受体缺乏改变小鼠脑内组胺含量及昼夜节律

在乙谜麻醉下,分别于明时(8:00 a.m.)及暗时(8:00 p.m.)断头处死野生型及组胺H1R基因敲除型小鼠,迅速取出脑组织并分离出皮层、纹状体、海马、下丘脑、丘脑、中脑及脑干等脑区.这些脑组织被制成匀浆并用HPLC荧光检测法测量其组胺含量.结果显示暗时处死时,H1R基因敲除型小鼠海马、丘脑、中脑及脑干中的组胺含量明显低于野生型小鼠.明时处死时,野生型小鼠各脑区组胺含量均较暗时处死显著降低,但这一变化在H1R基因敲除型小鼠中并未观察到.这些表明作为组胺的功能靶,H1R不仅介导组胺的功能,而且调节大脑中组胺含量与释放的昼夜节律.     

Progress in non-viral gene delivery systems fabricated via supramolecular assembly

Gene delivery systems are one of key issues that limit the development of gene therapy. The novel non-viral gene delivery systems fabricated via supramolecular assembly have begun to show increasing promising and applications in gene therapy due to its suitable nanometric size,controllable structure and excellent biocompatibility. In this review, the fundamental and recent progress of non-viral gene supramolecular assembly is reviewed. Artificial viruses the future direction of non-viral gene delivery systems are also described.     

Two virus-encoded RNA silencing suppressors, P14 of Beet necrotic yellow vein virus and S6 of Rice black streak dwarf virus

Functional analysis for gene silencing suppressor of P14 gene of Beet necrotic yellow vein virus and S6 gene of Rice black streak dwarf virus was carried out by agro- infiltration with recombinant vectors of Potato virus X. The phenotype observation of green fluorescent protein (GFP)expression and Northern blot showed that the gene silencing of gfp transgenic Nicotiana benthamiana induced by homologous sequence was strongly suppressed by the immixture infiltration of either the P14 or the $6. In the suppressed plants, the gfp mRNA accumulation was higher than that in the non-suppressed controls and the symptoms caused by PVX infection became more severe, especially the gfp DNA methylation of plant genome was significantly inhabited when co-infiltrated with RBSDV S6 gene. These results suggested that these two virus genes were potentially to encode for proteins as RNA silencing suppressors.     

RNAi-mediated knockingdown of rlpk2 gene retarded soybean leaf senescence

Leaf senescence that occurs in the last stage of leaf development is a genetically programmed process. It is very significant to elucidate the molecular mechanisms that control the initiation and progression of leaf senescence and the way the senescence signal is transduced. In a previous study on artificially induced soybean leaf senescence, we cloned a novel gene designated rlpk2 (Genbank Accession No. AY687391) that encodes a leucine-rich repeat (LRR) receptor like protein kinase. The expression level of rlpk2 gene was shown to be strongly up-regulated during both the natural leaf senescence process in this report and the artificially induced primary-leaf-senescence process in our previous work. The RNA interference (RNAi)-mediated knocking-down of rlpk2 dramatically retarded both the natural and nutrient deficiency-induced leaf senescence in transgenic soybean. The transgenic leaves showed more cell-aggregated surface structure and higher content of chlorophyll.     

Functional identification of gene cluster for the aniline metabolic pathway mediated by transposable element

A convenient and widely applicable method has been developed to clone aniline metabolic gene cluster in this study. Three positive recombinant plasmids pDA1, pDB2 and pDB11 were cloned from genomic library of aniline degradation strain AD9. The result of aniline dioxygenase （AD） activity and catechol 2,3-oxygenase （C230） activity assay showed that pDA1 and pDB11 contain aniline dioxygenase genes and catechol 2,3-dioxygenase genes, respectively. The sequence analysis of the total 24.7-kb region revealed that this region contains 25 ORFs, of which 17 genes involve metabolism of aniline. In the gene cluster, the first five genes （tadQTA1A2B） and the subsequent gene （tadR1） were predicted to encode a multi-component aniline dioxygenase and a LysR-type regulator, respectively, while the others （tadD1C1D2C2EFGIJKL） were expected to encode metacleavage pathway enzymes for catechol degradation. The gene cluster was surrounded by two IS1071 sequences.     

用计算机对人类TSPYl基因P53结合位点的鉴定

根据p53下游基因在其调节区域（启动子或内含子）含有与P53蛋白特异性结合的一致性序列5’-RRRCWWGYYYN（0-13）RRRCWWGYYY-3’，R—G或A，W—T或A，Y—C或T，N—A，C，T，G。用计算机对人类基因组中P53结合位点进行了研究，发现Y染色体上的TSPY1基因内含子中含有这样的一致性序列5’-GGGCTAGTTTtgGAGCTAGCCT-3’，意味着TSPY1基因有可能是一个p53下游基因。     

茄青枯假单胞菌毒性基因的功能分析

分离自花生的茄青枯假单胞菌(Ralstonia solanacearum,R.s)T2015的一段4.5 kb DNA中ORF2和ORF3位于同一个操纵子中.ORF2和ORF3 DNA序列与GeneBank同源性比较分析和T2015及其突变体T2136(ORF2)、T2135/R(ORF3)、T2135(ORF3极性突变体)和互补株T2136/R(ORF2)、T2145(T2135)的脂多糖(lipopolysaccharide,LPS)SDS-PAGE带型比较分析表明:ORF2参与LPS完整的核心的合成;ORF3编码产物在LPS完整的生物合成中起脂质A核心区—O-antigen连接酶作用.菌落形态和植株实验结果表明LPS与病菌菌落形态和其对寄主的致病性有关,而与其在非寄主上引起过敏反应能力无关.     

无脊椎动物进化中的模糊问题思考

无脊椎动物是动物界的低等类型、最庞大类群。本文根据古生物学、现代生物学和生物进化论研究成就，就无脊椎动物起源、三叶虫、头足类、昆虫进化过程中的模糊问题作了逻辑推理思考。     

Sericin 1上游调控序列多态性分析

在克隆家蚕sericin 1基因上游调控序列时，出现多种扩增情况．为了调查其多态性，对野桑蚕、家蚕70个品系基因组进行了PCR扩增，扩增出660bp（DQ354392）、1000bp及660bp和1000bp同时出现的3种类型,序列分析表明：1000bp的条带与NCBI中登录的sericin 1（AB00783）上游调控序列一样；多态性存在于顺式作用元件之前，而顺式作用元件区域是非常保守的．