Hsp70A-RBCS2融合启动子调控PHB合成酶基因在莱茵衣藻中的表达

利用Hsp70A-RBCS2融合启动子构建了新型的莱茵衣藻表达载体,并获得了聚-β-羟基丁酸（PHB）合成酶基因（phbC）的衣藻表达载体p105C124和pH105C124.通过＂珠磨法＂分别将上述两个衣藻表达载体导入细胞壁缺陷的莱茵衣藻CC-849（Chlamydomonas reinhardtii CC-849）中,得到了具有Zeomycin抗性的转基因藻株.Hsp70A-RBCS2启动子介导的外源基因遗传转化效率明显高于RBCS2启动子,Southern杂交结果显示,phbC基因以低拷贝数整合进莱茵衣藻的基因组DNA中.在光照下,Hsp70A-RBCS2融合启动子能够有效调控phbC基因在莱茵衣藻中的转录和翻译,得到的蛋白产物具有PHB合成酶活性,40℃热激诱导可使PHB合成酶的酶活性提高到1.8倍.因此,Hsp70A-RBCS2融合启动子可使phbC基因在莱茵衣藻中实现可诱导的表达,该研究对利用衣藻合成PHB具有重要的学术意义,进一步的研究将通过＂共转化＂法获得二价或三价的转基因藻,最终实现在转基因藻中合成PHB.     

莱茵衣藻磷脂二脂酰甘油酰基转移酶3在三酰甘油合成中的功能研究

为研究磷脂二脂酰甘油酰基转移酶（PDAT）在三酰甘油合成中的功能,克隆了莱茵衣藻（Chlamydomonas reinhardtii） PDAT同源基因CrPDAT3干涉片段,通过构建CrPDAT3 RNAi 干涉载体并转化莱茵衣藻,对CrPDAT3基因有效沉默,结果显示转基因藻株生长减缓,油脂含量下降14.65%-45.15%,说明CrPDAT3对油脂合成起到重要的作用。研究结果对于该基因应用于微藻油脂的遗传改良将起到重要作用。       

莱茵衣藻LZTFL1蛋白的多克隆抗体制备及应用

目的:亮氨酸拉链转录因子1(LZTFL1)是一种与纤毛信号转导相关的蛋白质,关于其如何在信号转导中发挥作用以及作用机制目前尚不清楚。莱茵衣藻(Chlamydomonas reinhardtii)是研究纤毛信号传导的模式生物,而目前对莱茵衣藻LZTFL1蛋白的研究甚少,尚未有相应的检测抗体,因此制备LZTFL1多克隆抗体用于后续实验研究。方法:采用RT-PCR技术从C.reinhardtii CC125中提取总RNA,扩增981bp的目的基因Lztfl1,插入到p ET-28a(+)原核表达载体,成功构建p ET-28a(+)-Lztfl1重组质粒,转入E.coli BL21(DE3)经IPTG诱导后成功表达6×His-LZTFL1融合蛋白,融合蛋白经亲和纯化后免疫新西兰大白兔制备多克隆抗体,最后采用间接ELISA法测得抗血清效价达到1∶512 000,经Western blot对C.reinhardtii CC125检测具有较高特异性。结果:首次实现了莱茵衣藻LZTFL1蛋白的原核表达,制备出一支兔抗莱茵衣藻LZTFL1蛋白的多克隆抗体,为后续研究LZTFL1蛋白在莱茵衣藻中的结构功能及在纤毛信号转导中的相互作用奠定了基础。     

莱茵衣藻LZTFL1蛋白的多克隆抗体制备及应用

目的:亮氨酸拉链转录因子1(LZTFL1)是一种与纤毛信号转导相关的蛋白质,关于其如何在信号转导中发挥作用以及作用机制目前尚不清楚。莱茵衣藻(Chlamydomonas reinhardtii)是研究纤毛信号传导的模式生物,而目前对莱茵衣藻LZTFL1蛋白的研究甚少,尚未有相应的检测抗体,因此制备LZTFL1多克隆抗体用于后续实验研究。方法:采用RT-PCR技术从C.reinhardtii CC125中提取总RNA,扩增981bp的目的基因Lztfl1,插入到p ET-28a(+)原核表达载体,成功构建p ET-28a(+)-Lztfl1重组质粒,转入E.coli BL21(DE3)经IPTG诱导后成功表达6×His-LZTFL1融合蛋白,融合蛋白经亲和纯化后免疫新西兰大白兔制备多克隆抗体,最后采用间接ELISA法测得抗血清效价达到1∶512 000,经Western blot对C.reinhardtii CC125检测具有较高特异性。结果:首次实现了莱茵衣藻LZTFL1蛋白的原核表达,制备出一支兔抗莱茵衣藻LZTFL1蛋白的多克隆抗体,为后续研究LZTFL1蛋白在莱茵衣藻中的结构功能及在纤毛信号转导中的相互作用奠定了基础。     

莱茵衣藻叶绿体生物反应器研究进展

莱茵衣藻(Chlamydomonas reinharditi)是一种遗传机制已研究比较清楚的模式植物。近年来,生物反应器是当今世界上各国生物技术研究的一个热点,随着生物技术的发展,已成功实现衣藻作为生物反应器生产重组蛋白及抗体,生产的部分产品已经实现了商品化,与其他生物反应器相比,其在外源基因表达水平和转基因植物安全性等方面有明显的优势,尤其是在控制转基因沉默和遗传稳定性方面展示了极大的优越性。因此,莱茵衣藻是一种具有很好发展前景的生物反应器,必将在未来的药用蛋白生物技术领域发挥重要作用。主要对提高基因在莱茵衣藻叶绿体中表达的策略,转化技术的特点及其未来的发展前景等方面进行了简单评述。     

莱茵衣藻E2泛素结合酶CrUBC23调控油脂积累

【目的】为研究莱茵衣藻(Chlamydomonas reinhardtii)泛素结合酶(ubiquitin-conjugating enzymes,E2)CrUBC23在莱茵衣藻油脂代谢中的作用,为高产油微藻基因工程改良和揭示藻类油脂合成及代谢调控机理奠定基础。【方法】qRT-PCR分析莱茵衣藻在低氮、低磷胁迫下泛素结合酶CrUBC23表达情况;克隆CrUBC23同源基因干涉片段和全长基因,构建RNAi干涉载体和过量表达载体,转化莱茵衣藻并检测生物量和油脂含量;构建CrUBC23-GFP融合表达载体,用农杆菌浸染洋葱表皮细胞进行亚细胞定位。【结果】莱茵衣藻在低氮、低磷胁迫下CrUBC23基因表达量显著增加,增加幅度分别为正常培养的4.98–5.80倍和1.85–5.20倍。RNAi干扰结果显示,转基因藻细胞中性脂含量降低5.5%,总脂含量降低3.16%–17.6%。过量表达结果显示,转基因藻细胞中性脂含量增加8.8%,总脂含量增加4.51%–14.03%。【结论】CrUBC23正向调控莱茵衣藻油脂代谢,该基因定位于细胞核。     

莱茵衣藻BBS1基因RNAi载体的构建及应用

巴德-毕氏综合症(Bardet-Biedl syndrome,BBS)是一种由多种基因突变造成、与原生纤毛功能缺失相关的疾病,包含12种致病基因,分别为BBS1-12。旨在通过对衣藻BBS1基因进行RNAi干扰来研究其在衣藻中的功能。首先搭建衣藻快捷简单的RNAi骨架载体;再用RT-PCR克隆莱茵衣藻BBS1基因的一段c DNA序列于中间载体p EASY-T1上;测序后通过两次酶切连接到RNAi骨架载体上,经菌液PCR、酶切和测序验证,成功构建BBS1基因的RNAi干涉载体。经基因枪介导法转化莱茵衣藻CC503,转基因衣藻具有明显不同于对照的表现型,趋光性发生了改变。     

RNA干扰20S蛋白酶体α亚基基因对莱茵衣藻油脂代谢的影响

为了解20S蛋白酶体α亚基(20S proteasome alpha subunit A, POA1)基因对莱茵衣藻(Chlamydomonas reinhardtii)油脂代谢的调控,对莱茵衣藻CC425在低氮胁迫下的CrPOA1表达进行了分析,克隆POA1同源基因片段,构建pMaa7IR/XIR干涉载体并转化莱茵衣藻CC425,对CrPOA1进行有效沉默,测定转基因藻株细胞干质量和油脂含量;克隆全长基因,构建CrPOA1-GFP融合表达载体并转化洋葱表皮细胞,进行亚细胞定位。结果表明,莱茵衣藻在低氮培养下,CrPOA1 mRNA水平比对照(正常培养)显著降低(P0.01),RNAi转基因藻株CrPOA1 mRNA水平比对照pMaa7IR/XIR(maa7)降低79.36%～85.35%,沉默效果较好;RNAi转基因藻株细胞干质量与对照maa7无显著差异,油脂含量比对照maa7显著降低6.38%～24.63%,CrPOA1正向调控莱茵衣藻油脂;亚细胞定位于细胞核。这表明CrPOA1参与了莱茵衣藻的油脂代谢过程。     

农杆菌介导转化莱茵衣藻体系的优化

[目的]为建立根癌农杆菌介导的莱茵衣藻快速简便高效的遗传转化体系,本研究以模式生物莱茵衣藻为受体材料,从转化方法和转化子快速鉴定两个方面进行了优化.[方法]比较了固体培养基共培养转化方法和液体培养基共培养转化方法对根癌农杆菌LBA 4404介导的莱茵衣藻CC425转化效率的影响;研究并比较了(1)首先经过TE裂解再进行...     

莱茵衣藻细胞核转化体系研究进展

莱茵衣藻(Chlamydomonas reinhardtii)是一种三套基因组都可以进行遗传转化的模式生物,具有培养条件简单、生长速度快、光合效率高等优点,细胞核转化体系相对更为成熟,将其开发为生物反应器具有广阔的应用前景。该文对衣藻核基因组特点及转化机理、转基因衣藻的筛选方法、外源基因的表达以及影响因素等方面进行了综述。     

Evolutionary rates and expression level in Chlamydomonas

In many biological systems, especially bacteria and unicellular eukaryotes, rates of synonymous and nonsynonymous nucleotide divergence are negatively correlated with the level of gene expression, a phenomenon that has been attributed to natural selection. Surprisingly, this relationship has not been examined in many important groups, including the unicellular model organism Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Prior to this study, comparative data on protein-coding sequences from C. reinhardtii and its close noninterfertile relative C. incerta were very limited. We compiled and analyzed protein-coding sequences for 67 nuclear genes from these taxa; the sequences were mostly obtained from the C. reinhardtii EST database and our C. incerta EST data. Compositional and synonymous codon usage biases varied among genes within each species but were highly correlated between the orthologous genes of the two species. Relative rates of synonymous and nonsynonymous substitution across genes varied widely and showed a strong negative correlation with the level of gene expression estimated by the codon adaptation index. Our comparative analysis of substitution rates in introns of lowly and highly expressed genes suggests that natural selection has a larger contribution than mutation to the observed correlation between evolutionary rates and gene expression level in Chlamydomonas.     

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii: biological rationale for genomics

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii has been the subject of genetic, biochemical, cytological, and molecular analyses for over 50 years. It is an ideal model system for the study of flagella and basal bodies as well as the study of photosynthesis and chloroplast biogenesis, cell-cell recognition and fusion, phototaxis, and secretion. It is clear that many of the genes identified in Chlamydomonas have homologs in land plants as well as animals. Thus, a genomic approach in Chlamydomonas will provide another important avenue for the understanding of important biological processes.     

Extensive gene rearrangements in the chloroplast DNAs of Chlamydomonas species featuring multiple dispersed repeats

We have constructed a physical and gene map for the chloroplast DNA (cpDNA) of the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas gelatinosa, a close relative of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. At 285 kb, the C. gelatinosa cpDNA is 89 kb larger than its C. reinhardtii counterpart. The alterations in the order of 77 genes on the cpDNAs of these green algae are attributable to nine inversions and one event of expansion/contraction of the inverted repeat. These rearrangements are much more extensive than those previously reported between the cpDNAs of the closely related Chlamydomonas moewusii and Chlamydomonas pitschmannii. Because the divergence level of the C. gelatinosa and C. reinhardtii chloroplast-encoded large subunit rRNA gene sequences is equivalent to that of the corresponding C. moewusii and C. pitschmannii sequences, our results may suggest that, in the same period of time, there have been more numerous rearrangements in the lineage comprising C. gelatinosa and C. reinhardtii than in the lineage comprising C. moewusii and C. pitschmannii. Alternatively, given that substitution rates in chloroplast genes are not necessarily uniform across lineages, the extensive rearrangements between the C. gelatinosa and C. reinhardtii cpDNAs may reflect a longer divergence period for this pair of Chlamydomonas species compared to that for the C. moewusii/C. pitschmannii pair. We have also found that, like its C. reinhardtii homologue but unlike its C. moewusii and C. pitschmannii counterparts, the C. gelatinosa cpDNA features a large number of dispersed repeated sequences that are readily detectable by Southern blot hybridization with homologous fragment probes. Assuming that the two pairs of closely related Chlamydomonas species diverged at about the same time, these data suggest that the susceptibility of Chlamydomonas cpDNAs to rearrangements is correlated with the abundance of repeated sequences. Preliminary characterization of a 345-bp C. gelatinosa cpDNA region containing a repeated sequence by both DNA sequencing and Southern blot analysis has revealed no sequence homology between this region and the cpDNAs of C. reinhardtii and other Chlamydomonas species.      

Regulation of tolerance of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii to heavy metal toxicity by heme oxygenase-1 and carbon monoxide

Investigation of heavy metal tolerance genes in green algae is of great importance because heavy metals have become one of the major contaminants in the aquatic ecosystem. In plants, accumulation of heavy metals modifies many aspects of cellular functions. However, the mechanism by which heavy metals exert detrimental effects is poorly understood. In this study, we identified a role for HO-1 (encoding heme oxygenase-1) in regulating the response of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, a unicellular green alga, to mercury (Hg). Transgenic algae overexpressing HO-1 showed high tolerance to Hg exposure, with a 48.2% increase in cell number over the wild type, but accumulated less Hg. Physiological analysis revealed that expression of HO-1 suppressed the Hg-induced generation of reactive oxygen species. We further identified the effect of carbon monoxide (CO), a product of HO-1-mediated heme degradation, on growth and physiological parameters. Interestingly, administration of exogenous CO at non-toxic levels also conferred the tolerance of algae to Hg exposure. The CO-mediated alleviation of Hg toxicity was closely related to the lower accumulation of Hg and free radical species. These results indicate that functional identification of HO-1 is useful for molecular breeding designed to improve plant tolerance to heavy metals and reduce heavy metal accumulation in plant cells.     

外源基因在莱茵衣藻叶绿体中的表达

把莱茵衣藻(Chlamydomonas reinhardtii)叶绿体作为生物反应器来表达外源基因具有广阔的应用前景。人们利用莱茵衣藻叶绿体表达体系已成功表达多种重组蛋白,其中包括人类药用蛋白。综述了莱茵衣藻叶绿体转化的方法、影响外源基因表达的主要因素以及外源基因在莱茵衣藻叶绿体表达研究进展。     

Structure of the Chlamydomonas reinhardtii cabII-1 gene encoding a chlorophyll-a/b-binding protein

Gene cabII-1 is a light regulated gene that encodes the precursor of a major chlorophyll-a/b-binding protein in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. It is a member of a small gene family composed of about 3-7 members. Nucleotide sequencing data and S1 mapping reveal that the cabII-1 gene is interrupted by three introns. Except for the transit peptide and the N-terminus, the cabII-1 gene product is similar to cabII proteins in higher plants. The cabII-1 gene in C. reinhardtii appears to be an intermediate between type-I and type-II cabII genes described in higher plants.     

莱茵衣藻中Limp77基因干涉后油脂含量升高

随着能源危机问题日益严重,可再生能源的研究渐渐成为目前研究的热点.微藻生物能源又以众多的优点成为目前可再生能源的研究重点.我们发现,在减氮培养下的莱茵衣藻,其油脂含量增加,Limp77基因的表达量明显下降.Limp77基因编码的是一类CCCH型锌指蛋白,具有通过与DNA、RNA结合来实现转录的调控或通过调控其它基因转录的锌指蛋白来实现转录调控的功能,极可能参与到莱茵衣藻油脂代谢调控中.通过利用RNAi干涉技术构建Limp77基因的干涉载体,并通过玻璃珠法转入莱茵衣藻（Chlamydomonas reinhardtii）2A38中,研究其与油脂相关的生理生化指标的变化.实验结果表明,Limp 77基因明显抑制莱茵衣藻油脂的积累.