Isolation and cDNA cloning of cholecystokinin from the skin of Rana nigrovittata

Many neuroendocrine peptides that are distributed in amphibian gastrointestinal tract and central nervous system are also found in amphibian skins, and these peptides are classified into skin-gut-brain triangle peptides, such as bombesins, gastrin-releasi

Novel cathelicidin-derived antimicrobial peptides from Equus asinus

In the present study, EA-CATH1 and EA-CATH2 were identified from a constructed lung cDNA library of donkey (Equus asinus) as members of cathelicidin-derived antimicrobial peptides, using a nested PCR-based cloning strategy. Composed of 25 and 26 residues, respectively, EA-CATH1 and EA-CATH2 are smaller than most other cathelicidins and have no sequence homology to other cathelicidins identified to date. Chemically synthesized EA-CATH1 exerted potent antimicrobial activity against most of the 32 strains of bacteria and fungi tested, especially the clinically isolated drug-resistant strains, and minimal inhibitory concentration values against Gram-positive bacteria were mostly in the range of 0.3-2.4 mu g center dot mL-1. EA-CATH1 showed an extraordinary serum stability and no haemolytic activity against human erythrocytes in a dose up to 20 mu g center dot mL-1. CD spectra showed that EA-CATH1 mainly adopts an alpha-helical conformation in a 50% trifluoroethanol/water solution, but a random coil in aqueous solution. Scanning electron microscope observations of Staphylococcus aureus (ATCC2592) treated with EA-CATH1 demonstrated that EA-CATH could cause rapid disruption of the bacterial membrane, and in turn lead to cell lysis. This might explain the much faster killing kinetics of EA-CATH1 than conventional antibiotics revealed by killing kinetics data. In the presence of CaCl2, EA-CATH1 exerted haemagglutination activity, which might potentiate an inhibition against the bacterial polyprotein interaction with the host erythrocyte surface, thereby possibly restricting bacterial colonization and spread.

A horsefly saliva antigen 5-like protein containing RTS motif is an angiogenesis inhibitor

The Ag5 proteins are the most abundant and immunogenic proteins in the venom secretory ducts of stinging insects. An antigen 5-like protein (named tabRTS) composed of 221 amino acid residues was purified and characterized from the salivary glands of the horsefly, Tabanus yao (Diptera, Tabanidae). Its cDNA was cloned from the cDNA library of the horsefly's salivary gland. TabRTS containing the SCP domain (Sc7 family of extracellular protein domain) was found in insect antigen 5 proteins. More interestingly, there is an Arg-Thr-Ser (RTS) disintegrin motif at the C-terminus of tabRTS. The RTS motif is positioned in a loop bracketed by cysteine residues as those found in RTS-disintegrins of Crotalidae and Viperidae snake venoms, which act as angiogenesis inhibitors. Endothelial Cell Tube formation assay in vitro and chicken chorioallantoic membrane (CAM) angiogenesis assay in vivo were performed as to investigate the effect of tabRTS on angiogenesis. It was found that tabRTS could significantly inhibit angiogenesis in vitro and in vivo. Anti-alpha(1)beta(1) monoclonal antibody could dose-dependently inhibit the anti-angiogenic activity of tabRTS. This result indicated that tabRTS possibly targets the alpha(1)beta(1) integrin to exert the anti-angiogenic activity as snake venom RTS-/KTS-disintegrins do. The current work revealed the first angiogenesis inhibitor protein containing RTS motif from invertebrates, a possible novel type of RTS-disintegrin. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

利用修饰的随机引物构建非洲爪蟾酵母双杂交定向cDNA文库

描述了一种新的构建cDNA文库的方法,其中用来合成cDNA第一链的随机引物5'-端被加上碱基d(AC),在cDNA双链合成后所添加的连接头的末端含有碱基d(GTCG).在cDNA舣链3'-端,连接头连接上后会形成一个完整的Sall酶切位点d(GTCGAC),而在5'-端几乎不会形成Sall位点.在Sall酶切后利用形成的3'-粘性末端与5'-EcoRI粘性末端一起将cDNA双链定向导入线性化的质粒载体,再通过转化细菌获得cDNA文库.利用此方法构建了一个不同发育时期非洲爪蟾胚胎酵母双杂交cDNA文库.检测了文库中空载体的比例,插入片段大小和不同基因的表达水平几个指标,都符合预期,但是同时发现定位于mRNA的3'-端的插入片段比例比较低.这种倾向性符合文献报道,应该是实验系统的倾向性,不影响进一步的酵母双杂交实验.这些数据证明成功地构建了定向非洲爪蟾酵母双杂交cDNA文库.

Aniracetam restores the effects of amyloid-beta protein or ageing on membrane fluidity and intracellular calcium concentration in mice synaptosomes

In the present study, we observed the in vitro effect of aniracetam on membrane fluidity and free calcium concentrations (Ca(2+)i) of frontal cortical (FC) and hippocampal (HP) synaptosomes of aged mice and young mice treated with amyloid-beta protein (A

中国株丙型肝炎病毒(HCV)感染猕猴后5^NTR-C区基因组的cDNA序列分析

从2份受丙型肝炎病毒(HCV)感染的献血员血清(CX1、CX2)、第一代感染HCV猕猴血清(CX3)、第二代感染HCV猕猴血清(CX4)中提取RNA, 用自行设计的HCV 5^非编码区和核心区C5^NTR-C区引物进行逆转录PCR, 经扩增克隆并序列分析, 结果显示: CX1 cDNA全长779bp, CX2 cDNA 778bp, CX3 cDNA 776bp, CX4 cDNA 777bp。CX1株和CX4株均在5^NTR nt-216有一C的插入, CX3和CX4区nt385-387处的3个碱基缺失; CX1株与CX2、CX3、CX4比较同源性分别为98.07%、96.15%、95.25%; CX2与CX3、CX4的同源性分别为96.28%、95.76%; CX3与CX4的同源性为97.56%。

山溪鲵皮肤β-microseminoprotein样蛋白的分离纯化及其cDNA克隆

从山溪鲵(Batrachuperus pachunii)皮肤匀浆液中经过Sephadex G-50凝胶过滤、AKTA(R)Resource Q阴离子柱和反向高压液相C4柱分离纯化得到相对分子质量为12 000的蛋白.利用其N端氨基酸序列设计引物,从山溪鲵皮肤的cDNA中克隆并筛选到该蛋白的cDNA序列.该cDNA序列的开放阅读框为339 bp,编码113个氨基酸残基组成的蛋白.在BLAST数据库搜寻比对分析表明,该蛋白的氨基酸序列与来自人类及其他哺乳动物β-microseminoprotein蛋白具有约40%的序列同源性.这也是首次在两栖类动物皮肤中确认β-microseminoprotein.初级结构分析表明,该蛋白属于亲水性蛋白;多重序列比较显示,其氨基酸序列中的10个半胱氨酸位点及15个其他氨基酸位点与高等脊椎动物β-microseminoprotein中同种氨基酸有相同的位点.由此推测该蛋白属于β-microseminoprotein家族.

腐生型眼虫Astasia longa 两种TIM 同工酶cDNA的克隆和分析

　利用3′2 RACE 和5′2 RACE 技术, 从腐生型眼虫长变胞藻( Astasia longa) 克隆了磷酸丙糖异构酶 ( TIM) 的两个同工酶cDNA 全序列。分析表明: 它们分别编码定位于细胞质的胞质型TIM (cTIM) 和定位于质 体的质体型TIM (p TIM) ; 后者的N 端具有引导该酶定位到质体中去的典型“前导序列”。根据这些事实我们推 测腐生型眼虫A . longa 质体中可能存在功能性的TIM , 并进一步认为该质体可能不只是一般意义上的“叶绿体 退化的残迹”, 而仍是一种至少有TIM 参与其代谢活动的功能性细胞器[动物学报50 (3) : 414 - 419 , 2004 ] 。

树鼩细胞周期蛋白T1 cDNA的克隆和序列分析

树鼩细胞不能感染 HIV-1, 但支持 HIV-1进入靶细胞后的转录, 可能是因为树鼩细胞周期蛋白T1(tsCycT1)能结合HIV-1的 Tat 蛋白. 通过设计引物, 用 RT-PCR 技术, 获得全长为2175bpts CycT1 基因的cD NA. 其核苷酸序列与人的 CycT1(hCycT1) 基因的 cDNA 有92.6%的相似性; 由此推导出的氨基酸序列有94.1%相似性. 其中, hCycT1 和 tsCycT1 氨基端的1～272个氨基酸的相似性高达98.8%, 氨基酸第261位点为半胱氨酸. 这些结果提示, tsCycT1 会和 HIV-1 的 Tat 结合, 形成高亲和的、锌依赖的复合物, 支持 HIV-1转录。

盐胁迫下杜氏盐藻(Dunaliella salina)cDNA文库的构建与新表达序列标签(EST)的获取、分析

在成功养殖杜氏盐藻(Dunaliella salina)的基础上,采用Takara cDNA文库构建试剂盒,构建盐胁迫下(1.5 mol/L NaCl)杜氏盐藻的cDNA文库.经鉴定,原始文库的滴度达1.2×106cfu/mL,重组率高达95%,且多数插入片段均在500 bp以上.对表达序列标签(expressed sequence tag,EST)分析发现,杜氏盐藻基因组中包含大量未鉴定的新基因.随机挑取60个单克隆进行序列测定,将所测序列经Blast比对等生物信息学方法分析后,发现其中三分之一,即20

稀有鮈鲫脑芳香化酶cDNA片段的克隆与表达分析

芳香化酶(P450arom)是雌激素合成过程中的关键酶,在性别分化中起重要作用。鱼类存在卵巢性和脑型两种芳香化酶,分别由Cyp19a和Cyp19b编码。稀有鮈鲫作为我国特有的实验动物,尚无其芳香化酶的有关资料,其性别分化机制亦不清楚。本研究采用RT-PCR的方法以简并引物扩增了稀有鮈鲫脑型芳香化酶基因Cyp19b的部分序列,其长度为1070bp,编码357个氨基酸残基,具有典型的芳香化酶结构域。RT-PCR分析发现该基因主要在稀有鮈鲫的脑中表达,在性腺、肠、肾中也有表达;其在雌、雄脑中的表达差异不显著。在

鲫鱼低氧相关基因差减cDNA文库的构建与分析

鲫鱼对低氧具有极强的耐受性。在低氧状态下鲫鱼鳃瓣表面积增加,无氧代谢增强,能量消耗降低。但是人们对鲫鱼产生这些低氧反应的分子机理还缺乏了解。本研究以1%低氧处理24h的鲫鱼囊胚细胞(CAB)作为检测子(Tester),常氧条件下培养的CAB细胞作为驱赶子(Driver),分别提取总RNA,利用SMART cDNA技术合成双链cDNA,经差减杂交和抑制性PCR扩增获得差减PCR产物。然后将差减PCR产物连接到pGEM-T载体上,构建差减cDNA文库。以管家基因β-actin作为指标检测差减效率,发现该文库差

黄鳝cGnRH-Ⅱ的cDNA克隆与序列分析

促性腺激素释放激素(Gonadotropin-releasing hormone,GnRH)是一个保守的十肽神经家族激素,在脊椎动物的性腺发育和繁殖功能的维持方面起着重要的调控作用。本文通过运用RACE和RT-PCR方法,从黄鳝脑组织中克隆得到cGnRH-ⅡcDNA全序列,其核苷酸序列长度为617bp。该cDNA编码的cGnRH-Ⅱ的前体氨基酸序列结构组成与其他物种的cGnRH-Ⅱ前体结构一致,其推导的蛋白前体长度为83个氨基酸,包括一个信号肽、cGnRH-Ⅱ十肽和一个由蛋白水解位点(Gly-Lys-Ar

嗜水气单胞菌感染的中华鳖主要器官差减cDNA文库的构建

以致病性嗜水气单胞菌(Aeromonas hydrophila)人工感染的中华鳖(Trionyx sinensis)肝、脾、肾组织为材料,应用抑制性差减杂交(SSH)技术,构建了嗜水气单胞菌感染组织的差减cDNA文库。以中华鳖管家基因-βactin作为差减指标检测该文库差减效率达210倍,表明感染细菌后某些差异表达基因得到了相应倍数的富集。将获得的cDNA片段连接到pMD18-T载体并转化大肠杆菌DH5α感受态细胞。PCR阳性检测显示差减片段在150—800bp之间。该差减cDNA文库的构建为快速分离和鉴