人α1型干扰素克隆菌的表达研究：Ⅱ.宿主细胞对质粒表达的影响

干扰素（IFN）是某些生物体细胞抗病毒感染的一类蛋白质,可用于治疗病毒性疾病和某些癌症。但由人血液获得的干扰素其量极微,目前已能通过基因工程大量生产。编码干扰素的基因已能在大肠杆菌~[1,3]、醇母~[4,5]和哺乳动物细胞表达。~[6]但仍需对工程菌的表达规律作进一步研究,特别要弄清各种因素对被克隆的外源基因表达的影响。     

pNK289衍生质粒在牙孢杆菌中的分离稳定性

报道关于一系列pNK289衍生质粒分离稳定性研究结果。这些起源相同的质粒在Bacillus,subtilis AS1.1176中的分离稳定性存在差异,这种差异与质粒的大小和复制方式无关,而与质粒的考贝数有一定的关系。由于不稳定质粒pNK219在B.subtilis BD224宿主中能稳定遗传,所以推测宿主的遗传背景可能影响质粒的分离稳定性,这些研究不仅为进一步寻找与pNK289衍生质粒稳定性相关的基因奠定了基础,而且为在芽孢杆中构建稳定的重组质粒提供了理论依据。     

壳聚糖作为基因药物载体的研究进展

以壳聚糖及其衍生物作为基因的载体的转染效率受到许多因素的影响, 如复合物粒子大小、壳聚糖/DNA的比值、壳聚糖的分子量、脱乙酰度、转染过程中血清的浓度、介质的pH值等。对壳聚糖进行一定程度的修饰, 可以改变壳聚糖的转染效率。介绍了壳聚糖作为基因转移载体的转染条件, 转染效率和转染机制的研究情况及研究进展。     

Expression of a soluble form of CTLA4 on macrophage and its biological activity

INTRODUCTI0NItisrecentlyreportedthatB7andCD28/CTLA4pathwayplaysacriticalroleintheactivationofT-ce1l[1-3],aswellasintheonsetofautoimmunitybothinhumanandmurinem0delofaut0immunity[4-7].B7moleculesareexpressedonavarietyofcelltypes,includingdentriticcells,Bcells,T-cellsandmacrophages[8-1l].CTLA4Ig,asolubleform0fCTLA4,cou1db10ckB7andCD28/CTLA4pathwayandresultsintheinhibitationofT-cellactivationandautoimmuneresponse[12-19].ThemacrophagicMm1ce1llinewasregardedasag0odmodelforstudyingmacr…     

猪瘟病毒兔化弱毒株全长cDNA克隆的感染性鉴定

用SrfⅠ限制性内切酶将构建的猪瘟病毒兔化弱毒株(C-株)全长cDNA线性化,体外转录获得其基因组RNA,利用脂质体将基因组RNA转染至SK-6细胞系,连续传代,收集5代以后培养细胞,采用RT-PCR、荧光抗体直接法、夹心ELISA进行鉴定.结果表明,所构建的全长cDNA具有感染性.猪瘟病毒C-株全长感染性cDNA的成功构建,为在分子水平上进一步研究中国猪瘟病毒兔化弱毒株提供了极有价值的研究工具.     

Nucleotide sequence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa conjugative plasmid pUM505 containing virulence and heavy-metal resistance genes

We determined the complete nucleotide sequence of conjugative plasmid pUM505 isolated from a clinical strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The plasmid had a length of 123,322 bp and contained 138 complete coding regions, including 46% open reading frames encoding hypothetical proteins. pUM505 can be considered a hybrid plasmid because it presents two well-defined regions. The first region corresponded to a larger DNA segment with homology to a pathogenicity island from virulent Pseudomonas strains; this island in pUM505 was comprised of genes probably involved in virulence and genes encoding proteins implicated in replication, maintenance and plasmid transfer. Sequence analysis identified pil genes encoding a type IV secretion system, establishing pUM505 as a member of the family of IncI1 plasmids. Plasmid pUM505 also contained virB4/virD4 homologues, which are linked to virulence in other plasmids. The second region, smaller in length, contains inorganic mercury and chromate resistance gene clusters both flanked by putative mobile elements. Although no genes for antibiotic resistance were identified, when pUM505 was transferred to a recipient strain of P. aeruginosa it conferred resistance to the fluoroquinolone ciprofloxacin. pUM505 also conferred resistance to the superoxide radical generator paraquat. pUM505 could provide Pseudomonas strains with a wide variety of adaptive traits such as virulence, heavy-metal and antibiotic resistance and oxidative stress tolerance which can be selective factors for the distribution and prevalence of this plasmid in diverse environments, including hospitals and heavy metal contaminated soils.     

用T-A载体克隆技术构建丙肝病毒C+E1区真核表达质粒pSVL-HCV/C+E1

用ＢａｍＨＩ和ＨｉｎｄＩＩ将丙肝病毒Ｃ＋Ｅ１ＤＮＡ片段从其克隆载体ｐＧＥＭ３ｚｆ－ＨＣＶ／Ｃ＋Ｅ１上切下,经Ｔａｑ酶补齐３’末端后插入到载体ｐＳＶＬ－Ｔ中,构建成丙肝病毒Ｃ＋Ｅ１真核表达载体ｐＳＶＬ－ＨＣＶ／Ｃ＋Ｅ１。本实验中重组效率达６４．７％（１１／１７）,正向插入为５０％（２／４）。     

O139霍乱弧菌生物学特性研究

１９９２年以来,许多国家和地区先后暴发了Ｏ１３９霍乱大流行。本文从微生物学和分子遗传学的角度对来自不同地区的四株Ｏ１３９霍乱弧菌的生物学特性进行了研究。结果表明四株Ｏ１３９霍乱弧菌均呈典型弧形、单端单鞭毛,培养要求不高、耐碱,固体平板上菌落呈不透明。电镜下显示有菌毛、荚膜结构。有较广的抗生素敏感谱及霍乱Ｈｅｉｂｅｒｇ氏Ⅰ群的糖发酵能力。ＤＮＡＧ＋ＣＭＯＬ％测定值均在霍乱弧菌范围之内且数值接近。质粒图谱检测发现四株中有三株含有一个４．１０ＭＤａ大小的质粒,而另一株不含质粒。Ｏ１３９霍乱弧菌的生物学特性大多数与Ｏ１群菌相似,两者重大的区别在于Ｏ１３９菌具荚膜结构。     

影响非洲绿猴肾细胞脂质体转染效率的因素

已有实验表明,细胞转染效率可能决定于ＤＮＡ－脂质体复合物的形成以及所转染的细胞种类。利用脂质体ＬｉｐｏｆｅｃｔＡＭＩＮＥ,研究了影响Ｖｅｒｏ细胞转染效率的参数如ＤＮＡ和脂质体的用量,转染的细胞数量以及细胞暴露于ＤＮＡ－脂质体复合物的时间长度。通过检测报告基因β－半乳糖苷酶（β－ｇａｌ）的表达,发现最高转染率只在一较窄范围内获得。β－ｇａｌ的表达随脂质体量增加而显著增加。在标准转染条件下,增加ＤＮＡ用量和延长细胞暴露时间反而使转染效率下降。转染细胞数量为４×１０４细胞／２４孔时,细胞转染效率最高。