苜蓿尺蠖核多角体病毒(AcNPV)DNA的提纯及多角体蛋白基因片段的克隆

本文报道了从被AcNPV感染的大蜡螟中提纯到AcNPV DNA,以质粒pBR325作为载体,从AcNPV基因组DNA EeoRI片段克隆中得到含AcNPV多角体蛋白基因片段的重组质粒。经原位杂交,酶切鉴定,DNA顺序分析,并与Hooft Van Iddekinge等人测定的结果比较,证明筛选到的7.3kb EcoRI片段包含了AcNPV多角体蛋白结构基因及其启动基因。核多角体病毒多角体蛋白启动基因是迄今为止在真核细胞中所发现的最强启动基因之一,是理想的表达外源基因的启动子。     

蓖麻蚕核型多角体病毒多角体蛋白基因的克隆和核苷酸序列分析

蓖麻蚕(Attacus ricini)是我国特有蚕种,以其核多角体病毒(ArNPV)为载体有可能发展成为新的基因工程表达系统,我们建立了ArNPV基因库,并亚克隆了含多角体蛋白(Ph)基因DNA片段。对该1.1kb全长DNA片段进行序列分析,确定ArNPV Ph结构基因全长735bp,与苜蓿尺蠖NPV(AcNPV)、家蚕NPV(BmNPV)同源性分别为76%和81%,ArNPV 5'端调控结构Rohrmann box与各类NPV的Ph基因相似,但3'下游序列几无同源,显示了ArNPV Ph基因结构的特征性。同时,我们还对Ph基因启动子的其它结构特点作了剖析。     

与人PC-1同源的鼠PC-1基因的启动子的分子克隆和特性分析

为了鉴定鼠mPC-1基因表达的调控元件,克隆并分析了该基因的启动子.构建了一系列mPC-1基因启动子的截短序列.通过荧光素酶报道基因,分析了它们在前列腺癌细胞和其它细胞中的表达.结果表明,在AR阳性细胞系中,mPC-1基因启动子活性远远高于SV40和p61-PSA 启动子,mPC-1基因启动子 599 bp 至449bp 可能含有一个负调控元件; mPC-1 1.1 kb 启动子控制的表达主要在前列腺癌细胞系中; 雄激素可调控mPC-1 1.1kb 启动子表达.mPC-1 1.1kb 序列是一个有前列腺癌细胞特异性和较强的启动子,经过进一步的修饰有可能作为一种有用的前列腺癌基因治疗元件.     

黑曲霉糖化酶高产和低产菌株糖化酶基因调控区的克隆及其分析比较

以PCR合成的糖化酶高产菌株黑曲霉(Asp. Niger)T21糖化酶基因5’近端非编码区588bp(EcoRI-BamHI)的序列为探针,从T21染色体DNA中克隆到近2.0kb的糖化酶基因5’端非编码区序列,并以此序列为探针从糖化酶低产菌株黑曲霉3.795(T21的诱变出发株)的染色体DNA中克隆到1.5kb的糖化酶基因5’端非编码区序列。该二序列的分析测定结果表明,其结构特征与文献报道的黑曲霉糖化酶基因5’端非编码区的基本一致,被称为“核心启动子”(Core promoter)的TATAAAT框及GCAAT框,分别在翻译起始点的-109bp及-178bp处。此外,在曲霉amdS,amyB基因中已发现有调控功能的CCAAT序列存在于-449bp和-799bp处。高产和低产菌株糖化酶基因5’端非编码区序列的分析比较结果表明,有9个部位的碱基发生了变化。此实验结果为进一步研究黑曲霉糖化酶基因在转录水平上的调控规律打下了基础。     

Diagnosis of Penaeus monodon-type baculovirus by PCR and by ELISA of occlusion bodies

The black tiger prawn Penaeus monodon is a valuable aquaculture product in Taiwan. Two specific diagnostic methods were established for P. monodon-type baculovirus, one using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) technology and the other enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) technology. Monodon-type baculovirus (MBV) was purified by sucrose gradient centrifugation from occlusion bodies of MBV-infected postlarvae of P. monodon. MBV DNA was subsequently purified from the occlusion bodies and its presence was confirmed by PCR using primers of the polyhedrin gene. Based on conserved sequences of the DNA polymerase genes of Autographa californica nuclear polyhedrosis virus (AcMNPV) and Lymantria dispar nuclear polyhedrosis virus (LdMNPV), primers were designed and synthesized to yield a 714 bp PCR fragment from MBV. However, the sequence of this fragment revealed low homology with that of LdMNPV and AcMNPV. From the DNA sequence of this fragment, a second set of primers was designed, and using these primers, a 511 bp DNA fragment was amplified only when MBV DNA was the template. DNA templates from AcMNPV, white spot syndrome diseased shrimp, or PMO cells (a cell line derived from the Oka organ of Penaeus monodon) did not give any amplified DNA fragment. Therefore, this primer pair was specific for the diagnosis of MBV. By using intraspleenic immunization of rabbits with purified MBV occlusion bodies, a polyclonal rabbit antiserum against MBV was obtained. This antiserum could detect nanogram levels of MBV, but did not cross react with white spot syndrome virus (WSSV), homogenates of PMO cells, postlarvae, hepatopancreatic tissue or intestinal tissue of black tiger prawns by competitive ELISA. This sensitive method could detect MBV even in tissue homogenates.     

家蚕NPV SOD基因序列和在大肠杆菌中表达

通过ＰＣＲ 克隆了家蚕核型多角体病毒（ＢｍＮＰＶ） ＳＯＤ基因, 并在大肠杆菌中进行表达, 证明了Ｂｍ ＮＰＶＳＯＤ基因产物确有ＳＯＤ活性, 其活力单位约为５７６ ｕ／ｍＬ 培养液。ＤＮＡ 测序结果表明Ｂｍ ＮＰＶ ＳＯＤ 基因编码１５１ 个氨基酸, 与人的ＳＯＤ１ 基因的核苷酸同源性为５６ ％ , 与ＡｃＮＰＶ 拟为的ＳＯＤ基因同源性为９７ ．２％ 。