中国明对虾组织蛋白酶L 的原核重组表达及其组织分布

组织蛋白酶L属于半胱氨酸蛋白酶中的木瓜蛋白酶超家族,在哺乳动物中它与抗原提呈、肿瘤入侵和转移、骨质吸收、细胞凋亡等许多生命活动有关。但对其在无脊椎动物中的功能了解的不多。从中国明对虾(Fenneropenaeus chinensis)中克隆得到了组织蛋白酶L基因,为了进一步研究组织蛋白酶L的组织分布及其功能,对该基因进行了重组表达。将中国明对虾组织蛋白酶L基因的酶原片段亚克隆进原核表达载体pET30a中,转化大肠杆菌BL21(DE3),再进行诱导表达,表达产物经SDS-PAGE电泳检测,其分子量在40kD左右,与期望的中国明对虾组织蛋白酶L的分子量一致。表达产物形成包涵体,经过对包涵体变性和复性,并进行His-tag柱亲和纯化,得到了纯化的蛋白。利用重组蛋白制备了的兔抗血清。Western实验表明,组织蛋白酶L在中国明对虾的肝、胃、肠中有表达,而在卵巢中没有表达。     

高原粳稻子预44抗稻瘟病基因遗传分析和定位

 以高感稻瘟病的低海拔粳稻江南香糯与高抗稻瘟病的高原粳稻子预44作亲本进行杂交,获得F1、F2、BC1F1和以F2单粒传构建的、由276个株系组成的F7重组自交系群体。分别用稻瘟病菌生理小种ZB13和ZE1对两亲本江南香糯和子预44及其杂交后代群体F1、F2和BC1F1进行抗性接种鉴定和遗传分析。结果表明,子预44对稻瘟病菌生理小种ZB13和ZE1的抗性都表现为单基因控制的显性遗传。进一步利用重组自交系F7群体的266个有效株系作为定位群体,将抗稻瘟病菌生理小种ZE1的基因定位在水稻第11染色体上与SSR标记RM206间遗传距离为0 cM的位置,暂定名为Pi zy（t）。这些结果为进一步将子预44中的抗性基因用于水稻抗病育种及该抗稻瘟病基因的克隆奠定了重要基础。     

Evolutionary implications of two rainbow trout growth hormone genes

The primary structures of two rainbow trout growth hormone mRNAs (GH1 and GH2) have been deduced by direct sequencing of their respective cDNA clones and portions of the mRNA. Both GH1 and GH2 mRNA contain open reading frames comprised of 630 nucleotides and encode 210 amino acid residues of which 11 are variant. The translated regions of both mRNA are flanked by a short but rather conserved 5′-end, and a relatively long but highly diverged 3′-end. The differences at translated and 3′-untranslated regions suggest that the GH1 and GH2 mRNA originate from different loci. The GH1 and GH2 mRNA are likely transcribed from two distinct loci which were duplicated during tetraploidization of salmonid genome between 50 to 100 million years ago. The GH2 gene has been isolated and sequenced from a rainbow trout genomic library. This gene spans a region of approximately 4 kilobases. The trout GH gene is comprised of 6 exons and 5 introns, in contrast to 5 exons and 4 introns in mammals. The additional intron in the trout gene interrupts the translated regions that are analogous to the last exon of the mammalian counterpart. The alleged internally repeating sequences in mammalian GH, prolactin (Pr1) and placental lactogen (PL) are not observed in the predicted polypeptide sequence of trout GH. In addition, direct repeats that flank exons I, III and V of mammalian GH, Pr1 and PL genes are absent in trout gene. These findings indicate that the rainbow trout GH gene structure does not support the current hypothesis that internally repeated regions in GH, Pr1 and PL arose from a small primordial gene.     

Production of polyclonal antiserum against recombinant VP28 protein and its application for the detection of white spot syndrome virus in crustaceans

The VP28 gene of white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) was cloned into pRSET B expression vector. The VP28 protein was expressed as a protein with a 6-histidine taq in Escherichia coli GJ1158 with NaCl induction. Antiserum was raised against this recombinant-VP28 protein in rabbits and it recognized VP28 protein in naturally and experimentally WSSV-infected shrimp, marine crabs, freshwater prawns and freshwater crabs. The antiserum did not recognize any of the other known WSSV structural proteins. Various organs such as eyestalks, head muscle, gill tissue, heart tissue, haemolymph, tail tissue and appendages were found to be good materials for detection of WSSV using the antiserum and detection of WSSV was successful in experimentally infected Penaeus monodon and P. indicus at 12 and 24 h post-infection (p.i.), respectively. The antiserum was capable of detecting WSSV in 5 ng of total haemolymph protein from WSSV-infected shrimp.     

Mining Applicable Elite Alleles of Growth Duration,Plant Height and Panicle Number per Plant by Conditional QTL Mapping in Japonica Rice

Unconditional and conditional QTL mapping were conducted for growth duration (GD), plant height (PH) and effective panicle number per plant (PN) using a recombinant inbred line (RIL) population derived from a cross between two japonica rice varieties Xiushui 79 and C Bao. The RIL population consisted of 254 lines was planted in two environments, Nanjing and Sihong, Jiangsu Province, China. Results showed that additive effects were major in all of QTLs for GD, PH and PN detected by the two methods, and the e...     

Poxviruses as vaccine vectors

The discovery of Jenner in 1798 founded the science of immunology and eventually led to smallpox eradication from the earth in 1980 after a world-wide vaccination campaign with vaccinia virus (another poxvirus) and paradoxically, despite the eradication of smallpox, there has been an explosion of interest in vaccinia virus in the eighties. This interest has stemmed in part from the application of molecular genetics to clone and express foreign genes from recombinant vaccinia viruses. Vaccinia is also gaining renewed interest due to bioterrorism.

These recombinant viruses have multiple applications in research and vaccinology and led to the development of vectored vaccines, such as the recombinant vaccinia rabies vaccine used to eliminate rabies in Western Europe and, more recently, in the United States. Secondly, alternative poxvirus vectors, such as avipox viruses, were proved to be even safer and efficacious non-replicating vectors (suiciole vectors) when used in non-avian species.     

HSN1亚型禽流感病毒NA基因在重组禽痘病毒中的表达及其产物的免疫原性

将禽流感病毒A／Goose／Guangdong／1／96（H5N1）株的NA基因及LacZ报告基因克隆到禽痘病毒载体pSY681中，构建重组转移载体pSY（NA＋LacZ），将其转染鸡胚成纤维细胞，经蓝白斑筛选，纯化表达NA基因的重组禽痘病毒rFPV-NA，用其免疫SPF鸡，检测该重组禽痘病毒的免疫原性。结果显示，该重组禽痘病毒能够在体外培养细胞内表达具有生物学活性的NA蛋白，表达产物的分子质量约为55ku；用该重组禽痘病毒免疫SPF鸡后，能够使免疫鸡获得对H5N1和H7N1两种亚型HPAIV攻击的部分保护。表明，重组禽痘病毒rFPV—NA具有良好的免疫原性。     

禽流感病毒A/PFV/Restock/34(H7N1)HA基因在昆虫/杆状病毒系统中的表达

经RT-PCR扩增了禽流感病毒A/PFV／Restock／1／34（H7N1）1．7kbHA基因的cDNA，将其克隆到pMD18-T中并测序。在去除编码HA信号肽的核苷酸序列后，亚克隆到杆状病毒转移载体pBlueBacHis，筛选到重组质粒命名为pBlueBacHisH7HA，测序正确后与线性化的杆状病毒DNA（Bac-N-Blue^TMDNA）共转染sf9昆虫细胞，挑取蓝色蚀斑，经三轮蚀斑纯化，获得数株重组杆状病毒rpBlueHisH7HA。提取重组病毒DNA，经PCR证明目的基因片段已插入到杆状病毒基因组中，血凝实验、SDS-PAGE和Western blot实验结果表明HA基因在重组杆状病毒感染的HFive细胞中获得了表达。     

重组增效蛋白对Bt和氯氰菊酯防治棉铃虫的增效作用

前期在大肠杆菌中表达得到具有显著生物活性的含粉纹夜蛾颗粒体病毒增效蛋白C端818个氨基酸的融合蛋白P96。以毒饲料法研究P96对苏云金芽孢杆菌和氯氰菊酯杀棉铃虫敏感、抗性品系的增效作用。结果表明：P96对Bt杀棉铃虫敏感、低抗、中抗品系的增效比分别为3．34、4．72和9．82；对氯氰菊酯杀棉铃虫敏感、低抗、中抗品系的增效比分别为2．53、3．38和6．24。随棉铃虫抗性升高，P96的增效作用愈为明显。单对汰选是快速选育棉铃虫抗Bt品系的有效方法。     

用表达人溶菌酶基因的重组质粒防治干乳期奶牛乳腺炎

将人溶菌酶（human lysozyme，hLYZ）cDNA插入由pcDNA3改造而成的pcDNAK表达载体。用获得的重组载体pcDNAKLYZ转染COS-1细胞，经免疫荧光试验证明能进行正确表达。将重组载体注射于哺乳母鼠，取其乳汁进行溶菌酶活性测定，结果显示，分泌在乳汁中的重组hLYZ高达139mg／L。根据乳汁体细胞检测结果，选择健康奶牛和乳腺炎阳性奶牛，分别在干奶时和产犊前2周2次注射重组质粒pcDNAKLYZ，注射途径为乳腺基部穿刺，注射剂量为300μg／乳区,于产犊后1个月采集奶样进行体细胞检测，结果显示，对前一泌乳期发生的奶牛乳腺炎的治愈率为91．5％，对下一泌乳期奶牛孔腺炎的预防有效率王少为96．97％。由此认为。构建的表达hLYZ基因的重组表达质粒，可以替代抗菌素类油乳剂用于干乳期乳腺炎的防治。