猪FSH β亚基基因结构区Alu序列插入突变的研究

通过聚合酶链式反应（PCR）对中国华北型优良地方猪种莱芜猪及杜里猪,长白猪的卵泡刺激素（FSH）β亚基基因结构区插入片段进行扩增,并对0．5kb扩增产物进行克隆和测序,序列分析表明,在已发表的猪FSHβ亚基基因全序列的＋809和＋810碱基之间,莱芜猪,杜里猪和长白猪分别存在一个长度为275,277和274bp的插入片段,插入片段末端的poly(A)分别为17,19和16个腺苷酸,均显著短于高产猪种太湖猪（292bp和32个腺苷酸）,对FSHβ亚基基因插入片段进行BamHI多态性分析,发现本研究所检测样品中不存在BamHI 多态性,插入片段中存在一个RNA聚合酶Ⅲ启动子及AluI内切酶识别位点,所以该睡段可能为Alu成分,因RNA聚合酶Ⅲ这种有功能的内部启动子能够转录相邻的染色体序列,该插入片段可能影响FSHβ亚基基因或其他基因的表达调控,把FSHβ亚基基因作为控制猪产仔数主效基因的候选基因与产仔数进行连锁分析,证明FSHβ基因因座在莱芜猪种中与控制猪产仔数的主效基因紧密连锁,优质基因AA纯合子比BB纯合子母猪平均每胎产仔1．2头,因不同品种猪插入序列的主要差异是末端的poly(A)长短不同,推测该插入片段末端的pol(A)结构亦可能影响猪的产仔数。     

康乃馨ACC氧化酶cDNA的克隆及其反义植物表达载体的构建

以康乃馨（Dianthus caryophyllus L.)花瓣为材料,用改进的异硫氰酸胍一步法提取总RNA,根据已报道的康乃馨ACC氧化酶（1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid oxidase,CO)基因的序列设计产合成一对引物,通过RT-PCR方法获得一约1.2kb特异片段,把该片段连接pGEM^(R)-Teasy vector上进行测序,其全长共1156bp,编码区915bp。共编码304个氨基酸残基,序列分析结果表明该序列与GenBankL35152中的康乃馨ACC氧化酶基因的cDNA序列完全相符,推断该基因在康乃馨种内可能是完全或高度保守的,随 后将此片段反向插入植物表达载体pBI121的35S启动子和NOS终止子之间,构建了一反义植物表达载体pBO;又把花特异表达启动子PchsA插入pBI121的HindⅢ Xbal位点构建中间载体pGHB,再把康乃馨ACC氧化酶基因反向插入中间载体pCHB的XbaI Satl位点构建成另一反义植物表达载体pCBO。     

耐甲氧西林葡萄球菌PBP2a的质粒克隆与构建

目的克隆并构建耐甲氧西林金黄色葡萄球菌（MRSA）青霉素结合蛋白2a（PBP2a）全长及转肽酶区的原核表达质粒。方法登录基因文库查找获得mecA基因的编码序列,应用PCR技术扩增获得DNA片段,将此基因片段插入PET-32a载体,同时酶切鉴定阳性克隆,DNA序列测定验证序列正确性。结果 PCR扩增获得了mecA基因全长及转肽酶区DNA片段,成功插入到原核表达载体PET32a,双酶切鉴定及DNA序列测定证实插入片段正确。结论成功构建了PBP2a全长及转肽酶区片段表达质粒,为该蛋白的纯化表达和疫苗研究奠定了基础。     

一种构建改形单域抗体的方法

为验证一种构建改形单域抗体的实用新方法,与以往方法不同的是,该方法不需要对抗体进行空间结构模拟,以确定人源抗体的FRs接受序列及在人源FRs接受序列中哪些氨基酸残基需要突变,并且该方法将抗体的改形与亲和力成熟于同一过程完成,利用该方法构建了改形抗CD28重链单域抗体,根据一种鼠源抗CD28重链单域抗体的氨基酸序列,于GenBank中查得两条与之最同源的人源抗体序列,利用其中一条的FRs作为改形抗体的主框架进行改形构建,将鼠源抗体的CDR区插入到人源FR区后,对人源FR区的一些氨基酸残基进行替换突变,替换的氨基酸残基数及替换原则主要是根据对查到的人源抗体序列,鼠源抗体序列,以及这些序列与Kabat分类中的种属序列进行的比较,为了增加改形抗体基因的多样性,对要被替换的氨基酸残基在基因合成中采用简并的方式,使要被替换的氨基酸残基和替换的氨基酸残基都有机会出现,二者出现的几率各为50%,同时,在将大小不同的合成核苷酸片段采用重叠PCR扩增以获得完整改形抗体基因时,采用高Mg^2 浓度下和使用TaqDNA聚合酶,以进一步随机引入突变,利用重叠PCR产物构建了一个噬菌体抗体库,经过3轮淘选后,获得了几个具有较高免疫学活性的改形抗体,对其中的两个抗体进行了进一步研究,将两个抗体的基因在大肠杆菌BL21（DE3）中表达,复性后的表达蛋白仍具有较高的免疫学活性,结果表明该方法是有效可行的。     

利用Red/ET同源重组构建新型CCR5Δ32打靶载体

目的:目前应用TALENs或CRISPR-Cas基因编辑技术修饰CCR5基因以获得抗HIV功能的研究策略基本是破坏CCR5基因而不是制造CCR5Δ32这样天然存在的抗HIV基因型。为此,我们尝试通过细菌内同源重组技术构建一个新颖的CCR5Δ32的打靶载体,以便能够用于制备CCR5Δ32基因突变细胞系。方法:首先利用Red/ET同源重组系统将rpsl-neo片段插入细菌人工染色体(BAC)的CCR5基因中,随后再次利用同源重组将一个不含32 bp区域的非选择性52 bp片段替换该rpsl-neo片段,从而将BAC中的CCR5基因改造成CCR5Δ32基因型,最后将loxp-neo-loxp抗性基因插入CCR5基因的第2内含子区域,制备出含有抗性基因的CCR5Δ32打靶载体,该载体可在Cre酶作用下删除neo基因但只留下一个loxp在基因的内含子区。结果:rpsl-neo片段成功插入CCR5之Δ32区并为非选择性52 bp片段替换,loxp-neo-loxp成功插入内含子区。结论:通过Red/ET同源重组技术获得CCR5Δ32-loxp-neo-loxp打靶载体。     

烟草坏死病毒A诱导的基因沉默及其条件优化

以烟草坏死病毒A中国分离物(Tobacco necrosis virus A Chinese isolate,TNV-AC)侵染性cDNA克隆为基础,通过基因替换、基因插入策略构建获得多种重组TNV-AC,比较了外源基因片段插入位置、插入形式及接种植物培养温度对TNV-AC诱导的基因沉默的影响.外源基因片段替换CP基因19～828 nt的重组TNV-AC丧失了在本生烟中的系统移动能力,也不能有效诱导相应基因发生明显的沉默,说明替换策略不适合于TNV-AC.向CP基因终止密码子UAG附近插入外源基因片段后,TNV-AC仍可进行复制,但最适的插入位点位于UAG之后,且容纳外源片段的长度约为120 nt.当外源片段以反向重复的形式插入UAG之后,诱导基因沉默的效率较高.接种植物的培养温度也会显著影响基因沉默的效率以及插入片段的稳定性,低温(18℃)条件下诱导NbPDS基因沉默的效率明显高于高温(24℃)条件,且沉默表型可持续110天以上.除了本生烟PDS基因,TNV-AC沉默载体还可诱导本生烟sulfur基因Su和镁离子螯合酶H亚基基因ChlH发生沉默,以上结果说明,TNV-AC具有开发为本生烟基因功能鉴定的新VIGS载体的潜力.     

黄瓜花叶病毒亚组I和Ⅱ分离物外壳蛋白基因的序列分析与比较

对我国分离的经生物学和血清学鉴定为黄瓜花叶病毒（ＣＭＶ）亚组Ｉ和Ⅱ的各一分离物（ＧＢ、ＸＢ）的外壳蛋白（ＣＰ）基因进行了序列分析和比较。以提纯病毒ＲＮＡ为模板,进行逆转录及ＰＣＲ扩增,并通过常规基因克隆方法得到插入ＣＰ基因片段的重组克隆。对插入ＧＢ和ＸＢ两个分离物ＣＰ基因片段的重组克隆进行全序列测定,结果表明重组克隆序列长分别为７７７ｂｐ和７９２ｂｐ均只含一个开放读框（ＯＲＦ）,长度为６５７ｎｔ,     

用DREAM技术纠正人工合成基因中的突变

目的：介绍一种简便、有效的定点突变技术。方法：根据突变位点附近的DNA序列推导出氨基酸序列,再以此氨基酸序列进行逆翻译,这样在不改变氨基酸序列的前提下可以得到数目巨大的隐性突变体（silent mutants）,这些突变体中包含大量的限制性内切酶位点,选择合适的酶切位点设计引物用PCR技术扩增两侧DNA片段,然后以相应酶切融合这两个片段即可完成定点突变。结果：用该方法成功地在人工合成的含有缺失的可溶性组织因子基因的472位插入C,T两个碱基,校正了阅读框架,获得了预期的目的基因。结论：该方法简便、有效, 避免了多轮PCR和合成长引物导致突变的可能性,这种改进的PCR 定点诱变技术我们称之为“设计限制酶辅助突变”（Designed Restriction Enzyme Assisted Mutagenesis, DREAM）。此技术简单方便, 诱变的成功率高, 适于实验室常规应用。     

昆虫特异性神经毒素基因tox34的合成及转基因烟草的获得

对来自虱状蒲螨（Pyemotestritici）的昆虫特异性神经毒素基因tox34编码成熟蛋白部分的762bp片段,依据植物的偏爱密码子进行了序列改造。将改造后的基因插入细菌表达载体pBV221,经热诱导处理后细菌总蛋白在SDS-PAGE上特异条带的表观分子量为32～33kD。将tox34基因插入植物高效表达载体后以根癌土壤杆菌（Agrobacteriumtumefaciens（SmithetTownsend）Conn）介导的方法导入烟草（NicotianatabacumL．cv．SR1）,并获得了转基因烟草植株。经PCRSouthem杂交结果证实,完整的毒素基因已整合入烟草基因组。转基因幼苗根部的组织化学检测GUS显示阳性。再生植株叶片的棉铃虫（HeliothisarmigevaHubner）饲喂实验显示对低龄幼虫有很好的毒杀作用。     

A general method for inserting specific DNA sequences into cloning vehicles

A general method has been developed to introduce any double-stranded DNA molecule into cloning vehicles at different restriction endonuclease sites. In this method a chemically synthesized decadeoxyribonucleotide duplex, containing a specific restriction endonuclease sequence, is joinlex DNA is cut by the same restriction endonuclease to generate the cohesive ends. It is then inserted into the restriction endonuclease cleavage site of the cloning vehicle. To demonstrate the feasibility of this new method, we have inserted separately the synthetic lac operator DNA at the Bam I and HindIII cleavage sites of the plasmid pMB9 DNA.     

Bending of DNA by gene-regulatory proteins: construction and use of a DNA bending vector

The binding of a protein to its specific sequence, borne on a DNA fragment, retards the mobility of the fragment in a characteristic way during gel electrophoresis. If the protein induces bending in the DNA, the contortion can also be monitored by gel electrophoresis, because the amount of retardation of the mobility of the DNA-protein complex is dependent upon the position and the degree of the bend induced in the DNA fragment [Wu and Crothers, Nature 308 (1984) 509-513]. We have constructed a plasmid, pBend2, which can generate a large number of DNA fragments of identical length in which the protein-binding nucleotide sequence is located in circular permutations. The vector contains two identical DNA segments containing 17 restriction sites in a direct repeat spanning a central region containing cloning sites. The protein-binding sequence is inserted at one of these cloning sites. To investigate the functional significance of bending, we have compared, using pBend2, the cAMP.cAMP-receptor protein (CPR)-induced bending of CRP-binding sites found in five different genes of Escherichia coli. We have also shown that the bacteriophage lambda 0R1 operator DNA is bent when complexed with the CI or Cro repressor of the phage.     

Rapid and efficient cosmid cloning

We present a procedure for cosmid cloning that allows rapid and efficient cloning of individual DNA fragments of between 32kb and 45kb. By appropriate treatment of the cloning vector, pJb8, we make left-hand and right-hand vector ends that are incapable of self-ligation but which accept dephosporylated insert DNA fragments. The inserted fragments are generated by partial digestion with MboI or Sau3A and are dephosphorylated to prevent ligation and insertion of non-contiguous fragments. The method eliminates the need to size the insert DNA fragments and prevents formation of clones containing short or multiple inserts. 1 microgram of target Drosophila DNA gives about 5 x 10(5) clones, with an average insert size of 38kb. We also describe a rapid and efficient method for preparing plasmid and cosmid DNA.     

Targeted gene walking polymerase chain reaction.

We describe a modification of a polymerase chain reaction method called 'targeted gene walking' that can be used for the amplification of unknown DNA sequences adjacent to a short stretch of known sequence by using the combination of a single, targeted sequence specific PCR primer with a second, nonspecific 'walking' primer. This technique can replace conventional cloning and screening methods with a single step PCR protocol to greatly expedite the isolation of sequences either upstream or downstream from a known sequence. A number of potential applications are discussed, including its utility as an alternative to cloning and screening for new genes or cDNAs, as a method for searching for polymorphic sites, restriction endonuclease or regulatory regions, and its adaptation to rapidly sequence DNA of lengthy unknown regions that are contiguous to known genes.     

Molecular cloning of cDNA sequences coding for the major alpha- and beta-globin polypeptides of adult Xenopus laevis.

This report describes the synthesis and cloning of almost complete DNA copies of the mRNAs encoding the major alpha-globin and major beta-globin of X. laevis. Double-stranded globin cDNA was inserted into the PstI site of the plasmid pBR322 and two cloned recombinants (designated pXG6C1 and pXG8D2) were selected. These were shown to contain almost complete copies of X. laevis globin mRNA. Restriction enzyme maps were determined for each cDNA sequence using the established method of partial digestion of end labelled DNA. However, this procedure was modified such that isolation of individual DNA fragments was no longer required. Each plasmid was shown, by both hybrid arrested translation and filter selection of complementary RNA, to contain a sequence coding for one or other of the two major globin polypeptides. Sufficient DNA sequence information has been determined from each cDNA clone to demonstrate that pXG8D2 contains a beta-globin sequence and pXG6C1 contains an alpha-globin sequence.     

T载体介导的基于attL核心区LR反应的简化快速Gateway克隆系统

Gateway克隆技术已得到广泛的应用。该技术先通过BP反应将目标片段连到带有完整attL特异识别位点的入门载体,然后与终载体通过LR反应得到表达载体。Gateway克隆方法与传统的酶切连接方法相比有快速简单等优点。但是,BP和LR酶都非常昂贵。本研究首先对3个常用Gateway载体的atts特异位点序列比对发现,attL序列核心交换位点“core attL”的21~22 bp长的碱基是保守和必要的。由此,设计含有core-attL序列的引物,通过PCR克隆得到DNA片段并连入pMD18-T载体,然后进行LR反应,可成功得到目标表达载体,并在保守的位点上正确重组。本研究还对其中一个带有绿色荧光蛋白基因的表达载体转化至烟草,能够正常表达该蛋白质。结果表明,通过将含有attL核心位点基因片段连接到pMD18-T载体上,可以省略BP反应而将目标片段连接到终载体上,节约了反应时间和成本。     

Harnessing homologous recombination in vitro to generate recombinant DNA via SLIC

We describe a new cloning method, sequence and ligation-independent cloning (SLIC), which allows the assembly of multiple DNA fragments in a single reaction using in vitro homologous recombination and single-strand annealing. SLIC mimics in vivo homologous recombination by relying on exonuclease-generated ssDNA overhangs in insert and vector fragments, and the assembly of these fragments by recombination in vitro. SLIC inserts can also be prepared by incomplete PCR (iPCR) or mixed PCR. SLIC allows efficient and reproducible assembly of recombinant DNA with as many as 5 and 10 fragments simultaneously. SLIC circumvents the sequence requirements of traditional methods and functions much more efficiently at very low DNA concentrations when combined with RecA to catalyze homologous recombination. This flexibility allows much greater versatility in the generation of recombinant DNA for the purposes of synthetic biology.     

Seamless gene engineering using RNA- and DNA-overhang cloning

Here we describe two methods for generating DNA fragments with single-stranded overhangs, like those generated by the activity of many restriction enzymes, by simple methods that do not involve DNA digestion. The methods, RNA-overhang cloning (ROC) and DNA-overhang cloning (DOC), generate polymerase chain reaction (PCR) products composed of double-stranded (ds) DNA flanked by single-stranded (ss) RNA or DNA overhangs. The overhangs can be used to recombine DNA fragments at any sequence location, creating "perfect" chimeric genes composed of DNA fragments that have been joined without the insertion, deletion, or alteration of even a single base pair. The ROC method entails using PCR primers that contain regions of RNA sequence that cannot be copied by certain thermostable DNA polymerases. Using such a chimeric primer in PCR would yield a product with a 5' overhang identical to the sequence of the RNA component of the primer, which can be used for directional ligation of the amplified product to other preselected DNA molecules. This method provides complete control over both the length and sequence of the overhangs, and eliminates the need for restriction enzymes as tools for gene engineering.     

Efficient molecular cloning of environmental DNA from geothermal sediments

An efficient and simple method for constructing an environmental library using mechanically sheared DNA obtained directly from geothermal sediments is presented. The method is based on blunt-end modification of DNA fragments followed by 3-adenylation using Vent DNA polymerase and Taq DNA polymerase, respectively. The prepared DNA fragments are then ligated into a TA cloning vector and used in the transformation of Escherichia coli. This method has been successfully applied to the cloning of ORFs derived from uncultivated prokaryotes present in geothermal sediment.