恒河猴大脑前额叶cDNA文库的构建

为筛选出与认知、记忆相关的脑部表达基因及基因家族，利用TRIzol试剂从恒河猴大脑前额叶组织抽提总RNA，再用纯化试剂盒从总RNA中成功纯化出mRNA。按照Stratagene公司的cDNA Synthesis Kit(200401)、ZAP-cDNA Synthesis Kit(200400)和ZAP-cDNA GigapackⅢ Gold Cloning Kit(200450)三个试剂盒的操作说明，构建了恒河猴大脑前额叶组织的cDNA文库。文库总库容为2.0×10 ⁶克隆；绝大多数的cDNA插入片段≥0.5 kb，平均长度≈1.0 kb；cDNA片段与噬菌体载体重组率为97.3%。文库各项指标均达要求，为克隆大脑PFC区表达基因、测定基因编码区序列、揭示具有多种剪切组合模式等提供了可靠资源，也为相关基因表达调控的研究提供了方便。     

毛冠鹿大脑组织全长cDNA文库构建

运用SMART技术构建了毛冠鹿(Elaphodus cephalophus)大脑组织全长cDNA文库。提取大脑组织总RNA,Oligotex mRNA Kit纯化、获得poly(A) RNA,以CDSⅢ/3′PCR引物进行逆转录,LD-PCR扩增获得全长双链cDNA,经SfiⅠ酶切及柱层析分离后,500 bp以上的片段与载体λTripIEx2连接,体外包装得到cDNA文库。经鉴定原始文库滴度为5.1×105pfu/ml,扩增后文库滴度为1.5×109pfu/ml,重组率达到85%以上,插入片断平均长度约为1.0 kb,说明构建文库质量符合要求,可用于大脑特异表达基因的筛选。从该文库中克隆到了rig基因全长,包含5′和3′非编码区,从第43至477个核苷酸为一完整阅读框(ORF),此阅读框可编码一个145氨基酸的rig蛋白。     

麋鹿血液cDNA文库的构建

为分离出MHCⅠ、Ⅱ基因,利用TRIzol 试剂从麋鹿血液组织中提取总RNA,经mRNA 纯化试剂盒纯化后,根据Stratagene 公司的cDNA 文库构建系统构建了麋鹿血液组织的cDNA 文库。初始文库滴度为1.96 ×106 pfu/ ml,总库容为1.96 ×106 个独立克隆;cDNA 插入片段平均长度约为1.0 kb;重组率为95.6 % 。文库各项指标均达标准经典cDNA 文库的基本要求。利用本实验室设计的可扩增MHCⅡ类DQA 基因第二外显子的引物检测扩增后的文库,得到了特异性非常好的目标条带,说明本文所建文库可以用于麋鹿MHC 相关基因的分离。     

人尿道(阴茎)鳞癌上皮细胞(HUS-98)cDNA文库的构建及鉴定

为了进一步分离人尿道(阴茎)鳞癌组织特异性表达基因和鳞癌特异性相关基因,采用SMART技术,构建了人尿道 (阴茎)鳞癌上皮细胞cDNA文库,从人尿道(阴茎)鳞癌上皮细胞中分离总RNA并纯化mRNA,利用经修饰的oligo(dT)引物 合成cDNA第一链,利用SMART核苷酸作为cDNA第一链在mRNA5′端延伸出去的模板,采用LD-PCR合成双链cDNA,双链 cDNA经酶切和过柱分级分离后,克隆入λTriplEx2载体后经体外包装而成cDNA文库。结果表明原始人尿道(阴茎)鳞癌上 皮cDNA文库获得1.57×107个重组子,重组率达到98%。文库扩增后,滴度达到4.0×109pfu/ml,插入cDNA平均长度为2.5kb。 构建的人尿道(阴茎)鳞癌上皮cDNA文库具有良好的质量,该cDNA文库为进一步筛选鳞癌抑癌基因及鳞癌特异性表达基因 奠定了基础。     

恒河猴tPA基因的克隆、测序与真核表达

目的对恒河猴tPA编码区cDNA进行测序和表达.方法采用RT-PCR方法从恒河猴淋巴细胞中扩增tPA基因,将获得的cDNA克隆于T载体,序列确定后再克隆至真核表达载体.结果测序结果表明恒河猴tPAcDNA编码区与人tPAcDNA编码区的核苷酸序列同源性为96%,由此所推导的氨基酸序列的同源性为97.5%.随后将恒河猴tPAcDNA克隆于真核表达载体,转染CHO细胞后成功表达出了有活性的tPA.培养上清检测结果显示其活性约为50?U/ml,略低于人tPA在CHO细胞中表达产物的活性.结论本研究首次报道了恒河猴tPA基因编码区的全长cDNA序列并获得了有活性的恒河猴tPA真核表达产物.将为进一步比较灵长类动物间tPA的生物学特性奠定基础.     

米曲霉(Aspergillus oryzae) RIB40全长cDNA文库的构建

【目的】构建米曲霉RIB40的全长cDNA表达文库,为米曲霉功能基因的开发以及次生代谢产物合成途径相关基因的筛选与克隆奠定基础。【方法】采用RNAiso法从米曲霉RIB40菌体中提取总RNA。选用PolyATract mRNA Isolation System Ⅲ试剂盒分离纯化mRNA。以5μg mRNA为模板,按照ZAP-cDNA Synthesis Kit试剂盒说明书要求合成单、双链cDNA,使用CHROMA SPIN-400柱离心层析纯化后连接于Uni-ZAP XR表达载体上,体外包装后转染Escherichia coli XL1-Blue宿主菌。【结果】构建了米曲霉RIB40的全长cDNA文库,初级文库滴度约为2.96×106 CFU/mL,重组率约为97.8%,插入片段平均长度大于1.5 kb,达到一个高质量cDNA文库的要求。文库扩增后,滴度达到3.4×1010 CFU/mL。【结论】米曲霉RIB40全长cDNA表达文库的成功构建,将会对米曲霉基础生物学研究及相关基因的筛选与克隆奠定基础。     

用少量样本进行抑制性消减杂交

利用根据cap-finder方法建立的全长cDNA合成技术,扩增获得了恒河猴着床点子宫内膜组织表达mRNA的双链cDNA,通过抑制性消减杂交,成功地构建了恒河猴着床点消减文库.随机挑选文库中的阳性克隆,经点杂交证明27％为着床点差异表达的克隆.由此表明抑制性消减杂交结合cap-finder扩增全长cDNA的方法,可以有效地从少量而珍贵的样本中获得高质量的消减文库.     

淫羊藿嫩叶cDNA文库的构建

以淫羊藿嫩叶为实验材料,用Trizol方法提取植物总RNA,纯化出mRNA,用SMART(the Switch Mechanism At the5′end of RNA Templates)技术反转录成cDNA,同时使用CHROMA SPIN-400凝胶柱层析纯化cDNA,最后将片断连入λTriplEx2 vector,经包装得到500μL原始文库,文库的滴度为1.2×106Pfu/mL。经体内切割后,随机挑选文库的20个阳性克隆进行PCR鉴定,算出文库的重组率为80%,扩增出的片断主要集中在0.5~2kb之间。结果说明文库质量较好,可以用于基因筛选。     

早老性痴呆大脑cDNA文库构建及目的基因克隆

 取临床确诊为早老性痴呆 (Alzheimer’sdisease ,AD)患者的大脑组织 ,应用磁珠法直接提取mRNA ,电泳检测其质量 .经逆转录合成双链cDNA后 ,用碱性凝胶电泳检测其大小在 0 .2～ 9.0kb范围 ,主要集中在 1.0～ 2 .0kb之间 .层析除去多余的adaptors ,收集大于 4 0 0bp的cDNA片段 ,与载体pYESTrp2连接 ,经电转化后 ,得到克隆总数为 5.1× 10 5的AD病人大脑cDNA文库 .用PCR技术从该文库中扩增得到小肠三叶因子 (intestinaltrefoilfactor ,ITF) [1] 和神经生长抑制因子 (growthin hibitoryfactor,GIF) [2 ] 的cDNA编码区 .研究表明 ,所构建的cDNA文库质量较高 ,可广泛用于AD病研究工作 .同时 ,将所克隆的GIF编码区插入到载体pHybLex Zeo上 ,构建成带饵基因的质粒 ,为进一步通过酵母双杂交方法搜寻与GIF相互作用的神经因子提供了必要条件     

Application of PIXE analysis to the study of the regional distribution of trace elements in normal human brain

A particle-induced X-ray emission (PIXE) analysis method is presented, which allows measurement of eight elements (i.e., K, Ca, Mn, Fe, Cu, Zn, Se, and Rb) in human brain samples of only a few mg dry weight. The precision and accuracy of the method were investigated by analyzing animal brain matter with both PIXE and instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA). The method was applied to measure the 8 elements in 46 different regions of 3 human brains. The sections analyzed originated from either the left or the right cerebral hemisphere, brain stem, and cerebellum. For one of the brains, sections were also analyzed from 26 corresponding regions of both hemispheres. For all elements, similar concentrations were found in the corresponding areas of the left and right sides of the brain. The concentrations (in μg/g dry weight) of the elements K, Fe, Cu, Zn, Se, and Rb were consistently higher in cortical structures than in white matter. Deep nuclei and brain stem, which have a mixed composition, showed intermediate values for K, Zn, Se, and Rb. A hierarchical cluster analysis indicated that the various brain regions clustered into two large groups, one comprising gray and mixed matter regions and the other, white and mixed matter brain areas.     

Alteration of Protease Levels in Different Brain Areas of Suicide Victims

Numerous recent studies found that proteases play a major role in brain function. In addition to their role in protein turnover, they have modulatory functions and an important role in apoptosis, pathological changes, and other mechanisms. To explore possible differences in brain protein metabolism of suicide victims, we examined the activity of two proteases, cathepsin D and calpain (I and II combined), in eleven discrete areas of postmortem brain tissue of 21 victims of suicide and of 31 age- and sex-matched control subjects without a history of psychiatric or neurological disease. The levels of functionally important amino acids in five of these areas were also measured. Cathepsin D activity was found to be lower in two of eleven regions of brains of suicide victims, the parahippocampal cortex and the medial hypothalamus, by 26% and 27%, respectively. Calpain activity was lower in two different areas tested, 29% in the medulla oblongata and 26% in the lateral prefrontal cortex, and was 18% higher in the midbrain. There were no significant differences in the other areas (globus pallidus, hippocampus, amygdala, caudate nucleus, ventral tegmental area, and nucleus accumbens). Protease distribution was regionally heterogeneous—the levels in the globus pallidus were low, and in the hippocampus high, with about a two-fold difference. The length of the postmortem period for obtaining tissue, the storage time of the frozen tissue, and the age of the subject had no apparent influence on the results obtained. Although there was a tendency toward higher levels of aspartate and glycine in brain areas from suicide victims, the difference was not significant. The variations among individual brains were greater in amino acid levels than in protease levels. The findings indicate the possible role of protein metabolism in depressive or suicidal behavior.     

Permeable Endothelium and the Interstitial Space of Brain

1. Fenestrated vessels can be reversibly induced in brain by agents that stimulate urokinase production. This plasminogen activator, like vascular endothelial growth factor and metalloproteinases, is secreted by tumor cells and may account for induction of fenestrated vessels. Why only some of the brain's barrier vessels are converted to fenestrated vessels is unknown.2. The structures responsible for the filtering of solutes by fenestrated vessels may be the same as those of continuous, less permeable vessels: the glycocalyx on the surfaces of the endothelial cells and the subendothelial basal lamina.3. Solutes leaving the cerebral ventricles immediately enter the interstitial clefts between the cells lining the ventricles. A fraction of a variety of solutes, injected into CSF compartments, is retained by subendothelial basal lamina, from which the solutes may be released in a regulated way.4. The brain's CSF and interstitial clefts are the conduits for nonsynaptic volume transmission of diffusible signals, e.g., ions, neurotransmitters, and hormones. This type of transmission could be abetted by a parallel, cell-to-cell volume transmission mediated by gap junctions between astrocytes bordering CSF compartments and parenchymal astrocytes.5. The width and contents of the interstitial clefts in fetal brain permit cell migration and outgrowth of neurites. The contents of the narrower and different interstitial clefts of mature brain permit solute convection but must be enzymatically degraded in order for cells to migrate through it.     

Glucose Transporter 1, Distribution in the Brain and in Neural Disorders: Its Relationship With Transport of Neuroactive Drugs Through the Blood-Brain Barrier

Facilitative glucose transport is mediated by one or more of the members of the closely related glucose transporter (GLUT) family. Thirteen members of the GLUT family have been described thus far. GLUT1 is a widely expressed isoform that provides many cells with their basic glucose requirement. It is also the primary transporter across the blood-brain barrier. This review describes the distribution and expression of GLUT1 in brain in different pathophysiological conditions including Alzheimers disease, epilepsy, ischemia, or traumatic brain injury. Recent investigations show that GLUT1 mediates the transport of some neuroactive drugs, such as glycosylated neuropeptides, low molecular weight heparin, and d-glucose derivatives, across the blood-brain barrier as a delivery system. By utilizing such highly specific transport mechanisms, it should be possible to establish strategies to regulate the entry of candidate drugs.     

Spatial distribution of mDLG6 mRNA in embryonic and adult mouse brain

We have isolated mouse DLG6 (mDLG6) cDNA clones by RT-PCR and then by using the RT-PCR products to screen a mouse brain cDNA library. The deduced amino acid sequence of mDLG6 shows 79.2% and 82.7% overall identity to human (hDLG6) and rat DLG6 (rDLG6), respectively. In situ hybridization revealed that mDLG6 mRNA is predominantly expressed in embryonic and adult brain.     

Effect of Intravenous Administration of d-Lysergic Acid Diethylamide on Subsequent Protein Synthesis in a Cell-Free System Derived from Brain

Abstract: An initiating cell-free protein synthesis system derived from brain was utilized to demonstrate that the intravenous injection of d -lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) to rabbits induced a transient inhibition of translation following a brief stimulatory period. Subfractionation of the brain cell-free system into postribosomal supernatant (PRS) and microsome fractions demonstrated that LSD in vivo induced alterations in both of these fractions. In addition to the overall inhibition of translation in the cell-free system, differential effects were noted, i.e., greater than average relative decreases in in vitro labeling of certain brain proteins and relative increases in others. The brain proteins of molecular weights 7SK and 95K, which were increased in relative labeling under conditions of LSD-induced hyperthermia, are similar in molecular weight to two of the major "heat shock" proteins reported in tissue culture systems. Injection of LSD to rabbits at 4°C prevented LSD-induced hyperthermia but behavioral effects of the drug were still apparent. The overall decrease in cell-free translation was still observed but the differential labeling effects were not. LSD appeared to influence cell-free translation in the brain at two dissociable levels: (a) an overall decrease in translation that was observed even in the absence of LSD-induced hyperthermia and (b) differential labeling effects on particular proteins that were dependent on LSD-induced hyperthermia.     

Characterization of an Initiating Cell-Free Protein Synthesis System Derived from Rabbit Brain

Abstract: Protein synthesis in the brain is known to be affected by a wide range of treatments. The detailed analysis of the mechanisms that are involved would be facilitated by the development of cell-free translation systems derived from brain tissue. To date, brain cell-free systems have not been fully characterized to demonstrate a capacity for initiation of translation. The following criteria were utilized to demonstrate that a cell-free protein synthesis system derived from rabbit brain was capable of initiation in vitro : (a) sensitivity of cell-free translation to the initiation inhibitor aurintricarboxylic acid (ATA); (b) binding of [³⁵S]Met-tRNA_f to 40S and 80S initiation complexes; (c) incorporation of labeled initiation methionine into high-molecular-weight proteins; and (d) the association of labeled exogenous mRNA with polysomes. The optimum conditions for amino acid incorporation in this system were 4 mM-Mg²⁺, 140 mM-K⁺, and pH 7.55. Incorporation was dependent on the addition of ATP, GTP, and an energy-generating system. Cell-free protein synthesis reflected the normal process, since a similar spectrum of proteins was synthesized in vitro and in vivo. This initiating cell-free translation system should have wide application in the analysis of the mechanisms whereby various treatments affect protein synthesis in the brain.     

Evidence that Plasmalogen is Protective Against Oxidative Stress in the Rat Brain

The antioxidant capabilities of phosphatidylethanolamine plasmalogen (PlsEtn), in vivo, against lipid peroxidation were investigated via acute phosphine (PH₃) administration in rats. Oxidative stress was assessed from measures of malondialdehyde and various enzyme activities, while NMR analyses of lipid and aqueous tissue extracts provided metabolic information in cerebellum, brainstem, and cortex. Brainstem had the highest basal [PlsEtn], and showed only moderate PH₃-induced oxidative damage with no loss of ATP. The lowest basal [PlsEtn] was observed in cortex, where PH₃ caused a 51% decrease in [ATP]. The largest oxidative effect occurred in cerebellum, but [ATP] was unaffected. Myo-inositol+ethanolamine pretreatment attenuated all PH₃ effects. Specifically, the pretreatment attenuated the ATP decrease in cortex, and elevated brain [PlsEtn] in the cerebellum, nearly abolishing the cerebellar oxidative effects. Our data suggest a high basal [PlsEtn], or the capacity to synthesize new ethanolamine lipids (particularly PlsEtn) may protect against PH₃ toxicity.     

Puromycin-based purification of rat brain capillary endothelial cell cultures. Effect on the expression of blood-brain barrier-specific properties

One of the main difficulties with primary rat brain endothelial cell (RBEC) cultures is obtaining pure cultures. The variation in purity limits the achievement of in vitro models of the rat blood-brain barrier. As P-glycoprotein expression is known to be much higher in RBECs than in any contaminating cells, we have tested the effect of five P-glycoprotein substrates (vincristine, vinblastine, colchicine, puromycin and doxorubicin) on RBEC cultures, assuming that RBECs would resist the treatment with these toxic compounds whereas contaminating cells would not. Treatment with either 4 microg/mL puromycin for the first 2 days of culture or 3 microg/mL puromycin for the first 3 days showed the best results without causing toxicity to the cells. Transendothelial electrical resistance was significantly increased in cell monolayers treated with puromycin compared with untreated cell monolayers. When cocultured with astrocytes in the presence of cAMP, the puromycin-treated RBEC monolayer showed a highly reduced permeability to sodium fluorescein (down to 0.75 x 10(-6) cm/s) and a high electrical resistance (up to 500 Omega x cm(2)). In conclusion, this method of RBEC purification will allow the production of in vitro models of the rat blood-brain barrier for cellular and molecular biology studies as well as pharmacological investigations.     

低氧大鼠脑线粒体体外转录活性的研究

目的：探讨低氧对大鼠脑线粒体DNA表达的影响及其与能量生成的关系。方法：雄性Wistar大鼠随机分为3组：急性低氧组（AH）、慢性低氧组（CH）和对照组,其中急、慢性低氧组动物分别连续暴露于模拟海拔4000m高原3d(AH)和40d（CH）。分离脑线粒体,分别测定线粒体体外转录活性、F0F1－ATP酶活性以及ATP对线粒体体外转录的影响。结果：急性低氧大鼠脑线粒体体外转录活性及F0F1－ATP酶活性显著降低,慢性低氧时有所回升,两者呈线性相关。ATP对大鼠脑线粒体体外转录活性呈双相效应。结论：低氧时脑线粒体转录活性改变可能参与低氧抑制线粒体能量代谢的机制,ATP可能通过反馈作用对线粒体转录进行微调。