新一代测序仪将改变生物技术研究的未来

设置在世界各国的大约600台新一代测序仪中．现阶段日本大约拥有20台。日本文部科学省计划在本年度内提出测序基地扩建的补充预算要求。最近十几年间基因测序变得快速化和低成本化，其原因是材料的制作工艺提高以及测序仪的性能提升。最近，     

弓形虫SAGI基因的克隆与原核表达

华中农业大学农业微生物学国家重点实验室和该校动物医学院的王金苹、赵俊龙、江涛等7位科学工作者利用PCR技术从弓形虫RH株基因组中扩增出SAGI部分基因片段,亚克隆入表达载体pGEXKG,将重组质粒导入大肠杆菌BL21,IPTG诱导表达,SDS-PAGE电泳显示表达的重组蛋白的分子量为56ku。     

微小牛蜱Bin86基因的克隆与原核表达

甘肃农业大学动物医学院杨孝林、中国农科院兰州兽医研究所刘志杰、党志胜等11位动物医学研究者根据已发表的Bm86基因系列，设计表达型引物，利用RT-PCR技术，从微小牛蜱饥饿幼蜱的研磨物中扩增Bm86基因，将PCR产物连入pGEM-TEasy载体，构建重组克隆载体pGEM-Teasy-Bm86。     

Immunological Properties of Recombinant Mycobacterium bovis Bacillus Calmette-Guérin Strain Expressing Fusion Protein IL-2-ESAT-6

The live vaccine Mycobacterium bovis bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) provides variableefficacy against adult pulmonary tuberculosis (TB).Recombinant BCG,expressing either immunodominantantigens or Th1 cytokines,is a promising strategy for developing a new TB vaccine.However,not much isknown about whether the introduction of cytokine and specific antigen genes concurrently into the BCGstrain could improve the immunogenicity of BCG.In this study,a recombinant BCG strain (rBCG) expressingthe fusion protein human interleukin (IL)-2 and ESAT-6 (early secreted antigenic target-6 kDa) antigen ofMycobacterium tuberculosis was constructed.Six weeks after BALB/c mice (H-2~d) were immunizedwith 10~6 colony forming units (CFUs) BCG or rBCG,splenocyte proliferation was determined with MTT[3-(4,5-dimethylthiazolyl-2)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide] assay,IL-4 and interferon (IFN)-γproducedby splenocytes were tested by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA,) and the cytotoxicity ofsplenocytes from immunized mice to P815 cells (H-2~d) expressing ESAT-6 protein was measured usingCytoTox 96 Non-Radioactive Cytotoxicity Assay.Compared with native BCG-vaccinated mice,rBCG inducedstronger Th1 responses that were confirmed by high lymphoproliferative responses and IFN-γproductionto culture filtrate protein (CFP) or ESAT-6 protein.Moreover,rBCG induced significant enhanced CTLresponses against P815-ESAT-6 cells.Results from rBCG-immunized mice demonstrated that introducingthe il-2 and esat-6 genes into BCG could enhance Th1 type immune responses to ESAT-6.Further investigationis needed by introducing other Th1 cytokines and antigens into BCG to optimize the protective efficacyagainst TB.