用于蛋白质间相互作用研究的新型双杂交系统

近年来,一些不依赖于转录因子活性的新型双杂交系统相继建立,如分离的泛素系统、蛋白质片段互补分析、阻遏物重构分析和SOS恢复系统等。同利用转录因子活性的酵母双杂交系统相似,这些方法也利用了一些活性蛋白的结构与功能特点来研究蛋白质间相互作用,这些活性蛋白不是转录因子,但也可在结构上进行分离可通过重构使其生物活性得以恢复。由于这些新型双杂交系统的各自特点,使得它们成为酵母双杂交系统的有益补充和研究蛋白质间相互作用的有力工具。     

酵母双杂交技术应用进展

酵母双杂交技术是鉴定蛋白互作最有效和最广泛的分子生物学技术。该技术能直接作用于活细胞,检测细胞内蛋白质互作,具有成本低、易操作、可达到全基因组水平、能进行品种间的互作鉴定等诸多优点。较之传统的检测方法有明显优势,已在越来越多的领域得到应用。对酵母双杂交的技术原理以及应用进行了综述,介绍了该技术在发现新蛋白质、探究蛋白质功能、建立基因组蛋白连锁图、研究人类DNA文库和筛选药物作用位点等方面的重要应用,以期为该技术的广泛应用提供参考。     

双杂交和质谱技术在蛋白质-蛋白质相互作用研究中的应用

基因的功能是由蛋白质来执行的,而蛋白质要通过与其他生物分子相互作用来完成其各种生物功能。因此,如果能够快速做出蛋白质在不同时间、空间和不同环境中的相互作用图谱,就会帮助我们了解这些蛋白质的功能,进而了解许多生命活动的机制。目前,用于大规模研究蛋白质间相互作用的方法主要有酵母双杂交系统及其衍生系统、亲和纯化与质谱分析联用技术,前者用于研究蛋白分子间的两两相互作用,后者用于研究蛋白质复合物间的相互作用。本文主要阐述了酵母双杂交、细菌双杂交、哺乳动物细胞双杂交、亲和纯化与质谱联用技术在大规模蛋白质相互作用研究中的应用。     

日本脑炎病毒E蛋白在酵母双杂交系统中的表达及其对报告基因激活作用的检测

用日本脑炎病毒(JEV)E蛋白基因片段构建酵母双杂交诱饵载体,并检测其表达产物对酵母细胞有无毒性作用及对报告基因有无激活作用。用RT—PCR从JEV感染的鼠脑中扩增出JEV E蛋白基因片段,克隆入pUCl9质粒,经测序正确后,再亚克隆入酵母双杂交诱饵载体pGBKT7中。将重组质粒导入酵母菌AHl09,检测其表达产物在酵母细胞中对报告基因有无激活作用。成功获得JEV E蛋白基因片段,表达的E蛋白对酵母菌AHl09无毒性,对报告基因亦无激活作用。为利用酵母双杂交GAL4系统3进行JEV细胞受体蛋白的研究奠定了基础。     

大规模酵母双杂交技术研究蛋白质相互作用的应用

简介了酵母双杂交技术原理, 总结了酵母双杂交技术大规模筛选蛋白质相互作用的基础、应用及存在的问题。因为大规模酵母双杂交技术结果有大量假阳性及假阴性问题, 因此, 有条件情况下有必要同时开展其他方法的大规模蛋白相互作用研究, 以构建规模更大可信度更高的蛋白质相互作用网络图。     

大规模酵母双杂交技术的发展及其在蛋白质相互作用组学中的应用

酵母双杂交技术作为研究蛋白质相互作用的主要方法,在规模化蛋白质相互作用研究中占据举足轻重的地位。虽然蛋白质相互作用的数据逐年递增,但是还远不能满足"大数据"的实际需求。为了使蛋白质相互作用组学研究更加高效、快捷、准确,以及使酵母双杂交适用于全基因组规模筛选和蛋白质相互作用数据高度覆盖的研究需求,近年来对酵母双杂交技术进行了一系列的改进和发展。综述了近年来在规模化蛋白质相互作用组学研究中,酵母双杂交技术的最新改进和发展。     

双分子荧光互补技术及其在蛋白质相互作用研究中的应用

双分子荧光互补(bimolecularfluorescencecomplementation,BiFC)分析技术,是由Hu等在2002年最先报道的一种直观、快速地判断目标蛋白在活细胞中的定位和相互作用的新技术.该技术巧妙地将荧光蛋白分子的两个互补片段分别与目标蛋白融合表达,如果荧光蛋白活性恢复则表明两目标蛋白发生了相互作用.其后发展出的多色荧光互补技术(multicolorBiFC),不仅能同时检测到多种蛋白质复合体的形成,还能够对不同蛋白质间产生相互作用的强弱进行比较.目前,该技术已用于转录因子,G蛋白βγ亚基的二聚体形式,不同蛋白质间产生相互作用强弱的比较以及蛋白质泛素化等方面的研究工作上.     

酵母双杂交系统筛选GATA-1相互作用蛋白质及功能验证

目的 利用酵母双杂交技术从人脑cDNA文库中筛选与人GATA-1相互作用的蛋白质.方法 从人K562细胞中扩增出全长GATA1基因,设计引物将其3段截断体亚克隆入酵母表达载体pDBLeu中,转化至AH109感受态酵母中,利用酵母双杂交技术筛选人脑cDNA文库中与其相互作用的蛋白质,阳性克隆通过回转及免疫共沉淀试验进行验证,利用3xGATA荧光素酶报告基因对相互作用蛋白质进行功能验证.结果 成功构建出酵母诱饵蛋白表达质粒pDBLeu-GATA1（1）,pDBLeu-GATA1（2）,pDBLeu-GATA1（3）,筛到34个阳性克隆,用生物信息学分析及回转验证得到5个与GATA-1相互作用的候选蛋白,通过免疫共沉淀试验进一步验证,获得3个蛋白质能与GATA-1相互作用,分别是ECSIT,EFEMP1和GPS2.荧光素酶试验表明这3个蛋白质均能对GATA1的转录活性产生影响,证实它们之间的相互作用具有影响GATA1转录的功能.结论 应用酵母双杂交技术及免疫共沉淀试验,从人脑cDNA文库中成功获得3个与GATA-1相互作用并对其转录活性具有调节作用的蛋白质,为研究GATA1蛋白质的功能提供了新的线索.     

酵母双杂交技术筛选并回转验证在胞内与PML-C结构域相互作用的蛋白

目的 利用酵母双杂交技术在活细胞内筛选并回转验证与PML-C结构域相互作用的蛋白质.方法 通过诱饵质粒pGBKT7-PML-C,利用酵母双杂交系统从白血病细胞cDNA文库中筛选与PML-C结构域相互作用的蛋白质.结果 利用酵母双杂交技术筛选到43个能与PML-C结构域相互作用的克隆;经进一步的归类与酵母回转试验得到9个阳性克隆.结论 在细胞内PML-C结构域能与多种蛋白质有相互作用.中性粒细胞弹性蛋白酶（neutrophil elastase,NE）介导的急性早幼粒细胞白血病的发生可能与这些相互作用所致的生物学功能改变有关.     

酵母双杂交系统筛选与组蛋白去乙酰化酶1相互作用的蛋白质

目的：获得组蛋白去乙酰化酶1（HDAC1）的cDNA并构建为酵母双杂交系统中的饵基因,筛选出与其相互作用的蛋白质。方法：利用RT-PCR方法从人HeLa细胞中克隆出1446bp的cDNA片段,重组入载体pGBKT7得到pGBKT7-HDAC1,转化至酵母菌AH109,检测其对酵母细胞无毒性也无自激活报告基因活性,然后将其与已转入HeLa细胞基因组cDNA文库的酵母菌融合,进行筛选和验证工作。结果：筛选出3个阳性克隆,经免疫共沉淀试验进一步验证,发现仅有1个蛋白能与HDAC1发生相互作用,测序结果表明该蛋白为FHL2。结论：应用酵母双杂交方法筛选出HDAC1的相互作用蛋白FHL2,为进一步研究HDAC1的作用提供了新线索。     

人Era不同结构域在酵母双杂交系统中的表达及对报告基因激活作用的检测

ｅｒａ基因是 1986年在测定大肠杆菌基因组序列时发现的一个开放读框 .由于其编码的氨基酸序列与人及酵母的ＲＡＳ蛋白有部分相似之处 ,命名为Ｅ .ｃｏｌｉＲＡＳ ｌｉｋｅ(ｅｒａ)基因[1] .ｅｒａ基因广泛存在于原核生物中 ,与细胞周期和细胞分裂有关 ,是细菌生存繁殖所必需的重要基因[2 ] .在真核生物如蠕虫、小鼠和人的组织中都发现有与细菌ｅｒａ高度同源基因存在[3 ,4 ] .人ｅｒａ基因 (ｈｅｒａ)的全长ｃＤＮＡ于 1998年被克隆 ,与原核ｅｒａ基因具有很高的同源性[5] .人Ｅｒａ蛋白与大肠杆菌Ｅｒａ蛋白的氨基酸序列有 30 %相同 ,两者…     

Escherichia coli one- and two-hybrid systems for the analysis and identification of protein-protein interactions

Genetic methods based on fusion proteins allow the power of a genetic approach to be applied to the self-assembly of proteins or protein fragments, regardless of whether or not the normal function of the fused assembly domains is either known or amenable to selection or screening. The widespread adoption of variations of the yeast two-hybrid system originally described by S. Fields and O. Song (1989, Nature 340, 245-246) demonstrates the usefulness of these kinds of assays. This review describes some of the many systems used to select or screen for protein-protein interactions based on the regulation of reporter constructs by hybrid proteins expressed in bacteria, including recent implementations of generalizable two-hybrid systems for Escherichia coli.     

GAL4 Is a Substrate for Caspases: Implications for Two-Hybrid Screening and Other GAL4-Based Assays

Yeast two-hybrid technology as well as mammalian reporter assays use fusions between a protein of interest and the GAL4 DNA-binding domain (GAL4DB). We demonstrate that expression of a GAL4DB/caspase-1 chimeric protein in yeast leads to autoproteolytic cleavage of GAL4DB. Moreover, recombinant GAL4DB is a good in vitro substrate for recombinant caspase-1 and several other caspases. Cleavage sites map at the C-terminus of GAL4DB and result in release of the fused protein. The finding that GAL4DB can be cleaved by caspases has important implications for the use of caspases in two-hybrid analysis and in the interpretation of mammalian assays based on GAL4-dependent reporter gene expression.     

One- plus two-hybrid system, a novel yeast genetic selection for specific missense mutations disrupting protein/protein interactions

To facilitate analysis of protein/protein interaction interfaces, we devised a novel yeast genetic screening method, named the "one- plus two-hybrid system," for the efficient selection of missense mutations that specifically disrupt known protein/protein interactions. This system modifies the standard yeast two-hybrid system to allow the operation of dual reporter systems within the same cell. The one-hybrid system is first used to select the intact interacting partner (prey), resulting in the positive selection of informative missense mutants from a large library of randomly generated mutant alleles. Then in a second screening step, interaction-defective prey mutants for a given protein are selected using the two-hybrid reporter system among the isolated missense mutants. We used this method to characterize the interactions between unliganded nuclear receptors (NRs) and the conserved motif within the bipartite NR interaction domains (IDs) of the NR corepressor (N-CoR) and identified the specific residues of N-CoR-IDs required either generally for optimal NR binding or to interact with a particular NR. This efficient and rapid method should allow us to quickly analyze a large number of interaction interfaces.     

High throughput flow cytometry based yeast two-hybrid array approach for large-scale analysis of protein-protein interactions

The analysis of protein-protein interactions is a key focus of proteomics efforts. The yeast two-hybrid system (Y2H) has been the most commonly used method in genome-wide searches for protein interaction partners. However, the throughput of the current yeast two-hybrid array approach is hampered by the involvement of the time-consuming LacZ assay and/or the incompatibility of liquid handling automation due to the requirement for selection of colonies/diploids on agar plates. To facilitate large-scale Y2H assays, we report a novel array approach by coupling a GFP reporter based Y2H system with high throughput flow cytometry that enables the processing of a 96-well plate in as little as 3 min. In this approach, the yEGFP reporter has been established in both AH109 (MATa) and Y187 (MATα) reporter cells. It not only allows the generation of two copies of GFP reporter genes in diploid cells, but also allows the convenient determination of self-activators generated from both bait and prey constructs by flow cytometry. We demonstrate a Y2H array assay procedure that is carried out completely in liquid media in 96-well plates by mating bait and prey cells in liquid YPD media, selecting the diploids containing positive interaction pairs in selective media and analyzing the GFP reporter directly by flow cytometry. We have evaluated this flow cytometry based array procedure by showing that the interaction of the positive control pair P53/T is able to be reproducibly detected at 72 hr postmating compared with the negative control pairs. We conclude that our flow cytometry based yeast two-hybrid approach is robust, convenient, quantitative, and is amenable to large-scale analysis using liquid-handling automation.     

Counter-selectable marker for bacterial-based interaction trap systems

Counter-selectable markers can be used in two-hybrid systems to search libraries for a protein or compound that interferes with a macromolecular interaction or to identify macromolecules from a population that cannot mediate a particular interaction. In this report, we describe the adaptation of the yeast URA3/5-FOA counter-selection system for use in bacterial interaction trap experiments. Two different URA3 reporter systems were developed that allow robust counter-selection: (i) a single copy F' episome reporter and (ii) a co-cistronic HIS3-URA3 reporter vector. The HIS3-URA3 reporter can be used for either positive or negative selections in appropriate bacterial strains. These reagents extend the utility of the bacterial two-hybrid system as an alternative to its yeast-based counterpart.