美洲拟鲽抗冻肽基因在E.coli中的表达

动物抗冻肽(AFP)能降低动物体液冰点而使其能在寒冷的环境中生活,因而AFP在防寒抗冻方面有较大的应用潜力。根据美洲拟鲽AFP基因的cDNA序列,人工合成了AFP及其含前导序列的proAFP的cDNA,并构建成pAFP及pPAFP原核表达载体。由于AFP表达量少且蛋白分子很小,用SDS-蛋白电泳难以检测。为了提高检测的灵敏度,把报道基因CAT的cDNA按读码框连接到AFP的3′末端,构建成融合基因表达载体pAFP/CAT和pPAFP/CAT。在大肠杆菌表达系统JM109(DE 3)中诱导表达。结果表明,融合蛋白AFP/CAT和proAFP/CAT具有明显CAT活力。这表明AFP和proAFP可以在大肠杆菌中表达。     

Regulated expression of chimaeric genes containing the 5''-flanking regions of human growth hormone-related genes in transiently transfected rat anterior pituitary tumor cells.

The expression and hormonal regulation of chimaeric genes containing the 5'-flanking regions of the normal human growth hormone (hGH-1), the variant hGH (hGH-2) and chorionic somatomammotropin (hCS-1) genes fused to the chloramphenicol acetyl transferase (CAT) gene has been examined after transient transfection into cultured rat pituitary (GC), and non-pituitary (HeLa and Rat 2) tumor cells. As assessed by levels of CAT activity, the hGH-1 and hCS-1 gene hybrids were expressed at 5- to 25-fold higher levels in GC cells than in HeLa or Rat 2 cells. The hGH-2 gene hybrid was expressed at very low levels in all 3 cell types. Triiodothyronine treatment of transiently transfected GC cells had little effect on CAT activity from the hGH-1 gene hybrid but increased CAT activity from the hCS-1 gene hybrid. A slight but significant increase in CAT expression was detected with both genes after dexamethasone treatment. The data indicate that elements present on the hGH-1 and hCS-1 genes' 5'-flanking DNA are required for the efficient expression of these genes in GC cells.