提高转基因表达水平的策略

随着转基因相关技术的发展,转基因动物技术在许多方面得到了成功应用.但外源基因在体内的表达仍然难以预测,特别是大动物的转基因,由于制备效率低下,因而难以筛选出足够的高表达的阳性动物数.基因表达调控研究对提高外源基因在动物体内的表达水平提供了一些新手段,本就避免转基因的位置效应、控制外源基因在动物宿主基因组中的整合、提高转基因的表达效率、构建转基因载体和使用外源基因需要注意的问题等进行综述.     

转基因植物外源基因的整合分析

外源基因表达的不稳定性和多样性是制约转基因作物育种研发进度的关键因素,外源基因的整合情况与外源基因的表达直接相关,充分了解外源基因的整合情况可为构建高效表达载体、获得外源基因稳定一致表达转基因材料提供参考,同时为转基因作物的安全利用提供保障.就外源基因整合情况的分析方法、不同转化方法外源基因的整合特点及利用定点整合技术提高外源基因表达稳定一致性的研究进展作一概述.     

带有猪生长激素基因的转基因鼠

为研究外源基因在转基因动物中的整合及表达调控的机制,我们首先进行了转基因鼠的研究。(a)外源基因片段的制备:把羊金属硫蛋白启动基因(SMT)和猪生长激素基因(PGH)与载体质粒pUC19相连接,构建成psMTPGH表达质粒。用BglI全酶切和     

精准高效外源DNA整合技术研究进展

精准高效整合技术是将外源DNA片段插入到目的细胞基因组特定位置的一项转基因技术。早期通过细胞基因组与外源DNA同源序列发生重组来完成靶向整合的目的。伴随基因编辑技术发展,特别是CRISPR/Cas9技术的出现,精准高效的外源DNA整合技术日益成熟,广泛应用到功能基因组学、转基因动物及遗传疾病治疗的研究中。围绕基因编辑研究进展、引导RNA修饰技术、单碱基整合技术、转座子技术和外源DNA整合效率等方面对精准靶向和高效整合技术进行综述。     

外源基因在转基因油菜染色体上的定位及分析

原位杂交技术 ( in situ hybridization,ISH)是基因定位的主要技术之一。近来 ,随着植物细胞染色体制片技术的发展 ,以及酶联放大检测系统的采用 ,在植物中已有低拷贝和单拷贝甚至小于 1 kb的 DNA序列定位的成功报道 [1 ,2 ]。染色体原位杂交技术不仅可以用于基因的物理作图 ,而且可以用来对转基因植物中的外源基因进行染色体定位 [3 5] 。研究表明 ,外源目的基因在转基因植物中的表达与整合位点有关 [6] 。因而 ,进行外源基因在转基因植物染色体上的定位以及研究外源基因的整合位点与表达之间的关系 ,对于开发和利用转基因植物具有重要…     

动物转基因新技术研究进展

动物转基因技术是21世纪发展最为迅速的生物高新技术之一, 它是指通过基因工程技术将外源基因整合到受体动物基因组中, 从而使其得以表达和遗传的生物技术。动物转基因的关键限制因素是转基因效率和基因表达的精确调控。目前有多种转基因技术, 每一种技术各有其优缺点, 仍然需要进一步研究。随着研究的深入, 转基因技术必将在探讨基因功能、动物遗传改良、生物反应器、动物疾病模型、器官移植等领域有广阔的应用前景。文章综述了近年发展的提高转基因效率的生殖干细胞法、提高转基因精确性的基因打靶法、RNA干扰(RNAi)介导的基因沉默技术和诱导多能干细胞(iPS)转基因技术。新的转基因技术为转基因动物的研究提供了更好的平台, 可以加快促进人类医药卫生、畜牧生产等领域的发展。     

人乳铁蛋白 (hLF) 转基因山羊的遗传背景分析

以随机整合方式获得的转基因动物外源基因的拷贝数、整合位点及染色体核型等遗传背景并不清楚,可能会存在外源基因的沉默整合、无效整合、毒性整合以及其表达水平不可预测等问题。文中选取了6只原代(F0)及其相对应的子一代(F1)的人乳铁蛋白(hLF)转基因山羊作为研究对象,分别颈静脉采血、提取DNA,通过染色体核型分析、实时荧光定量PCR(qPCR)、ELISA和Westernblotting等检测技术,研究其外源基因的遗传背景与表达水平。结果显示,6只F0代转基因山羊的染色体没有明显的形态变异、数量改变等异常情况。相对拷贝数高低不同(2–16),且能够稳定地遗传给下一代,F0和F1代hLF基因拷贝数一致。F1代转基因山羊表达hLF水平最高可达1.12 g/L(L3-1,拷贝数8)。结果表明,整合的外源基因能够稳定地遗传下一代,也没有对转基因山羊个体的生长发育造成障碍,而且拷贝数高低与hLF表达水平无明显的相关性,这为转基因山羊及其他转基因动物的新品种培育奠定了基础,解析了遗传背景。     

应用荧光原位杂交技术检测人β^E珠蛋白基因小鼠染色体上的整合状态

为将荧光原位杂交技术应用于基因定位研究中,探讨一种能有效地检测转基因动物染色体上外源基因整合状态的实验方法,对小鼠腹腔注射秋水仙素后,取转基因小鼠骨髓制备中期染色体,将传统的FISH方法加以改进,检测外源基因在转基因小鼠染色体上的整合状态。检测结果表明,外源人β^E珠蛋白基因已稳定地整合于小鼠染色体上,FISH能直观地反映外源基因在转基因动物染色体上的整合状态,该方法可对转基因动物及基因转移研究中的外源基因整合反进行染色体定位检测。     

转基因动物与基因表达调控的研究

十余年来,随着转基因技术的快速发展,基因表达调控的转基因研究已逐渐开展。本文在下列几方面介绍了转基因动物技术在基因表达调控中的应用。转基因动物可作为在体内研究外源基因表达调控的“反应器”,例如研究酶对底物作用的种属特异性。可以精确研究ＤＮＡ顺式作用序列,探讨包括改变基因表达在内的组织和阶段特异性表达,增强子、内含子和核基质附着区的调节作用以及各基因间相互作用。转基因动物可研究发育中的时、空调节（如     

体细胞基因打靶制备动物乳腺生物反应器的策略与应用

在转基因动物研究中,由于基因表达调控元件的人工拼接和外源基因在动物基因组中随机整合所带来的“位置效应”,致使转基因动物外源基因的表达水平不高并且差异较大。为此,利用定位整合优势,对以基因同源重组为基础的基因打靶技术进行了大量研究。介绍了就利用体细胞基因打靶和核移植技术制备动物乳腺生物反应器的策略和应用情况做一综述,并对提高基因打靶效率的各种策略,打靶细胞的选择,转基因细胞核移植的低融合事件以及基因打靶制备乳腺生物反应器的优越性进行分析。     

Identification of a promoter motif involved in Curtovirus sense-gene expression in transgenic Arabidopsis

Expression of the seven open reading frames (ORFs) of single-stranded DNA Curtoviruses such as Beet curly top virus (BCTV) and Beet severe curly top virus (BSCTV) is driven by a bi-directional promoter. To investigate this bi-directional promoter activity with respect to viral late gene expression, transgenic Arabidopsis plants expressing a GUS reporter gene under the control of either the BCTV or BSCTV bi-directional promoter were constructed. Transgenic plants harboring constructs showed higher expression levels when the promoter of the less virulent BCTV was used than when the promoter of the more virulent BSCTV was used. In transgenic seedlings, the reporter gene constructs were expressed primarily in actively dividing tissues such as root tips and apical meristems. As the transgenic plants matured, reporter gene expression diminished but viral infection of mature transgenic plants restored reporter gene expression, particularly in transgenic plants containing BCTV virion-sense gene promoter constructs. A 30 base pair conserved late element (CLE) motif was identified that was present three times in tandem in the BCTV promoter and once in that of BSCTV. Progressive deletion of these repeats from the BCTV promoter resulted in decreased reporter gene expression, but BSCTV promoters in which one or two extra copies of this motif were inserted did not exhibit increased late gene promoter activity. These results demonstrate that Curtovirus late gene expression by virion-sense promoters depends on the developmental stage of the host plant as well as on the number of CLE motifs present in the promoter.     

Expression of the gene of interest fused to the EGFP-expressing gene in transgenic mice derived from selected transgenic embryos

The present paper describes the expression of a target fusion gene, WAP/hGH fused to the EGFP-expressing gene in transgenic mice derived from the transfer of transgenic embryos selected because of their expression of enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP). The 6.7-kb fusion gene was microinjected as a single cassette gene construct into the pronuclei of mouse zygotes. The surviving embryos were cultured and were classified according to the EGFP expression patterns at the morula or blastocyst stage. After the transfer of embryos with uniform-expression or mosaic-expression of EGFP, transgenesis occurred in 85.7% to 86% or 44.1% to 44% of the pups, respectively. No transgenic pups were derived from EGFP negative embryos. In the transgenic females, EGFP was ubiquitously expressed under the control of the CAG promoter, and hGH was expressed under the control of the WAP promoter in an appropriate fashion: hGH was secreted into the milk of lactating transgenic females. The presence or absence of the expression of EGFP coincided with that of the hGH gene in the transgenic mice. The present cassette gene construct is a useful example for circumventing the routine analyses of DNA and RNA required for the generation and maintenance of transgenic lines.     

不同结构的外源ACO基因导入香石竹对瓶插寿命的影响

以香石竹叶片为外植体 ,利用根癌农杆菌 (Agrobacteriumtumefaciens)介导法 ,将香石竹ACC氧化酶 (ACO)基因核DNA的正义 (sense)、反义 (antisense)、正义重复 (sensedirectrepeat)和反义重复 (antisensedirectrepeat)等 4种T DNA结构导入香石竹‘Master’品种。经Southern杂交检测证明目的基因已整合到香石竹基因组 ,共获得 14个转化株系。在 25℃条件下比较瓶插寿命 ,对照植株花朵瓶插寿命为 5.8d ,多数转化株系花朵瓶插寿命达 11d ,最长者可达 12.8d。大多数转基因株系切花衰老过程中乙烯释放量显著减少 ,部分转基因株系切花衰老过程中几乎检测不到乙烯 ,而对照有明显的峰值。通过对本研究转化ACO基因核DNA与前人转化ACO基因cDNA延长瓶插寿命比较以及对不同T DNA结构的转化抑制内源基因表达的程度进行比较后 ,初步判断用核DNA转化后对内源基因的抑制效果与cDNA相当甚至更明显 ,反义基因可以比正义基因更有效地抑制内源的同源基因的表达 ,转重复基因比转单个基因能更有效地抑制内源的同源基因的表达。     

转基因抗矮花叶病玉米的遗传、表达及抗病性研究

目的：研究目的基因在转基因植株及其后代中遗传表达的稳定性,以及目的基因表达与抗病性的关系,最终得到转基因纯合株系。方法：以采用花粉介导法将RDV运动蛋白缺陷型（RDV MP^-）基因导入玉米自交系478的转基因种子（T0）作为试验材料,对其或其后代进行潮霉素抗性筛选、PCR检测、目的基因表达产物含量测定、农艺性状筛选,以及田间接种病毒的抗病鉴定。结果：通过潮霉素抗性筛选从T0种子获得了11株疑似转化植株;对T1、T2、T3代转基因植株的PCR分析证实目的基因已导入玉米植株,并显示随着转化植株世代交替,目的基因可稳定遗传给下一代,且目的基因在待测材料中的检出比例也随着代数的增加而提高;目的基因表达量的测定结果为1．83-11．57ng／mg叶片鲜重之间;田间接种玉米矮花叶病病毒试验结果证明转化植株比对照植株的抗矮花叶病能力有了显著提高,个别株系在T1代的发病率就为0,T1、T2、B代转化植株的抗病性逐代提高,比临近对照的抗病性提高2～5级;目的基因表达量与植株（系）的抗病性显著相关,r=0．923,P〈0．01;入选纯合系的农艺性状也有较大变化,穗粒数比对照系增加约5％。结论：通过以上方法,可以筛选到转基因抗病玉米纯合株系。     

核基质结合区对转基因表达的影响及其作用机制

核基质结合区(matrix attachment region,MAR)是一段在体外能与核基质结合的富含AT的DNA序列。研究发现MAR能使染色质形成环状结构;将其连到目的基因二侧构建载体并转至生物体中,发现它能增强基因转录表达水平及稳定性,在一定程度上降低转基因个体或细胞系之间转基因的表达水平的差异,这很可能是减低了基因沉默所致。现对MAR的序列特征、MAR对转基因表达的影响及对转基因效应的影响机制进行综述。     

Endothelial expression of human ABCA1 in mice increases plasma HDL cholesterol and reduces diet-induced atherosclerosis

The role of endothelial ABCA1 expression in reverse cholesterol transport (RCT) was examined in transgenic mice, using the endothelial-specific Tie2 promoter. Human ABCA1 (hABCA1) was significantly expressed in endothelial cells (EC) of most tissues except the liver. Increased expression of ABCA1 was not observed in resident peritoneal macrophages. ApoA-I-mediated cholesterol efflux from aortic EC was 2.6-fold higher (P < 0.0001) for cells from transgenic versus control mice. On normal chow diet, Tie2 hABCA1 transgenic mice had a 25% (P < 0.0001) increase in HDL-cholesterol (HDL-C) and more than a 2-fold increase of eNOS mRNA in the aorta (P < 0.04). After 6 months on a high-fat, high-cholesterol (HFHC) diet, transgenic mice compared with controls had a 40% increase in plasma HDL-C (P < 0.003) and close to 40% decrease in aortic lesions (P < 0.02). Aortas from HFHC-fed transgenic mice also showed gene expression changes consistent with decreased inflammation and apoptosis. Beneficial effects of the ABCA1 transgene on HDL-C levels or on atherosclerosis were absent when the transgene was transferred onto ApoE or Abca1 knockout mice. In summary, expression of hABCA1 in EC appears to play a role in decreasing diet-induced atherosclerosis in mice and is associated with increased plasma HDL-C levels and beneficial gene expression changes in EC.     

Conversion of compatible plant-pathogen interactions into incompatible interactions by expression of the Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae 61 hrmA gene in transgenic tobacco plants

The hrmA gene from Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae has previously been shown to confer avirulence on the virulent bacterium P. syringae pv. tabaci in all examined tobacco cultivars. We expressed this gene in tobacco plants under the control of the tobacco Delta0. 3 TobRB7 promoter, which is induced upon nematode infection in tobacco roots (Opperman et al. 1994, Science, 263, 221-223). A basal level of hrmA expression in leaves of transgenic plants activated the expression of pathogenesis-related genes, and the transgenic plants exhibited high levels of resistance to multiple pathogens: tobacco vein mottling virus, tobacco etch virus, black shank fungus Phytophthora parasitica, and wild fire bacterium Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci. However, the hrmA transgenic plants were not significantly more resistant to root-knot nematodes. Our results suggest a potential use of controlled low-level expression of bacterial avr genes, such as hrmA, in plants to generate broad-spectrum resistance to bacterial, fungal and viral pathogens.     

反义trxs基因对转基因小麦种子内源trxh基因表达的影响

以转反义硫氧还蛋白基因(anti-trxs)株系01TY70-1-17-5及其对照小麦品种‘豫麦70’为试验材料,以小麦中稳定表达的肌动蛋白基因actin为内标,用半定量反转录聚合酶链式反应(semi-QRT-PCR)方法,对转基因株系及其对照种子中trxh基因时空表达情况进行了检测。检测结果表明,花后15~30d转基因株系trxh基因转录量平均比对照下降了20.1%,花后25d显著低于对照(P<0.05);胚乳trxh基因转录量最低,平均比对照低19.4%;种子吸涨24h时间内,转基因株系trxh基因转录量较对照均略低,但差异不显著。表明,外源trxs基因的导入直接干扰了内源基因的表达。     

Hormonal and nutritional regulation of muscle carnitine palmitoyltransferase I gene expression in vivo

Transgenic mice carrying the human heart muscle carnitine palmitoyltransferase I (M-CPTI) gene fused to a CAT reporter gene were generated to study the regulation of M-CPTI gene expression. When the mice were fasted for 48 h, CAT activity and mRNA levels increased by more than 2-fold in heart and skeletal muscle, but not liver or kidney. In the diabetic transgenic mice, there was a 2- to 3-fold increase in CAT activity and CAT mRNA levels in heart and skeletal muscle which upon insulin administration reverted to that observed with the control insulin sufficient transgenic mice. Feeding a high fat diet increased CAT activity and mRNA levels by 2- to 4-fold in heart and skeletal muscle of the transgenic mice compared to the control transgenic mice on regular diet. Overall, the M-CPTI promoter was found to be necessary for the tissue-specific hormonal and dietary regulation of the gene expression.