中观察到绿色荧光。该研究以绿色荧光蛋白为标记初步建立了活体观察真核细胞核动态变化的研究体系。     

人乳头瘤病毒l6型E6-E7融合蛋白真核表达载体的构建与鉴定

目的构建人乳头瘤病毒l6型(HPV16)E6-E7融合蛋白真核表达载体,为研究其基因疫苗免疫活性奠定实验基础。方法 PCR扩增HPV16 E6-E7基因片段,将其连接到真核表达载体pcDNA3.1(+),构建真核表达载体pcDNA3.1(+)/HPV16 E6-E7,双酶切及测序鉴定。将质粒转染HeLa细胞,RT-PCR鉴定E6-E7基因在HeLa细胞中的表达。提取质粒免疫小鼠,利用免疫组化方法检测在其肌肉组织中的表达。结果成功构建了真核表达载体pcDNA3.1(+)/HPV16 E6-E7;在转染pcDNA3.1(+)/HPV16 E6-E7的细胞中检测到HPV16 E6-E7基因。在免疫该质粒的小鼠肌肉组织中可以检测到该质粒的蛋白表达。结论成功的构建的了真核表达载体pcDNA3.1(+)/HPV16 E6-E7,该载体能在HeLa细胞内以及小鼠骨骼肌细胞内有效表达。     

Association of SULT1A1 and UGT1A1 polymorphisms with breast cancer risk and phenotypes in Russian women

Estrogens are critical for breast cancer initiation and development. Sulfotransferase 1A1 (SULT1A1) and UDP-glucuronosyltransferase 1A1 (UGT1A1) conjugate and inactivate both estrogens and their metabolites, thus preventing estrogen-mediated mitosis and mutagenesis. SULT1A1 and UGT1A1 are both polymorphic, and different alleles encode functionally different allozymes. We hypothesize that low-activity alleles SULT1A1*2 and UGT1A1*28 are associated with higher risk for breast cancer and more severe breast tumor phenotypes. We performed a case-control study, which included 119 women of Russian ancestry with breast cancer and 121 age-matched Russian female controls. We used PCR followed by pyrosequencing to determine the SULT1A1 and UGT1A1 genotypes. Allele UGT1A1*28 was present at a higher frequency than the wild-type UGT1A1*1 allele in breast cancer patients as compared to controls (P = 0.002, OR = 1.79, CI 1.23–2.63). Consistently, the frequency of genotypes that contain allele UGT1A1*28 in the homozygous or the heterozygous state was greater in breast cancer patients as compared with the frequency of the wild-type UGT1A1*1/*1 genotype (P = 0.003, OR = 4.00, CI 1.49–11.11 and P = 0.014, OR = 2.04, CI 1.14–3.57, respectively). Individuals carrying allele UGT1A1*28 in the homo-or heterozygous state had larger breast tumors (>2 cm) as compared to the group with high-activity genotypes (P = 0.011, IR = 3.44, CI 1.42–8.36). No association was observed between any of the SULT1A1 genotypes and breast cancer risk or phenotypes. Our data suggest that UGT1A1, but not SULT1A1, genotypes are important for breast cancer risk and phenotype in Russian women. Published in Russian in Molekulyarnaya Biologiya, 2006, Vol. 40, No. 2, pp. 263–270. The article was translated by the authors.     

Isolation and Characterization of Ubiquitin-activating Enzyme E1-domain Containing 1, UBE1DC1

Ubiquitin and other ubiquitin-like proteins play important roles in post-translational modification. They are phylogenetically well-conserved in eukaryotes. Activated by other proteins, ubiquitin and ubiquitin-like proteins can covalently modify target proteins. The enzymes responsible for the activation of this modification have been known to include UBA1, SAE2, UBA3, SAE1 and ULA1. Here we report a new ubiquitin activating enzyme like cDNA, named ubiquitin activating enzyme E1-domain containing 1 (UBE1DC1), whose cDNA is 2654 base pairs in length and contains an open reading frame encoding 404 amino acids. The UBE1DC1 gene consists of 12 exons and is located at human chromosome 3q22. The result of RT-PCR showed that UBE1DC1 is expressed in most of human tissues. These two authors contributed equally to this paper. The nucleotide sequence reported in this paper has been submitted to GenBank under accession number AY253672.     

Upregulation of MAPKAPK5-AS1, PXN-AS1 and URB1-AS1 lncRNAs in non-functioning pituitary adenoma

Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been shown to be dysregulated in a variety of malignant and non-malignant lesions including non-functioning pituitary adenomas (NFPAs). In the current experimental study, we have selected six lncRNAs, namely MAPKAPK5-AS1, NUTM2B-AS1, ST7-AS1, LIFR-AS1, PXN-AS1 and URB1-AS1 to assess their expression in a cohort of Iranian patients with NFPA. MAPKAPK5-AS1, PXN-AS1 and URB1-AS1 were shown to be over-expressed in NFPA tissues compared with control samples (Expression ratios (95% CI) = 10 (3.94–25.36), 11.22 (4.3–28.8) and 9.33 (4.12–21.12); p values < 0.0001, respectively). The depicted ROC curves showed the AUC values of 0.73, 0.80 and 0.73 for MAPKAPK5-AS1, PXN-AS1 and URB1-AS1, respectively. Relative expression level of PXN-AS1 was associated with tumour subtype (p value = 0.49). Besides, relative expression levels of MAPKAPK5-AS1 and LIFR-AS1 were associated with gender of patients (p values = 0.043 and 0.01, respectively). Cumulatively, the current study indicates the possible role of MAPKAPK5-AS1, PXN-AS1 and URB1-AS1 lncRNAs in the pathogenesis of NFPAs.     

CYP1A1, GSTM1 and GSTT1 polymorphisms and lung cancer: a pooled analysis of gene-gene interactions

Gene-environment interactions have been extensively studied in lung cancer. It is likely that several genetic polymorphisms cooperate in increasing the individual risk. Therefore, the study of gene-gene interactions might be important to identify high-susceptibility subgroups. GSEC is an initiative aimed at collecting available data sets on metabolic polymorphisms and the risks of cancer at several sites and performing pooled analyses of the original data. Authors of published papers have provided original data sets. The present paper refers to gene-gene interactions in lung cancer and considers three polymorphisms in three metabolic genes: CYP1A1, GSTM1 and GSTT1. The present analyses compare the gene-gene interactions of the CYP1A1*2A, GSTM1 and GSTT1 polymorphisms from studies on lung cancer conducted in Europe and the USA between 1991 and 2000. Only Caucasians have been included. The data set includes 1466 cases and 1488 controls. The only clear-cut association was found with CYP1A1*2A. This association remained unchanged after stratification by polymorphisms in other genes (with an odds ratio [OR] of approximately 2.5), except when interaction with GSTM1 was considered. When the OR for CYP1A1*2A was stratified according to the GSTM1 genotype, the OR was increased only among the subjects who had the null (homozygous deletion) GSTM1 genotype (OR=2.8, 95% CI=0.9-8.4). The odds ratio for the interactive term (CYP1A1*2A by GSTM1) in logistic regression was 2.7 (95% CI=0.5-15.3). An association between lung cancer and the homozygous CYP1A1*2A genotype is confirmed. An apparent and biologically plausible interaction is suggested between this genotype and GSTM1.     

Structural and functional analysis of NS1 and NS2 proteins of H1N1 subtype

Influenza A virus (H1N1), a genetic reassortment of endemic strains of human, avian and swine flu, has crossed species barrier to human and apparently acquired the capability of human to human transmission. Some strains of H5N1 subtype are highly virulent because NS1 protein inhibits antiviral interferon α/β production. Another protein NS2 mediates export of viral ribonucleoprotein from nucleus to the cytoplasm through export signal. In this paper, we have studied structure-function relationships of these proteins of H1N1 subtype and have determined the cause of their pathogenicity. Our results showed that non-conservative mutations slightly stabilized or destabi- lized structural domains of NS1 or NS1-dsRNA complex, hence slightly increased or decreased the function of NS1 protein and consequently enhanced or reduced the pathogenicity of the H1N1 virus. NS2 protein of different strains carried non-conservative mutations in different domains, resulting in slight loss of function. These mutations slightly decreased the pathogenicity of the virus. Thus, the results confirm the structure-function relationships of these viral proteins.     

cDNA cloning and characterization of feline CYP1A1 and CYP1A2

Deficiency of drug glucuronidation in the cat is one of the major reasons why this animal is highly sensitive to the side effects of drugs. The characterization of cytochrome P450 isoforms belonging to the CYP1A subfamily, which exhibit important drug oxidation activities such as activation of pro-carcinogens, was investigated. Two cDNAs, designated CYP1A-a and CYP1A-b, corresponding to the CYP1A subfamily were obtained from feline liver. CYP1A-a and CYP1A-b cDNAs comprise coding regions of 1554 bp and 1539 bp, and encode predicted amino acid sequences of 517 and 512 residues, respectively. These amino acid sequences contain a heme-binding cysteine and a conserved threonine. The cDNA identities, as well as the predicted amino acid sequences containing six substrate recognition sites, suggest that CYP1A-a and CYP1A-b correspond to CYP1A1 and CYP1A2, respectively. This was confirmed by the kinetic parameters of the arylhydrocarbon hydroxylase and 7-ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase activities of expressed CYPs in yeast AH22 cells and by the tissue distribution of each mRNA. However, theophylline 3-demethylation is believed to be catalyzed by CYP1A1 in cats, based on the high V(max) and low K(m) seen, in contrast to other animals. Because feline CYP1A2 had a higher K(m) for phenacetin O-deethylase activity with acetaminophen, which cannot be conjugated with glucuronic acid due to UDP-glucuronosyltransferase deficiency, it is supposed that the side effects of phenacetin as a result of toxic intermediates are severe and prolonged in cats.     

细胞色素P450 1A1基因多态性与我国某些肿瘤遗传易感性

近年来有关细胞色素P450基因多态性与肿瘤遗传易感性的研究正日益吸引越来越多的关注,本文对我国近年来有关细胞色素P450 1A1(CYP1Al)基因多态性与几种肿瘤遗传易感性的研究进行探讨,推测我国几种高发病率肿瘤的发生与我国CYP1A1基因多态分布状况有关,以此为进一步研究CYP1A1与肿瘤的关系作参考。