差异表达基因的分离策略

生命活动的各个进程伴随着不同基因的选择性开启和关闭。如何有效地分离克隆各种差异表达的基因,成为分子生物学研究的一个努力方向,大量差异基因分离策略因之问世。本文扼要介绍了近年来发展的几种主要分离策略,并详细介绍一种新的差异基因分离方法－抑制差减杂交。     

几种差异序列分析方法的比较及其研究前景

分离和鉴定不同生物基因的差异序列,有助于功能基因的分离,揭开物种间进化的规律,阐明某些疾病相关基因的作用机理。本文简述了几种近年来常用的筛选差异基因的方法,特别是最新发表的杂交监控差异分析法(HMDA)的原理、适用范围及其特点,重点探讨了HMDA法在真核基因组差异序列筛选中的技术性突破及其研究前景。     

基于GEO和TCGA数据库分析促癌基因INHBA和抑癌基因CLCA4、CA4在结直肠癌中表达

目的:通过分析GEO数据库结直肠癌相关芯片集,寻找差异基因,并在TCGA数据库和GEO数据库进行验证,为结直肠癌的早期诊断寻找标志物。方法:分析GEO数据库结直肠癌相关芯片集GSE21510、GSE25071、GSE32323。分别分析差异基因,采用文恩图软件查找共同差异基因。进一步在TCGA数据库查找差异基因在结直肠癌中的表达及生存曲线。最后通过GEO数据库GSE24514验证差异基因的表达。结果:GSE21510,包含104例样本,共筛选出251个差异基因,其中上调基因146个,下调基因105个。GSE25071,包含50例样本,共筛选出669个差异基因,其中上调基因312个,下调基因357个。GSE32323,包含10例样本,共筛选出353个差异基因,其中上调基因115个,下调基因238个。在样本中上调基因为促癌基因,下调基因为抑癌基因。经文恩图分析,3个基因集交集共有15个基因,其中上调基因3个,下调基因12个。在TCGA数据库中查找差异基因的表达量和生存曲线,生存曲线选择结肠癌数据集,选取279个样本进行分析。根据差异基因的表达和生存曲线,最终确定促癌基因INHBA和抑癌基因CLCA4、CA4为结直肠癌的标志物。最后在GSE24514芯片集验证差异基因的表达。结论:通过GEO和TCGA数据库筛选及验证,发现在结直肠癌组织中INHBA基因明显上调,CLCA4、CA4基因明显下调。最终确定促癌基因INHBA和抑癌基因CLCA4、CA4可作为结直肠癌早期诊断的标志物。     

不同种型布鲁菌间的基因获得与缺失研究

目的:了解不同种型布鲁菌间的基因差异及基因的获得与缺失情况。方法:采用生物信息学方法比较分析已测序的10株布鲁菌基因水平的差异,分析它们的核心基因组与泛基因组,对得到的差异基因用PCR验证其在19株不同生物型标准菌株中的分布情况。结果:不同种型布鲁菌在基因水平上存在较大差异,差异基因主要位于Ⅱ号染色体上;根据差异基因,鉴定了42个差异区段,这些差异区段在19株不同生物型标准菌株中存在差异分布。结论:布鲁菌在进化过程中分别获得或失去了不同的基因区段,从而适应不同的宿主环境。     

用抑制性差减杂交构建新疆Kaposi肉瘤差异表达基因文库

目的:分离卡波氏肉瘤(Kaposi′s sarcoma,KS)差异表达基因,并建立相应的cDNA文库,为从分子水平揭示KS发病机制打下良好的基础。方法:采集KS肉瘤及来源于同一患者的正常皮肤组织,抽提总RNA,经逆转录酶合成dscDNA,并经RsaⅠ酶切,与2种不同的接头衔接,分别以正常组织和肿瘤组织作为tester和driver,进行双向抑制性差减杂交(suppression subtractive hybridization,SSH),初步筛选KS肉瘤与正常皮肤差异表达基因,将差异基因PCR扩增,产物与pGEM-Teasy克隆载体连接,转化DH5α大肠杆菌,采用蓝白斑筛选,获得白色阳性克隆菌落,并煮沸破菌,PCR扩增出未知基因片段。结果:差减得到差异基因片段多位于200~500bp,成功构建了2个分别代表在KS肿瘤组织中表达上调和下调的基因文库。结论:经双向抑制性差减杂交获得了KS差异表达基因文库。抑制性差减杂交是一种快速、方便、有效的建立差异基因文库的方法。     

单核细胞与未成熟树突状细胞粘附相关差异表达基因筛选及相互作用分析

本研究目的是分析单核细胞(monocytes,mon)与未成熟树突状细胞(immature DCs,im DCs)两个不同发育阶段间差异表达基因的功能及其编码蛋白的相互作用,筛选出粘附相关的关键基因,并进行生物信息学分析。我们从NCBI(美国国立生物技术信息中心)公共数据平台GEO(Gene Expression Omnibus)下载基因芯片数据GSE15076,使用perl语言将探针id转换成gene symbol。利用R Bioconducto软件(RGui 3.3.1)解析原始数据并筛选差异基因。进一步利用STRING online工具筛选核心差异基因(可信度≥0.4),Cytoscape软件构造蛋白质相互作用网络图。对STRING online工具筛选核心差异基因进行京都基因与基因组百科全书(kyotoencyclopedia of genes and genomes,KEGG)分析。im DCs相对于mon表达的差异基因,过滤条件为Log FC2和adj.p.val0.01。通过分析,我们共找到1 223个差异基因,其中567个上调基因,656个下调基因,通过进一步筛选,在网络中的上调基因有399个,下调基因458个,主要涉及m TOR信号通路、细胞代谢、细胞粘附等功能。其中上调基因中CDH1,CD274等差异基因与细胞粘附密切相关,而下调基因中SELL、IL-6、TNF等差异基因与细胞粘附改变密切相关。因此,在单核细胞发育分化到未成熟树突细胞阶段,粘附相关基因的表达变化,对进一步深入理解im DCs独特的生物物理学特性和免疫学功能来说具有重要意义。为进一步研究DCs细胞粘附功能的分子机制提供指导。     

小儿脓毒症休克相关基因的筛选及网络构建

为探究脓毒症休克与SIRS的差异表达基因及网络的构建,筛选潜在的核心基因,从GEO数据库下载相关基因表达谱GSE26378,数据分为脓毒症休克与SIRS各29个样本,通过在线软件GCBI对其进行标准化及差异基因筛选;对差异基因进行GO分析;基于KEGG进行功能通路分析以及基因信号网络分析;差异基因共表达网络分析。结果表明:两组中总共有1 456个基因被识别为差异基因(P0.05),与SIRS组相比,脓毒症休克组中有条859条下调基因,597条上调基因。GO功能富集分析显示差异基因主要参与了细胞周期、细胞免疫、细胞代谢。KEGG功能通路分析显示差异基因主要参与了MAPK信号通路、P53信号通路、wnt信号通路、细胞凋亡信号通路,细胞周期受体信号通路等。共表达分析发现基因CCNB1、NUSAP1、OIP5、SHCBP1、ZWINT、TOP2A、DLGAP5等位于网络中央部位,而基因信号网络分析发现基因PLCB1、PIK3CA、STAT3、CAMK2D、PRKCB、CREB1位于网络核心。基因芯片分析有助于发现脓毒症休克与SIRS患儿外周血单核细胞在转录组学上的改变,而生物信息学网络分析有助于发现潜在的靶点。     

双翅目害虫性别分离技术的研究进展及展望

在过去的几十年中,昆虫不育技术(sterile insect technique, SIT)已被用于防治农业害虫和人类健康相关的病媒害虫。相较于传统的农药控制策略,昆虫不育技术具有物种特异性和环境友好型等特点。通过释放不育雄虫的昆虫不育技术的主要障碍是在大规模饲养阶段将雄性与雌性分离,从而提高这些防治方法的成本效率,并防止释放携带和传播疾病的雌性群体。目前大多数针对双翅目害虫的遗传防治策略没有进行性别分离,少数害虫性别分离方法是基于蛹的大小或者雌雄蛹羽化时间差异进行人工识别和机械识别分离。双翅目昆虫性别决定及分化分子机制多种多样,其性别决定主要信号差异巨大,其多种性别决定基因已用于性别分离系统的开发。性比失衡性别分离策略通过破坏性别决定途径关键基因的表达获得雄性偏向后代,雌性条件性致死分离策略利用性别决定关键基因的雌雄选择性剪接差异实现性别分离,这两种性别分离策略目前正在害虫不育防治中接受大规模饲养应用评估,而基于双翅目昆虫雌雄性二态和基因标记发展的可视化性别分离策略也已成功实现多种害虫的性别分离。我们对性比失衡分离策略、雌性条件性致死分离策略和可视化性别分离策略在双翅目害虫中的研究进展进行了综述,重点评估了这些方法在雄虫大规模饲养和释放的应用潜力,以期在更完善的性别分离技术支持下为害虫防治研究取得更多突破性进展。     

金针菇单、双核菌丝差异表达基因分析

对金针菇Flammulina velutipes单核菌丝W23的菌丝体以及与L11质配后的双核菌丝H1123菌丝体进行了转录组测序,以本实验室已获得的W23基因组为参考基因组研究两样本间差异基因,并对这些差异基因进行了GO功能和Pathway显著性富集分析。差异基因分析显示,两个样本中共有显著性差异表达的基因3 504个,其中在双核菌丝中上调、下调的基因数分别为2 151和1 353个。研究发现差异表达基因含有很多的转录因子基因、蛋白激酶以及WD40 repeat-like蛋白。Gene Ontology（GO）功能分析结果表明,extracellular region和membrane-enclosed lumen条目下的差异基因全部为上调表达,而envelope下的差异基因全部为下调表达,以利于双核菌丝分裂时锁状联合的形成而便于核的迁移。Pathway 功能富集分析结果表明,脂肪酸、氨基酸以及大部分糖类合成相关基因具有比较活跃的上调表达。说明双核菌丝主要进行营养物质的富集,为下一步在合适条件下分化成原基,进入生殖生长阶段储备物质基础。     

京海黄鸡柔嫩艾美耳球虫感染后盲肠转录组分析

为了探究京海黄鸡感染柔嫩艾美尔球虫(E. tenella)后盲肠组织差异表达基因,以及球虫感染分子应答过程和免疫应答机制,试验采用RNA-seq技术对E. tenella感染和非感染组第7天的盲肠组织进行转录组测序,筛选差异表达基因,并进行差异基因的功能、通路富集分析。结果表明,在感染和非感染组中有显著差异的表达基因2 830个(P0.05),其中1 419个基因上调,1 411个基因下调。随机选取10个差异基因进行qRT-PCR验证,结果显示差异基因的表达倍数与RNA-seq检测结果显著相关(r=0.988,P0.000),决定系数达0.975。GO分析表明,有2 356个差异基因获得GO功能注释,显著富集的前30个GO terms主要涉及细胞交流、信号转导、血管生成、氧化还原酶活性等。KEGG分析发现差异基因显著富集的信号通路有黏着斑、细胞外基质-受体相互作用、过氧化物酶体增殖物激活受体等。这些通路中的差异基因有ANGPTL4、ACSL5、VEGFC、CD44和MAKP10等,提示这些基因在宿主柔嫩艾美耳球虫感染过程中发挥重要作用。     

Recognition of DNA double strand breaks by the BRCA1 tumor suppressor network

DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) occur in response to both endogenous and exogenous genotoxic stress. Inappropriate repair of DSBs can lead to either loss of viability or to chromosomal alterations that increase the likelihood of cancer development. In strong support of this assertion, many cancer predisposition syndromes stem from germline mutations in genes involved in DNA DSB repair. Among the most prominent of such tumor suppressor genes are the Breast Cancer 1 and Breast Cancer 2 genes (BRCA1 and BRCA2), which are mutated in familial forms of breast and ovarian cancer. Recent findings implicate BRCA1 as a central component of several distinct macromolecular protein complexes, each dedicated to distinct elements of DNA DSB repair and tumor suppression. Emerging evidence has shed light on some of the molecular recognition processes that are responsible for targeting BRCA1 and its associated partners to DNA and chromatin directly flanking DSBs. These events are required for BRCA1-dependent DNA repair and tumor suppression. Thus, a detailed temporal and spatial knowledge of how breaks are recognized and repaired has profound implications for understanding processes related to the genesis of malignancy and to its treatment.     

Evolutionary mechanisms: Modularity,morphogenetic fields of gene expression,genetic regulation

Modern concepts heterochrony mechanisms, taking into account the data on modularity of ontogenetic and evolutionary processes, morphogenetic fields of gene expression are considered. In the context of evolutionary changes, features of genetic regulation of heterochronies, and also suppression of gene activity by epigenetic regulation are analyzed. Features of the origin of evolutionary novelties due to heterochronies, macromutations, and divergence of duplicated genes, which result in the formation of new genes and gene families, are discussed.     

p27(Kip1): regulation and function of a haploinsufficient tumor suppressor and its misregulation in cancer

A major function of p27, also known as Kip1, is to bind and inhibit cyclin/cyclin-dependent kinase complexes, thereby blocking cell cycle progression. As p27 operates at the heart of the cell cycle, it is perhaps not surprising that it is emerging as a key player in multiple cell fate decisions including proliferation, differentiation, and cell death. The central role of p27 makes it important in a variety of disease processes that involve aberrations in cellular proliferation and other cell fates. Most notable among these processes is neoplasia. A large number of studies have reported that p27 expression is frequently downregulated in human tumors. In most tumor types, reduced p27 expression correlates with poor prognosis, making p27 a novel and powerful prognostic marker. In addition to these practical implications, murine and tissue culture models have shown that p27 is a potent tumor suppressor gene for multiple epithelially derived neoplasias. Loss of p27 cooperates with mutations in several oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes to facilitate tumor growth, indicating that p27 may be a "nodal point" for tumor suppression. In contrast to most tumor suppressor genes studied to date, which are recessive at the cellular level, p27 is haploinsufficient for tumor suppression. The fact that tumor suppression by p27 is critically dependent on the absolute level of p27 expression indicates that p27 acts as a rheostat rather than as an on/off switch to control growth and neoplasia.     

Fungal gene expression in early symbiotic interactions between Laccaria bicolor and red pine

Ectomycorrhizas are mutualistic symbiotic organs formed by interaction between plant roots and fungi. Mycorrhizal initiation, development and functional maintenance involve morphological changes that are mediated by activation and suppression of several fungal and plant genes. During the pre-infection stage, a harmonized cross-talk takes place between the symbionts, to determine their compatibility. Upon mutual recognition, the symbionts initiate further physiological and morphological changes essential for the formation of the symbiotic organ. In order to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying these events, we developed an interaction-specific cDNA library from Laccaria bicolor that represents fungal genes regulated by its interaction with Pinus resinosa roots. Membrane array analyses of these cDNAs suggested that a wide variety of genes are involved in the pre-infection stage processes.     

Identification of genes differentially expressed during larval molting and metamorphosis of <Emphasis Type="Italic">Helicoverpa armigera</Emphasis>

Background  

Larval molting and metamorphosis are important physiological processes in the life cycle of the holometabolous insect. We used suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) to identify genes differentially expressed during larval molting and metamorphosis.     

微核糖核酸在相关疾病发生发展中的调节作用

微核糖核酸（miRNA）是一类长度为18～25个核苷酸的内源性非编码小RNA,在转录后基因调控中发挥功能。miRNA通过降解mRNA或抑制蛋白翻译的方式调节特异基因表达。miRNA在多种生物进程包括发育、代谢、增殖、分化和凋亡中起到关键作用。miRNA的表达变化与相应的多种人类疾病及其发生发展密切相关。阐明miRNA对疾病基因的调节作用及其分子机制,将为人类某些疾病的基因治疗提供新的思路。     

A potato skin SSH library yields new candidate genes for suberin biosynthesis and periderm formation

Potato (Solanum tuberosum) tubers are underground storage organs covered by the skin or periderm, a suberized layer that protects inner flesh from dehydration and pathogens. Understanding the molecular processes associated with periderm formation is of great importance for a better knowledge of this protective tissue and for improving the storage life of tubers. Here, to isolate new candidate genes for potato periderm, a suppression subtractive hybridization library from potato skin was performed. This library yielded a comprehensive list of 108 candidate genes that were manually sorted in functional categories according to the main cellular and metabolic processes in periderm. As expected, the list contains Suberin and wax genes, including some genes with a demonstrated role in the biosynthesis of these cell wall aliphatic compounds. Moreover, Regulation and Stress and defence genes are highly abundant in the library in general agreement with previous potato skin proteomic studies. The putative function of the genes in periderm is discussed.