牛泡沫病毒LTR的反式激活因子靶序列研究

牛泡沫病毒（ＢＦＶ）是反转录病毒科泡沫病毒属成员之一．其基因组除编码ｇａｇ,ｐｏｌ,ｅｎｖ三个结构基因外,在ｅｎｖ和３＇ＬＴＲ之间有２个ＯＲＦ（ＯＲＦ－１和ＯＲＦ－２）,编码自身的反式激活因子Ｔａｓ等调节蛋白．本研究利用我们实验室分离鉴定的ＢＦＶ３０２６中国毒株［１２］为材料,克隆Ｏｒｆ－１基因,构建ｐＢＦＶＯＲＦ－１表达质粒,通过带有ｌｕｃ基因的ＬＴＲ系列缺失质粒与ｐＢＦＶＯＲＦ－１共转染,瞬时表达分析结果将ＢＦＶＬＴＲ上Ｔａｓ应答元件（ＴＲＥ）定位于－９８３／－６６８（ＴＲＥＩ）,－４７０／－１４０（ＴＲＥＩ）和ＲＵ５区．其中ＴＲＥＩ、ＴＲＥＩＩ为正调控区域,ＲＵ５为负调控区域,并进一步证明ＲＵ５在异源启动子（ＢＩＶＬＴＲ）上具有抑制其下游基因表达的功能．这些结果表明ＢＦＶＴａｓ作用机理与慢病毒（Ｔａｔ）,致瘤病毒（Ｔａｘ）等均不相同     

鲜枣中糖精的快速、无标签检测

糖精是食品工业中最古老的人造甜味剂之一,因为没有卡路里而被广泛使用,但其滥用是非法的,食品中最大允许添加量为8.189×10^-4mol·L^-1.介绍了以六磷酸肌醇（IP₆）为保护剂合成的银（Ag）纳米粒子（Ag NPs）,即Ag NPs@IP₆,并提出了一种基于表面增强拉曼散射（SERS）的快速方法.探讨了食品中糖精的测定,用最佳SERS法测定水中糖精的最低可检测浓度可达50 nmol·L^-1,符合食品添加剂耐受性水平的国家食品安全标准.提出了基于便携式拉曼的AgNPs@IP₆的SERS方法,可用于现场检测食品中的糖精,如新鲜枣果.     

JD病毒基因组片段的克隆和序列分析

扩增并克隆了ＪＤ病毒的ｇａｇ 基因片段（位于３００ｎｔ～５６４ｎｔ,编码基质蛋白ＭＡ）和ｐｏｌ基因片段（位于３４６７ｎｔ～３６９１ｎｔ,编码反转录酶ＲＴ）,测定其序列并同ＢＩＶ、ＢＦＶ 和ＢＬＶ 的相应基因进行比较．所建立的方法能够特异性扩增ＪＤＶ序列,适用于ＪＤＶ的检测     

GCC box in<Emphasis Type="Italic">Arabidopsis PDF1.2</Emphasis> promoter is an essential and sufficient cis-acting element in response to MeJA treatment

The expression of Arabidopsis PDF1.2 gene isregulated by jasmonic acid (JA) and ethylene (ET). It also has been well documented that GCC box is an element responsive to ET, however, the responsive mechanism of JA in such plant defense gene expression is unclear. In this paper, the authors define the essential cis-acting element in PDF1.2 promoter responsive to methyl jasmonate (MeJA) through fragment deletions and site-directed mutageneses combiningAgrobacterium-mediated transient reporter gene expression in tobacco leaves. Firstly, the MeJA inducible expression o fPDF1.2 was confirmed by using the upstream -1.86 kb fragment of PDFI.2 gene. Secondly, the upstream -300— -243 bp fragment of the promoter was evidenced to respond to MeJA. To further characterize this promoter region, three point mutations were introduced into the -300— -243 bp fragment of the promoter. This result showed that the mutation of GCC box abolished MeJA induction, whereas the mutations of the G box-like and the imperfect palindrome sequence did not significantly decrease MeJA inducible effect, indicating that GCC box in PDFI.2 is essential for MeJA induction. The sufficient responsiveness to MeJA of this GCC box was further investigated by 4xGCC fused upstream to the CaMV 35S minimal promoter. This result suggested that the fused promoter was able to activate reporter gene expression in response to MeJA. Thus these results indicate that the GCC box in PDFI.2 is an essential and sufficient element to confer MeJA induction.     

Complex evolutionary history of the vertebrate sweet/umami taste receptor genes

Adaptive evolution plays a role in the functional divergence and specialization of taste receptors and the sense of taste is thought to be closely related to feeding ecology.To examine whether feeding ecology has shaped the evolution of taste receptor genes in vertebrates,we here focus on Tas1r gene family that encodes umami(Tas1r1 and Tas1r3 heterodimer) and sweet(Tas1r2 and Tas1r3 heterodimer) taste receptors.By searching currently available genome sequences in 48 vertebrates that contain 38 mammals,1 reptile,3 birds,1 frog,and 5 fishes,we found all three members of Tas1rs are intact in most species,suggesting umami and sweet tastes are maintained in most vertebrates.Interestingly,the absence and pseudogenization of Tas1rs were also discovered in a number of species with diverse feeding preferences and distinct phylogenetic positions,indicating widespread losses of umami and/or sweet tastes in these animals,irrespective of their diet.Together with previous findings showing losses of tastes in other vertebrates,we failed to identify common dietary factors that could result in the taste losses.Our results report here suggest the evolution of Tas1rs is more complex than we previously appreciated and highlight the caveat of analyzing sequences predicted from draft genome sequences.Future work for a better understanding of taste receptor function would help uncover what ecological factors have driven the evolution history of Tas1rs in vertebrates.     

菠菜SoSWEET蛋白家族基因鉴定与表达分析

以现有菠菜基因组信息为基础,通过生物信息学方法筛选鉴定16个菠菜SoSWEET蛋白家族成员,命名为SoSWEET1~SoSWEET16.氨基酸残基数量在648~1 140之间,分子质量在54 070.32~95 868.64 u之间,理论等电点（pI）在5.06~5.19之间.亚细胞定位预测有6个SoSWEET蛋白定位于细胞膜,5个SoSWEET蛋白定位于内质网,5个SoSWEET蛋白定位于细胞膜、内质网.系统进化分析将菠菜SoSWEET蛋白家族分成4个亚族,在此基础上对基因结构、保守基序、顺式作用调控元件等进行分析.共鉴定了10个高度保守基序,其中所有菠菜SoSWEET蛋白都包含基序1,2和4,是构成菠菜SoSWEET蛋白中最高度保守的部分.所有菠菜SoSWEET蛋白家族成员都含MtN3_slv和PQ-loop superfamily结构域.大多数SoSWEET蛋白家族的基因含有5个内含子.顺式作用元件预测结果表明,菠菜SoSWEET基因启动子上包含光响应、生长发育、植物激素响应和逆境胁迫响应等顺式作用元件.组织表达分析表明,所有SoSWEET基因在根、茎、叶和叶柄中都有表达,霜霉病胁迫处理后16个基因表现出不同响应变化.本研究为后续深入研究菠菜SoSWEET蛋白家族成员的功能提供了重要参考.     

一种抗单粒子瞬态加固的压控延迟线设计

延迟锁相环中的压控延迟线是对单粒子事件（single event, SE）最敏感的子电路之一,其主要包括偏置电路和压控延时单元.利用双指数电流拟合3-D TCAD混合仿真中的单粒子瞬态（single-event transient, SET）电流,分析了压控延迟线对SE的敏感性.根据响应程度和电路结构的不同,对偏置电路进行了冗余加固;同时,对压控延时单元中提出了SET响应检测电路.在输入信号频率为1 GHz,电源电压1.2 V,入射粒子LET值为80 MeV·cm2/mg的条件下,Spice仿真表明:和未加固电路相比,偏置电压V_bn和V_bp在受到粒子轰击后,翻转幅度分别下降了75%和60%,消除了输出时钟信号中的丢失脉冲;设计出的检测电路能够将各种情况下有可能出现的SET响应指示出来,提高了输出时钟信号的可靠性.      

全基因组关联分析显示基因ANXA8和C10orf11为影响肌少症的候选基因

为了寻找与瘦体重(lean body mass,LBM)相关的单核苷酸多态性(single nucleotide polymorphism, SNP)位点及易感基因,在1 000个不相关的白人中采用Affymetix 500K芯片扫描了500 000个SNPs,并进行全基因组关联分析(genome-wide association study,GWAS),显著结果在1 625个中国人样本和2 283个欧洲白人样本中进行验证,并将验证结果与研究结果进行荟萃分析。研究发现SNPsrs7905603,rs9416083,rs4409772,rs2894310与LBM关联,其中rs7905603位于基因ANXA8,其他3个SNPs位于基因C10orf11。荟萃分析得到的合并p值分别为2.08×10-5,7.44×10~(-6),6.73×10~(-6),6.76×10~(-6)。ANXA8和C10orf11基因是影响LBM变异的候选基因,这对肌少症的认识提供了新的理论依据。