转录因子Bach1在心血管疾病中的研究进展

转录因子Bach1(BTB-CNC同源体1, BTB and CNC homology 1)是一种转录抑制因子, 广泛存在于哺乳动物的各种组织中. Bach1能抑制血红素环氧化酶-1(heme oxygenase-1, HO-1)等抗氧化基因的表达, 参与氧化应激反应. Bach1基因敲除对心肌缺血再灌注损伤有保护作用. 近期研究发现Bach1能抑制Wnt/b-catenin信号通路和小鼠缺血下肢血管新生. 主要就Bach1在心血管疾病中的研究进展进行简要综述.     

Subcellular localization and functional analyses of structural domains of COP1 in transgenic tobacco

Plants have evolved an extremely exquisite light signal regulatory network to adapt to the changing ambient light conditions, in which COP1 plays a critical role of the light signal transduction. Based on the cloned pea COP1 cDNA sequence and its protein structure, four individual gene fragments encoding different structural domains of the COP1 were designed to fuse to the GFP gene. The plant expression vectors containing these fusion genes as well as the COP1GFP fusion gene were constructed and used to transform tobacco by Agribacterium as confirmed by Southern analyses. Antibodies were raised against the recombinant GFP-COP1 overproduced in Escherichia coli. Immunoblotting results demonstrated that all of the fusion genes were constitutively expressed in transgenic tobacco plants. We systematically investigated the different subcellular localization of these fusion proteins and the resulting phenotypic characteristics of these transgenic plants under light and dark conditions. Our data show that (1) the molecular mass of the tobacco endogenous COP1 protein is 76 kD. It is constitutively expressed in all of the tested tissues and the total cellular content of COP1 protein is not noticeably affected by light conditions. (2) The nuclear localization signal of COP1 plays a critical role in regulation of its nuclear-cytoplasmic partitioning. The subcellular localization of the COP1 protein containing nuclear localization signal is regulated by light in the epidermal cells of leaves, but, it is located in nucleus constitutively in root cells. (3) The coiled-coil domain is very critical to the function of COP1 protein, while the zinc binding RING finger domain only plays a supportive role. (4) The WD-40 repeats domain is essential to the COP1 function, but this domain alone does not affect photomorphogenesis. (5) Overexpression of COP1 protein not only inhibits the photomorphogenesis of the stems and leaves of the transgenic tobacco, but also results in the generation of short and clustered roots. In contrast, overexpression of COP1 protein without WD-40 repeats domain promotes the photomorphogenesis process in the stems and leaves and lead to root elongation and lack of lateral roots. The COP1-COP1 interaction happens not only in the nucleus, but also in cytoplasm.     

拟南芥转录因子TDF1的原核表达及多克隆抗体制备

在拟南芥花药发育过程中,MYB家族转录因子TDF1在调控绒毡层发育及后期功能上起到关键的作用．利用PCR方法扩增TDF1基因并克隆到原核表达载体pET-32a．将表达载体TDF1-pET32a转入大肠杆菌BL21（DE3）,用IPTG成功诱导表达了分子量约为56KD的TDF1融合蛋白．该融合蛋白主要以包涵体形式存在,分离出包涵体后进行可溶性处理作为抗原免疫家兔．制备出的多克隆抗血清经ELISA测定效价为1：2560,Westernblot检测表明该抗血清与TDF1融合蛋白识别良好．TDF1抗体的制备有助于进一步从生化水平上研究TDF1在花药发育中的功能．     

基于CRISPR/Cas9的毛果杨bHLH106转录因子的功能研究

目的 采用CRISPR/Cas9基因编辑系统创制毛果杨(Populus trichocarpa)bHLH106(Basic Helix-Loop-Helix 106)基因的突变体,分析植株的表型特征,初步揭示PtrbHLH106基因在毛果杨木材形成过程中的功能。方法 基于前期对毛果杨野生型(WT)茎干的不同细胞类型(形成层、木质部和韧皮部细胞)RNA-seq数据,克隆得到一个在形成层及木质部较高表达的bHLH基因PtrbHLH106。采用CRISPR/Cas9基因编辑技术创制毛果杨PtrbHLH106的功能缺失突变体。对生长60、90、120 d的毛果杨ptrbhlh106突变体和WT植株进行表型观察;对生长120 d的植株各茎节进行石蜡切片,利用甲苯胺蓝染色观察并进行细胞统计分析。结果 获得毛果杨ptrbhlh106突变体;与WT相比,突变体植株的株高、地径无明显差异;在整个测量的生长周期中,第8茎节长度有缩短的趋势,茎节数量有增加的趋势;形成层细胞层数有增加的趋势但差异不显著,导管细胞孔径显著增大,纤维细胞数量显著减少。结论 ptrbhlh106突变体与WT植株在导管孔径和纤维细胞数量上存在差异,初步证明PtrbHLH106基因参与了调控毛果杨次生木质部的发育。     

转录因子GATA-1在造血系统中的作用(综述)

转录因子GATA-1为正常红细胞发育和分化成熟所必需。GATA-1的表达严格限制于造血细胞系,主要调控红系的增殖和分化,对巨核系、肥大细胞系及嗜酸性粒细胞系也起一定的作用。GATA-1参与自身启动子的正调节,而且GATA-1和PU.1可以通过交互作用抑制各自的功能;GATA-1与红系Kr櫣ppel样因子(EKLF)、FKLF-2、SCL、生长因子骨形态生成蛋白(BMP-4)及其他GATA转录因子之间存在相互调控作用。GATA-1可在急性非淋巴细胞性白血病等多种类型白血病中表达,它的表达还可影响急性髓性白血病的预后。GATA-1还与遗传性球形红细胞增多症、伴有严重贫血的多发性骨髓瘤的发病机制有关。     

Modular arrangement of functional domains along the sequence of an aminoacyl tRNA synthetase

Gene deletions show that much of Escherichia coli alanine tRNA synthetase is dispensable for each of three activities and that these activities appear to require specific domains arranged linearly along the polypeptide. Thus, variable fusions of extra polypeptide domains to a catalytic core may account for the diverse of aminoacyl tRNA synthetases.