柠条锦鸡儿CkLEA1基因克隆及表达分析

植物受到逆境胁迫后,大量逆境响应基因会被诱导表达,LEA蛋白编码基因就是与植物抗旱、抗冷等非生物胁迫密切相关的一类基因.从已构建的柠条锦鸡儿干旱胁迫抑制性削减杂交文库中筛选到了一条LEA蛋白编码基因并进行了克隆.序列比对与系统进化分析显示该基因属于LEA3基因家族成员,命名为CkLEA1(GenBank登录号是KC309408).克隆得到该基因gDNA长469bp,包含两个外显子和一个内含子;cDNA长357bp,包含300bp的开放阅读框,推导编码99个氨基酸的蛋白质.利用荧光定量PCR技术对CkLEA1基因在各种逆境胁迫条件的表达情况进行初步研究表明,CkLEA1受干旱、ABA、冷、热、盐和碱等处理不同程度地诱导,推测其与柠条锦鸡儿响应逆境胁迫的机制有关.     

重组人源性脂联素球状结构的表达、纯化与活性检测

目的:利用基因工程方法构建人源性脂联素球状结构(gAd)基因的高效原核表达体系,并对重组蛋白进行诱导表达、纯化、鉴定及活性检测.方法:从正常人脂肪组织里面提取总RNA,反转录合成cDNA,经PCR扩增、酶切后连入pET-22b(+)载体构建重组质粒pET-22b(+)-gAd,重组质粒转化大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)感受态细胞.经诱导剂诱导后目的蛋白以包涵体形式产生,采用强碱促溶包涵体并用丙酮沉淀蛋白的方法进行复性和纯化,得到高纯度的人源性gAd.运用SDS-PAGE、Western blotting对重组蛋白进行鉴定,通过对蛋白激酶(AMPK)的磷酸化水平和对小鼠的心肌缺血再灌注损伤的保护作用来检测纯化蛋白的生物学活性.结果:成功构建了原核表达载体pET-22b(+)-gAd,实现了人源性gAd在原核细胞中的表达,并对形成的包涵体变性、复性和纯化,纯化出的蛋白经过SDS-PAGE和Western分析证实为gAd;通过对AMPK的磷酸化水平的检测和对小鼠的心肌缺血再灌注损伤的保护作用证明纯化出的gAd具有高生物学活性.结论:成功构建、表达和纯化了无标签、高生物学活性的人源性脂联素球状结构(gAd),为其进一步的理论研究、生产开发奠定了基础.     

应用 PPIN分析肝移植临床耐受患者PBMC基因表达特点

应用生物信息学方法分析肝移植临床耐受患者PBMC基因表达特征,筛选临床耐受关键基因。从GEO数据库获取19个肝移植临床耐受病例及22个非临床耐受病例基因表达谱数据。应用DAVID网络软件进行差异基因功能注释与聚类分析;通过Cytoscape软件的MiMI插件构建蛋白质相互作用网络(PPIN)筛选肝移植临床耐受关键基因。差异基因涉及蛋白质及RNA代谢、免疫应答、膜结构调节等复杂生物过程。PPIN网络分析获得10个临床耐受核心基因。我们的研究表明:肝移植临床耐受涉及外周血免疫细胞复杂的基因表达调控机制及蛋白质间相互作用;RNA的转录后加工及蛋白质降解在免疫耐受的形成中发挥了重要作用;RBM8A、DHX9、CBL、IKBKB、CSNK2A1、HSPA8等核心基因发挥重要的免疫调节功能。     

大黄鱼白细胞介素8基因克隆及特征分析

白细胞介素8是一种CXC型趋化性细胞因子,在免疫反应中起着非常重要的作用。本文在构建大黄鱼肌肉组织cD-NA文库的基础上,克隆了白细胞介素8基因。克隆到的白细胞介素8全长为2582bp,基因组包含106bp的5’端非编码区,52bp的外显子Ⅰ,168bp的内含子Ⅰ,133bp的外显子Ⅱ,149bp的内含子Ⅱ,87bp的外显子Ⅲ,682bp的内含子Ⅲ,13bp的外显子Ⅳ和1192bp的3’端非编码区,编码序列285bp,编码94个氨基酸。氨基酸序列具有趋化性因子CXC家族的结构特征,在进化上高度保守,与鲈鱼的同源性在90％以上。在检测的大黄鱼的10种组织中,表达量较高的为肾、肝、肠和脾,脑、心和肌肉中表达量较低。     

The identification of dysfunctional crosstalk of pathways in Parkinson disease

Parkinson disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder after Alzheimer's disease, affecting 1–2% of the population over the age of 65. Both genetic and environmental factors trigger risks of and protection from PD. However, the molecular mechanism of PD is far from being clear. In this study, we downloaded the gene expression profile of PD from Gene Expression Omnibus and identified differentially expressed genes (DEGs) and dysfunctional pathways in PD patients compared with controls. To further understand how these pathways act together to account for the initiation of PD, we constructed a pathway crosstalk network by calculating the Jaccard index among pathways. A total of 873 DEGs and 16 dysfunctional pathways between PD patients and controls were identified. Through constructing a network of pathways, the relationships among PD pathways were visually presented by their interactions. Our results demonstrate the existence of crosstalk between different pathways in PD pathogenesis. These results not only may explain the causes of PD, but could also open the door to new therapeutic approaches for this disease.     

Functional Proteomics: A Promising Approach to Find Novel Components of the Circadian System

In the postgenome era, the analysis of entire subproteomes in correlation with their function has emerged due to high throughput technologies. Early approaches have been initiated to identify novel components of the circadian system. For example, in the marine dinoflagellate Lingulodinium polyedra, a chronobiological proteome assay was performed, which resulted in the identification of already known circadian expressed proteins as well as novel temporal controlled proteins involved in metabolic pathways. In the green alga Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, two circadian expressed proteins (a protein disulfide isomerase and a tetratricopeptide repeat protein) were identified by functional proteomics. Also, the first hints of temporal control within chloroplast proteins of Arabidopsis thaliana were identified by proteome analysis.