芸薹属及其他异源多倍体植物的基因表达特征研究进展

远缘杂交及异源多倍化导致许多重要作物的起源与进化，而芸薹属栽培异源四倍种是研究作物异源多倍化的模式系统之一。异源多倍体是如何调控及协调来自不同二倍体祖先的不同基因组的遗传行为及基因表达，是过去二十年间的研究热点和重要的生物学问题。利用不断发展的分子生物学技术，一方面揭示出芸薹属及其他多倍体物种基因组表现出动态性质，即在形成初期及长期进化过程中持续发生遗传及表观遗传的变化；另一方面发现异源多倍化过程中伴随着大量的基因表达模式改变，包括非加性表达、超亲表达、表达水平显性、部分同源偏向表达、基因剂量平衡效应等现象。上述基因组结构、表观遗传改变以及基因表达模式的调控，使新产生的多倍体得以成功进化为新物种。     

厚壳贻贝5-羟色胺2A受体(5-HT2AR)基因克隆和时空表达

为探究5-羟色胺2A受体（5-HT 2A receptor， 5-HT2AR）基因在海水贝类生长发育中的作用，本研究通过RACE技术和实时荧光定量PCR（qRT-PCR）克隆了厚壳贻贝5-HT2AR 基因的cDNA全长，并分析该基因的时空表达。结果显示，5-HT2AR基因全长2 636 bp，开放阅读框（ORF）2 124 bp，共编码707个氨基酸。序列分析结果显示该序列与人、小鼠、斑马鱼、长牡蛎和虾夷扇贝等物种分别具有45%、45%、48%、49%和67%的同源性。厚壳贻贝雌雄成体各组织和器官中均有5-HT2AR基因表达，雄性中的鳃表达量最高，而在雌性鳃、外套膜和性腺中的表达稍高于其他组织和器官；推测该基因可能与厚壳贻贝的摄食、对外界环境的感知及促进卵母细胞成熟有关。5-HT2AR基因在厚壳贻贝各发育阶段均有表达，且稚贝的表达量为眼点幼虫的1.4倍，推测5-HT2AR基因可能参与了调控厚壳贻贝幼虫的生长发育过程。本研究为进一步了解5-HT基因家族在双壳贝类中的功能奠定了基础。     

表达猪乳铁蛋白肽重组屎肠球菌对断奶仔猪生长性能的影响及其抗ETEC感染效果研究

本试验以表达猪乳铁蛋白肽的重组屎肠球菌（pNZ8112-PLFcin/Ef）饲喂断奶仔猪，研究其对仔猪生长性能的影响和抗产肠毒素大肠杆菌（enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli，ETEC）感染的效果。选取28日龄体重相近的健康断奶仔猪36头，随机分为3组（重组屎肠球菌组、空载体组和培养基组），每组3个重复，每个重复4头仔猪。重组屎肠球菌组和空载体组分别饲喂添加pNZ8112-PLFcin/Ef （6×10¹² CFU/kg）和pNZ8112/Ef （6×10¹² CFU/kg）的基础日粮，而培养基组饲喂含有相同体积的GM17液体培养基的基础日粮。试验期26 d。结果显示，与培养基组相比，重组屎肠球菌组断奶仔猪的平均日增重极显著提高（P<0.01）；料重比显著降低（P<0.05）；腹泻率明显降低，肠道菌群的均匀度和多样性指数均下降。为进一步探究表达猪乳铁蛋白肽的重组屎肠球菌对断奶仔猪抵抗ETEC感染的保护作用，在连续饲喂21 d后，每个重复中随机挑选1头体况相近的断奶仔猪灌服ETEC。结果发现，与培养基组相比，攻菌后重组屎肠球菌组断奶仔猪血清白细胞介素-2（IL-2）、免疫球蛋白G （IgG）含量、肠黏液中分泌型免疫球蛋白A （sIgA）水平均显著升高（P<0.05）；脾脏指数显著提高（P<0.05），但胸腺指数、肠段长度及重量则均无显著差异（P>0.05）。综上所述，表达猪乳铁蛋白肽的重组屎肠球菌能够起到促进断奶仔猪生长及抗ETEC感染的保护作用。     

Immunostimulatory effects of dietary poly‐β‐hydroxybutyrate in European sea bass postlarvae

The stable production of high‐quality fry in marine aquaculture is still hampered by unpredictable mortality caused by infectious diseases during larval rearing. Consequently, the development of new biocontrol agents is crucial for a viable aquaculture industry. The bacterial energy storage compound poly‐β‐hydroxybutyrate (PHB) has been shown to exhibit beneficial properties on aquatic organisms such as enhanced survival, growth, disease resistance and a controlling effect on the gastrointestinal microbiota. However, the effect of PHB on the developing immune system of fish larvae has so far not been investigated. In this study, the effect of feeding PHB‐enriched Artemia nauplii on survival, growth and immune response in European sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax) postlarvae was examined. Amorphous PHB was administered to 28‐day‐old sea bass postlarvae over a period of 10 days. The survival and growth performance were monitored, and the expression of 29 genes involved in immunity, growth, metabolism and stress‐response was measured. While the expression of the insulin‐like growth factor 1 (igf1), an indicator of relative growth, was upregulated in response to feeding PHB, the larval survival and growth performance remained unaffected. After 10 days of PHB treatment, the expression of the antimicrobial peptides dicentracin (dic) and hepcidin (hep) as well as mhc class IIa and mhc class IIb was elevated in the PHB fed postlarvae. This indicates that PHB is capable of stimulating the immune system of fish early life stages, which may be the cause of the increased resistance to diseases and robustness observed in previous studies.     

茶树牻牛儿基牻牛儿基焦磷酸合成酶基因CsGGDPS的克隆及表达分析

以铁观音芽叶为材料,验证从茶树转录组数据库中筛选到的1条牻牛儿基牻牛儿基焦磷酸合成酶(GGDPS)的编码全长序列c DNA。该c DNA全长1 661 bp,含有1个1 137 bp完整的开放阅读框,命名为Cs GGDPS。该基因编码378个氨基酸,氨基酸序列具有类异戊二烯合成酶家族的5个保守域和2个特征功能域;序列分析显示,该c DNA与其他植物GGDPS高度保守,与三七(Panax notoginseng)的亲缘关系最近。Cs GGDPS属于不稳定、亲水蛋白,可能定位到叶绿体中,不存在跨膜结构,无信号肽,发生磷酸化的位点可能有20个;二级结构主要由α-螺旋构成,三级结构与拟南芥GGPPS11匹配度最高。实时荧光定量PCR结果表明,在茶树发育过程和不同叶位Cs GGDPS的表达量随芽叶成熟度的增加呈上升趋势,随着做青过程的进行,Cs GGDPS的表达量逐渐升高;Cs GGDPS在父本黄旦、母本铁观音和子一代金观音中均有表达,但表达量存在差异。     

无乳链球菌LIP蛋白的截短表达及免疫保护性研究

为评价罗非鱼源无乳链球菌(Streptococcus agalactiae)BX2012株脂蛋白(lipoprotein)的免疫原性及其对奥利亚罗非鱼(Oreochromis aureus)和大菱鲆(Scophthalmus maximus)的保护效果,以无乳链球菌脂蛋白基因序列(GenBank序列号:CP000114.1,SAK_0321)的B细胞线性抗原表位区设计特异性引物进行扩增,构建重组表达载体,将截短表达的脂蛋白制备成亚单位疫苗,同时制备灭活疫苗进行免疫比对。结果显示:重组表达载体p ET-32a-LIP342在BL21(DE3)中获得了良好的可溶性表达,分子质量约为30 kDa,纯化使LIP342纯度由41.75%提至87.23%;Western blotting分析显示,LIP342可被兔抗无乳链球菌高免血清特异性识别;LIP342在目前已知不同种属来源或不同血清型的无乳链球菌分离株中同源性为90.35%~100%,在罗非鱼源分离株中同源性为100%;无乳链球菌LIP342蛋白和灭活疫苗均可显著提升奥利亚罗非鱼和大菱鲆血清抗体水平,而LIP342诱导的血清抗体水平均显著高于灭活疫苗;经0.1 mL 1×10~9cfu/mL的无乳链球菌攻毒后,LIP342蛋白和灭活疫苗对供试鱼的累积存活率均显著高于PBS对照组。结果表明,高度保守的LIP342具有较好的免疫原性,可作为无乳链球菌亚单位疫苗候选因子。     

Influence of dietary lipid on growth performance and some lipogenesis‐related gene expression of tongue sole (Cynoglossus semilaevis) larvae

A 30‐day feeding trial was conducted to investigate the effects of dietary lipid levels on growth performance, activities of digestive enzymes, fatty acid composition and some lipogenesis‐related gene expression of half‐smooth tongue sole (Cynoglossus semilaevis) larvae. Five isoproteic diets were formulated with graded lipid levels (6.68%, 9.84%, 13.47%, 17.89% and 21.88% dry weight) using fish oil as the main lipid source. Each diet was randomly allocated to triplicate groups of 150 larval tongue sole (35 DAH, 54 ± 1 mg). Fish were fed five times daily to apparent satiation during the feeding experiment. Results showed that, the survival rate (SR) of larvae increased significantly firstly, and thereafter decreased significantly. The specific growth rates (SGR) of larvae fed the diet with 13.47% lipid were significantly higher than other treatments. Larvae fed 9.84% or 13.47% dietary lipid showed higher trypsin, lipase, leucine aminopeptidase and alkaline phosphatase (AP) activities than other treatments, whereas amylase activity nearly showed reverse trend with them. The fatty acid composition of the tongue sole larvae was well correlated with dietary fatty acid profile. Expression of acetyl‐CoA carboxylase alpha (ACC1) was found to be slightly negatively correlated with dietary lipid level, and high dietary lipid level depressed the expressions of acetyl‐CoA carboxylase beta (ACC2) and fatty acid synthase (FAS) mRNA expression significantly, implying that larvae may cope with high dietary lipid mainly through down‐regulating lipogenesis‐related gene expression of FAS and ACC2. Besides, on the basis of SGR, the optimal dietary lipid level for larval tongue sole was estimated to be 13.56% using second‐order polynomial curve.     

茶树GGPS基因家族的克隆、生物信息学和表达分析

牻牛儿基牻牛儿基焦磷酸合酶(Geranylgeranyl diphosphate synthase,GGPS)是萜类合成途径的结构酶,对植物生长发育具有重要意义。本研究通过RACE和RT-PCR方法克隆得到5条潜在的茶树GGPS序列,分别命名为CsGGPS1-4和CsGGPS9,其中CsGGPS9存在3条等位基因,分别是CsGGPS9-1、CsGGPS9-2和CsGGPS9-3,在系统进化树上与其他基因分成两支。蛋白质序列分析表明,茶树GGPS家族成员都具有polyprenyl_synt结构域,不存在信号肽序列。亚细胞定位预测结果显示,CsGGPS1、CsGGPS2和CsGGPS4定位在叶绿体上,CsGGPS3和CsGGPS9定位在线粒体上。通过Swiss Model进行三维建模,结合"three-floor"模型对茶树GGPS家族成员的功能进行预测,预测结果显示,CsGGPS1、CsGGPS2和CsGGPS4是GGPS;CsGGPS3是异源二聚体形式的牻牛儿基焦磷酸合酶的小亚基;CsGGPS9的催化主产物是碳链数大于30的异戊烯基焦磷酸。q RT-PCR分析表明,CsGGPS1整体表达丰度较低,仅在一芽二叶中表达量稍高;CsGGPS2在茶树各个组织中均有表达,在花中表达量最高,且花发育过程中表达量先上升后下降;CsGGPS3在叶和幼根中的表达量高于花,花发育过程中表达平稳;CsGGPS4在茶树各个组织中表达量数值相近,在花发育过程中表达量变化趋势与CsGGPS2相同;CsGGPS9的表达量在成熟叶中显著低于幼嫩叶片。     

杨树微管功能研究植物表达载体构建及验证

[目的]分别构建84K杨的微管蛋白TUA5和TUB16与红色荧光蛋白mCherry融合的植物过表达载体,瞬时表达验证载体在植物体内表达后的荧光信号,为研究杨树微管功能奠定基础。[方法]以毛果杨微管蛋白TUA5和TUB16的基因序列为模板,设计84K杨的皿5和7TZB76基因的引物,提取野生型84K杨的RNA并反转录成cDNA,同源克隆得到84KTUA5和84KTUB16基因,分别连接在pCAMBIA 1300载体mCh-ep荧光标签的N,端和C端,转化到大肠杆菌TOP10感受态细胞中,通过菌落PCR和测序鉴定获得阳性单克隆,并通过电击法将重组质粒转化到农杆菌GV3101中,瞬时转化烟草后进行荧光观察。[结果]克隆得到了84KTUA5和84KTUB16基因,成功与pCAMBIA 1300-mCherry载体连接,烟草瞬时表达荧光观察结果显示:仅目的基因与mCherry标签C,端相连的融合蛋白能够成功表达,且荧光明显。[结论]成功构建了84K杨皿5和TUB16基因与pCAMBIA 1300-mCherry的融合表达载体,为进一步研究杨树微管功能提供了背景材料。     

鸡Prnp基因原核表达载体的构建及其在大肠埃希菌中的表达

试验旨在构建鸡Prnp基因原核表达载体,并在大肠埃希菌中进行表达,为制备鸡朊蛋白单克隆抗体提供材料。根据GenBank已报道的鸡Prnp基因组序列和pET-28a质粒多克隆位点设计引物,以健康的鸡全血基因组DNA为材料,采用PCR的方法扩增鸡的Prnp基因,将目的基因片段与pET-28a载体连接,构建重组原核表达载体。重组菌转化到E. coli BL21(DE3)感受态细胞中,并用异丙基-β-D-硫代半乳糖苷(isopropyl-β-D-thiogalactoside,IPTG)进行诱导表达,十二烷基磺酸钠-聚丙烯酰胺凝胶电泳(SDS-PAGE)鉴定表达的重组蛋白。结果表明,重组蛋白在诱导剂的终浓度为0.08 mmol·L^-1,16 ℃,220 r·min^-1诱导7 h,蛋白表达量最高。综上所述,本研究成功构建了pET-28a-ChPrnp重组表达菌株,为Prnp朊蛋白的结构、生理功能和致病机制研究提供方法。