19 resultados para EGFP
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使用高保真PCR方法从虹鳟鱼基因组中克隆得到虹鳟鱼组蛋白H3启动子.将虹鳟鱼组蛋白H3启动子插入启动子缺失的增强绿色荧光蛋白(EGFP)表达载体pEGFP-1中,构建成重组载体pRH3EGFP-1.通过显微注射法得到转pRH3EGFP-1稀有(鱼句)鲫.在荧光解剖镜下,可以清楚地观察到EGFP在发育到原肠胚的转pRH3EGFP-1稀有(鱼句)鲫中表达.在稀有(鱼句)鲫幼体鱼苗中也可以清楚地观察到EGFP在多个组织中的泛组织表达.比较CMV启动子、鲤鱼β-actin启动子、虹鳟鱼组蛋白H3启动子的EGFP表
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An essential for respiration and viability (ERV1) homologue, 88R, was cloned and characterized from Rana grylio virus (RGV). Database searches found its homologues in all sequenced iridoviruses, and sequence alignment revealed a highly conserved motif shared by all ERV1 family proteins: Cys-X-X-Cys. RT-PCR and western blot analysis revealed that 88R begins to transcribe and translate at 6 h postinfection (p.i.) and remains detectable at 48 h p.i. during RGV infection course. Furthermore, using drug inhibition analysis by a de novo protein synthesis inhibitor and a viral DNA replication inhibitor, RGV 88R was classified as a late (L) viral gene during the in vitro infection. 88R-EGFP fusion protein was observed in both the cytoplasm and nucleus of pEGFP-N3-88R transfected EPC cells. Although result of immunofluorescence is similar, 88R protein was not detected in viromatrix. Moreover, function of RGV 88R on virus replication were evaluated by RNAi assay. Nevertheless, effect of knockdown of RGV 88R expression on virus replication was not detected in cultured fish cell lines. Collectively, current data indicate that RGV 88R was a late gene of iridovirus encoding protein that distributed both the cytoplasm and nucleus.
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Short hairpin RNA (shRNA) directed by RNA polymerase III (Pol III) or Pol II promoter was shown to be capable of silencing gene expression, which should permit analyses of gene functions or as a potential therapeutic tool. However, the inhibitory effect of shRNA remains problematic in fish. We demonstrated that silencing efficiency by shRNA produced from the hybrid construct composed of the CMV enhancer or entire CMV promoter placed immediately upstream of a U6 promoter. When tested the exogenous gene, silencing of an enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) target gene was 89.18 +/- 5.06% for CMVE-U6 promoter group and 88.26 +/- 6.46% for CMV-U6 promoter group. To test the hybrid promoters driving shRNA efficiency against an endogenous gene, we used shRNA against no tail (NTL) gene. When vectorized in the zebrafish, the hybrid constructs strongly repressed NTL gene expression. The NTL phenotype occupied 52.09 +/- 3.06% and 51.56 +/- 3.68% for CMVE-U6 promoter and CMV-U6 promoter groups, respectively. The NTL gene expression reduced 82.17 +/- 2.96% for CMVE-U6 promoter group and 83.06 +/- 2.38% for CMV-U6 promoter group. We concluded that the CMV enhancer or entire CMV promoter locating upstream of the U6-promoter could significantly improve inhibitory effect induced by the shRNA for both exogenous and endogenous genes compared with the CMV promoter or U6 promoter alone. In contrast, the two hybrid promoter constructs had similar effects on driving shRNA.
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The ability to utilize the RNA interference (RNAi) machinery for silencing target-gene expression has created a lot of excitement in the research community. In the present study, we used a cytomegalovirus (CMV) promoter-driven DNA template approach to induce short hairpin RNA (shRNA) triggered RNAi to block exogenous Enhanced Green Fluorescent Protein (EGFP) and endogenous No Tail (NTL) gene expressions. We constructed three plasmids, pCMV-EGFP-CMV-shGFP-SV40, pCMV-EGFP-CMV-shNTL-SV40, and pCMV-EGFP-CMV-shScrambled-SV40, each containing a CMV promoter driving an EGFP reporter cDNA and DNA coding for one shRNA under the control of another CMV promoter. The three shRNA-generating plasmids and pCMV-EGFP control plasmid were introduced into zebrafish embryos by microinjection. Samples were collected at 48 h after injection. Results were evaluated by phenotype observation and real-time fluorescent quantitative reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction (Q-PCR). The shGFP-generating plasmid significantly inhibited the EGFP expression viewed under fluorescent microscope and reduced by 70.05 +/- 1.26% of exogenous EGFP gene mRNA levels compared with controls by Q-PCR. The shRNA targeting endogenous NTL gene resulted in obvious NTL phenotype of 30 +/- 4% and decreased the level of their corresponding mRNAs up to 54.52 +/- 2.05% compared with nontargeting control shRNA. These data proved the feasibility of the CMV promoter-driven shRNA expression technique to be used to inhibit exogenous and endogenous gene expressions in zebrafish in vivo.
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With current gene-transfer techniques in fish, insertion of DNA into the genome occurs randomly and in many instances at multiple sites. Associated position effects, copy number differences, and multiple gene interactions make gene expression experiments difficult to interpret and fish phenotype less predictable. To meet different fish engineering needs, we describe here a gene targeting model in zebrafish. At first, four target zebrafish lines, each harboring a single genomic lox71 target site, were generated by zebrafish transgenesis. The zygotes of transgenic zebrafish lines were coinjected with capped Cre mRNA and a knockin vector pZklox66RFP. Site-specific integration event happened from one target zebrafish line. In this line two integrant zebrafish were obtained from more than 80,000 targeted embryos (integrating efficiency about 10(-4) to 10(-5)) and confirmed to have a sole copy of the integrating DNA at the target genome site. Genomic polymerase chain reaction analysis and DNA sequencing verified the correct gene target events where lox71 and lox66 have accurately recombined into double mutant lox72 and wild-type loxP. Each integrant zebrafish chosen for analysis harbored the transgene rfp at the designated egfp concatenates. Although the Cre-mediated recombination is site specific, it is dependent on a randomly placed target site. That is, a genomic target cannot be preselected for integration based solely on its sequence. Conclusively, an rfp reporter gene was successfully inserted into the egfp target locus of zebrafish genome by Cre-lox-mediated recombination. This site-directed knockin system using the lox71/lox66 combination should be a promising gene-targeting platform serving various purposes in fish genetic engineering.
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Some members of hairy/Enhancer-of-split-related gene (HES) family have important effects on axial mesoderm segmentation and the establishment and maintenance of the somite fringe. In fishes. the her6 gene, a member of the HES family, is the homologue Of heS1 in mammals and chicken. In this study, the her6 gene and its full-length cDNA from the common carp (Cyprinus carpio) were isolated and characterized. The genomic sequence of common carp her6 is approximately 1.7 kb. with four exons and three introns, and the full-length cDNA of 1314 bp encodes a Putative polypeptide of 271 amino acids. To analyse the promoter sequence of common carp her6. sequences of various lengths upstream from the transcription initiation site of her6 were fused to enhanced green fluorescent. protein gene (eGFP) and introduced into zebrafish embryos by microinjection to generate transgenic embryos. Our results show that the upstream sequence of 500 bp can direct highly efficient and tissue-specific expression of eGFP in zebrafish embryos. whereas a fragment of 200 bp containing the TATA box and a partial suppressor of hairless paired site sequence (SPS) is not sufficient to drive eGFP expression in zebrafish embryos.
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G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) constitute a large superfamily involved in various types of signal transduction pathways, and play an important role in coordinating the activation and migration of leukocytes to sites of infection and inflammation. Viral GPCRs, on the other hand, can help the virus to escape from host immune surveillance and contribute to viral pathogenesis. Lymphocystis disease virus isolated in China (LCDV-C) contains a putative homolog of cellular GPCRs, LCDV-C GPCR. In this paper, LCDV-C GPCR was cloned, and the subcellular localization and characterization of GPCR protein were investigated in fish cells. LCDV-C GPCR encoded a 325-amino acid peptide, containing a typical seven-transmembrane domain characteristic of the chemokine receptors and a conserved DRY motif that is usually essential for receptor activation. Transient transfection of GPCR-EGFP in fathead minnow (FHM) cells and epithelioma papulosum cyprini (EPC) cells indicated that LCDV-C GPCR was expressed abundantly in both the cytoplasm and nucleoplasm. Transient overexpression of GPCR in these two cells cannot induce obvious apoptosis. FHM cells stably expressing GPCR showed enhanced cell proliferation and significant anchorage-independent growth. The effects of GPCR protein on external apoptotic stimuli were examined. Few apoptotic bodies were observed in cells expressing GPCR treated with actinomycin D (ActD). Quantitative analysis of apoptotic cells indicated that a considerable decrease in the apoptotic fraction of cells expressing GPCR, compared with. the control cells, was detected after exposure to ActD and cycloheximide. These data suggest that LCDV-C GPCR may inhibit apoptosis as part of its potential mechanism in mediating cellular transformation.
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dUTPase (DUT) is a ubiquitous and important enzyme responsible for regulating levels of dUTP. Here, an iridovirus DUT was identified and characterized from Rana grylio virus (RGV) which is a pathogen agent in pig frog. The DUT encodes a protein of 164aa with a predicted molecular mass of 17.4 kDa, and its transcriptional initiation site was determined by 5'RACE to start from the nucleotide A at 15 nt upstream of the initiation codon ATG. Sequence comparisons and multiple alignments suggested that RGV DUT was quite similar to other identified DUTs that function as homotrimers. Phylogenetic analysis implied that DUT horizontal transfers might have occurred between the vertebrate hosts and iridoviruses. Furthermore, its temporal expression pattern during RGV infection course was characterized by RT-PCR and Western blot analysis. It begins to transcribe and translate as early as 4 h postinfection (p.i.), and remains detectable at 48 h p.i. DUT-EGFP fusion protein was observed in the cytoplasm of pEGFP-N3-Dut transfected EPC cells. Immunofluorescence also confirmed DUT cytoplasm localization in RGV-infected cells. Using drug inhibition analysis by a de novo protein synthesis inhibitor (cycloheximide) and a viral DNA replication inhibitor (cytosine arabinofuranoside), RGV DUT was classified as an early (E) viral gene during the in vitro infection. Moreover, RGV DUT overexpression was shown that there was no effect on RGV replication by viral replication kinetics assay. (c) 2006 Published by Elsevier B.V.
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The 3 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (3 beta-HSD) isoenzymes play a key role in cellular steroid hormone synthesis. Here, a 3 beta-HSD gene homolog,was cloned from Rana grylio virus (RGV), a member of family Iridoviridae. RGV 3 beta-HSD gene has 1068 bp, encoding a 355 aa predicted protein. Transcription analyses showed that RGV 3 beta-HSD gene was transcribed immediate-early during infection from an initiation site 19 nucleotides upstream of the translation start site. Confocal microscopy revealed that the 3 beta-HSD-EGFP fusion protein was exclusively colocalized with the mitochondria marker (pDsRed2-Mito) in EPC cells. Upon morphological observation and MTT assay, it was revealed that overexpression of RGV 3 beta-HSD in EPC cells could apparently suppress RGV-induced cytopathic effect (CPE). The present studies indicate that the RGV immediate-early 3 beta-HSD gene encodes a mitochondria-localized protein, which has a novel role in suppressing virus-induced CPE. All these suggest that RGV 3 beta-HSD might be a protein involved in host-virus interaction. @ 2006 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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The gonad is an essential organ for generating sperm and ova in vertebrates. This review describes several pilot studies on gonad gene manipulation and development in fish. With antisense RNA techniques, we suppressed the gonad development, and thus the fertility, of an antisense gonadotropin-releasing hormone (sGnRH) transgenic common carp. Then, using a tissue-specific exogenous gene excision strategy with sexual compensation, we knocked out the gonad-specific transgene. Under the control of the rainbow trout protamine promoter, the transgenic fish expressed the reporter gene eGFP specifically in the spermary. These results indicate that the fish gonad is a new model organ that can improve contemporary biotechnology experiments. Herein we discuss the potential of fish gonad manipulation for resolving important biosafety problems regarding transgenic fish generation and producing the new transgenic animal bioreactor.
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Rainbow trout historic H3 (RH3) promoter was cloned via high fidelity PCR. The cloned RH3 promoter was inserted into a promoter-lacked vector pEGFP-1, resulting in an expression vector pRH3FGFP-1. The linearized pRH3EGFP-1 was microinjected into fertilized eggs of rare minnows and the sequential embryogenetic processes were monitored under a fluorescent microscope. Strong green fluorescence was ubiquitously observed at as early as the gastrula stage and then in various tissues at the fry stage. The results indicate that RH3 promoter, as a piscine promoter, could serve in producing transgenic Cyprinoid such as rare minnow. Promoter activity of RH3, CMV and common carp beta-actin (CA) were compared in rare minnow by the expression of respective recombinant EGFP vectors. The expression of pCMVEGFP occurred earlier than the following one, pRH3EGFP-1, and then pCAEGFP during the embryogenesis of the transgenics. Their expression activities demonstrated that the CMV promoter is the strongest one, followed by the CA and then the RH3.
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We have evaluated the efficacy of RecA, a prokaryotic protein involved with homologous recombination, to direct site-specific mutagenesis in zebrafish embryos. For this we coinjected a vector containing a mutated enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) gene plus 236-nucleotide corrective single-stranded DNAs coated with RecA into I-cell zebrafish embryos. Twenty-hours after fertilization, about 5% to 20% of injected embryos showed EGFP expression in I or more cells when RecA-coated corrective DNAs were used, but not when RecA was omitted. Mutated EGFP genes with 1-bp insertions or deletions were inefficiently activated, whereas those with 7-bp insertions were activated about 4-fold more efficiently. RecA-coated template strand had a higher efficiency than its complementary strand in activation of EGFP expression. Prior irradiation of the embryos with UV light enhanced RecA-mediated restoration of gene activity, suggesting that the effects we observed were augmented by one or more factors of zebrafish DNA repair systems.
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本实验室果蝇研究工作,主要集中在黑腹果蝇的新基因起源的研究。新基因起源的分子机制主要包括:外显子重排、基因复制、基因逆转座、移动元件介导、基因水平转移、基因从头起源、基因的断裂融合。为了阐述这些新基因的产生和它们所带来的物种适应性,我们对这些新近起源的基因进行了功能研究。但是,仅仅限于新基因所在物种的功能研究并不能完全解释新基因产生的进化原因,我们需要了解它是否能够给没有该基因的果蝇物种带来一定的适应性。例如一些生殖相关新基因,如果我们将它们转入没有该基因的果蝇,那是否能够给该果蝇带来生殖能力的提高?无论结果如何,这都为我们研究新基因的起源提供一个重要线索。由此,黑腹果蝇以外的其它果蝇物种中实现转基因成为该研究的重要技术环节。但是,实验室目前的转基因系统仅限于P转座子介导的黑腹果蝇转基因系统,因而我们需要建立一种新的转基因平台。而转座子Minos打破物种范围的转基因特性,以及它的转座特点为我们提供了选择。转座子Minos是从果蝇D. hydei中克隆出来长约1.8kb的Ⅱ型转座子,Tc1家族转座元件成员。Minos的转座机制与大部分转座子一样,在宿主基因组里面实行着剪切和粘贴的运作机制。Minos在转座时,偏向插入TA位点并且主要集中于内含子区域,这样可以减少对插入位置基因的影响。此外,Minos在黑腹果蝇中的转座效率约30%,并且拥有一套成熟的选择标记。因此,Minos成为我们解决非黑腹果蝇转基因技术难题的首选。 在本文的工作中,我们采用由希腊Savakis教授(希腊分子生物学与生物技术研究所)提供的Minos转基因系统,完成果蝇的转基因实验。在这套转基因系统中,非自主的转座子Minos和转座酶基因被克隆到了不同载体当中。其中Minos转座子序列中插入了由3xP3眼睛特异表达的启动子介导表达的eGFP报告基因,而转座酶基因则由热激蛋白hsp70启动子调控表达。实验过程中,我们在果蝇D. melanogaster 和D. yakuba的胚胎中分别同时显微注射入含有转座子和转座酶本实验室果蝇研究工作,主要集中在黑腹果蝇的新基因起源的研究。新基因起源的分子机制主要包括:外显子重排、基因复制、基因逆转座、移动元件介导、基因水平转移、基因从头起源、基因的断裂融合。为了阐述这些新基因的产生和它们所带来的物种适应性,我们对这些新近起源的基因进行了功能研究。但是,仅仅限于新基因所在物种的功能研究并不能完全解释新基因产生的进化原因,我们需要了解它是否能够给没有该基因的果蝇物种带来一定的适应性。例如一些生殖相关新基因,如果我们将它们转入没有该基因的果蝇,那是否能够给该果蝇带来生殖能力的提高?无论结果如何,这都为我们研究新基因的起源提供一个重要线索。由此,黑腹果蝇以外的其它果蝇物种中实现转基因成为该研究的重要技术环节。但是,实验室目前的转基因系统仅限于P转座子介导的黑腹果蝇转基因系统,因而我们需要建立一种新的转基因平台。而转座子Minos打破物种范围的转基因特性,以及它的转座特点为我们提供了选择。转座子Minos是从果蝇D. hydei中克隆出来长约1.8kb的Ⅱ型转座子,Tc1家族转座元件成员。Minos的转座机制与大部分转座子一样,在宿主基因组里面实行着剪切和粘贴的运作机制。Minos在转座时,偏向插入TA位点并且主要集中于内含子区域,这样可以减少对插入位置基因的影响。此外,Minos在黑腹果蝇中的转座效率约30%,并且拥有一套成熟的选择标记。因此,Minos成为我们解决非黑腹果蝇转基因技术难题的首选。 在本文的工作中,我们采用由希腊Savakis教授(希腊分子生物学与生物技术研究所)提供的Minos转基因系统,完成果蝇的转基因实验。在这套转基因系统中,非自主的转座子Minos和转座酶基因被克隆到了不同载体当中。其中Minos转座子序列中插入了由3xP3眼睛特异表达的启动子介导表达的eGFP报告基因,而转座酶基因则由热激蛋白hsp70启动子调控表达。实验过程中,我们在果蝇D. melanogaster 和D. yakuba的胚胎中分别同时显微注射入含有转座子和转座酶所在的质粒。转座酶在37度条件诱导下进行表达,协助Minos完成转座过程。在转基因果蝇的阳性筛选中,我们利用眼睛特异表达的绿色荧光蛋作为选择标记。并且,我们通过PCR实验进一步验证了转基因果蝇的真实性。本研究中,我们对转基因实验条件进行了初步优化。我们通过对黑腹果蝇白眼突变品系W1118和D. yakuba注射后胚胎进行保湿,对D. yakuba注射胚胎进行非退壳处理。在改进条件下W1118和D. yakuba的存活率分别为10%和3%左右。通过筛选转基因阳性果蝇,我们得出Minos在W1118和D. yakuba中的转座效率分别在32%和20%左右。我们的实验结果再一次证实了Minos在果蝇D. melanogaster中可行性。同时,该工作也初步完成了在果蝇D. yakuba 中的第一次Minos介导的转基因实验,为新基因的跨物种功能研究奠定了实验基础。在未来的工作计划中,我们将采用Minos转基因系统,把实验室目前研究的黑腹果蝇新基因导入其它物种果蝇进行功能研究。 水稻是一种重要的世界粮食作物,世界上过半的人口以水稻为主食。水稻相对别的粮食作物来讲具有较小的基因组,并且拥有较好的基因组注释,是一种理想的单子叶模式生物。植物转基因技术的发展推动着水稻功能基因组学的研究,目前水稻的转基因技术主要依赖于土壤细菌农杆菌(Agrobacterium tumefaciens)T-DNA介导的外源基因染色体插入。在自然状态下,农杆菌的T-DNA位于Ti致瘤质粒当中。它包括了一些转座元件和一些帮助T-DNA转座的毒性蛋白基因和调节基因。由于Ti质粒上的T-DNA太长,并且没有太多的酶切位点,因此自然状态的T-DNA不适合进行转基因实验。为了方便T-DNA的实际应用,研究人员创立了双载体转基因系统。T-DNA转座区被分离到出Ti载体,并且装载到另外一个适合实验操作的质粒当中,而毒性蛋白表达基因等则保留在Ti质粒上。因此,在进行T-DNA介导的转基因实验时,需要同时存在T-DNA载体和Ti质粒。 本文以“水稻注释计划数据库RAP-DB”的表达数据为参考,选择了60个高表达基因的启动子区域进行克隆。通过对T-DNA载体pCAMBIA1301 进行改造,去掉其原来的35S启动子,将预测的基因启动子克隆到该载体中并与报告基 摘要 因GUS 基因融合。通过分子克隆实验,我们得到了45个高表达基因的启动子载体。最终,为了测试这45个启动子的启动效率,我们会将它们转化到水稻愈伤组织中通过启动子融合的GUS基于表达情况来判断我们启动子的启动效率。
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To investigate effects of nitric oxide on cellular radio-sensitivity, three human glioma cell lines, i.e. A172, A172 transfected green fluorescence protein (EGFP) gene (EA172) and A172 transfected inducible nitric oxide synthesis (iNOS) gene (iA72), were irradiated by C-12(6+) ions to 0, 1 or My. Productions of nitric oxide and glutathione (GSH) in A172, EA172 and iA172 were determined by chemical methods, cell cycle was analyzed by flow cytometry at the 24th hour after irradiation, and survival fraction of the cells was measured by colorimetric MTT assay at the 5th day after irradiation. The results showed that the concentrations of nitric oxide and GSH in iA172 were significantly higher than in A172 and EA172; the G(2)/M stage arrest induced by the C-12(6+) ion irradiation was observed in A172 and EA172 but not in iA172 at the 24th hour after exposure; and the survival fraction of iA172 was higher than that of EA172 and iA172. Data suggest that the radio-sensitivity of the A172 was reduced after the iNOS gene transfection. The increase of GSH production and the change of cellular signals such as the cell cycle control induced by nitric oxide may be involved in this radio-resistance.
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目的:研究电离辐射诱导Jurkat T细胞凋亡与细胞坏死的变化规律,探讨电离辐射作用后细胞的死亡模式与机理。方法:采用Annexin V-EGFP和PI双染、流式细胞术(FCM)检测不同剂量(0.075、0.500、1.000、2.000、4.000和6.000Gy)X射线照射后Jurkat T细胞凋亡与细胞坏死的时间-效应关系和剂量-效应关系。结果:时间-效应关系,2.000Gy X射线照射后,与假照组比较,Jurkat细胞凋亡百分率在照射后18h显著增加,至24h始终维持在较高水平(P<0.001);细胞坏死百分率于照射后4h显著增加,12h达峰值,至48h始终维持在较高水平(P<0.001)。剂量-效应关系,0.075Gy X射线照射后18h,Jurkat T细胞凋亡百分率和细胞坏死百分率与假照组相比较未见明显变化(P>0.05)。2.000~6.000Gy较大剂量X射线照射后18h,细胞凋亡百分率和细胞坏死百分率与假照组比较均呈剂量依赖性增加(P<0.001)。结论:2.000Gy以上剂量X射线可以诱导Jurkat T细胞发生凋亡和坏死,细胞坏死比细胞凋亡出现时间更早,持续时间更长。