枣疯病植原体实时荧光定量PCR检测方法的研究

目的:建立枣疯病植原体拷贝数检测实时荧光定量PCR方法,为枣疯病植原体定量检测提供技术支持。方法:构建质粒标准品,设计实时荧光PCR探针引物,优化体系,建立标准曲线,并进行重复性验证。结果:制备了枣疯病植原体标准质粒,建立了稳定的质粒标准品检测体系(R2=0.998,检测限10拷贝,定量限100拷贝)。结论:实时荧光定量PCR检测方法重复性好,可用于枣疯病植原体的拷贝数检测,为枣疯病植原体检验检测和病害防治提供了技术支持。     

狗牙根白化病植原体16S rDNA序列

[目的]狗牙根(草坪草的一种)白化病是狗牙根的一种重要病害,在全世界均有分布.为了确定中国大陆狗牙根白化病病原,进一步与世界其他地区的病原相比有无特异性.[方法]采用植原体16S rDNA PCR扩增、序列分析、Southern分子杂交等技术对狗牙根健康植株及白化病患病植株进行研究.[结果]仅白化病植株扩增获得1.3 kb的特异片段,序列分析表明特异片段与CandidatusPhytoplasm Cynodontis有99%同源性.Southern杂交有特异条带,大小在预期范围之内.证实了在中国大陆发生的狗牙根健株型白化病病原含有植原体.[结论]大陆狗牙根白化病病原中含有植原体,为该病病原的进一步鉴定与防治奠定了基础.     

柳树黄化病植原体的分子分类

[目的]柳树黄化病是一种重要的植原体病害,本研究旨在明确柳树黄化病植原体(Willow Yellow phytoplasma,WY)的分类地位,为进一步开展致病性和防治研究奠定基础.[方法]采用植原体特异引物通过PCR方法从患病植株DNA中扩增植原体16S rDNA基因和核糖体蛋白基因(ribosomal proteins gene,rp),对所得的序列进行分析,构建同源进化树,并用限制性片段长度多态性(RFTJP)对巢式PCR产物进行分析.[结果]首次从柳树黄化病植原体中分离出了16S rDNA基因和rp基因,大小分别为1246 bp和1212 bp.通过对植原体16S rDNA和rp基因的核苷酸同源性比较和RFLP分析,发现该分离物与16S rI组的核苷酸同源性均在99%以上,与16S rI-C亚组中的小麦蓝矮病植原体同源性高达99.8%(16Sr DNA)和99.6%(rp),且RFLP分析与16SrI-C亚组的植原体有相同的酶切条带.[结论]柳树黄化植原体应划分于16SrI-C亚组.     

小麦蓝矮病植原体胸苷酸激酶基因(tmk)的分离、原核表达及酶活性分析

[目的]克隆、表达小麦蓝矮病(WBD)植原体胸苷酸激酶基因(tmk),并分析酶活性,进一步研究胸苷酸激酶在植原体感染宿主及繁殖过程中的功能和作用机理,更好地防治植原体病害.[方法]PCR方法扩增tmk基因并进行序列分析,连接pET30a( )表达载体后原核表达,经Ni-NTA柱层析纯化后进行酶催化活性分析.[结果]首次从小麦蓝矮病(WBD)植原体基因组中分离出胸苷酸激酶基因(tmk),该基因包含tmk-1和tmk-2两种,大小分别为630 bp和624 bp,其编码的氨基酸序列均包含3个与结合NTP/NMP相关的保守功能区.表达的融合蛋白TMK-1活性极低,酶活仅16.4 U/mg,而 TMK-2酶活高达112.41 U/mg,且其最适催化条件为32℃、pH 7.3、1.5 mmol/L Mg2 和 1 mmol/L ATP.[结论]分析了胸苷酸激酶活性中心的一级结构序列及其催化活性随条件变化而改变的性质,为深入研究小麦蓝矮病植原体胸苷酸激酶在侵染寄主及其在宿主体内增殖的转录性质奠定基础.     

8株动物源编码Stx2短尾噬菌体的生物学特性

[目的]对8株源自大肠杆菌O157编码Stx2毒素的噬菌体生物学特性进行研究.[方法]丝裂霉素C诱导8株大肠杆菌O157菌株释放噬菌体,采用PCR作初步鉴定,分离、纯化噬菌体基因组,随机引物法地高辛(DIG)标记stx2基因片段作为探针,对纯化的噬菌体采用Southernblot进行Stx2噬菌体再次鉴定,透射电子显微镜观察纯化的8株Stx2噬菌体的形态特征,通过限制性内切酶图谱分析,确定噬菌体的核酸类型和基因组大小、以及限制性内切酶酶切片段多态性,并分析噬菌体的蛋白质组成特征.[结果]Southern blot证实分离的8株噬菌体为Stx2噬菌体,电镜下观察的各株Stx2噬菌体形态一致,头部均为正六边形,尾部很短,属于短尾噬菌体科,各株噬菌体之间存在相同的蛋白结构模式,基因组为双链DNA,限制性内切酶片段长度表现出一定的多态性,噬菌体的基因组大小从48.0-65.3 kb不等.[结论]来源不同菌株的8株编码Stx2噬菌体均为短尾噬菌体,其蛋白结构模式一致,但基因组具有不同组成.     

苏云金芽胞杆菌4.0718菌株中杀虫晶体蛋白基因的定位及鉴定

[目的]对苏云金芽胞杆菌(Bacillus thuringiensis,简称Bt)4.0718菌株中的杀虫晶体蛋白基因(insecticidal crystal protein gene,简称cry基因)进行定位和鉴定,系统分析高毒力Bt4.0718菌株的杀虫基因背景.[方法]采用脉冲电泳(PFGE)分离Bt 4.0718菌株的基因组DNA,确定该菌株的PFGE图谱和质粒图谱;采用Southern杂交分析该菌株中cry基因的定位,并使用PCR及PCR产物限制性片段长度多态性分析(PCR-RFLP)方法鉴定该菌株染色体和质粒上含有的cry基因类型.[结果]确定了Bt 4.0718菌株的PFGE图谱和质粒图潜,鉴定到Bt4.0718菌株的染色体和质粒上均定位有cry基因,且分别包含crylAa、crylAc、cry2Aa和cry2Ab 4种基因成分.但染色体上含有的cry基因可能不如质粒上含有的cry基因具有完整的开放阅渎框.[结论]首次在Bt 4.0718菌株的染色体上发现有丰富的cry基因,且与质粒上含有的cry基因类型一致.     

粟酒裂殖酵母染色体DNA的脉冲电泳分析

采用等高锁状均质电场（CHEF）凝胶电泳技术,对来自中国微生物菌种保藏委员会普通微生物中心的粟酒裂殖酵母（Schizosaccharomycespombe）菌株AS2.214进行染色体DNA分析。CHEF电泳结果显示菌株AS2.214的4条染色体DNA的分子大小分别约为5900kb、3200kb、2500kb和550kb,基因组大小约为12000kb。供试菌株AS2.214第Ⅰ条染色体DNA为5900kb与已研究报道的菌株972h和HM248（5700kb）的基本一致,第Ⅱ条染色体DNA（3200kb）和第皿条染色体DNA（2500kb）,分别较上述2个菌株约小1400kb和1000kb,第Ⅳ条染色体DNA的分子大小与部分非整倍体菌株HM248的极微染色体Ch16DNA相近（500kb）。研究结果表明粟酒裂殖酵母菌株间染色体DNA长度存在显著差异,菌株AS2.214可能是三倍体减数分裂所产生的稳定的部分非整倍体。     

荷斯坦奶牛瘤胃微生物元基因组Fosmid文库的构建与分析

采用包埋法提取荷斯坦奶牛瘤胃微生物大片段总DNA,纯化后脉冲场电泳回收大小为36～48 kb,与pcc2FOS vector连接,转染至大肠埃希菌EPI 300宿主细胞,构建瘤胃微生物Fosmid基因组文库.对文库进行鉴定,该文库平均插入片段大小约35 kb,共保存30 000个克隆,空载体率小于2%,库容达1 050 Mb.     

实时荧光定量PCR法检测转基因小鼠拷贝数

目的利用实时荧光定量PCR法鉴定转基因小鼠外源基因插入拷贝数。方法以TG-CARK转基因首见鼠为研究对象,选取小鼠的高度保守基因Fabpi为内参,利用绝对定量的实时荧光PCR法鉴定转基因小鼠拷贝数,并与传统的Southern blot方法的定量结果进行比较。结果实时定量PCR鉴定的转基因拷贝数与Southernblot法完全一致,三只TG-CARK首见小鼠的拷贝数分别为1,7,45。结论实时定量PCR技术具有高准确性、高稳定性、高通量和低成本的优点,是比传统杂交技术更好的鉴定小鼠转基因拷贝数的方法。     

脉冲场凝胶电泳对铜绿假单胞菌的分子检测与相关性分析

目的应用PFGE对医院环境物体表面分离到的铜绿假单胞菌进行相关性检测与分析,探讨PFGE在监测和控制医院感染方面的意义。方法选择SpeⅠ酶对铜绿假单胞菌染色体DNA进行酶切,选用适宜的实验条件采用脉冲场凝胶电泳技术分析电泳酶切指纹图谱,了解其流行状况。结果14株铜绿假单胞菌基因组DNA经SpeⅠ限制性内切酶酶切后电泳,在30~800 kb之间产生18~24条大小不同的DNA切割片段区带。可分为9个带型。结论PFGE具有分辨力高,重复性好的特点,是铜绿假单胞菌分子流行病学分析的理想方法。     

Comparative Genome Analysis of Wheat Blue Dwarf Phytoplasma,an Obligate Pathogen That Causes Wheat Blue Dwarf Disease in China

Wheat blue dwarf (WBD) disease is an important disease that has caused heavy losses in wheat production in northwestern China. This disease is caused by WBD phytoplasma, which is transmitted by Psammotettix striatus. Until now, no genome information about WBD phytoplasma has been published, seriously restricting research on this obligate pathogen. In this paper, we report a new sequencing and assembling strategy for phytoplasma genome projects. This strategy involves differential centrifugation, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, whole genome amplification, shotgun sequencing, de novo assembly, screening of contigs from phytoplasma and the connection of phytoplasma contigs. Using this scheme, the WBD phytoplasma draft genome was obtained. It was comprised of six contigs with a total size of 611,462 bp, covering ∼94% of the chromosome. Five-hundred-twenty-five protein-coding genes, two operons for rRNA genes and 32 tRNA genes were identified. Comparative genome analyses between WBD phytoplasma and other phytoplasmas were subsequently carried out. The results showed that extensive arrangements and inversions existed among the WBD, OY-M and AY-WB phytoplasma genomes. Most protein-coding genes in WBD phytoplasma were found to be homologous to genes from other phytoplasmas; only 22 WBD-specific genes were identified. KEGG pathway analysis indicated that WBD phytoplasma had strongly reduced metabolic capabilities. However, 46 transporters were identified, which were involved with dipeptides/oligopeptides, spermidine/putrescine, cobalt and Mn/Zn transport, and so on. A total of 37 secreted proteins were encoded in the WBD phytoplasma chromosome and plasmids. Of these, three secreted proteins were similar to the reported phytoplasma virulence factors TENGU, SAP11 and SAP54. In addition, WBD phytoplasma possessed several proteins that were predicted to play a role in its adaptation to diverse environments. These results will provide clues for research on the pathogenic mechanisms of WBD phytoplasma and will also provide a perspective about the genome sequencing of other phytoplasmas and obligate organisms.     

利用脉冲电泳技术转化玉米获得转基因植株的研究

本研究采用脉冲电泳技术将外源Bar基因和B-t基因转化玉米种胚并直接成苗,通过除草剂抗性初步筛选,再进行PCR检测、Southem杂交验证,探讨了脉冲电泳介导外源基因直接转化玉米种胚的有效性,结果表明：脉冲电泳技术介导玉米转基因是有效可行的,其T0代植株PCR阳性率与T1代植株转化率分别为11．36％和1．04％。在外源基因的转化中,处于不同启动子下的B-t基因和Bar基因共转化频率为90．9％。T1代PCR表现为阳性的植株Southem杂交结果显示脉冲电泳法介导的外源基因在受体中多为单拷贝,且已遗传给后代,并获得稳定表达。     

Molecular and microscopical detection of aster yellows phytoplasma associated with infected parsnip

Typical phytoplasma yellows symptoms were observed in parsnip (Pastinaca sativa L.) plants grown around Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Examination of ultrathin sections of leaf midribs by electron microscopy revealed numerous phytoplasma bodies localized in the phloem cells. DNA extracted from the infected leaves was amplified with a 16S rDNA universal primer pair P1/P6 giving the expected PCR product of 1.5 kb. The phytoplasma was confirmed as a member of the aster yellows (AY) group by amplification with the specific primer pair R16(1)/F1/R1 that was designed on the basis of AY phytoplasma 16S rDNA sequences. In the nested PCR assays, the expected DNA fragment of 1.1 kb was amplified with this specific primer set. Similar restriction patterns were found for the 1.1 kb PCR products of the phytoplasma isolated from parsnip and an AY phytoplasma control after digestion with restriction endonucleases AluI, HhaI, KpnI and RsaI. This is the first reported observation of aster yellows in parsnip in Canada.     

Physical map of the chromosome of the apple proliferation phytoplasma

A physical map of the apple proliferation phytoplasma strain AT chromosome was constructed from genomic DNA extracted from diseased tobacco plants. The map was generated with single and double digestions of the chromosome with BssHII, SmaI, MluI, and ApaI restriction endonucleases and resolving the fragments by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. Partial digestion and Southern blot analysis were used to assist in the arrangement of the 14 contiguous restriction fragments obtained. From the restriction fragments generated by double digestions, the size of the circular chromosome was calculated to be approximately 645 kb. Locations of the two rRNA operons, the operon including the fus and tuf genes, and three other genes were placed on the map. Genome sizes and BssHII restriction profiles of apple proliferation strain AP15 and the pear decline and European stone fruit yellows phytoplasmas were different from that of strain AT.     

Huntington disease-linked restriction fragment length polymorphism localized within band p16.1 of chromosome 4 by in situ hybridization.

A 5.5-kilobase (kb) single sequence DNA fragment (G8) reveals the DNA polymorphic locus D4S10 on Southern blot analysis. This locus is closely linked to Huntington disease and has been mapped to chromosome 4 short arm using human-mouse somatic cell hybrids, and specifically to chromosome 4 band p16 using DNA from individuals with deletions of chromosome 4 short arm who exhibit Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome. With in situ hybridization techniques, we have confirmed the location of D4S10 on chromosome 4 and further localized it within band p16 utilizing five patients, four with overlapping chromosome 4 short-arm aberrations. The DNA segment G8 was hybridized to the mataphase chromosomes of the five patients. Two of them have different interstitial deletions of one of the chromosome 4 short arms (TA and BA), two have different chromosome 4 short-arm terminal deletions (RG and DQ), and one has a normal male karyotype. By noting the presence or absence of hybridization to the partially deleted chromosomes with known precise breakpoints, we were able to more accurately localize probe G8 to the distal half of band p16.1 of chromosome 4.     

Physical map of the Streptomyces lividans 66 genome and comparison with that of the related strain Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2).

A physical map of the chromosome of Streptomyces lividans 66 ZX7 was constructed by ordering the macrorestriction fragments generated from the genomic DNA with the restriction enzymes AseI and DraI. AseI and DraI linking cosmids (i.e., recombinant cosmids including either AseI or DraI sites) were isolated from a gene bank and used as hybridization probes against Southern transfers of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) restriction patterns. The DraI sites were precisely mapped by PFGE analyses of AseI-DraI double digests and hybridization with the AseI junctions. The 16 AseI and 7 DraI fragments were aligned as a single chromosome of about 8,000 kb. The data supported the interpretation that the chromosome is a linear structure. The related strain Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2) M145, recently mapped by H. Kieser, T. Kieser, and D. A. Hopwood (J. Bacteriol. 174:5496-5507, 1992), was compared with S. lividans at the level of the genomic structure by hybridizing the linking cosmids to Southern transfers of PFGE patterns. In spite of little apparent similarity in their restriction patterns, the comparison of the physical maps revealed a common structure with an identical ordering of the cosmid sequences. This conservation of the map order was further confirmed by assigning genetic markers (i.e., cloned genes and DNA elements relevant to the unstable region) to the AseI fragments.     

Aster Yellows Phytoplasma Identified in Scentless Chamomile by Microscopical Examinations and Molecular Characterization

Scentless chamomile (Matricaria perforata Mérat) plants were commonly found infected with a yellows-type disease caused by phytoplasma in several fields in Alberta, Canada. Typical phytoplasmas were detected in the phloem cells in ultrathin sections from leaf, stem, root and flower petiole tissues examined by electron microscopy. Application of 4′6-diamidino-2-phenylindole- 2HCl (DAPI) staining techniques confirmed the presence of the phytoplasma in these tissues. These observations were supported by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assays, using two primer pairs, P1/P6 and R16(1)F1/R1, derived from phytoplasma rDNA sequences. Aster yellows and potato witches′-broom (PWB) DNA phytoplasma samples served as positive controls and were used to study group relatedness. In a direct PCR assay, DNA amplification with universal primer pair P1/P6 gave the expected PCR products of 1.5 kb. Based on a nested-PCR assay using the latter PCR products, as templates, and a specific primer pair R16(1)F1/R1 designed on the basis of AY phytoplasma rDNA sequences, a PCR product of 1.1 kb was obtained from each phytoplasma-infected chamomile and AY samples but not from PWB phytoplasma and healthy chamomile controls. DNA amplification with specific primer pair R16(1)F1/R1 and restriction fragment length polymorphism indicated the presence of AY phytoplasma in the infected scentless chamomile sample.     

PCR-mediated whole genome amplification of phytoplasmas

A method was developed for genome analysis of phytoplasmas, bacterial plant pathogens that cannot be cultivated in vitro in cell-free media. The procedure includes a CsCl-bisbenzimide gradient buoyant centrifugation followed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-mediated whole genome amplification. The latter step involves digestion of the DNA by a restriction enzyme with an A/T-rich recognition sequence. Due to the different A/T content in the DNA of the pathogen and its plant host, the fragments originating from phytoplasma are shorter and are preferentially amplified in the PCR reaction. Products obtained were cloned and screened by dot-blot hybridization. Results showed that about 90% of recombinant clones appeared to harbor phytoplasma specific DNA inserts. Sequencing of randomly selected clones was carried out and comparison with the NCBI database confirmed the bacterial origin for the sequences, which have been assigned a putative function. The origin of the recombinant clones was further confirmed by the generation of specific amplicons from the phytoplasma-infected plant and not from the healthy control, using PCR primers devised from the sequences of the recombinant clones. This method could be used for genome-wide comparisons between phytoplasmas.