转cry1Ab/vip3H基因水稻对非靶标害虫褐飞虱连续多代生长发育与繁殖的影响

实验室条件下,转cry1Ab/vip3H基因水稻G6H1对褐飞虱Nilaparvata lugens生长发育与繁殖的继代效应评价结果表明,不论是在苗期或是成株期,在各水稻品种上连续饲喂褐飞虱4代后,该虫各代的生长发育和繁殖参数都没有受到水稻品种的显著影响,即不论是在第1代、第2代还是第4代,取食G6H1与取食其非转基因亲本Xiushui 110相比,褐飞虱若虫的发育时间、成虫寿命和产卵量都没有显著差异。同时,2008年和2009年的田间调查结果表明,G6H1和Xiushui 110稻田间褐飞虱的若虫、成虫和成若虫总密度均无显著差异。     

亚洲璃眼蜱唾液腺一新功能基因的克隆与测序

HaB1是亚洲璃眼蜱雌成蜱唾液腺差异表达基因文库中的一个片段,根据其序列设计引物HaB1-GSP1和HaB1-GSP2,以唾液腺总RNA为模板,RACE法扩增获得HaB1的未知3′-末端。测定该末端序列,进行序列拼接,设计全长引物5-′CCAGTCCGAAGGAAGGGCG-3′和5-′TCTC-CGGGCACGTGAAGTGTC-3′。以cDNA第一链为模板,扩增获得基因全长。经核查表明,该基因为一新基因(登录号AY803896)。     

鼠层粘蛋白α5链E3、LG4、LG5片段的克隆及表达

从鼠的肝脏组织中提取总 RNA,采用 RT- PCR获得了鼠层粘蛋白 ( laminin)α5链的 E3 ( L G4 - 5)、L G4 和 L G5等 3个基因片段 ,与 NCBI数据库参考序列相比 ,同源性在 99%以上。将 E3 ( L G4 ,5)、L G4 和 L G5定向克隆到原核高效表达载体 Pet- 2 8a中 ,构建 Pet- 2 8a- E3 、Pet- 2 8a- L G4 、Pet- 2 8a- L G5等 3个原核表达质粒。将表达质粒转化表达受体菌 BL2 1中 ,IPTG诱导表达。收集菌液进行 SDS- PAGE电泳、Western- blotting分析 ,结果显示 ,这 3段基因在原核细胞中成功表达 ,薄层扫描显示表达蛋白占细胞总蛋白的 2 0 %以上。大量提取包涵体 ,纯化后免疫家兔 ,8周后得多克隆抗体 ,间接 EL ISA在抗体稀释到 1∶ 1 2 80 0时仍为阳性     

MAP3K5基因在畜禽剩余采食量表型调控中的研究进展

随着分子遗传学的发展,已经鉴定出了影响剩余采食量(RFI)的大量数量性状位点和候选基因。有丝分裂原活化蛋白3激酶5(MAP3K5),也称凋亡信号调节激酶1(ASK1),属于MAPK超家族基因之一。目前,已有细胞外信号调节蛋白激酶(ERK)、c-Jun N-末端激酶(JNK)和p38丝裂原激活蛋白激酶(p38-MAPK)这3个MAPK家族成员在哺乳动物细胞中被克隆和鉴定,其主要作用机制是介导3条MAPKs信号通路,从而影响家畜的生长、体型及产奶性状等。课题组在前期对RFI的研究中筛选出与牛剩余采食量相关的MAP3K5基因,但其功能作用尚不明确,笔者在此基础上回顾了该基因的结构、生物学功能,概述了该基因在主要畜禽采食量变异及人类肥胖表型中的功能及作用,并从遗传学的角度重点分析了MAP3K5基因在畜禽RFI表型调控中的可能机制。通过对MAP3K5基因在畜禽RFI表型调控中的研究进展进行综述,期望为后期深入开展MAP3K5基因在畜禽采食量性状调控中的分子机制研究提供思路;对于其他可能通过MAP3K5基因影响畜禽表型的因素(如肠道菌群)有待进一步探讨。     

大肠杆菌MM—3基因工程活菌苗免疫母猪血清及乳清中抗K_(88ac)及LTB抗体动态

以MM-3基因工程活菌苗口服免疫妊娠73d、83d、103d母猪各4头,口服及肌注免疫妊娠92d母猪各5头,用间接BA-ELISA法检测血清及乳清中IgG、IgA和IgM型抗K_(88ac)及LTB抗体的动态变化.结果表明,无论口服还是肌注免疫母猪,抗K_(88ac)及抗LTB抗体均极显著增高.肌注以IgG增加为主,口服以IgA增加为主.肌注免疫IgG型抗K_(88ac)抗体滴度极显著地高于口服免疫(P<0.01);口服免疫IgA型抗LTB抗体滴度显著高于肌注免疫(P<0.05).口服及肌注免疫乳清中抗K_(88ac)及抗LTB抗体滴度很高,达1:3200～204800,但在1周内即降低,约减少一半(约3～5个滴度),2～3周内各型抗体下降缓慢,维持在对照组周内水平,4周后达最低水平.妊娠不同时期口服免疫,其血清中抗K_(88ac)抗体的动态变化相似,但乳汁中抗体则差异非常明显,妊娠83d和92d免疫组IgG、IgA和IgM均显著增加,且高于103d组(P<0.01)和73d组(P<0.05).口服免疫的最佳时间为分娩前26～30d,肌注免疫最佳免疫时间为分娩前21d.     

布鲁氏菌LPS对小鼠巨噬细胞中NLRP3炎症小体转录水平的影响

为研究布鲁氏菌LPS对巨噬细胞中NLRP3炎症小体的影响,本试验提取布鲁氏菌2308、RB51和△WbkA的LPS,以不同浓度与小鼠巨噬细胞相互作用,荧光定量PCR检测其对NLRP3、ASC、Caspase1、IL1-β、IL18转录水平的影响。结果显示RB51LPS和△WbkA LPS上调NLRP3炎症小体相关基因的转录水平,且呈浓度依赖性,而浓度对2308LPS调节NLRP3炎症小体相关基因转录的作用不大;且同一浓度下,RB51LPS和2308LPS比△WbkA LPS更好的调节Caspase1、IL1-β、IL18的转录水平。     

Clostridium perfringens toxin-types in lambs and kids affected with gastroenteric pathologies in Italy

A study was carried out in the South of Italy to assess the role of clostridia in neonatal diseases of lambs and kids. Eighty-seven lambs and 15 kids belonging to 25 flocks were examined and Clostridium perfringens was the microorganism most commonly identified. C. perfringens isolates were analysed by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), in order to determine the prevalence of the genes cpa, cpb, cpb2, etx, iap and cpe. The most prevalent toxin-type of C. perfringens was found to be type A found in 84% of the cases with clostridial enterotoxaemia. No C. perfringens type B, C or E were found. C. perfringens type D was isolated in 16% of the cases. About 24% of the isolates were cpb2 positive. The prevalence of cpb2 across the different C. perfringens types varied. The beta(2)-toxin gene cpb2 was detected in 4/21 (19%) type A isolates, in 1/2 type D isolates, and in 1/2 type DE (cpe-carrying type D) isolates. The high rate of positivity to cpb2 among the isolates suggests that a vaccine based on the beta(2)-toxin, should be included in the vaccination schedule of the animals to confer adequate protection and to prevent the disease.     

Identification of CD3+ T lymphocytes in the green turtle Chelonia mydas

To understand the role of the immune system with respect to disease in reptiles, there is the need to develop tools to assess the host's immune response. An important tool is the development of molecular markers to identify immune cells, and these are limited for reptiles. We developed a technique for the cryopreservation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells and showed that a commercially available anti-CD3 epsilon chain antibody detects a subpopulation of CD3 positive peripheral blood lymphocytes in the marine turtle Chelonia mydas. In the thymus and in skin inoculated with phytohemagglutinin, the same antibody showed the classical staining pattern observed in mammals and birds. For Western blot, the anti-CD3 antibodies identified a 17.6 kDa band in membrane proteins of peripheral blood mononuclear cell compatible in weight to previously described CD3 molecules. This is the first demostration of CD3+ cells in reptiles using specific antibodies.