飞蝗可溶型海藻糖酶基因的序列分析及mRNA表达特性

海藻糖酶是海藻糖代谢过程中的一个关键酶, 在昆虫发育和能量调节中具有重要作用, 为进一步探讨海藻糖酶基因的功能, 本文分析了飞蝗Locusta migratoria一可溶型海藻糖酶基因的氨基酸序列并对其mRNA表达特性进行了研究。结果表明： 该海藻糖酶（TRE, GenBank登录号： FJ795020）不含有跨膜结构。系统进化树分析结果显示, 该酶与大豆蚜Aphis glycines、 豌豆蚜Acyrthosiphon pisum、 褐飞虱Nilaparvata lugens和灰飞虱Laodelphax striatella可溶型海藻糖酶具有较近的亲缘关系, 因此我们将该酶的基因命名为LmTre-1。对该基因在不同组织和发育时期表达量的荧光定量 PCR 分析表明： LmTre-1在卵发育前期、 中期的表达量都很低, 卵发育后期表达量显著提高; LmTre-1在5龄若虫和成虫被检测的组织部位中均有表达, 在体壁中的表达量最高, 其次是在脂肪体、 肌肉、 气管、 精巢及卵巢中; 5龄飞蝗刚蜕皮后LmTre-1在体壁中的表达量较高, 随着生长发育其表达量逐渐降低; LmTre-1在成虫发育期体壁中稳定高表达。LmTre-1的mRNA表达特性与几丁质合成酶1基因非常相似, 据此推测该基因可能与体壁几丁质的合成相关。本研究为深入探讨该基因的生理功能提供了重要的基础数据, 并为以海藻糖酶为杀虫靶标的农药筛选奠定实验基础。     

荒漠昆虫小胸鳖甲Ras GTP酶激活蛋白基因 MpRasGAP 的克隆及低温表达分析

【目的】丝裂原活化蛋白激酶 (mitogen activated protein kinase, MAPK)级联是细胞的重要信息传递系统之一,Ras GTP酶激活蛋白（Ras GTPase-activating protein, RasGAP）基因 RasGAP 和c-Jun氨基末端激酶（c-Jun N-terminal kinase, JNK）基因 JNK 分别是MAPK信号转导途径的上、下游基因。本研究旨在确定荒漠昆虫小胸鳖甲 Microdera punctipennis RasGAP 及 JNK 基因对低温的响应情况。【方法】从荒漠甲虫小胸鳖甲中克隆获得 RasGAP 基因的cDNA序列,利用生物信息学分析软件分析其氨基酸序列并构建进化树,利用实时荧光定量PCR检测低温胁迫条件下 RasGAP 和 JNK 基因的表达情况。【结果】小胸鳖甲RasGAP cDNA的开放阅读框2 523 bp,命名为 MpRasGAP （GenBank登录号：KM677930）,编码840个氨基酸,分子量96.594 kDa,编码蛋白MpRasGAP属于RasGAP超家族。MpRasGAP与赤拟谷盗 Tribolium castaneum RasGAP的氨基酸序列一致性达89%。小胸鳖甲在4℃和-4℃低温胁迫1 h后,MpRasGAP 的mRNA水平都显著高于室温对照（25℃）。小胸鳖甲在4℃处理3 h或-4℃处理1 h后, MpJNK 的mRNA水平也显著升高。【结论】本研究结果表明小胸鳖甲MpRasGAP 和 MpJNK 的mRNA水平受低温诱导。研究结果有助于深入研究荒漠昆虫在低温下MAPK信号转导途径的作用机制。     

mRNA的出核转运

mRNA的出核转运是真核生物基因表达的重要步骤之一,它与pre-mRNA的各个加工过程都存在密切的偶联。这种偶联对于基因表达的高效准确完成至关重要。本文介绍了mRNA出核转运与pre-mRNA加工及质量监控之间的关联,并总结了近年来关于mRNA出核转运的研究进展。     

Variations of thioredoxin system contributes to increased susceptibility to apoptosis in cardiomyocytes of type 2 diabetic rats

Cardiac complications are the leading cause of death in diabetes. However, the mechanism of diabetes in inducing myocardial injury and apoptosis, and whether the thioredoxin （Trx） system is involved remain unclear. In this study, male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into two groups： the control and the diabetes groups, and then were randomly divided into five different timepoints （the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 12th, and 24th week）. The results showed that diabetes-induced cardiac injury was enhanced in the type 2 diabetes rats, as evidenced by aggravated cardiac dysfunction, biochemical indicators, and increased myocardial apoptosis （TUNEL and caspase-3 activity）. The activity of myocardial Trx and Trx reductase （TR） in diabetic rats was significantly decreased from the second week and continually aggravated with the disease progression. In diabetic rats, the mRNA expression of Trxl, Trx2, TR1, and TR2 was decreased first and then increased after the fourth week. Meanwhile, the protein expression of these Trx system members was significantly increased at the 12th week. Trx nitration was cleared, the Trx/ASK1 interaction was significantly decreased, and the activity of p38 was significantly enhanced in cardiac tissues at the 12th week. These results demonstrated that diabetes may cause myocardial injury and apoptosis, and the extent of which was accompanied with the development of the disease. The mechanism is associated with the development of diabetes and the decreased activity of Trx and TR. The reasons for decreased Trx activity may include： decrease of Trx and TR protein expression; nitration modification of Trx; and up-regulation of TXNIP expression.     

CEA mRNA在大肠癌患者微转移早期预测中的意义

目的:大肠癌是最常见的恶性肿瘤之一,血行转移是大肠癌根治性手术失败的原因之一,在根治性切除肿瘤患者中,有大部分患者死于肿瘤的复发和转移,因此早期发现大肠癌微转移,对于延长患者预后指导下一步治疗具有重要意义。本研究已检测大肠癌患者外周血和引流静脉血中CEA mRNA的表达,以探索手术操作和微转移的关系,以及引流静脉血中微转移的发生与临床病理因素的关系,探讨早期发现大肠癌血循环微转移的意义。方法:应用逆转录多聚酶链式反应(RT-PCR)法检测大肠癌患者手术前,手术后外周血及引流静脉血液中的CEA mRNA水平。结果:(1)大肠癌患者术前外周血CEA mRNA阳性率26.7%(16/60),引流静脉血阳性率48.3%(29/60),引流静脉血明显高于外周静脉血(P0.05)。(2)大肠癌引流静脉血中CEA mRNA在肿瘤大于5厘米者、Dukes C期、中低分化程度、有淋巴转移者、浸及浆膜者比外周静脉血更有统计学上的意义。(3)手术前后引流静脉血CEAm RNA阳性率具有显著差异(P0.05),外周血CEA mRNA阳性率无显著差异。结论:大肠癌引流静脉血微转移是大肠癌肝转移的发生的早期阶段,引流静脉血CEA mRNA的表达能更早期反映出大肠癌患者微转移的发生,引流静脉微转移发生率与肿瘤分化程度、浸润深度、TNM分期、淋巴结转移、远处转移相关,是反映大肠癌生物学行为的指标之一,手术对大肠癌血循环微转移有促进作用。     

Methylation Modifications in Eukaryotic Messenger RNA

RNA methylation modifications have been found for decades of years, which occur at different RNA types of numerous species, and their distribution is species-specific. However, people rarely know their biological functions. There are several identified methylation modifications in eukaryotic messenger RNA （mRNA）, such as NT-methylguanosine （mVG） at the cap, Nr-methyl-2＇-O-methyladenosine （m6Am）, 2＇-O-methylation （Nm） within the cap and the internal positions, and internal N6-methyladenosine （m6A） and 5-methylcytosine （mSC）. Among them, mTG cap was studied more clearly and found to have vital roles in several important mRNA processes like mRNA translation, stability and nuclear export, m6A as the most abundant modification in mRNA was found in the 1970s and has been proposed to function in mRNA splicing, translation, stability, transport and so on. mrA has been discovered as the first RNA reversible modification which is demethylated directly by human fat mass and obesity associated protein （FRO） and its homolog protein, alkylation repair ho- molog 5 （ALKBH5）. b-TO has a special demethylation mechanism that demethylases m6A to A through two over-oxidative intermediate states： N6-hydroxymethyladenosine （hm6A） and Nr-formyladenosine （frA）. The two newly discovered m6A demethylases, bTO and ALKBH5, significantly control energy homeostasis and spermatogenesis, respectively, indicating that the dynamic and reversible mrA, analogous to DNA and histone modifications, plays broad roles in biological kingdoms and brings us an emerging field ＂RNA Epige- netics＂. 5-methylcytosine （5mC） as an epigenetic mark in DNA has been studied widely, but mSC in mRNA is seldom explored. The bisulfide sequencing showed mSC is another abundant modification in mRNA, suggesting that it might be another RNA epigenetic mark. This review focuses on the main methylation modifications in mRNA to describe their formation, distribution, function and demethylation from the current knowledge and to provide future 19erspectives on functional studies.     

家畜高繁殖力性状遗传机制的研究进展

家畜繁殖力是一个对畜牧生产有重要影响的数量性状,文章从基因组和mRNA表达两个水平综述了家畜高繁殖力性状遗传机理的研究进展。这些研究成果表明,家畜高繁殖力受许多基因影响,而该性状的形成是多个基因共同表达与相互作用的一个综合结果。两种水平的研究都取得了很大的进展,但同基因组水平的研究相比,mRNA表达水平的研究仅关注在某一时期某一组织表达的基因,从mRNA表达水平进行研究能够找到对性状形成有直接贡献的基因。现在的研究多采用基因组水平和mRNA表达水平,随着科学技术研究的发展,还会为这一性状提供新的研究方法,但将来更有效的研究方法可能是多个水平综合进行的。     

人基因中密码子前后碱基使用与蛋白质结构

对６２个人基因中编码蛋白质各类二级结构（α－螺旋、β－折叠片、无规卷曲和回折）的密码子前后碱基的使用情况进行统计分析和比较,发现多数密码子前后碱基的使用有一定偏向,而且这些偏向与蛋白质的二级结构有关联。这同时亦提示,同义密码子的选用与蛋白质的二级结构有一些关联。结果对于蛋白质结构预测算法以及基因工程的研究有辅助作用。     

蝎毒诱导红藻氨酸癫痫大鼠海马内胆囊收缩素原mRNA的表达

目的和方法：本工作用红藻氨酸（ＫＡ）癫痫模型,对用蝎毒处理住房第马内胆囊收缩素原ｍＲＮＡ（ＰＣＣＫ ｍＲＮＡ）表达进行原位杂交观察,并对国产东亚钳蝎粗毒抗癫痫反复发作的机制做了初步探讨。结果：原位杂交的实验显示,三周ＫＡ后,实验对照组与空白对照组相比,腹侧海马是海马门区ＰＣＣＫ ｍＲＮＡ阳性神经元数目明显减少（Ｐ〈０．０５）;实验给药组大鼠８例,其中有６例腹侧海马门区ＰＣＣＫ ｍＲＮＡ阳性神经元数     

蝎毒对癫痫大鼠海马内强啡肽原mRNA表达的影响

目的和方法：本工作用红藻氨酸癫痫模型,通过对癫痫大鼠蝎毒处理后民内哟啡肽原ｍＲＮＡ（ＫＰＵＹＮｍＲＮＡ）表达的原位杂交观察,对国产蝎粗毒抗癫痫反复发作的细胞分子机制进行初步探讨。结果：原位杂交的实验显示,三周ＫＡ后,实验对照组与空白对照组相比,腹侧海马尤其是海马门区ＰＤＹＮｍＲＮＡ阳性数目明显减少（Ｐ〈０．０１）。实验给药组大鼠８例,其中有６例腹侧海马门区ＰＤＹＮｍＲＮＡ阳性神经元数目未见减少且有