Cloning,Expression of Clostridium perfringens α-toxin Gene and Preparation of its Antisera

One pair of primers had been designed and synthesized based on the α-toxin gene of Clostridium perfringens.The complete α-toxin gene fragment was amplified by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and then was cloned into pGEM-T Easy vector to construct pGEM-T-α.Digested with EcoRⅠ and Hind Ⅲ, a fragment of 1125 bp was cloned into the expression plasmid vector pET-28a(+).The recombinant plasmid was transformed into the BL21(DE3)plys and induced by 1.0 mmol/L IPTG at 37 ℃.The expression product was found to be 46.1 ku as expected one identified by SDS-PAGE, and confirmed by Western blotting with Clostridium perfringens type A antisera, indicating similar reactivity with native α-toxin.Recombinant α-toxin protein was simultaneously found in culture supernatant, postsonic supertanant and inclusion bodies, most protein was expressed in inclusion bodies, which indicated recombinant α-toxin protein was expressed in the extracellular, periplasm and cytoplasm.Recombinant α-toxin protein in postsonic supertanant could not make mice die, indicating its non-toxicity.Toxin-antitoxin neutralization test showed that antisera of recombinant α-toxin protein were specific to α-toxin.Upon immunization of rabbit with the recombinant α-toxin protein, antisera with high antibody titer neutralizing 100 MLD toxin per 1 mL were prepared.     

荻草谷网蚜ABCG1基因的克隆及表达模式分析

荻草谷网蚜Sitobion miscanthi是严重威胁我国小麦生产安全的迁飞性害虫。蜕皮激素是参与蚜虫翅型分化调控的内激素, 在有翅成蚜体内保持高滴度, 且诱导后代产生更高比例的无翅蚜, 其进出靶细胞需要经过细胞膜上特定蛋白的转运。ATP结合盒转运蛋白家族G亚家族(ATP-binding cassette transporter G, ABCG)中的 ABCG1是通过跨膜转运昆虫类固醇、对蜕皮激素信号进行负调控的功能蛋白之一, 在蚜虫中尚未见报道。本文克隆了荻草谷网蚜ABCG1(SmisABCG1)基因, 并进行了序列比对、系统进化分析以及不同组织部位和发育时期表达模式分析。结果显示, SmisABCG1基因的开放阅读框全长为1 851 bp, 编码616个氨基酸, 含7个跨膜结构域, 符合ABCG蛋白家族典型结构特性, 基因登录ID:OP626323。昆虫间ABCG1较保守, 该蛋白系统进化关系与各自物种间亲缘关系的远近保持一致。其中, SmisABCG1与来自豌豆蚜、禾谷缢管蚜、棉蚜、花生蚜和雪松长足大蚜等的ABCG1氨基酸序列高度一致(>87%), 以上蚜虫聚为一支。与SmisABCG1亲缘关系最近的是豌豆蚜的ABCG1, 其次是半翅目的褐飞虱、白背飞虱和灰飞虱, 与膜翅目的新疆菜叶蜂、阿里山潜蝇茧蜂以及鞘翅目的赤拟谷盗、蜂箱小甲虫亲缘关系较远。该基因在伪胚胎和成蚜阶段高表达。包含伪胚胎的有翅、无翅成蚜整蚜SmisABCG1的转录水平无显著差异, 但其在来自有翅成蚜的伪胚胎中的转录水平高于无翅成蚜伪胚胎, 证实无翅成蚜自身的转录水平较高, 而有翅成蚜较低。进一步分析显示这一差异主要是无翅蚜胸部显著高表达所导致。基于该蛋白对蜕皮激素负调控, 与有翅成蚜转录水平低, 但蜕皮激素水平更高相符合。     

中国辣椒 BCAT 基因家族鉴定、表达分析及克隆

【目的】了解中国辣椒（Capsicum chinense Jacq.）BCAT 基因家族成员的分布、性质及表达模式。中国辣椒是辣椒的 5 个主要栽培种之一,果实通常具有由支链酯类形成的浓郁果香。支链氨基酸转氨酶（BCAT,Branched-chain Aminotransferase）负责催化支链氨基酸合成相应 2- 氧代酸,是催化合成支链酯类的第一步反应酶。【方法】使用生物信息学分析和实时荧光定量 PCR 等方法对中国辣椒的 BCAT 基因家族成员进行鉴定、表达分析和克隆。【结果】获得 5 个 BCAT 基因家族成员,分别命名为 CcBCAT1、CcBCAT2、CcBCAT3、CcBCAT4和 CcBCAT5,随后对其进行生物信息学分析并克隆 CcBCAT1~CcBCAT4。生物信息学分析显示,这些基因分布于辣椒的 4 条染色体上,蛋白均为亲水性蛋白,氨基酸长度在 184~557 aa,分子量为 20.29~89.60 ku,等电点为 5.57~8.34。亚细胞定位预测结果显示,CcBCAT1 定位于叶绿体和线粒体,其他基因家族成员均位于叶绿体。CcBCATs 基因时空表达分析显示,CcBCAT1-4 基因具有组织表达特异性,CcBCAT2~CcBCAT4 相对表达量随着辣椒的成熟呈现逐步上升的趋势,其中 CcBCAT4 最为明显、CcBCAT1 则相反、CcBCAT5 未检测到表达。【结论】明确中国辣椒 BCAT 基因家族的表达模式,推测 CcBCAT4 参与辣椒果实相关次生代谢物合成。     

甘薯响应蔓割病病原菌侵染的IbWRKY7基因克隆与表达分析

为探究IbWRKY7基因在甘薯响应蔓割病病原菌侵染过程中的表达模式,以高抗蔓割病品种‘鄂薯11’为供试材料,克隆到1个新的WRKY家族基因IbWRKY7,进行生物信息学分析;并对‘鄂薯11’和蔓割病敏感品种‘栗子香’在蔓割病病原菌侵染后IbWRKY7基因的表达模式进行分析。结果显示,IbWRKY7的CDS序列全长为945 bp,编码314个氨基酸;推测其编码不稳定的亲水性蛋白,蛋白分子质量为33.92 kU,pI 9.82,含有1个WRKY七肽保守序列和1个C₂HC型锌指结构。IbWRKY7基因上游2 000 bp的启动子区域内存在多种类型的顺式作用元件,如植物激素应答元件Myb、胁迫响应元件MYC和MYB等。多序列比对及系统进化树分析结果表明,IbWRKY7蛋白与日本牵牛花InWRKY7和三裂叶薯ItWRKY7亲缘关系最近。亚细胞定位预测显示IbWRKY7蛋白定位于细胞核。实时荧光定量PCR结果表明,与蔓割病病原菌侵染0 h相比,侵染2、4、12、24、48、72、96和120 h后,‘鄂薯11’的IbWRKY7基因表达量均显著提高(P<0.05);而‘栗子香’的IbWRKY7基因表达量除侵染24 h外的其他7个时间点均显著高于0 h。侵染2~48 h,‘鄂薯11’的IbWRKY7基因表达量显著高于‘栗子香’。双因素方差分析结果表明,不同品种和侵染时间点的IbWRKY7基因表达量均存在显著差异。综上,甘薯IbWRKY7基因上游2 000 bp的启动子区域含有12种激素应答和胁迫应答相关的顺式作用元件。IbWRKY7具有WRKY家族的典型结构特征,属于第Ⅲ类WRKY蛋白,氨基酸序列与同源物种相似度高,进化上高度保守。IbWRKY7基因受蔓割病病原菌侵染诱导表达,且在不同蔓割病抗性的甘薯品种中表达量差异显著。     

葡萄Fe-S簇装配基因的鉴定、克隆和表达特征分析

【目的】从葡萄中克隆并鉴定Fe-S簇装配基因,在转录水平探索其组织特异性表达特征及其对缺铁胁迫的差异响应,明确主效基因。【方法】通过同源克隆法,在葡萄基因组中筛选并鉴定参与Fe-S簇装配的基因;借助生物信息学软件分析葡萄Fe-S簇装配相关基因及其编码蛋白的详细特征;利用实时荧光定量PCR分析Fe-S簇装配相关基因在葡萄不同组织部位的表达模式及其对缺铁胁迫的响应情况;利用MEGE 7.0软件建立不同植物ISU1同源蛋白的系统进化树。【结果】在葡萄基因组中检索并克隆获得46个Fe-S簇装配基因,分布于16条染色体上,含有1—21个长度不一的内含子,且主要分布于质体、线粒体和细胞质,分别含有14、21和11个基因成员;葡萄Fe-S簇装配蛋白在多种亚细胞结构中均有定位,且不同装配机制中蛋白的亚细胞定位情况差异很大;所选10种植物ISU1蛋白序列的一致性高达77%,系统发育树分析表明同一属的ISU1同源蛋白如十字花科的拟南芥和盐芥、禾本科的水稻和短柄草、蔷薇科的桃和苹果,倾向于紧密聚在一起,但葡萄ISU1和番茄ISU1紧密聚集在一起;葡萄Fe-S簇装配基因在3年生‘马瑟兰’成年树体和组培幼苗不同组织中的表达水平差异较大,其中,ISU1整体水平的表达量最为丰富（尤其是成熟期果实中的表达量最高）,其次是HSCA1、ISA2、NFU2、SUFA和SUFB等基因,而SUFE2、NFS1、HSCA2、HSCA6、TAH18和CIA2在本研究所有葡萄组织中均未检测到表达量;在‘马瑟兰’幼苗中,葡萄Fe-S簇装配基因对缺铁处理较为敏感,所有基因至少在1个检测的组织部位对缺铁处理有响应,其中,22个基因的表达水平在所有检测组织中均受缺铁处理调控：根部Fe-S簇装配基因的表达水平易受缺铁胁迫诱导而上调,但地上部（茎和叶）Fe-S簇装配基因的表达水平易受缺铁胁迫抑制而下调。【结论】从葡萄中克隆并鉴定了46个Fe-S簇装配基因,分别定位于质体、线粒体和细胞质;葡萄Fe-S簇装配基因在三年生成年树体和组培幼苗不同组织中的表达水平差异较大,且在葡萄幼苗不同组织中的转录水平对缺铁胁迫的响应具有显著差异;ISU1在葡萄所有组织中的整体表达量较高;葡萄ISU1和番茄ISU1同源蛋白遗传进化距离最接近。     

花楸树热激蛋白SpHSP70-2基因的克隆及表达分析

探究花楸树响应高温胁迫的分子机制,为遗传改良和耐热品种的选育提供基础,依托花楸树叶片转录组测序数据,采用反转录PCR（RT-PCR）方法克隆得到HSP70家族中的1个基因,命名为SpHSP70-2,同时对该基因进行了生物信息学分析,利用荧光定量PCR（qRT-PCR）方法对其组织特异性和应答高温胁迫的表达模式进行了分析。结果表明,经克隆得到的SpHSP70-2基因与花楸树叶片转录组测序数据的基因序列一致,SpHSP70-2开放阅读框（ORF）长度为1 704 bp,编码567个氨基酸。SpHSP70-2蛋白具有HSP70特征结构域:核苷酸结合结构域（NBD）和底物结合结构域（SBD）;SpHSP70-2基因无内含子;SpHSP70-2二级结构中具有ɑ螺旋（32.63%）、延伸链（23.28%）、β转角（7.23%）和随机卷曲链（36.86%）;SpHSP70-2蛋白为疏水性蛋白,有11个跨膜螺旋,无信号肽;SpHSP70-2与同科的苹果、白梨的HSP70同源性最高,为90%以上;SpHSP70-2在花楸树的果实中表达量最大,在茎、根中表达量次之,在花中的表达量最小;在42℃高温胁迫处理下,SpHSP70-2表达量呈现先升高后下降趋势,在2 h时达到极值,随后表达量略缓慢下降,说明SpHSP70-2基因参与调控花楸树对高温胁迫的响应。研究结果为今后花楸树响应热胁迫的分子机制研究和引种驯化方面提供基础。     

Molecular cloning of the cDNA encoding the β subunit of thyrotropin and regulation of its gene expression by thyroid hormones in the goldfish, Carassius auratus

A cDNA encoding the subunit of thyrotropin (TSH) was isolated from a goldfish (Carassius auratus) pituitary gland cDNA library. By comparing the sequence with other teleost TSHs, a signal peptide of 19 amino acids and a mature hormone of 131 amino acids were predicted for goldfish TSH subunits. The resulting putative mature hormone of 131 amino acids had well-conserved cysteine positions and a putative N-linked glycosylation site; homology was 51–67% with TSHs from other teleosts, 38–43% with tetrapod TSHs, but only 27 and 29% with goldfish GTH-I and -II, respectively. We also examined the effects of thyroid hormones (TH) and thiourea (TU, an inhibitor of TH production) treatments on TSH and GTH subunit gene expressions in the goldfish pituitary gland. After thyroxine (T₄) treatment, circulating T₄ concentration increased and TSH mRNA level decreased. Supressing the amount of circulating T₄ and triiodothyronine (T₃) by TU treatment increased the TSH mRNA level. Moreover, T₄ replacement therapy (simultaneous treatment of both TU and T₄) caused a high level of circulating T₄ and a low level of circulating T₃, and a decrease in the TSH mRNA level. Thus, changing levels of circulating TH exert a negative feedback on the level of TSH subunit mRNA in goldfish in vivo. On the other hand, GTH subunit mRNA levels were not affected by changes in the levels of circulating TH.     

Cloning of two Atlantic salmon growth hormone receptor isoforms and <Emphasis Type="Italic">in vitro</Emphasis> ligand-binding response

Two isoforms of the full-length cDNA of the growth hormone receptor (GHR) of the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar; ss) were cloned by a PCR approach using RACE. Respectively, the cDNA sequences of ssGHR isoforms 1 and 2 are 2654 and 2608 nucleotides long, with 1782 and 1773 nucleotide ORFs. The resulting coded proteins are 594 and 590 aa long, with 19 and 20 aa signal peptides. The two isoforms share 86% protein and 87% cDNA sequence similarity. Isoform 1 is most similar to other salmonid GHR isoforms 1 while isoform 2 is most similar to salmonid GHR isoforms 2 (93–95%). Similarity with other teleost species was lower (37–44%). The bioactivity of the cloned ssGHR was tested by transfecting the ssGHR isoform 1 cDNA into CHO-K1 hamster cells, incubating with recombinant salmon GH (sGH) or native ovine prolactin (oPRL), and measuring cell proliferation by the MTT assay. The ssGHR-transfected cells significantly increased proliferation when stimulated by sGH at all concentrations. oPRL stimulated ssGHR-transfected cells at higher concentrations due to receptor cross reaction. ssGHR isoforms 1 and 2 contain a single transmembrane domain and the typical conserved motifs found in other teleost GHRs, including four paired cysteine residues and five potential N-glycosylation sites in the extracellular domain, Box I and Box II, as well as seven potential tyrosine phosphorylation sites in the intracellular domain. However, in salmonids, these motifs differ from those of other teleosts, and could be responsible for differentiated hormone binding, signal transduction and response.     

Molecular cloning and functional analysis of duck Toll-like receptor 5

Toll-like receptor 5 (TLR5) is responsible for the recognition of bacterial flagellin in vertebrates. In this study, we cloned the single-exon TLR5 gene of the Maya breed of Common Shelduck (Tadorna tadorna). The TLR5 open reading frame is 2580 bp in length and encodes an 859-amino acid protein. The putative amino acid sequence of duck TLR5 consisted of a signal peptide sequence, 11 leucine-rich repeat domains, a leucine-rich repeat C-terminal domain, a transmembrane domain, and an intracellular Toll-interleukin-1 receptor domain. The duck TLR5 gene was highly expressed in the lung, bone marrow, spleen, and liver; moderately expressed in kidney, small intestine, large intestine, and brain. A plasmid expressing duck TLR5 was constructed and transfected into HEK293T cells, and expression was confirmed by indirect immunofluorescence assay. HEK293T cells transfected with duck TLR5- and NF-κB-luciferase-containing plasmids significantly responded to flagellin from Salmonella typhimurium, indicating that it is a functional TLR5 homolog.     

水牛RNA聚合酶Ⅲ启动子的克隆与鉴定

[目的]获得有效的水牛RNA聚合酶Ⅲ启动子序列,为开展水牛源细胞的基因特异沉默研究奠定基础.[方法]通过启动子上、下游保守序列对水牛源启动子7SK、U6进行克隆和启动子关键顺式作用元件识别,利用一段针对EGFP的shRNA片段（shEGFP）对水牛7SK、U6启动子进行功能性分析,然后分别在水牛源及鼠源细胞中与pEGFP-N1共转染,转染48h后用荧光显微镜检测EGFP的表达情况,并用流式细胞仪和荧光实时定量PCR检测EGFP沉默表达情况.[结果]克隆获得水牛7SK、U6启动子序列分别为430和357 bp,其OCT-1（或CACCC盒）及TATA盒高度保守.连接shEGFP后与pEGFP-N1共转染细胞,通过荧光显微镜可观察到细胞发生了明显的荧光表达沉默现象;通过流式细胞分析,发现水牛7SK和U6启动子引导的shEGFP在水牛源细胞中沉默效率高达93.82％和87.45％;荧光实时定量PCR检测结果显示,在转染bu7SK-shEGFP和buU6-shEGFP的水牛源BFF细胞中,EGFP表达水平均显著低于其他物种启动子的细胞转染组（P＜0.05）,而在鼠源PT67细胞中,水牛启动子的启动效率与其他物种启动子差异不显著（P＞0.05）.[结论]水牛7SK和U6启动子可高效启动shRNA表达,且具有一定的物种特异性.