石刁柏EST序列中微卫星分布特征分析

目的:开发新型石刁柏EST - SSR分子标记和开展相关的分子生物学研究.方法:利用EST - trimmer、Repeat Masker、SSRIT等生物信息学分析工具对石刁柏EST数据库中的EST序列进行去除poly A/T尾,载体、重复序列和低质量序列处理,并对EST序列中SSR分布特征进行了分析.结果:在NCBI数据库中下载的8 565条石刁柏EST序列中,重复次数超过5次的SSR共有610个,其中分布于601～ 800bp的EST - SSR标记最多,共464个,占SSR总数的77.33％;主要SSR重复基元类型是二核苷酸,共426个,占SSR总数的69.84％,其次是三核苷酸占SSR总数的29.18％.四核苷酸和五核苷酸的SSR仅各3个.结论:石刁柏EST中存在丰富的SSR信息,其中二核苷酸的AG/TC、GA/CT以及三核苷酸的CTT/GAA是SSR主要的重复单元.     

特异性高免卵黄抗体与鸡柔嫩艾美尔球虫致病关系的研究

为了探讨体液免疫在鸡球虫病中的作用,通过制备柔嫩艾美尔球虫(E.tenella)特异性高免卵黄抗体,检测卵黄抗体在鸡盲肠中的代谢规律,对E.tenella进行体内外抑制和杀灭实验,观察特异性高免卵黄抗体对E.tenella的作用。结果表明:(1)口服的卵黄抗体在鸡消化道较稳定;(2)口服卵黄液可使感染E.tenella鸡的死亡率降低33.34%,增重率和抗球虫指数分别提高39.19%和73.50;(3)特异性高免卵黄抗体对E.tenella的子孢子具有明显的溶解和致弱作用,但对卵囊的孢子化速率和孢子化球虫卵囊的致病性没有明显影响。     

银杏EST序列中微卫星的分布特征

本文利用从NCBI下载的21 590条银杏EST序列,分析了银杏(表达序列标签微卫星)EST-SSR在银杏EST序列的分布和比较了在不同长度EST序列中的SSR特性.在剔除冗余和低质量序列后,得到总长为5 708.385 kb的无冗余EST序列7 961条,发现了405个EST序列(5.09%)含有475个SSR,长度400-1000 bp的EST序列含SSR位点数为445个,占SSR总数的93.68%.二核苷酸和三核苷酸基元类型是银杏EST-SSR的主要类型,分别占SSR总数的73.89%和24.00%,最常见的SSR基元是:(AT)_n、(AG)_n、(AC)_n、(AAG)_n和(AAT)_n.通过对银杏EST序列中SSR位点信息的发掘分析,为有针对性地设计EST-SSR引物,开发银杏EST-SSR分子标记奠定基础.     

桉树EST序列中微卫星含量及相关特征

通过对桉树属(Eucalyptus)的10 000条EST序列进行分析, 在其中的1 499条序列上共发现1 775个微卫星重复序列。含有微卫星的EST序列约占序列总数的15%。此外, 还发现桉树EST序列所含微卫星长度的变异速率与重复单元长度呈负相关; 微卫星的丰度与重复单元长度也呈负相关(三碱基重复微卫星除外)。在桉树EST序列中, 重复单元长度为三碱基的微卫星最为丰富。三碱基重复单元微卫星的过度富集可能是由于遗传密码选择所致。在微卫星的丰度及长度变异方面, 桉树EST序列与杨树(Populus trichocarpa)基因组注释的转录序列随重复单元长度的变化呈现出相同的规律, 但桉树EST序列中微卫星频率及三碱基重复微卫星的含量显著偏低, 推测含微卫星的基因表达丰度极有可能低于不含微卫星的基因。通过对发现的所有微卫星位点进行引物设计, 并对设计的引物进行PCR检测, 结果表明所设计的引物具有极高的扩增成功率。     

桉树EST序列中微卫星含量及相关特征

通过对桉树属（Eucalyptus）的10000条EST序列进行分析,在其中的1499条序列上共发现1775个微卫星重复序列。含有微卫星的EST序列约占序列总数的15%。此外,还发现桉树EST序列所含微卫星长度的变异速率与重复单元长度呈负相关;微卫星的丰度与重复单元长度也呈负相关（三碱基重复微卫星除外）。在桉树EST序列中,重复单元长度为三碱基的微卫星最为丰富。三碱基重复单元微卫星的过度富集可能是由于遗传密码选择所致。在微卫星的丰度及长度变异方面,桉树EST序列与杨树（Populus trichocarpa）基因组注释的转录序列随重复单元长度的变化呈现出相同的规律,但桉树EST序列中微卫星频率及三碱基重复微卫星的含量显著偏低,推测含微卫星的基因表达丰度极有可能低于不含微卫星的基因。通过对发现的所有微卫星位点进行引物设计,并对设计的引物进行PCR检测,结果表明所设计的引物具有极高的扩增成功率。     

花生微卫星标记的研究进展

近年来花生微卫星标记的开发取得了一定的进展,初步揭示了花生在DNA水平上的遗传多样性。花生微卫星标记的开发途径主要包括通过构建小片段基因组文库开发基因组SSR标记,根据花生EST序列开发EST-SSR标记,根据豆科植物序列信息和SSR标记开发花生SSR标记,将SSR标记与其它分子标记结合开发新的DNA标记,以及基于SSR核心序列开发ISSR标记。花生微卫星标记主要应用于遗传多样性研究、遗传图谱与品种指纹图谱构建以及分子标记辅助育种等领域。本文综述了花生SSR标记开发研究的进展及应用。     

花生微卫星标记的研究进展

近年来花生微卫星标记的开发取得了一定的进展, 初步揭示了花生在DNA水平上的遗传多样性。花生微卫星标记的开发途径主要包括通过构建小片段基因组文库开发基因组SSR标记, 根据花生EST序列开发EST-SSR标记, 根据豆科植物序 列信息和SSR标记开发花生SSR标记, 将SSR标记与其它分子标记结合开发新的DNA标记, 以及基于SSR核心序列开发ISSR标记。花生微卫星标记主要应用于遗传多样性研究、遗传图谱与品种指纹图谱构建以及分子标记辅助育种等领域。本文综述了花生SSR标记开发研究的进展及应用。     

基于表达序列标签的简单重复序列标记开发策略

作为一种新型分子标记,表达序列标签-简单重复序列(EST-SSR)来自表达基因,因此除具备来源于传统基因组的SSR标记的所有优势外,还与基因功能表达具有直接或间接的关系,从而强化了SSR标记在遗传研究中的应用。我们简要介绍了EST-SSR标记的开发策略、方法及其应用进展,总结了其中存在的一些问题,目的是为今后该领域的研究提供一定的参考。     

人参EST资源的SSR信息分析

从7055条人参EST序列中搜索出791个SSR,其出现频率为11．21％,平均长度为21．37bp,平均分布频率为1／5．7kb。二核苷酸重复是主要的重复类型,占全部EST-SSR的56．89％,其次是三核苷酸重复的占全部SSR的21．11％。AT、GAA是二核苷酸和三核苷酸中出现次数最多的重复基元类型,分别占28．89％和10．18％。     

云芝全基因组SSR位点分布及比较分析

本研究采用生物信息学方法统计分析了云芝基因组中SSR位点的数量、分布及频率等信息,对云芝基因组中含SSR的基因进行了功能注释,与其他5种伞菌纲真菌(双孢蘑菇、黑管孔菌、红缘拟层孔菌、金针菇和鲜红密孔菌)基因组进行了比较。结果发现云芝基因组中共有1 224个SSR位点,相对丰度为27个/Mb,三核苷酸重复类型分布最频繁。其中编码基因序列中包含299个SSR,仅次于基因间区,但是在非编译区、基因间区和内含子中SSR分布更加频繁。通过与nr数据库比对,485个含SSR的基因获得注释,其中115个基因通过GO注释到分子功能、生物进程及细胞组分3类中,108个基因通过KEGG注释到新陈代谢、遗传信息处理、细胞过程和环境信息处理4类中。设计58对引物主要用于物种鉴定,另外23对引物主要用于活性物质代谢研究和辅助育种。与其他伞菌纲真菌相比,云芝所含SSR的数量及相对丰度较低,并证明SSR数量与基因组大小无关,而某些特定的重复类型与GC含量有关。本研究为云芝的种群遗传学及进化研究奠定了理论基础。     

A survey of genes in Eimeria tenella merozoites by EST sequencing

A study of about 500 expressed sequence tags (ESTs), derived from a merozoite cDNA library, was initiated as an approach to generate a larger pool of gene information on Eimeria tenella. Of the ESTs, 47.7% had matches with entries in the databases, including ribosomal proteins, metabolic enzymes and proteins with other functions, of which 14.3% represented previously known E. tenella genes. Thus over 50% of the ESTs had no significant database matches. The E. tenella EST dataset contained a range of highly abundant genes comparable with that found in the EST dataset of T. gondii and may thus reflect the importance of such molecules in the biology of the apicomplexan organisms. However, comparison of the two datasets revealed very few homologies between sequences of apical organelle molecules, and provides evidence for sequence divergence between these closely-related parasites. The data presented underpin the potential value of the EST strategy for the discovery of novel genes and may allow for a more rapid increase in the knowledge and understanding of gene expression in the merozoite life cycle stage of Eimeria spp.     

山羊不同组织来源EST片段的生物信息学分析

利用生物信息学方法,对GeneBank中截至2006年9月收录的全部来源于山羊基因的共计637条表达序列标签（EST）进行了综合及分类分析。结果显示,在来源于绒山羊含毛囊皮肤的392条EST序列中有48条为编码角蛋白或角蛋白关联蛋白的基因;在乳腺来源的245条EST中则无此类基因,而是如免疫球蛋白基因、维生素转运蛋白基因、MHC等诸多种类基因,以免疫和酶类居多。两类不同组织来源的FST相应基因相似之处最显著的是编码核糖体蛋白的基因,其中含毛囊皮肤组织的EST中有15．1％,乳腺组织为21．6％,并且有两种不同组织来源的EST组成的26条基序（contigs）中,编码核糖体蛋白的有17条,高达65．4％。     

应用生物信息学技术对植物表达序列标签(EST)的大规模分析

目前 ,一些基因组较小的植物 (如拟南芥 ,水稻等 )的全基因组已经基本完成测序 ,较大基因组的测序工作则主要集中在基因组中表达基因的测序上 ,表达序列标签 (EST)计划由此产生。研究表明 ,对EST进行大规模研究已成为功能基因组学研究的最佳途经之一。本文着重介绍和讨论应用生物信息学技术对植物EST数据的大规模分析。     

柔嫩艾美耳球虫钙依赖蛋白激酶3基因在毕赤酵母中的表达及分析

旨在真核表达系统中高效表达柔嫩艾美耳球虫钙依赖蛋白激酶3(Eimeria tenella calcium-dependent protein kinase-3,EtCDPK3),获得有活性的天然蛋白,利用毕赤酵母表达系统对该基因进行了表达.将EtCDPK3基因连接到毕赤酵母表达载体pPIC9K上,构建重组质粒pPIC9K-EtCDPK3.重组质粒通过电击转化入酵母细胞GS115后,用组氨酸缺陷培养基和G418分别进行筛选,获得含重组质粒的酵母表达细胞.重组酵母细胞在含1％甲醇的BMMY培养基中诱导产生目的蛋白,培养收集1-4d的部分上清.经SDS-PAGE检测,所表达的蛋白相对分子质量约为49 kD.Western blotting表明,该蛋白能与兔抗EtCDPK3血清特异性结合.结果表明,柔嫩艾美耳球虫CDPK3基因在毕赤酵母中成功地进行了表达.     

Scanning Electron Microscopy of Schizogony in Eimeria tenella

SYNOPSIS. Developing 2nd- and 3rd-generation schizonts of Eimeria tenella were found in the ceca of chicks infected orally with sporulated oocysts. Several free 2nd-generation schizonts, which varied in diameter from 11 to 21.6 μm, were found on the epithelial surface of the cecum. Some schizonts appeared to have lost merozoites. Other schizonts were intact, one of which was surrounded by an unbroken membrane that followed the contours of the merozoites. Third-generation schizonts, much smaller than 2nd-generation schizonts and with fewer merozoites, were found only on cut or fractured surfaces of the cecal tissue. Third-generation merozoites appeared shorter and thicker than those of the 2nd-generation and were attached to the schizont residuum. A form with conical protuberances and another with 4 triangular segments were found; they were believed to be developing stages 3rd-generation schizonts.     

Dihydrofolate Reductase from Eimeria tenella: Rationalization of Chemotherapeutic Efficacy of Pyrimethamine

SYNOPSIS. Dihydrofolate reductase activity of 0.2 nmole of dihydrofolate reduced/min/mg protein was detected in crude extracts of unsporulated oocysts of Eimeria tenella. The enzyme was purified by a combination of affinity and ion-exchange chromatography. Its molecular weight was estimated as 240,000 daltons. An anticoccidial drug pyrimethamine is a potent inhibitor of the activity of E. tenella dihydrofolate reductase ( K _t = 3 nM), but it is less effective an inhibitor of dihydrofolate reductase from chicken liver. This difference may explain the in vivo therapeutic action of pyrimethamine against Coccidia.     

柔嫩艾美耳球虫HSP基因的克隆、表达及鉴定

为研究柔嫩艾美耳球虫热激蛋白(Heat shock proteins,HSPs)的生物学特性,应用RACE和RT-PCR技术,从柔嫩艾美耳球虫子孢子中首次克隆获得了EtHSP的全长cDNA(GenBank Accession No.FJ911605)。EtHSP包含一个1455 bp的开放阅读框,编码484个氨基酸,预测表达蛋白的分子量大小为53.5 kD。应用Real-time PCR对柔嫩艾美耳球虫不同发育阶段(未孢子化卵囊、孢子化卵囊、子孢子和裂殖子)表达量进行分析,发现该基因在子孢子阶段的表达明显高于其他阶段。同时,构建了原核表达重组质粒pET28a(+)-EtHSP,转化到大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)中,经IPTG诱导表达后,对表达产物进行SDS-PAGE及Western blotting分析。结果显示,重组质粒pET28a(+)-EtHSP在大肠杆菌中以包涵体形式表达,经1 mmol/L IPTG诱导6 h后的表达量最高,该蛋白可被抗柔嫩艾美耳球虫的多克隆抗血清识别,表明该蛋白具有较好的反应原性。本研究结果为进一步研究该基因的生物学功能奠定了基础。     

Solution structure of a PAN module from the apicomplexan parasite Eimeria tenella

Micronemes, specialised organelles found in all apicomplexan parasites, secrete molecules that are essential for parasite attachment and invasion of host cells. EtMIC5 is one such microneme protein that contains eleven tandemly repeating modules. These modules have homology with the PAN module superfamily. Members of this family are found in blood clotting proteins, some growth factors and some nematode proteins. This paper presents the structure of the 9^th PAN module in EtMIC5, determined using high resolution NMR. The structure shows similarities to and some differences from the N-terminal module of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF), the only previous member of the PAN family with known structure. AbbreviationsNMR – nuclear magnetic resonance; NOE – nuclear Overhauser enhancement; NOESY – NOE spectroscopy; COSY – correlated spectroscopy; TOCSY – total correlated spectroscopy; HSQC – hetero nuclear single quantum coherence; HMQC-J – hetero nuclear multiple quantum coherence-J coupling; MICs – microneme proteins; EtMIC5 – a microneme protein from Eimeria tenella; Apple9 – the ninth Apple repeat of EtMIC5; FXI – blood coagulation factor XI; PK – plasma prekallikrein; HGF – hepatocyte growth factor.     

Excystation and Development in Cell Culture of Irradiated Oocysts of Eimeria tenella*

SYNOPSIS. Irradiation of sporulated oocysts of Eimeria tenella with 7,000; 13,000–14,000; or 20,000–21,000 rads does not kill the sporozoites or diminish their ability to penetrate cells in chicken kidney cell culture. Schizogony is the developmental stage most influenced by irradiation of oocysts. Effects on division and formation of merozoites correspond to irradiation levels.     

Isolation of Amylopectin Granules and Identification of Amylopectin Phosphorylase in the Oocysts of Eimeria tenella

SYNOPSIS. Amylopectin granules were purified from Eimeria tenella oocysts following digestion with sodium dodecyl sulfate and pronase. The oval granules had a uniform size of 0.5 × 0.7 μm, and consisted of only glucose polymers. α-Amylase treatment yielded 235 nmoles of maltose from the granules from 10⁶ unsporulated oocysts and 93 nmoles maltose from those from 10⁶ sporulated oocysts.
Amylopectin phosphorylase activity was detected in the cytoplasm of unsporulated oocysts of E. tenella. It had a specific activity of 13 U/mg protein in crude extracts, and a pH optimum of 6.0. The K m values determined were 9.1 mM for glucose-1-phosphate and 5.6 mM for glucose end groups in potato amylopectin. Enzyme activity declined at a linear rate during sporulation, sporulated oocysts containing less than 8% of the activity of unsporulated oocysts. No amylase-type activity was found in the parasite.