四种cry 基因启动子在spoIIID基因突变株中的活性比较

【目的】分析spoIIID基因突变对苏云金芽胞杆菌cry1、cry3、cry4和cry8基因启动子Pcry1Ac、Pcry3A、Pcry4A和Pcry8E的影响,比较以上启动子在无芽胞spoIIID基因突变体(HD-△SpoIIID)中的转录活性。【方法】分别构建了Pcry1Ac、Pcry3A、Pcry4A和Pcry8E与lacZ基因融合的转录分析载体,并导入HD-73野生型菌株和HD-△SpoIIID突变株中测定β-半乳糖苷酶活性;通过高温诱变方法在HD-△SpoIIID基础上筛选出缺失cry1Ac基因的HD--△SpoIIID突变体;构建了4种启动子与cry1Ac基因融合表达载体,分别将它们转入HD-ΔSpoIIID和HD--ΔSpoIIID中,分析Cry1Ac蛋白表达量及其生物活性。【结果】HD-73和HD-ΔSpoIIID菌株中四个启动子转录活性由高到低分别为:Pcry8E>Pcry1Ac>Pcry4A>Pcry3A;spoIIID基因的缺失未影响Pcry1Ac和Pcry8E转录活性,Pcry3A在HD-ΔSpoIIID菌株中转录活性略有升高,Pcry4A在HD-ΔSpoIIID菌株中转录活性在T5到T10略有降低。从翻译水平来看在HD-ΔSpoIIID中cry8E启动子略低于cry1Ac启动子,并高于Pcry4Aa,Pcry3A指导的Cry1Ac蛋白产量,生物活性测定结果与蛋白表达量相符。【结论】cry8E基因启动子Pcry8E在spoIIID突变体中在转录水平活性是最高的启动子,而cry1Ac启动子指导自身基因cry1Ac表达时,在翻译水平上略高于cry8E启动子指导的Cry1Ac产量。     

cry8E启动子指导的非晶体蛋白GabR在苏云金芽胞杆菌HD73菌株中的表达

【目的】利用cry8E基因启动子指导的高效表达载体pHT315-8E21b,构建一个能够在苏云金芽胞杆菌(Bacillus thuringiensis,简称Bt)中正确表达非晶体蛋白GabR的重组菌株。【方法】将苏云金芽胞杆菌中的功能基因gabR装载到cry8E基因启动子指导的高效表达载体pHT315-8E21b上,转入到HD73-无晶体突变株后获得重组菌株HD-8E-gabR。通过SDS-PAGE和凝胶阻滞等方法对GabR蛋白的表达和功能进行分析。【结果】通过SDS-PAGE及蛋白定量等方法首次证明了在Bt表达体系中cry8E基因启动子指导的高效表达载体能够表达非晶体蛋白GabR,且通过碱裂解的方法可以提高GabR蛋白在Bt系统中的溶解性。进一步凝胶阻滞试验证明GabR能与其调控启动子PgabT结合。【结论】证明了cry8E基因启动子指导的Bt表达系统具有大量表达非晶体类蛋白的能力。     

芽胞外壁基质组成蛋白的编码基因启动子PexsY指导的cry1Ac基因表达

【目的】利用非cry基因启动子PexsY(芽胞外壁基质组成蛋白编码基因启动子)表达Cry1Ac晶体蛋白,发现可用于cry基因表达的新元件,为高效工程菌的构建奠定基础。【方法】采用启动子融合lacZ技术,通过β-半乳糖苷酶活性分析了PexsY启动子和截短的PexsY启动子的转录活性;利用该启动子在苏云金芽胞杆菌(Bacillus thuringiensis,Bt)HD73菌株中表达了cry1Ac基因,通过透射电子显微镜观察晶体形态;蛋白定量、SDS-PAGE比较蛋白产量;生物活性测定进行功能验证。【结果】PexsY启动子在芽胞晚期转录活性很高,透射电镜观察到利用该启动子表达的cry1Ac基因形成了菱形晶体,SDS-PAGE分析可以检测到133kDa的Cry1Ac蛋白,且与cry3A启动子指导表达的蛋白产量相近,少于cry8E启动子指导表达的蛋白产量;生物活性测定表明PexsY指导表达Cry1Ac蛋白对玉米螟(Ostrinia furnacalis)具有杀虫活性。【结论】在Bt无晶体突变体中,非cry基因启动子PexsY可以正常表达133kDa的Cry1Ac蛋白,并形成晶体,具有在芽胞形成晚期表达cry基因的能力,该类启动子将在Bt工程菌构建中发挥重要作用。     

苏云金芽胞杆菌sigK 基因插入失活突变体的特点及其对cry3A基因启动子活性的影响

摘要: 【目的】构建苏云金芽胞杆菌(Bacillus thuringiensis,简称Bt) sigK 基因插入失活突变体,分析突变体特点并明确其对cry3A 基因启动子的影响。【方法】采用同源重组技术在苏云金芽胞杆菌HD-73 菌株sigK 基因中插入卡那霉素抗性基因,构建了sigK 基因插入失活突变体。通过生长曲线测定、扫描电子显微镜观察晶体、芽胞形成情况和芽胞计数及SDS-PAGE 等方法分析了突变体的特点; 构建了遗传恢复菌株对上述性状进行了功能验证; 利用启动子融合lacZ 技术检测了cry3A 基因启动子的转录活性。【结果】获得了苏云金芽胞杆菌HD-73 菌株sigK 基因突变体,生长曲线测定表明,突变体较出发菌株在稳定期后期生长较慢; 扫描电子显微镜观察和芽胞计数分析显示,突变体丧失了形成芽胞和晶体的能力; SDS-PAGE 分析表明突变体中伴胞晶体蛋白的表达量明显低于出发菌株和恢复菌株。利用载体pHT315 携带sigK 基因及其启动子在突变株中表达,所获得的遗传恢复菌株恢复了突变株产生芽胞和晶体的能力; sigK 基因的突变可以提高cry3A 基因启动子在产胞后期的转录活性,对cry3A 启动子指导的Cry 蛋白表达量没有显著影响。【结论】本研究证明sigK 基因为苏云金芽胞杆菌芽胞形成所必需,并影响伴胞晶体蛋白的产量; sigK 基因功能的丧失有利于cry3A 基因启动子在产胞后期的转录。     

苏云金芽胞杆菌中荧光分析融合杀虫晶体蛋白的形成

为研究苏云金芽胞杆菌杀虫晶体蛋白在细胞中的定位及在细胞中的形成, 构建了Cry1Ac-GFP融合蛋白, 大小约为160 kD. 将携带cry1Ac启动子的cry1Ac-gfp融合基因片段克隆到pHT304载体上, 获得融合表达载体pHTcry1Ac-gfp. pHTcry1Ac-gfp转化到无晶体突变株HD-73 cry-中, 获得融合表达菌株HD-73-(pHTcry1Ac-gfp). gfp基因通过同源重组插入到HD-73内源大质粒pHT73上cry1Ac基因的3′端, 获得原位融合表达菌株HD-73Φ(cry1Ac-gfp)3534. 激光共聚焦显微镜和Western杂交分析表明, 不对称隔膜形成时, HD-73-(pHTcry1Ac-gfp)和HD-73Φ(cry1Ac-gfp)3534细胞中检测到Cry1Ac-GFP融合蛋白的表达. 融合蛋白颗粒在细胞中的聚集存在一定的极性, 分布于母细胞不对称隔膜附近. Cry1Ac-GFP和Cry1Ac蛋白对小菜蛾的杀虫活性在95%置信区间内没有明显差异.     

大肠杆菌中利用苏云金芽胞杆菌强启动子p1Ac指导Cry1Ac蛋白表达的特性分析

对利用苏云金芽胞杆菌(Bacillus thuringiensis,Bt)强启动子——cry1Ac基因启动子p1Ac指导cry基因在大肠杆菌中的表达进行了研究。结果显示,大肠杆菌中由启动子p1Ac指导表达的Cry1Ac蛋白与苏云金芽胞杆菌来源的Cry1Ac蛋白在碱溶性、胰蛋白酶活化、杀虫活性等方面有较好的一致性,从而解决了目前商业化载体大肠杆菌表达cry基因时形成不易溶解的包涵体问题。同时,还对p1Ac指导的cry1Ac基因在大肠杆菌中表达的发酵条件进行了初步探索。     

对粉纹夜蛾高毒力cry9Eα基因的克隆及表达

[目的]从本实验室分离的Bt4菌株中克隆cry9Eα基因,并研究其表达和杀虫活性.[方法]以PCR-RFLP方法鉴定Bt4菌株含有cry9基因,然后以菌株Bt4的质粒为模板,利用全长引物F9EA/R9EA进行PCR扩增全长基因.[结果]将目的片段插入到表达载体pET21b,得到大肠杆菌重组表达质粒pETcrygEa.转化E.coli BL21(DE3),诱导后表达130 kDa的蛋白,再将cry9Eα7基因连接到穿梭载体pSXY422b,电激转化HD73-(cry-),得到工程菌BioHD9Ea7,提取Cry9Ea7晶体蛋白,并进行生物活性测定.生物活性测定结果显示CrygEa7蛋白对粉纹夜蛾(Trichoplusia ni)初孵幼虫具有高毒力,LC_(50)为0.044 μg/mL,而对甜菜夜蛾(Spodoptera exigua)和棉铃虫(Helicoverpa armigera)初孵幼虫未显示活性.[结论]克隆和表达了一个对粉纹夜蛾高毒力的基因cry9Eα7,并成功构建了工程菌BioHD9Ea7.     

苏云金芽胞杆菌LM1212菌株cry基因启动子的活性分析

【背景】前期发现一株具有独特分化表型的苏云金芽胞杆菌(Bacillusthuringiensis,Bt)LM1212,该菌株共有14种杀虫基因,组成了10个转录单元。利用源自菌株LM1212的晶体产生细胞调控因子(crystal producing cell regulator, CpcR)以及其可以激活的cry35-like基因启动子,已在典型Bt菌株HD73中成功构建了非芽胞杀虫蛋白表达体系。【目的】比较菌株LM1212的不同杀虫基因启动子的转录活性,明确可被转录因子CpcR激活的且转录活性较高的启动子,以此为基础优化非芽胞杀虫蛋白表达体系。【方法】将10个启动子区域分别与lacZ报告基因融合构建在pHT304-18Z载体上,得到了10个重组质粒;然后将cpcR基因及其启动子(PcpcR-cpcR)分别反向构建在选取的启动子区域与lacZ报告基因的上游,得到可以表达CpcR且与上述构建相对应的10个重组质粒,将这些重组质粒分别转入不含CpcR的菌株HD73,即获得20个可用于测定β-半乳糖苷酶活性的重组菌株。通过光学显微镜观察和SDS-PAGE检测明确杀虫蛋白表达的情况。【结果】在...     

Bt菌株QCL-1中cry2Ac10基因的克隆、表达和活性研究

目的:从高毒力Bt菌株中克隆cry2Ac10基因,并研究其表达和杀虫活性。方法:以Bt菌株QCL-1质粒为模板,利用cry2特异性引物FY2A5和FY2A3进行PCR扩增,将目的片段克隆到表达载体pET-21b( ),构建T7启动子控制的大肠杆菌重组表达质粒pET21b-cry2Ac。经IPTG诱导后,SDS-PAGE检测基因表达情况,然后对表达产物进行生物活性测定。结果:从菌株QCL-1中克隆出目的基因,该基因的编码框由1 872个碱基组成,编码的蛋白质由623个氨基酸组成,与已报道的Cry2Ac氨基酸同源性为97.4%~99.7%。该基因(GenBank accession EF405952)已被国际Bt基因命名委员会正式命名为cry2Ac10。该基因在大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)中能够正常表达70kDa的蛋白,表达产物对棉铃虫、粘虫和粉纹夜蛾幼虫具有高毒力,同时对甜菜夜蛾幼虫生长有抑制作用,其中对棉铃虫和粘虫初孵幼虫的LC50分别为30.0μg/g和16.7μg/g。结论:成功克隆和表达了cry2Ac10基因,并明确了cry2Ac10蛋白的活性,为该基因的研究和应用奠定基础。     

Bt4.0718 cry1Ac基因的克隆与表达分析

在基因库中比对14种cry1Ac基因序列,发现了同源性很高的上游启动子区域和下游终止子区域。根据这一同源序列设计引物,从B t4.0718中扩增出包含双启动子和终止子的4.2 kb片段,用PCR-RFLP检测确定其中含有cry1Ac基因。然后将此片段克隆到穿梭载体pHT304中,转化大肠杆菌DH5α和B t无晶体突变株XZM-101。同时,利用原子力显微镜观察发现重组菌株BXZM34能够产生菱形晶体。     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">In vivo</Emphasis> fluorescence observation of parasporal inclusion formation in <Emphasis Type="Italic">Bacillus thuringiensis</Emphasis>

A recombinant gene expressing a Cry1Ac-GFP fusion protein with a molecular mass of approximately 160 kD was constructed to investigate the expression of cry1Ac, the localization of its gene product Cry1Ac, and its role in crystal development in Bacillus thuringiensis. The cry1Ac-gfp fusion gene under the control of the cry1Ac promoter was cloned into the plasmid pHT304, and this construct was designated pHTcry1Ac-gfp. pHTcry1Ac-gfp was transformed into the crystal-negative strain, HD-73 cry⁻, and the resulting strain was named HD-73⁻(pHTcry1Ac-gfp). The gfp gene was then inserted into the large HD-73 endogenous plasmid pHT73 and fused with the 3′ terminal of the cry1Ac gene by homologous recombination, yielding HD-73Φ(cry1Ac-gfp)3534. Laser confocal microscopy and Western blot analyses showed for the first time that the Cry1Ac-GFP fusion proteins in both HD-73⁻(pHTcry1Ac-gfp) and HD-73Φ(cry1Ac-gfp)3534 were produced during asymmetric septum formation. Surprisingly, the Cry1Ac-GFP fusion protein showed polarity and was located near the septa in both strains. There was no significant difference between Cry1Ac-GFP and Cry1Ac in their toxicity to Plutella xylostella larvae.     

Efficient expression of vip184DeltaP gene under the control of promoters plus Shine-Dalgarno (SD) sequences of cry genes from Bacillus thuringiensis

AIMS: To compare vip184DeltaP gene expression time course and Vip184 protein yield under the control of promoters and Shine-Dalgarno (SD) sequences of vip184, cry3A and cry1A gene from Bacillus thuringiensis respectively. METHODS AND RESULTS: Derived from the shuttle vector pHT3101, recombinant plasmids pHPT3, pHTP3A(Delta)P and pHTP1A(Delta)P were constructed with the native vip184 gene and the vip184(Delta)P gene, either under the control of promoters and SD sequences of cry3A or cry1A genes. When the above plasmids were transformed into an acrystalliferous B. thuringiensis strain Cry(-)B, their expression time course were consistent with those of vip184, cry3A and cry1A gene respectively. The maximum yields of Vip184 protein were increased when under the control of promoters plus SD sequences of cry3A and cry1A gene. CONCLUSIONS: The results showed that both cry3A and cry1A promoter/SD sequence combinations were able to enhance synthesis of Vip184 and change its expression time course. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: Both cry3A and cry1A promoter/SD systems offer a method for improving the expression efficacy of the vip184 gene in B. thuringiensis and it is possible to co-express the vip184 gene and cry genes and accumulate Vip184 in the form of inclusion bodies by these systems in order to construct novel useful B. thuringiensis engineered strains.     

Comparative study on effect of different promoters on expression of cry1Ac in Bacillus thuringiensis chromosome

AIMS: The aim of this work was to investigate the effect of cry3A promoter on the expression of cry1Ac in Bacillus thuringiensis chromosome and stably enhance the production of different cry genes under the control of cry3A promoter. METHODS AND RESULTS: The cry1Ac gene, which is specific to Lepidopteran larvae, was integrated into the chromosome of a B. thuringiensis plasmid-free and acrystalliferous strain BMB171, under the control of cry3A promoter and cry1Ac promoter, respectively. The expression of cry1Ac genes in the chromosome of host strain was investigated. The results from sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrymide gel electrophoresis, crystal observation and bioassay showed that either integrated with cry3A promoter (cry3Apro-cry1Ac) or with its native promoter (cry1Acpro-cry1Ac), cry1Ac gene could efficiently and stably express in the chromosome. The production of cry3Apro-cry1Ac gene was higher than that of cry1Acpro-cry1Ac gene. CONCLUSIONS: The cry3A promoter enhanced the expression of cry1Ac gene efficiently either on the chromosome or on the plasmid in B. thuringiensis strain. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: So far, the comparative studies on cry3A promoter and other cry promoters were carried on B. thuringiensis plasmids. This system offers an additional method for potentially improving the efficacy of B. thuringiensis insecticidal proteins efficiently, stably and safely.     

Cry1Ac基因载体构建及其在枯草芽孢杆菌中的杀虫活性表达

根据苏云金芽孢杆菌Bacillus thuringiensis HD-73基因Cry1Ac和枯草芽孢杆菌Bacillus subtilis木糖诱导型启动子PxylR序列, 分别设计2对特异引物Cry1Ac F/R和Pxy F/R,扩增获得了完整的启动子PxylR和Cry1Ac基因序列,进一步以上述产物混合物为模板,以Pxy F/Cry1Ac R作引物进行重迭PCR,获得了载体PxylR-Cry1Ac,经SphⅠ和BamHⅠ完全酶切后,将PxylR-Cry1Ac插入大肠杆菌-苏云金芽孢杆菌穿梭载体pHT315,重组表达质粒pCry1Ac315转化枯草芽孢杆菌感受态细胞。工程菌株质粒酶切电泳分析、SDS-PAGE电泳分析和杀虫生物活性测定结果证实了Cry1Ac基因的导入及其在枯草芽孢杆菌JAAS01D中的有效表达。     

苏云金芽胞杆菌cry1Ac与烟草几丁质酶tchiB双价基因克隆表达及其杀虫增效作用研究

将苏云金芽胞杆菌(Bacillus thuringiensis,Bt)4.0718菌株质粒上的cry1Ac基因和烟草几丁质酶tchiB基因 (去掉信号肽或去信号肽再加肠激酶位点)构建了重组基因。经过双酶切和亚克隆,将带有cry1Ac基因上游启动序列和下游终止序列的重组基因片段克隆至穿梭载体pHT315,分别构建重组质粒pHUAccB6、pHUAccB7,在大肠杆菌中扩增后,将两个重组质粒分别电转化苏云金芽胞杆菌无晶体突变株XBU001中,获得重组菌株HAccB6和HAccB7。经液体双相胞晶分离提取离心后,将晶体和上清液分别进行SDS-PAGE分析,双价基因重组与cry1Ac基因在无晶体突变株中表达量相比较,几丁质酶活性提高5.2倍,双价重组蛋白表达量显著提高,主要产生130kDa蛋白条带。经定量分析：双价重组目的晶体蛋白占总蛋白量的61.38%;Cry1Ac蛋白占总蛋白量的42%。发酵上清液经60％硫酸铵沉淀,显示出一条分子量为18kDa新蛋白条带。经原子力显微镜和电子显微镜观察,表达后的重组蛋白呈菱形或椭原形晶体,其规格约为1.5×3.0μm;经生测分析,重组菌株HAccB6和 HAccB7毒力相近,与HAc菌株比较毒力提高4.5倍,对棉铃虫（Helicourpa armigora）具有高效杀虫活性,其3d LC₅₀值分别为9.1μg/mL和11.34μg/mL。研究结果表明,烟草几丁质酶与cry1Ac双价基因重组表达产物具有杀虫增效作用。     

Conjugative transfer, stability and expression of a plasmid encoding a cry1Ac gene in Bacillus cereus group strains

The plasmid pHT73 containing cry1Ac and tagged with an erythromycin resistance gene was transferred from Bacillus thuringiensis subspecies kurstaki KT0 to several Bacillus cereus group strains by conjugation. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and phase contrast microscopy showed that the transconjugants containing plasmid pHT73 could express Cry1Ac toxin and produce bipyramidal crystalline inclusion bodies during sporulation. The study demonstrated that pHT73 could be transferred to B. thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki, several B. cereus strains and Bacillus mycoides. Under non-selective conditions, the stability of the pHT73 plasmid in the transconjugants was found to be 58.2-100% after 100 generations and 4-96% after 200 generations. The variations are mainly caused by the choice of receptor strain.