一种用少量标本快速构建老年性白内障消减cDNA文库的方法

为从少量标本中获得含较多大片段的、高质量的老年性白内障消减cDNA文库,利用磁珠分离、生物素标记的改良消减杂交法获得差异cDNA,利用选择性PCR法扩增其中大片段差异cDNA,从而成功构建老年性白内障消减cDNA文库.在文库中随机挑取的22个克隆中,1 000 bp以上的片段有7个,占31.8%,750 bp以上有15个,占68.2%.所得cDNA片段较大,可以满足下一步研究需要.改良消减杂交法结合选择性PCR法可以从少量标本中快速有效地获得大片段高质量的消减cDNA文库.     

Application for PCR technology to subtractive cDNA cloning: identification of genes expressed specifically in murine plasmacytoma cells.

We describe a simple method for preparing a renewable source of subtractive cDNA which can be used as a hybridization probe or as insert which can be cloned into a variety of convenient vectors. This has been done by ligating a double-stranded oligonucleotide to each end of double-stranded subtractive cDNA, and then using this oligonucleotide sequence to amplify the heterogeneous population of cDNA molecules using the polymerase chain reaction and thermostable Taq DNA polymerase. This method improves the chances for identifying cDNA clones representing low abundance mRNAs that are expressed differentially. Using this approach, we have identified cDNA clones which detect three different low abundance mRNAs that are expressed in mouse plasmacytoma cell lines but not in mouse pre-B or B lymphoma cell lines.     

Isolation of diallyl trisulfide inducible differentially expressed genes in human gastric cancer cells by modified cDNA representational difference analysis

Extensive epidemiologic studies indicated protective effects of consumption of garlic on reducing human gastric cancer (HGC) incidence. Diallyl trisulfide (DATS), a critical organic allyl sulfur component of garlic, was reported to have chemopreventive effects in inhibiting tumor process. We used DATS to treat HGC cell line BGC823 cells, and showed that DATS induces G1/S arrest and apoptosis in BGC823 cells demonstrated by a flow cytometric analysis. To further isolate DATS inducible differentially expressed genes in BGC823 cells, we combined a highly specific subtractive hybridization of cDNA representational difference analysis (cDNA RDA) with a sensitive bidirectional radioactive detection of mRNA differential display (mRNA DD) to develop a subtractive hybridization differential display (SHDD) method. This modified method adopted a first round of bidirectional subtractive hybridization between two sample cDNAs and a second round of bidirectional subtractive hybridization between the two resultant first-round difference products. Bidirectional subtractive hybridizations magnified the differences between the two sample cDNAs and favored isolating mRNA species with very small expression differences. We employed the SHDD method to detect DATS inducible differentially expressed genes in BGC823 cells. A total of 14 cDNA fragments (11 upregulated and 3 downregulated by DATS treatment) were isolated and confirmed by reverse Northern blot analysis. Our data show that SHDD is a powerful technique for identifying differentially expressed mRNA species between two sample cDNAs and provide useful cellular and molecular information for understanding the effects of garlic against human gastric cancer.     

Optimization of subtractive hybridization in construction of subtractive cDNA libraries

The efficiency of subtraction, integrity of residual single-stranded cDNA, and efficient recovery of nanogram quantities of double-stranded cDNA are the three most important factors affecting quality of subtractive hybridization reactions prior to subtractive cDNA library construction. Techniques for efficient isolation of single-stranded cDNA, after subtraction, have greatly improved from early protocols based on hydroxylapatite chromatography to phenol-chloroform extraction of biotin-streptavidin-crosslinked polynucleotides or oligo(dA)-cellulose affinity chromatography. Factors affecting mRNA stability at the hybridization step, however, also have consequences that directly affect the complexity of the library and the length of cDNAs recovered. We have optimized the subtractive hybridization step in subtractive cDNA library construction to ensure that single-stranded cDNAs survive hybridization as near to full length as possible. These improvements have enabled successful construction of subtractive cDNA libraries from the nanogram quantities of single-stranded cDNA remaining after extensive liquid hybridization to high calculated C_ot values.     

用改良消减杂交结合选择性PCR法构建老年性白内障消减cDNA文库

为构建含较多大片段的高质量的老年性白内障消减cDNA文库 ,利用生物素标记、磁珠分离的改良消减杂交法获得差异cDNA .利用选择性PCR法扩增其中大片段差异cDNA ,将其与T 载体进行T A连接并转化入大肠杆菌 ,成功构建老年性白内障消减cDNA文库 .共获得 4 0 0 0余个克隆 ,随机挑取的 2 2个克隆中 ,≥ 10 0 0bp的片段有 7个 ,占 31 8% ,≥ 75 0bp有 15个 ,占 6 8 2 % .将≥ 75 0bp的 15个克隆进行反向点杂交 ,排除其中假阳性克隆 ,阳性克隆经测序并与GenBank比较 ,得到 6个已知基因、1个新基因 ,6个已知基因中 4个为全长基因 ,说明所得cDNA片段较大 ,文库质量较高 .改良消减杂交法结合选择性PCR法可以快速有效地获得大片段高质量的消减cDNA文库 ,为进一步筛选、鉴定老年性白内障致病相关基因奠定了基础     

An improved method for subtractive cloning of differentially expressed genes in higher plants by protective exonuclease digestion and discriminating PCR amplification

An improved method for subtractive cloning with enhanced efficiency was developed by modifying the enzymatic degrading subtraction. The thionucleotide-modified tester cDNA fragments under control of one linker-primer were hybridized with excess driver cDNA fragments flanked by the other distinct linker-primer. After selective digestion of incompletely protected tester/driver and of unprotected driver/driver molecules with exonuclease III and VII, the protected tester/tester reassociates due to thionucleotides were exclusively amplified by PCR with the tester-cDNA-specific primer. The subtractively enriched target cDNA fragments, showing distinct bands in an agarose gel, were inserted into pUC19, and random colonies with inserts were screened by Northern hybridization to tester and driver RNA. Four distinct clones were confirmed to be up-regulated by the withdrawal of potassium from the nutrient solution of seedling barley growing hydroponically. The original protocol generated only smeared amplicons due to non-selective PCR amplification of the hybridized cDNA mixture including remains of undigested driver cDNA.Abbreviations EDS Enzymatic degrading subtraction - SET Subtractively enriched target     

Isolation and Characterization of Rat and Human cDNAs Encoding a Novel Putative Peroxisomal Enoyl-CoA Hydratase

We have used a PCR-based subtractive hybridization method to identify upregulated cDNAs in the livers of rats treated with a peroxisome proliferator [clofibrate or di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate]. After four rounds of subtractive hybridization 62 differentially hybridizing clones were partially sequenced and analyzed by sequence homology searching. Of 62, 49 were identical to 14 different upregulated rat sequences in the databank (mostly genes encoding microsomal or peroxisomal enzymes), 4 of 62 were fragments of three previously unknown genes, and 9 of 62 were false positives. Two of the unknown fragments hybridized to a single novel cDNA that was found to be more than 20-fold induced by both peroxisome proliferators. The 36-kDa predicted protein product of this cDNA shows a high degree of sequence homology to enoyl-CoA hydratases of several different species and has a C-terminal peroxisomal targeting sequence. An epitope-tagged protein product of a full-length cDNA was targeted to peroxisomes in a human cell line. We named this gene, which encodes an apparent peroxisomal enoyl-CoA hydratase, ECH1. We have also identified human ECH1 cDNA and mapped its structural gene to 19q13, 3′ to the ryanodine receptor, by hybridization to somatic cell hybrid DNA and chromosome 19-specific cosmid arrays. Possible roles for the ECH1 protein product in peroxisomal β-oxidation are discussed.     

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.     

几种cDNA差减文库构建方法的比较

ｃＤＮＡ差减文库的构建是研究基因差异表达、缩小目的基因筛选范围的理想方法。近年来报道了多种构建方法,并形成了两个发展趋势,但目前还无一种方法被普遍认可。现就几种常见方法的原理、思路及优缺点进行了比较,以供借鉴。     

ISOLATION OF PHASE-SPECIFIC COMPLE-MENTARY DNAS FROM CARPOSPOROPHYTES OF GRACILARIOPSIS LEMA-NEIFORMIS USING MAGNETIC BEADS AND PCR

Kamiya, M.¹, Moon, D. A.², Kawai, H.¹ & Goff, L. J.^{2 1}Kobe University Research Center for Inland Seas, 2746 Iwaya, Awaji-cho 656-2401 Japan; ²Department of Biology, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064 USA Although the morphology and developmental patterns of carposporophyte stage have been investigated well, there are few molecular, genetic, or biochemical data about this stage. The greatest obstacle to this research has been that the conventional methods to isolate tissue-specific genes require a lot of tissues, but the carposporophyte is very tiny and mostly embedded in female gametophyte tissues. Recent advanced techniques have allowed the subtractive cloning of differentially expressed genes from small amounts of tissue or cells. We applied the subtractive hybridization method using magnetic beads and PCR to the analysis of phase-specific cDNAs from carpo-sporophytes of Gracilariopsis lemaneiformis (Gracilariales, Rhodophyta). A hundred cystocarps were dissected to isolate gonimoblast tissues, and total RNAs were extracted from the gonimoblast tissues and the female gametophyte branches, respectively. Messenger RNAs were captured on paramagnetic oligo-dT beads, followed by first-strand cDNA synthesis on the beads. Three rounds of subtractive hybridization between the amplified second-strand carposporophyte cDNA in solution and the first-strand gametophyte cDNA attached to magnetic beads were sufficient to remove common genes present in both gametophyte and carposporophyte stages. A specific PCR product from the nuclear GAPDH gene was readily amplified from gametophyte and carposporophyte cDNA, but no amplification was observed using the subtracted carposporophyte cDNA as template. This control PCR product demonstrates that the hybridization steps successfully removed the common GAPDH cDNA, which is found in both stages, giving confidence that the remaining genes cloned from the subtracted carposporophyte cDNA library are stage-specific.     

Simple and efficient subtractive hybridization screening.

A method of subtractive hybridization screening is presented that does not rely on the availability of large amounts of poly(A)+ RNA. The usefulness of this method is demonstrated by the isolation of cDNA clones that are unique or present at enhanced levels in cDNA libraries derived from a psoriatic skin cell line. A very high level of enrichment for rare cDNA sequences is possible as shown by the isolation of cDNA clones present at a frequency of less than one in one hundred thousand (0.001%). This method is particularly useful in experimental systems where the amount of RNA available is limited.     

Subtraction hybridization cDNA libraries from colon carcinoma and hepatic cancer

cDNA clones of differentially expressed mRNAs in a colon carcinoma and a hepatocellular carcinoma have been isolated by subtractive cDNA cloning. The subtracted material is at least 90 X enriched for differentially expressed sequences and can be used for construction of subtractive cDNA libraries and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification to generate differential probes. Commercially available lambda ZAP II is used for construction of primary libraries since single-stranded phage bearing the cloned cDNA can be excised in vivo and because lambda libraries are convenient for subsequent screening and manipulations. Rare mRNAs (less than 0.01% abundance), which are differentially expressed, can be isolated utilizing this procedure.     

Directional random oligonucleotide primed (DROP) global amplification of cDNA: its application to subtractive cDNA cloning.

We describe a method of global PCR amplification of cDNA such that the strand sense is maintained. The products of this process are random primed fragments ranging in size from 100 to 500 bp which facilitates uniform PCR amplification of total cDNA. Directional incorporation of a T7 RNA polymerase initiator/promoter sequence allows efficient synthesis of total sense RNA from this material and the use of a biotinylated primer permits the separation of single-stranded cDNA. Isolation of these products from different cell types provides a renewable source of target single-stranded cDNA and driver RNA from limited cell numbers and we demonstrate their use for subtractive hybridisation cloning of differentially expressed cDNAs.     

人细胞差异表达基因cDNA消减杂交体系的建立

为克隆肺腺癌分化相关基因, 采用诱导分化与消减杂交相结合的策略, 建立了全反式维甲酸(RA)诱导前后人肺腺癌细胞系的cDNA消减文库, 得到124个cDNA消减克隆. 经加减法杂交差异筛选、DNA和RNA印迹、cDNA全序列测定和生物学功能分析, 分离到3个在人肺腺癌细胞系分化过程中由RA激活而特异表达的新的cDNA序列这一策略和技术路线适用于分离细胞中呈过量表达或表达抑制基因的cDNA克隆, 并具有反映细胞分化过程中基因表达动态变化特征和相对简便适用的特点.     

Identification of calconectin, a calcium-binding protein specifically expressed by the mantle of Pinctada margaritifera

Nacre or mother-of-pearl in the shell of Pinctada margaritifera is composed of 95-99% calcium carbonate and 1-5% organic matrix. In this study, we developed an original technique to characterize the genes differentially expressed in nacre-forming cells (NFC) by combining suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH), to establish a cDNA subtractive library, with rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE)-PCR. Seventy-two specific cDNA sequences have been obtained so far. These include a protein containing two EF-hand Ca2+-binding domains which was completely sequenced after amplification by RACE-PCR. Its specific expression as well as the specificity of the SSH method was confirmed by semi-quantitative RT-PCR on NFC and mantle cells.