鱼类转基因研究

本文综述了鱼类转基因研究的意义、鱼类基因转移研究的特点、转基因鱼的构建及检测技术、我国鱼类转基因研究的进展和鱼类基因转移研究中存在的主要问题。     

转基因鱼

本文综述了转基因鱼研究的进展,并介绍了目的基因的选择及其导入的主要方法。此外,还对转基因鱼研究中尚存的一些问题作了说明。 自从八十年代中期开始鱼类基因转移研究以来,进展非常迅速。1985年Zhu等成功地将带有小鼠重金属结合蛋白(mMT)启动子的人生长激素(hGH)基因导入鲫鱼受精卵,并获得生长速度快的子代鱼。随后,世界一些国家开展了鱼类基因转移的研究,并取得很大成就。本文拟对转基因鱼研究现状及尚存的问题作一概述,供研究者参考。     

泥鳅受精卵的电脉冲基因转移

鱼类具有怀卵量大、受精卵易得,容易进行体外操作、人工孵化及培育等优点,使得它成为转基因动物研究的极好材料。1985年朱作言等首次发表了转基因鱼研究的初步结果,随后又建立了较为完整的转基因鱼模型,并获得了可遗传的转基因鱼及其子一代。这一研究现已扩展到了十多个国家和地区的几十个实验室。已有的研究成果表明,鱼类基因转移与传统育种技术相结合,将有可能带来育种史上的革命,并建立定向、快速的鱼类育种新技术。已发表的转基因鱼研究,都是采用显微注射的方法直接将外源基因导入鱼类受精卵     

转基因鱼研究中的若干问题

本文综述了近年来转基因鱼研究的某些进展,主要涉及外源基因导入的方法、基因转移提高鱼类抗性的主要内容（如：促进生长,提高抗冻性及抗病性等）。此外,还对我国转基因鱼研究的主要工作进行了介绍。     

精子介导外源DNA转移的研究进展

精子介导外源ＤＮＡ转移的研究进展刘红林陈宜峰（南京师范大学生物系２１００２４）一、引言迄今,为广大研究者所认可的制作转基因动物的基本方法有三种,即ＤＮＡ显微注射法、反转录病毒载体支持的基因转移以及利用转化的全能胚胎干细胞形成生殖系嵌合体的基因转移［１］,然而目前这三种方法制作转基因动物的效率还很低。寻求一种简便、有效、可广泛应用于各种哺乳动物、鸟类、鱼类的转基因方法仍是必要的,精子介导的外源...     

鱼类基因转移育种的几个问题

１９８５年,世界上第一批转基因鱼诞生。随后,鱼类基因转移迅速应用到培育高产、优质和抗逆的养殖鱼类新品种,并在解决发育生物学分子生物学和生理学等方面的难题中发挥了重要作用。目前,研究者已经建立了三种成熟的鱼类基因转移方法,即显微注射、电脉冲和精子携带法,证实了转移大受体鱼基因组中的整合、性腺传递、表达和转译表达产物的生物活性。最近,“全鱼”生长激素（ＧＨ）基因的克隆与应用,使快速生长转ＧＨ基因鱼的研     

禽类的基因转移

动物基因转移技术用得最早最多的是微注射法,鱼类因是体外受精受精卵易于获取,哺乳动物则因受精卵原核较大易于进行遗传操作,所以,这两类动物的转基因研究起步较早,进展也很快。禽类因难于用微注射法直接对受精卵进行操作,故其转基因研究的进展较慢。最早进行禽转基因途径的尝试,是Pandey和Patehell(1982)用辐射处理精子,因此法转入的DNA是完全随机的,故难于实现目标基因的转移。Souza(1984)用反转录病毒作为载体,通过感染幼鸡而导入,使外源鸡生长激素(cGH)基因得到了表达,血浆cGH水平增高,但转基因鸡并无促生长效应。后来,Scanes和Leung(1986)给鸡注射外源cGH,发现试验鸡仅早期有增重效果,1月龄之后与对照组则无体重差异。故近年     

风向因素对转基因抗虫棉花基因漂移效率的影响

在转基因作物获准进行环境释放并实行大面积商品化推广的同时,基因漂移所引起的生态环境安全问题不容忽视。本研究以含有双价抗虫基因（Bt/CpTI）的转基因棉花SGK321为花粉供体材料,以常规非转基因棉花品种石远321、中棉35、吉扎1号为花粉受体材料,在温室中人工创造定向风和非定向风条件,应用PCR与蛋白检测相结合的方法,检测外源基因发生基因漂移的效率。结果表明：随着与转基因棉花SGK321距离的增加,外源基因转移至非转基因棉花的基因漂移频率呈现波动性变化。在定向风处理中,基因漂移频率在距离转基因棉花6.4 m处达到峰值33.33%,在测定范围内基因漂移最远距离为25.6 m;而在非定向风处理中,基因漂移频率在距离转基因棉花12.8 m处达到峰值36.67%,在测定范围内基因漂移最远距离为36 m。非定向风可显著提高转移至海岛棉吉扎1号的基因漂移频率。外源基因从SGK321转移至其非转基因亲本石远321的基因漂移频率显著高于转移至陆地棉中棉35和海岛棉吉扎1号的漂移频率。本研究可为转基因棉花的生态安全性分析提供一定的理论参考价值。     

转基因鱼的研究进展与商业化前景

转基因技术为鱼类育种开辟了新的途径。目前已培育出转生长激素基因鲤、鲑和罗非鱼,转荧光蛋白基因斑马鱼与唐鱼等可稳定遗传的转基因鱼品系,其中快长转生长激素基因鱼的获得对于提高水产养殖的产量与养殖效益具有十分重要的意义。文章简要综述了转基因鱼应用研究的成就、相关技术及生态安全方面的研究进展。显微注射仍是目前基因转植的常用方法,应用转座酶或巨核酸酶介导的转基因新技术可提高基因转植效率与整合率。转基因元件的选择应尽量考虑"全鱼"基因或"自源"基因,以减少转基因鱼食用安全方面的顾虑同时也有利于转植基因的表达与生理功效的发挥。生态安全是转基因鱼商用化面临的最大问题。虽然有研究显示转基因鱼与传统的选育鱼类相比适合度较差,但由于环境与基因型间的相互作用,根据实验室获得的转基因鱼对生态影响的结果,难以预测转基因鱼一旦逃逸会对自然水生态环境产生怎样的影响。因此应建立高度自然化的环境以获得可靠的数据客观评价生态风险,有效的物理拦截、不育化处理等生物学控制策略仍是保证转基因鱼安全应用的关键措施。     

延伸因子-1α-A和β-肌动蛋白启动子在青鳉转基因胚胎中的表达（简报）

转基因技术是二十世纪八十年代初发展起来的一项生物领域高新技术。近年来,外源基因经显微注射导入哺乳类、两栖类、昆虫类以及鱼类的受精卵或胚胎,从而使人们对在整个动物的系统发育期间外源基因表达的研究更加深入。与哺乳类、两栖类以及昆虫类相比,鱼作为在脊椎动物进化的低级阶段,更适合在受精卵或胚胎期的显微操作。转基因鱼模型的研究为鱼类基因工程育种奠定了理论基础,基因导入方法的成熟、胚胎干细胞技术的发展以及基因组学理论的应用则为鱼类基因工程育种提供     

Embryonic and genetic manipulation in fish

Fishes,the biggest and most diverse community in vertebrates are good experimental models for studies of cell and developmental biology by many favorable characteristics.Nuclear transplantation in fish has been thoroughly studied in China since 1960s.Fish nuclei of embryonic cells from different genera were transplanted into enucleated eggs generating nucleo-cytoplasmic hybrids of adults.Most importantly,nuclei of cultured goldfish kidney cells had been reprogrammed in enucleated eggs to support embryogenesis and ontogenesis of a fertile fish.This was the first case of cloned fish with somatic cells.Based on the technique of microinjection,recombinant MThGH gene has been transferred into fish eggs and the firsh batch of transgenic fish were produced in 1984.The behavior of foreign gene was characterized and the onsed of the foreign gene replication occurred between the blastula to gastrula stages and random integration mainly occurred at later stages of embryogenesis.This eventually led to the transgenic mosaicism.The MThGH-transferred common carp enhanced growth rate by 2-4 times in the founder juveniles and doubled the body weight in the adults.The transgenic common carp were more efficient in utilizing dietary protein than the controls.An “all-fish” gene construct CAgcGH has been made by splicing the common carp β-actin gene (CA) promoter onto the grass carp growth hormone gene (grGH) coding sequence.The CAgcGH-transferred Yellow River Carp have also shown significantly fast-growth trait.Combination of techniques of fish cell culture,gene transformation with cultured cells and nuclear transplantation should be able to generate homogeneous strain of valuable transgenic fish to fulfil human requirement in 21^st century.     

两种不同终止子在转基因鲤鱼中的促生长效应

转基因构建体中启动子的选择会直接影响转植基因的活性, 近年来有研究表明转基因构建体中终止子的选择会一定程度地影响转植基因的活性。为了更好地筛选转基因构建体和培育快速生长的转“全鱼”生长激素(Growth hormone, GH)基因鱼, 文章用鲤鱼β-actin基因终止子和生长激素基因终止子分别构建了转基因构建体, 显微注射得到转“全鱼”GH基因鱼P0代养殖群体, 比较两种不同终止子构建体的活性。统计分析发现, 生长激素基因终止子构建体的养殖群体的体重频率呈正态分布且平均体重显著高于β-actin基因终止子构建体的养殖群体, β-actin基因终止子构建体的养殖群体的体重频率呈右倾趋势的非正态分布。值得一提的是在混合养殖组中得到一条生长最为快速的鲤鱼证实为转基因阳性且为生长激素基因终止子构建体的转基因鲤鱼。该结果表明转“全鱼”生长激素基因鲤鱼可快速生长, 并能将转植基因向下代遗传。实验结果提示生长激素基因终止子构建体比β-actin基因终止子构建体表现的促生长活性要强。     

Monitoring of spatial expression of firefly luciferase in transformed zebrafish

The firefly luciferase gene attached to the cytomegalovirus promoter was transferred into zebrafish (Brachydanio rerio) by microinjection of fertilized eggs. Light emission could be monitored in vivo in eggs and throughout the early development of the fish by low-light video-image analysis. Gene expression was transient in most of the cases lasting for about 2 weeks. This gene cassette proved to be a very convenient and nondestructive transformation marker and the firefly luciferase gene appears to be a powerful tool for real-time imaging of tissue-specific gene expression in transgenic fish.     

转青鱼生长激素基因异源四倍体鲫鲤

生态安全性是转基因鱼走向市场的瓶颈,通过转基因四倍体鱼同转基因二倍体鱼杂交获得不育的转基因三倍体鱼是解决该问题的有效途径之一.本研究构建了青鱼β-actin基因启动子和青鱼生长激素（GH）基因精确连接的＂全鱼＂基因pbcAbcGHc;并采用显微注射法将pbcAbcGHc导入异源四倍体鲫鲤受精卵.对照养殖结果表明,150日龄的转基因异源四倍体鲫鲤原代（P0）的体重及体长明显大于对照组.选择60尾P0代转基因异源四倍体鲫鲤,采用PCR方法检测出外源青鱼GH基因在P0代转基因四倍体尾鳍基因组DNA中的整合率为90%;对20尾雄性P0代转基因四倍体精液样本的PCR检测发现,13个样本具有外源青鱼GH基因的整合.在一尾生长速度显著的P0代转基因四倍体鲫鲤的肌肉、肝脏、肾脏和卵巢组织中可检测到外源青鱼GH基因的转录.本研究成功获得了具有明显生长优势的P0代转青鱼GH基因异源四倍体鲫鲤,为建立转青鱼GH基因异源四倍体鲫鲤纯系和研制不育的转基因三倍体鱼奠定了基础.     

抗草鱼出血病病毒转基因稀有鮈鲫的初步研究

研究采用草鱼H1基因启动子,以草鱼呼肠孤病毒(Grass carp reovirus,GCRV)外衣壳蛋白VP7基因为靶基因,以增强型绿色荧光蛋白(eGFP)为报告基因,构建了3个小发卡RNA(shRNA)表达载体pH1siGCRV(x)-CMVeGFP。CIK细胞感染实验表明,pH1siGCRV2-CMVeGFP具有较高的病毒抑制作用。通过显微注射将pH1siGCRV2-CMVeGFP导入稀有鮈鲫(Gobiocypris rarus)受精卵,获得转基因稀有鮈鲫P0代群体。转基因稀有鮈鲫攻毒实验显示,转基因稀有鮈鲫死亡率为30%,抗草鱼出血病能力显著提高。进一步的实时荧光定量PCR检测证实,转基因稀有鮈鲫脾脏、后肠和肝脏中GCRV的含量显著低于对照鱼,并随着时间的延续逐渐减少,转基因稀有鮈鲫体内GCRV的复制受到有效抑制。研究为抗草鱼出血病转基因鱼育种奠定重要基础。       

Expression of GFP in nuclear transplants generated by transplantation of embryonic cell nuclei from GFP-transgenic fish into nonenucleated eggs of medaka, Oryzias latipes

In order to investigate whether foreign genes can be used as genetic markers of donor nuclei in fish nuclear transplantation, expression of the GFP gene derived from donor nuclei was examined in nuclear transplants in medaka (Oryzias latipes). Embryonic nuclei were obtained from blastula embryos produced by crossing of transgenic fish of the wild-type strain heterozygous for the GFP gene with nontransgenic ones or by mutual crossing between transgenic fish. The GFP gene was driven by the promoter of the medaka elongation factor gene, EF-1alpha-A, which is known to induce GFP expression in many tissues except for the muscle in the transgenic fish. The nuclei were transplanted into nonenucleated unfertilized eggs of the orange-red strain. Adult nuclear transplants were successfully obtained at the rate of about 2% of the operated eggs. They were triploid and had no reproductive potential. The GFP gene was expressed in embryos, fry, and adults of nuclear transplants in a pattern similar to that in the transgenic fish. These results indicate that GFP is useful as a foreign genetic marker of donor nuclei in fish nuclear transplantation.     

Expression of a Novel Piscine Growth Hormone Gene Results in Growth Enhancement in Transgenic Tilapia (Oreochromis Niloticus)

Several lines of transgenic G1 and G2 tilapia fish (Oreochromis niloticus) have been produced following egg injection with gene constructs carrying growth hormone coding sequences of fish origin. Using a construct in which an ocean pout antifreeze promoter drives a chinook salmon growth hormone gene, dramatic growth enhancement has been demonstrated, in which the mean weight of the 7 month old G2 transgenic fish is more than three fold that of their non transgenic siblings. Somewhat surprisingly G1 fish transgenic for a construct consisting of a sockeye salmon metallothionein promoter spliced to a sockeye salmon growth hormone gene exhibited no growth enhancement, although salmon transgenic for this construct do show greatly enhanced growth. The growth enhanced transgenic lines were also strongly positive in a radio-immuno assay for the specific hormone in their serum, whereas the non growth enhanced lines were negative. Attempts to induce expression from the metallo thionein promoter by exposing fish to increased levels of zinc were also unsuccessful.Homozygous transgenic fish have been produced from the ocean pout antifreeze/chinook salmon GH construct and preliminary trials suggest that their growth performance is similar to that of the hemizygous transgenics. No abnormalities were apparent in the growth enhanced fish, although minor changes to skull shape and reduced fertility were noted in some fish. There is also preliminary evidence for improved food conversion ratios when growth enhanced transgenic tilapia are compared to their non-transgenic siblings.The long term objective of this study is to produce lines of tilapia which are both growth enhanced and sterile, so offering improved strains of this important food fish for aquaculture.     

Short Communication: Increased gene dosage augments antifreeze protein levels in transgenic Drosophila melanogaster

One of the principal environmental adaptations of certain fishes inhabiting polar and northern coastal waters is the synthesis of antifreeze proteins (AFPs). AFPs bind to and prevent the growth of nascent ice crystals, thus depressing the serum freezing point. The transgenic expression of AFP holds great promise for conferring freeze resistance to commercially important plant and animal species. Since fish at the greatest risk of freezing have multiple AFP gene copies in order to synthesize higher levels of this protein, we have evaluated this evolutionary strategy as a way to maximize AFP expression in a model transgenic host, the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. A construct in which AFP genes of the Atlantic wolffish are fused to the Drosophila yolk protein 1,2 promoter/enhancer region was transferred to flies through P-element mediated transformation. Several independent transgenic fly lines were used in genetic crosses to obtain multi-insert lines. Haemolymph freezing point depression (thermal hysteresis) was greater in homozygotes relative to heterozygotes for a given insert. Similarly, multi-insert lines consistently displayed greater haemolymph AFP activity than the single insert lines from which they were derived. The thermal hysteresis value obtained with a fly line harboring 8 AFP gene copies, 0.43 °C, represents the highest such value to date recorded in a transgenic host, and is even higher than the levels found in some AFP-producing fish.