绿色荧光蛋白的发光机制

从多管水母（Ａｅｑｕｏｒｅａｖｉｃｔｏｒｉａ）中分离纯化的绿色荧光蛋白（ＧＦＰ）是由２３８个氨基酸残基组成的单链多肽,分子量约２７ｋＤ,１９９２年其ｃＤＮＡ被克隆［１］。１９９４年重组野生型ＧＦＰ（ＷｔＧＦＰ）在异源细胞中表达［２］。野生型ＧＦＰ被紫外光和蓝光激发后能发出绿色荧光,最大荧光吸收／激发峰在３９５ｎｍ,在４７５ｎｍ有一个肩峰,荧光发射峰为５０８ｎｍ。ＧＦＰ的结构和光致荧光非常稳定,而且因ＧＦＰ生色团的形成是自催化的,检测ＧＦＰ的光致荧光不需要外加底物和辅因子,便于活体观察［２］。如今…     

利用GFP示踪细胞内源性P53活性检测DNA损伤

ＤＮＡ损伤的检测对预防癌症和遗传病等非常重要。采用分子克隆技术,将报告基因—绿色荧光蛋白（ＧＦＰ）置于ＳＶ４０基本启动子调控下,构建成对照载体ｐＳＶ－ＧＦＰ。在ＳＶ４０基本启动子上游插入寡核苷酸Ｐ５３ＲＥ,构建成示踪载体ｐ５３ＲＥ－ＧＦＰ。转染ＮＩＨ３Ｔ３细胞,以ＧＦＰ示踪细胞内源性Ｐ５３的转录激活活性。紫外线照射或Ｈ２Ｏ２处理转化细胞使ＤＮＡ损伤,诱导细胞内源性Ｐ５３的表达。用激光扫描共聚焦成像系统（ＬＳＣＩＳ）对细胞进行红、绿、蓝三色光融合成像,并测定ＧＦＰ经４８８ｎｍ激发后发出的绿色荧光光密度,验证ＧＦＰ示踪Ｐ５３的特异性。ｐ５３ＲＥ－ＧＦＰ转化细胞３Ｔ３－ＲＥＧ经紫外线照射或Ｈ２Ｏ２处理后,ＧＦＰ的表达增高,处理后１ｈｒ光密度即达到最高水平,随后逐渐降低。血清“饥饿”—非ＤＮＡ损伤处理的３Ｔ３－ＲＥＧ细胞,以及经紫外和Ｈ２Ｏ２处理的对照载体ｐＳＶ－ＧＦＰ转化细胞３Ｔ３－ＳＶＧ,ＧＦＰ的表达无明显增强。实验表明：ＧＦＰ示踪内源性Ｐ５３转录激活活性用于检测ＤＮＡ损伤有很高的灵敏度和特异性,适宜推广应用。     

绿色荧光蛋白的特性及其在信号转导中的应用

细胞和分子生物学的最终目标是 ,明确细胞内的各种事件是如何发生的 ,明了细胞内复杂的动态变化的生化机制。绿色荧光蛋白 (ｇｒｅｅｎｆｌｕｏｒｅｓｃｅｎｔｐｒｏｔｅｉｎ ,ＧＦＰ)自从克隆、表达之后 ,以其良好的物理特性及荧光特性而成为良好的报告基因和荧光标记分子 ,并在探索生命现象过程中得到了非常广泛的应用。ＧＦＰ作为报告基因 ,可用在活细胞中直接观察蛋白质向细胞器 ,如细胞核、内质网中运动 ;作为荧光标记分子 ,ＧＦＰ既具有敏感的标记检测率 ,又没有放射性的危害 ;最近又发现ＧＦＰ是一个良好的细胞间信号传递的动态标记…     

活细胞的分子探针——绿色荧光蛋白

来自水母的绿色荧光蛋白（ＧＦＰ）,在不加外源物质的情况下,紫外光激发后,能在原核和玩具核活细胞中发绿色荧光,荧光性质稳定,突变蛋白发光效率提高,激发和发射光谱明显改变。ＧＦＰ是一种十分有用的活细胞分子探针,在基因表达调控,转基因动物研究,蛋白在细胞中功能定位,迁移变化,病原菌侵入活细胞的分子过程等诸多方面均有广泛的用途。     

绿色荧光蛋白及其在植物研究中的应用

绿色荧光蛋白（ＧＦＰ）是海洋生物水母（Ａｅｑｕｏｒｅａｖｉｃｔｏｒｉａ）体内的一种发光蛋白,分子量２７ｋＤ,由２３８个氨基酸组成。该蛋白６５～６７位ＳｅｒＴｙｒＧｌｙ三种氨基酸环化加氧形成特殊的生色团结构。野生型ＧＦＰ发光较弱,而且ｇｆｐｃＤＮＡ含有隐蔽型剪切位点,而加工改造的ＧＦＰ在植物中能够正常表达并且加强了荧光信号。ＧＦＰ作为新的报告基因和遗传标记被广泛应用于植物研究之中。     

绿色荧光蛋白基因在青蒿转基因芽中的表达

将改良的绿色荧光蛋白（ＧＦＰ）基因,插入到植物表达载体中,构建双ＣａＭＶ３５Ｓ启动子驱动下的植物表达载体ｐＢＩＧＦＰ,在Ｋａｍ浓度为２０ｍｇ／Ｌ的筛选培养基上,用含有ｐＢＩＦＰ质粒的根癌农杆菌ＬＢＡ４４０４感染青蒿叶片,获得５个抗Ｋａｎ阳性丛生芽系。Ｓｏｕｔｈｅｒｎ ｂｌｏｔｔｉｎｇ分析表明,外源ＧＦＰ基因已整合到青蒿转基因芽Ｇ－１系的基因组中。在ＯＬＹＭＰＵＳ－ＢＨ２型荧光显微镜下,观察到转基因     

EGFP基因在粉纹夜蛾细胞中的高效表达

绿色荧光蛋白（ｇｒｅｅｎｆｌｕｏｒｅｓｃｅｎｔｐｒｏｔｅｉｎ,ＧＦＰ）基因是从一种水母体内分离的新型报告基因（ｒｅｐｏｒｔｇｅｎｅ）（Ｃｈａｌｆｉｅ等,１９９４）,其编码的、由２３８个氨基酸组成的ＧＦＰ是一种对光稳定的可溶性蛋白,在长波紫外光或蓝光激发下就能发出绿色荧光,而不需添加任何酶或底物,因而检测十分方便快速,无背景干扰。同时ＧＦＰ也是目前唯一能在异源细胞内表达后自发产生荧光的蛋白质。ＥＧＦＰ基因是由野生型ＧＦＰ基因经人工改造后更适合于在真核细胞中表达的突变体,基因编码区长７１７ｂｐ,编码…     

绿色荧光蛋白在植物细胞生物学中的应用

克隆于海洋动物水母 (Ａｅｑｕｏｒｅａｖｉｃｔｏｒｉ ａ)的绿色荧光蛋白 (ｇｒｅｅｎｆｌｕｏｒｅｓｃｅｎｔｐｒｏｔｅｉｎ ,ＧＦＰ)作为一种新型的非酶性报告基因具有检测简便 ,结果真实可靠 ,不需要任何外源底物或辅助因子的特点 ,自出现以来它已引起人们的广泛兴趣 ,目前已经应用于烟草、柑橘、拟南芥、玉米、水稻、大豆、苜蓿等多种植物材料的研究中。ＧＦＰ含有特殊的六肽生色团结构 ,用蓝紫光激发即能发出肉眼清晰可见的绿色荧光 ,而无需任何底物或辅助因子。ＧＦＰ能与多种不同蛋白质的Ｎ端或Ｃ端融合而保持与天然蛋白质相似的荧…     

能发荧光的转基因家蚕

利用同源重组的方法研究了家蚕丝心蛋白链基因的定点替代。将ＩＥ启动子带动的ＧＦＰ基因插入蚕丝心慢白质链基因的上、下游序列之间,构民 重组质粒。将该质粒线性化后导入早期受精卵。当家蚕饲养至五龄期时用紫外灯检测,在约５０００条蚕中发现３条有绿色荧光斑块。ＰＣＲ检测证明ＧＦＰ已整合到家蚕基因组中,对其中一条蚕的Ｓｏｕｔｈｅｒｎ杂交分析表明丝心蛋白重链基因已被成功敲除并被ＧＦＰ报告基因所替代。这条转基因蚕能     

用Bac-to-Bac杆状病毒表达系统高效表达绿色荧光蛋白标记的HBVe抗原

通过基因工程操作,使乙型肝炎病毒ｅ抗原（ＨＢｅＡｇ）基因与绿色荧光蛋白基因（ＧＦＰ）融合,用新型Ｂａｃ－ｔｏ－Ｂａｃ杆状病毒表达系统在昆虫细胞中高效表达了ＨＢｅＡｇ－ＧＦＰ双功能融合蛋白。经ＥＬＩＳＡ法和荧光显微镜观察证实,表达产物既能发射易于检测的绿色荧光,又具有ＨＢＶ的ｅ抗原活性,为免疫诊断新方法的建立进行了有益的探索     

The competence of transformed keratinocytes to differentiate is accompanied by amplification of the LDL- and EGF-receptor genes but not of the insulin receptor gene

The possible relationship between cell surface receptor numbers, receptor gene expression for low density lipoprotein (LDL), insulin and epidermal growth factor (EGF), and differentiation capacity has been studied in normal and SV40 transformed (SVK14) keratinocytes, various squamous carcinoma cell (SCC) lines and A431 cells. Our recent studies demonstrated that an inverse relationship exists between LDL- and EGF-receptor binding and the ability to differentiate of both normal and transformed keratinocytes. In the present study cloned LDL- and EGF-receptor complementary DNAs were used as probes to identify both LDL and EGF receptor gene fragments on genomic DNA blots. The extent of hybridisation was found to be increased to the highest extent in A431 cells and decreased in other cells in the following order SCC-4 greater than SCC-15. In SCC-12F2, SVK14 and normal keratinocytes no increase has been observed. The increased hybridisation of LDL- and EGF-receptors in A431, SCC-4 and SCC-15 cells was found to be due to gene amplification and not to aneuploidy. In contrast to the LDL- and EGF-receptor binding, no correlation has been found between insulin receptor binding and ability of cells to differentiate. Furthermore, no amplification of insulin receptor gene has been observed in any of the cells under study.     

Characterization of REC104, a gene required for early meiotic recombination in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

The REC104 gene was initially defined by mutations that rescued the inviability of a rad52 spo 13 haploid strain in meiosis. We have observed that rec104 mutant strains undergo essentially no induction of meiotic gene conversion, and we have not been able to detect any meiotic crossing over in such strains. The REC104 gene has no apparent role in mitosis, since mutations have no observable effect on growth, mitotic recombination, or DNA repair. The DNA sequence of REC104 reveals that it is a previously unknown gene with a coding region of 549-bp, and genetic mapping has localized the gene to chromosome VIII near FUR1. Expression of the REC104 gene is induced in meiosis, and it appears that the gene is not transcribed in mitotic cells. Possible roles for the REC104 gene product in meiosis are discussed.     

The tkNeo gene, but not the pgkPuro gene, can influence the ability of the beta-globin LCR to enhance and confer position-independent expression onto the beta-globin gene

Whether drug-selectable genes can influence expression of the beta-globin gene linked to its LCR was assessed here. With the tkNeo gene placed in cis and used to select transfected cells, the beta-globin gene was expressed fourfold lower when it was positioned upstream of the LCR rather than downstream. This difference did not occur when the pgkPuro gene replaced tkNeo. Moreover, the beta-globin gene situated upstream of the LCR was transcribed without position effects when it was cotransfected with a pgkPuro-containing plasmid, whereas cotransfection with a tkNeo plasmid gave measurable position effects. Previous results from transfected cells selected via a linked tkNeo gene suggested that the 3' end of the beta-globin gene has no impact on LCR-enhanced expression. Here, removal of the 3' end of the beta-globin gene resulted in lower and much more variable expression in both transgenic mice and cells cotransfected with pgkPuro. Together, the results suggest that tkNeo, but not pgkPuro, can strongly influence expression of the beta-globin gene linked to its LCR. The findings could partly explain why data on beta-globin gene regulation obtained from transfected cells have often not agreed with those obtained using transgenic mice. Hence, one must be careful in choosing a drug-selectable gene for cell transfection studies.     

The human immunodeficiency virus type 1 vpr gene prevents cell proliferation during chronic infection.

Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) is a retrovirus that can cause extensive cytopathicity in T cells. However, long-term productive infection of T-cell lines has been described. Here we show that although Vpr has no effect on the initial cytopathic effect of HIV-1, viruses that contain an intact vpr gene are unable to establish a chronic infection of T cells. However, virus with a mutated vpr gene can readily establish such long-term cultures. The effect of Vpr is independent of the env gene and the nef gene. Furthermore, expression of Vpr alone affects the progression of cells in the cell cycle. These results suggest that HIV-1 has evolved a viral gene to prevent chronic infection of T cells.     

Efficient retrovirus-mediated transfer of the multidrug resistance 1 gene into autologous human long-term repopulating hematopoietic stem cells

Pre-clinical studies indicate that efficient retrovirus-mediated gene transfer into hematopoietic stem cells and progenitor cells can be achieved by co-localizing retroviral particles and target cells on specific adhesion domains of fibronectin. In this pilot study, we used this technique to transfer the human multidrug resistance 1 gene into stem and progenitor cells of patients with germ cell tumors undergoing autologous transplantation. There was efficient gene transfer into stem and progenitor cells in the presence of recombinant fibronectin fragment CH-296. The infusion of these cells was associated with no harmful effects and led to prompt hematopoietic recovery. There was in vivo vector expression, but it may have been limited by the high rate of aberrant splicing of the multidrug resistance 1 gene in the vector. Gene marking has persisted more than a year at levels higher than previously reported in humans.     

Transfer of the herpes simplex thymidine kinase gene from human cells to mouse cells by means of metaphase chromosomes.

Thymidine kinase (TK)-deficient human cells were infected with ultraviolet light-inactivated Herpes simplex virus type 1, and "transformed" cells that expressed Herpes TK activity were isolated. Purified metaphase chromosomes were isolated from the transformed human line and incubated with TK-deficient mouse cells. TK+ cells were selected, and it was shown that these cells were gene transferents which expressed Herpes TK activity, identical to that found in the transformed human cells. The gene transferents contained no intact human chromosomes. When removed from selective pressure, the gene transferents rapidly lost the TK+ phenotype. However, upon continued growth in nonselective medium, a subpopulation in which the TK+ phenotype had become more stabilized appeared. These results suggest that the Herpes gene for thymidine kinase has integrated into the genome of the HSV-transformed human cells and that it can be transferred to other cells by means of purified metaphase chromosomes.     

The advantages and disadvantages of horizontal gene transfer and the emergence of the first species

Background  

Horizontal Gene Transfer (HGT) is beneficial to a cell if the acquired gene confers a useful function, but is detrimental if the gene has no function, if it is incompatible with existing genes, or if it is a selfishly replicating mobile element. If the balance of these effects is beneficial on average, we would expect cells to evolve high rates of acceptance of horizontally transferred genes, whereas if it is detrimental, cells should reduce the rate of HGT as far as possible. It has been proposed that the rate of HGT was very high in the early stages of prokaryotic evolution, and hence there were no separate lineages of organisms. Only when the HGT rate began to fall, would lineages begin to emerge with their own distinct sets of genes. Evolution would then become more tree-like. This phenomenon has been called the Darwinian Threshold.