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。     

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。     

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。     

绿色荧光蛋白在蛋白质研究中的应用

绿色荧光蛋白（green fluorescent protein,GFP）自发现以来,由于具有自发荧光等特性,在分子生物学和细胞生物学领域得到广泛应用。GFP作为一种报道分子,在研究蛋白质相互作用和构象变化、检测蛋白质表达、蛋白质和细胞荧光示踪中,起到了重要的作用。该文通过对绿色荧光蛋白特性的分析．介绍其作为荧光标记在蛋白质研究中的应用,并展望进一步的研究前景。     

GFP质控芯片的初步研究

目的：建立一种质量控制芯片来监测样品标记、杂交和检测过程中的失误。方法：针对GFP基因设计的4条60mer寡核苷酸探针和1条阳性对照探针polv（U）与流感寡核苷酸探针一起打印在DAKO玻片上,并构建了GFP基因的克隆载体和体外表达载体,将从这两种重组载体上获得的绿色荧光蛋白（Green Fluorescent Protein,GFP）基因的ILNA、DNA片段和人的全血样品中的DNA用限制性显示技术（Restriction Display technology,RD）扩增标记,将标记的样品和荧光标记的通用引物U分别与芯片杂交、检测,并对扫描的结果进行统计分析。结果：GFP探针与相应的样品杂交时出现阳性信号,阳性对照探针在所有的杂交中均出现阳性信号,而空白对照则未检测荧光信号。结论：建立的质控芯片具有较好的敏感性和特异性,可以用于基因芯片中的质量监控。     

GFP在绿色荧光裸鼠不同组织中的表达及分析

目的研究外源绿色荧光蛋白（green fluorescent protein,简称GFP）基因在BALB/c绿色荧光裸鼠主要器官组织中的表达及其差异。方法小动物成像系统和RT-PCR方法检测GFP的组织分布以及荧光表达水平情况。结果经活体荧光影像系统观察及PCR方法检测发现GFP可以在裸鼠多个器官组织中表达,其中在胰腺、心脏、全脑、皮肤、睾丸中表达量较高。结论外源绿色荧光蛋白可以在模型动物体内成功表达且稳定遗传,其中在胰腺组织中高表达。     

人CUIAA重组腺病毒载体的构建及其在PC-12细胞中的表达特点

目的构建并鉴定带有绿色荧光蛋白（green fluorescence protein,GFP）报告基因的人源CUL4A（hCUIAA）基因腺病毒表达载体Ad—hCUIAA—GFP,探求bCUIAA在PC-12细胞中的表达特点。方法扩增hCUIAA基因,并通过In—FusionPCR克隆技术构建穿梭质粒pDC315-EGFP—hCUIAA,利用AdMaxTM腺病毒包装系统将该穿梭质粒与腺病毒表达载体骨架质粒pBHGloxAEl,E3Cre共转染HEK293细胞,经GFP荧光检测和Western印迹检测确认hCUIAA的表达后,进一步通过病毒扩增及纯化得到hCUL4A重组腺病毒载体Ad—hCUIAA—GFP。将该载体转染Pc—12细胞,观察hCUIAA—GFP融合蛋白在Pc-12细胞中的表达情况。结果成功获得了较高滴度的腺病毒载体Ad—hCUIAA—GFP（1．6×10^12pfu／m1）。荧光检测表明,Ad—hCUIAA—GFP转染Pc-12细胞后72h内,病毒转染率随着时间和病毒转染滴度的增加而增加。DAPI细胞核荧光染色结果表明,hCUIAA—GFP的表达主要集中在细胞质部分。GFP荧光检测及Western印迹检测结果显示,hCUIAA—GFP在Pc-12细胞中的表达量随时间和病毒转染滴度的增加而增加。结论带GFP的hCUIAA重组腺病毒载体Ad—hCUIAA—GFP构建成功,掌握了其转染Pc-12细胞的最佳滴度及其在Pc-12细胞中的时空表达特点,为今后对hCUIAA在PC-12细胞中的功能性研究奠定了基础。     

绿色荧光蛋白cDNA在腺病毒重组载体转染中的应用

绿色荧光蛋白（green fluorescent protein, GFP）基因是目前发现的唯一能在细胞内表达,且不需要其他外源底物参与的全新报告基因.将GFP cDNA与腺病毒载体pAdE1CMV重组,以lipofectin转染293细胞（一种人胚肾细胞）,观察其在真核细胞内的表达情况,为转基因技术提供了新的监测方法.     

肿瘤细胞的标记及其活体荧光成像

以绿色荧光蛋白(GFP)作为标记基因转入人类肺癌细胞系（ASTC-a-1）,经800 mg/L G418筛选,获得5株高表达细胞系.利用流式细胞仪对GFP表达的稳定性进行了初步研究,结果表明本实验中有些细胞株间GFP表达稳定性有显著差异（P＜0.01）.将稳定表达的细胞系（3＃）植入裸鼠皮下,成瘤后用氩离子激光器产生的488 nm蓝光经扩束后直接激发,瘤体部位发出强烈的绿色荧光.用530 nm长通滤色片滤除激发光,数码相机记录荧光的分布情况.实验尝试利用激光作为激发光源,检测GFP标记的肿瘤细胞在裸鼠中的定位,期望建立一种新的肿瘤早期检测技术并改进肿瘤转移研究的手段,实验取得了阶段性进展.     

动态检测活细胞内泛素-蛋白酶体系统活性方法的建立

目的建立一种动态检测活细胞内泛素-蛋白酶体系统活性的方法。方法将表达绿色荧光蛋白（GFP）或红色荧光蛋白（DsRed2）的质粒分别改建为表达带有内泛素-蛋白酶体系统降解信号CL1的GFP或DsRed2的pGFP^u或pDsRed2质粒,然后转染HEK293细胞,通过G418筛选得到稳定表达GFP^u或DsRed2^u的细胞系。在蛋白酶体抑制N—Acetyl—Leu-Leu—Norleu—al（ALLN）处理GFP^u或DsRed2^u细胞后,应用免疫印记技术检测细胞内GFP或DsRed,含量的变化,应用荧光显微镜和激光扫描共聚焦显微镜技术观察GFP或DsRed,荧光强度的变化。结果ALLN处理能使GFP“和DsRed2^u细胞内GFP和DsRed。含量明显增加,荧光强度显著增强,并呈现明显的剂量／时间-效应关系。结论本文成功地建立了检测内泛素-蛋白酶体系统活性的方法,该方法能有效地对活细胞的内泛素-蛋白酶体系统活性进行实时动态检测。     

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.     

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.     

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.     

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.