具有真细菌基因启动子活性的盐生盐杆菌质粒DNA片段

利用大肠杆菌启动子探测质粒ｐＫＫ２３２－８为载体、用两组限制性内切酶ＢａｍＨＩ－ＳａｌＩ和ＨｉｎｄⅢ－ＳａｌＩ分别消化盐生盐杆菌Ｊ７（Ｈａｌｏｂａｃｔｅｒｉｕｍｈａｌｏｂｉｕｍ）的质粒ｐＨＨ２０５,在体外进行重组,转化Ｅ．ｃｏｌｉＨＢ１０１感受态细胞,在含氨苄青霉素和氯霉素的选择平板上筛选转化子,并从随机挑选的２０株转化子中,获得抗氯霉素水平达到１１０μｇ／ｍｌ的转化子Ｔ１和Ｔ２,所含重组质粒分别被命名为ｐＪＨ和ｐＪＢ。经限制性酶切分析及杂交分析表明,ｐＪＨ质粒上插入了一段来源于ｐＨＨ２０５质粒的ＤＮＡ片段,其大小为８００ｂｐ左右。通过重新转化实验进一步表明,该ＤＮＡ片段在大肠杆菌中具有启动子功能,从而证明,在古细菌（盐生盐杆菌）的质粒ＤＮＡ中存在具有真细菌（大肠杆菌）基因启动子活性的ＤＮＡ片段。     

关岭牛MyoD玉基因启动子报告质粒的构建及活性验证

为了克隆关岭牛MyoD玉基因启动子并验证其启动活性,根据GenBank中牛的MyoD玉基因序列设计PCR引物,用PCR技术扩增牛MyoD玉基因的启动子,构建重组克隆载体pUCmT-MyoD玉;并通过PCR扩增、限制性酶切、测序及生物信息学分析对阳性克隆进行鉴定;构建报告质粒pGL3-MyoD玉,并将其转染小鼠C2C12、3T3-L1细胞系,检测其24 h后的双荧光素酶活性。实验结果获得了关岭牛MyoD玉基因启动子,其序列长度为993 bp,并成功构建了MyoD玉启动子报告质粒;双荧光素酶活性检测表明pGL3-MyoD玉在小鼠C2C12细胞中的表达是pGL3空载体40.65倍,在小鼠3T3-L1细胞中的表达是空载体的1.13倍,MyoD玉启动子在小鼠C2C12细胞中的表达高于3T3-L1细胞(**p<0.01)。结果表明关岭牛MyoD玉基因启动子具有启动活性,在小鼠骨骼肌细胞中特异性表达。     

水稻OsWTF1基因启动子的克隆与表达分析

目的：分析水稻OsWTF1基因启动子的功能及核心序列。方法：利用PCR技术从水稻日本晴基因组中克隆了转录因子WTF1编码区5上游大小为2049bp的调控区域,命名为OsWTF1,将它和长度为1631、608、474、415bp的5端缺失体分别与GUS基因融合构建表达载体,并用农杆菌介导法转化水稻。结果：GUS组织化学分析表明,OsWTF1、Os1631能够驱动GUS基因在根、茎、叶、叶鞘、花药、颖壳上的表达,Os608,Os474,Os415能驱动GUS在根、茎、花药、颖壳中表达,在叶鞘中未表达,而且在叶中的表达也很微弱。结论：OsWTF1启动子核心序列可能位于-1bp--415bp之间,在-608bp--1631bp之间可能存在与基因叶肉特异表达相关的重要元件。     

Irisolidone, an isoflavone metabolite, represses JC virus gene expression via inhibition of Sp1 binding in human glial cells

Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML) is a fatal demyelinating disease that results from an oligodendrocyte infection caused by the JC virus. Therefore, inhibiting the expression of JC virus is important for preventing and/or treating PML. This study found that irisolidone, an isoflavone metabolite, significantly inhibited the JC virus expression in primary cultured human astrocytes and glial cell lines. Studies examining the underlying mechanism revealed that a mutation of the Sp1 binding site downstream of the TATA box (Sp1-II) dramatically diminished the inhibitory activity of irisolidone. In addition, an irisolidone treatment repressed Sp1 binding to Sp1-II site, which is important for the basal JC virus promoter activity. The results suggest that the inhibitory effect of irisolidone against the JC virus may be attributed at least in part to the suppression of Sp1 binding to the JC virus promoter region. Therefore, the inhibition of the JC virus expression by irisolidone might provide therapeutic potential for PML caused by the JC virus.