哺乳动物性腺特异表达基因研究进展

在哺乳动物配子发生过程中,需要一个严格的阶段性和细胞特异性的基因表达程序。近年来,随着基因克隆、表达及功能研究技术的发展与应用,发现了许多配子发生过程中发挥特定作用的阶段特异和细胞特异表达的基因,有的已被证明在配子发生中起重要作用,但生殖细胞在分化及发育时受其调节的分子机制尚未了解,需要进行更加广泛深入的研究。文章综述了动物性腺特异表达基因研究的最新进展,旨在为从事该领域研究的工作者提供参考信息。     

Expression of esterase gene in yeast for organophosphates biodegradation

Organophosphates are esters of phosphoric acid and can be hydrolyzed and detoxified by carboxylesterase and phosphotriesterase. In this work esterase enzyme (Est5S) was expressed in yeast to demonstrate the organophosphorus hydrolytic activity from a metagenomic library of cow rumen bacteria. The esterase gene (est5S) is 1098 bp in length, encoding a protein of 366 amino acid residues with a molecular weight of 40 kDa. Est5S enzyme was successfully produced by Pichia pastoris at a high expression level of approximately 4.0 g L⁻¹. With p-nitrophenol butyrate as the substrate, the optimal temperature and pH for enzyme activity were determined to be 40 °C and pH 7.0, respectively. The esterase enzyme was tested for degradation of chlorpyrifos (CP). TLC results obtained inferred that CP could be degraded by esterase enzyme (Est5S) and HPLC results revealed that CP could be efficiently degraded up to 100 ppm. Cadusafos (CS), coumaphos (CM), diazinon (DZ) dyfonate (DF), ethoprophos (EP), fenamiphos (FM), methylparathion (MPT), and parathion (PT) were also degraded up to 68, 60, 80, 40, 45, 60, 95, and 100%, respectively, when used as a substrate with Est5S protein. The results highlight the potential use of this enzyme in the cleanup of contaminated insecticides.     

芜菁花叶病毒长春分离物p3基因的克隆、序列分析及P3蛋白抗血清的制备

 用RT-PCR方法从长春感染芜菁花叶病毒( Turnip mosaic virus,TuMV)的十字花科蔬菜中扩增获得该病毒的p3基因,并对其序列进行了比较分析。结果表明,本研究所获得的10个TuMV分离物p3基因含1 065个核苷酸,其序列一致率为98.8%~99.6%,与GenBank中其他15个TuMV分离物核苷酸一致率为80.9%~99.4%。根据p3基因核苷酸序列构建的系统进化树显示:25个TuMV分离物可分为4个组,本研究得到的10个TuMV分离物均属于basal-BR组。将TuMV JCR06分离物p3基因N端663 bp片段克隆至原核表达载体pET-28a(+),并在大肠杆菌BL21(DE3) pLysS中表达出分子量约为28 kDa的融合蛋白。以纯化的融合蛋白为抗原免疫家兔,制备了P3蛋白的特异性抗血清。以TuMV侵染的萝卜为抗原,间接ELISA测定抗血清的效价为1∶2 048。Western blotting分析表明,制备的抗血清能与诱导表达的融合蛋白发生特异性反应。     

Characterization of a Novel 1Ay Gene and Its Expression Protein in Triticum urartu

High molecular weight glutenin subunit （HMW-GS） plays an important role in determining dough property and breadmaking quality, and the exploration of novel genes for HMW-GS will be crucial for quality improvement program. A gene coding the y type HMW-GS at Glu-A1 locus in Triticum urartu （AA, 2n=2×= 14） with an electrophoretic mobility similar to that of 1Dyl2, was cloned, sequenced, and heterologously expressed. This novel active lay gene FJ404595 was confirmed by structure analyses of nucleotide and deduced amino acid sequences combining with phylogenetic analysis. The open reading frame （ORF） of this gene was 1 830 bp, encoded a protein of 608 amino acid residues containing 46 hexapeptides and 14 nonapeptides, which was mostly similar to the lAy gene AM183223 at a high identity of 99.62% with the two substitutions of both leucine/proline and valine/glutamate, obviously different from the lAy gene EU984504 with 587 residues containing 44 hexapeptides and 13 nonapeptides in T. urartu. The amino acid （leucine） at 446 differed from that （proline） of all the eight compared active lAy subunits. The predicted secondary protein structure implied that this lAy subunit might also have positive impact on flour processing quality.     

Development and Validation of a Recombinant Envelop Glycoprotein Based Indirect Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay to Detect the Antibody to REV

Based on the antigenic analysis of Reticuloendotheliosis virus （REV） envelop glycoprotein （env） protein, an alternative indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay （ELISA） for detection of REV antibody was developed using a truncated env protein of REV produced in Escherichia coli. This assay was validated by comparison with an indirect immunofluorescence assay （IFA） and a REV-based ELISA. The diagnostic sensitivity （DSN）, specificity （DSP） and accuracy of the env indirect-ELISA （ienv-ELISA） were 93.7, 93.3 and 93.6% compared with IFA on 1 380 field serum samples, and 84.8, 95.2 and 91.7% compared with the REV-based ELISA on 96 field sera, respectively. Cross-reactivity assay showed that this assay was REV-specific. Repeatability test revealed that the coefficients of variation of positive sera within and between runs were less than 15%. This method is simpler to produce and perform, time-saving and suitable for large scale survey of REV antibody at low cost.     

Influence of hot water treatment on brown rot of peach and rapid fruit response to heat stress

Recent results on hot water as an alternative treatment open a new perspective in disease incidence reduction. In the present work peach fruit were wounded, inoculated with conidia of Monilinia laxa and 15 min, 3, 6, 12, 24 and 48 h after inoculation treated by dipping in hot water (HT) at 60 °C for 20 s. The effect of heat treatment on some cell wall genes involved in ripening such as β-galactosidase (β-GAL), pectin lyase (PL), polygalacturonase (PG) and pectin methyl esterase (PME), was analyzed by qRT-PCR. The expression levels of defense related genes, phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL) and chitinase (CHI), heat stress-related genes such as heat shock proteins 70 and 90 (HSP70, HSP90), and reactive oxygen species (ROS) scavenging genes were also evaluated by qRT-PCR. A 100% disease incidence reduction, as compared to untreated fruit, was obtained by treating 6 and 12 h after inoculation. Moreover, brown rot was inhibited by 85.7% when fruit were heat-treated 48 h after inoculation. The expression levels of cell wall genes (β-GAL, PL, PG and PME) showed a general decrease in HT fruit as compared to the control, whereas PAL, CHI, HSP70 and ROS-scavenging genes increased their expression level in HT samples with respect to the untreated ones. Our results show a curative activity of heat on peach inoculated with M. laxa 48 h before treatment. Each analyzed gene proved to be differentially expressed following heat treatment.     

东方百合L_sCCR1基因的克隆及表达分析

百合茎秆的挺度直接关系到百合花采收后的货架寿命等重要商品性状,而这些商品性状与植物茎秆中的木质素的含量高低有关.本文应用RLM-RACE技术,从东方百合索蚌植株中克隆了木质素合成相关基因一肉桂酰辅酶A还原酶,定名为LsCCR1.该基因cDNA全长为1 499 bp,包括完整的阅读框,编码388个氨基酸.多重比对分析发现百合LsCCR1基因与其他植物上已经发现的CCR基因同源性多介于55%～66%之间.利用半定量PCR检测LsCCR1基因在百合不同组织中的表达差异,结果显示LsCCR1基因主要在百合的茎秆中表达,根部次之,叶片、鳞茎及花蕾中表达量较少,其表达模式与拟南芥、桉树及大麦中CCR基因的表达模式类似.