Structural analysis of the promoter of tomato 1-aminocyclopropane-l-carboxylate synthase 6 gene （Le-ACS6）

Ethylene plays an important role in the regulation of many growth and developmental processes of higher plants. In tomato, Le-ACS6, a member of the ACC synthase multigene family involved in system 1 ethylene biosynthesis during fruit ripening, is subject to negative feedback regulation by ethylene. To identify the cis-elements that are responsible for the negative feedback control, we established an in vitro transient assay system employing particle bombardment on mature-green tomato fruit pericarp to examine the expression of a luciferase （LUC） reporter gene driven by a 5＇-serially deleted Le-ACS6 promoter. The results localized putative cis-elements required for negative ethylene-response between -347 and -266 upstream from the translational start site ATG Several lines of stable transformation of the Le-ACS6 promoter and GUS reporter fusion gene containing internal deletion from -347 to -266 were generated. The expression pattern of the GUS reporter showed that removal of the nucleotides from -347 to -266 completely eliminated the response of the Le-ACS6 promoter to exogenous ethylene.     

Kas基因启动子区的克隆及功能初步分析

利用TAIL-PCR技术,克隆到了与辣椒素合成有关的胎座特异表达基因——3-酮酯酰．ACP合成酶基因（Kas）上游400bp的调控区域．将其全长片段与GUS基因连接构建植物表达载体并转化烟草．GUS组织化学染色表明,克隆到的440bp片段具有启动子活性．对该片段进行序列分析发现,在起始密码子ATG上游存在2个TATA-box,分别为-316～-311位的TATAAA和-224～-219位的TATAAA;在TATA-box上游还存在1个位于-378～-374处的CAAT-box,序列为CCAAT．该研究旨在为利用基因调控辣椒素的生物合成,提高辣椒果实中的辣椒素含量奠定基础．     

农杆菌介导的怀山药叶片瞬时表达方法的建立

高效的瞬时表达体系是方便、快捷的研究怀山药基因启动子活性、基因功能和生产重组蛋白的新途径.本研究选取怀山药叶片为受体,以β-葡糖醛酸酶(GUS)和绿色荧光蛋白(GFP)的基因为报告基因,对共培养时间进行分析,得到二者瞬时表达的最初时间以及较佳观察时间,建立根癌农杆菌介导的怀山药瞬时表达技术体系.结果显示:当注射的菌液浓度OD600=0.6,共培养3d时,GUS基因和GFP基因开始有表达,二者适于观察的共培养时间分别为5d和4d.     

小鼠液胞H~+-ATPase 15 K启动子(M15 K)的克隆及其在植物体内的表达特性研究

PCR克隆了小鼠液胞H+-ATPase 15K启动子,构建具有Kan抗性和GUS intron报告基因的植物表达载体LpPMG.通过M15K启动子指导的GUS intron基因在烟草叶片内的瞬时性表达,比较了其植物表达特性.结果表明:M15K启动子可启动GUS在植物体内的表达.其表达活性相当于2×35S启动子的87.0%±17.3%.     

番茄红素β-环化酶基因（LcyB）启动子调控LcyB RNAi双元载体构建

根据番茄基因组DNA序列信息设计引物进行PCR扩增了Micro-Tom中番茄红素-环化酶（Lycopene -cyclase, LcyB）基因起始密码子上游1 534 bp启动子区域序列（LcyBp）,生物信息学分析表明,该启动子序列中存在TATA-盒、CAAT-盒、昼夜节律响应元件Circadian、光响应元件Box I、真菌激发子响应元件Box-W1、低温响应元件LTR、响应赤霉素的作用元件P-box、乙烯响应元件ERE、响应生长素的作用元件TGA-element等顺式作用元件. 依据番茄LcyB基因序列,设计2对含有不同酶切位点的特异引物进行PCR扩增LcyB基因3端特异的276 bp DNA片段,利用RNAi载体pKANNIBAL构建了LcyB启动子-LcyB基因正义片段（Sense）-PDK内含子-LcyB基因反义片段（Antisense）-OCS终止子的RNAi表达框,并将这一RNAi表达框插入植物双元表达载体pART27的Not I位点,构建成本研究的LcyB启动子驱动的LcyB基因RNAi植物双元表达载体pART-LcyBp-RNAi-LcyB. 为利用RNAi技术特异性敲除LcyB基因进而提高番茄果实中番茄红素含量奠定实验基础.     

拟南芥VHA-c3基因的特异性表达和调节

利用RT-PCR技术检测VHA-c基因在拟南芥中的表达,结果表明VHA-c3基因在拟南芥的果荚、花、叶、茎和根中都有表达,但是,在叶中的表达量远远高于其它的组织.以GUS基因作为报告基因构建了不同长度的VHA-c3基因启动子缺失突变体,利用农杆菌介导的瞬时表达系统检测GUS基因的表达,研究发现在VHA-c3基因起始密码子上游2812-2 234 bp之间的区域內存在着控制VHA-c3基因高表达的转录调控元件.     

大豆降解组文库microRNAs的启动子分析

研究目的：创新要点：通过分析miRNA的核心启动子和顺式作用元件为进一步解析大豆（Glycinemax）miRNAs表达调控及其功能研究提供重要信息。利用生物信息学方法全面解析了大豆降解组文库miRNA的启动子特征,并依据顺式作用元件及靶基因构建了miRNA的表达与生长素响应因子、赤霉素响应因子之问存在潜在的负反馈调控网络。研究方法：本研究利用TSSP程序和PlantCARE数据库预测了来自大豆降解组文库的440个miRNA的核心启动子以及369个miRNAs的顺式作用元件,并依据顺式作用元件及靶基因构建miRNA调控网络。重要结论：83．86％的miRNA在其上游序列中含有启动子,8．64％的miRNA在其下游序列中含有启动子,21．59％的miRNA包含增强子。核心启动子的TATA盒与转录起始位点（TSSs）的分布相似（见图2）。此外,对转录起始位点5’端的顺式作用元件预测为miRNAs的可能功能和表达的时空性提供了线索。miRNAs的顺式作用元件和靶基因的分析显示,部分miRNA的表达与生长素响应因子、赤霉素响应因子之间存在潜在的负反馈调控（见图3）。     

水稻花期干旱胁迫应答基因Os07g0422100启动子的克隆及鉴定

水稻作为需水量最大的作物之一,对于水分的胁迫异常敏感.对处于花期的水稻进行干旱胁迫处理,利用基因芯片技术筛选出在水稻花穗中特异性表达的应答干旱胁迫的基因Os07g0422100.在对该基因的研究中发现,该基因的表达图谱有较高的专一性,且该基因的启动子属于诱导型启动子,仅在受到干旱胁迫的水稻花穗中表达.利用Os07g04...     

马铃薯PGBSS—GUS融合基因在块茎中专一性表达的初步研究

从ＧＢＳＳ基因克隆上，酶切得到５上游区１．２ｋｂ的序列，与ＧＵＳ报告基基因融合，构建了ＰＧＢＳＳ１．２表达载体，通过农杆菌介导的方式，将ＰＧＢＳＳ１．２转和马铃薯品种Ｄｅｓｉｒｅｅ，卡那霉素筛选获得抗性再生植和微薯，利用ＰＣＲ特异性扩增和Ｓｏｕｔｈｅｒｎ Ｂｌｏｔｔｉｎｇ的方法证明了融合基因在马铃薯基因组中的整合，Ｘ－Ｇｌｕｅ活体染色表明，微薯切片具有高ＧＵＳ酶活性，而茎段中ＧＵＳ活性相对较低，初     

Influence of DNA methylation on transgene expression

DNA methylation plays an important role in gene expression in eukaryote. But DNA methylation of transgene usually leads to target gene silencing in plant genetic engineering. In this research, reporter gene b-glu- curonidase (GUS) gene ( uidA ) was introduced into tobaccos via Agrobacterium-mediated transformation method, and the foreign uidA gene became inactive in some transgenic tobaccos. No mRNA of uidA was detected in these plants by Northern blotting analysis, and DNA methylation of promoter region was found. The results indicated that gene silencing might be caused by DNA methylation of promoter.     

Promoter of soybean early nodulin gene<Emphasis Type="Italic">enod2B</Emphasis> is induced by rhizobial Nod factors in transgenic rice

Nod factors, which are signaling molecules produced by Rhizobia, are the principal determinants of host specificity in Rhizobium-legume symbiosis. Nod factors can elicit a number of characteristic developmental responses in the roots of legumes, such as depolarization of the membrane potential in epidermal cells, specific expression of early nodulin genes and changes in the flux of calcium in root hairs, deformation of root hairs, cell division in the root cortex and formation of the nodule primordinm. Whether the rice plant can respond to signaling molecules (i.e. Nod factors) is an important question, as it could establish the potential for symbiotic nitrogen fixation in rice. The promoter of the soybean (Glycine max) early nodulin gene Gmenod2B fused to the β-glucuronidase (GUS) reporter gene was used as a molecular marker to explore whether Nod factors can be recognized by rice cells as signaling molecules. Transgenic rice plants harboring the chimeric gene Gmenod2BP-GUS were obtained via an Agrobacterium tumefaciens-mediated system. NodNGR factors produced by a broad-host-range Rhizobium strain NGR234(pA28) were used as probes to investigate the activity of the Gmenod2B promoter in rice. Our results showed that the early nodulin gene Gmenod2B promoter was induced by NodNGR factors in transgenic rice, and that it was specifically expressed in rice plant roots. Moreover, GUS gene expression driven by the Gmenod2B promoter in transgenic rice was regulated by nitrogen status. These findings indicated that rice possessed the ability to respond to Nod factor signals, and that this signal transduction system resulted in activation of the Gmenod2B promoter. Thus, we predict that the Nod-factor inducible nodulin expression system, which is similar to Rhizobium-legume symbiosis, may also exist in rice.     

Isolation of tomato proteinase inhibitor Ⅱ gene and the function of its intron

The genomic DNA sequence of tomato proteinase inhibitor Ⅱ gene (named tin2i, whose accession number in GenBank is AF007240) was isolated by PCR techniques. The intron sequence (TPI), with a length of 109 bp, owns typical structures of GT/AG dinucleotides at both ends and high content of AT base pairs which accounts for 80.7% of the total nucleotides. As shown by recombination experiment, the TPI sequence could efficiently promote the expression of the reporter gene gusA and this effect was independent of the position and orientation of the intron, thus showing its role as an enhancer. Such experiments as gel retardation assays, GUS histochemical staining and GUS fluorometric assays further demonstrated that TPI sequence maybe has promoter-like activity.     

水稻Os05g0442400基因启动子分析以及由Os05g0442400基因启动子引导GUS报告基因在转基因水稻中的表达

采用Plant CARE和PLACE软件分析预测水稻Os05g0442400基因启动子序列中可能存在的顺式作用元件.结果显示,在起始密码子ATG上游1500bp区域内,除了启动子基本的核心作用元件外,还存在一些与植物抵御非生物胁迫过程有关的作用元件、脱落酸应答元件、光诱导启动子作用元件、病原菌诱发因子作用元件,以及根特异性结合位点.采用根癌农杆菌介导法成功将Os05g0442400 promoter::gus构建导入"中花11"水稻.由不同组织部位GUS染液检测表明:在水稻苗期,内源Os05g0442400基因可能主要在根部表达;随着水稻生殖期的延续,水稻内源Os05g0442400基因在颖壳中的表达区域由上向下面积增大,并在抽穗后达到最大表达区域.这些结果可能与Os05g0442400基因启动子上分别存在根特异性结合位点和光诱导启动子作用元件具有一定的联系.     

Analysis of the Cotton E6 Promoter

An E6 gene from sea island cotton （Gossypium barbadense） was expressed specifically in cotton fiber cells to transfer functions to cultivated species for better transgenic engineering. The regulatory activity of the E6 promoter region was then studied by isolating a 614-bp fragment of the 5＇-flanking region from upland cotton （Gossypium hirsutum CR1-12） to produce a green fluorescent protein （GFP） reporter construct for analysis of tissue-specific expression in transgenic tobacco seedlings. Fluorescent analyses indicate that the relatively short E6 promoter is sufficient to direct green fluorescent protein expression specifically in the leaf trichomes （hair cells） of the transgenic tobacco plants. As cotton fibers are also unicellular trichomes that differentiate from epidermal cells of developing cotton ovules, the result suggests that the relatively short E6 promoter can serve as a fiber-specific expression promoter for genetic engineering to improve cotton fiber quality.     

Functional analysis of the larval serum protein gene promoter from silkworm <Emphasis Type="Italic">Bombyx mori.</Emphasis>

The regulation region of larval serum protein gene, Bombyx mori. (BmLSP), consisting of the first intron, the first exon, the central promoter region and 5′-upstream region, is cloned from genomic DNA from the silkworm va-riety of Suju譓inghu. Using PCR and restriction endonu-clease methods, a series of luciferase reporter plasmids, driven by different length of BmLSP promoters, are con-structed. Via the transient expression system in BmN cells, the effects of the regulation elements and foreign insect hor-mones on the BmLSP promoter activity are investigated. The results demonstrate that the promoter activity of BmLSP is 5.8- or 4.4-fold higher than that of BmLSPs whose first in-tron or the element in 5′-upstream region harboring the homologous sequence with the first intron of light-chain fib-roin gene (EHIF) is deleted, respectively, suggesting that both the first intron and EHIF contain the main positive cis-acting elements. However, the inactive mariner transposable ele-ment (MTE) in 5′-upstream region presents a negative effect. Furthermore, the effects of juvenile hormone analogue (JHA) on the BmLSP promoter activity show a typical dose-dependent manner, that is, low concentration treat-ments increase the BmLSP promoter activity and high con-centration treatments decrease it. Meanwhile, insect ecdy-sone (MH) treatments present no significant effect.     

Establishment of a coupled expression system mediated by modified T7 RNA polymerase gene

A coupled expression system for plants wasmerase gene was modified by addition of the coding sequenceof nuclear location signal from SV40 large T antigen. Plantexpression vector pBBT7 was constructed with the modifiedT7 RNA polymerase gene under the control of CaMV35Spromoter. Another expression vector pBTG contained cas-sette of gusA controlled by T7 promoter. The two vectorswere co-transformed into tobacco via the Agrobecte-rium-mediated method. Results of GUS activity indicatedthat the co-transformed plant with pBBT7 and pBTGshowed a high level of GUS activity. The results demon-strated that the coupled expression system of T7 polymeraseand T7 promoter was workable in plants.     

Expression analysis ofgdcsP promoter from C3-C4 intermediate plantFlaveria anomala in transgenic rice

ThegdcsP promoter isolated from C₃-C₄ intermediate plantFlaveria anomala was fused to the β-glucuronidase (GUS) gene. The chimeric gene was inserted into the binary vector pBin19 and introduced into the rice (Oryza sativa L.) cv. 8706 byAgrobacteriummediated gene transfer. GUS activity can be detected in leaf, leaf sheath, stem and root tissues via fluorometric GUS assay. However, no GUS activity was found in mature endosperm. Histochemical localization revealed that GUS expression was exclusively restricted to vascular tissues in transgenic plants. This promoter also showed spatial-temporal expression patterns that GUS expression declined significantly with the maturity of plants. These expression patterns make thegdcsP promoter extremely valuable in the applied biotechnology that needs target gene expression restricted to vascular tissues.     

毛白杨4CL基因启动子的克隆及初步功能分析

4CL(4-coumarate:CoA ligase,4-香豆酸:辅酶A连接酶)在植物木质素合成途径中催化羟基香豆酸生成羟基肉桂酰CoA,主要在木质部中表达,对植物木质素生物合成具重要调控作用.为研究4CL基因启动子在转基因植物中的表达特性,探索其在植物基因工程研究中的潜在应用价值,利用PCR方法从毛白杨基因组DNA中扩增得到了4CL启动子片段.序列分析表明与美洲山杨(P.tremuloids)的4CL启动子同源性为95%.采用生物信息学方法对该序列进行分析.与GUS基因融合构建双元表达载体,转化烟草的瞬时表达检测可见明显GUS活性.     

百脉根Rac1基因启动子的克隆与表达分析

百脉根小G蛋白Rac1基因促进共生结瘤过程,但其转录调控机制尚不明确.采用生物信息学方法对百脉根Rac1基因的启动子序列进行了预测,并对该启动子中含有的顺式调控元件进行了统计分析.克隆了约1.8kb的启动子片段,并构建了GUS融合的重组质粒p1391Z-Rac1Pro.通过百脉根毛根转化法获得转基因毛根,进一步利用组织化学染色法对Rac1基因在阳性毛根中的表达部位进行了研究.结果显示:该启动子除含有常见的转录调控保守元件TATA-box和CAAT-box外,还含有调控防御和胁迫、激素、光照等信号的应答元件.组织化学染色发现,Rac1基因在接种根瘤菌的根毛、根尖、根瘤原基皮层中表达量较高.     

Isolation of tomato proteinase inhibitor II gene and the function of its intron

The genomic DNA sequence of tomato proteinase inhibitor II gene (named tin2i, whose accession number in GenBank is AF007240) was isolated by PCR techniques. The intron sequence (TPI), with a length of 109 bp, owns typical structures of GT/AG dinucleotides at both ends and high content of AT base pairs which accounts for 80.7% of the total nucleotides. As shown by recombination experiment, the TPI sequence could efficiently promote the expression of the reporter gene gusA and this effect was independent of the position and orientation of the intron, thus showing its role as an enhancer. Such experiments as gel retardation assays, GUS histochemical staining and GUS fluorometric assays further demonstrated that TPI sequence maybe has promoter-like activity.