激光辅助技术——多快好省地制作转基因小鼠

近日，Regeneron生物技术公司的David Valenzuela和George Yancopoulos领导他们的小组发明了一种制造基因工程小鼠的新方法，这种方法可以让人们更快更简便地制造转基因小鼠，并且在多快好省的同时具有更高的成功率。     

Xyloglucan for Generating Tensile Stress to Bend Tree Stem

In response to environmental variation, angiosperm trees bend their stems by forming tension wood, which consists of a cellulose-rich G （gelatinous）-Iayer in the walls of fiber cells and generates abnormal tensile stress in the secondary xylem. We produced transgenic poplar plants overexpressing several endoglycanases to reduce each specific polysaccharide in the cell wall, as the secondary xylem consists of primary and secondary wall layers. When placed horizontally, the basal regions of stems of transgenic poplars overexpressing xyloglucanase alone could not bend upward due to low strain in the tension side of the xylem. In the wild-type plants, xyloglucan was found in the inner surface of G-layers during multiple layering. In situ xyloglucan endotransglucosylase （XET） activity showed that the incorporation of whole xyloglucan, potentially for wall tightening, began at the inner surface layers S1 and S2 and was retained throughout G-layer development, while the incorporation of xyloglucan heptasaccharide （XXXG） for wall loosening occurred in the primary wall of the expanding zone. We propose that the xyloglucan network is reinforced by XET to form a further connection between wall-bound and secreted xyloglucans in order to withstand the tensile stress created within the cellulose G-layer micro fibrils.     

渐狭叶烟草组培苗生根条件优化及在基因转化中的应用

针对渐狭叶烟草(Nicotiana attenuata)组培苗生根困难的问题，本研究测试了不同浓度萘乙酸(NAA)、吲哚丁酸(IBA)、吲哚乙酸(IAA)、嘧啶醇、矮壮素、生根粉及活性炭等外源添加物对组培苗生根的影响。结果表明，对照处理的组培苗在90 d内基本不生根；不同浓度矮壮素处理也不能诱导组培苗生根；而合适浓度的NAA、IBA或IAA处理均能较好地诱导组培苗生根，其中0.8 mg·L^-1 IBA不仅具有较好的诱导生根效果，生根率达72.73%，且根及地上部分均生长良好。进一步测试发现0.8 mg·L^-1 IBA处理对转基因组培苗具有良好的生根效果，20 d后生根率达60%以上，而对照组未生根；经伤口诱导和0.8 mg·L^-1 IBA处理，40 d内总生根率可达90%以上。该研究为高效获得渐狭叶烟草转基因生根苗提供了解决方案，也为渐狭叶烟草作为烟草属模式植物的研究提供了便利。     

抗虫耐除草剂玉米GH5112E-117C定性PCR检测方法

转基因抗虫耐除草剂玉米GH5112E-117C是由北京奥瑞金公司研发的转mG2-aroA基因和mcry1Ah基因抗虫耐除草剂玉米新品系,对玉米螟、粘虫等鳞翅目害虫具有抗性、耐草甘膦除草剂的转基因玉米,在我国具有重要产业化应用前景。本文研发了GH5112E-117C转基因玉米的定性PCR检测方法,该方法能特异性地检测转基因抗虫耐除草剂玉米GH5112E-117C,在每个反应引物浓度为0.2 μmol/L、Taq DNA 聚合酶0.625 U、DNA模板50 ng,退火温度为58℃的条件下,检测灵敏度可稳定达到0.1%。该方法为转基因抗虫耐除草剂玉米GH5112E-117C的精准检测提供了一种新的技术手段,为农业转基因监管提供技术支撑。     

Expression of human papillomavirus type 16 L1 protein in transgenic tobacco plants

To develop a plant expression system for the production of the human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV16) vaccine, we investigated whether the HPV16 L1 protein can be expressed in tobacco plants and whether it can be used as the cheapest form of edible vaccine. The HPV16 L1 coding sequence was amplified by PCR using specific primers from the plasmid pGEM-T-HPV16 containing the template sequence, and subcloned into the intermediate vector pUCmT and binary vector pBI121 consecutively to obtain the plant expression plasmid pBI-L1. The T-DNA regions of the pBI-L1 binary vector contained the constitutive Cauliflower mosaic virus (CaMV) 35S promoter and the neomycin phosphotransferase npt Ⅱ gene, which allowed the selection of transformed plants using kanamycin. The tobacco plants were transformed by cocultivating them, using the leaf disc method, with Agrobacterium tumefaciens LBA4404, which harbored the plant expression plasmid. The regenerated transgenic tobacco plants were selected using kanamycin, and confirmed by PCR. The results of the Southern blot assay also showed that the HPV16 L1 gene was integrated stably into the genome of the transformed tobacco plants. The Western blot analysis showed that the transformed tobacco leaves could express the HPV 16 L1 protein. Furthermore, it was demonstrated by ELISA assay that the expressed protein accounted for 0.034%-0.076% of the total soluble leaf protein, was able to form 55nm virus-like particles compatible with HPV virus-like particle (VLP), and induced mouse erythrocyte hemagglutination in vitro. The present results indicate that the HPV 16 L1 protein can be expressed in transgenic tobacco plants and the expressed protein possesses the natural features of the HPV16 L1 protein, implying that the HPV16 L1 transgenic plants can be potentially used as an edible vaccine.     

水稻单拷贝Xa21近等转基因系的培育与抗性分析

植物转基因的表达在一定程度上受其所在宿主基因组整合位置的影响 ,通常称为转基因位置效应。利用农杆菌介导法将抗白叶枯病基因Xa21转入水稻品种明恢 63,获得带有不同转基因拷贝数的转化体。对转化体连续自交 ,并对转基因整合位点进行鉴定和筛选 ,获得了明恢63遗传背景下整合在不同染色体位点的单拷贝Xa21转基因纯合系。这些转基因系除一个单拷贝转基因整合位点外 ,在基因组水平上是等同的 ,构成了近等转基因系。经分子杂交和遗传定位验证 ,共获得明恢63遗传背景下的6个近等转基因系。对这些近等转基因系进行抗白叶枯病分析,显示出几乎相同的高抗水平。这表明整合位点对Xa21的抗性没有影响 ,不存在转基因位置效应.     

番茄花叶病毒移动蛋白和番茄抗病基因Tm-2^2的互作诱导烟草转化体程序性细胞死亡

番茄的抗病基因Tm -2 2 与番茄花叶病毒 (ToMV)的移动蛋白MP基因是一对互作的基因 ,Tm- 2 2 基因和ToMV MP基因同时在烟草中表达 ,并分别获得单一基因整合的纯合转化体植株。病毒接种试验表明 ,Tm -2 2 基因转化体与Tm- 2 2 番茄对Tobamavirus病毒的特异抗性结果一致 ;Tm -2 2 转基因植株和ToMV MP转基因植株杂交试验及其农杆菌注射试验均证明 :(1)Tm -2 2 基因与ToMV- MP在转基因烟草上保持“基因对基因”的互作关系 ;(2 )在外源乙烯的参与下 ,ToMV的移动蛋白与Tm -2 2 基因编码蛋白的互作能够诱导转化体程序性细胞死亡。这一结果为今后研究Tm -2 2 与MP互作的分子机制奠定了基础。     

Embryonic and genetic manipulation in fish

Fishes,the biggest and most diverse community in vertebrates are good experimental models for studies of cell and developmental biology by many favorable characteristics.Nuclear transplantation in fish has been thoroughly studied in China since 1960s.Fish nuclei of embryonic cells from different genera were transplanted into enucleated eggs generating nucleo-cytoplasmic hybrids of adults.Most importantly,nuclei of cultured goldfish kidney cells had been reprogrammed in enucleated eggs to support embryogenesis and ontogenesis of a fertile fish.This was the first case of cloned fish with somatic cells.Based on the technique of microinjection,recombinant MThGH gene has been transferred into fish eggs and the firsh batch of transgenic fish were produced in 1984.The behavior of foreign gene was characterized and the onsed of the foreign gene replication occurred between the blastula to gastrula stages and random integration mainly occurred at later stages of embryogenesis.This eventually led to the transgenic mosaicism.The MThGH-transferred common carp enhanced growth rate by 2-4 times in the founder juveniles and doubled the body weight in the adults.The transgenic common carp were more efficient in utilizing dietary protein than the controls.An “all-fish” gene construct CAgcGH has been made by splicing the common carp β-actin gene (CA) promoter onto the grass carp growth hormone gene (grGH) coding sequence.The CAgcGH-transferred Yellow River Carp have also shown significantly fast-growth trait.Combination of techniques of fish cell culture,gene transformation with cultured cells and nuclear transplantation should be able to generate homogeneous strain of valuable transgenic fish to fulfil human requirement in 21^st century.     

黄瓜花叶病毒互补型载体可与CP转基因发生重组

为了探讨利用黄瓜花叶病毒(CMV)作为表达载体的可行性,克隆了山东株(SD)CMV RNA3的全长cDNA,并测定了全序列.采用定点突变的方法在衣壳蛋白(CP)基因起始密码子处改造出一个NsiⅠ位点.以绿色荧光蛋白(GFP)基因置换SD-CMV RNA3 cDNA的CP基因.将Fny株CMV RNA1,RNA2和嵌合SD-CMV RNA3的cDNA分别克隆在35 S启动子和终止子之间构建成表达载体.在烟草原生质体中验证了该表达载体可以表达GFP.然后将其接种到表达SD CP的转基因烟草上,试图构建成一个互补型载体.接种10d后,18棵植株中,有5棵的接种叶和其中1棵的系统叶上可检测到表达的GFP.然而1个月后,所有接种植株中都检测不到GFP.通过RT-PCR及序列分析,证实在互补系统中CMV载体与CP转基因发生了重组.上述结果对这种CMV互补型载体的可行性提出了质疑,同时也揭示了转CMV CP基因抗病毒植物的生物安全性中存在的新的问题.