带有猪生长激素基因的转基因鼠

为研究外源基因在转基因动物中的整合及表达调控的机制,我们首先进行了转基因鼠的研究。(a)外源基因片段的制备:把羊金属硫蛋白启动基因(SMT)和猪生长激素基因(PGH)与载体质粒pUC19相连接,构建成psMTPGH表达质粒。用BglI全酶切和     

猪生长激素基因在金鱼中的整合、表达与生物活性(英文)

自Ｐａｌｍｉｔｅｒ于１９８２年首次将大鼠生长激素基因导入小鼠受精卵,培育出“超级鼠”以来,转基因动物技术获得迅速发展。本文以低等脊锥动物为实验动物,探讨猪生长激素基因导入金鱼受精卵后的整合与表达、生物学效应及后代遗传等问题,为进一步研究外源基因在高等脊椎动物（包括猪）内整合与表达的调控机理提供方法上的参考。实验结果表明：采用显微注射方法,将羊金属硫蛋白基因启动子与猪生长激素基因重组的线型ＤＮＡ（Ｆｉｇ．１）片段导入金鱼受精卵中,获得成活实验鱼,经斑点（Ｆｉｇ．２）,Ｓｏｕｔｈｅｒｎ杂交（Ｆｉｇ．３）,筛选ＰＧＨ阳性的转基因鱼作为亲本交配,分别得到Ｆ１代和Ｆ２代。经斑点、ＰＣＲ－Ｓｏｕｔｈｅｒｎ分析（Ｆｉｇｓ．４,５＆６）及放射免疫检测（Ｔａｂ．１）,表明外源基因在部分受体鱼中得到整合和表达,并能通过有性繁殖传递给后代,且仍具生长效应（Ｆｉｇ．７;Ｔａｂ．２）。本实验获得的转基因阳性金鱼数量有限,且只传了两代,似乎不足以说明转基因金鱼后代表观特征的遗传稳定,但转基因金鱼Ｆ１代中存在外源基因整合位点纯合的个体是可能的。这为建立转基因动物纯系奠定了基础。     

转基因猪染色体原位杂交外源生长激素基因定位

近些年来随着原位杂交技术的不断改进,该技术已广泛用于染色体的基因定位。非放射性标记探针的应用使基因定位变得更加简单易行,从而有可能对动物的转基因进行定位研究。本文首次采用胶体金标记药盒（Anti-digoxigenin-gold)和银加强试剂（Silver enhance-ment reagents)的非同位素原位杂交技术对转基因猪外基因进行了定位研究。如Fig.1所示：表达质粒pSMTPGH含有载体pUC19,羊启动子MT011和猪生长激素PGH基因。选5头带有pSMTPGH的转基因猪,分别制备含有染色体DNA的杂交膜。用BglII和Smai对pSMTPGH进行完全酶切,收集0．9kb片段作为探针,以dig-11-dUTP进行标记。探针与DNA杂交后,用光学显微镜检查。选择分散良好、显影银颗粒清楚的玻片进行摄影记录（Fig.2)。对染色体上的显影银颗粒进行统计分析,参照家猪的染色体标准带型,确定外源PGH基因整合位点。Fig.3为4104号转基因猪染色体上的银颗粒分布情况。对5头转基因猪外源PGH基因定位的结果见Table1。探针的合理设计是外源基因定位研究成功的关键。本实验所用探针必须地与外源PGH基因杂交,而不受内源PGH基因的影响。我们设计的探针符合这一要求。采用dig11－dUTP标记探针,抗体金显色,银加强试剂放大杂交信号,在光学显微镜下可以直接观察杂交位点处的显影银颗粒,但于对实验进行统计分析。估计数据表明：转基因猪的外源PGH基因随机整合在所有染色体上,但在13号染色体上的机率略高。     

转pGH基因猪外源基因染色体定位研究

应用地高辛标记探针对转pGH基因(猪生长激素基因)猪染色体进行原位杂交,经胶体金抗体、银增强放大系统检测外源pGH基因在染色体上的整合位点。研究表明,转基因阳性个体间外源基因整合位点存在差异,但对个体而言,外源基因总是集中分布于某一特定的染色体上。本研究将为探究外源基因整合位点与其表达效率的关系及今后定点整合的研究提供理论指导。     

外源猪生长激素基因在金鱼体内的整合与表达研究

自1982年Palmiter^[1]等人给小鼠受精卵雄原核注射大鼠生长激素基因培养成功“超级”鼠以来,由于人们认识到转基因技术导致动植物品种定向改良以及利用转基因动物作为生物反应器,大量合成和分泌贵重而安全的基因工程产品,因此转基因动物技术得到了迅速发展,相继开展了兔、鱼、猪、鸡、牛、羊等动物的转基因研究,并取得了一定的结果^[2,3,4]。但是在上述具有经济价值的高等脊椎动物中从事转基因研究,成本高、操作困难,而金鱼属于低等脊椎动物．具有产卵多、易获得同步卵、可控制体外受精和体外发育等特点,因而成为转基因动物研究的方便材料。生长激素是动物脑下垂体前叶分泌的单链多肽⑸,生理功能是促进碳水化合物代谢及核酸、蛋白质合成,整体效应表现为动物生长。本文以金鱼为实验材料,探讨猪生长激素基因导入其受精卵后整合、表达以及生物效应等问题,为进一步研究外源基因在高等动物内整合和表达调控机理提供参考。     

转pGH基因猪血清pGH含量的分析

用ELISA方法分别测定了3头F0代成年阳性猪和8头F1代幼年阳性猪血清 pGH的水平,发现阳性个体间在激素含量及变化趋势上有很大差别,其中F1代个体pGH变化趋势与阴性对照较为一致。研究结果表明阳性个体本身性别及生理状况与外源基因表达有关,同时也反映出外源 pGH基因的表达状况与该基因在宿主基因组中的插入位点不同有着密切的联系。     

转pGH基因猪血清pGH含量的分析

用ELISA方法分别测定了 3头F0 代成年阳性猪和 8头F1代幼年阳性猪血清pGH的水平 ,发现阳性个体间在激素含量及变化趋势上有很大差别 ,其中F1代个体pGH变化趋势与阴性对照较为一致。研究结果表明阳性个体本身性别及生理状况与外源基因表达有关 ,同时也反映出外源pGH基因的表达状况与该基因在宿主基因组中的插入位点不同有着密切的联系。     

转基因猪中外源基因拷贝数和整合位点的研究

主要采用了绝对定量PCR和热不均一交错PCR(thermal asymmetric interlaced PCR,TAIL-PCR),检测了体细胞核移植技术生产的绿色荧光蛋白转基因猪中外源基因拷贝数和整合位点,并利用旁侧PCR(Junction PCR)对整合位点进行确定,同时进一步分析了整合位点的纯合性．结果表明,绝对定量PCR可以准确有效地检测外源基因拷贝数,标准曲线为：log₂N (拷贝数) =-0.935 4ΔCt + 3.411 6 (R²=0.997 4,P < 0.001),两只转基因猪中外源基因拷贝数分别为30.85 ± 1.77和18.87 ± 1.34;TAIL-PCR能成功地克隆转基因猪中外源基因整合位点,得到25条特异性条带,经BLAST比对,共获得TgInS1 (1 440 bp)、TgInS2 (1 263 bp)和TgInS3 (1 861 bp) 3个整合位点．以整合位点侧翼序列特异性引物与外源基因特异性引物的组合引发Junction PCR,得到预计大小的特异性片段,确定了整合位点上、下游侧翼序列的准确性．采用整合位点5′上游和3′下游侧翼序列特异性引物与外源基因特异性引物的组合,进行Junction PCR,在两只转基因猪中都得到与野生型猪一致的侧翼序列特异性引物扩增片段,表明我们获得的转基因猪都为整合位点杂合子．初步建立了绝对定量PCR和TAIL-PCR对外源基因拷贝数和整合位点检测的体系,为今后研究外源基因在转基因猪中遗传和表达的稳定性打下了基础．     

猪生长激素基因表达质粒的构建及其转基因动物研究

将猪生长激素基因（ＰＧＨ）克隆到质粒ｐＵＣ１９上,经酶切分析,确定其酶切图谱．把ＰＧＨ转录起始位点以前的序列切掉,换上羊ＭＴ－１ａ基因的启动子,构建成可以调控的表达载体ｐＳＭＴＰＧＨ,用于转基因动物的研究．采用微注射法将线状ｐＳＭＴＰＧＨ导入猪、鼠和金鱼的受精卵中,得到了相应的转基因动物．对这些动物鉴定分析表明,外源基因整合率因动物不同而异,但该基因在这３种动物中的整合率均在９％以上,其生长速度都高于对照组．     

腺病毒介导的猪生长激素cDNA在大鼠体内的诱导表达及其促生长作用的研究

用同源重组的方法制备了在羊金属硫蛋白(MT)启动子控制下的猪生长激素(pGH)cDNA的重组腺病毒(MTCD—reAdV),将其感染CHO细胞,48h后在细胞培养基中检测到有pGH的表达。为在动物体内证实该重组腺病毒的促生长功能,通过心脏将重组腺病毒注射到大鼠的血液中(每只大鼠注射滴度为TICD50 10^l0的MTCD-reAd0.5ml）,经过硫酸锌间歇性诱导,结果表明,在注射后的19天内,注射MTCD-reAdV大鼠的体增重明显(P＜0．05)高于对照组(注射空病毒)。由此可见,由腺病毒介导的pGH基因具有明显促进大鼠快速生长的作用。     

Expression of porcine growth hormone gene in transgenic rabbits as reported by green fluorescent protein.

Sperm-mediated gene transfer was used to produce transgenic rabbits that expressed the porcine growth hormone gene under the control of a metallothionein promoter. The gene that encodes the selectable marker green fluorescent protein (GFP) was inserted downstream of the transgene. After lipofectin-mediated gene transfer into sperm cells and after subsequent in vitro fertilization using the transfected sperm cells, 32% of the cultured blastocysts exhibited bright green fluorescence when stimulated with blue light. Of the 74 adult rabbits and five fetal rabbits (age, gestational day 15), 2 fetuses and 29 rabbits were GFP-positive as indicated by PCR analysis. Southern blot analysis of their genomic DNA showed that 13 of 21 GFP-positive rabbits were transgenic. GFP expression was observed in different tissues of transgenic rabbits and the growth rate of four GFP-positive rabbits was greater than that of controls. PCR analysis showed that one of six F1 offspring was transgenic. These results suggest that lipofectin-mediated gene transfer into sperm cells can be used to efficiently produce transgenic rabbits.     

Regulation of expression of a sheep metallothionein 1a-sheep growth hormone fusion gene in transgenic mice.

Transgenic mice containing a sheep metallothionein 1a-sheep growth hormone fusion gene exhibited low, tissue-specific basal levels of transgene mRNA expression, resulting in slightly elevated levels of circulating growth hormone that did not lead to a detectable increase in growth. After zinc stimulation, high levels of transgene mRNA expression were induced in a number of tissues; these levels correlated with increased levels of circulating growth hormone, resulting in growth increases of up to 1.5 times the levels of controls and unstimulated transgenic mice. After removal of the zinc stimulus, transgene expression and circulating growth hormone concentrations returned to basal levels. Additional evidence from the pattern of developmental expression of the transgene suggests that zinc is the main regulator of this promoter in mice. The demonstrated regulation and low basal level of expression of the sheep metallothionein 1a promoter make it a candidate for use in other mouse transgenic studies and for use in transgenic livestock, in which regulation of expression is essential.     

全鱼基因的构建及其在鲫鱼体内的整合与转录

利用PCR技术删除大麻哈鱼生长激素基因的启动序列,通过基因重组构建出全鱼基因（鲤鱼MT启动子－大麻哈鱼生长激素基因）;以融合全鱼基因为外源基因,通过显微注射方法将其线性片段导入鲫鱼受精卵内,研究其整合与转录效率。结果表明,全鱼基因在鲫鱼基因组中的整合率为36．4％（16／44）,对转基因阳性鱼的RNA样本进行Northern印迹杂交检测,转录率为25％（1／4）。因此,该全鱼基因可以作为转基因鱼研究和应用的外源基因。     

Cloning and sequence analysis of myostatin promoter in sheep.

To better understand the structure and function of the myostatin's gene promoter region in sheep, we cloned and sequenced a 1.517 kb fragment containing the 5'-regulatory region of the sheep myostatin gene (GenBank accession number is AY918121). The promoter sequence consists of three TATA boxes, one CAAT box, and eight putative E-boxes. Some putative muscle growth response elements for Octamer-binding factor 1(Octamer), Activator protein 1(AP1), Growth factor independence 1 zinc finger protein (Gfi-1B), Myocyte enhancer factor 2 (MEF2), Muscle-specific Mt binding site (MTBF), Glucocorticoid response elements (GRE) and Progesterone receptor binding site (PRE) were detected. Some of the motifs are conserved as compared to with that in the goat, bovine and porcine myostatin promoters. However, some differences were also found.     

Tissue-specific and expression of porcine growth hormone gene in BAC transgenic mice

One of the primary goals of traditional livestock breeding is to improve growth rate and optimise body size. Growth rate can be significantly increased by integrating a growth hormone (GH) transgene under the control of a ubiquitous promoter, but while such animals do demonstrate increased growth there are also serious deleterious side-effects to the animals health. Here we report the generation and initial characterization of transgenic mice that carried a porcine BAC encoding the porcine GH gene. We show that GH expression is restricted specifically to the pituitary, is associated with elevated IGF-1 levels, and results in growth enhancement. No negative effects to the health of the transgenic animals were detected. This initial characterisation supports the use of BAC pGH transgene in livestock studies.     

Isolation and characterization of the porcine growth hormone gene

A cosmid clone containing the entire porcine growth hormone (PGH) gene has been isolated using a full-length PGH cDNA as the hybridization probe. The gene within the cosmid was subcloned into plasmids and completely sequenced. The coding, promoter, and both 5'- and 3'-noncoding sequences of the PGH gene were found to be highly conserved when compared to the previously sequenced genes coding for rat, human and bovine growth hormones, and also to the human placental lactogen gene. The high degree of conservation between the 5'- and 3'-noncoding regions of the genes from these different species indicates that growth hormone genes may be evolving by some unusual mechanism. The PGH gene was found to contain the unusual variant GC donor splice site.     

甘肃现代肉羊新品种群羊GH基因外显子1多态性与体重关联分析

根据GenBank发表的绵羊生长激素(GH)基因外显子1的序列设计一对引物,采用PCR-SSCP技术分析GH基因外显子1在甘肃现代肉羊新品种选育群羊中的单核苷酸多态性,并与3月龄前的体重进行关联分析。结果表明,GH基因外显子1在新品种群羊中存在多态性,检测到两种基因型(AA、AB),其301bp处有一个T/A突变和305bp处有一个G/A突变,初生重、1月、2月、3月龄体重AA、AB型都无显著性差异(P>0.05),但3月龄AB型个体的体重相对于AA型偏高,由此初步推断GH基因可能是影响绵羊体重性状的主基因或与主基因相连锁,可用以对绵羊体重性状进行标记辅助选择。     

猪生长激素研究进展

猪生长激素是由猪脑垂体前叶嗜酸性细胞分泌的一种单一肽链的蛋白质激素。本文就猪生长激素基因的结构特点,多肽性研究、基因表达及猪生长激素的结构特点、生理功能、分泌规律及与其抗体的相互作用等方面进行了综述。