Expression of mouse metallothionein-I gene confers cadmium resistance in transgenic tobacco plants

Transgenic tobacco plants containing a mouse metallothionein-I (MT-I) gene fused to the cauliflower mosaic virus 35S (CaMV 35S) promoter and nopaline synthase (nos) polyadenylation site were obtained by transforming tobacco leaf discs with an Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain carrying the chimaeric gene. Transformants were directly selected and rooted on medium containing cadmium and kanamycin. A total of 49 individual transgenic tobacco plants were regenerated. Among them 20% showed a very high expression level and their growth was unaffected by up to 200 M cadmium, whereas the growth of control plants was severely affected leaf chlorosis occurred on medium containing only 10 M cadmium. The concentration of MT-I in leaves of control and transgenic tobacco was determined with Cd/haemoglobin saturation assay, a polarographic method and western blotting. In addition, seeds from self-fertilized transgenic plants were germinated on medium containing toxic levels of cadmium and scored for tolerance/susceptibility to this heavy metal. The ratio of tolerant to susceptible plants was 3:1 indicating that the metallothionein gene is inherited as a single locus.     

金属螯合亲和层析纯化金属硫蛋白

将二价铜离子螯合在Chelating Sepharose Fast Flow凝胶上制成亲和层析柱,锌诱导兔肝和镉诱导小鼠肝经匀浆、乙醇处理后上柱,用pH4.0的醋酸盐缓冲液平衡,再用pH5.2不同浓度的醋酸盐缓冲液分别洗脱,可得两个金属硫蛋白(MT)洗脱峰,经确定先后为MT-2和MT-1.分离方法比传统的凝胶过滤-离子交换法简单、省时,适于实验室规模分离纯化.     

α-Domain of human metallothionein IA can bind to metals in transgenic tobacco plants

We have introduced a genetically marked Dissociation transposable element (Ds ^HPT ) into tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum) by Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated transformation. Probes for the flanking regions of the T-DNA and transposed Ds ^HPT elements were obtained with the inverse polymerase chain reaction (IPCR) technique and used in RFLP linkage analyses. The RFLP map location of 11 T-DNAs carrying Ds ^HPT was determined. The T-DNAs are distributed on 7 of the 12 tomato chromosomes. To explore the feasibility of gene tagging strategies in tomato using Ds ^HPT , we examined the genomic distribution of Ds ^HPT receptor sites relative to the location of two different, but very closely linked, T-DNA insertion sites. After crosses with plants expressing Ac transposase, the hygromycin phosphotransferase (HPT) marker on the Ds element and the excision markers β-glucuronidase (GUS) and Basta resistance (BAR) facilitated the identification of plants bearing germinally transposed Ds ^HPT elements. RFLP mapping of 21 transposed Ds ^HPT elements originating from the two different T-DNA insertions revealed distinct patterns of reintegration sites.     

BRG1 variant rs1122608 on chromosome 19p13.2 confers protection against stroke and regulates expression of pre-mRNA-splicing factor SFRS3

A single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) rs1122608 on chromosome 19p13.2 and in the BRG1/SMARCA4 gene was previously associated with coronary artery disease (CAD). CAD and ischemic stroke are both associated with atherosclerosis. Thus, we tested the hypothesis that rs1122608 is associated with ischemic stroke. Further studies were used to identify the most likely mechanism by which rs1122608 regulates atherosclerosis. For case–control association studies, two independent Chinese Han GeneID cohorts were used, including a Central cohort with 1,075 cases and 2,685 controls and the Northern cohort with 1,208 cases and 824 controls. eQTL and real-time RT-PCR analyses were used to identify the potential candidate gene(s) affected by rs1122608. The minor allele T of SNP rs1122608 showed significant association with a decreased risk of ischemic stroke in the Central GeneID cohort (adjusted P _adj = 2.1 × 10^?4, OR 0.61). The association was replicated in an independent Northern GeneID cohort (P _adj = 6.00 × 10^?3, OR 0.69). The association became more significant in the combined population (P _adj = 7.86 × 10^?5, OR 0.73). Allele T of SNP rs1122608 also showed significant association with a decreased total cholesterol level (P _adj = 0.013). Allele T of rs1122608 was associated with an increased expression level of SFRS3 encoding an mRNA splicing regulator, but not with the expression of BRG1/SMARCA4 or LDLR (located 36 kb from rs1122608). Increased expression of SFSR3 may decrease IL-1β expression and secretion, resulting in reduced risk of atherosclerosis and stroke. This is the first study that demonstrates that rs1122608 confers protection against ischemic stroke and implicates splicing factor SFSR3 in the disease process.     

通过和玉米杂交诱导硬粒小麦单倍体

硬粒小麦（Ｔｒｉｔｉｃｕｍ ｄｕｒｕｍ Ｄｅｓｆ．）ＤＲ１４７授以超甜玉米（Ｚｅａ ｍ ａｙｓ Ｌ．） ｓｓ ７７００的花粉后,在８３．４％ 的柱头上观察到花粉萌发及花粉管长入胚囊,有９．９％ 的子房发生了卵细胞的单受精,１．９％ 的子房发生了中央细胞的单受精,３２．７％ 的子房发生了双受精。尽管双受精后可同时形成胚和胚乳,但胚乳往往发育迟缓,甚至败育。硬粒小麦×玉米形成的杂合子核型高度不稳定,在最初的几次细胞分裂中,来自父本玉米的染色体逐步被排除,最后形成硬粒小麦单倍体胚。在授以玉米花粉４ ｈ 后用１００ ｐｐｍ ２,４－Ｄ溶液浸蘸硬粒小麦穗部,可以有效地促进幼胚在缺乏胚乳或胚乳败育情况下的生长和发育。授粉９—１３ ｄ 后由５３３个硬粒小麦子房解剖出２５个胚,得胚率为４．７％ 。通过幼胚拯救获得１１棵正常植株,植株获得率为２．１％ 。根尖细胞染色体计数表明,它们为单倍体（２ｎ＝ ２ｘ＝ １４）。     

山西蟒河自然保护区栓皮栎林的聚类和排序

本文用等级聚类、极点排序、主成分分析和对应分析等多元分析法, 对蟒河自然保护区的栓皮标(Quercus variabilis)林进与于了聚类和排序。等级聚类法将蟒河自然保护区的栓皮栎林划分为五个群丛, 极点排序、主成分分析和对应分析三种方法得出一致的结论, 并较好地反映了环境变化的梯度及植被变化的连续性。综合分析表明栓皮栎林是保护区内稳定的群落类型。     

系列硬质胆囊镜的研发

中国医生提出的硬镜微创保胆取石（息肉）新概念,对于治疗胆囊结石和胆囊息肉取得较好的临床效果。目前国内外没有专门针对胆囊病手术所设计的内镜设备。专门为胆囊病手术的发展而研发的系列硬质胆囊镜及其配套附件,已经获得多项国家专利授权,并成功在国家认定的药物临床试验机构中应用手术120多例。     

PS1/GFP融合蛋白对PS1的亚细胞定位的初步研究

PS1基因突变与早发家族性老年痴呆有密切联系.构建pEGFP-C1-PS1以及pEGFP-N2-PS1融合基因表达载体,于HEK293和CHO细胞系中表达PS1/GFP融合蛋白,以GFP绿色荧光作为PS1的亚细胞定位信号,通过SPOTII以及CONFOCAL显微镜进行观察,初步获得PS1全长蛋白在细胞中定位的部分信息,即PS1定位于细胞核膜,细胞质内有不均匀的分布,少量存在于细胞-细胞接触处的细胞膜上.     

利用染色体消除法获得太谷核不育小麦纯合体

太谷核不育小麦的育性受单个显性雄性不育基因（Ｔａ１）控制,其不育株总是杂合（Ｔａ１ｔａ１）的,纯合不育株（Ｔａ１Ｔａ１）并不存在。实验以太谷核不育小麦（ＴｒｉｔｉｃｕｍａｅｓｔｉｖｕｍＬ．）为母本和玉米（ＺｅａｍａｙｓＬ．）杂交,利用杂合子和幼胚细胞分裂过程中父本玉米染色体自发消除的特点,经过激素处理、幼胚拯救和染色体人工加倍,成功地获得了自然界不存在的纯合显性太谷核不育小麦新种质（Ｔａ１Ｔａ１）,并利用“玻璃化”超低温保存方法,将这一宝贵新种质长期保存下来。     

LeETR1反义基因对番茄的遗传转化

从番茄果实中提取总RNA,根据GeneBank中LeETR1序列,设计合成特异性引物,利用RT-PCR及技术克隆了LeETR1基因3’端非编码区313bp的cDNA,经酶切图谱和序列分析鉴定无误后,反向插入到植物表达载体pPZP11A中,构建了表达LeETR1反义RNA的双元载体。经农杆菌途径转化番茄品种B1后,通过PCR检测从抗卡那霉素再生植株中筛选到13株阳性植株,Southern blot杂交确证反义基因已经整合到番茄染色体中。对果实乙烯释放的测定结果表明,转基因番茄乙烯释放高峰的出现比对照果实推迟10天,番茄红素的合成受到显抑制,果实不能形成正常的红色。推测LeETR1和番茄的成熟有着密切的关系。