麻疯树种子发育过程中JcOle14.3和JcOle16.6基因的表达模式研究

油质蛋白基因对种子中油体的形成至关重要,该研究通过实时荧光定量PCR,对麻疯树的两个油质蛋白基因JcOle14.3和JcOle16.6在种子不同发育时期的表达模式进行了分析。结果表明:两个基因在种子发育初期(10~30 d)表达量逐渐升高,但表达水平均较低;40 d时表达量急剧增加并达到最高,而种子发育后期(50~55 d)两个基因表达水平均逐渐降低。由此可初步推测,JcOle14.3和JcOle16.6基因的表达量可能与种子油脂积累量存在正相关。该研究结果为麻疯树油体形成机理和油质蛋白的深入研究提供了理论基础。     

穗醋栗MYB10基因克隆结构分析及功能验证

为探究花色苷合成相关转录因子MYB10在不同颜色穗醋栗果实着色差异的分子机理,通过cDNA末端快速扩增技术(rapid amplification of cDNA ends, RACE)法从果实花青素含量有较大差异的黑穗醋栗(Ribes nigrum L.)、红穗醋栗(Ribes rubrum L.)和白穗醋栗(Ribes album L.)中分别克隆出MYB10基因,分别命名为RnMYB10 (KY786107)、RrMYB10 (KY786108)和RaMYB10(MW660848)。系统发育分析表明,RnMYB10和RrMYB10在进化上具有同源性。实时荧光定量PCR(real-time quantitative PCR,RT-qPCR)结果表明:黑穗醋栗各时期果实中MYB10表达量均高于红穗醋栗且远远高于白穗醋栗。随着果实直径加大颜色加深,RnMYB10和RrMYB10表达量呈现先上升后下降的趋势(在果实转色程度75%时达到最大值),RaMYB10表达量极低,几乎无表达。过表达RnMYB10和RrMYB10的拟南芥呈现紫色叶柄和叶片,过表达RaMYB10的拟南芥无明显变化。说明...     

Expression pattern of mouse sFRP-1 and mWnt-8 gene during heart morphogenesis

The Wnt genes encode a large family of secreted proteins that play a key role in embryonic development and tissue differentiation in many species (Rijsewijk et al., 1987 and Nusse and Varmus, 1992). Genetic and biochemical studies have suggested that the frizzled proteins are cell surface receptors for Wnts (Vinson et al., 1989, Chan et al., 1992, Bhanot et al., 1996 and Wang et al., 1996). In parallel, a number of secreted frizzled-like proteins with a conserved N-terminal frizzled motif have been identified (Finch et al., 1997, Melkonyan et al., 1997 and Rattner et al., 1997). One of these proteins, FrzA, the bovine counterpart of the murine sFRP-1 (93% identity) is involved in vascular cell growth control, binds Wg in vitro and antagonizes Xwnt-8 and hWnt-2 signaling in Xenopus embryos (Xu et al., 1998 and Duplàa et al., 1999). In this study, we report that sFRP-1 is expressed in the heart and in the visceral yolk sac during mouse development, and that sFRP-1 and mWnt-8 display overlapping expression patterns during heart morphogenesis. From 8.5 to 12.5 d.p.c., sFRP-1 is expressed in cardiomyocytes together with mWnt-8 but neither in the pericardium nor in the endocardium; at 17.5 d.p.c., they are no longer present in the heart. In mouse adult tissues, while sFRP-1 is highly detected in the aortic endothelium and media and in cardiomyocytes, mWnt-8 is not detected in these areas. Immunoprecipitation experiments demonstrates that FrzA binds to mWnt-8 in cell culture experiments.     

巨桉扩展蛋白EgrEXPA8和EgrEXPA10基因的克隆和表达特性分析

为探讨扩展蛋白在桉树生长发育中的作用,以在桉树初生生长到次生生长转换转录组测序中筛选出的差异表达基因EgrEXPA8和EgrEXPA10为基础,从巨桉(Eucalyptusgrandis)中克隆了2个扩展蛋白基因EgrEXPA8和EgrEXPA10,分别编码249和244个氨基酸,属于亲水蛋白,但Egr EXPA8稳定性高于Egr EXPA10。q RT-PCR分析表明,Egr EXPA8和Egr EXPA10基因均在幼叶和茎尖组织中表达量较高,在木质部和韧皮部表达量较低;且在茎顶端初生生长阶段表达量较高,而在下部次生生长节间表达量较低,可能其主要参与巨桉的初生生长或者负调控次生生长;另外在盐胁迫、茉莉酸甲酯处理下其均被抑制表达;而在水杨酸、缺硼、缺磷处理下均上调表达。这说明EgrEXPA8和EgrEXPA10在巨桉响应逆境胁迫时起到重要作用,且呈现出相似的调控方式。     

荧光转基因斑马鱼Tg(ttn.2:EGFP)的构建

为了建立一种用于研究肌肉和心脏发育及其相关疾病的绿色荧光蛋白(enhanced green fluorescent protein,EGFP)转基因斑马鱼品系,本研究使用斑马鱼ttn.2基因编码区上游启动子序列和绿色荧光蛋白基因编码序列构建了重组表达载体,并将该载体和Tol2转座酶的加帽mRNA显微共注射入斑马鱼1-细胞期胚胎,通过荧光检测、遗传杂交筛选和分子鉴定等方法,成功建立了能稳定遗传的Tg(ttn.2:EGFP)转基因斑马鱼品系。荧光表达分析及原位杂交分析结果表明,绿色荧光信号在斑马鱼肌肉和心脏组织中特异表达模式与ttn.2基因的mRNA表达一致。通过反向PCR鉴定转基因表达载体在F1代斑马鱼品系中的随机整合位点,结果表明:No.33转基因品系的EGFP基因整合在斑马鱼的4号和11号染色体上,No.34转基因品系则整合在1号染色体上。该荧光转基因斑马鱼品系Tg(ttn.2:EGFP)的成功构建为肌肉和心脏发育以及相关疾病研究提供了一个新的理想实验模型。此外,绿色荧光强烈表达的斑马鱼品系还可以作为一种新的观赏鱼。     

Efficient, galactose-free production of Candida antarctica lipase B by GAL10 promoter in Δgal80 mutant of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

An efficient yeast gene expression system with GAL10 promoter that does not require galactose as an inducer was developed using Δgal80 mutant strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. We constructed several combinations of gal mutations (Δgal1, Δgal80, Δmig1, Δmig2, and Δgal6) of S. cerevisiae and tested for their effect on efficiency of recombinant protein production by GAL10 promoter using a lipase, Candida antarctica lipase B (CalB), as a reporter. While the use of Δgal1 mutant strain required the addition of a certain amount of galactose to the medium, Δgal80 mutant strain did not require galactose. Furthermore, it was found that the recombinant CalB could be produced more efficiently (1.6-fold at 5 L-scale fermentation) in Δgal80 mutant strain than in the Δgal1 mutant. The Δgal80 mutant strain showed glucose repressible mode of expression of GAL10 promoter. Using Δgal80 mutant strain of S. cerevisiae, CalB was efficiently produced in a glucose-only fermentation at volumes up to 500 L.     

Characterization of CaGSP1, the Candida albicans RAN/GSP1 homologue

Gsp1p is a small nuclear-located GTP binding protein from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. It is highly conserved among eucaryotic cells and is involved in numerous cellular processes, including nucleocytoplasmic trafficking of macromolecules. To learn more about the GSP1 structure/function, we have characterized its Candida albicans homologue. CaGsp1p is 214 amino acids long and displays 91% identity to the ScGsp1p. There is functional complementation in S. cerevisiae, and its mRNA is constitutively expressed in the diploid C. albicans grown under various physiological conditions. Disruption of both alleles was not possible, suggesting that it could be an essential gene, but heterozygous mutants exhibited genomic instability.     

基于Tail-PCR分析AN2基因上游启动子活性

黑果枸杞(Lycium ruthenicum)富含花青素,AN2基因是调控黑果枸杞花青素合成代谢的主效基因。为解析AN2基因启动子的活性差异,采用Tail-PCR方法分别克隆了黑果枸杞和红果枸杞(L. barbarum) AN2基因起始密码子上游约1 686 bp (LrAN2p)和1 495 bp (LbAN2p)的序列。Plant CARE预测表明,LbAN2p和LrAN2p中分别有133和137个的顺式作用元件, 其中,参与光调控的顺式元件分别有11和15个;参与激素响应相关的顺式元件分别有13和16个。构建AN2启动子植物表达载体pKGWFS7:LbAN2p和pKGWFS7:LrAN2p,利用农杆菌介导的烟草遗传转化体系获得转基因烟草。GUS染色结果表明,LrAN2p能够驱动GUS在烟草中的表达,叶片呈现蓝色,具有较LbAN2p更强的启动活性,qRT-PCR结果表明,LrAN2p转基因烟草中GUS基因具有更高的转录水平,这可能会使AN2基因在黑果枸杞中具有更高的表达,激活黑果枸杞花青素合成代谢通路。这为解析枸杞果色形成及AN2基因的表达调控机制奠定了理论基础。     

Oenothera mitochondrial orf454, a gene involved in cytochrome c biogenesis corresponds to orf169 and orf322 of Marchantia

We have characterized a mitochondrial gene in Oenothera, designated orf454, capable of encoding a component of the cytochrome c biogenesis system. This open reading frame is interrupted by an intron of 941 nucleotides showing high similarity to a group II intron residing in the rpl2 gene. RNA editing, which is observed at 18 cytidine positions within the orf454 reading frame, improves the similarity to protein-coding sequences in bacteria and higher plants and removes the last 16 amino acids. orf454 also shows high sequence similarity to two overlapping reading frames (orf169 and orf322) of Marchantia mitochondria. These ORFs belong to an operon-like cluster of genes in the liverwort that is not conserved in Oenothera mitochondria. However, in bacteria these reading frames are organized like the Marchantia gene cluster. It has been shown by genetical analysis in Rhodobacter capsulatus that these genes are essential for cytochrome c biogenesis. Genes of bacterial operons — ccl1 in Rhodobacter and yejR and nrfE in Escherichia coli — show high sequence similarity to the mitochondrial reading frames orf577 and orf454 of Oenothera. orf454, which we describe here, is homologous to the C-terminal region of these bacterial genes, while the previously described orf577 is homologous to the N-terminal region.     

The C. elegans sex determination gene laf-1 encodes a putative DEAD-box RNA helicase

The Caenorhabditis elegans gene laf-1 is critical for both embryonic development and sex determination. Laf-1 is thought to promote male cell fates by negatively regulating expression of tra-2 in both hermaphrodites and males. We cloned laf-1 and established that it encodes a putative DEAD-box RNA helicase related to Saccharomyces cerevisiae Ded1p and Drosophila Vasa. Three sequenced laf-1 mutations are missense alleles affecting a small region of the protein in or near helicase motif III. We demonstrate that the phenotypes resulting from laf-1 mutations are due to loss or reduction of laf-1 function, and that both laf-1 and a related helicase vbh-1 function in germline sex determination. Laf-1 mRNA is expressed in both males and hermaphrodites and in both the germline and soma of hermaphrodites. It is expressed at all developmental stages and is most abundant in embryos. LAF-1 is predominantly, if not exclusively, cytoplasmic and colocalizes with PGL-1 in P granules of germline precursor cells. Previous results suggest that laf-1 functions to negatively regulate expression of the sex determination protein TRA-2, and we find that the abundance of TRA-2 is modestly elevated in laf-1/+ females. We discuss potential functions of LAF-1 as a helicase and its roles in sex determination.     

巴西橡胶树HbSUT3和HbSUT5 mRNA在嫩茎和中脉中的原位杂交分析

为研究巴西橡胶树(Hevea brasiliensis)中HbSUT3和HbSUT5基因的功能,采用地高辛标记的RNA探针与橡胶树嫩茎和中脉两种组织切片分别进行RNA原位杂交,对这2种SUT基因在组织中的表达区域与表达特点进行了分析。结果表明,在橡胶树嫩茎中,两个SUT基因主要在树皮的韧皮部和皮层细胞中表达;在中脉中,两个SUT基因在除木质部导管系统外的其它部位均有表达;HbSUT3基因在嫩茎和中脉中的表达量相近,而HbSUT5基因在嫩茎中的表达量远高于中脉。这些揭示HbSUT3和HbSUT5基因可能广泛参与韧皮部装载、蔗糖运输与库细胞供给等活动,同时两个SUT基因也存在功能分化。     

Genome Analysis inNeurospora crassa;Cloning of Four Lociarginine-1(arg-1),methionine-6(met-6),unknown-7(un-7), andribosome production-1(rip-1) and Associated Chromosome Walking

We have cloned fourNeurospora crassagenes by complementation analysis. Cloned genes include thearginine-1(arg-1),methionine-6(met-6),unknown-7(un-7), andribosome production-1(rip-1) loci. Chromosome walks were initiated in ordered cosmid libraries from the cloned loci. A total of about 700 kb of theNeurosporagenome is covered in these walks.     

家蚕微孢子虫感染对家蚕BmN细胞凋亡以及凋亡蛋白抑制因子IAPs表达的影响

【目的】在无任何外界凋亡因素诱导条件下,探究家蚕微孢子虫感染对家蚕卵巢细胞-BmN凋亡的影响,以及凋亡蛋白抑制因子IAPs实相表达的变化情况。【方法】显微镜下观察家蚕微孢子虫感染BmN细胞后不同时间段宿主细胞的变化情况,以及利用荧光定量PCR方法检测家蚕促凋亡基因——细胞色素C(BmCyt c)表达水平的变化,随后检索家蚕基因组与蛋白质家族数据库搜寻家蚕凋亡蛋白抑制因子IAPs基因信息,并通过荧光定量PCR方法对这些基因的实相表达情况进行定量分析。【结果】家蚕微孢子虫感染BmN细胞的前5 d,细胞状态未见明显变化。感染后7 d,BmN细胞的生长受到了一定程度的影响。第12天时,对照组中几乎所有细胞出现空泡化或细胞死亡的现象,而感染家蚕微孢子虫的BmN细胞未见空泡的出现,并且大量细胞形态完整,细胞核清晰可见。同时,BmCyt c基因的表达几乎一直处于被抑制状态,特别是感染后的第10天与第12天,该基因的表达量显著性降低(P0.01)。通过数据库检索共得到4个家蚕凋亡蛋白抑制因子:BmIAP-1、BmIAP-2、BmSurvivin-1与BmSurvivin-2。荧光定量PCR结果表明:BmIAP-1和BmSurvivin-1基因在感染后期(10 d与12 d)表达量有上升趋势,尤其是感染后的12 d,表达量显著上升(P0.01)。然而,BmIAP-2与BmSurvivin-2基因的表达在大多数时间段均处于下调状态。【结论】当无任何外界凋亡因素诱导条件下,家蚕微孢子虫感染BmN细胞后可影响宿主细胞的生长,并可抑制细胞的正常生理凋亡。依据荧光定量PCR结果,我们推测在家蚕微孢子虫感染BmN细胞时,BmIAP-1和BmSurvivin-1蛋白可能在调节细胞凋亡的过程中起一定作用。     

Construction of a Tn5 derivative encoding bioluminescence and its introduction in Pseudomonas, Agrobacterium and Rhizobium

Summary A simple method based upon the use of a Tn5 derivative, Tn5-Lux, has been devised for the introduction and stable expression of the character of bioluminescence in a variety of gram-negative bacteria. In Tn5-Lux, the luxAB genes of Vibrio harveyi encoding luciferase are inserted on a SalI-BglII fragment between the kanamycin resistance (Km^r) gene and the right insertion sequence. The transposon derivative was placed on a transposition suicide vehicle by in situ recombination with the Tn5 suicide vector pGS9, to yield pDB30. Mating between Escherichia coli WA803 (pDB30) and a strain from our laboratory, Pseudomonas sp. RB100C, gave a Km^r transfer frequency of 10^-6 per recipient, a value 10 times lower than that obtained with the original suicide vehicle pGS9. Tn5-Lux was also introduced by insertion mutagenesis in other strains of gram-negative soil bacteria. The bioluminescence marker was expressed in the presence of n-decanal, and was monitored as chemiluminescence in a liquid scintillation counter. The recorded light intensities were fairly comparable among the strains, and ranged between 0.2 to 1.8x10⁶ cpm for a cell density of 10³ colony forming units/ml. Nodules initiated by bioluminescent strains of Rhizobium leguminosarum on two different hosts were compared for intensity of the bioluminescence they produced.