马铃薯卷叶病毒P0蛋白抑制RNA沉默及其与AGO蛋白的相互作用

马铃薯卷叶病毒(Potato leafroll virus,PLRV)P0是由开放阅读框1(ORF1)所编码,利用农杆菌介导的瞬时表达技术渗透注射转绿色荧光蛋白(GFP)基因的16c烟草叶片发现PLRV-P0能够抑制由GFP mRNA引起的基因沉默,结果表明PLRV-P0是马铃薯卷叶病毒编码的一个基因沉默抑制因子。通过序列分析发现PLRV-P0基因序列中含有两个重复的WG基序,我们将PLRV-P0基因序列中第87位和第140位的色氨酸(W)点突变为丙氨酸(A)(命名为P0WA),构建植物表达载体pCAMBIA1300-CE-P0,pCAMBIA1300-CE-P0WA,农杆菌渗透注射本氏(Nicotiana benthamiana)烟草叶片,通过荧光显微镜观察发现PLRV-P0和AGO共同注射后有绿色荧光出现而PLRV-P0WA和AGO共同注射后则没有绿色荧光出现。研究结果初步表明,PLRV-P0能够和AGO蛋白发生相互作用,重复的WG基序是其与AGO蛋白相互作用的关键氨基酸。     

大麦黄矮病毒运动蛋白核定位信号对PVX病毒运动的影响

应用马铃薯X病毒(PVX)载体研究大麦黄矮病毒运动蛋白(BYDV-MP)核定位信号对PVX病毒运动的影响。我们将BYDV-MP克隆到PVX改造载体pGR107中,同时用GFP作为指示蛋白,研究BYDV-MP对异源病毒PVX系统运动的影响。侵染烟草发现BYDV-MP能够在PVX载体中表达并能加强病毒的系统侵染;将PVX编码系统运动蛋白25kD基因进行缺失突变,重复上述试验发现BYDV-MP能够补偿PVX系统运动;将BYDV-MP的N端的第五、六位氨基酸和第七位氨基酸进行替换突变,侵染烟草发现BYDV-MP的N端的第五、六位氨基酸突变不能完全抑制PVX系统运动,但是可以延迟并减弱PVX系统运动;BYDV-MP的N端的第七位氨基酸突变能够完全抑制PVX系统运动。     

黄瓜花叶病毒2b蛋白C末端无抑制局部RNA沉默的活性

目的:黄瓜花叶病毒 (Cucumber mosaic virus,CMV) 编码的2b蛋白具有RNA沉默抑制子的功能,其C末端氨基酸序列非常保守。为了明确2b蛋白C末端保守序列在RNA沉默抑制中的作用,构建了CMV Q株系野生型2b及其C末端缺失突变体2b^delC的植物瞬时表达载体。通过农杆菌共渗滤法对野生型2b及其C末端突变体的沉默抑制子活性进行了分析。结果与结论:烟草接种叶片中野生型2b及其C末端突变体的Western blot检测表明,野生型2b蛋白与其C末端突变体在植物中积累水平变化不大,说明2b蛋白C末端氨基酸残基在维持2b蛋白在植物细胞中的稳定性方面无作用。在整株、细胞和分子水平上分别比较了野生型2b及其突变体2b^delC对共表达GFP的表达量影响,结果表明在所有的测定结果中二者均无明显地差异,说明2b蛋白C末端94-111位氨基酸在抑制局部RNA沉默上无生物学活性,讨论推测C末端应不存在与小RNA结合的结构域。     

抑制Dicer基因对shRNA功能发挥的影响

本文将Dicer基因的RNA酶Ⅲ结构域作为靶区,设计并构建了两个抗Dicer基因的小发夹样RNA(shRNA)表达载体,将其转染2215、结肠癌TC细胞和基因组中整合有绿色荧光蛋白基因(GFP)的HepG2 A9细胞,通过RT-PCR评价RNA干扰抑制Dicer基因表达的效率;当HepG2 A9细胞Dicer基因表达被上述RNA干扰抑制时,再转染抗GFP的shRNA表达载体,通过RT-PCR和荧光显微镜观察GFP表达水平.结果显示,在不同细胞系中,这两个抗Dicer基因shRNA表达载体,均能明显抑制Dicer基因的表达;当Dicer基因受抑时,后续转染抗GFP的shRNA表达载体不能有效抑制GFP的表达.结果表明,抗Dicer基因shRNA表达载体,能够明显抑制Dicer基因的表达;shRNA表达载体的功能发挥需要Dicer酶的直接参与.     

植物中指导RNA偶联转录调控因子抑制基因表达研究

本研究建立了一种简单、精确和高效的新型抑制植物基因表达的技术体系。将绿色荧光蛋白(green fluorescent protein,GFP)、指导RNA(guide RNA,g RNA)和编码转录抑制因子与噬菌体外壳融合蛋白的三种基因构建到植物表达载体中。利用农杆菌介导的植物瞬时表达技术侵染本氏烟草。研究显示gfp基因在烟草叶片中的表达受到显著抑制,抑制率达到36.2%。此系统可运用于对其他基因进行基因调控,由于只需要改变g RNA,而其他组成原件保持不变,因此该技术具有操作简单及广泛的适应性等特点。为在植物基因组中精确抑制基因表达提供了有效的工具。     

抑制Dicer基因对shRNA功能发挥的影响

本文将Dicer基因的RNA酶III结构域作为靶区,设计并构建了两个抗Dicer基因的小发夹样RNA(shRNA)表达载体,将其转染2215、结肠癌TC细胞和基因组中整合有绿色荧光蛋白基因(GFP)的HepG2A9细胞,通过RT-PCR评价RNA干扰抑制Dicer基因表达的效率;当HepG2A9细胞Dicer基因表达被上述RNA干扰抑制时,再转染抗GFP的shRNA表达载体,通过RT-PCR和荧光显微镜观察GFP表达水平。结果显示,在不同细胞系中,这两个抗Dicer基因shRNA表达载体,均能明显抑制Dicer基因的表达;当Dicer基因受抑时,后续转染抗GFP的shRNA表达载体不能有效抑制GFP的表达。结果表明,抗Dicer基因shRNA表达载体,能够明显抑制Dicer基因的表达;shRNA表达载体的功能发挥需要Dicer酶的直接参与。     

农杆菌介导的油菜子叶瞬时表达

实验以甘蓝型油菜宁油16为材料,绿色荧光蛋白(GFP)为报告基因,建立了农杆菌介导的油菜子叶瞬时表达系统。我们构建了GFP表达载体pB2GW7.0-gfp,并成功转化农杆菌。实验中通过添加P19来提高GFP在油菜子叶中的瞬时表达量。并提取了注射有P19和pB2GW7.0-gfp农杆菌混合液的油菜子叶RNA,经RT-PCR鉴定,发现在4～8 d GFP均能表达。激光共聚焦显微镜分析表明农杆菌介导的油菜子叶瞬时表达系统能够转化油菜子叶的表皮细胞和保卫细胞。甘蓝型油菜子叶瞬时表达方法简便、快速、可靠,从种子播种到获得荧光蛋白表达,全过程只需要20 d。表明在研究油菜基因的表达和功能方面有潜在的应用前景。     

利用Ⅱ型启动子转录的U6 RNA提高植物病毒表达载体在植物中表达外源基因的水平

Ⅱ型启动子转录的外源短链RNA可以竞争性抑制细胞内源mRNA的核质转运,因而可能会提高植物RNA 病毒载体表达的外源基因在植物中的积累. 为了验证这一假说,利用OE-PCR技术合成拟南芥U6-1核内小RNA序列,并构建其Ⅱ型启动子转录的植物表达载体. 以农杆菌渗滤技术,与烟草花叶病毒（Tobacco mosaic virus, TMV）表达载体共接种寄主植物本氏烟,通过对报告基因绿色荧光蛋白（green fluorescence protein, GFP）的荧光观察,并以Western印迹和ELISA测定GFP在烟草中的表达情况,分析共表达Ⅱ型启动子转录的U6 RNA对外源基因在植物中表达的作用效果. 结果表明,共接种Ⅱ型启动子转录的U6 RNA对TMV病毒表达载体表达外源基因的水平有明显的增效作用,推测RNA核质转运干扰是提高外源基因表达的可能机制.     

农杆菌接种法作为一种简便的植物病毒载体的侵染方法

烟草花叶病毒(TMV)表达载体30B是一个目前广泛应用的植物病毒表达载体,但用其生产外源蛋白时,必须先将它体外转录成RNA,才能被用来接种宿主植物。由于RNA体外转录费用昂贵、操作复杂,因此限制了30B表达载体的进一步应用。针对这一不足,我们用农杆菌接种法(agroinoculation)接种该病毒载体,即将30B cDNA置于花椰菜花叶病毒(CaMV)的35S启动子和终止子之间,再将整个表达框架插入到农杆菌T-DNA的左边界和右边界之内,构建成质粒p35S-30B,将转入该质粒的农杆菌注射到植物的叶片中,30B cDNA随T-DNA进入植物细胞后,被转录成可自我复制的RNA形式,进而发生系统侵染。为了检测此接种方式的可行性,绿色荧光蛋白(GFP)报告基因被克隆到p35S-30B中,构建成p35s-30B：：GFP,用含有该质粒的农杆菌进行注射操作。证实该病毒载体可通过简便的农杆菌接种法侵染Nicotiana benthamiana,在被接种植物的系统叶中,GFP的表达量可占植物总可溶蛋白的5．2％。     

飞蝗细胞色素P450基因LmCYP6FD3的表达及其在杀虫剂解毒中的作用

【目的】研究飞蝗Locusta migratoria细胞色素P450基因的分子特性和生物学功能。【方法】搜索飞蝗转录组数据库,获得细胞色素P450基因cDNA序列,采用RT-PCR技术克隆目的基因cDNA全长序列。采用实时定量PCR(real-time quantitative PCR,RT-qPCR)技术测定其在飞蝗5龄若虫不同组织(胃盲囊、前肠、中肠、后肠、体壁、精巢、卵巢、肌肉、血淋巴、脂肪体和马氏管)中及不同发育阶段(卵、1-5龄若虫及成虫)的表达水平。采用RNA干扰(RNAi)技术沉默飞蝗2龄若虫细胞色素P450基因,检测基因的沉默效率,并研究该基因干扰后,2龄若虫对杀虫剂马拉硫磷、西维因和溴氰菊酯3种杀虫剂的敏感性。【结果】克隆获得飞蝗细胞色素P450基因的cDNA全长序列(Gen Bank登录号:KT316378),将其命名为LmCYP6FD3,其核苷酸序列全长为1 563 bp,编码521个氨基酸。研究发现该基因在飞蝗5龄若虫马氏管中高表达,其次是后肠和脂肪体中,在其他组织中的表达量相对较低;对LmCYP6FD3在飞蝗不同发育阶段的表达进行检测,发现该基因在飞蝗整个发育阶段均有表达,在若虫期表达量较高。RNA干扰结合杀虫剂生物测定结果表明,LmCYP6FD3在RNA干扰24 h时的沉默效率最高;2龄若虫点滴接触西维因,RNAi处理组(dsLmCYP6FD3注射组)与对照组(ds GFP注射组)相比,死亡率提高了32%。【结论】克隆获得飞蝗LmCYP6FD3的cDNA全长序列,该基因在飞蝗马氏管中高表达,并可能参与西维因在飞蝗体内的解毒代谢。     

Interaction between the movement protein of barley yellow dwarf virus and the cell nuclear envelope: role of a putative amphiphilic alpha-helix at the N-terminus of the movement protein

The open reading frame 4 (ORF 4) gene product of barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) may act as a movement protein (MP) by assisting the transport of viral genomic RNA across the nuclear envelope (NE) of host plant cells. To investigate interactions between BYDV MP and the NE, wild-type and mutant open reading frame (ORF 4)-green fluorescent protein (GFP) fusion cistrons were expressed in insect cells. A fusion protein expressed by the wild-type ORF 4-GFP cistron associated with the NE and caused protrusions from its surface. The fusion protein expressed by the mutant ORF 4-GFP cistron lacked a putative amphiphilic alpha-helix at its N-terminus and although associating with the NE, showed decreased levels of protrusions. A peptide homologue of this putative alpha-helix induced an increase of 7 degrees C in the phase transition temperature of dimyrystoyl phosphatidylserine (DMPS) membranes, accompanied by a decrease in membrane fluidity, but exhibited no significant interaction with either dimyristoyl phosphatidylcholine (DMPC) or dimyristoyl phosphatidylethanolamine (DMPE) membranes. These results strongly support the view that BYDV MP may interact with the NE to help transport viral genomic RNA into the nuclear compartment. This function of BYDV MP appears to involve protrusions on the surface of the NE and may require the presence of an N-terminal amphiphilic alpha-helix, which is speculated to destabilize membranes, thereby assisting the entry of BYDV-GAV into the nuclear compartment.     

Tobacco mosaic virus movement protein enhances the spread of RNA silencing

Eukaryotic cells restrain the activity of foreign genetic elements, including viruses, through RNA silencing. Although viruses encode suppressors of silencing to support their propagation, viruses may also exploit silencing to regulate host gene expression or to control the level of their accumulation and thus to reduce damage to the host. RNA silencing in plants propagates from cell to cell and systemically via a sequence-specific signal. Since the signal spreads between cells through plasmodesmata like the viruses themselves, virus-encoded plasmodesmata-manipulating movement proteins (MP) may have a central role in compatible virus:host interactions by suppressing or enhancing the spread of the signal. Here, we have addressed the propagation of GFP silencing in the presence and absence of MP and MP mutants. We show that the protein enhances the spread of silencing. Small RNA analysis indicates that MP does not enhance the silencing pathway but rather enhances the transport of the signal through plasmodesmata. The ability to enhance the spread of silencing is maintained by certain MP mutants that can move between cells but which have defects in subcellular localization and do not support the spread of viral RNA. Using MP expressing and non-expressing virus mutants with a disabled silencing suppressing function, we provide evidence indicating that viral MP contributes to anti-viral silencing during infection. Our results suggest a role of MP in controlling virus propagation in the infected host by supporting the spread of silencing signal. This activity of MP involves only a subset of its properties implicated in the spread of viral RNA.     

植物RNA沉默的分子机制研究进展

RNA沉默（RNA silencing）是真核生物中的一种抵抗外源遗传因子（病毒、转座子或转基因）及调控基凶表达的防御机制。参与植物RNA沉默的酶及蛋白质主要包括6种RNA依赖的RNA聚合酶、4种Dicer-like（DCL）核酸内切酶和10种Argonautes蛋白。植物中4条RNA沉默途径分别由微小RNA（miRNAs）和3种小干扰RNA（siRNAs）介导,包括反式作用siRNAs（ta－siRNAs）、天然反义siRNAs（natsiRNAs）和异染色质siRNAs（hc-siRNAs）。在植物RNA沉默的系统性传播中,由DCL4或DCL2将dsRNAs裁剪为次级SiRNAS,以放大RNA沉默信号和增强沉默效应。     

RNA-dependent RNA polymerase 6 is required for efficient hpRNA-induced gene silencing in plants

In plants, transgenes with inverted repeats are used to induce efficient RNA silencing, which is also frequently induced by highly transcribed sense transgenes. RNA silencing induced by sense transgenes is dependent on RNA-dependent RNA polymerase 6 (RDR6), which converts single-stranded (ss) RNA into double-stranded (ds) RNA. By contrast, it has been proposed that RNA silencing induced by self-complementary hairpin RNA (hpRNA) does not require RDR6, because the hpRNA can directly fold back on itself to form dsRNA. However, it is unclear whether RDR6 plays a role in hpRNA-induced RNA silencing by amplifying dsRNA to spread RNA silencing within the plant. To address the efficiency of hpRNA-induced RNA silencing in the presence or absence of RDR6, Wild type (WT, Col-0) and rdr6-11 Arabidopsis thaliana lines expressing green fluorescent protein (GFP) were generated and transformed with a GFP-RNA interference (RNAi) construct. Whereas most GFP-RNAi-transformed WT lines exhibited almost complete silencing of GFP expression in the T1 generation, various levels of GFP expression remained among the GFP-RNAi-transformed rdr6-11 lines. Homozygous expression of GFP-RNAi in the T3 generation was not sufficient to induce complete GFP silencing in several rdr6-11 lines. Our results indicate that RDR6 is required for efficient hpRNA-induced RNA silencing in plants.     

Nucleotide sequence of beet western yellows virus RNA.

The nucleotide sequence of the genomic RNA (5641 nt) of beet western yellow virus (BWYV) isolated from lettuce has been determined and its genetic organization deduced. The sequence of the 3'terminal 2208 nt of RNA of a second BWYV isolate, obtained from sugarbeet, was also determined and was found to be very similar but not identical to that of the lettuce isolate. The complete sequence of BWYV RNA contains six long open reading frames (ORFs). A cluster of three of these ORFs, including the coat protein cistron, display extensive amino acid sequence homology with corresponding ORFs of a second luteovirus, the PAV isolate of barley yellow dwarf virus (BYDV) (1,2). The ORF corresponding to the putative viral RNA-dependant RNA polymerase, on the other hand, resembles that of southern bean mosaic virus. There is circumstantial evidence that expression of the BWYV RNA polymerase ORF may involve a translational frameshift mechanism. The ORF immediately following the coat protein cistron may be translated by in-frame readthrough of the coat protein cistron amber termination codon. Similar mechanisms have been proposed for expression of the corresponding ORFs of BYDV(PAV) (1).     

神经粘附分子NCAM140基因RNA干扰质粒的构建与鉴定

目的：构建有效的小鼠神经粘附分子（NCAMl40）基因的RNA干扰（RNAi）质粒载体,为研究NCAMl40参与的细胞信号通j咯转导、其生物学作用以及以NCAMl40为靶点的基因治疗提供稳定转染的RNAi质粒。方法：使用基因序列软件设计、筛选符合公开文献筛选参数的4条靶序列以及1条阴性对照序列,由上海吉玛技术有限公司合成。与载体质粒pGPU6／GFP／Neo重组后．分别命名为pSi—ncal、pSi—nca2、pSi-nca3、pSi—nca4和pSi—control。转染大肠杆菌感受态细胞。选择阳性克隆进行DNA测序鉴定,、qCestemblot方法进行干扰靶点的筛选。选取干扰效率最高的质粒转染MN9D细胞,普通光学显微镜分别计数同一视野细胞总数及GFP阳性细胞数,计算转染效率。结果：酶切和DNA测序结果证实shRNA正确插入pGPU6／GFP／Neo质粒;Westernblot结果显示与空质粒对照组比较,pSi—nca4组细胞NCAMl40表达明显下调,细胞转染效率为62％。结论：成功构建靶向小鼠NCAMl40基因的RNAi质粒,为NCAMl40参与的细胞信号通路的研究以及以NCAMl40为靶点的基因治疗提供了稳定转染：细胞的干扰质粒,为研究其生物学作用奠定了分子生物学基础。     

Gene silencing in Xenopus laevis by DNA vector-based RNA interference and transgenesis

A vector-based RNAi expression system was developed using the Xenopus tropicalis U6 promoter, which transcribes small RNA genes by RNA polymerase Ⅲ. The system was first validated in a Xenopus laevis cell line, designing a short hairpin DNA specific for the GFP gene. Co-transfection of the vector-based RNAi and the GFP gene into Xenopus XR1 cells significantly decreased the number of GFP-expressing cells and overall GFP fluorescence. Vector-based RNAi was subsequently validated in GFP transgenic Xenopus embryos. Sperm nuclei from GFP transgenic males and RNAi construct-incubated-sperm nuclei were used for fertilization, respectively. GFP mRNA and protein were reduced by -60% by RNAi in these transgenic embryos compared with the control. This transgene-driven RNAi is specific and stable in inhibiting GFP expression in the Xenopus laevis transgenic line. Gene silencing by vector-based RNAi and Xenopus transgenesis may provide an alternative for ＇repression of gene function＇ studies in vertebrate model systems.     

A novel function for a ubiquitous plant enzyme pectin methylesterase: the enhancer of RNA silencing

Co-agroinjection of Nicotiana benthamiana leaves with the pectin methylesterase (proPME) gene and the TMV:GFP vector resulted in a stimulation of virus-induced RNA silencing (inhibition of GFP production, virus RNA degradation, stimulation of siRNAs production). Conversely, co-expression of TMV:GFP with either antisense PME construct or with enzymatically inactive proPME restored synthesis of viral RNA. Furthermore, expression of proPME enhanced the GFP transgene-induced gene silencing accompanied by relocation of the DCL1 protein from nucleus to the cytoplasm and activation of siRNAs and miRNAs production. It was hypothesized that DCL1 relocated to the cytoplasm may use as substrates both miRNA precursor and viral RNA. The capacity for enhancing the RNA silencing is a novel function for the polyfunctional PME.