泌乳晚期大鼠乳腺生长抑素基因的表达

利用大鼠生长抑素基因设计引物,对泌乳晚期SD大鼠的乳腺组织生长抑素基因进行RT-PCR检测,PCR产物与pMD-19T载体连接后转化JM109感受态细胞,筛选阳性克隆、测序.结果发现在泌乳晚期大鼠乳腺中有生长抑素基因的表达.     

Endothelin stimulation of cytosolic calcium and gonadotropin secretion in anterior pituitary cells

The presence of endothelin, a vasoconstrictor peptide, in the hypothalamus and posterior pituitary suggests that it also regulates neural and other nonvascular target cells. In pituitary gonadotrophs, low doses of endothelin evoked oscillations in the intracellular calcium concentration, and high doses induced a biphasic calcium response. Mobilization of intracellular calcium predominated during the spike phase of the calcium response to endothelin, whereas calcium entry through dihydropyridine-sensitive channels contributed to both the spike and plateau phases of the calcium response. Endothelin was a potent as hypothalamic gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) in stimulation of gonadotropin release in perifused pituitary cells. Endothelin bound specifically to pituitary cells with a dissociation constant of 70 picomolar, and induced rapid formation of inositol trisphosphate and diacyglycerol. Although intracellular calcium concentration and gonadotropin secretory responses to endothelin were independent to the GnRH receptor, endothelin and GnRH appeared to have a common signal transduction mechanism. These observations suggest that endothelin can act as a neuropeptide to regulate anterior pituitary function.     

串联IL-2的犬瘟热病毒F-H融合基因重组乳酸杆菌的构建与表达

为了研发犬瘟热乳酸杆菌载体疫苗,更好地预防犬瘟热,试验采用重叠延伸PCR(SOEPCR)技术扩增IL2-F-H融合基因,将IL2-F-H融合基因亚克隆至穿梭载体pSIP409上,构建pSIP-IL2-F-H重组表达载体,并电转化至植物乳杆菌NC8感受态细胞中,构建串联水貂白细胞介素-2(IL-2)的犬瘟热病毒(CDV)F-H融合基因重组乳酸杆菌;利用SDS-PAGE和Western-blot检测IL2-F-H融合蛋白的表达情况。检测表明,重组乳酸杆菌表达了分子量约为80.16kDa的IL2-F-H融合蛋白,且该融合蛋白能与CDV抗体发生反应,具有反应原性。     

鸡抗病促生长剂的试验研究

采用ＤＮＡ重组技术和蚀斑技术获得融合基因的重组病毒，制备了鸡生长抑制因子（ＳＳ）免疫原，与鸡传染性ＩＢＤ、ＮＤ免疫原共同高免健康产蛋鸡，使其卵黄中产生高效价的抗鸡ＳＳ、ＩＢＤ、ＮＤ抗体，利用含高效价的卵黄制成鸡抗病促生长剂。实验结果表明，该制剂对人工感染的ＩＢＤ鸡治愈率为９７．５％，预防保护率９８．４％；对流行区自然感染的ＩＢＤ鸡治愈率９６％，预防保护率９７％。对健康肉仔鸡应用，可使其育成出栏时间提前３天，每只平均比对照增重１３５．７ｇ；饲料转化率提高８．３７％。     

狂犬病病毒糖/核融合基因原核表达克隆质粒的构建与分析

试验将编码狂犬病病毒的糖蛋白和核蛋白基因经PCR扩增后,通过限制性核酸内切酶风PstⅠ的酶切并以T4 DNA连接酶进行连接。将所获得的基因片断与pMD-18T载体连接。经转化到大肠杆菌JM109和质粒大量制备后,进行酶切和测序鉴定。结果表明：PCR扩增片段与文献报道的狂犬病糖蛋白和核蛋白核酸序列没有差异,所构建的克隆质粒正确,新构建的融合基因没有出现新的抗原位点。     

生长抑素对大鼠乳腺斯钙素基因表达的影响

将泌乳期大鼠分为对照组、CS组和SS组,利用RT-PCR法对大鼠乳腺组织斯钙素基因进行检测,分析生长抑素对大鼠乳腺斯钙素基因表达的影响。结果表明:乳腺中有STC1表达,无STC2表达。生长抑素对泌乳期大鼠乳腺斯钙素基因表达起下调作用,半胱胺作用相反。以上结果提示生长抑素和半胱胺可能参与乳腺钙代谢的调节,且通过STC1发挥作用。     

生长抑素主动和被动免疫及基因免疫研究进展

生长抑素(somatostatin,SS)是下丘脑释放的14肽激素,在动物体内具有广泛的抑制作用,特别是对生长及免疫反应具有明显的影响,通过耗竭或免疫中和体内的SS水平相应提高生长激素(GH)等水平促进动物生长。文中简要介绍了生长抑素主动和被动免疫的研究进展及基因免疫的作用机理、特点及增强基因免疫的途径;阐述了生长抑素基因疫苗的研究和应用发展前景。     

牛轮状病毒VP4基因与LTB基因的融合表达及免疫原性研究

PCR扩增轮状病毒VP4基因和大肠杆菌LTB基因编码区,将其克隆至pET32a载体上,构建pET32a-VP4-LTB质粒,转化大肠杆菌BL21(DE3),PCR、酶切鉴定后进一步测序,测序结果表明融合基因片段由2637 bp组成,为编码879个氨基酸残基的多肽。经IPTG诱导和SDS-PAGE检测发现表达产物分子量约为118.9 KD,以包涵体的形式存在。融合蛋白经镍离子螯合次氨基三乙酸(Ni-NTA)亲和层析纯化后免疫小鼠,结果所产生的抗体效价高于单独VP4蛋白的免疫结果但差异不显著(P0.5),但与对照组相比差异显著。表明所表达的融合蛋白具有较好的免疫原性,为研制牛轮状病毒亚单位疫苗奠定了基础。     

赤霉病菌特异抗体-防御素融合蛋白的表达和功能鉴定

选择对赤霉病菌具有高度特异性和亲合力的单链抗体,与植物防御素构建成融合蛋白基因,将融合蛋白及防御素基因分别与细菌表达载体pGEX和植物表达载体pMBL4构建成重组载体,在细菌中经IPTG诱导表达GST融合蛋白,亲和层析纯化蛋白;经根癌农杆菌介导的真空渗入法在烟草叶片中瞬间表达,提取叶片总蛋白用于鉴定。抑菌活性分析表明,烟草叶片瞬间表达的防御素和抗体-防御素融合蛋白,均对赤霉病菌有强烈的抑菌作用;从细菌中纯化的防御素蛋白,也能有效抑制赤霉病菌生长。说明赤霉病菌抗体-防御素融合蛋白基因,可作为抗赤霉病资源,用于改良植物的抗赤霉病性。     

盐穗木HcGKR基因亚细胞定位表达载体的构建及定位分析

[目的]以GFP基因为报告基因,构建HcGKR基因的亚细胞定位表达载体.[方法]采用PCR方法和基因枪法.[结果]用PCR法,以pGEM- T- HcGKR质粒为模板,获得HcGKR基因的目的片段.然后将其克隆到亚细胞定位表达载体35S:GFP中,获得由CaMV35S启动子调控目的基因的35S - GFP - HcGKR融合表达载体,使目的基因能够和GFP融合同时表达.采用基因枪法将35S - GFP - HcGKR转化到洋葱表皮细胞中,暗培养24 h后,经共聚焦显微镜观察确定发出绿色荧光的位置,对HcGKR基因进行亚细胞定位.[结论]构建的亚细胞定位表达载体可在植物细胞中表达,通过洋葱细胞中绿色荧光的位置确定目的基因定位在细胞膜上,为进一步盐穗木HcGKR基因的功能奠定了理论基础.     

油体蛋白与人成骨蛋白-1基因融合植物表达载体的构建及融合蛋白性质预测

克隆大豆油体蛋白特异启动子及油体蛋白基因的全长序列,利用连接PCR的方法,通过一个肠肽酶位点将人成骨蛋白成熟肽编码序列连接到油体蛋白基因3'端并克隆到表达载体pCAMBIA1302中,构建"油体蛋白-肠肽酶-人成骨蛋白"植物表达载体.通过酶切、PCR和测序鉴定,证明表达载体构建成功,将其命名为pCAM-oleo-Bmp7.通过蛋白分析软件DNAstar、SignalP3.0和ProtComp v8.0等软件对重组蛋白的理化性质、二级结构、信号肽和细胞定位进行了分析和预测,证明融合蛋白很好的保留了原来两个蛋白的二级结构和理化性质.     

烟草4CL与虎杖STS融合基因原核表达载体的构建

植物次生代谢产物白藜芦醇具有抗肿瘤、保护心血管、抗氧化的药理作用。通过分子生物学技术利用带有13个氨基酸的链接序列(linker)将来自烟草的4-香豆酰辅酶A连接酶(4-Coumarate-CoA ligase,4CL)和虎杖的白藜芦醇合酶(Stilbene synthase,STS)的基因连接,构建成融合基因,并转入原核表达载体。为后续的白藜芦醇的代谢工程奠定了基础。但该研究中所构建的融合基因与原基因相比有7个碱基突变,导致4个氨基酸的改变。这些突变是否会影响到融合酶的活性,试验所引入的13个氨基酸的linker对于融合蛋白活性的影响等都还待后续进一步研究。     

Transfer of a protein encoded by a single nucleus to nearby nuclei in multinucleated myotubes

Specialized regions of muscle fibers may result from differential gene expression within a single fiber. In order to investigate the range of action of individual nuclei in multinucleated myotubes, C2 myoblasts were transfected to obtain stable cell lines that express a reporter protein that is targeted to the nucleus. Hybrid myotubes were then formed containing one or a few transfected nuclei as well as a large number of nuclei from the parental strain. In order to determine how far the products of a single nucleus extend, transfected nuclei were labeled with [3H]thymidine before fusion and the myotubes were stained to identify the reporter protein. In such myotubes the fusion protein was not confined to its nucleus of origin, but was restricted to nearby nuclei.     

Paradoxical elevation of growth hormone by intraventricular somatostatin: possible ultrashort-loop feedback

Somatostatin, the growth hormone-inhibiting factor, when microinjected into the third ventricle of the rat brain, paradoxically induced the release of growth hormone. A pituitary site of action having been ruled out, this result supports the concept that exogenous somatostatin within the hypothalamus acts either to suppress the release of somatostatin from somatostatin-containing neurons, possibly via an ultrashort-loop feedback mechanism, or to augment release of hypothalamic growth hormone-releasing factor, thereby inducing a release of growth hormone. Injection of somatostatin into the third ventricle also decreased plasma concentrations of luteinizing hormone, follicle-stimulating hormone, and thyroid-stimulating hormone, probably by inhibiting the release of luteinizing hormone-releasing factor and thyrotropin-releasing factor.     

Oleosin与GUS融合蛋白基因的植物表达载体的构建及融合蛋白性质的预测

将油菜油脂蛋白Oleosin基因与报告基因GUS通过6个氨基酸编码的凝血酶识别位点(Gly-Val-Arg-Gly-Pro-Arg)连接起来,形成一个融合蛋白。其中编码区基因长2415bp,共编码804个氨基酸和一个终止密码子。使用蛋白质分析软件Antheprot.5.0和DNAstar对融合蛋白的理化特性,二级结构,潜在信号肽断裂位点,跨膜区进行分析表明:融合蛋白较好的保持了原来两个蛋白的理化特性和二级结构。将该融合基因克隆到中间载体pUC-121上,并用棉花LEA蛋白D-113基因启动子替换CaMV35S启动子,构建成植物表达载体pBI-LEA-O::G121。     

Somatomedin-C mediates growth hormone negative feedback by effects on both the hypothalamus and the pituitary

Somatomedin-C stimulates somatostatin release to a maximum of 390 percent of basal release during short-term (20-minute) incubation of rat hypothalamus. It has no effect on basal or stimulated growth hormone release from primary cultures of rat adenohypophyseal cells during a 4-hour incubation, but inhibits stimulated release by more that 90 percent after 24 hours. These findings suggest that somatomedin-C participates in the growth hormone negative feedback loop with an immediate effect on hypothalamic somatostatin and a delayed effect on the anterior pituitary.     

非洲马瘟病毒VP7基因的克隆与表达

为获得非洲马瘟病毒VP7蛋白,以用于制备AHS血清学诊断试剂并为AHS新型疫苗的构建奠定基础,笔者采用原核表达系统表达VP7蛋白。在GeneBank中查找非洲马瘟病毒VP7基因序列,人工合成VP7基因,将VP7基因片段克隆插入pBAD/Thio-TOPO表达载体,将重组质粒转入大肠杆菌TOP10。经测序鉴定,筛选获得VP7基因正向插入、有正确读码框的阳性克隆,经L-Arabinose诱导表达VP7融合蛋白抗原。SDS-PAGE分析表明以终浓度为0.2%的L-阿拉伯糖进行诱导,4h后表达可达到高峰,融合蛋白质量约54.72kDa。Westernblotting检测和间接ELISA表明诱导表达的融合蛋白能与非洲马瘟病毒VP7单克隆抗体发生特异性反应,说明蛋白有特异的免疫学活性。