小球藻和莱茵衣藻原生质体的电转化研究

以小球藻及莱茵衣藻原生质体为受体细胞,利用电击法将质粒p CAMBIA1301转入小球藻和莱茵衣藻,摸索电击转化条件并进行分子检测。结果表明:两类藻都对潮霉素敏感,小球藻及莱茵衣藻分别在含25 mg/L和100 mg/L潮霉素的固体培养基上的生长被完全抑制;小球藻和莱茵衣藻原生质体电击转化的最佳电击场强分别为0.8 k V/cm和0.6 k V/cm,最佳脉冲时间均为10 ms;制备原生质体和通过2-脱氧-D-葡萄糖处理可明显提高转化效率;分子检测说明GUS报告基因成功转入两种藻并可稳定遗传。     

苏云金芽孢杆菌菌株YBT1535转cry1C基因菌的构建

利用电脉冲将ｃｒｙ１Ｃ基因转子苏云金孢杆菌野生菌株ＹＢＴ１５３５,筛选得到３个转化子。质粒电泳、ＰＣＲ扩增及Ｓｏｕｔｈｅｒｎ杂交结果均证明,基因ｃｒｙ１Ｃ已转入菌株ＹＢＴ１５３５。生物测定结果表明,３个转化子对甜菜夜蛾的毒力比出发菌ＹＢＴ１５３５均有显著的提高,转化子ＹＢＴ１５３５－１和ＹＢＴ１５３５－３对小菜蛾和棉铃虫的生物活性与出发菌ＹＢＴ１５３５相近,而转子化子ＹＢＴ１５３５－２则有一定幅度     

一种简便的遗传转化技术在大麦中的应用

本文报导一种简便实效的以大麦的愈伤组织小细胞团做为受体,进行ＰＥＧ＋电击法的双重强化转化新途径,并对如何提高转化效率进行了探索。     

DNA vaccination against foot-and-mouth disease via electroporation: study of molecular approaches for enhancing VP1 antigenicity

BACKGROUND: Foot-and-mouth disease virus (FMDV) affects susceptible livestock animals and causes disastrous economic impact. Immunization with plasmid expressing VP1 that contains the major antigenic epitope(s) of FMDV as cytoplasmic protein (cVP1) failed to elicit full protection against FMDV challenge. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this study, mice were immunized via electroporation with four cDNA expression vectors that were constructed to express VP1 of FMDV, as cytoplasmic (cVP1), secreted (sVP1), membrane-anchored (mVP1) or capsid precursor protein (P1), respectively, to evaluate whether expression of VP1 in specific subcellular compartment(s) would result in better immune responses. RESULTS: Electroporation enhanced immune responses to vectors expressing cVP1 or P1 and expedited the immune responses to vectors expressing sVP1 or mVP1. Immunization of mice via electroporation with mVP1 cDNA was better than sVP1 or cVP1 cDNA in eliciting neutralizing antibodies and viral clearance protection. Vaccination with P1 cDNA, nonetheless, yielded the best immune responses and protection among all four cDNAs that we tested. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that the antigenicity of a VP1 DNA vaccine can be significantly enhanced by altering the cellular localization of the VP1 antigen. Electroporation is a useful tool for enhancing the immune responses of vectors expressing VP1 or P1. By mimicking FMDV more closely than that of transgenic VP1 and eliciting immune responses favorably toward Th2, transgenic P1 may induce more neutralizing antibodies and better protection against FMDV challenge.     

Efficient removal of LoxP-flanked genes by electroporation of Cre-recombinase mRNA

Introduction of Cre-recombinase in target cells is currently achieved by transfection of plasmid DNA or by viral-mediated transduction. However, efficiency of non-viral DNA transfection is often low in many cell types, and the use of viral vectors for transduction implies a more complex and laborious manipulation associated with safety issues. We have developed a non-viral non-DNA technique for rapid and highly efficient excision of LoxP-flanked DNA sequences based on electroporation of in vitro transcribed mRNA encoding Cre-recombinase. A K562-DSRed[EGFP] cell line was developed in order to measure Cre-mediated recombination by flow cytometric analysis. These cells have a stable integrated DSRed reporter gene flanked by two LoxP sites, and an EGFP reporter gene, which could only be transcribed when the coding sequence for DSRed was removed. The presented data show recombination efficiencies, as measured by appearance of EGFP-fluorescence, of up to 85% in Cre-recombinase mRNA-electroporated K562-DSRed[EGFP] cells. In conclusion, mRNA electroporation of Cre-recombinase is a powerful, safe, and clinically applicable alternative to current technologies used for excision of stably integrated LoxP-flanked DNA sequences.     

以Zeocin抗性基因为选择标记的Candida glycerinogenes遗传转化

为从分子水平上阐释产甘油假丝酵母(Candida glycerinogenes)高产甘油机理,建立一种方便可行的遗传转化系统是十分必要的。与G418和潮霉素等抗生素相比,Zeocin抗生素对C.glycerinogenes具有较低的致死浓度。以pGAPZb作为构建整合载体的骨架,以Zeocin抗性基因作为选择标记,以URA3基因作为整合位点,构建了C.glycerinogenes整合载体pGA-CU。整合载体经过限制酶线性化后用作转化载体,基于电击转化的方法成功获得了抗Zeocin的转化子并经过PCR分析进一步确证。通过优化电击转化的参数,获得了较为稳定的转化效率,基于这一技术的转化效率每微克DNA可获得120个转化子。为进一步研究该菌株的遗传背景和代谢机理奠定了基础。     

DNA uptake during electroporation of germinating pollen grains

Electroporation of germinating pollen grains of Nicotiana gossei (L.) Domin under a variety of conditions showed that DNA was taken up by the pollen without detrimental effects on the viability of the pollen. By optimizing both the field strength of the electroporation pulse and the DNA concentration in the electroporation medium up to 6% of the donor DNA can be taken up by the germinating pollen while maintaining a pollen viability of 90%. Field strengths as high as 9 kV/cm could be applied to germinating pollen grains without detrimental effects on viability. Southern hybridizations demonstrated that DNA encoding the marker enzyme β-glucuronidase (GUS) was incorporated into electroporated pollen. Germinating pollen, treated in this manner, is capable of producing 300–400 seeds per capsule of viable seed when applied to the stigmas of compatible flowers of N. gossei which has been emasculated 4 days earlier.     

A model of lipid rearrangements during pore formation in the DPPC lipid bilayer

Context: The molecular bases of pore formation in the lipid bilayer remain unclear, as do the exact characteristics of their sizes and distributions. To understand this process, numerous studies have been performed on model lipid membranes including cell-sized giant unilamellar vesicles (GUV). The effect of an electric field on DPPC GUV depends on the lipid membrane state: in the liquid crystalline phase the created pores have a cylinder-like shape, whereas in the gel phase a crack has been observed.

Objective: The aim of the study was to investigate the geometry of pores created in a lipid bilayer in gel and liquid crystalline phases in reference to literature experimental data.

Methods: A mathematical model of the pore in a DPPC lipid bilayer developed based on the law of conservation of mass and the assumption of constant volume of lipid molecules, independent of their conformation, allows for analysis of pore shape and accompanying molecular rearrangements.

Results: The membrane area occupied by the pore of a cylinder-like shape is greater than the membrane area occupied by lipid molecules creating the pore structure (before pore appearance). Creation of such pores requires more space, which can be achieved by conformational changes of lipid chains toward a more compact state. This process is impossible for a membrane in the most compact, gel phase.

Discussion and conclusions: We show that the geometry of the pores formed in the lipid bilayer in the gel phase must be different from the cylinder shape formed in the lipid bilayer in a liquid crystalline state, confirming experimental studies. Furthermore, we characterize the occurrence of the ‘buffer’ zone surrounding pores in the liquid crystalline phase as a mechanism of separation of neighbouring pores.