核酸疫苗双表达载体的构建及表达

将微小病毒内部核糖体进入位点(IRES)基因克隆到质粒pVAXI载体多克隆位点,构建出核酸疫苗双表达载体pVI。将绿色荧光蛋白(EGFP)基因和新霉素磷酸转移酶(neor)基因作为报告基因,连接到pVI载体IRES基因的前后两处多克隆位点,构建出表达载体pEIN。通过脂质体介导的方法将该载体转染COS-7细胞,筛选到同时表达绿色荧光蛋白和新霉素磷酸转移酶的表达株,表明成功地构建了核酸疫苗双表达载体,为构建多价核酸疫苗及带有分子佐剂的核酸疫苗打下了基础。     

绿色荧光蛋白(ZsGreen)基因在长石莼细胞中的表达

主要研究绿色荧光蛋白(ZsGreen)基因在长石莼(缘管浒苔)细胞中的表述.应用绿色荧光蛋白基因、抗除草剂bar基因、CMV 35S启动子和SV40双启动子构建了质粒载体PSV-bar-ZsGeen,采用改进的PEG法将质粒载体PSV-bar-Zs-Geen导入到缘管浒苔原生质体中,经过细胞培养发育再生藻株,通过除草剂筛选出阳性藻株,且转化率达38.58％,进一步PCR分子检测和显微荧光检测表明,绿色荧光蛋白基因在转基因植株中得到表达,为今后转基因浒苔研究奠定基础.     

脂质体介导含IL-2及IFN-γ cDNA腺相关病毒质粒的转基因及抗肿瘤作用

h IL- 2基因和 m IFN- γ基因经 IRES连接后克隆入腺相关病毒质粒表达载体 p AC中 ,构建得双基因质粒表达载体 p AC- FRI.体外经阳离子脂质体 Dosper介导转染小鼠肝癌细胞 MM45T.Li,Northern印迹及生物活性检测分别从 RNA水平和蛋白质水平证明了 2个基因的表达 .直接瘤内注射 Dosper- DNA复合物后 ,与对照组 ( Lac Z)相比 ,双基因组及 IL- 2或 IFN-γ单基因组均产生了较明显的抗瘤作用 ,并诱发了较高的特异 CTL活性 .     

基于FMDV IRES的双顺反子载体的构建及体外表达分析

利用RT-PCR扩增出口蹄疫病毒小核糖体进入位点（IRES）序列,并定向克隆进pcDNA3.1(+)载体,构建成双顺反子真核表达载体。为了验证该载体是否能够转录出双顺反子mRNA,在IRES起始密码（ATG）下游正确插入增强型的绿色荧光蛋白基因（egfp）,把重组质粒转染BHK-21细胞,培养20～48 h,在紫外显微镜下观察,能够看到典型的绿色荧光,表明载体能够体能够利用FMDV的IRES能够介导非帽依赖性表达外源基因。并通过流式细胞仪,与同样是CMV启动转录egfp的pGFPN1质粒在细胞中的表达的水平进行了比较。该载体的成功构建为体外表达双基因、双顺反子逆转录载体构建以及相关应用奠定基础,并有作为基因疫苗和标记定位基因治疗载体的潜力。     

小鼠Sema4D慢病毒过表达载体的构建与鉴定

目的构建小鼠Sema4D慢病毒过表达载体。方法采用Gateway技术将体外合成小鼠全长Sema4D基因插入并重组到预先已经插入荧光标记基因片段IRES的质粒中,阳性菌落由Ampicillin筛选后,大量繁殖,获得大量转染后的质粒,经过测序鉴定后,经慢病毒包装,转染293T细胞,经由Neomycin筛选,获得高滴度的病毒液。结果测序结果显示Sema4D基因共有2 586 bp,重组慢病毒载体共有11 966bp,其中Sema4D插在CMV启动子和IRES标记序列之间,位置为2569-5144。测序结果表明小鼠Sema4D基因已经成功构建到过表达慢病毒载体中。结论小鼠Sema4D基因慢病毒过表达载体Lenti-CMV-sema4D-IRES-PGK-neo能够正确构建,该载体为研究小鼠Sema4D基因在特定细胞内过表达株的筛选奠定基础,为其作用机制的研究提供用力工具。     

逆转录病毒载体介导入GM-CSF基因转染肿瘤细胞

本文应用逆转录病毒载体pZIP Neo SV(X)介导人GM-CSF基因转染肿瘤细胞获得表达。经Lipofectin将含有人GM-GSF基因的重组逆转录病毒载体pZIP-GM转染兼性病毒包装细胞系PA317,继之用病毒收获液感染人肝癌细胞SMMC7721和人胃癌细胞BGC-823,经GM-CSF依赖细胞株TF1测活和双抗夹心法ELISA测定表明:人GM-CSF基因在人肿瘤细胞中获得稳定高效表达。为进一步建立GM-CSF的转基因治疗模型提供了基础。     

一种原位示踪外源目的基因表达载体的构建

应用分子克隆技术 ,分别将增强型绿色荧光蛋白 (enhancedgreenfluorescentprotein ,EGFP)、内部核糖体进入位点 (internalribosomeentrysite,IRES)和编码H-ras基因C端 2 0个氨基酸的DNA(rasc2 0 )片段插入真核表达载体pcDNA3,构建真核重组表达载体并将其命名为pZX。通过脂质体介导将该载体转染人宫颈癌细胞系HeLa ,培养过夜后在荧光显微镜下观察绿色荧光蛋白在细胞内的分布 ,并与pEGFP-C3质粒DNA转染该细胞系进行比较。结果表明 ,转染pZX载体的实验组细胞膜发出绿色荧光 ,而对照组绿色荧光则均匀弥散于整个细胞中 ,工具性载体pZX已构建成功     

SV40 TAg转基因小鼠模型的建立及其表达

为了建立中枢神经系统肿瘤小鼠模型,构建了大鼠神经元特异性烯醇化酶(ratneu-ron-specificenolase,NSE)基因启动子调控下的猿猴病毒40大T抗原基因(simianvirus40largeTantigengene,SV40TAg)转基因载体,通过受精卵雄原核显微注射的方法制备转基因小鼠。PCR鉴定转基因小鼠的基因型;RT-PCR和Northern印迹检测转基因阳性鼠中SV40TAgRNA水平的表达及其组织特异性;免疫组化检测其蛋白质水平的表达。经显微注射共获得9只首代转基因阳性鼠(首建者,Founder小鼠),其中2例出生时即发生神经干细胞来源的肿瘤,其他Founder小鼠经繁育后共建立了5个SV40TAg转基因小鼠系,其中有4个系检测到SV40TAgRNA水平的表达且特异性地表达于脑组织,但未检测到蛋白质水平的表达。研究表明NSE启动子活性具有较强的组织特异性,并起始于小鼠胚胎发育期;SV40TAg具有明显的致癌作用,且SV40TAg诱发的神经系统肿瘤易造成转基因小鼠早期死亡。     

表达红色荧光及转胸腺素β4基因绵羊胎儿成纤维细胞系的制备

旨在构建胸腺素β4(thymosin beta4,Tβ4)基因真核表达载体并转染绵羊胎儿成纤维细胞,获得稳定表达胸腺素β4及红色荧光蛋白的转基因细胞克隆。将克隆载体pMD19TT中的胸腺素β4基因亚克隆到表达载体pIRES2-DsRed2的多克隆位点,构建表达载体pIRES2-DsRed2-Tβ4,脂质体介导转染绵羊胎儿成纤维细胞,G418筛选获得稳定转染的细胞克隆。RT-PCR检测Tβ4基因在宿主细胞中的转录。测序结果显示,构建的表达载体pIRES2-DsRed2-Tβ4序列中,Tβ4基因正确连接在CMV启动子下游,顺序连接IRES2序列和红色荧光蛋白基因,载体构建正确。脂质体介导的稳定转染效率约为15%,经G418筛选得到转基因细胞克隆并高效表达红色荧光蛋白。RT-PCR检测显示外源Tβ4基因在绵羊胎儿成纤维细胞中得到转录。成功构建具有红色荧光蛋白和新霉素抗性双选择标记的胸腺素β4基因真核表达载体并稳定转染绵羊胎儿成纤维细胞,筛选得到的超表达胸腺素β4绵羊胎儿成纤维细胞系为下一步通过核移植和克隆技术获得转基因绵羊提供了条件。     

cmv-3′LTR嵌合启动子对逆转录病毒载体MFG滴度及外源基因表达的影响

为减轻逆转录病毒载体介导的外源基因的沉默,进一步提高逆转录病毒载体MFG介导的外源基因的表达水平,同时探讨逆转录病毒3′端长末端重复序列(long terminalrepeat,LTR)内U3区对病毒基因表达的影响,将逆转录病毒载体3′端LTR内的U3区用cmv核心增强子、启动子序列替代,同时去除了3个与逆转录病毒载体启动子甲基化有关的序列NCR、DR,并以egfp为报告基因,构建了MFG egfp和MFG egfp cmv表达载体。结果显示:利用cmv启动子替代MFG载体3′端LTR的U3启动子序列,会显著降低MFG载体的病毒滴度及其介导的外源报告基因的表达。提示利用cmv启动子替代病毒载体的3′端LTR内的U3区,并不是提高MoMLV(moloneymurineleukemivirus)逆转录病毒载体介导外源基因的表达及其病毒滴度的理想策略。结果也同时提示:在MoMLV逆转录病毒3′端LTR的U3区,可能存在与病毒RNA加工、成熟及稳定性有关的信号序列。     

Efficient gene transfer into murine embryonic stem cells by nucleofection

Genetic manipulation of embryonic stem (ES) cells is performed by non-viral as well as viral transfection methods. We tested the recently developed nucleofection method delivering plasmid DNA directly into the nucleus for the introduction of a plasmid encoding enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) into murine ES cells. Cell viability decreased from 77% before to 40% 24 h after nucleofection. Transfection effciencies in viable stem cells were between 85% and 96% with high levels of EGFP expression [mean fluorescence intensity (MFI): 630 +/- 90] 24 h after nucleofection. After a two week culture in geneticin (G418) selection medium, nearly 50% of the stem cells were EGFP positive and continued transgene expression (MFIs: 120-240) for a two further weeks. We conclude that nucleofection is an efficient nonviral gene transfer method for the introduction of genes into murine ES cells.     

人TNF-α双顺反子逆转录病毒载体的构建及其在成纤维细胞中的表达

利用脑炎心肌炎病毒的内核糖体进入位点连接人ＴＮＦ－αｃＤＮＡ和选择基因ＮｅｏＲ基因,使ＴＮＦ－α及ＮｅｏＲ基因均受控于病毒ＬＴＲ启动子,将两基因同时转录至同一ｍＲＮＡ,从而构建成人ＴＮＦ－α双顺反子逆转录病毒载体ｐＧＣＥＮ／ＴＮＦ－α．在ＬｉｐｏｆｅｃｔＡＭＩＮＥ介导下将其导入包装细胞ＰＡ３１７,Ｇ４１８筛选得单克隆,病毒滴度为１０６ＣＦＵ／ｍｌ重组病毒分泌的细胞株．经ＰＣＲ证明外源基因已整合至细胞基因组,Ｎｏｒｔｈｅｒｎ印迹显示出单一ＬＲＴ转录本．持续Ｇ４１８筛选能明显促进目的基因ＴＮＦ－α的表达．用重组病毒上清感染小鼠成纤维细胞ＮＩＨ３Ｔ３,Ｇ４１８筛选获得的混合抗性克隆持续高表达ＴＮＦ－α,４０Ｇｙγ线照射后能维持高效表达至７ｄ．实验结果表明,含ＩＲＥＳ的双顺反子逆转录病毒载体将是一个很好的基因转移载体．     

Use of electroporation for high-molecular-weight DNA-mediated gene transfer

Electroporation was used to introduce high-molecular-weight DNA into murine hematopoietic cells and NIH3T3 cells. CCRF-CEM cells were stably transfected with SV2NEO plasmid and the genomic DNA from G-418-resistant clones (greater than 65 kb) was introduced into mouse bone marrow and NIH3T3 cells by electroporation. NEO sequences and expression were detected in the hematopoietic tissues of lethally irradiated mice, with 24% of individual spleen colonies expressing NEO. The frequency of genomic DNA transfer into NIH3T3 cells was 0.25 X 10(-3). Electroporation thus offers a powerful mode of gene transfer not only of cloned genes but also of high-molecular-weight DNA into cells.     

Production of transgenic embryos through nuclear transfer using ovine fetal fibroblasts transferred with foreign genes

Human ALR gene sequence was amplified by PCR from human total DNA and inserted into pIRES(2)-EGFP vector. The bicistronic eukaryotic expression vector, pIRES-EGFP/ALR, expressing EGFP, Neo(r) and ALR genes was constructed. Sheep fetal fibroblast cells (sEFCs) were transfected with pIRES-EGFP/ALR by the induction of lipofectAMINE(TM). The positive cell clones were selected with medium containing G418 (800 μg/mL). The fluorescence of transgenic cells was examined with a confocal laser scanning microscope. The expression of ALR gene was tested by PCR, RT-PCR and immuno-histochemical staining. The transgenic cells were used as donors for nuclear transfer to enucleated ovine oocytes. Transgenic embryos were tested by confocal laser scanning microscope and immuno-histochemical staining. Results showed that the EGFP and ALR genes linked with IRES were coexpressed simultaneously in sFFCs; the blastocysts formed by nuclear transfer using tranfected donor cells are all transgenic blastocysts. EGFP, ALR and Neo(r) gene were all expressed in the transgenic embryos. In conclusion that a method to construct the positive embryos before pre-implantation which stably express ALR gene by the indication of EGFP expression has been successfully established. The application of this method can simplify the procedure of testing the targets and contribute to the efficiency increasing of transgenic domestic animal production.     

Retroviral-mediated gene transfer into mammalian cells

Retroviruses may be used as genetic vectors to transfer genes into mammalian cells with high efficiency. We have shown that the N2 vector will transfer a functional bacterial gene for neomycin resistance (NeoR) into more than 80% of mouse spleen foci. A derivative of the N2 vector was constructed to study transfer and expression of the human gene for adenosine deaminase (ADA) in mammalian lymphoid and hematopoietic stem cells. This vector, termed SAX, contains the human ADA cDNA with an SV40 promoter in addition to the NeoR gene. The SAX vector was found to efficiently transfer and express the ADA gene in an ADA-deficient human T-cell line. Gene transfer by SAX using an autologous nonhuman primate bone marrow transplant model resulted in expression of the human ADA gene in peripheral blood cells of treated animals. Human bone marrow treated with SAX produced 1%-2% of colonies in vitro that were expressing the vector genes. Transfer of genes into circulating hematopoietic stem cells of fetal sheep in utero was most efficient; vector gene expression was evident in 20%-40% of hematopoietic colonies. Therefore, retroviral vectors are capable of transferring functional genes into a wide variety of mammalian lymphoid and hematopoietic cells. Such vectors may be useful for clinical trials of gene therapy, that is, the correction of genetic diseases by insertion of a normal gene into a patient's defective cells.     

An efficient gene transfer system for hematopoietic cell line using transient and stable vectors

The hematopoietic system represents an interesting model for gene transfer protocols. Here, we have evaluated the efficiency of a gene transfer system using the polycationic compound SuperFect (Qiagen) and the K562 hematopoietic cell line. Transient and stable vectors carrying the enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) reporter gene were employed. The stable vector was constructed based on Epstein-Barr virus sequences such as EBV oriP (origin of replication) and EBNA (EBV nuclear antigen)-1, both for DNA replication. The transfection efficiency of the viable cells was estimated by flow cytometry at approximately 98% for transient and stable vectors. Transiently transfected cells presented optimal EGFP expression until day 2 when fluorescence started to decrease. In contrast, stable transfectants continuously expressed the marker gene product for 10 weeks in the presence of G418. Our results represent an efficient gene transfer method for K562 hematopoietic cells and may be used as an alternative approach for further gene transfer studies involving hematopoietic cells.     

Enhanced transformation by a simian virus 40 recombinant virus containing a Harvey murine sarcoma virus long terminal repeat.

We have constructed a recombinant simian virus 40 (SV40) DNA containing a copy of the Harvey murine sarcoma virus long terminal repeat (LTR). This recombinant viral DNA was converted into an infectious SV40 virus particle and subsequently infected into NIH 3T3 cells (either uninfected or previously infected with Moloney leukemia virus). We found that this hybrid virus, SVLTR1, transforms cells with 10 to 20 times the efficiency of SV40 wild type. Southern blot analysis of these transformed cell genomic DNAs revealed that simple integration of the viral DNA within the retrovirus LTR cannot account for the enhanced transformation of the recombinant virus. A restriction fragment derived from the SVLTR-1 virus which contains an intact LTR was readily identified in a majority of the transformed cell DNAs. These results suggest that the LTR fragment which contains the attachment sites and flanking sequences for the proviral DNA duplex may be insufficient by itself to facilitate correct retrovirus integration and that some other functional element of the LTR is responsible for the increased transformation potential of this virus. We have found that a complete copy of the Harvey murine sarcoma virus LTR linked to well-defined structural genes lacking their own promoters (SV40 early region, thymidine kinase, and G418 resistance) can be effectively used to promote marker gene expression. To determine which element of the LTR served to enhance the biological activity of the recombinant virus described above, we deleted DNA sequences essential for promoter activity within the LTR. SV40 virus stocks reconstructed with this mutated copy of the Harvey murine sarcoma virus LTR still transform mouse cells at an enhanced frequency. We speculate that when the LTR is placed more than 1.5 kilobases from the SV40 early promoter, the cis-acting enhancer element within the LTR can increase the ability of the SV40 promoter to effectively operate when integrated in a murine chromosome. These data are discussed in terms of the apparent cell specificity of viral enhancer elements.     

Protection of uninfected human bone marrow cells in long-term culture from G418 toxicity after retroviral-mediated transfer of the NEOr gene

The long-term effect of retroviral-mediated gene transfer into human hematopoietic cells in vitro was studied in bone marrow culture. Two retroviral vectors (pN2 or pZIP NEO) were used to transfer the gene coding for neomycin phosphotransferase, which confers neomycin resistance, as a dominant selectable marker. Following infection, bone marrow cells of multiple hematopoietic lineages displayed resistance for the duration of the cultures (greater than 80 days) to normally cytotoxic doses of the neomycin analog G418. However, upon DNA analysis of cells surviving in G418, the NEOr (neomycin resistance) gene was not detected under conditions where single copy genes could readily be seen, despite the presence of NEOr RNA sequences. In order to investigate this observation further, infected and uninfected cells were separated by a filter, and cultured in the same medium containing G418. The uninfected cells continued to survive in the presence of normally toxic concentrations of G418. Medium alone from infected cells was able to protect uninfected cells the same way. Efficiency of transfer of this and perhaps other selectable marker genes to cells in the long-term culture system may consequently be overestimated if survival of cells alone is quantitated. These results indicate that long-term cultures are a useful in vitro model for the study of retroviral-mediated gene transfer to human hematopoietic cells.     

High efficiency gene transfer into murine T cell clones using a retroviral vector

To establish a gene transfer and expression system for murine T cell clones, we have introduced the neomycin phosphotransferase gene encoding resistance to the neomycin analogue, G418, into non-neoplastic inducer T cell clones by using a replication-defective retroviral vector. This method allowed highly efficient gene transfer (20 to 40%) into two inducer T cell clones. The level of viral RNA expression in G418r T cells was 0.1% of poly(A)+ RNA. The infected G418r cells retained physiologic responsiveness to specific antigen as judged by antigen-specific proliferation and production of IL 3.     

Construction of a Tc1-like transposon Sleeping Beauty-based gene transfer plasmid vector for generation of stable transgenic mammalian cell clones

We have constructed a single plasmid-, Tc1-like transposon-based gene transfer vector, termed the Prince Charming vector (pPC). The pPC vector was constructed by ligating the CMV-driven "Sleeping Beauty" transposase gene downstream to the Tc1-like transposon inverted repeat (IR) elements and by inserting the RSV promoter (to drive expression of the gene-of-interest) along with a multiple cloning site (MCS), a polyadenylation signal, and the SV40 promoter-driven neomycin gene, at a site flanked by the transposon IR elements. To assess the utility of the pPC vector, we cloned a red fluorescent protein (RFP) gene into the pPC vector at the MCS and transfected human TE85 osteosarcoma cells with the pPC-RFP expression vector using Effectene. Stable transgenic cell clones expressing RFP were selected with G418 sulfate and individual clones were isolated. After 4 weeks of clonal isolation and expansion, 99% of cells in each randomly selected clone expressed RFP strongly. Aliquots of each clone were then maintained in either the presence or the absence of G418 sulfate and were passaged weekly. Even after 6 months in culture in the absence of G418 sulfate, approximately 90% of the cells in each clone still maintained a strong expression level of RFP, indicating that these transgenic cell clones were stable and that the clonal stability of these clones did not require a constant selection pressure. In conclusion, we have developed a single plasmid-, Tc1-like transposon-based gene transfer vector that can be used to generate stable transgenic mammalian cell clones.