绿色荧光蛋白及其在GMOs生态监测中的应用

绿色荧光蛋白（green fluorescent protein,GFP）是在海洋无脊椎动物水母（Aequorea victoria）中获得的一种由238个氨基酸组成的多肽。该多肽通过翻译后加工形成生色基团,产生稳定的荧光,而且这种荧光很容易被检测。GFP作为动、植物以及微生物基因工程研究上的一种广泛的选择标记,具有检测灵敏度高、操作简便、不需要添加任何底物或辅助因子等优点,更重要的是利用GFP可对GMOs进行快速、原位、实时、活体监测。本文概括介绍了GFP的特性、改造及其检测,并从生态学角度论述了GFP在GMOs生态监测研究中的应用及其发展前景。     

绿色荧光蛋白在转基因研究中的应用

绿色荧光蛋白(green fluorescent prote in,GFP)是一种能够自身催化形成生色团并在蓝光或紫外光激发下发出绿色荧光的蛋白。有现代生物学北斗星之美誉的它,在生物学的很多领域都有广泛应用。GFP具有荧光稳定、易于检测、表达调控简单、生物安全性好等优点,在转基因研究中的各个方面均应用颇多。就GFP在转基因研究中的应用特点及应用进展做一综述。     

基于GFP的FRET应用

绿色荧光蛋白（GFP）是一种活性荧光标记,已被用来研究基因表达、分子定位,蛋白质折叠和转运;荧光共振能量转移（FRET）是一种无损伤的光学检测方法,能检测到小于纳米的距离变化。将GFP的活性定位标记功能与FRET的高分辨率相结合。为活体研究生物分子的功能和命运开创了新的篇章。作者在介绍GFP和FRET原理的基础上,综述了基于GFP的FRET在蛋白酶活性,蛋白质间相互作用 构象改变研究中的应用。     

一种通过GFP结合蛋白强化三分子荧光互补方法的建立

[目的]将改造后的GFP(super-fold GFP,简写为sf GFP)作为三分子荧光互补技术的基础,通过应用多种GFP结合蛋白(GFP binding protein,GBP),筛选并验证可强化荧光互补作用的GFP结合蛋白。[方法]将sf GFP拆分为三部分(GFP1-9,GFP10和GFP11),建立GFP三分子荧光互补技术体系,利用多种GFP结合蛋白对GFP三分子荧光互补技术进行试验,通过观察荧光变化筛选可强化荧光互补作用的GFP结合蛋白。[结果]发现DARPin-GFP、GFP-enhancer和Nbsf GFP这三种GFP结合蛋白能够与GFP共定位并对GFP三分子重组装有增强效果,其中GFP-enhancer与Nbsf GFP增强效果约为原荧光强度4倍,DARPin-GFP约为2倍。[结论]GFP结合蛋白可作为一种新手段,使以GFP三分子荧光互补技术为基础的蛋白质-蛋白质相互作用研究的检测效率和灵敏度得到提高。     

绿色荧光蛋白及其在植物分子生物学研究中的应用

绿色荧光蛋白(GFP)是海洋生物水母(Aequoria victoria)体内的一种发光蛋白,近十年来成为在生物化学和细胞生物学研究和应用中用得最广泛的蛋白质之一。文章就绿色荧光蛋白的特性及其在植物分子生物学中应用的研究进展作了概述。     

绿色荧光蛋白及其在植物研究中的应用

绿色荧光蛋白(GFP)是海洋生物水母(Aequorea victoria)体内的一种发光蛋白,分子量27kD,由238个氨基酸组成。该蛋白65~67位Ser-Tyr-Gly三种氨基酸环化加氧形成特殊的生色团结构。野生型GFP发光较弱,而且gfp-cDNA含有隐蔽型剪切位点,而加工改造的GFP在植物中能够正常表达并且加强了荧光信号。GFP作为新的报告基因和遗传标记被广泛应用于植物研究之中。     

以J-Lat 11.1为HIV-1潜伏感染模型再激活效果检测方法的初步探讨

目的:比较3种检测方法的优缺点,探索全面评价人免疫缺陷病毒1型(HIV-1)潜伏感染再激活剂的检测方法。方法:以HIV-1潜伏细胞株J-Lat 11.1为潜伏感染模型、豆蔻酰佛波醇乙酯(PMA)为潜伏再激活剂,用流式细胞术检测绿色荧光蛋白(GFP)阳性细胞所占比例,酶标仪检测GFP表达强度,活细胞成像系统检测GFP的动态表达情况。结果:流式细胞术检测显示PMA再激活出GFP阳性细胞的比例随作用浓度的增加(0~10 nmol/L)而增加,但当PMA浓度高于10 nmol/L后变化不再明显;酶标仪检测显示PMA处理后24 h内,GFP荧光强度逐渐增高,之后可在高水平保持至48 h;活细胞成像系统则可以动态反映PMA处理后的再激活过程。结论:可采用流式细胞术检测GFP阳性细胞比例对HIV-1潜伏感染再激活剂进行初步筛选,再结合酶标仪或活细胞成像系统动态监测GFP的表达情况,综合评价再激活剂的作用强度和起效时间。     

绿色荧光蛋白的首次应用者——查尔菲

绿色荧光蛋白（green fluorescent protein,GFP）是20世纪60年代发现的一种在紫外线下可发出绿色荧光的蛋白,进入20世纪90年代后开始被广泛应用于生命科学和环境检测等研究领域。1994年,查尔菲首次成功将GFP转入细胞内并观察到绿色荧光,从而开创了GFP应用的先河,为随后GFP的广泛应用和深入研究奠定了基础。查尔菲是一位线虫触觉机理研究领域的专家,但在GFP应用方面的贡献却使他于2008年分享了诺贝尔化学奖。     

GFP工程酵母菌的构建及其对Cu2+的荧光响应

从酿酒酵母基因组DNA中克隆到金属硫蛋白启动子(PCUP1)片段,将绿色荧光蛋白(GFP)基因置于PCUP1的调控下,构建重组质粒pCUP9K-GFP,并通过氯化锂法转化毕赤酵母,获得工程菌株。工程菌细胞及其发酵液中可检出GFP荧光,表明PCUP1能启动外源基因GFP转录,使工程菌表达并分泌GFP。研究发现,工程菌培养液中分别加入10μmol/L的铜、铬、镉和砷离子后,铜处理组GFP荧光强度明显增加,其余三种离子对工程菌荧光强度影响不大;用铜离子诱导后,工程菌发酵上清液的荧光强度明显增强,并与铜离子浓度(0～1mmol/L)呈正相关。研究表明,该工程菌中启动子PCUP1受铜离子诱导,GFP的表达对铜离子具有剂量依赖性,在一定浓度范围内,GFP荧光强度与铜离子浓度呈正相关。     

绿色荧光蛋白(GFP)研究进展

源于多管水母属(Aequoria Victoria)等海洋无脊椎动物的绿色荧光蛋白(Green fluorescent protein,GFP)是一种极具潜力的标记物,该文对GFP的基础理论研究和应用研究进行了综述。     

Analysis of osm-6, a gene that affects sensory cilium structure and sensory neuron function in Caenorhabditis elegans.

Mutation in the Caenorhabditis elegans gene osm-6 was previously shown to result in defects in the ultrastructure of sensory cilia and defects in chemosensory and mechanosensory behaviors. We have cloned osm-6 by transposon tagging and transformation rescue and have identified molecular lesions associated with five osm-6 mutations. The osm-6 gene encodes a protein that is 40% identical in amino acid sequence to a predicted mammalian protein of unknown function. We fused osm-6 with the gene for green fluorescent protein (GFP); the fusion gene rescued the osm-6 mutant phenotype and showed accumulation of GFP in ciliated sensory neurons exclusively. The OSM-6::GFP protein was localized to cytoplasm, including processes and dendritic endings where sensory cilia are situated. Mutations in other genes known to cause ciliary defects led to changes in the appearance of OSM-6::GFP in dendritic endings or, in the case of daf-19, reduced OSM-6::GFP accumulation. We conclude from an analysis of genetic mosaics that osm-6 acts cell autonomously in affecting cilium structure.     

Expression of green fluorescent protein from a recoded gene inserted into Saccharomyces cerevisiae mitochondrial DNA

To generate a visible reporter of mitochondrial gene expression, we have synthesized a DNA fragment that specifies an enhanced variant of the green fluorescent protein (GFP) in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae mitochondrial genetic code. This reporter gene, GFP(m)-3, was inserted into mtDNA at the eighth codon of the COX3 gene. Mitochondria containing this mtDNA could be detected by fluorescence microscopy. Mitochondrially encoded GFP accumulated as soluble matrix protein, whose level could be measured both immunologically and fluorometrically. Quantitation of relative fluorescence by flow cytometry confirmed that cox3 :: GFP(m)-3 expression was affected by carbon source and dependent upon COX3 mRNA-specific translational activation. GFP(m)-3 will be a valuable tool for studying mitochondrial gene regulation and the intracellular fates of mitochondrially synthesized proteins.     

Identifying proteins that affect mRNA localization in living cells

Messenger RNA transport has emerged as a significant mechanism for regulating gene expression. Many of the protein factors affecting RNA transport remain unknown. The emergence of green fluorescent protein (GFP) fluorescence microscopy allows imaging in living cells and an increased understanding of in vivo molecular transport. GFP imaging is now applied to RNA transport by engineering RNA hairpins into the RNA of interest and observing fluorescence from GFP fused to an RNA-binding protein that recognizes the hairpins. In yeast, different genetic backgrounds can be tested to identify various proteins that affect RNA transport and localization. The technology also allows the swapping of different regions of the RNA to determine the cis requirements for transport. GFP RNA imaging opens many possibilities to examine RNA transport in real time in a variety of different organisms.     

Cnidarian and bilaterian promoters can direct GFP expression in transfected hydra

Complete sexual development is not easily amenable to experimentation in hydra. Therefore, the analysis of gene function and gene regulation requires the introduction of exogenous DNA in a large number of cells of the hydra polyps and the significant expression of reporter constructs in these cells. We present here the procedure whereby we coupled DNA injection into the gastric cavity to electroporation of the whole animal in order to efficiently transfect hydra polyps. We could detect GFP fluorescence in both endodermal and ectodermal cell layers of live animals and in epithelial as well as interstitial cell types of dissociated hydra. In addition, we could confirm GFP protein expression by showing colocalisation between GFP fluorescence and anti-GFP immunofluorescence. Finally, when a FLAG epitope was inserted in-frame with the GFP coding sequence, GFP fluorescence also colocalised with anti-FLAG immunofluorescence. This GFP expression in hydra cells was directed by various promoters, either homologous, like the hydra homeobox cnox-2 gene promoter, or heterologous, like the two nematode ribosomal protein S5 and L28 gene promoters, and the chicken beta-actin gene promoter. This strategy provides new tools for dissecting developmental molecular mechanisms in hydra; more specifically, the genetic regulations that take place in endodermal cells at the time budding or regeneration is initiated.     

绿色荧光蛋白基因作为报告基因在水稻基因转化中的应用研究

本研究中 ,构建了含有编码绿色荧光蛋白的改进型基因质粒pJPM5。用基因枪法分别把pJPM5和另一带有绿色荧光蛋白基因的质粒pSBG70 0转入水稻TNG6 7愈伤组织。用South ern杂交法证实了转基因的存在 ,而且表明多数转基因植株含有 1到 8个拷贝的转基因。取 2个月的转基因植株上的叶片用于分析绿色荧光蛋白基因表达。用SLM - 80 0 0荧光分析仪定量测定绿色荧光蛋白。多数转基因植株具有很高的绿色荧光蛋白信号。虽然水稻植株有少量自发荧光 ,但是绿色荧光蛋白基因表达出的绿色荧光蛋白信号比植株的自发荧光强得多 ,其测定不会受自发荧光的太大影响。在荧光显微镜下观察到了绿色荧光蛋白基因的表达。借助观察分析绿色荧光蛋白基因的瞬时表达 ,本研究还发现基因枪法转化中 ,如果两枪的气压为90 0psi& 135 0psi,比两枪的气压都为 90 0psi或者 135 0psi更好 ,因其能使质粒进入更多的细胞。研究结果表明 ,绿色荧光蛋白基因可以作为水稻 (甚至小麦、玉米 )转基因研究中的报告基因。研究还显示 ,MAR序列能明显增强绿色荧光蛋白基因的表达能力 (这一结果在另文讨论 ) .     

Efficient Transfection Strategy for the Spatiotemporal Control of Gene Expression in Zebrafish

Functional analyses of gene function by knockdown and expression approaches strongly enhance the genetic study of development. In vivo application of the introduction of inhibitors of gene expression, mRNA, and expression constructs in the target region make it possible to perform region- and stage-specific regulation of gene function in a simple manner. As a basic tool for the conditional regulation of gene expression in target tissue, we present methods for the efficient introduction of antisense morpholino oligonucleotide (MO), mRNA, and expression plasmid constructs into early and later stage zebrafish embryo and larva. Lipofection of a neuron-specific expression construct plasmid encoding green fluorescent protein (GFP) into optic vesicle resulted in clear GFP expression in the retinotectal pathway in hatched larva. Co-lipofection of MO and GFP mRNA to the presumptive head region resulted in brain-specific knockdown of the gene in mid-stage embryos.     

Plant virus movement protein dynamics probed with a GFP-protein fusion

A genetic fusion between the gene encoding green fluorescent protein (GFP) from the jellyfish Aequorea victoria, with that of the Ob-tobamovirus movement protein (MP) resulted in the expression of a fluorescent fusion protein (MP: :GFP) that was fully biologically active in mediating the cell-to-cell spread of the Ob-virus. The MP::GFP fusion was used to follow in planta the subcellular trafficking of MP. GFP-tagged MP was transiently expressed and found to be associated with several subcellular compartments and structures including trans-wall structures, presumably plasmodesmata, and filament structures. The MP::GFP fusion can be used to monitor MP association with host proteins and structures, and for the isolation of interacting host components.     

The color of mice: in the light of GFP-variant reporters

The mouse currently represents the premier model organism for mammalian genetic studies. Over the past decade the production of targeted and transgenic lines of mice has become commonplace, with current technology allowing the creation of mutations at base pair resolution. Such genome modifications are becoming increasingly elaborate and often incorporate gene-based reporters for tagging different cellular populations. Until recently, lacZ, the bacterial beta-galactosidase gene has been the marker of choice for most studies in the mouse. However, over the past 3 years another valuable reporter has emerged, and its attractiveness is reflected by an explosion in its use in mice. Green fluorescent protein (GFP), a novel autofluorescent genetic reporter derived from the bioluminescent jellyfish Aequorea victoria, currently represents a unique alternative to other gene-based reporters in that its visualization is non-invasive and so can be monitored in real-time in vitro or in vivo. It has the added advantage that it can be quantified by, for example, flow cytometry, confocal microscopy, and fluorometric assays. Several mutants of the original wild-type GFP gene that improve thermostability and fluorescence have been engineered. Enhanced GFP is one such variant, which has gained popularity for use in transgenic or targeted mice. Moreover, various GFP spectral variants have also been developed, and two of these novel color variants, enhanced yellow fluorescent protein (EYFP) and enhanced cyan fluorescent protein (ECFP), can also be used in mice. Since the spectral profiles of the ECFP and EYFP color variants are distinct and non-overlapping, these two reporters can be co-visualized, and are therefore ideal for in vivo double-labeling or fluorescent energy transfer analyses. The use of GFP and its color variants as reporters provides an unprecedented level of sophistication and represents the next step in mouse genome engineering technology by opening up the possibility of combinatorial non-invasive reporter usage within a single animal.