Construction of an inducible transposon,INAc, to develop a gene tagging system in higher plants

An inducible transposable element, termed INAc (inducible Activator), was constructed for development of a gene tagging system in higher plants. The advantage of such an inducible element is that, unlike the native transposon, its excision can be induced at any time during plant development and the resulting mutants are stable after removal of the inducer. A fusion of the SA inducible promoter (PR-1a) with the Ac transposase gene was inserted together with a hygromycin resistance gene between ca. 400 bp sequences from each end of the maize Ac element, yielding INAc. The INAc element was introduced into tobacco and tomato plants. A high frequency of spontaneous transposition was apparent in primary transformed tomato calli but not in tobacco calli. Treatment of tobacco plants with salicylic acid induced transposition of INAc in both somatic and germinal tissue, with germinal transposition events being revealed by characterization of the progeny of transformed plants whose flowers were exposed to SA. The INAc element thus exhibits potential for development of an inducible transposon system suitable for gene isolation in heterologous plant species.     

特异性eIF-4EsiRNA重组腺病毒构建及其对人卵巢癌细胞SKOV-3转移相关能力的影响

目的：构建表达真核细胞起始因子-4E（eukaryoticinitiationfactor4E,eIF-4E）特异性siRNA的重组腺病毒载体,观察其对人卵巢癌细胞SKOV-3体外转移能力的影响。方法：应用基因重组技术将eIF．4EsiRNA序列构建于腺病毒载体pLP－Ade－X,经包装细胞包装后得到高滴度重组腺病毒pLP—Ade-4EsiRNA（psiE）。将腺病毒psiE感染SKOV．3细胞,用定量PCR进行elf．4E基因表达检测,然后应用transwell小室法观察对细胞侵袭和运动能力的影响,同时检测感染后细胞内VEGF、MMP－2、MMP－9蛋白表达。结果：病毒检测结果与预期相符,real—timePCR可检测到感染重组腺病毒psiE后SKOV．3细胞没有eIF-4E基因表达;病毒感染后transwell小室法检测到SKOV-3细胞的侵袭和运动能力均受到显著的抑制（均为P〈0．01）;此外病毒感染的SKOV．3细胞中VEGF、MMP-2、MMP-9蛋白表达降低。结论：封闭eIF-4E基因表达对人卵巢癌细胞SKOV．3的侵袭和运动都有抑制作用,其作用机制可能与VEGF、MMP-2、MMP-9表达相关。