水稻重复序列RRD3缺失体介导gusA在水稻愈伤组织中的表达

将水稻中等重复序列RRD3及其系列缺失体克隆到植物启动子检测载体中,通过根癌土壤杆菌介导转化水稻愈伤组织,利用GUS组织化学方法检测其在水稻愈伤组织中的启动子活性。结果显示：全长RRD3、410bp及150bp缺失体具有强的启动子活性,而700bp、120bp缺失体仅有弱的启动子活性。通过与RRD3系列缺失体在哺乳动物CHO细胞中的启动子活性比较后推测：在RRD3中存在两个真核生物启动子的调控元件,一个对动物细胞的启动子起正调控,但对植物细胞中的启动子起负调控作用;另一个调控元件仅对动物细胞的启动子起负调控,而对植物细胞启动子无影响。此外在RRD3序列中至少存在一个与TATA盒相关的真核启动子核心元件,但在动物和植物细胞中的调控方式不同。     

细胞因子对血管平滑肌细胞MMP-2基因表达的诱导及其作用机制研究

为了探讨血管平滑肌细胞 ( VSMC)基质金属蛋白酶 - 2 ( MMP- 2 )基因的表达调控机制 ,利用Northern印迹杂交和 MMP- 2活性酶图分析检查 b FGF、TNF- α和 IL- 1 β对 VSMC MMP- 2基因表达的影响 ,应用电泳迁移率改变实验 ( EMSA)和 CAT分析对其作用机制进行研究 .结果证实 ,3种细胞因子均能显著诱导 MMP- 2基因表达 ,其作用强度依次为 b FGF>TNF-α>IL - 1β.将 MMP-2基因 5′侧翼 - 61 9～ 1 9bp调控序列克隆进携带报告基因的重组质粒 p SV0 - CAT后 ,经转染VSMC及 CAT分析显示 ,在上述 3种细胞因子的作用下 ,该调控序列可激活 cat基因表达 ,三者促进 cat表达的活性与其诱导 VSMC表达 MMP- 2的结果相一致 ;EMSA结果显示 ,被 b FGF和TNF- α刺激的 VSMC中产生与该基因调控区序列特异结合的转录调控因子 .提示细胞因子除可激活 VSMC细胞周期调节基因表达外 ,还可通过诱导 MMP- 2表达而发挥其对细胞外基质代谢的调节作用及参与 VSMC迁移的启动过程 ;细胞因子对 VSMC MMP- 2基因表达的诱导作用是通过促进转录调控因子的合成或活化而实现的 .     

水稻重复序列RRD3:植物启动子及其在RNA干涉中的应用

RRD3是通过复性动力学从水稻基因组中克隆到的一个中度重复序列,序列分析揭示其含有多个保守的启动子元件,包括4个TATA-boxes和CAAT-box,在Escherichia coli及哺乳动物表达系统中均表现出启动子活性。我们将RRD3片段插入到植物启动子捕获载体pCAMBIA1391Z中,检测RRD3片段是否在植物中也有启动子活性,转基因烟草再生植株和水稻愈伤组织均显示了gusA基因的表达,表明其在单子叶和双子叶植物中均可行使启动子功能。基于RRD3的双效启动子特性,我们设计并构建了植物通用双元RNAi载体pCRiRRD3,适于进行植物的RNA干涉实验研究。我们在植物RNAi载体pCRiRRD3的内含子(200bp)的上下游分别引入了2个多克隆位点,方便了正义及反义片段的接入。转基因烟草植株的GUS组织化学及荧光定量分析表明该载体可有效进行RNA沉默。这些研究结果表明,利用单子叶和双子叶双效活性的RRD3启动子而构建的植物RNAi载体,可同时有效地应用于大部分单子叶和双子叶植物的RNAi实验及研究。     

准噶尔雅罗鱼β-肌动蛋白基因启动子的克隆及其活性功能初步检测

以开发利用新疆濒危鱼类准噶尔雅罗鱼(Leuciscus merzbacheri)基因资源为研究目的, 利用PCR技术克隆准噶尔雅罗鱼的β-actin 基因, 得到的β-actin 基因片段SZ21包含启动调控区, 大小为2 398 bp。SZ21的启动调控区包括β-actin 基因上游调控序列、第1、第2、第3和第4外显子部分序列。上游调控序列中含有对转录起重要作用的CAAT框、TATA 框和CArG 框等元件。对启动子序列在线分析表明, 获得的启动子含有E-box、RU49、ZBPF、CEBP、CREB等多个重要转录因子结合位点。用AatⅡ破坏真核表达载体pEGFP-N1-AFPⅢ中的CMV启动子, 将准噶尔雅罗鱼的SZ21启动调控区克隆到载体pEGFP-N1-AFPⅢ(CMV坏)上, 构建成重组表达载体β2 pEGFP-N1-AFPⅢ。脂质体转染BHK-21细胞。结果表明, 克隆的准噶尔雅罗鱼β-actin基因启动子SZ21具有启动EGFP报告基因在哺乳动物细胞中表达的活性。通过BHK-21绿色荧光细胞的传代证实, 克隆的启动子具有持续启动蛋白基因表达的活性, 在细胞传代中可以遗传。PCR检测传代的BHK-21绿色荧光细胞基因组DNA, 均能检测到SZ21目的片段。文章成功分离了具有活性功能的准噶尔雅罗鱼β-actin基因启动子。     

Akt3稳定表达细胞株的建立及其对MDA-MB-231细胞增殖的影响

目的 构建人蛋白激酶Bγ（Akt3）基因编码区序列（cDNA）的真核表达载体、建立其稳定表达细胞株并观察其对MDA-MB-231细胞增殖的影响.方法 从流产胎儿脑组织中提取总RNA,采用RT-PCR方法扩增Akt3 cDNA的全长序列后克隆入pEGFP-N2质粒中,构建成Akt3基因真核表达载体,然后转染入MDA-MB-231细胞中,新霉素筛选稳定转染细胞克隆,通过MTT实验,研究转染Akt3基因前后细胞增殖的变化.结果 重组载体经酶切鉴定和测序证实目的 基因正确无误.Western印迹检测结果显示AKT3融合蛋白在MDA-MB-231细胞中表达良好,而转染空载体及未转染细胞对照中未见有此融合蛋白质条带;MTT结果显示AKT3表达上调的稳定克隆组,其增殖活性显著高于空载体稳定转染细胞组及未转染亲代细胞组,差异具有统计学意义（P＜0.01）,而后两者差异无统计学意义（P＞0.05）.结论 Akt3过表达可增强MDA-MB-231细胞的增殖.     

MDR1基因单靶点双荧光素酶报告基因系统的建立

目的通过构建以MDR1启动子为启动序列的双荧光素酶报告基因系统并进行活性分析,为MDR1基因表达的单靶点调控研究和逆转剂的筛选提供一种有效的方法。方法从HCT-8细胞中提取DNA并克隆含有MDR1基因启动子中Y—box序列。将该序列重组到萤光素酶报告基因载体pGL-3．Basic的启动区域中,从而构建报告基因载体pGL-MDR1。将pGL-MDR1和pRL-TK载体共转染到HCT-8和HCT-8／VCR细胞中。通过调节不同载体的比例来优化转染效率。利用MDRI基因激活剂（热诱导）和抑制剂（EGCG）等处理来分析其启动转录活性受外界因素的影响。结果通过直接测序法验证了pGL-MDR1含有MDR1基因启动子Y—box序列且没有出现碱基突变。在pGL-MDR1和pRL-TK的转染比例为5：5时,转染效率最高并具有最高的萤光素酶活性。通过MDR1基因激活处理后表现为时间依赖性地激活MDR1基因的表达,而MDR1基因抑制剂的作用则相反。结论MDR1启动子为启动序列的双荧光素酶报告基因系统建立成功。该系统不但可以用于研究活体生物发光成像和MDRI基因表达的机理,而且可用于单靶点的多药耐药抑制剂的筛选。     

MEKK3稳定表达细胞株的建立及其对A549细胞增殖的影响

目的 构建人MEKK3基因编码区序列（cDNA）的真核表达载体、建立其稳定表达细胞株并观察其对肺腺癌细胞增殖的影响.方法 从A549细胞中提取总RNA,应用RT-PCR扩增MEKK3 cDNA的全长序列后克隆入pcDNA3.1/hygro（＋）质粒中,构建成MEKK3基因的真核表达载体,然后转染入人肺腺癌A549细胞中,潮霉素筛选稳定转染克隆,通过MTT实验,研究转染MEKK3基因前后细胞增殖的变化.结果 重组载体经酶切鉴定和测序证实目的 基因正确无误,Western印迹检测结果显示MEKK3基因在A549细胞中具有良好的表达;荧光实时定量PCR结果表明MEKK3基因在其稳定转染的A549细胞克隆中表达上调,与空载体稳定转染及未转染细胞比较,差异具有统计学意义（P＜0.05）;MTT结果显示MEKK3表达上调的稳定克隆组,A549细胞的增殖活性显著增强（A570=0.876 1±0.074 5）,明显高于空载体稳定转染组（A570=0.582 8±0.070 3）及未转染亲代细胞组（A570=0.584 9±0.035 2）,差异具有统计学意义（P＜0.01）,而后两者之间差异无统计学意义（P＞0.05）.结论 MEKK3表达上调可导致肺腺癌细胞的增殖增强.     

马传染性贫血病毒驴白细胞弱毒疫苗株及其亲本驴强毒株长末端重复序列(LTR)的启动子活性比较

将马传染性贫血病毒驴强毒(donkey-adapted equine infectious anemia virus,D-A EIAV)、马传染性贫血病毒驴白细胞弱毒(donkey leukocyte attenuated EIAV,DLA EIAV)及EIAV Wyoming株的全长长末端重复序列(LTR)分别克隆到报告基因载体pCAT-Basic vector中,获得重组质粒p-D-A-LTR-CAT、p-DLA-LTR-CAT及p-Wyo-LTR-CAT.将这3个重组质粒分别体外转染EIAV阴性健康驴的白细胞,比较这三者LTR启动报告基因CAT表达的基础活性和在tat-pcDNA3共转染条件下激活活性的差异.结果表明:在驴白细胞中,DLA EIAV LTR启动CAT表达的活性略高于D-A EIAV LTR;而与EIAV Wyoming株LTR比较,DLA EIAV与D-A EIAV二者LTR启动CAT表达的活性都较低.在有共转染重组表达质粒tat-pcDNA3条件下,D-A EIAV、DLA EIAV及EIAV Wyoming株LTR起始CAT表达的活性都得到提高,分别提高了4.8倍、6.0倍和3.2倍.上述结果提示,LTR可能是体现DLA EIAV驴白细胞适应性的因素,不一定是影响其毒力减弱的根本原因.     

人β1整合素启动子核心启动序列初步分析

目的:分析人β1整合素在HaCat细胞中核心启动片段.方法:以本室构建的含整合素β1全长启动子1745 bp基因序列(-1745bp～+11 bp)的重组栽体pGL3-1756为模板,用含有酶切位点的特异性引物扩增出整合素β1启动子-845 bp～304bp间基因序列,克隆至荧光素酶表达载体pGL3 basic,构建含正确目的基因重组载体pGL3-542.用pGL3-1756、和pGL3-542质粒转染人表皮细胞株HaCat进行活性分析.结果:酶切及序列测定表明,克隆后插入pGL3 basic中的启动子片段与GenBank DNA序列数据库对比分析序列一致,且插入方向正确.在人永生化表皮细胞株(HaCat细胞)中构建的pGL3-542载体具有很强的启动活性.结论:成功构建了整合素Bl远端启动子542 bp片段载体,在HaCat细胞中具有非常强的启动活性.人整合素β1整合素启动子核心启动序列可能位于-845 bp～-304 bp.     

肌肉LIM蛋白增强生肌素对AChRγ启动子的反式激活作用

采用RT PCR技术克隆了大鼠肌肉LIM蛋白 (MLP) 6 40bp的全长cDNA序列 .以此cDNA为探针进行的Northern印迹表明 ,MLP于C2C12细胞在分化的第 3d至第 5d表达 .将MLPcDNA亚克隆至pcDNA3,构建真核表达质粒pcDNA3 MLP ,同时构建AChRγ启动子序列 (96 0bp)调控的荧光素酶报告基因真核表达质粒pGL3 γ .C2C12细胞转染及荧光素酶活性分析表明 ,复合转染pcD NA3 MLP和pGL3 γ的分化肌细胞表达的荧光素酶活性约为对照的 4倍 ;而在 3T3或未分化肌细胞复合转染pcDNA3 MLP和pGL3 γ均未检出报告基因表达 ,说明MLP可促进生肌素对AChRγ亚基基因启动子的反式激活作用 .     

Promoter Function of a Rice Repetitive DNA Sequence RRD3 in Transgenic Plants

A 820 bp rice (Oryza sativa L.) repetitive DNA sequence, the RRD3, was cloned by annealing kinetics. From the sequence analysis, there are several conserved promoter motifs in the sequence such as TATA-box, CAAT-box, etc. In order to detect the promoter function of RRD3, RRD3 was inserted into Ti plasmid pBI121 to replace the CaMV 35S promoter DNA fragment. Both transgenic tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) G28 and rice callus showed the β-glucuronidase (GUS) activity by histochemical assays, the GUS activities of the transgenic tobacco were primarily localized at or around the vascular tissue in leaf and stem. These results indicated that RRD3 can exercise promoter function. The core sequence of promoter of RRD3 will be located.     

A "CAT" family of repetitive DNA sequences in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

An oligonucleotide probe was used to isolate yeast genomic clones containing DNA sequences with repetitive elements consisting primarily of a tandemly arranged trinucleotide, CAT. Hybridization analyses estimate that the yeast genome contains 40-50 CAT clusters, representing the first repetitive DNA sequence family found in yeast. Sequence analyses show short spacers between the CAT repeats consisting of closely related trinucleotides, primarily CGT. Some of the CAT clusters are located in longer repeating elements with lengths of 7 nucleotides or more. In one case a three-times-repeated 27-nucleotide sequence bears striking homology to the 21-base pair repeat region of the mammalian simian virus 40 promoter element. Hybridization studies further suggest that the "CAT" sequences may be widely dispersed in many diverse organisms including Escherichia coli, Drosophila, and man.     

谷氨酸棒杆菌/大肠杆菌穿梭型启动子探测载体构建

从质粒pXZ10145和pUC19出发,构建了一个谷氨酸棒杆菌/大肠杆菌穿梭载体pAK6。pAK6的大小为5684bp,带有卡那霉素和氨苄青霉素抗性选择标记,以及多克隆位点。在pAK6基础上,构建了以氯霉素乙酰转移酶为报告基因的启动子探测载体pAKC6,pAKC6的大小为6474bp。采用鸟枪法,将经Sau3AI消化的谷氨酸棒杆菌基因组片段连入pAKC6;根据谷氨酸棒杆菌对氯霉素的抗性,从中分离出两个具有启动子功能的插入片段。通过测定报告基因氯霉素乙酰转移酶的活性,对两个启动子片段在谷氨酸棒杆菌中的强度进行了初步的判断;测序后,用启动子预测软件对其结构进行了预测,证实了启动子序列的存在。     

Fixation of the unmethylated or the 5''-CCGG-3'' methylated adenovirus late E2A promoter-cat gene construct in the genome of hamster cells: gene expression and stability of methylation patterns.

The late E2A promoter of adenovirus type 2 (Ad2) DNA can be inactivated by in vitro methylation of three 5'-CCGG-3' sequences at positions +23, +5, and -215 relative to the cap site in this promoter. This inactivation has been documented in transient expression experiments both in Xenopus laevis oocytes and in mammalian cells (K.-D. Langner, L. Vardimon, D. Renz, and W. Doerfler, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 81:2950-2954, 1984; K.-D. Langner, U. Weyer, and W. Doerfler, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 83:1598-1602, 1986). In the present study, in vitro-methylated or unmethylated promoter-gene assemblies were permanently fixed by integration in the hamster genome. In individually established cell lines, the degree of promoter methylation was correlated to gene activity. The pAd2E2AL-CAT construct, in which the late E2A promoter controls expression of the procaryotic chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (cat) gene, was fixed in BHK21 hamster cells by cotransfection with and selection for the pSV2-neo construct (P. J. Southern and P. Berg, J. Mol. Appl. Genet. 1:327-341, 1982) in which the early simian virus 40 promoter controls the gene for neomycin phosphotransferase. The pAd2E2AL-CAT construct was transfected in the unmethylated or in the 5'-CCGG-3' methylated form. The pSV2-neo plasmid was cotransfected in the unmethylated form. The stability of in vitro-imposed methylation patterns and cat gene expression were followed and correlated in a number of established cell lines which contained the constructs integrated in a non-rearranged configuration. The foreign DNA did not persist in the episomal state but was integrated, frequently in multiple tandems of the plasmid DNA. Among 19 cell lines established after transfecting the unmethylated pAd2E2AL-CAT construct, the late E2A promoter remained unmethylated (examined in 10 cell lines), and the cat gene was expressed in 18 cell lines. On the other hand, among 14 cell lines which were generated by transfection with the methylated construct, 7 cell lines did not express the cat gene, and the three 5'-CCGG-3' sequences in the late E2A promoter remained almost completely methylated. In five cell lines, the E2A promoter sequences were partly demethylated and the cat gene was expressed at low levels. Last, in two cell lines, demethylations were found to be extensive and strong cat expression was observed. It remained a question of considerable interest what factors determined the stability of methylation patterns that had been preimposed by in vitro methylation on specific sequences in a promoter, after this promoter was fixed by integration in the mammalian genome.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)     

Identification and localization of 3-phenylcatechol dioxygenase and 2-hydroxy-6-oxo-6-phenylhexa-2,4-dienoate hydrolase genes of Pseudomonas putida and expression in Escherichia coli.

The bphC and bphD genes of Pseudomonas putida involved in the catabolism of polychlorinated biphenyls or biphenyl were identified, localized, and studied for expression in Escherichia coli. This was achieved by cloning a 2.4-kilobase (kb) DNA fragment of recombinant cosmid pOH101 into HindIII site of pUC plasmids downstream of a lacZ promoter and measuring the enzyme activities of 3-phenylcatechol dioxygenase (3-PDase; a product of bphC) and the meta-cleavage product 2-hydroxy-6-oxo-6-phenylhexa-2,4-dienoate hydrolase (a product of bphD). The amount of 3-PDase produced in E. coli was about 20 times higher than that of the enzyme produced by the parent, P. putida. Determination of expression of the bphC and bphD genes through their own promoter sequences or by using the lacZ promoter of pUC plasmids was done by cloning the DNA that encodes bphC and bphD genes in a HindIII site of a promoter selection vector (pKK232-8) upstream of the gene for chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT). The recombinant plasmid (pAW787) constructed by inserting the 2.4-kb DNA in pKK232-8 expressed both 3-PDase and CAT activities. Another hybrid construct (pAW786) in which the DNA insert was cloned in the opposite orientation lacked CAT activity but produced normal amounts of 3-PDase activity. On the basis of these results, we suggest that the bphC and bphD genes were expressed by using promoter sequences that are independent of the promoter that expresses CAT activity in E. coli. The locations of the bphC and bphD genes were determined by insertional inactivation of the open reading frames of structural genes bphC and bphD by Tn5 mutagenesis.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)     

Identification and localization of 3-phenylcatechol dioxygenase and 2-hydroxy-6-oxo-6-phenylhexa-2,4-dienoate hydrolase genes of Pseudomonas putida and expression in Escherichia coli

The bphC and bphD genes of Pseudomonas putida involved in the catabolism of polychlorinated biphenyls or biphenyl were identified, localized, and studied for expression in Escherichia coli. This was achieved by cloning a 2.4-kilobase (kb) DNA fragment of recombinant cosmid pOH101 into HindIII site of pUC plasmids downstream of a lacZ promoter and measuring the enzyme activities of 3-phenylcatechol dioxygenase (3-PDase; a product of bphC) and the meta-cleavage product 2-hydroxy-6-oxo-6-phenylhexa-2,4-dienoate hydrolase (a product of bphD). The amount of 3-PDase produced in E. coli was about 20 times higher than that of the enzyme produced by the parent, P. putida. Determination of expression of the bphC and bphD genes through their own promoter sequences or by using the lacZ promoter of pUC plasmids was done by cloning the DNA that encodes bphC and bphD genes in a HindIII site of a promoter selection vector (pKK232-8) upstream of the gene for chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT). The recombinant plasmid (pAW787) constructed by inserting the 2.4-kb DNA in pKK232-8 expressed both 3-PDase and CAT activities. Another hybrid construct (pAW786) in which the DNA insert was cloned in the opposite orientation lacked CAT activity but produced normal amounts of 3-PDase activity. On the basis of these results, we suggest that the bphC and bphD genes were expressed by using promoter sequences that are independent of the promoter that expresses CAT activity in E. coli. The locations of the bphC and bphD genes were determined by insertional inactivation of the open reading frames of structural genes bphC and bphD by Tn5 mutagenesis.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)