Cloning and identification of a novel human glioma differentiation related geneGDR1

In order to identify the genes associated with glioblastoma differentiation, some ESTs, expressed differentially in the control cell and the differentiated human glioblastoma cell line BT-325 induced by the all-trans retinoid acid, have been isolated by the method of DDRT-PCR. Of the 46 ESTs sequenced, 19 are from new genes. A full-length 1 535-bp cDNA, termed geneGDR1, has been isolated from the human cDNA library using the probe designed according to one of the novel ESTs, HGBB098. The open reading frame ofGDR1 gene encodes a putative protein containing 334 amino acid residues. Blast against the current GenBank DNA and protein sequence database did not reveal significant homology with any known proteins. RT-PCR shows thatGDR1 mRNA level increased in the differentiated BT-325 cells after being treated with RA. The different expression patterns ofGDR1 mRNA in human tissues have been detected through the multiple tissue Northern blot hybridization.     

Expression ofbcl-2 gene increases in apoptosis of vascular endothelial cells induced by rattlesnake venom

Apoptosis of vascular endothelial cells (VEC) has been induced by deprivation of survival factors (aFGF and serum) and by rattlesnake venom. The expression ofbcl-2 gene has been examined by Northern blotting in the two apoptosis inducing systems. Our results show that the expression ofbcl-2 has not been detected in normal culture cells and in apoptotic cells induced by deprivation of survival factors. But in apoptotic cells induced by rattlesnake venom (10 ng/mL), the expression ofbcl-2 increases, and its mRNA exhibits two bands. The data first suggest that increasing expression and splitting ofbcl-2 mRNA may play an important role in apoptosis of VEC induced by rattlesnake venom, and this finding is helpful to understanding the role ofbcl-2 in regulation of apoptosis.     

Cloning and expression analysis ofMBLL cDNA

Thembl (muscleblind) gene ofDrosophila encodes a nuclear protein which contains two Cys₃His motifs. The mutation ofmbl gene will disturb the differentiation of all theDrosophila’s photoreceptors. Primers have been designed according to human EST086139, which is highly homologous tombl gene. Human fetal brain cDNA library has been screened and a novel cDNA clone has been obtained. The 2595 bp cDNA, designatedMBLL (muscleblind-like), contains an open reading frame which encodes 255 amino acids and has 4 Cys₃His motifs (GenBank Acc. AF061261). The amino acids sequence shares high homology toDrosophila’s mbl. The Northern blot and RNA dot blot hybridization of 43 human adult tissues and 7 fetal tissues show thatMBLL is a widely expressed gene, but the expression amounts differ in these tissues.     

Cloning and functional research of renal cell carcinoma related novel gene—— GYLZ-RCC18

After the renal cell carcinoma related novel gene fragmentGYLZ-RCC18 was cloned by using suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH), we used the SMART RACE technology to clone the full length ofGYLZ-RCC18 and performed chromosome location by the FISH method. RT-PCR was used to detect the expression of the first reading frame ofGYLZ-RCC18 in different stages and grades of renal cell carcinoma tissue and other tissues. Also we transfected the antisense oligonucleotide ofGYLZ-RCC18 to renal cell carcinoma cell line GRC-1, and analyzed the proliferation activity, growth speed, apoptosis and mortality changes in GRC-1. The results show that the full length ofGYLZ-RCC18 (GenBank accession No.: BE825133) cDNA is about 3.5 kb long which is located at No. 14 chromosome.GYLZ-RCC18 has a higher expression in higher grades and stages of renal cell carcinoma than in the lower ones. The expression ofGYLZ-RCC18 in renal cell carcinoma was much higher than that in normal kidney and other tissues. After transfection ofGYLZ-RCC18 antisense oligonucleotide, the mortality of GRC-1 increases evidently, the proliferation activity and growth speed were inhibited remarkably at the same time. Also the antisense oligonucleotide can induce the apoptosis of GRC-1 all through the observation time. Our results indicated thatGYLZ-RCC18 is an important novel gene related to renal cell carcinoma. Its overexpression would stimulate the growth and proliferation activity and plays an antidead and antiapoptosis effect in renal cell carcinoma. Transfection of antisense oligonucleotide could inhibit the generation and development of renal cell carcinoma. The study provides a new clue for the research of renal cell carcinoma, and also provides an instruction for special genetic diagnosis and the therapy of renal cell carcinoma.     

Effect of PKC pathway on G1/S progression control in HeLa cells

The effect of PKC activity on G₁/S progression in HeLa cells has been studied. The result shows that (ⅰ ) PKC activity alteration in G₁ phase affects G₁/S progression in HeLa cells. It has been observed that G₁/S progression is stimulated by PKC agonist TPA and inhibited by PKC inhibitor GF-109203X. ( ⅱ) The expression of c-myc and c-jun is stimulated by TPA and inhibited by GF-109203X treatment in early G₁ phase. (ⅲ ) During G₁/S progression, the expression of CyclinD₁ is stimulated by TPA treatment and inhibited by GF-109203X treatment. There is no effect on the expression of CDK4. It is likely that PKC pathway regulates G₁/S progression through regulating the expression of some early response genes and engine molecules in HeLa cells.     

Toll样受体信号通路的3条途径在大鼠肝再生中抑制库普弗细胞免疫反应

为从基因转录水平了解大鼠肝再生中Toll样受体信号通路调节库普弗细胞免疫反应的途径和方式,首先建立大鼠2/3肝切除(partial hepatectomy,PH)模型,从中分离库普弗细胞进行基因微阵列分析.发现Toll样受体信号通路的23个基因及其调节免疫反应的62个基因与大鼠肝再生相关.基因协同作用(Ep(t)值)和同类提取法分析表明,大鼠肝再生进展阶段,Toll样受体信号通路通过TLR/NF-κB,TLR/MAPK,TLR/IRF等3条途径和TLR4,MAL,UNC93B1,AP1S2,IRF1等5个关键基因抑制库普弗细胞免疫反应.     

A tumor suppressor genefhit prokaryotic expression and identification

The recombinant expression vector pGEMD-fhit which contains full encoding region offhit gene was constructed. The recombinant was introduced into the BL21 (DE3) strain ofE. coli and induced by 1 mmol/L IPTG to express a 29×10³ polypeptide offhit fusion protein. And the 29×10³ protein was sensitive and specific in reaction with anti-fhit antibody in Western blot. Foundation item: Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (39770373) Biography: SUN Yan (1975−), female, Master of science, Research direction: gene engineering     

大鼠肝再生中肝细胞基因表达与DNA裸露的相关性研究

为了解大鼠肝再生中肝细胞的基因表达与DNA裸露的相关性,分离大鼠肝细胞,提取裸露DNA,用SOLEXA方法对DNA测序,用BWA软件拼装测序片段,用IPA软件分析拼装的基因种类和作用,用Rat Genome230 2.0芯片检测基因的转录情况.研究表明,大鼠肝再生的12h(PH后12h),肝细胞的裸露DNA涉及16 912个基因,1 701个基因发生了有意义裸露量变化.其中,25个基因的裸露量上调,1 676个基因的裸露量下调.与Rat Genome 230 2.0芯片的检测的基因转录比对表明,肝细胞的AKR7A3,BMYC,CDC25B等26个基因的裸露量和表达量均下调,表明大鼠肝再生12h时,这些基因的表达可能受染色体结构调控.     

The expression of vasa gene during zebrafish ( Danio rerio ) oogenesis

vasa gene expression pattern during oogenesis of zebrafish was examined usingin situ hybridization and fluorescent quantitative RT-PCR. During zebrafish oogensis,vasa mRNA is expressed strongly and uniformly distributed in the cytoplasm in stage II oocytes, followed by a distribution among vacuome in stage III. Later in stage IV and V,vasa mRNA is enriched at the cortex and finally localized at the cortex. The fluorescent quantitative RT-PCR shows that the quantity ofvasa mRNA decreases from stage II to stage III, but remains relatively invariable from stage III to stage V. The observed differences invasa mRNA expression in the different stages of zebrafish oogenesis suggest thatvasa gene plays an important role during oogenesis. Foundation item: Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (30370744, 30150005) Biography: XIANG Fang (1979-), male, Master candidate, research direction: molecular development of animals.     

Superconvergence for L2-projection in finite elements

Two classes of superconvergence points for L 2 projection u\-n in n degree finite elements on uniform grids are shown by element analysis method. Superconvergence points of u n are n+1 order Gauss point G n+1 for odd d≥1 (so the endpoint of each element is of superconvergent), and n+1 order pointset Z n+1 for even n ≥2 (which includes the endpoints and midpoint), respectively. Symmetry point is only an important part of them.     

Salt tolerance conferred by over-expression ofOsNHX1 gene in Poplar 84K

OsNHX1 gene (Na⁺/H⁺ antiporter gene ofOryza sativa L.) was introduced into Poplar 84K withAgrobacterium tumefaciens- mediated transformation. PCR, Southern and Northern blot analysis showed thatOsNHX1 gene was incorporated successfully into the genome of Poplar 84K and expressed in these transgenic plants. Salt tolerance test showed that three lines of transgenic plants grew normally in the presence of 200 mmol/L NaCl, while the Na⁺ content in the leaves of the transgenic plants grown at 200 mmol/L NaCl was significantly higher than that in plants grown at 0 mmol/L NaCl. The osmotic potential in the transgenic plants with high salinity treatment was lower than that of control plants. Our results demonstrate the potential use of these transgenic plants for agricultural use in saline soils.     

Cloning, sequencing and function ofsanB, a gene related to nikkomycin biosynthesis ofStreptomyces ansochromogenes

A 6.0 kb DNA fragment related to nikkomycin biosynthesis was cloned from nikkomycin-producingStreptomyces ansochromogenes 7100. Sequence analysis showed that the 1.9 kbTth111 I fragment, a part of the 6.0 kb DNA fragment, contains one complete ORF designatedsanB (GenBank accession No. AF224501), which is composed of 1740 bp encoding a protein consisting of 580 amino acid residues. Its start codon is GTG at 100 bp position and stop codon is TGA at 1840-bp position. Database searching indicated that the deduced protein ofsanB is homologous to the histidinol-phosphate aminotransferase inStreptomyces coelicolor with 31% identities and 47% positives. Gene disruption was performed to study the function ofsanB. It was found that disruptants ofsanB lost the ability to synthesize nikkomycin, which reveals thatsanB is a novel gene essential for nikkomycin biosynthesis.     

Molecular cloning, chromosomal mapping and expression analysis of disease resistance gene homologues in rice (Oryza sativa L.)

Resistance-like sequences have been amplified from first strand cDNA and genomic DNA of rice by PCR using oligonucleotide primers designed from sequence motifs conserved between resistance genes of tobacco andArabidopsis thaliana. 3 PCR clones, designatedOsr1, Osr2 andOsr3 which were 98% identical in nucleotide sequence level, have been found to be significantly homologous to known plant resistance genes and all contained the conserved motifs of NBS-LRR type resistance genes, such as P-loop, kinase2a, kinase3a and transmembrane domain.Southern hybridization revealed that rice resistance gene hornologueswere organized as a cluster in the genome. RFLP mapping using a DH population derived from anindica/japonka cross (Zhaiyeqing 8/Jingxi 17) and an RFLP linkage map assigned two copies ofOsrl and one copy ofOsr3 to the distal position of chromosome 12 where a blast resistance QTL has been mapped previously. Northern blot analysis showed thatOsrl gene was constitutively transcribed in rice leaves, shoots and roots. Further study concerning isolation of full-length cDNAs would be conducive to elucidating the functions of these genes.     

AW915115参与大鼠再生肝星形细胞的Notch信号转导

为了解新基因AW915115在Notch信号通路中的作用及与大鼠肝再生的相关性,用Percoll密度梯度离心结合免疫磁珠分选方法分离大鼠再生肝的8种细胞,用Rat Genome 230 2.0芯片等检测上述细胞的Notch信号通路基因在大鼠肝再生中的表达变化,用BLAST、Microsoft Excel等软件分别分析新基因与已知基因的序列同源性和共表达关系,用生物信息学和系统生物学等方法分析上述基因参与的生理活动.结果表明,AW915115与活化Notch受体的N-乙酰葡糖基转移酶基因lfng同源,并且在2 h和12 h再生肝星形细胞中表达下调.根据上述基因的同源性和共表达关系推测,新基因AW915115参与大鼠再生肝星形细胞的Notch信号转导.     

Human hepatopoietin augmenter of liver regeneration──A hepatotrophic factor for liver regeneration, and its potential antihepatitis effect in vivo

The effect of human hapatopoietin i.e. augmenter of liver regeneration (hALR) was determined on hepatocyte DNA synthesis, and on CCl 4-induced hepatitis in animal in vitro and in vivo. It is found that ALR could directly stimulate DNA synthesis of hepatocytes in primary culture in a dose-dependent manner. In 30% hepatectomied rats, significant DNA synthesis occurred in control rats ; even so, exogenous hALR gene encoding protein increased DNA synthesis of regeneration liver by 2.3 fold compared with control rats. A lower dose of CCl 4 was administrated in rats and the effect of ALR on DNA synthesis of regenerating liver 48 h after CCl 4 administration was analyzed. Few Budr-labeled hepatocytes were visible in control rats. However, exogenous hALR markedly increased the number of labeled cells in a dose-dependent manner. Statistical analysis showed that 10 or 40 μg·kg -1 ALR protein stimulated DNA synthesis by 1.7 and 4.8 fold respectively. In addition to enhancing cell growth, adiministration of hALR achieved a significant improvement in reversing the lethality of rat hepatic failure when compared with that of control group; the elevation of cytosolic enzymes was dramatically suppressed by exogenous hALR in CCl 4-treated mice in vivo and in vitro; histologically, hepatocytes around the central vein were necrotic, and the degree of hepatocyte necrosis in control mice was more prominent than that in the mice given 40 μg·kg-1 hALR 48 h after CCl 4 administration. We also noted that hALR had a strong antihepatitis effect in vitro which was determined with primary cultured rat hepatocytes. These findings suggest that hALR protects the integrity of hepatocytes against severe hepatitis, and indicate that ALR may be an important regulator of liver regeneration and play a major role in liver injury repair. It proves ALR adminstration to be a useful treatment to accelerate liver regeneration and to prevent the onset of hepatitis or intrahepatic cholestasis induced by toxin.     

Secular variations in geomagnetic Field caused by the fluctuations in the fluid flow in the outer-core

The theoretical spatial power spectrum of a dipole located at ( r0, θ60, φ0) can be fitted by a straight line in logarithmic scale when n is larger than 2. Based on the spherical harmonic coefficients of geomagnetic field during 1900-1995, the depth( r0) of source-layer of every 5a is calculated. The results show that r0 decreased from 1900 to 1960; abruptly changed from 1945 to 1950 related to some kind of disturbance; decreased again from 1960 to 1975; increased from 1975 to 1985; and kept stable after 1985. Then the mean energy density (MED) of each year is induced to its corresponding r0. We find that MED of dipole field kept nearly unchanged from 1900 to 1960. While, MED of non-dipole field increased. The change of r0 coinciding with the geomagnetic secular variation, impulse and length-of-day happened around 1970, suggesting that the change of r0 may be related to the impulse. The variation in the fluid flow in the outer-core caused by the core-mantle coupling is a plausible candidate in explaining the changes in geomagnetic Jerk, length-of-day, and r0.     

AA818342等6个新基因参与大鼠再生肝8种细胞的PLC信号转导

为了解AA818342、BM389035、BF289002、BF403759、AI170687、AI715484等6个新基因在PLC信号通路中的作用及与大鼠肝再生的相关性,分离大鼠再生肝8种细胞,检测它们的基因表达变化,分析新基因与已知基因的序列同源性、共表达关系及参与的生理活动.结果表明,AA818342与col8a1同源,在30 h和72 h再生肝的卵圆细胞中表达下调,在各期再生肝的库普弗细胞中表达上调.BM389035与itga1同源,在168 h再生肝的树突状细胞中表达下调.BF289002与gnai1同源,在12 h和168 h再生肝的卵圆细胞表达上调.BF403759与cacna1d同源,在2 h再生肝的星形细胞表达上调.AI170687与mef2c同源,在36 h再生肝的树突状细胞中表达下调.AI715484与prkce同源,在2 h再生肝的星形细胞中表达上调.上述基因转录谱预示,AA818342等6个新基因属于PLC信号通路成分,参与大鼠再生肝8种细胞的PLC信号转导.     

大鼠肝再生相关基因MafF的分子进化研究

Maf家族是碱性亮氨酸拉链(the basic leucine zipper,bZip)转录因子的一个亚群,是v-maf癌蛋白类似物.它可以通过结合不同的底物来调节下游基因的表达.cDNA Microarray结果显示,小Maf家族成员MafF在大鼠部分肝切除后表达水平迅速升高.为了详细研究该基因的特性,我们采用生物信...