人粒细胞集落刺激因子（hG－CSF）cDNA3′－UTR对其表达的影响

利用人粒细胞集落刺激因子（ｈＧ－ＣＳＦ）ｃＤＮＡ３′端非翻译区（３′－ＵＴＲ）中存在的ＤｒａⅠ酶切位点,通过部分酶切与完全酶切,删除３′－ＵＴＲ不同长度,构建了四种ｈＧ－ＣＳＦｃＤＮＡ瞬时重组表达质粒。转染ＣＯＳ－７细胞后,生物活性测定结果提示,ｈＧ－ＣＳＦｃＤＮＡ３′－ＵＴＲ对其表达起负调控作用,其关键性序列位于紧接终止密码子ＴＧＡ下游的６５ｂｐ范围内,３′－ＵＴＲ对ｈＧ－ＣＳＦｃＤＮＡ表达的影响与转录水平的差别有一定关系。     

用富集文库克隆人胰岛素基因组基因

通过构建可富集人胰岛素基因的λ噬菌体文库,克隆了人胰岛素基因组基因．首先从中国人血液白细胞中提取到人基因组ＤＮＡ,用ＥｃｏＲⅠ和ＢｇｌⅡ对基因组ＤＮＡ进行全酶切,经０．４％琼脂糖凝胶电泳,特异回收９．５ｋｂ左右的ＤＮＡ片段．将该片段与λＥＭＢＬ３／ＢａｍＨⅠ臂连接,构建成一个特殊的人基因组λ噬菌体文库（富集文库）,效价为２×１０４．同时采用ＰＣＲ方法及用引物Ⅰ：５′ＧＧＡＣＡＧＧＣＴＡＣＡＴＣＡＧＧＡＡＧＡＧＧ３′,引物Ⅱ：５′ＣＴＧＣＧＴＣＴＡＡＴＴＧＣＡＧＴＡＧＴＴＣ３′,从人基因组ＤＮＡ中扩增出一段含胰岛素基因的１．３６ｋｂＤＮＡ片段,做为放射性标记探针,对文库进行了噬菌斑原位杂交筛选,从１×１０４个噬菌斑中筛选到一个含人胰岛素基因组基因的阳性克隆,并进一步完成了亚克隆和该基因１７３２ｂｐＤＮＡ序列的测定．结果该基因的１７３２ｂｐＤＮＡ序列包括部分５′端和３′端与国外发表的人胰岛素α型等位基因的序列相同     

转译优化对EPO基因在COS7细胞中表达的影响

利用ＣＯＳ７细胞暂时表达系统,研究转译起始序列对ＥＰＯ－ｃＤＮＡ表达的影响。通过ＤＮＡ重组技术,构建了原ＥＰＯ－ｃＤＮＡ表达载体ｐＣＳＶ－ＥＰＯ（１）,其转译起始序列为５＇ＡＡＴＴＣＡＴＧＧ３＇。同时通过定点突变技术,将起始序列改变成５＇ＣＣＡＣＣＡＴＧＧ３＇,而构建了另一表达载体ＰＣＳＶ－ＥＰＯ（２）。后经序列分析证明无误后和前均通过ＤＥＡＥ－ｄｅｘｔｒａｎ法转染ＣＯＳ７细胞上清,测定结果为     

人粒细胞集落刺激因子（hG—CSF）cDNA3‘—UTR对其表达的影响

利用人粒细胞集落刺激因子（ｈＧ－ＣＳＦ（）ｃＤＮＡ３＇端非翻译区（３＇ＵＴＲ）中存在的ＤｒａＩ酶切位点,通过部分酶切与完全酶切,删除３＇－ＵＴＲ不同长度构建了四种ｈＧ－ＣＳＦ ｃＤＮＡ瞬时重组表达质粒,转染ＣＯＳ－７细胞手,生物活性测定结果提示,ｈＧ－ＣＳＦｃＤＮＡ３＇－ＵＴＲ对其表达起负调控作用,其关键性序列位于紧接终止密码子ＴＧＡ下游的６５ｂｐ范围内,３＇－ＵＴＲ对ｈＧ－ＣＳＦ ｃＤＮＡ表达的     

补调连蛋白

１９８６年,德国ＢｅｒｎｂａｒｄＮｏｃｈｔ热带医学研究所的Ｋｒｉｓｔｉｎｅ等在克隆补体调节蛋白Ｈ因子的ｃＤＮＡ时,首次从人肝ｃＤＮＡ里分离了克隆ＣＨＨ１７／ｐＦＨ１．８,其５′端序列１４０８ｂｐ与Ｈ因子５′端序列完全相同,并且其编码的蛋白质一级结构含...     

番茄抗病基因Cf9的3′UTR区含有内含子序列

从番茄（ＬｙｃｏｐｅｒｓｉｃｏｎｅｓｃｕｌｅｎｔｕｍＭｉｌ．）抗病品种“中杂９号”基因组ＤＮＡ中扩增并克隆了番茄抗叶霉病基因Ｃｆ９。序列分析结果表明,该基因全长２７５１ｂｐ,含有一个编码８６３个氨基酸的开放阅读框架。在该基因的３′ＵＴＲ区发现了一段未曾报道的内含子序列,长１１５ｂｐ,它所处的位置与番茄另一个抗叶霉病基因Ｃｆ２内含子的位置相似,其５′和３′边界序列为一重复序列,ＴＣＣＡＧＧ（Ｔ）ＡＴＴＣ,并与Ｃｆ２基因内含子边界序列高度同源。与已报道的Ｃｆ９的ｃＤＮＡ序列相比,它的第３７１位的核苷酸Ｔ突变成了Ｃ,从而使其编码蛋白的ＬＲＲ区第１２１位的亮氨酸突变为脯氨酸。     

促红细胞生成素基因表达载体的构建及其在CHO细胞中表达的研究

用从基因文库中所克隆的促红细胞生成素（ＥＰＯ）基因组基因,构建了３种由不同启动子调控的表达载体——ｐＯＰ１３／ＥＰＯ,ｐＲＳＶ／ＥＰＯ,ｐＣＭＶ／ＥＰＯ,在这３个表达载体的构建过程中对基因的转录起始效率、内含子的剪接、５′非翻译区和３′非翻译区对基因表达的影响等因素都加以考虑．用脂质体转染法分别将上述３个载体导入ＣＨＯ细胞,经瞬时表达,用ＥＬＩＳＡ方法检测,表达量分别为１９０ｍＩＵ／ｍｌ、１６０ｍＩＵ／ｍｌ、４４７ｍＩＵ／ｍｌ．用表达载体ｐＯＰ１３／ＥＰＯ转染ＣＨＯ－Ｋ１２细胞,在４００μｇ／ｍｌ的Ｇ４１８浓度下筛选稳定表达细胞克隆,获得了表达量约为１６０ＩＵ／１０６细胞（４８ｈ）的Ｃ１０细胞株．表达产物经Ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎｂｌｏｔ检测发现了ＥＰＯ阳性条带．用ＴＦ－１细胞对ＥＰＯ进行了生物活性检测,初步证实所表达的ＥＰＯ有生物活性．     

用酵母双杂交系统研究胰岛素样生长因子—1突变体与其结合蛋白 …

为研究胰岛素样生长因子－１（ＩＧＦ１）及其突变体与ＩＧＦ结合蛋白－３（ＩＧＦＢＰ３）的相互作用,针对ＩＧＦ１的第３、４、１５、１６位氨基酸残基,采用定点突变的方法构建了「Ｙ１５Ｌ１６」ＩＧＦ１和「Ｑ３Ａ４Ｙ１５Ｌ１６」ＩＧＦ１。然后分别将ＩＧＦ１／ＩＧＦ１突变体和ＩＧＦＢＰ３ ｃＤＮＡ克隆至酵母表达载体ｐＧＢＴ９和ｐＡＣＴ２中,利用用酵母双杂交技术检测ＩＧＦ１／ＩＧＦ１突变体和ＩＧＦＢＰ３之间的相     

猪生长激素基因在杆状病毒载体系统中的表达

通过对猪生长激素（ｐＧＨ）基因的ｃＤＮＡ进行测序,得到ｐＧＨｃＤＮＡ的全序列,并与Ｓｅｅｂｕｒｇ等报道的序列进行了比较和讨论。然后利用具人工合成启动子和多角体蛋白ＸＩＶ启动子的转移载体质粒ｐＳＸＩＶＶＩ＾＋Ｘ３／４构建出含ｐＧＨ基因的重组质粒ｐＸ３／４－ｐＧＨ。将ｐＸ３／４－ｐＧＨ与致死缺失型线性化ＡｃＭＮＰＶ－ＯＣＣ＾－ＤＮＡ共转染Ｓｆ９细胞,构建出既能形成多角体又能表达ｐＧＨ基因的苜蓿丫纹夜蛾     

黄瓜花叶病毒山东株（CMV—SD）RNA2全和cDNA克隆的构建及全序列分析

分别利用５’ＲＡＣＥ和３’ＲＡＣＥ确定了ＣＭＶ－ＳＤＲＮＡ２的５’和３’未端序列,在此基础上,利用ＲＴ－ＰＣＲ得到了ＲＮＡ２的５’端一半的ｃＤＮＡＤＱ ＢＴＧ Ｐｃ２５和３’端一半的ｃＤＮＡ克隆ＰＣ２３,并通过拼接构建了ＲＮＡ２全长ｃＤＮＡ克隆ＰＣ２Ｆ。     

Recent advances in the study of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus replication and pathogenesis

It has now been over twenty years since a novel herpesviral genome was identified in Kaposi's sarcoma biopsies. Since then, the cumulative research effort by molecular biologists, virologists, clinicians, and epidemiologists alike has led to the extensive characterization of this tumor virus, Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus(KSHV; also known as human herpesvirus 8(HHV-8)), and its associated diseases. Here we review the current knowledge of KSHV biology and pathogenesis, with a particular emphasis on new and exciting advances in the field of epigenetics. We also discuss the development and practicality of various cell culture and animal model systems to study KSHV replication and pathogenesis.     

A Unique Protease Cleavage Site Predicted in the Spike Protein of the Novel Pneumonia Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Potentially Related to Viral Transmissibility

正Dear Editor,In December 2019, a novel human coronavirus caused an epidemic of severe pneumonia(Coronavirus Disease 2019,COVID-19) in Wuhan, Hubei, China(Wu et al. 2020; Zhu et al. 2020). So far, this virus has spread to all areas of China and even to other countries. The epidemic has caused 67,102 confirmed infections with 1526 fatal cases     

Curcuminoids as inhibitors of thioredoxin reductase: A receptor based pharmacophore study with distance mapping of the active site

Curcumin is the yellow pigment of turmeric that interacts irreversibly forming an adduct with thioredoxin reductase (TrxR), an enzyme responsible for redox control of cell and defence against oxidative stress. Docking at both the active sites of TrxR was performed to compare the potency of three naturally occurring curcuminoids, namely curcumin, demethoxy curcumin and bis-demethoxy curcumin. Results show that active sites of TrxR occur at the junction of E and F chains. Volume and area of both cavities is predicted. It has been concluded by distance mapping of the most active conformations that Se atom of catalytic residue SeCYS498, is at a distance of 3.56 from C13 of demethoxy curcumin at the E chain active site, whereas C13 carbon atom forms adduct with Se atom of SeCys 498. We report that at least one methoxy group in curcuminoids is necessary for interation with catalytic residues of thioredoxin. Pharmacophore of both active sites of the TrxR receptor for curcumin and demethoxy curcumin molecules has been drawn and proposed for design and synthesis of most probable potent antiproliferative synthetic drugs.     

Comparative morphology of the carpel in the Liliaceae: Hewardieae, Petrosavieae, and Tricyrteae

The young pistils in the melanthioid tribes, Hewardieae, Petrosavieae and Tricyrteae, are uniformly tricarpellate and syncarpous. They lack raphide idioblasts. All are multiovulate, with bitegmic ovules. The Petrosavieae are marked by the presence of septal glands and incomplete syncarpy. Tepals and stamens adhere to the ovary in the Hewardieae and the Petrosavieae but not in the Tricyrteae. Two vascular bundles occur in the stamens of the Hewartlieae and Tricyrtis latifolia. Ventral bundles in the upper part of the ovary of the Hewardieae are continuous with compound septal bundles and placental bundles in the lower part. Putative ventral bundles occur in the alternate position in the Tricyrteae and putative placental bundles in the opposite. position in the Petrosavieae. The dichtomously branched stigma in each carpel of the Tricyrteae is supplied by a bifurcated dorsal bundle.     

Synthesis and antimicrobial studies of hydrazone derivatives of 4-[3-(2,4-difluorophenyl)-4-formyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]benzoic acid and 4-[3-(3,4-difluorophenyl)-4-formyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]benzoic acid

Microbial resistance to antibiotics is an unresolved global concern, which needs urgent and coordinated action. One of the guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions (CDC) to combat antibiotic resistance is the development of new antibiotics to treat drug-resistant bacteria. In our effort to find new antibiotics, we report the synthesis and antimicrobial studies of 30 new pyrazole derivatives. These novel molecules have been synthesized by using readily available starting materials and benign reaction conditions. Some of these molecules have shown activity with MIC values as low as 0.78?µg/mL against four bacterial strains; Staphylococcus aureus, methicillin-resistant S. aureus, Bacillus subtilis, and Acinetobacter baumannii. Furthermore, active molecules are non-toxic to mammalian cell line.

     

Novel compounds with potent CDK9 inhibitory activity for the treatment of myeloma

Cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) and Polo-like kinases (PLKs) play key role in the regulation of the cell cycle. The aim of our study was originally the further development of our recently discovered polo-like kinase 1 (PLK1) inhibitors. A series of new 2,4-disubstituted pyrimidine derivatives were synthesized around the original hit, but their PLK1 inhibitory activity was very poor. However the novel compounds showed nanomolar CDK9 inhibitory activity and very good antiproliferative effect on multiple myeloma cell lines (RPMI-8226).