忽地笑酌-生育酚甲基转移酶基因LaTMT的克隆与表达分析

采用RACE技术从忽地笑也Lycoris aurea ( L'Hér.) Herb.页叶片中克隆获得γ-生育酚甲基转移酶(γ-TMT)基因,命名为LaTMT。序列分析结果显示：该基因cDNA全长1458 bp,其中开放阅读框( ORF)长1017 bp,编码338个氨基酸残基。 LaTMT基因编码蛋白质的理论相对分子质量37560,理论等电点pI 8.70,为亲水性蛋白,无跨膜结构但具有信号肽结构;并具有S-腺苷甲硫氨酸( SAM)甲基转移酶保守结构域,包含3个SAM结合位点;该蛋白的二级结构中包含44.08%的α-螺旋、32.84%的无规则卷曲、12.72%的延伸链和10.36%的β-转角。序列比对和系统进化树分析结果显示：LaTMT蛋白属于S-腺苷甲硫氨酸-依赖性γ-生育酚甲基转移酶家族,与其他植物γ-TMT蛋白的一致性为64%~75%;在 NJ系统树上, LaTMT蛋白与单子叶植物γ-TMT蛋白聚为同一大类,并与油棕( Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) EgTMT和美洲油棕也Elaeis oleifera ( Kunth) Cortés页EoTMT聚为同一类,亲缘关系最近。基因表达分析结果显示：LaTMT基因可在大肠杆菌中成功表达,且表达量随异丙基硫代半乳糖苷( IPTG)诱导时间的延长而增加;在忽地笑的根、叶片、花苞、子房、雄蕊、花瓣和鳞茎中LaTMT基因均可表达,其中在叶片中的相对表达量最高,在子房、雄蕊和鳞茎中的相对表达量相对较低,具有明显的组织特异性。研究结果表明：忽地笑LaTMT基因在进化过程中具有很高的保守性;该基因主要定位于叶绿体中,并与忽地笑对非生物逆境胁迫的抗性相关。     

一个新的忽地笑O-甲基转移酶基因的克隆与原核表达

采用RACE技术克隆得到一个新的忽地笑O-甲基转移酶（OMT）基因,命名为LaOMT。LaOMT的cDNA序列为1379 bp,开放阅读框1077 bp,预测编码蛋白包含358个氨基酸。序列比对分析发现, LaOMT编码的蛋白序列具有依赖于S-腺苷-L-甲硫氨酸（SAM）的高度保守的结构域,与葡萄、大豆等其他植物OMTs蛋白的相似性为50%左右。将LaOMT基因连接到原核表达载体pET28a上,转化大肠杆菌Rosetta （DE3）的SDS-PAGE电泳结果显示,重组蛋白受异丙基硫代半乳糖苷（IPTG）诱导表达,分子量大小约为45 kDa,与已报导的其他植物的OMTs蛋白大小基本一致。此外,半定量RT-PCR分析结果表明, LaOMT在忽地笑的叶、鳞茎、根和花中均有表达,其中花中的表达量最低。     

忽地笑LaSUVH1基因克隆与功能分析

为了深入探究忽地笑(Lycoris aurea)组蛋白赖氨酸甲基转移酶(histone lysine methyltransferase, HKMT)基因的功能,该研究根据前期转录组测序结果,采用RT PCR方法克隆得到一个组蛋白赖氨酸甲基转移酶基因LaSUVH1。序列分结果表明, LaSUVH1基因的编码区(coding sequences, CDs)序列长2 007 bp,编码668个氨基酸残基;LaSUVH1蛋白不具有信号肽结构,无跨膜结构,为亲水性蛋白,含有SET、YDG/SRA、Pre SET和Post SET结构域;序列比对和系统进化树分析发现,LaSUVH1与芦笋AoSUVH1 like蛋白亲缘关系最近。实时荧光定量PCR分析表明,LaSUVH1基因在忽地笑不同组织部位均有表达,且在叶中表达量最高。经潮霉素筛选成功获得3个反义过表达LaSUVH1的转基因拟南芥株系。进一步功能分析发现,反义过表达LaSUVH1促进了拟南芥幼苗侧根的发生,降低了拟南芥对NaCl的耐受性,增加了拟南芥种子萌发对脱落酸(ABA)的敏感性,表明LaSUVH1基因响应盐胁迫应答可能依赖ABA信号通路。     

大鼠胰腺胚胎发育功能相关基因表达谱的分析

目的:研究大鼠胰腺胚胎发育不同阶段的基因表达谱,对比其功能相关基因随大鼠胰腺发育的变化.方法:采用显微分离及提取技术获得胚胎发育不同阶段胰腺组织并提取RNA,采用高密度寡核普酸芯片(Affemetrix芯片)对胚胎发育至第12.5天、15.5天、18.5天胚胎胰腺及成年胰腺进行基因转录水平分析,用生物信息学方法分析具体基因的表达情况.结果:胰腺的生物学功能尤其beta细胞功能相关基因insulin RNA,amylopsin RNA,GLUT-2 RNA等在胚胎15.5及18.5天显著高表达.结论:E15.5到E18.5直至出生是胰腺功能完善和成熟的阶段,这个时期以细胞功能成熟为主.     

拟南芥黄心突变体yh基因的图位克隆及分析

在研究光合作用相关基因的过程中,获得了一个叶片为黄心(yellow heart,yh)的突变株,与野生型拟南芥(Col 0)相比,其新生叶片发黄,突变表型由隐性单基因控制。采用图位克隆及其精细定位技术,将yh突变基因定位在1号染色体的INS1_55_342与INS1_56_34区间,物理距离约为676 kb。通过测序得知yh在At1g64790第44个内含子剪接处有4个碱基的缺失,导致内含子剪切位点的变化。RT PCR分析显示,该基因表达降低,是At1g64790基因的一个新等位突变。研究表明,yh突变体与叶绿体的发育相关,可为进一步探究植物叶绿体和叶片发育机制提供新的遗传材料。     

食管鳞癌与腺癌差异基因表达的对比分析

目的:研究食管鳞癌(esophageal squamous cell carcinoma,ESCC)与食管腺癌(esophageal adenocarcinoma,EAC)的基因差异表达,探讨ESCC与EAC发生发展的基因学基础。方法:选取8例ESCC和8例EAC组织抽提mRNA,应用cDNA芯片技术通过芯片杂交、生物信息学处理,找出两者间差异表达基因。结果:采用BioStarH-40芯片发现差异表达基因541条,差异表达基因占13.8%,其中表达增强309条(显著增强73条),表达降低232条(显著降低61条)。结论:ESCC与EAC基因表达比较,差异有统计学意义,这些差异可能在两类肿瘤不同的生物学行为中起重要作用。     

食管鳞癌与腺癌差异基因表达的对比分析

目的：研究食管鳞癌（esophageal squamous cell carcinoma,ESCC）与食管腺癌（esophageal adenocarcinoma,EAC）的基因差异表达,探讨ESCC与EAC发生发展的基因学基础。方法：选取8例ESCC和8例EAC组织抽提mRNA,应用cDNA芯片技术通过芯片杂交、生物信息学处理,找出两者间差异表达基因。结果：采用BioStarH-40芯片发现差异表达基因541条,差异表达基因占13．8％,其中表达增强309条（显著增强73条）,表达降低232条（显著降低61条）。结论：ESCC与EAC基因表达比较,差异有统计学意义,这些差异可能在两类肿瘤不同的生物学行为中起重要作用。     

猪链球菌2型强毒株05ZYH33转录调控因子Rgg基因敲除突变体与野生株的基因表达差异分析

目的:为了解猪链球菌2型强毒株05Z33转录调控因子Rgg的调控作用,用基因芯片方法分析野生株与rgg基因敲除突变体之间的差异表达基因。方法:用猪链球菌2型全基因组序列点样制备芯片,将芯片运用于rgg敲除株与野生株的基因表达差异研究,采用定量real-time PCR(qRT-PCR)验证表达谱结果。结果:在突变体中共发现45个基因表达量变化在2倍以上,其中19个基因表达上调,26个基因表达下调。这些基因在细菌毒力、免疫抗原、DNA合成和修复、基础代谢和ABC转运系统等方面起着重要作用。结论:转录调控因子Rgg是一个全局调控因子,但rgg敲除后并不影响猪链球菌的毒力。     

苦荞突变体库构建与突变体中芦丁合成相关基因表达分析

苦荞是重要的小杂粮作物之一,营养物质丰富,是天然芦丁的重要来源。突破苦荞育种难题,创制苦荞新种质是目前研究的重要方面。本试验利用甲基磺酸乙酯(EMS)构建了黑丰1号苦荞突变体库,明确了当EMS浓度为1.2%时,诱变效果较好。通过对M1突变株表型观察统计,共获得叶色、叶型、株型、粒型变异单株102株,突变率为3.85%;高效液相色谱技术(HPLC)测定1000株M3材料,获得高芦丁含量突变株系2个和低芦丁突变体株系5个;qRT-PCR对芦丁含量突变体株系中芦丁代谢关键酶基因(CHS、F3H、4CL、FLS、UFGT)进行表达量分析,发现不同株系中上述基因的表达量与芦丁含量相关性不明显,但个别基因如FtFLS基因表达量在高芦丁含量突变体中达到对照的4.55倍。通过突变体的筛选丰富了苦荞基因资源,创新了苦荞新种质,也为苦荞芦丁代谢的分子基础研究提供了材料保证与技术支持。     

乐昌含笑不同家系的叶形态与生长差异分析

为了解乐昌含笑(Michelia chapensis)叶形态和生长性状的家系变异特征,对15个家系的叶形态性状和生长指标及其相关性进行了分析.结果表明,乐昌含笑叶片形态在家系间和家系内均存在显著差异,不同家系间以帽子峰家系叶形态的平均变异系数最大(23.55％),乐九5家系的最小(12.63％);不同叶形态性状间以干物...     

Identification and expression analysis of EST-based genes in the bud of Lycoris longituba

To obtain a primary overview of gene diversity and expression pattern in Lycoris longituba, 4,992 ESTs (Expressed Sequence Tags) from L. longituba bud were sequenced and 4,687 cleaned ESTs were used for gene expression analysis. Clustered by the PHRAP program, 967 contigs and 1,343 singlets were obtained. Blast search showed that 179 contigs and 227 singlets (totally 1,066 ESTs) had homologues in GenBank and 3,621 ESTs were novel.     

利用mRNA差异显示技术研究香菇发育相关基因

以香菇子实体不分化突变株和对照菌株L98411为材料,利用mRNA差异显示技术研究二者的基因表达差异,共分离到21条差异片段,其中12个分别与泛素、ATP合成酶、锌指蛋白、GTP结合蛋白、延伸因子g1线粒体前体、过氧化物酶、硫酯酶、类TrpB酶、2,4-二烯酰辅酶A还原酶、糖苷水解酶、热激蛋白、疏水蛋白等已知基因有较高的同源性,这表明香菇子实体分化发育是一个复杂的过程,涉及到胞内转运、转录调控、细胞分化、蛋白合成、各种代谢途径中的酶、抗逆反应等诸多途径的协同调控。     

Stem extension-growth responses to blue light require Pfr in tomato seedlings but are not reduced by the low phytochrome levels of the aurea mutant

The effects of blue light (B) on stem extension growth were investigated in wild-type (WT) and aurea (au ) mutant seedlings of tomato. The au mutant has reduced phytochrome levels. Etiolated seedlings were grown under background red light (R) or far-red light (FR) with or without B. Hypocotyl growth was inhibited by B added to R but not by B added to FR, both in WT and au seedlings. The levels of B and/or R reaching the stem of fully de-etiolated seedlings grown in a glasshouse were reduced by means of collars around it. Both in WT and au -mutant seedlings the responses to B were larger at high than at low R/FR quantum ratios. In etiolated and light-grown au seedlings, changing the levels of phytochrome-absorbable radiation did not cause the same effect as changing B levels, indicating the action of specific BL/UV-A photoreceptor(s) (BAP). The responses to B are reduced by the low calculated levels of Pfr established by light treatments but not by the low levels of phytochrome present in the au mutant. The au mutant appears to be deficient in a phytochrome pool that is not essential for the interdependent co-action observed between phytochrome and BAP in the control of stem extension growth in tomato.     

水稻窄叶突变体zy17的遗传分析和候选基因鉴定

器官大小调控是一个基本的发育生物学过程,受细胞分裂和细胞扩展的影响。然而,植物器官大小调控的遗传和分子机理仍不清楚。为了进一步了解器官大小调控的分子机制,文章分离了一系列水稻叶子宽窄改变的突变体。其中,窄叶突变体zy17叶变窄,同时伴有植株矮化、穗子变小、枝梗数和穗粒数降低的表型。遗传分析表明该窄叶性状受1个隐性基因控制;细胞学分析表明该突变体叶子的细胞数目和维管束数目显著降低,表明ZY17影响了细胞分裂。基因组重测序进一步筛选出ZY17的3个候选基因：Os02g22390基因突变发生在内含子区,编码蛋白为逆转座蛋白;Os02g28280和Os02g29530基因突变都发生在外显子区,其中Os02g28280编码一个功能未知蛋白,该基因突变后,发生碱基置换,产生非同义突变;Os02g29530编码一个含糖基转移酶相关的PFAM结构域的蛋白,该基因突变后,出现两个碱基的缺失,从而导致其蛋白翻译提前终止。对候选基因的深入研究,将揭示水稻叶子大小调控的机制。     

Microarray analysis of murine palatogenesis: temporal expression of genes during normal palate development

The mammalian face is assembled in utero in a series of complex and interdependent molecular, cell and tissue processes. The orofacial complex appears to be exquisitely sensitive to genetic and environmental influence and this explains why clefts of the lip and palate are the most common congenital anomaly in humans (one in 700 live births). In this study, microarray technology was used to identify genes that may play pivotal roles in normal murine palatogenesis. mRNA was isolated from murine embryonic palatal shelves oriented vertically (before elevation), horizontally (following elevation, before contact), and following fusion. Changes in gene expression between the three different stages were analyzed with GeneChip microarrays. A number of genes were upregulated or downregulated, and large changes were seen in the expression of loricrin, glutamate decarboxylase, gamma-amino butyric acid type A receptor beta3 subunit, frizzled, Wnt-5a, metallothionein, annexin VIII, LIM proteins, Sox1, plakophilin1, cathepsin K and creatine kinase. In this paper, the changes in genetic profile of the developing murine palate are presented, and the possible role individual genes/proteins may play during normal palate development are discussed. Candidate genes with a putative role in cleft palate are also highlighted.     

兽疫链球菌中与透明质酸合成相关新基因的高通量筛选及克隆

【目的】兽疫链球菌(Streptococcus equi subsp. zooepidemicus)中透明质酸主要的生物合成途径和相关基因已经被研究得比较透彻,探究一种挖掘与透明质酸合成相关新基因的策略。【方法】利用自杀质粒pSET4s::sacB在宿主基因组中的随机整合作用,筛选具有表型差异突变菌株构建突变体库,进一步利用连接介导PCR (Ligation mediated PCR,LM-PCR)方法和全基因组重测序,检测质粒整合位点,通过基因无痕敲除和回补实验验证插入位点。【结果】构建了包含150株具有表型差异突变株的突变体库;以荚膜合成能力缺失的1号突变株(M1)作为基础研究对象,检测到自杀质粒整合到基因组458 960位点上,破坏了编码塔格糖-6-磷酸激酶的lacC基因;无痕敲除lacC基因得到ΔlacC,表型分析发现ΔlacC表现为粘性荚膜特性;进一步全基因组重测序发现,除了lacC基因位点存在插入突变,206 613位点存在碱基G缺失,导致编码透明质酸合成酶的hasA基因发生移码突变,且回补hasA基因后,M1恢复粘性荚膜合成能力。【结论】M1突变株粘性荚膜合成能力的缺失由hasA基因功能缺失引起,与lacC基因功能缺失无关。初步建立了兽疫链球菌中高通量筛选与透明质酸合成相关新基因的策略,为今后挖掘新基因奠定了基础。     

Comparison of photosynthetic parameters of an aurea mutant (Su/su) of tobacco and the wild-type by the photoacoustic method

Oxygen evolution and energy storage yields in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.) wild-type (cv. John Williams Broadleaf) and a mutant (Su/su) deficient in chlorophyll were compared using the photoacoustic technique. Oxygen-evolution and energy-storage quantum yields in the mutant were higher when measured in red light (640–690 nm) than green or blue light (540 nm and 440 nm, respectively), indicating that carotenoids in this mutant do not transfer energy efficiently to the photochemical reaction centers. It is suggested that carotenoids may play a role in protecting the photosynthetic apparatus against damage by high energy fluxes. In the wild-type, the oxygenevolution yield did not change drastically throughout the visible spectrum. The mutant had a higher quantum yield of oxygen evolution than the wildtype. Similarly maximum rates obtained from saturation curves for the mutant were more than twice higher per leaf area and about five times higher per chlorophyll, as compared to the wild-type.Abbreviation PS photosystem