ApiIa抗菌肽基因的化学合成,克隆及其在酵母中的表达

用固相亚磷酰胺法合成了ＡｐｉＩａ抗菌肽基因,全长为８０个核苷酸。它被分成４个寡核苷酸片段,分别在ＤＮＡ合成仪上的合成经分离纯化后的寡核苷酸片段经酶促连接,然后被克隆到分泌型载体质粒ｐＡＦＤ１０１上,经限制酶酶切,ＰＣＲ模板检测以及双链ＤＮＡ序列分析检测,证明合成的ａｐｉＩａ基因和设计的完全一致。     

H-2-restricted cytolytic T cells specific for HLA can recognize a synthetic HLA peptide

It is generally accepted that T lymphocytes recognize antigens in the context of molecules encoded by genes in the major histocompatibility complex (MHC). MHC class II-restricted T cells usually recognize degraded or denatured rather than native forms of antigen on the surface of class II-bearing antigen presenting cells. It has recently been shown that short synthetic peptides corresponding to mapped antigenic sites of the influenza nucleoprotein (NP) can render uninfected target cells susceptible to lysis by NP-specific class I-restricted cytolytic T cells (CTL). These and earlier experiments that showed specific recognition of NP deletion mutant transfectants suggest that class I-restricted recognition might also involve processed antigenic fragments. One important issue arising from these studies is whether the model applies not only to viral proteins that are expressed internally (such as NP) but also to antigens normally expressed as integral membrane proteins at the cell surface. We have recently isolated class I-restricted mouse CTL clones that recognize class I gene products of the human MHC (HLA) as antigens in mouse cell HLA-transfectants. Here we show that these anti-HLA CTL can lyse HLA-negative syngeneic mouse cells in the presence of a synthetic HLA peptide. These results suggest that the model applies generally.     

转基因产品的检测方法

基因工程技术的飞速发展使转基因生物正在向产业化发展,而有效管理转基因产品的前提是对产品进行转基因成分的准确检测,本文简要介绍了转基因产品的发展概况以及转基因产品的检测研究现状。gus基因可测定外源基因的表达部位,因而被认为是首选的报告基因;PCR扩增方法快速简便;Southern杂交特异性强,可以检测外源基因的整合情况,是当前鉴定转基因产品的权威方法;Western杂交结果与性状表现有直接关系。     

MHC class I surface expression in embryo-derived cell lines inducible with peptide or interferon.

It has long been recognized that the absence of expression of products of the major histocompatibility complex (MHC) during early development might allow the fetus to escape recognition by maternal lymphocytes. In addition to the MHC class I heavy chain and beta 2-microglobulin, antigenic peptide is an essential structural component of the class I molecule. Indeed, there is evidence that MHC-linked genes encoding peptide transporter molecules and possibly components of a proteolytic complex are necessary for MHC class I assembly and stability at the cell surface. Here we demonstrate that embryonic cells in general show a defect in MHC class I assembly. Surface expression was rescued in the presence of an appropriate antigenic peptide, or by treatment with interferon. Consistent with this, HAM1 messenger RNA was not constitutively expressed, but was inducible by interferon, and during differentiation in vitro. Thus, tolerance of the fetal allograft may in part be controlled at the level of peptide-dependent MHC class I assembly.     

线粒体定位序列介导的绿色荧光蛋白基因在烟草中表达的分析

由于绿色荧光蛋白可在活组织或细胞中直接检出 ,因而近年已在转基因植物的研究中用作报告基因 ,这样可在植物生长的任何阶段进行活体筛选和鉴定。本研究利用线粒体定位序列对改良 gfp基因在转基因烟草中的表达进行了观察 ,结果表明 :将GFP直接在细胞质中大量表达会对植物细胞产生毒性 ,从而影响植物细胞的分化 ,而将其定位在线粒体中 ,则从转化细胞产生植株的频率明显增高。     

花青素合成调节基因VlmybA2遗传转化水稻的研究

VlmybA2基因是从巨峰葡萄中分离出来的一个花青素合成调节基因。该基因通过编码myb相关转录因子,调节花青素合成途径中结构基因的表达。本研究采用农杆菌介导法将花青素合成调节基因VlmybA2转化水稻,研究该基因在水稻花青素合成途径中的作用。结果表明,转VlmybA2基因水稻根部出现红褐色条纹,而其他组织器官无明显表型差异。     

Antigenic peptides recognized by T lymphocytes from AIDS viral envelope-immune humans

T-lymphocyte immunity is likely to be an important component of the immune defence against the AIDS virus, because helper T cells are necessary for the antibody response as well as the cytotoxic response. We have previously predicted two antigenic sites of the viral envelope protein gp120 likely to be recognized by T lymphocytes, based on their ability to fold as amphipathic helices, and have demonstrated that these are recognized by T cells of mice immunized with gp120 (ref. 1). A peptide corresponding to one of these sites can also be induce immunity in mice to the whole gp120 protein. Because many clinically healthy seropositive blood donors have already lost their T-cell proliferative response to specific antigen, we tested the response to these synthetic peptides of lymphocytes from 14 healthy human volunteers who had been immunized with a recombinant vaccinia virus containing the AIDS viral envelope gene and boosted with a recombinant fragment. Eight of the 14 responded to one peptide, and four to the other peptide, not included in the boost. These antigenic sites recognized by human T cells may be useful components of a vaccine against AIDS. We also found a correlation between boosting with antigen-antibody complexes (compared to free antigen) and higher stimulation indices, suggesting a more effective method of immunization.     

加工对芙蓉李中微量元素含量的影响

采用原子吸收分光光度法对芙蓉李及其几种产品的微量元素含量进行了分析测定，结果表明芙蓉李鲜果中Zn、Fe，Mg、Mn量丰富．加工后芙蓉李制品的微量元素含量普遍比鲜果高，其主要原因是加工后芙蓉李制品的水分降低．但是加工制品的Mg、Mn含量则比鲜果低．加工方法对芙蓉李的微量元素含量的影响比较大．     

转基因小黑杨对土壤微生物群落结构的影响

为评价转基因林木环境释放可能引起的生态风险,以及转基因林木在生产应用中的可行性和可靠性,以实验室种植的转Bt-蜘蛛神经毒肽重组基因的小黑杨为材料,对转基因与非转基因植株根际(通常为几毫米至几厘米)土壤细菌、放线菌、真菌数量和基因水平转移情况进行检测,结果表明:转基因小黑杨种植一段时间后其根系附近的微生物数量略高于非转基因小黑杨。利用卡那霉素选择培养基分离根系周围细菌菌落发现转基因植株周围的土样细菌中,Kan^R抗性细菌菌落数占总细菌菌落的比例在11.58%～13.00%之间,而非转基因植株根际周围和空白土壤细菌菌落数则在5.73%～6.40%之间,表明转基因小黑杨根系对土壤细菌的抗生素抗性产生一定的影响。利用转基因植株的目的基因和抗性基因设计引物,以土壤中细菌基因组DNA为模板进行PCR扩增,转基因植株种植7个月后,根际土壤细菌菌落中含有抗性基因的菌落数量明显增加。虽然在种植1个月的转基因植株根际土壤土样细菌中未检出目的基因,但在种植7个月后的土样中检验到了很少的目的基因阳性细菌,阳性细菌菌落比例为2%～5%,检测结果表明可能有极少数Bt-蜘蛛神经毒肽重组基因发生了水平转移。     

Recognition of pre-processed endogenous antigen by class I but not class II MHC-restricted T cells

Class I and class II MHC-restricted T lymphocytes recognize non-native forms of antigen. The presentation of antigen to these two classes of T lymphocytes can occur through distinct pathways. Several mechanisms, including differences in antigen processing in different intracellular compartments, have been proposed to account for these pathway differences. Here we describe a T-cell epitope located on the influenza virus haemaglutinin, which is recognized by both class I and class II MHC-restricted cytolytic T lymphocytes (CTL). When expressed de novo in target cells, from a synthetic minigene encoding only the epitope, this pre-processed antigenic site is recognized by class I but not class II MHC-restricted T lymphocytes, even though target cells treated with the exogenously introduced peptide can be recognized by both classes of T cells. Because endogenous expression of the pre-processed antigenic fragment results in differential presentation to class I and class II MHC-restricted CTL, differences between the two different pathways of presentation could lie not at the level of processing but at the level of targeting and/or interaction of processed antigen with MHC.     

一种带有表型标记基因的诱导型抗旱植物表达载体的构建

为了克服组成型表达转录因子基因影响转基因植物性状的缺点,并构建一种具有级联放大作用并带有表型标记的诱导型植物双价表达载体。研究采用PCR方法从拟南芥克隆获得冷诱导转录因子CBF3基因,蜡质合成相关WIN1基因,干旱诱导RD29A基因启动子和冷诱导的LEA14基因启动子,并用CBF3转录因子所调控的下游RD29A基因启动子和LEA14基因启动子分别驱动CBF3基因和W1N1基因表达,构建了双价植物表达载体RD29AP-CBF3／LEA14P—WIN1／pcAMBIA2201。我们预测在转基因植物中,该表达系统可在干旱等逆境信号存在条件下,通过级联放大的方式诱导表达,在增加植物抗逆性的同时,增加叶片表层蜡质的积累,从而易于表型识别。本研究为利用花粉管通道法转化棉花,提高抗逆转基因棉花田间筛选的效率奠定了基础。     

东亚正钳蝎毒素基因BmKbpp的原核表达及其抗菌功能初步鉴定

一级结构分析和二级结构预测表明无二硫键蝎毒液多肽(NDBPs)BmKBPP具两亲性α-Helix结构,含有大量带净正电荷的碱性残基(Arg和Lys),符合多价阳离子抗菌肽的典型特征。采用PCR法和质粒载体pGEX-5X-1构建BmKbpp、EGFP及BmKbpp/EGFP与GST的原核融合表达载体,3个表达载体与pGEX-5X-1分别在Rossetta(DE3)菌中进行表达,并测定4个Rossetta(DE3)表达工程菌诱导表达的生长曲线。结果表明,BmKBPP是一个具有很强抑菌功能的抗菌肽,GST、BmKBPP及EGFP3个蛋白一起融合表达可获得少量蛋白的表达,这将为后续的功能研究和应用研究奠定基础。     

我国进口转基因农产品法律规制研究——基于《SPS协议》的利用研究

在转基因农产品大量涌入我国的背景下,分析找出我国对于进口转基因农产品规制存在的三个问题：关税结构不合理,规制转基因产品的措施未能及时有效地实施,未将《SPS协议》中的风险评估体系纳入进口规制。指出,我国进口转基因农产品法律规制应适当利用相关国际协议,加强对《SPS协议目标、原则及临时措施的利用,建立我国自己的进口检疫标准对进口转基因农产品进行适当规制,以更好地维护我国的经济和贸易利益。     

Transformation of the salt-tolerant gene of<Emphasis Type="Italic">Avicennia marina</Emphasis> into tobacco plants and cultivation of salt-tolerant lines

Salt-tolerant gene, CSRG1, which was isolated from a kind of salt-tolerant mangroves, Avicennia marina, constructed the transgenic plasmid, pGAM189/CSRG1. CSRG1, GUS, Kmr and Hyg^r could be transferred into tobacco genome by the ameliorated leaf discs method of agro-bacterium-mediate transformation. Thirteen stable resistant lines were obtained when fifty transgenic explants were selected through 50 mg/L hygromycin and 150 mg/L kanamycin. Assessments of PCR amplification, Southern blot analysis and GUS histochemical staining showed that CSRG1 has been integrated into the genome of the eleven transgenic lines (frequency of transformation was 22%). Northern bolt analysis revealed that CSRG1 had expressed in transgenic lines. The assessments of salt-tolerant ability and photosyn-thetic rates indicated that the survival rate of the transgenic lines is 80%—90% and the transgenic lines could increase by 30%—40% in plant height, even when they were cultivated in MS medium containing 2% NaCl and the total seawater (salinity 24). It is supposed that the special physiologic metabolic pathway formed by the products of CSRG1 can really endow the tobacco plants with the high salt-tolerant ability, not only to Na^ stress, but also to the comprehensive stress of various ions.     

蜘蛛拖牵丝蛋白基因转家蚕表达质粒的构建

利用DNA重组技术对络新妇蛛(Nephila clavipes)拖牵丝蛋白基因MaSp1高度重复序列进行多次重组,人工构建成1.6 kb的蜘蛛拖牵丝蛋白人工基因Sil-E,DNA序列分析证明了人工基因序列的正确性.将家蚕L链基因启动子片段、L链cDNA、L链基因终止子融合在一起,构建成丝腺特异性表达单元.再与Sil-E融合构建成蜘蛛拖牵丝蛋白基因家蚕丝腺特异表达单元.将该表达单元克隆到转座子piggyBac的转基因载体中,获得了蜘蛛拖牵丝蛋白转基因表达载体.采用显微注射法将其与辅助质粒共导入到家蚕蚕卵中.筛选转基因阳性个体,经PCR和Southern杂交鉴定,结果表明目的基因整合到家蚕基因组中,为进一步研究家蚕作为生物反应器表达蜘蛛拖牵丝蛋白基因奠定了基础.     

Genetically haploid spermatids are phenotypically diploid

Because chromosomal homologues segregate from one another during meiosis, spermatids are genetically different. Post-meiotic gene expression could lead to gametic differences, some of which might lead to preferential transmission of certain alleles over others. In both insects and mammals, however, all the cells derived from a single spermatogonial cell develop within a common syncytium formed as a result of incomplete cytokinesis at each of the mitotic and meiotic cell divisions. It has been proposed that the intercellular bridges connecting the cells, which are about 1 micron in diameter, permit the sharing of cytoplasmic constituents, thus ensuring the synchronous development of a clone of cells and gametic equivalence between haploid spermatids. By analysing the product of a transgene which is expressed exclusively in post-meiotic germ cells in hemizygous transgenic mice, we have shown that genetically distinct spermatids share the product of the transgene and hence can be phenotypically equivalent.     

原核显微注射产生转基因绵羊胚胎

体外采集绵羊卵丘卵母细胞复合体,成熟培养24 h,经过体外受精培养17 h,比较高速离心对胚胎发育的影响;高速离心可以使黑色脂滴甩到一边从而使受精卵原核清晰可见.然后将绵羊乳腺特异表达人肝细胞再生增强因子和真核细胞表达增强绿色荧光蛋白(Enhanced Green fluorescence protein,EGFP)的载体DNA显微注射于绵羊受精卵雄原核中,并将异构胚在SOF液中发育培养.结果表明:高速离心组囊胚率低于对照组,但是没有显著性差异(P》0.05);显微注射外源基因2天后在激光共聚焦显微镜下可见荧光胚胎;PCR检测5个荧光胚胎均可见特异性条带.在原核显微注射生产转基因胚胎中,绿色荧光蛋白可作为标记基因进行早期胚胎筛选,为提高转基因动物移植效率奠定实验基础.     

拟南芥HSP70基因启动子表达载体的构建及在烟草BY2细胞中的应用

探讨了拟南芥的HSP70基因在液体悬浮培养的烟草BY2细胞中的表达及应用.用PCR扩增的方法从拟南芥col生态型基因组中扩增获得HSP70基因启动子序列,将其连入p1300表达载体且以GFP为报告基因,将该表达载体采用农杆菌转基因转入液体悬浮培养的烟草BY2细胞中,观察转基因细胞中报告基因GFP的表达情况.结果显示:HSP70:GFP转基因液体悬浮培养的烟草BY2细胞中有GFP的表达.该表达载体可在液体悬浮培养的BY2细胞中正常表达,且可在较短时间内获得大量实验材料,对拟南芥的HSP70基因启动子的进一步研究提供理论依据和丰富的实验材料,且可明显缩短实验周期.     

Obtaining High Pest-resistant Tobacco Plants Carrying B.t. insecticidal Gene

To increase the expression level of CryIA(c) gene in transgenic plants, a plant expression vector pBinMoBc carrying the CryIA(c) gene under control of chimeric OM promoter and Ω factor was constructed. As a control, pBinoBc carrying the CryIA(c) gene with the CaMV 35S promoter was also constructed. The vectors were transferred into tobacco plants respectively via Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. ELISA assay showed that the expression level of the CryIA(c) gene in pBinMoBc transgenic tobacco plants was 2.44-times that in pBinoBc transgenic tobacco plants, and it could be up to 0.255% of total soluble proteins. Bioassay showed that pBinMoBc transgenic tobacco plants had more notable insecticidal effect than pBinoBc transgenic tobacco plants. The above results showed that the chimeric OM promoter was a stronger promoter than CaMV 35S promoter that was widely used in plant genetic engineering, and this is very useful in pest-resistant plant genetic engineering.     

转基因植物中外源基因的有效表达及其安全性评价

综述了在转基因植物中实现外源基因高效表达的多种途径 ,其中包括启动了优化 ,转译序列的修饰 ,信号肽的使用 ,叶绿体的转化以及转基因沉默的控制 ,同时还介绍了外源基因在转基因后代中的遗传稳定性以及转基因植物的安全性问题