一种简便、快速的大肠杆菌质粒转化方法

将受体菌与质粒DNA混匀直接在Ca2+离子选择平板上进行转化和筛选,其转化过程仅需2 min左右,并能得到105以上的转化效率, 可满足一般克隆工作的需要。 Abstract：After mixing the recipient cells and plasmids DNA, directly spread the mixture on selective media containing Ca2+. The whole process of transformation just needs 2 min or so, and could acquire the transformation efficiency of more than 105, which is enough to common gene cloning.     

Preliminary investigation of sequence-independent DNA binding proteins in rat skeletal muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum and their function

To observe the binding of plasmid DNA to non-nuclear DNA binding proteins in sar-coplasmic reticulum (SR) and the effects of this binding on SR function, sarcoplasmic reticulum proteins in rat skeletal muscle were isolated by differential centrifuge and sucrose density-gradient centrifuge. The results showed that there are two sequence-independent DNA binding proteins in SR proteins, the molecular weights of which are 83 and 58 ku, respectively. Ca2 uptake and release of SR were remarkably promoted by the binding of plasmid DNA to DNA binding proteins in SR, the mechanism is probably through increasing of Ca2 -ATPase activity in SR and changing of character of Ca2 release channel ryanodine receptors induced by the binding. These results suggest that there exist DNA binding proteins in SR and its binding to DNA may affect Ca2 transport of SR.     

遗传工程微生物细胞间发生的自然遗传转化

将两株具有不同遗传标记的枯草芽孢杆菌在基本培养基中分别培养至对数生长后期后进行短时间混合静置培养,经选择平板筛选、DNaseI敏感性试验、质粒检测和产蛋白酶活性检测,发现两菌株之间可通过自然遗传转化进行染色体DNA和质粒DNA的交换。研究结果表明,自然遗传转化可在细胞间进行,这对揭示微生物群居的自然环境中可能存在的细胞间的DNA转移,以及正确评估遗传工程微生物(GEMs)的安全使用具有重要意义。 Abstract：The culture fluids of two genetically distinct Bacillus subtilis strains were mixed and coincubated for a short time after they reached post-exponentially growth phase in minimal media.The steadily bidirectional gene transfer involving chromosomal DNA and plasmid DNA by natural genetic transformation between these two strains has been demonstrated by the methods of selective medium screening,DNaseI sensitivity test,plasmid detection and the detection of the capability of producing protease.This result indicates that natural genetic transformation occurs not only between“naked”DNA and cells but also between cells.This conclusion is significant in the assessment of both the possibility of intercelluar DNA transfer in natural habitats of microorganisms and the risk of the application of genetically engineered microorganisms (GEMs).     

Emanuel Strehler's work on calcium pumps and calcium signaling

Cells are equipped with mechanisms to control tightly the influx, efflux and resting level of free calcium (Ca 2+ ). Inappropriate Ca 2+ signaling and abnormal Ca 2+ levels are involved in many clinical disorders including heart disease, Alzheimer’s disease and stroke. Ca 2+ also plays a major role in cell growth, differentiation and motility; disturbances in these processes underlie cell transformation and the progression of cancer. Accordingly, research in the Strehler laboratory is focused on a better understanding of the molecular "toolkit" needed to ensure proper Ca 2+ homeostasis in the cell, as well as on the mechanisms of localized Ca 2+ signaling. A longterm focus has been on the plasma membrane calcium pumps (PMCAs), which are linked to multiple disorders including hearing loss, neurodegeneration, and heart disease. Our work over the past 20 years or more has revealed a surprising complexity of PMCA isoforms with different functional characteristics, regulation, and cellular localization. Emerging evidence shows how specific PMCAs contribute not only to setting basal intracellular Ca 2+ levels, but also to local Ca 2+ signaling and vectorial Ca 2+ transport. A second major research arearevolves around the calcium sensor protein calmodulin and an enigmatic calmodulin-like protein (CALML3) that is linked to epithelial differentiation. One of the cellular targets of CALML3 is the unconventional motor protein myosin-10, which raises new questions about the role of CALML3 and myosin-10 in cell adhesion and migration in normal cell differentiation and cancer.     

Transformation of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Lyophyllum decastes</Emphasis> by particle bombardment

The basidiomycete Lyophyllum decastes was transformed by means of particle bombardment. We isolated five transformants under twelve conditions differing in the two parameters of target distance and helium pressure. The transformation frequency was one transformant/μg DNA. In the transformants, plasmid DNAs were integrated into the genomic DNA and stably maintained. This is the first report on transformation of L. decastes by particle bombardment.     

用电脉冲法将外源质粒DNA导入花生根瘤菌的研究

利用基因电转移仪(Gene Pulser^TM|),对快、慢生型花生根瘤菌85-7和1 47-3的电转化条件进行了系统的研究。结果表明:在对数中期(ABC~600|为0.6-0.7)收获的细胞在最高场强(12.5kV/cm)和短脉冲时间(2.5-5.0m sec)时达到最高转化效率(10 E5转化子/μgDNA)。转化子数随DNA终浓度在一定范围(26.24pg-1.5μg/ml)内呈线性增加, 随即表现出“饱和效应”。增加受体菌细胞浓度,能提高电转化效率;而质粒分子量的增加(11.9 -166kb)却使电转化效率降低。来自受体菌自身的同源质粒,因克服了宿主的限制-修饰性,可以极显著地提高电转化效率。电脉冲处理对受体菌自发突变没有影响。 Abstract:A systematic study of transformation conditions of peanut rhizobia 85-7 and 147-3 was conducted by using Bio-Rad Gene Pulser equipment.It was revealed that the highest transformation efficiency(105 transformants/μgDNA) was obtained from cells harvested at mid-log phase of ABC600 on 0.6-0.7 under the highest field strength(12.5kV/cm)and a short pulse length(2.5-5.0 msec).A linear increase of transformants was observed when DNA concentration was increased in the range of 26.24pg-1.5μg/ml and it became saturation afterwards.Transformation efficiency was also increased with the raise of recipient cell concentrations,but decreased with the increase of plasmid sizes from 11.9 to 166kb.A significant increase of transformation efficiency was revealed with the homologous plasmid isolated from fecipient itself since the effects of host restriction and modification were avoided.No significant effect of electroporation on spontaneous mutation was observed.     

用电脉冲法将外源质粒DNA导入花生根瘤菌的研究

利用基因电转移仪(Gene Pulser^TM|),对快、慢生型花生根瘤菌85-7和1 47-3的电转化条件进行了系统的研究。结果表明:在对数中期(ABC~600|为0.6-0.7)收获的细胞在最高场强(12.5kV/cm)和短脉冲时间(2.5-5.0m sec)时达到最高转化效率(10 E5转化子/μgDNA)。转化子数随DNA终浓度在一定范围(26.24pg-1.5μg/ml)内呈线性增加, 随即表现出“饱和效应”。增加受体菌细胞浓度,能提高电转化效率;而质粒分子量的增加(11.9 -166kb)却使电转化效率降低。来自受体菌自身的同源质粒,因克服了宿主的限制-修饰性,可以极显著地提高电转化效率。电脉冲处理对受体菌自发突变没有影响。 Abstract:A systematic study of transformation conditions of peanut rhizobia 85-7 and 147-3 was conducted by using Bio-Rad Gene Pulser equipment.It was revealed that the highest transformation efficiency(105 transformants/μgDNA) was obtained from cells harvested at mid-log phase of ABC600 on 0.6-0.7 under the highest field strength(12.5kV/cm)and a short pulse length(2.5-5.0 msec).A linear increase of transformants was observed when DNA concentration was increased in the range of 26.24pg-1.5μg/ml and it became saturation afterwards.Transformation efficiency was also increased with the raise of recipient cell concentrations,but decreased with the increase of plasmid sizes from 11.9 to 166kb.A significant increase of transformation efficiency was revealed with the homologous plasmid isolated from fecipient itself since the effects of host restriction and modification were avoided.No significant effect of electroporation on spontaneous mutation was observed.     

DNA Polymorphism Among Yewei B, V20B, and Oryza minuta J. S. Presl. ex C. B. Presl

The new cytoplasmic male sterile （CMS） line Yewei A and its maintainer line Yewei B, with better agronomic characteristics, have been developed from a mutant of V20B （a rice maintainer line） through transformation of genomic DNA of wild rice （Oryza minuta J. S. Presl. ex C. B. Presl.）. Analysis of molecular markers, DNA sequences, and Southern blot revealed that high DNA polymorphism exists between the mutant and its receptor, indicating that the special DNA fragment from O. minuta may be integrated into the genome of Yewei B. Therefore, transformation of genomic DNA from distant relatives to the plant of a target receptor may open an avenue for creating a new rice germplasm.     

Isolation of pea matrix attachment region and study on its function in transgenic tobaccos

A DNA fragment containing consensus sequence of matrix attachment region (MAR) has been isolated from pea genome. Compared with original DNA sequence, one 115 bp-long repeat sequence is deleted in the obtained DNA sequence. DNA fragments located upstream and downstream of repeat DNA sequence respectively share 84% and 93% homology to the corresponding original sequence, and contain A-box or T-box and TATAA sequence, which is characteristics short sequence of MARs. To test the function of the DNA sequence, the plant expression vectors in which β-glucuronidase gene (GUS, uidA) was used as reporter gene were constructed and transferred into tobaccos via Agrobacterium-mediated transformation procedure. Quantitative GUS assay showed that the average level of uidA expression was increased twofold for the presence of MAR, and the highest level of GUS activity of transgenic plants could be increased six times. The results cited above suggest that the isolated DNA sequence contains consensus sequence of MARs and     

An improved method for direct gene transfer and subsequent regeneration ofArabidopsis thaliana Landsbergerecta and two marker lines

A protocol for PEG-mediated transformation of protoplasts is described forA. thaliana ecotype Landsbergerecta and two marker lines derived from it, M4 and M10. The optimal transformation conditions were: 14 μg plasmid DNA and 28 μg carrier DNA per 6 x 10⁵ protoplasts in 15% (w/v) PEG solution. Based on the hygromycin resistance conferred by the transgene, relative transformation frequencies of 2.5–3.2% and absolute transformation frequencies of 1–2 x 10⁻⁴, were obtained. Shoot regeneration frequencies of 40–60% were achieved, and fertile transgenic plants of the three tested lines were obtained. Southern blot hybridizations demonstrated multi-copy integration patterns in most cases. Hygromycin resistance segregation patterns of 3:1 and 15:1 were found, as well as unexpected segregation patterns, suggesting that modifications in gene expression took place and that these can progressively occur over successive generations.     

转双抗虫基因烟草的研究

用改造的雪花莲凝集素基因GNAmm与合成的苏云金芽孢杆菌(Bt)毒蛋白cry1Ac基因构建了带有双价基因的植物表达载体,在该表达载体中这两个基因的转录分别受笋瓜PP2启动子(SPP2P)和CaMV 35S启动子的调控。通过根癌土壤杆菌介导转化法,获得了一批抗卡那霉素的转化再生烟草植株。PCR检测及基因组DNA Southern blot\,Slot blot杂交分析的结果表明Gna基因和Bt基因已整合到烟草总DNA中。用Bt毒蛋白抗血清进行Western blot分析,转基因植株均有Bt杀虫蛋白的不同程度的表达。对转化再生烟草的虫试结果表明,在所受试的19株烟草中60%的植株上的棉铃虫在5天内死亡率达到100%,而且存活幼虫的生长发育受到明显抑制;蚜虫抑制生长试验表明,多数转化再生植株具有较强的抗蚜活性,平均能够抑制桃蚜50%～60%的蚜口密度,有的高达80%以上。以上结果表明利用这两个改造过的抗虫基因可以获得既抗虫又耐蚜的转双抗虫转基因植物。     

人血管内皮生长因子受体Flt-1胞外配体结合域的筛选及其结构分析

 血管内皮生长因子受体 Flt- 1胞外区具有 7个免疫球蛋白样的袢 (Ig- like loop) ,氨基端 3个loop负责与其配体 VEGF的结合 .为了寻求能与配体结合的更小的 Flt- 1片段 ,在对 Flt- 1胞外前3个 loop氨基酸组成和晶体结构分析的基础上 ,应用酵母双杂交系统对 Flt- 1的配体结合域进行筛选 .利用 PCR技术 ,从人胎盘 c DNA文库扩增出 4个截短的 Flt- 1 c DNA,分别含胞外第 2 ,1 - 2 ,2 - 3和 1 - 3个 loop,构建酵母双杂交系统融合表达质粒 ,并将 p GBT9/h VEGF165与 p GAD42 4 /Flt- 1 s两两配对转化酵母菌 SFY52 6,采用滤纸法和液体培养定量检测法对阳性克隆进行β-半乳糖苷酶活性分析 .结果显示 ,Flt- 1胞外 loop 2 - 3与 loop 1 - 3的配体结合能力相差不大 ,loop 1 - 2的结合力较弱 ,单独第 2个 loop无配体结合能力 .     

云南纵向岭谷区道路网络对生态系统影响的阈值分析

云南纵向岭谷区由于受到人类活动,尤其是道路网络的影响,使得该地区生态系统退化日益严重.通过云南纵向岭谷区路网密度与生态系统转换(1980～2000年期间)的多尺度空间相关分析,研究了路网的对生态系统的影响及其阈值.研究结果表明,路网是导致有林地向疏林地、有林地向中覆盖度草地、灌木林地向疏林地转变的主要影响因子.路网导致有林地向疏林地转变的路网密度均值为0.8381～0.8800 km/km2,导致有林地向中覆盖度草地转变的路网密度均值为0.6984～0.8124 km/km2,导致灌木林地向疏林地转变的路网密度均值为1.2770～3.6426 km/km2.随着尺度的增大,路网密度的变化不显著.路网影响阈值的研究,开始从定量的角度探索道路网络对生态系统的影响,对公路建设、规划和管理具有一定的理论和应用价值.     

合成酮内酯类3—脱氧—3—羰基—红霉内酯B糖多孢红霉菌M的构建

大环内酯类抗生素基因工程是近年来研究的一个新领域,迄今已合成了100多种新的聚酮类化合物。以糖多孢红霉菌A226基因组DNA为模板,用重叠PCR方法扩增出去除KR6酶域DNA的约3.2kb DNA片段,克隆于pWHM3载体,构建了同源重组质粒pWHM2201。PEG介导原生质体转化法将pWHM2201转入糖多孢红霉菌A226,并整合于染色体红霉素合成基因位点。整合体在R3M斜面上生长两代后,制备原生质体涂R3M平皿。利用PCR鉴定筛选出8株KR6敲除的突变体糖多孢红霉菌M（1－8）。ZabsPec Fab质谱鉴定,证实糖多孢红霉菌M1合成了3－脱氧－3－羰基－红霉内酯B,一种新的酮内酯类化合物。     

转新型双抗虫基因棉花的遗传分析

首次用含合成的BtCrylAc活性杀虫蛋白嵌合基因及慈菇蛋白酶抑制剂B(API-B)基因表达框的双抗虫基因植物表达载体,通过土壤根癌杆菌介导转化棉花品种冀合321,获得一批抗虫的转化再生棉花植株。利用叶片涂抹卡那霉素、叶片离体养虫和PCR扩增等检测方法对6个不同转双抗虫基因株系的抗虫性进行遗传分析。结果显示,转化株系自交的T1抗虫性状遗传较为复杂;农杆菌介导获得的转基因抗虫棉在早期世代不易选到纯合系,但是随着对抗虫性状进行单向选择,到T4和T5就能获得抗虫纯合系。利用抗虫性稳定的转化后代材料和转化受体进行田间杂交,发现F2抗虫性分离完全符合一对或两对显性基因的分离规律,并证明了DR248和DR193两个材料为外源基因双拷贝插入。转化株系的Southern杂交也证明了上述结果。     

FMMU白化豚鼠免疫学特性研究

目的　通过测定补体含量、免疫球蛋白含量、淋巴细胞的转化率及红细胞免疫功能 ,比较FMMU白化豚鼠和花色豚鼠的免疫学特性。方法　利用自动生化分析仪测定FMMU白化豚鼠和普通花色豚鼠的免疫球蛋白含量 (IgG、IgA、IgM)、C3、C4含量及总补体水平 ;利用淋巴细胞转化实验测定淋巴细胞的转化率 ;利用红细胞免疫复合物 (immunocomplex ,IC)花环形成试验测定两种豚鼠红细胞免疫粘附功能。结果　FMMU白化豚鼠血清中免疫球蛋白含量 (IgG、IgA、IgM)、C3、C4含量及补体总活性均显著低于花色豚鼠 ;FMMU白化豚鼠淋巴细胞转化率比花色豚鼠略低 ;FMMU白化豚鼠红细胞C3bR花环形成率与花色豚鼠差异无显著性 (P >0 0 5 )。而RBC IC花环率显著低于花色豚鼠 (P <0 0 5 )。结论　封闭群FMMU白化豚鼠具有独特的免疫学特性 ,总体免疫学功能低于花色豚鼠。     

蛋白质组学进展

在蛋白质水平上定量、动态、整体性研究生物体的蛋白质组学 ,将在后基因组时代大大增进我们对基因功能的理解。简要介绍了蛋白质组学的概念、研究手段 ,及最新进展     

外源DNA导入小麦引起遗传变异的验证

对由波兰小麦ＤＮＡ注射到普通小麦鄂恩１号子房获得的Ｄ５代稳定遗传变异２个转化株系的种子醇溶蛋白,进行单向和双向聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳分析,结果表明由外源ＤＮＡ导入获得转化株系的变异,与其种子醇溶蛋白电泳图谱出现供体的某些组分和缺少受体的某些组分相印证。     

毕赤酵母基因操作技术的改进及其在水蛭素表达中的应用

毕赤酵母是日益受到重视的基因工程受体菌,但是目前尚没有一种简便、高效的转化方法,也没有一种稳定、可靠的菌落PCR方法。本文通过在通常筛选重组子的MD培养基中增添1mol/L山梨糖醇使毕赤酵母电穿孔转化效率提高10倍以上。并比较系统地分析了其他影响电穿孔转化效率的因素,如毕赤酵母生长状况即OD600,不同的整合位点(BglⅡ,SacⅠ,SalⅠ,StuⅠ),及不同的毕赤酵母受体菌(GS115和KM71)等。本文描述的转化方法所能达到的转化效率比目前大多数文献报道的效率要高,可使每微克质粒DNA产生的整合到受体菌染色体上的转化子述2800个;另外,我们经过一种冷热处理毕赤酵母菌落的方法使其细胞壁裂解,并改变通常PCR缓冲液的组成成分后,毕赤酵母菌落PCR方法几乎和大肠杆菌的操作一样简便可靠。借助本文所描述的电穿孔转化方法和菌落PCR方法,成功实现了水蛭素在毕赤酵母中的分泌表达,表达量为每毫升培养上清20μg,其生物活性达每毫升培养上清82个国际单位。     

无选择标记基因植物转化系统研究进展

在转基因植物中,将选择标记基因去掉,将提高转基因植物的食用安全性和对环境的安全性,更易为广大消费者所接受,也有利于对同一个植物品种进行多次转基因操作。科学工作者已经在建立无选择标记基因转化系统方面作了大量尝试,获得了无标记基因的转基因植物(MFTPs:MarkerFreeTransgenicPlants)。本文将这方面的研究进展介绍给大家,以推动植物生物技术产业化进程。