目的检测三磷酸腺苷结合盒转运体A1(ABCA1)蛋白第2跨膜结构域(the second transmembrane domain,TMD2)中关键的抗砷结构域。方法采用重叠区扩增基因拼接法构建三磷酸腺苷结合盒转运体A1基因TMD2的一系列缺失突变体,分别转染至HeLa细胞,...目的检测三磷酸腺苷结合盒转运体A1(ABCA1)蛋白第2跨膜结构域(the second transmembrane domain,TMD2)中关键的抗砷结构域。方法采用重叠区扩增基因拼接法构建三磷酸腺苷结合盒转运体A1基因TMD2的一系列缺失突变体,分别转染至HeLa细胞,激光共聚焦观察其定位,Cell Counting Kit-8检测48 h急性砷中毒后生存率的变化,原子荧光吸收光谱法检测细胞内的总砷含量。结果激光共聚焦证实各突变体的编码蛋白均定位在HeLa细胞的细胞膜上。CCK-8结果显示,转染胞外第4、5环,胞内第4、5环缺失突变体的HeLa细胞IC50分别为33.18、32.84、33.45、34.29μmol.L-1,与转染野生型三磷酸腺苷结合盒转运体A1质粒的HeLa细胞(IC50为33.96μmol.L-1)无显著差异,均高于空载体转染对照组(IC50为19.01μmol.L-1)。转染胞外第6环缺失突变体HeLa细胞的IC50为19.95μmol.L-1,与空载体对照组无显著差异,显著低于野生型三磷酸腺苷结合盒转运体A1质粒转染组。原子荧光分光光度法结果显示,转染胞外第6环缺失三磷酸腺苷结合盒转运体A1的HeLa细胞内砷含量与转染空载体接近,而转染其他突变体的结果与转染野生型三磷酸腺苷结合盒转运体A1的结果基本一致。结论成功构建了5个三磷酸腺苷结合盒转运体A1蛋白第2跨膜结构域的缺失突变体,且其表达的蛋白仍然正确定位于HeLa细胞的细胞膜上。突变体(除胞外第6环外)仍然具有一定的抗砷性,提示三磷酸腺苷结合盒转运体A1胞外第6环可能是关键抗砷结构域。展开更多
【目的】烟草(Nicotiana tabacum L.)碱性几丁质酶基因PR3b在低烟碱突变体(nic1和nic2)中存在转录后mRNA可变剪切现象,但其可变剪切的发生机制仍不清楚。将PR3b的可变剪切元件NRSE1(nicotinesynthesis related splicing element 1)与GU...【目的】烟草(Nicotiana tabacum L.)碱性几丁质酶基因PR3b在低烟碱突变体(nic1和nic2)中存在转录后mRNA可变剪切现象,但其可变剪切的发生机制仍不清楚。将PR3b的可变剪切元件NRSE1(nicotinesynthesis related splicing element 1)与GUS融合表达,分析NRSE1元件的独立可变剪切特性,以揭示其作用机制。【方法】利用PCR扩增方法获得PR3b cDNA序列中的NRSE1元件片段,并利用基因重组技术构建了烟草PR3b可变剪切元件NRSE1与GUS的融合表达载体。将融合表达载体导入农杆菌LBA4404后,通过农杆菌介导的叶盘转化法培育了表达NRSE1与GUS融合子的低烟碱突变体nic1和nic2及野生型烟草转基因植株;通过RT-PCR检测及GUS染色鉴定出阳性植株后,利用RT-PCR分析NRSE1与GUS融合表达后在低烟碱突变体和野生型烟草中的可变剪切特性;对转基因植株的幼苗进行乙烯(ET)和茉莉酸(JA)处理,通过GUS染色方法分析ET和JA处理对转基因植株中GUS活性的影响,并通过RT-PCR方法分析ET和JA处理对转基因植株中NRSE1与GUS融合子的可变剪切特性影响,以及对转基因植株中NRSE1与GUS融合子表达水平的影响。【结果】通过RT-PCR检测及GUS染色鉴定出表达NRSE1元件与GUS融合子的低烟碱突变体和野生型烟草转基因植株;RT-PCR检测及测序分析证明,NRSE1元件与GUS融合表达后仍能在低烟碱突变体发生高水平的可变剪切,剪切修饰区段的序列变化与烟草中PR3b的mRNA可变剪切修饰一致;利用ET和JA处理转基因植株进行的GUS染色表明,ET和JA处理对转基因植株的GUS活性有不同程度的影响;但利用ET和JA处理转基因植株进行的RT-PCR分析表明,ET和JA处理不改变NRSE1元件原有的诱导剪切特性,也不影响转基因植株中NRSE1元件与GUS融合子的表达水平。【结论】PR3b的可变剪切元件NRSE1与GUS在烟草中融合表达后,仍能在低烟碱突变体nic1和nic2中发生高水平的可变剪切;NRSE1在烟草中的可变剪切不依赖PR3b的其他mRNA区段,是烟草PR3b发生可变剪切的独立元件;ET和JA处理对NRSE1元件与GUS融合表达植株的GUS活性具有一定影响,可能存在翻译水平的调控作用。展开更多
为探讨水稻叶绿体发育的分子机制,通过对粳稻日本晴进行甲基磺酸乙酯(EMS)诱变,获得一个稳定遗传的叶色白化突变体wrg20(white turn green 20),并对其进行表型鉴定、基因定位和功能分析。与野生型(WT)相比,该突变体于30℃培养时在三叶...为探讨水稻叶绿体发育的分子机制,通过对粳稻日本晴进行甲基磺酸乙酯(EMS)诱变,获得一个稳定遗传的叶色白化突变体wrg20(white turn green 20),并对其进行表型鉴定、基因定位和功能分析。与野生型(WT)相比,该突变体于30℃培养时在三叶期之前完全白化,26℃时突变体白化叶片部分返绿。遗传分析结果表明,该突变性状受单隐性核基因控制。将该突变体与籼稻93-11杂交,构建F2分离群体并进行基因定位,将该基因定位于2号染色体198 kb区间内,通过测序发现LOC_Os02g33610存在由G至A单碱基替换,导致编码的天冬氨酸转化为天冬酰胺,表明该基因可能为OsWRG20的候选基因,与先前所报道的调控叶绿体发育的基因GRY79为等位基因。对该基因进行结构和功能分析,表明OsWRG20可能是调控水稻苗期幼叶生长发育的重要基因。与野生型相比,突变体的叶绿体基因内含子剪接效率降低,由此推断OsWRG20可能通过调控叶绿体RNA的剪接,参与调控水稻苗期叶绿体的发育。本研究结果为苗期水稻叶绿体发育研究提供了新的理论基础。展开更多
Chronic hepatitis B is a global health problem. The clinical outcomes of chronic hepatitis B infection include asymptomatic carrier state, chronic hepatitis(CH), liver cirrhosis(LC), and hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC)....Chronic hepatitis B is a global health problem. The clinical outcomes of chronic hepatitis B infection include asymptomatic carrier state, chronic hepatitis(CH), liver cirrhosis(LC), and hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC). Because of the spontaneous error rate inherent to viral reverse transcriptase, the hepatitis B virus(HBV) genome evolves during the course of infection under the antiviral pressure of host immunity. The clinical significance of pre-S/S variants has become increasingly recognized in patients with chronic HBV infection. Pre-S/S variants are often identified in hepatitis B carriers with CH, LC, and HCC, which suggests that these naturally occurring pre-S/S variants may contribute to the development of progressive liver damage and hepatocarcinogenesis. This paper reviews the function of the pre-S/S region along with recent findings related to the role of pre-S/S variants in liver diseases. According to the mutation type, five pre-S/S variants have been identified: pre-S deletion, pre-S point mutation, pre-S1 splice variant, C-terminus S point mutation, and pre-S/S nonsense mutation. Their associations with HBV genotype and the possible pathogenesis of pre-S/S variants are discussed. Different pre-S/S variants cause liver diseases through different mechanisms. Most cause the intracellular retention of HBV envelope proteins and induction of endoplasmic reticulum stress, which results in liver diseases. Pre-S/S variants should be routinely determined in HBV carriers to help identify individuals who may be at a high risk of less favorable liver disease progression. Additional investigations are required to explore the molecular mechanisms of the pre-S/S variants involved in the pathogenesis of each stage of liver disease.展开更多
Treatment of hemophilia A by gene therapy is adversely affected by inefficient FVIII secretion and the large FVIII gene,which is difficult to package in the promising adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors.Inhibited sec...Treatment of hemophilia A by gene therapy is adversely affected by inefficient FVIII secretion and the large FVIII gene,which is difficult to package in the promising adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors.Inhibited secretion of FVIII is caused mainly by inefficient secretion of its heavy chain.Previously,we have employed a protein splicing-based dual-vector to co-transfer a B-domain-deleted FVIII (BDD-FVIII) gene,suggesting that the light chain,covalently ligated to a co-expressed heavy chain can improve the secretion of spliced BDD-FVIII.However,its level of secretion was affected by inefficient secretion the heavy chain.Here,we studied the effect of a mutant heavy chain with L303E/F309S substitutions,which enhance FVIII secretion on the heavy chain itself and spliced FVIII when using a protein splicing-based split-delivery of a full-length FVIII gene.Eukaryotic vectors expressing Ssp DnaB intein-fused mutant heavy and light chains were transiently co-transfected into cultured COS-7 cells.A spliced FVIII protein was seen in co-transfected cells by Western blot analysis.The heavy chain was secreted by cells transfected with the mutant heavy chain gene alone at (39±11) ng/mL and this secretion increased to (123±13) ng/mL when cells were co-transfected with the light chain gene,which was greater than the secretion of wild-type heavy chain.The amount of spliced FVIII in the culture supernatant of co-transfected cells was (86±14) ng/mL,with an activity of (0.61±0.08) IU/mL,which was greater than that of wild-type FVIII co-transfected cells.Spliced FVIII and bioactivity were also detected in the combined culture supernatant of cells individually transfected with mutant heavy and light chain gene at a higher level than that of combined wild-type heavy and light chain transfections.This suggested that the heavy chain with improved secretion markedly increased the efficacy of protein splicing-based split delivery of the full-length FVIII gene using a dual-vector.These results encourage the transfer of this technology to an animal model using a dual-AAV vector.展开更多
文摘【目的】烟草(Nicotiana tabacum L.)碱性几丁质酶基因PR3b在低烟碱突变体(nic1和nic2)中存在转录后mRNA可变剪切现象,但其可变剪切的发生机制仍不清楚。将PR3b的可变剪切元件NRSE1(nicotinesynthesis related splicing element 1)与GUS融合表达,分析NRSE1元件的独立可变剪切特性,以揭示其作用机制。【方法】利用PCR扩增方法获得PR3b cDNA序列中的NRSE1元件片段,并利用基因重组技术构建了烟草PR3b可变剪切元件NRSE1与GUS的融合表达载体。将融合表达载体导入农杆菌LBA4404后,通过农杆菌介导的叶盘转化法培育了表达NRSE1与GUS融合子的低烟碱突变体nic1和nic2及野生型烟草转基因植株;通过RT-PCR检测及GUS染色鉴定出阳性植株后,利用RT-PCR分析NRSE1与GUS融合表达后在低烟碱突变体和野生型烟草中的可变剪切特性;对转基因植株的幼苗进行乙烯(ET)和茉莉酸(JA)处理,通过GUS染色方法分析ET和JA处理对转基因植株中GUS活性的影响,并通过RT-PCR方法分析ET和JA处理对转基因植株中NRSE1与GUS融合子的可变剪切特性影响,以及对转基因植株中NRSE1与GUS融合子表达水平的影响。【结果】通过RT-PCR检测及GUS染色鉴定出表达NRSE1元件与GUS融合子的低烟碱突变体和野生型烟草转基因植株;RT-PCR检测及测序分析证明,NRSE1元件与GUS融合表达后仍能在低烟碱突变体发生高水平的可变剪切,剪切修饰区段的序列变化与烟草中PR3b的mRNA可变剪切修饰一致;利用ET和JA处理转基因植株进行的GUS染色表明,ET和JA处理对转基因植株的GUS活性有不同程度的影响;但利用ET和JA处理转基因植株进行的RT-PCR分析表明,ET和JA处理不改变NRSE1元件原有的诱导剪切特性,也不影响转基因植株中NRSE1元件与GUS融合子的表达水平。【结论】PR3b的可变剪切元件NRSE1与GUS在烟草中融合表达后,仍能在低烟碱突变体nic1和nic2中发生高水平的可变剪切;NRSE1在烟草中的可变剪切不依赖PR3b的其他mRNA区段,是烟草PR3b发生可变剪切的独立元件;ET和JA处理对NRSE1元件与GUS融合表达植株的GUS活性具有一定影响,可能存在翻译水平的调控作用。
文摘为探讨水稻叶绿体发育的分子机制,通过对粳稻日本晴进行甲基磺酸乙酯(EMS)诱变,获得一个稳定遗传的叶色白化突变体wrg20(white turn green 20),并对其进行表型鉴定、基因定位和功能分析。与野生型(WT)相比,该突变体于30℃培养时在三叶期之前完全白化,26℃时突变体白化叶片部分返绿。遗传分析结果表明,该突变性状受单隐性核基因控制。将该突变体与籼稻93-11杂交,构建F2分离群体并进行基因定位,将该基因定位于2号染色体198 kb区间内,通过测序发现LOC_Os02g33610存在由G至A单碱基替换,导致编码的天冬氨酸转化为天冬酰胺,表明该基因可能为OsWRG20的候选基因,与先前所报道的调控叶绿体发育的基因GRY79为等位基因。对该基因进行结构和功能分析,表明OsWRG20可能是调控水稻苗期幼叶生长发育的重要基因。与野生型相比,突变体的叶绿体基因内含子剪接效率降低,由此推断OsWRG20可能通过调控叶绿体RNA的剪接,参与调控水稻苗期叶绿体的发育。本研究结果为苗期水稻叶绿体发育研究提供了新的理论基础。
基金Supported by the grant from the National Science Council(NSC 96-2320-B-030-004-MY3),Executive Yuan,Taiwan
文摘Chronic hepatitis B is a global health problem. The clinical outcomes of chronic hepatitis B infection include asymptomatic carrier state, chronic hepatitis(CH), liver cirrhosis(LC), and hepatocellular carcinoma(HCC). Because of the spontaneous error rate inherent to viral reverse transcriptase, the hepatitis B virus(HBV) genome evolves during the course of infection under the antiviral pressure of host immunity. The clinical significance of pre-S/S variants has become increasingly recognized in patients with chronic HBV infection. Pre-S/S variants are often identified in hepatitis B carriers with CH, LC, and HCC, which suggests that these naturally occurring pre-S/S variants may contribute to the development of progressive liver damage and hepatocarcinogenesis. This paper reviews the function of the pre-S/S region along with recent findings related to the role of pre-S/S variants in liver diseases. According to the mutation type, five pre-S/S variants have been identified: pre-S deletion, pre-S point mutation, pre-S1 splice variant, C-terminus S point mutation, and pre-S/S nonsense mutation. Their associations with HBV genotype and the possible pathogenesis of pre-S/S variants are discussed. Different pre-S/S variants cause liver diseases through different mechanisms. Most cause the intracellular retention of HBV envelope proteins and induction of endoplasmic reticulum stress, which results in liver diseases. Pre-S/S variants should be routinely determined in HBV carriers to help identify individuals who may be at a high risk of less favorable liver disease progression. Additional investigations are required to explore the molecular mechanisms of the pre-S/S variants involved in the pathogenesis of each stage of liver disease.
基金supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province,China(ZR2010CM061)the Science and Technology Program of Yantai(2008152)the Scientific Research Foundation of Ludong University(LZ20083305)
文摘Treatment of hemophilia A by gene therapy is adversely affected by inefficient FVIII secretion and the large FVIII gene,which is difficult to package in the promising adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors.Inhibited secretion of FVIII is caused mainly by inefficient secretion of its heavy chain.Previously,we have employed a protein splicing-based dual-vector to co-transfer a B-domain-deleted FVIII (BDD-FVIII) gene,suggesting that the light chain,covalently ligated to a co-expressed heavy chain can improve the secretion of spliced BDD-FVIII.However,its level of secretion was affected by inefficient secretion the heavy chain.Here,we studied the effect of a mutant heavy chain with L303E/F309S substitutions,which enhance FVIII secretion on the heavy chain itself and spliced FVIII when using a protein splicing-based split-delivery of a full-length FVIII gene.Eukaryotic vectors expressing Ssp DnaB intein-fused mutant heavy and light chains were transiently co-transfected into cultured COS-7 cells.A spliced FVIII protein was seen in co-transfected cells by Western blot analysis.The heavy chain was secreted by cells transfected with the mutant heavy chain gene alone at (39±11) ng/mL and this secretion increased to (123±13) ng/mL when cells were co-transfected with the light chain gene,which was greater than the secretion of wild-type heavy chain.The amount of spliced FVIII in the culture supernatant of co-transfected cells was (86±14) ng/mL,with an activity of (0.61±0.08) IU/mL,which was greater than that of wild-type FVIII co-transfected cells.Spliced FVIII and bioactivity were also detected in the combined culture supernatant of cells individually transfected with mutant heavy and light chain gene at a higher level than that of combined wild-type heavy and light chain transfections.This suggested that the heavy chain with improved secretion markedly increased the efficacy of protein splicing-based split delivery of the full-length FVIII gene using a dual-vector.These results encourage the transfer of this technology to an animal model using a dual-AAV vector.
