富含多糖多酚的侧柏叶片总RNA提取方法

以侧柏叶片为试验材料,利用Trizol法、CTAB法、SDS酚法和改进的SDS酚法提取RNA,结果表明:Trizol法和CTAB法都不能提出侧柏叶片总RNA;SDS酚法提取,提取物中含有大量多糖,提取的RNA质量少,不足以用于后续的研究;改进的SDS酚法提取的RNA纯度高,电泳效果好.进一步通过反转录和特异引物扩增试验发现:利用改进的SDS酚法提取的RNA反转录效果好,能扩增出预期的基因片段,可很好地应用于基因克隆与基因表达分析等分子生物学试验研究.     

Rates of behavior and aging specified by mitochondrial function during development

To explore the role of mitochondrial activity in the aging process, we have lowered the activity of the electron transport chain and adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) synthase with RNA interference (RNAi) in Caenorhabditis elegans. These perturbations reduced body size and behavioral rates and extended adult life-span. Restoring messenger RNA to near-normal levels during adulthood did not elevate ATP levels and did not correct any of these phenotypes. Conversely, inhibiting respiratory-chain components during adulthood only did not reset behavioral rates and did not affect life-span. Thus, the developing animal appears to contain a regulatory system that monitors mitochondrial activity early in life and, in response, establishes rates of respiration, behavior, and aging that persist during adulthood.     

红麻叶片高质量RNA提取方法比较分析

红麻叶片中富含多糖、多酚和其他次生代谢物质,影响其RNA的产量和质量.本研究应用CTAB法、热硼酸法、SDS法、Trizol法和商品化试剂盒5种方法提取福红992幼嫩叶片总RNA,并对各方法提取效果进行比较.结果表明,热硼酸法效果最佳,其次是CTAB法和SDS法,而Trizol法、试剂盒提取效果不理想.采用热硼酸法提取...     

Ribonuclease P catalysis differs from ribosomal RNA self-splicing

Two RNA-catalyzed reactions have been described, the Tetrahymena self-splicing ribosomal RNA and ribonuclease P. The Tetrahymena self-splicing reaction proceeds through a transesterification cascade that is dependent upon nucleophilic attacks by ribose 3'-OH groups. Periodate oxidation of the catalytic (or substrate) RNA, which destroys the nucleophilicity of RNA 3' termini, did not inhibit ribonuclease P activity. Thus, catalysis by ribonuclease P differs from the self-splicing reaction.     

Actinomycin D and Hydrocortisone: intracellular binding in rat liver

DNA was found to be the major intracellular binding site for labeled actinomycin D administered in vivo. In analogous studies, hydrocortisone did not bind to nuclear structures. Furthermore, following the administration of actinomycin D, a highly positive correlation was found between the RNA content of the nucleus and the ability of the nucleus to synthesize RNA.     

Autoimmunity and increased c-myb transcription

A single recessive gene, lpr, induces an autoimmune-lymphoproliferative syndrome in several strains of mice. The lymphoid organs of lpr/lpr mice contained cells with increased amounts of myb RNA, which codes for a protein found in the nucleus. A similar human lymphoproliferative disorder also had an increase in c-myb expression. Mouse T cells induced by mitogens to proliferate did not express large amounts of myb RNA, indicating that marked myb expression is not a general feature of lymphocyte activation and proliferation.     

Methylation of tRNAAsp by the DNA methyltransferase homolog Dnmt2

The sequence and the structure of DNA methyltransferase-2 (Dnmt2) bear close affinities to authentic DNA cytosine methyltransferases. A combined genetic and biochemical approach revealed that human DNMT2 did not methylate DNA but instead methylated a small RNA; mass spectrometry showed that this RNA is aspartic acid transfer RNA (tRNA(Asp)) and that DNMT2 specifically methylated cytosine 38 in the anticodon loop. The function of DNMT2 is highly conserved, and human DNMT2 protein restored methylation in vitro to tRNA(Asp) from Dnmt2-deficient strains of mouse, Arabidopsis thaliana, and Drosophila melanogaster in a manner that was dependent on preexisting patterns of modified nucleosides. Indirect sequence recognition is also a feature of eukaryotic DNA methyltransferases, which may have arisen from a Dnmt2-like RNA methyltransferase.     

Serine requirement in leukemic and normal blood cells

In a serine-deficient medium, cells from humangt chronic granulocytic leukemia and normal human bone marrow exhibited a marked inhibition of incorporation of-radioactive precursors of DNA, RNA, and protein into an acid insoluble cell fraction. Normal diploid human fibroblasts did not exhibit inhibition without serine. Chronic granulocytic leukemia and normal marrow cells were essentially unable to synthesize C(14)-serine from C(14)-glucose, while human diploid fibroblasts were highly capable of this synthesis.     

Protein synthesis in rat liver: influence of amino acids in diet on microsomes and polysomes

Rats were killed 1 hour after having been fed by stomach tube with amino acid mixtures that were either nutritionally complete or lacked tryptophan. Microsomes isolated from the livers of animals fed the incomplete mixture showed a reduced capacity to incorporate (14)C-leucine in vitro, and polysomes prepared from the same livers showed an increased proportion of monosomes and disomes. Prior treatment with actinomycin D did not prevent these differences in response to the two amino acid mixtures, an indication that synthesis of messenger RNA may not be involved in the cell mechanism which recognizes differences in amino acid pattern.     

Decreased RNA polymerase activity in mammalian zinc deficiency

The activity of DNA-dependent RNA polymerase has been measured in liver nuclei from suckling rats nursed by zinc-deficient dams, or by controls that were either pair-fed or given free access to the diet. In the zinc-deficient pups, the activity of the enzyme did not increase; it fell after the tenth day of life.     

Activation of the DNA replication checkpoint through RNA synthesis by primase

When DNA replication is inhibited during the synthesis (S) phase of the cell cycle, a signaling pathway (checkpoint) is activated that serves to prevent mitosis from initiating before completion of replication. This replication checkpoint acts by down-regulating the activity of the mitotic inducer cdc2-cyclin B. Here, we report the relation between chromatin structure and induction of the replication checkpoint. Chromatin was competent to initiate a checkpoint response only after the DNA was unwound and DNA polymerase alpha had been loaded. Checkpoint induction did not require new DNA synthesis on the unwound template strand but did require RNA primer synthesis by primase. These findings identify the RNA portion of the primer as an important component of the signal that activates the replication checkpoint.     

鸡瘦蛋白基因克隆中的若干问题研究

根据GenBank中鸡的LeptinmRNA序列(AccessionNo.AF012727)设计12对引物,用RT-PCR方法从不同品种(系)、不同时期及不同处理鸡的脂肪、肝脏和卵巢组织总RNA中没有扩增出鸡的Leptin基因片段;根据鸡的EST数据库中查到的一条鸡Leptin基因前体序列设计4对引物,用RT-PCR方法在包括卵巢在内的多个组织的cDNA中没能扩增出正确序列。为提高鸡Leptin基因的表达水平,通过给鸡注射胰岛素,利用RT-PCR方法对肝脏、卵巢和脂肪组织的总RNA进行扩增,没有得到目的序列。根据已发表的哺乳动物的Leptin基因序列设计兼并引物对鸡基因组DNA和脂肪、肝脏组织的cDNA进行PCR,结果没有特异性扩增条带,但在小鼠的基因组中可以获得稳定的扩增条带。用扩增长片段LATaq酶从鸡基因组DNA中也没有扩增出Leptin基因片段,而从小鼠的基因组DNA中,可扩增出小鼠Leptin基因片段;以小鼠LeptincDNA片段为探针,对鸡脂肪组织和肝脏组织来源的总RNA进行NorthernBlot分析,并未获得杂交信号;以猪的LeptincDNA片段为探针,对鸡基因组DNA进行SouthernBlot分析,并未获得特异性的结果。研究结果表明,在鸡的脂肪、肝脏和卵巢组织中不存在与小鼠Leptin基因同源性如此高的mRNA序列,在鸡的基因组中也不存在与小鼠、猪等哺乳动物Leptin基因序列同源性如此高的基因?     

Axotomy mimicked by localized colchicine application

Comparable depression of synaptic transmission in the avian ciliary ganglion resulted from either section or localized colchicine treatment of the ciliary nerves. Both colchicine treatment and axotomny produced similar changes in RNA distribution in the cell bodies as well. Colchicine did not directly affect transmission, and action potential propagation along the ciliary nerves was normal. Interference with axoplasmic transport of material in both cases is postulated to signal the observed chromatolytic changes.     

Genomic analysis of the human B-lymphotropic virus (HBLV)

The human B-lymphotropic virus (HBLV) has a double-stranded DNA genome of greater than 110 kilobase pairs, which is consistent with its morphological classification as a herpesvirus. A 9000-base pair cloned probe of HBLV detected specific sequences in DNA and RNA of infected cells but did not hybridize to the genomic DNA of other human herpesviruses including the Epstein-Barr virus, human cytomegalovirus, herpes simplex type I, and varicella-zoster virus. Conversely, while probes obtained from each of the known human herpesvirus readily detected the homologous viral DNA, they did not hybridize to genomic HBLV DNA. This evidence, in addition to serological and morphological distinctions and the biological effects of this virus demonstrate that HBLV is a novel human herpesvirus.     

Modulation of hepatitis C virus RNA abundance by a liver-specific MicroRNA

MicroRNAs are small RNA molecules that regulate messenger RNA (mRNA) expression. MicroRNA 122 (miR-122) is specifically expressed and highly abundant in the human liver. We show that the sequestration of miR-122 in liver cells results in marked loss of autonomously replicating hepatitis C viral RNAs. A genetic interaction between miR-122 and the 5' noncoding region of the viral genome was revealed by mutational analyses of the predicted microRNA binding site and ectopic expression of miR-122 molecules containing compensatory mutations. Studies with replication-defective RNAs suggested that miR-122 did not detectably affect mRNA translation or RNA stability. Therefore, miR-122 is likely to facilitate replication of the viral RNA, suggesting that miR-122 may present a target for antiviral intervention.     

Chromosome localization of highly repetitive human DNA's and amplified ribosomal DNA with restriction enzymes

Restriction endonucleases cut and partially removed DNA throughout fixed air-dried human metaphase chromosomes. Some enzymes produced a G-banding pattern; some revealed the presence of multiple chromosome-specific classes of highly repetitive DNA in C-band heterochromatin. Enzymes that produced the informative C-band patterns had recognition sequences that were four or five, but not six, base pairs long and did not contain a cytosine-guanine doublet. In both rat and human chromosomes, regions containing amplified ribosomal RNA genes were specifically removed by the restriction endonuclease Msp I.     

长链非编码RNA调控植物生长发育与逆境胁迫响应研究进展

长链非编码RNA(long non-coding RNAs,lncRNAs)是一类转录本长度大于200 nt的非编码RNA,其表达和保守性比编码蛋白的mRNA低,在动植物各个生物学过程中发挥重要作用。近年来,植物lncRNAs的作用和功能受到广泛关注。本文总结了lncRNAs调控植物生长发育和生殖,应对低温、干旱等非生物胁迫和病虫害等生物胁迫方面的功能,同时根据lncRNAs在基因组上的来源,分类讨论了不同来源lncRNAs的作用机制,为深入挖掘植物新的lncRNAs、功能验证与作用机制探究提供参考。