质粒pRSET-A前导肽串联多聚体的构建及其多克隆抗体制备*

质粒pRSET-A是一个常用的高效原核表达载体,编码一N端含组氨酸标签（6×His）的34aa前导肽序列,以方便利用抗组氨酸标签抗体鉴定或纯化所表达的重组蛋白。本实验设计一对两侧含编码疏水性氨基酸密码子的引物,经过扩增前导序列10~34aa基因序列,并重新克隆入质粒pRSET-A构建串联二聚体后,再利用质粒pRSET-A的BamH I / Bgl II同尾酶克隆位点,经一系列简单的酶切和连接,快速构建这一前导肽中不含组氨酸标签序列的串联多聚体基因,并成功表达其六聚体重组蛋白。将此重组蛋白主动免疫山羊,获得了能够特异地识别pRSET-A编码的N端前导肽序列的抗体。结果显示,所制备的羊抗10~34aa前导肽抗体能够识别pRSET-A指导表达的含有完整前导肽的重组蛋白,但不能识别不含10~34aa序列的重组蛋白;同时,利用同位酶技术可以快速高效构建短肽的串联多聚体以制备具有高免疫原性的亚单位疫苗或免疫调控物质。     

病原诱导的小麦ERF转录因子TaERF1b的原核表达及纯化

为了得到纯化的TaERFlb活性蛋白,将TaERFlb基因含有AP2／ERF结构域的片段插入原核表达载体pGEX-4T-1的多克隆位点中,构建GST-TaERFlb融合蛋白表达载体,并转化到犬肠杆菌BL21（DE3）中。0．1mmol／L1PTG即能诱导融合蛋白表达,37℃诱导4h或30℃诱导8h,融合蛋白均以包涵体的形式表达,16℃诱导12h,融合蛋白不表达。包涵体经溶解及稀释复性后,过GST亲和层析柱,获得纯化的融合蛋白,考马斯亮蓝法测得纯化蛋白的浓度约为0．5ug／ul,凝胶阻滞实验表明包涵体复性成功．所得蛋白具有生物活性：     

Identification of microRNA precursors with support vector machine and string kernel

MicroRNAs （miRNAs） are one family of short （21-23 nt） regulatory non-coding RNAs processed from long （70-110 nt） miRNA precursors （pre-miRNAs）. Identifying true and false precursors plays an important role in computational identification of miRNAs. Some numerical features have been extracted from precursor sequences and their secondary structures to suit some classification methods; however, they may lose some usefully discriminative information hidden in sequences and structures. In this study, pre-miRNA sequences and their secondary structures are directly used to construct an exponential kernel based on weighted Levenshtein distance between two sequences. This string kernel is then combined with support vector machine （SVM） for detecting true and false pre-miRNAs. Based on 331 training samples of true and false human pre-miRNAs, 2 key parameters in SVM are selected by 5-fold cross validation and grid search, and 5 realizations with different 5-fold partitions are executed. Among 16 independent test sets from 3 human, 8 animal, 2 plant, 1 virus, and 2 artificially false human pre-miRNAs, our method statistically outperforms the previous SVM-based technique on 11 sets, including 3 human, 7 animal, and 1 false human pre-miRNAs. In particular, premiRNAs with multiple loops that were usually excluded in the previous work are correctly identified in this study with an accuracy of 92.66%.     

地球上最重要的化学反应

光合作用为地球上几乎所有的生物提供了物质和能量来源：光合作用维持着大气中氧气和二氧化碳的相对稳定,光合作用是地球生物赖以生存的关键……光合作用的重要性已无需赘言。人类对光合作用的探索有着漫长的历史,时至今日我们对光合作用的了解已深至分子水平,然而这些也许仍只是冰山一角,彻底揭开光合作用的面纱还需我们再接再厉。本期献上一组关于光合作用的文章,希望能对你有所裨益。     

Growth and Wood/Bark Properties of Abies faxoniana Seedlings as Affected by Elevated CO2

Growth and wood and bark properties of Abies faxoniana seedlings after one year's exposure to elevated CO2 concentration (ambient 350 (=1= 25) μmol/mol) under two planting densities (28 or 84 plants/mz) were investigated in closed-top chambers. Tree height, stem diameter and cross-sectional area, and total biomass were enhanced under elevated CO2 concentration, and reduced under high planting density. Most traits of stem bark were improved under elevated CO2 concentration and reduced under high planting density. Stem wood production was significantly increased in volume under elevated CO2 concentration under both densities, and the stem wood density decreased under elevated CO2 concentration and increased under high planting density. These results suggest that the response of stem wood and bark to elevated CO2 concentration is density dependent. This may be of great importance in a future CO2 enriched world in natural forests where plant density varies considerably. The results also show that the bark/wood ratio in diameter, stem cross-sectional area and dry weight are not proportionally affected by elevated CO2 concentration under the two contrasting planting densities. This indicates that the response magnitude of stem bark and stem wood to elevated CO2 concentration are different but their response directions are the same.     

巴两橡胶树胶乳黄色体蛋白提取及双向电泳方法初探

巴西橡胶树(Hevea brasiliensis)的黄色体在胶乳凝固和保护植株过程中有重要作用。本文比较使用三氯醋酸/丙酮(TCA/ ACE)、Tris缓冲液、磷酸缓冲液提取橡胶树胶乳黄色体总蛋白的双向电泳效果。确定一种适合双向电泳的蛋白提取方法。结果表明Tris缓冲液提取法得到的双向电泳图谱可以达到300个,尤其是低丰度蛋白呈现性较好,适合提取黄色体蛋白以进行双向电泳。     

健胃愈疡颗粒剂对大鼠胃溃疡模型溃疡愈合及胃组织IL-1β蛋白表达的影响

目的:探讨健胃愈疡颗粒对大鼠胃溃疡模型溃疡愈合及胃组织IL-1β蛋白表达的影响.方法:用Okabe改良法复制SD大鼠胃溃疡模型,观察溃疡指数,采用免疫组织化学法观察胃粘膜组织形态及IL-1β蛋白表达的变化.结果:①健胃愈疡组的溃疡指数明显低于模型组和法莫替丁组;②HE染色法显示健胃愈疡组较模型组及法莫替丁组黏膜厚度增加,溃疡床及溃疡周围炎性细胞浸润明显减少,纤维排列较为整齐.③IL-1β在正常胃组织呈阴性或偶有阳性信号表达,造模型7d后表达显著增加,健胃愈疡组和法莫替丁组低于模型组(P＜0.01);14 d后各组的阳性信号表达均降至接近正常.结论:健胃愈疡颗粒能保护大鼠胃粘膜组织,降低胃溃疡大鼠模型溃疡指数,改善溃疡愈合质量,减少胃组织IL-1β蛋白的表达,促进溃疡愈合.     

直结肠癌BUBR1的过度表达与TP53突变及微卫星状态关系提示其过度表达与染色体不稳定表型有关

在有丝分裂过程中BUBR1监视微管与着丝点的结合,是保证染色体均等分离的重要分子机制之一.BUBIB变异家谱研究及其敲除模型的研究表明,BUBR1缺陷与染色体不稳定性及肿瘤的发生直接相关.近来在数种人类肿瘤,对BUBR1蛋白过度表达有所报道.但在直结肠癌,BUBR1的过度表达是否与染色体不稳定性的发生有关目前仍无定论.在人类结直肠癌的遗传不稳定性主要表现为两种类型,染色体不稳定性及微卫星不稳定性,它们提示了两条独立的肿瘤发生路径.一般认为不存在高频度微卫星不稳定性表型的肿瘤通过染色体不稳定途径癌变.P53蛋白通过多种机制对维护遗传稳定性起到重要的作用,TP53基因突变经常与染色体不稳定现象并存.DNA倍体情况也是染色体不稳定研究不可缺少的指标.本研究采用免疫组织化学法检测了一组93例进展期散发结直肠癌BUBR1蛋白的表达情况,直接测序法检测TP53变异.高分辨率荧光标记微卫星不稳定检测技术检测微卫星状态,固相激光扫描细胞仪技术检测DNA倍体情况.我们分析了BUBR1表达与三种反映遗传背景的因子的关系.BUBR1蛋白过度表达在人结直肠癌较为常见.在非高频度微卫星不稳定的结直肠癌,BUBR1蛋白过度表达率明显为高(P＜0.01),在TP53基因突变的病例其过度表达率亦较高(P＜0.05).BUBR1蛋白的过度表达与DNA异倍体无统计学相关,但DNA异倍体病例的BuBRl过度表达有偏高倾向.BuBRl表达情况与常用的临床病理学指标无统计学相关.BuBRl过度表达同微卫星状态及TP53突变的关系明确的提示,在人类散发结直肠癌,BUBR1蛋白过度表达与染色体不稳定状态有关.BUBR1过度表达作为一种常见的分子异常,对于肿瘤的早诊预防提供新的标志物.并可能成为治疗的新靶点.     

密度制约作用对箭叶淫羊藿有性繁殖时期形态特征的影响

运用回归分析和非参数检验方法,研究了箭叶淫羊藿(Epimedium sagittatum)在有性繁殖的三个时期克隆片段密度对其各个形态特征的影响,以揭示其资源和繁殖投资情况。结果表明：箭叶淫羊藿在三个有性繁殖期间克隆片段密度对其各个形态特征的影响显著。从回归分析的R2指数来看,其克隆片段密度增大对三个生长时期的制约作用是由弱到强,同时在有性繁殖期间随克隆片段密度的增加其资源投资趋向于有性繁殖;从非参数检验结果来看,有性繁殖期间箭叶淫羊藿明显增加其叶数、叶宽等来获取更多的资源用于提高其繁殖能力,以取得生存。