摘要
羊毛甾醇合酶催化的2,3-氧化鲨烯环化是麦角甾醇和三萜类化合物生物合成分支形成的关键位点,下调2,3-氧化鲨烯流向麦角甾醇的代谢途径可促进其流向三萜类化合物的代谢途径。有鉴于此,本研究根据酿酒酵母羊毛甾醇合酶基因(lanosterol synthase gene,erg7)序列设计引物,扩增5'长片段(包括erg7基因5'非编码区启动子序列和部分编码区序列)、5'短片段(包括erg7基因5'非编码区部分启动子序列和部分编码区序列)和erg7基因编码区片段,分别将其反向克隆到表达载体p ESC-URA上,构建反义表达质粒。用反义表达质粒转化酿酒酵母INVSc1,在营养缺陷型培养基SD-URA上筛选重组菌株。通过半定量PCR进行检测,结果表明:与INVSc1相比,转入erg7基因编码区反义片段的重组菌株内羊毛甾醇合酶基因表达量没有显著变化,而转入5'长反义片段和5'短反义片段的重组菌株内羊毛甾醇合酶基因表达量明显降低。通过TLC和HPLC方法比较麦角甾醇含量,结果表明:与INVSc1相比,转入5'短反义片段和erg7基因编码区反义片段的重组菌株内麦角甾醇含量没有显著变化,而转入5'长反义片段的重组菌株内麦角甾醇含量明显降低。本研究利用反义RNA技术抑制酿酒酵母中羊毛甾醇合酶基因的表达,为应用合成生物学技术在酿酒酵母中组建三萜类化合物代谢途径奠定了基础。
The cyclization of 2, 3-oxidosqualene is the key branch point of ergosterol and triterpenoid biosynthesis. Downregulation of 2, 3-oxidosqualene metabolic flux to ergosterol in Saccharomyces cerevisiae may redirect the metabolic flux toward the triterpenoid synthetic pathway. In our study, primers were designed according to erg7 gene sequence of S. cerevisiae. Three fragments including 5＇ long fragment, 5＇ short fragment and erg7 coding region fragment were amplified by PCR. 5＇ long fragment consists of the promoter and a part of erg7 coding region sequence. 5＇ short fragment consists of a part of promoter and a part of erg7 coding region sequence. These fragments were inserted reversely into pESC-URA to construct antisense expression plasmids. The recombinant plasmids were transformed into S. cerevisiae INVScl and recombinant strains were screened on the nutritional deficient medium SD-URA. The erg7 expression level of recombinant strains, which harbored antisense expression plasmid of erg7 coding region, was similar to that of INVScl by semi-quantitative PCR detection. But erg7 expression level of recombinant strains, which harbored 5＇ long antisense fragment and 5＇ short antisense fragment, was significantly lower than that of the control. The results of TLC and HPLC showed that the ergosterol content of recombinant strains, which harbored 5＇ long antisense fragment, decreased obviously. The ergosterol contents of the others were almost equal to that of INVSc 1. Lanosterol synthase geoJe expression was downregulated by antisense RNA technology in S. cerevisiae, which lays a foundation for reconstructing triterpenoid metabolic pathway in S. cerevisiae by synthetic biology technology.
出处
《药学学报》
CAS
CSCD
北大核心
2015年第1期118-122,共5页
Acta Pharmaceutica Sinica
基金
北京市自然科学基金资助项目(7122115)
天然药物活性物质与功能国家重点实验室自主课题
