携带p53和p21基因腺病毒转移载体的构建

构建携带p53和p21基因的重组腺病毒转移载体以研究p53和p21联合基因治疗效果.将p53cDNA克隆到转移载体pCMV5GFP替代gfp,得到pCMVp53,使其受到CMV启动子的调控;同时将p21基因克隆到pCMVp53,得到重组腺病毒转移载体pCMVp53/p21.得到携带p53和p21基因的重组腺病毒转移载体.     

p53抗体与恶性肿瘤

p53基因是人类肿瘤中突变频率最高的抑癌基因,几乎发生于所有的恶性肿瘤.突变基因编码的p53蛋白释放入血,可诱发机体自身免疫应答,产生p53自身抗体.在肿瘤病人和高危人群中检测血清p53抗体可以反映早期p53基因突变,作为一种新的肿瘤生物学指标,p53抗体有望在恶性肿瘤的早期诊断、治疗、预后、监测、复发等方面发挥重要作用.     

p53基因调控网络研究进展

肿瘤抑制基因p53表达的p53蛋白是一个通用转录因子,与其上、下游功能相关基因组成了一个复杂的基因调控网络,在这个基因网络中p53基因起着关键作用;DNA损伤、缺氧、原癌基因的激活等均能刺激p53基因表达;p53表达升高后,可通过p53-MDM2反馈环路与泛素系统等对p53表达水平进行精确调节;p53通过调控多种下游/靶基因表达完成多种生物学功能,主要包括阻滞细胞周期、促进细胞凋亡、维持基因组稳定性等;认识p53基因调控网络的功能有助于理解p53及其下游/靶基因间的具体作用机制。     

携带p53基因重组腺病毒载体的构建

将pCMVp53重组转移载体经BamHI和NheI酶切,得到p53基因cDNA,然后将cDNA片段克隆到转移载体pCMV5GFP,使其受CMV5启动子的调控,获得pCMV5p53重组转移载体.用该线状重组转移载体与腺病毒右臂DNA经磷酸钙共转染293细胞获得重组腺病毒,经酶联免疫吸附法(ELISA)测定p53蛋白含量,证明外源p53基因在含重组腺病毒的293细胞中得到表达.     

p53振子的形成机制及microRNA对p53目标基因表达的精细调控

肿瘤抑制因子p53调控着大量的基因,在肿瘤抑制中起着关键作用.实验结果表明,当DNA受损后,p53的表达呈现周期性振荡.已有的一些p53振子的理论模型,其振子产生机制通常依赖于p53和Mdm2之间相互作用的时滞因素.考虑基因表达的转录和翻译过程,运用动力学方程建模的方法,给出一种新模型,并利用Hopf分叉理论,给出p53振子产生的条件.数值模拟结果表明,与已有的时滞模型相比,该模型对参数具有更好的鲁棒性,较好地解释了p53振子的产生机制.最近的许多实验表明,p53调控着miR-34家族中大量microRNA的表达,这些microRNA又在后转录水平上对p53的下游目标基因起着调控作用.在这一模型基础上,研究microRNA加入p53调控网络后所起的调控作用,数值模拟结果初步表明,microRNA对p53下游目标基因表达起到了精细调控作用.     

拟南芥AtPLC4基因RNAi载体的构建及遗传转化

利用RNAi技术,构建了AtPLC4基因的RNAi双元载体,并进行了拟南芥的遗传转化,通过抗性筛选及PCR鉴定,获得20株遗传转化株系.进一步通过RT-PCR检测,得到3株AtPLC4基因表达降低的转基因植株,为运用反向遗传学的方法深入研究AtPLC基因家族的生物学功能提供基础.     

人野生型p53基因的克隆及原核表达

利用RT PCR方法由人外周静脉血淋巴细胞中获得人p53 cDNA片段, 并将其克隆入原核表达载体pQE40中, 构建重组质粒pQE40-p53; 转化于E.coli M15宿主菌, 经IPTG诱导, 表达了N端融合6His的p53融合蛋白. 利用6His与Ni²⁺高亲合力结合的性质, 经镍柱纯化、 透析袋分级透析复性、 Western Blot鉴定, 结果表明获得了纯化的6His-p53融合蛋白.
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p53 基因敲除小鼠的饲养繁殖及鉴定

摘要: 目的为了繁育和鉴定p53 基因敲除小鼠,将引进的杂合子小鼠进行饲养繁殖,杂合子用于继续保种。方法 对其幼鼠剪尾提取基因组DNA,采用PCR 方法进行基因型鉴定。结果对引进小鼠已成功饲养和繁殖,并得到 纯合基因缺失型小鼠。结论正确的饲养、繁殖及基因鉴定方法对于基因敲除小鼠的获得和保种具有重要的意 义。     

野生型p53基因重组体腺病毒介导的肿瘤抑制作用

采用同源重缚方法构建了野生型ｐ５３全长ｃＤＮＡ的重组体腺病毒，通过转导人卵巢癌细胞系ＳＫ－ＯＶ－３和黑色素瘤细胞系ＷＭ－９８３Ａ，证实腺病毒能介导ｐ５３基因进行有效转移，并能显著抑制这两种肿瘤细胞的生长和集落形成能力，生长抑制率分别这到９３％和８６％，对两种肿瘤细胞裸鼠皮下移植瘤的治疗实验表明，ｐ５３能明显抑制肿瘤的生长，流式细胞计数ＤＮＡ片段化及ＴＵＮＥＬ分析证实，Ｐ５３可诱导肿瘤细胞凋亡和Ｇ１     

利用文本数据挖掘研究p53基因表达调控网络

为了研究p53基因与其下游/靶基因的关联性,以了解p53基因表达调控网络,采用文本数据挖取方法,利用自编的Perl 5.10程序,对PubMed文献数据库中p53基因相关文献及人类基因本体数据库进行数据挖掘,并利用连锁聚类法构建p53基因表达调控网络图.结果发现,目标基因的频率分布同文本中所有基因本体的频率分布存在一定的关联性,低频基因的文本挖掘比例明显低于高频基因的文本挖掘比例.从而说明,p53基因表达调控网络中各基因的分布情况与基因频率有较大关系,而文本数据量对文本数据挖掘的准确率也有重要影响.     

P53反义RNA表达载体的构建

目的：针对突变型P^53基因的致癌性,采用反义RNA技术以阻断癌细胞内源突变型P^53的表达,构建真核细胞内P^53反义RNA表达载体。方法：采用定向克隆法将人野生型P^53基因cDNA反向插入到哺乳动物表达载体P^CR3.1的Ecor RⅠ和XbaⅠ位点,构建了反义P^CR3.1-P^53（AS）表达载体。结果：反义P^CR3.1-P^53(AS)表达载体构建成功。结论：此研究结果既为肿瘤发生提供理论基础,也为肿瘤基因治疗奠定基础。     

A large-scale RNAi screen in human cells identifies new components of the p53 pathway

RNA interference (RNAi) is a powerful new tool with which to perform loss-of-function genetic screens in lower organisms and can greatly facilitate the identification of components of cellular signalling pathways. In mammalian cells, such screens have been hampered by a lack of suitable tools that can be used on a large scale. We and others have recently developed expression vectors to direct the synthesis of short hairpin RNAs (shRNAs) that act as short interfering RNA (siRNA)-like molecules to stably suppress gene expression. Here we report the construction of a set of retroviral vectors encoding 23,742 distinct shRNAs, which target 7,914 different human genes for suppression. We use this RNAi library in human cells to identify one known and five new modulators of p53-dependent proliferation arrest. Suppression of these genes confers resistance to both p53-dependent and p19ARF-dependent proliferation arrest, and abolishes a DNA-damage-induced G1 cell-cycle arrest. Furthermore, we describe siRNA bar-code screens to rapidly identify individual siRNA vectors associated with a specific phenotype. These new tools will greatly facilitate large-scale loss-of-function genetic screens in mammalian cells.     

一种新宏基因组DNA片段物种属性约简分类方法的研究

由于宏基因组学的迅猛发展,导致可测序的宏基因组数量激增,可测DNA序列也在扩大,但绝大部分DNA序列种属未知,故生物信息学面临的重要课题是研究一种如何针对这些巨大量宏基因组DNA信息属性约简并正确分类的方法.提出采用RandWPSO结合粗糙集的优化算法,分别对宏基因组中的DNA片段在不同属、同属不同种情况下进行属性约简并分类,经实验证明能够进行有效约简可取得较高的分辩准确率.     

Mouse p53 inhibits SV40 origin-dependent DNA replication

p53 is a cellular phosphoprotein that is present at elevated concentrations in cells transformed by different agents. p53 complementary DNA expression-constructs immortalize primary cells in vitro and co-operate with an activated ras oncogene in malignant transformation. Several reports have implicated p53 in mammalian cell cycle control and specifically with events occurring at the G0-G1 boundary. p53 forms specific complexes with simian virus 40 (SV40) large-T antigen, and such complexes are found associated with both replicating and mature SV40 DNA in lytically infected cells. In an accompanying paper Gannon and Lane report that in in vitro plate-binding assays, mouse p53 can displace polymerase alpha from complex with T-antigen. We have examined the in vivo consequences of expressing wild-type and mutant p53 proteins from other species in SV40-transformed monkey cells. We report here that expression of mouse p53 results in a substantial and selective inhibition of SV40 origin-dependent DNA replication. In addition to any function in the G0-G1 transition, the data presented suggest that p53 may affect directly the initiation or maintenance of replicative DNA synthesis.     

分形在DNA碱基序列分析中的应用

介绍了分形原理和方法在DNA碱基序列分析中的应用,包括DNA碱基序列的一维行走、二维行走、子序列 分解及分形维数的计算,表明用分形的方法不仅可以对DNA碱基序列中的长程关联性作定量描述,而且有利于人们 进一步认识DNA中碱基序列的关联规律．     

p63 and p73 are required for p53-dependent apoptosis in response to DNA damage

The tumour-suppressor gene p53 is frequently mutated in human cancers and is important in the cellular response to DNA damage. Although the p53 family members p63 and p73 are structurally related to p53, they have not been directly linked to tumour suppression, although they have been implicated in apoptosis. Given the similarity between this family of genes and the ability of p63 and p73 to transactivate p53 target genes, we explore here their role in DNA damage-induced apoptosis. Mouse embryo fibroblasts deficient for one or a combination of p53 family members were sensitized to undergo apoptosis through the expression of the adenovirus E1A oncogene. While using the E1A system facilitated our ability to perform biochemical analyses, we also examined the functions of p63 and p73 using an in vivo system in which apoptosis has been shown to be dependent on p53. Using both systems, we show here that the combined loss of p63 and p73 results in the failure of cells containing functional p53 to undergo apoptosis in response to DNA damage.     

PML contributes to p53-independent p21 up-regulation in gamma-irradiation induced DNA damage responses

The cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p21 WAF1/Cip1 is a critical cell cycle regulator which translocates into the nucleus to participate in DNA repair during DNA damage responses. In the present study, we showed that the tumor suppressor, promyelocytic leukemia protein (PML) contributes to the up-regulation of p21 in a p53-independent pathway. Knock-down of PML in p53-null H1299 and HCT 116 (p53 –/– ) tumor cells by specific siRNA resulted in down-regulation of p21 protein expression, inhibition of -irradi...