建立稳定表达人RANTES基因的夏枯草细胞克隆

为了在中药细胞中表达人源有用基因 ,以增强其特异药理活性 ,将克隆自人外周血淋巴细胞 (PBL)mRNA的RANTES基因经Ti质粒衍生的中间表达载体pROKII导入携带pAL44 0 4质粒的根癌农杆菌LBA44 0 4菌株中 ,并采用叶盘共培养法转化离体培养夏枯草细胞 ,经Southern杂交确认RANTES基因在转化细胞基因组中的整合 ,用RT -PCR扩增、Western印迹杂交和酶联免疫吸附测定 (ELISA)分析转化细胞中RANTES基因的表达 ,以PBL的过氧化物酶活性作为重组RANTES对细胞趋化性诱导的检测指标。结果表明 ,RANTES基因已在转基因夏枯草细胞中整合 ,并已形成稳定表达RANTES基因的细胞克隆 ,为进一步培育具有特异药理活性的转基因夏枯草植株打下了基础。

Establishment of Stably Expressed Human RANTES Gene in Prunella vulgaris Cell Clone

To express interesting human genes in herbal cells for boosting their specific pharmacological activities, RANTES gene cloned from human peripheral blood lymphocyte(PBL) mRNA was introduced into A.tumefaciens strain LBA4404 harboring pAL4404 plasmid via tumor-inducing (Ti) plasmid-derived intermediate expression vector pROKII. In vitro cultured P.vulgaris cells were transformed by leaf-disk cocultivation procedure. Integration of RANTES gene in the genome of transformed cells was confirmed by Southern blotting, and expression of RANTES gene in transformed cells was analyzed by RT-PCR amplification, Western blotting and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). The peroxidase activity of PBL was utilized as a detection index of cellular chemotropism induction by recombinant RANTES. The results have shown the RANTES gene was integrated in transgenic P.vulgaris cells, and RANTES gene-stably expressed cell clones were available, which could pave the way to obtain transgenic P.vulgaris plants demonstrating specific pharmacological activities.