AIM： To explore the effects of ultrasound exposure combined with microbubble contrast agent （SonoVue） on the permeability of the cellular membrane and on the expression of plasrnid DNA encoding enhanced green fluor...AIM： To explore the effects of ultrasound exposure combined with microbubble contrast agent （SonoVue） on the permeability of the cellular membrane and on the expression of plasrnid DNA encoding enhanced green fluorescent protein （pEGFP） transfer into human umbilical vein endothelial cells （HUVECs）. METHODS： HUVECs with fluorescein isothiocyanatedextran （FD500） and HUVECs with pEGFP were exposed to continuous wave （1.9 MHz, 80.0 mW/cm^2） for 5 min, with or without a SonoVue. The percentage of FD500 taken by the HUVECs and the transient expression rate of pEGFP in the HUVECs were examined by fluorescence microscopy and flow cytornetry, respectively. RESULTS： The percentage of FDS00-positive HUVECs in the group of ultrasound exposure combined with SonoVue was significantly higher than that of the group of ultrasound exposure alone （24.0%± 5.5% vs 66.6% ± 4.1%, P 〈 0.001）. Compared with the group of ultrasound exposure alone, the transfection expression rate of pEGFP in HUVECs was markedly increased with the addition of SonoVue （16.1% ± 1.9% vs 1.5% ± 0.2%, P 〈 0.001）. No statistical significant difference was observed in the HUVECs survival rates between the ultrasound group with and without the addition of SonoVue （94.1% ± 2.3% vs 91.1% ± 4.1% ）. CONCLUSION： The cell membrane permeability of HUVECs and the transfection efficiency of pEGFP into HUVECs exposed to ultrasound are significantly increased after addition of an ultrasound contrast agent without obvious damage to the survival of HUVECs. This non- invasive gene transfer method may be a useful tool for clinical gene therapy of hepatic tumors.展开更多
We have mapped the expression of the tonoplast intrinsic protein （TIP） gene family members in Arabidopsis seeds by fluorescent protein tagging of their genomic sequences and confocal microscopy. Three isoforms （TIP...We have mapped the expression of the tonoplast intrinsic protein （TIP） gene family members in Arabidopsis seeds by fluorescent protein tagging of their genomic sequences and confocal microscopy. Three isoforms （TIP1;1, TIP2;1, and TIP2;2） have distinct patterns of expression in maternal tissues （outer integument and placento-chalazal region）. Two isoforms, TIP3;1 and the previously uncharacterized TIP3;2, are the only detectable TIPs in embryos during seed maturation and the early stages of seed germination. Throughout these developmental stages, both isoforms co-locate to the tono- plast of the protein storage vacuoles, but also appear to label the plasma membrane. Plasma membrane labeling is specific to TIP3;1 and TIP3;2, is independent of the position of the fluorescent protein tag, and appears to be specific to early seed maturation and early germination stages. We discuss these results in the context of the predicted distribution of aquaporins in Arabidopsis seeds.展开更多
The highly efficient novel methods to produce transgenic chickens were established by directly in-jecting the recombinant plasmid containing green fluorescent protein (GFP) gene into the cock's testis termed as te...The highly efficient novel methods to produce transgenic chickens were established by directly in-jecting the recombinant plasmid containing green fluorescent protein (GFP) gene into the cock's testis termed as testis-medianted gene transfer (TMGT), and transplanting transfected spermatogonial stem cells (TTSSCs). For the TMGT approach,four dosages of pEGFP-N1 DNA/cationic polymer complex were injected intratesticularly. The results showed: (1) 48 h after the injection,the percentages of testis cells expressing GFP were 4.0%, 8.7%, 10.2% and 13.6% in the 50, 100, 150 and 200 μg/mL group, re-spectively. The difference from the four dosage groups was significant (P<0.05). On day 25 after the injection, a dosage-dependent and time-dependent increase in the number of transgenic sperm was observed. The percentages of gene expression reached the summit and became stable from day 70 to 160, being 12.7%, 12.8%, 15.9% and 19.1%, respectively. The difference from the four dosage groups was also significant (P<0.05). (2) 70 d after the injection, strong green fluorescent could be observed in the seminiferous tubules by whole-mount in-situ hybridization. (3) 70 d after the injection, the semen was collected and used to artificially inseminate wild-type females. The blastoderms of F1 and F2 transgenic chicken expressed GFP were 56.2% (254/452) and 53.2% (275/517), respectively. The detec-tion of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of F1 and F2 transgenic chicken blood genomic DNA showed that 56.5% (3/23) of F1 and 52.9% (9/17) of F2 were positive. Southern blot showed GFP DNA was in-serted in their genomic DNAs. (4) Frozen whole mount tissue sections of F1 and F2 transgenic chicken liver, heart, kidney and muscle showed that the rates of green fluorescent positive were between 50.0% and 66.7%. (5) With the TTSSCs method, SSCs ex vivo transfected with GFP were transplanted into recipient roosters whose endogenic SSCs had been resoluted. The donor SSCs settled and GFP ex-pression became readily detectable in the frozen whole mount展开更多
Embryogenic calli were induced from the seeds of creeping bentgrass ( Agrostis palustris Huds.) cv. Regent and colonial bentgrass ( Agrostis Tenuis Sibth. Fl. Oxen.) cv. Tiger. The embryogenic calli were precult...Embryogenic calli were induced from the seeds of creeping bentgrass ( Agrostis palustris Huds.) cv. Regent and colonial bentgrass ( Agrostis Tenuis Sibth. Fl. Oxen.) cv. Tiger. The embryogenic calli were precultured on fresh medium for 4-7 days and then co cultivated with Agrobacterium tumefaciens , LBA4404, which contains plasmid vector pSBGM harboring bar coding region, synthetic green fluorescent protein (sGFP) coding region and matrix attachment region (MAR). After 3 days of co cultivation, the calli were washed thoroughly and transferred to MS medium containing 2 mg/L of 2, 4 D, 12-15 mg/L phosphinothricin (PPT) and 250 mg/L of cefotaxime. After 2-3 months of selection, the actively growing calli of 'Regent' and 'Tiger' were transferred to MS medium with 12-15 mg/L PPT and 250 mg/L cefotaxime for regeneration. The putative transformants were maintained on MS medium with 3 mg/L PPT for long period but control died within 1 month. After establishing in greenhouse, the transformants also showed strong resistance to 0.4% of herbicide Basta but control plants died within 2 weeks. Under confocal microscope, both young leaves and roots showed significant GFP expression. PCR analysis revealed the presence of a DNA fragment of GFP gene at the expected size (380 bp) in the transformants and its absence in a randomly selected control plant.展开更多
Marine-derived Bacillus strains have been proved to be a very promising source for natural product leads.However,transformation of environmental strains is much more difficult than that of domesticated strains.Here,we...Marine-derived Bacillus strains have been proved to be a very promising source for natural product leads.However,transformation of environmental strains is much more difficult than that of domesticated strains.Here,we report the development of an efficient and robust electroporation-based transformation system for marine-derived Bacillus marinus B-9987,which is a macrolactin antibiotics producer and a very promising biological control agent against fungal plant diseases.The transformation efficiency was greatly enhanced 103-fold by using unmethylated plasmid to bypass modification-restriction barrier,and using glycine betaine to protect cells from electrical damages during electroporation.Addition of HEPES and 2 mmol L?1MgCl2 further improved the efficiency by additional 2-fold,with a maximum value of 7.1×104 cfu/μg pHT3101.To demonstrate the feasibility and efficiency of the protocol,a green fluorescent protein reporter system was constructed;furthermore,phosphopantetheinyl transferase gene sfp,which is essential to the biosynthesis of polyketides and nonribosomal peptides,was overexpressed in B-9987,leading to increased production of macrolactin A by about 1.6-fold.In addition,this protocol is also applicable to marine-derived Bacillus licheniforms EI-34-6,indicating it could be a reference for other undomesticated Bacillus strains.To our knowledge,this is the first report regarding the transformation of marine-derived Bacillus strain.展开更多
Mitophagy(mitochondrial autophagy)in hepatocytes is an essential quality control mechanism that removes for lysosomal digestion damaged,effete and superfluous mitochondria.Mitophagy has distinct variants.In type 1 mit...Mitophagy(mitochondrial autophagy)in hepatocytes is an essential quality control mechanism that removes for lysosomal digestion damaged,effete and superfluous mitochondria.Mitophagy has distinct variants.In type 1 mitophagy,typical of nutrient deprivation,cup-shaped sequestration membranes(phagophores)grow,surround and sequester individual mitochondria into mitophagosomes,often in coordination with mitochondrial fission.After sequestration,the outer compartment of the mitophagosome acidifies and the entrapped mitochondrion depolarizes,followed by fusion with lysosomes.By contrast,mitochondrial depolarization stimulates type 2 mitophagy,which is characterized by coalescence of autophagic microtubule-associated protein 1A/1B-light chain 3(LC3)-containing structures on mitochondrial surfaces without the formation of a phagophore or mitochondrial fission.Oppositely to type 1 mitophagy,the inhibition of phosphoinositide-3-kinase(PI3K)does not block type 2 mitophagy.In type 3 mitophagy,or micromitophagy,mitochondria-derived vesicles(MDVs)enriched in oxidized proteins bud off from mitochondrial inner and outer membranes and incorporate into multivesicular bodies by vesicle scission into the lumen.In response to ethanol feeding,widespread ethanol-induced hepatocellular mitochondrial depolarization occurs to facilitate hepatic ethanol metabolism.As a consequence,type 2 mitophagy develops in response to the mitochondrial depolarization.After chronic high ethanol feeding,processing of depolarized mitochondria by mitophagy becomes compromised,leading to release of mitochondrial damage-associated molecular patterns(mtDAMPs)that promote inflammatory and profibrogenic responses.We propose that the persistence of mitochondrial responses for acute ethanol metabolism links initial adaptive ethanol metabolism to mitophagy and then to chronic maladaptive changes initiating onset and the progression of alcoholic liver disease(ALD).展开更多
Background:Transmembrane 4 L six family member 5(TM4SF5)translocates subcellularly and functions metabolically,although it is unclear how intracellu-lar TM4SF5 translocation is linked to metabolic contexts.It is thus ...Background:Transmembrane 4 L six family member 5(TM4SF5)translocates subcellularly and functions metabolically,although it is unclear how intracellu-lar TM4SF5 translocation is linked to metabolic contexts.It is thus of interests to understand how the traffic dynamics of TM4SF5 to subcellular endosomal membranes are correlated to regulatory roles of metabolisms.Methods:Here,we explored the metabolic significance of TM4SF5 localization at mitochondria-lysosome contact sites(MLCSs),using in vitro cells and in vivo animal systems,via approaches by immunofluorescence,proximity labelling based proteomics analysis,organelle reconstitution etc.Results:Upon extracellular glucose repletion following depletion,TM4SF5 became enriched at MLCSs via an interaction between mitochondrial FK506-binding protein 8(FKBP8)and lysosomal TM4SF5.Proximity labeling showed molecular clustering of phospho-dynamic-related protein I(DRP1)and certain mitophagy receptors at TM4SF5-enriched MLCSs,leading to mitochondrial fis-sion and autophagy.TM4SF5 bound NPC intracellular cholesterol transporter 1(NPC1)and free cholesterol,and mediated export of lysosomal cholesterol to mitochondria,leading to impaired oxidative phosphorylation but intact tri-carboxylic acid(TCA)cycle andβ-oxidation.In mouse models,hepatocyte Tm4sf5 promoted mitophagy and cholesterol transport to mitochondria,both with positive relations to liver malignancy.Conclusions:Our findings suggested that TM4SF5-enriched MLCSs regu-late glucose catabolism by facilitating cholesterol export for mitochondrial reprogramming,presumably while hepatocellular carcinogenesis,recapitulating aspects for hepatocellular carcinoma metabolism with mitochondrial repro-gramming to support biomolecule synthesis in addition to glycolytic energetics.展开更多
To establish a rapid quantification method for heparinase I during its production in recombinant Escherichia coli, a translational fusion vector was constructed by fusing the N terminus of heparinase I to the C termin...To establish a rapid quantification method for heparinase I during its production in recombinant Escherichia coli, a translational fusion vector was constructed by fusing the N terminus of heparinase I to the C terminus of a green fluorescent protein mutant （GFPmutl）. As a result, not only was the functional recombinant expression of heparinase I in E. coli accomplished, but also a linear correlation was obtained between the GFP fluorescence intensity and heparinase I activity, allowing enzyme activity to be quantified rapidly during the fermentation.展开更多
[Objective] The research aimed to construct the fusion protein expression vector of α-galactosidase-EGFP （enhanced green fluorescent protein） in cucumber controlled by CaMV35S promoter.[Method] CaMV35S promoter seq...[Objective] The research aimed to construct the fusion protein expression vector of α-galactosidase-EGFP （enhanced green fluorescent protein） in cucumber controlled by CaMV35S promoter.[Method] CaMV35S promoter sequence and the coding region of EGFP were amplified by polymerase chain reactions （PCR） with vector pCambia 1303 as the template.Using reverse transcript PCR technology,with total RNAs of cucumber as template,the coding region of acid α-galactosidase Ⅰ in cucumber was amplified.The above three fragments were inserted into the multiple cloning sites of expression vector pCambia 1381c.The fusion expression vector of α-galactosidase-EGFP located at the C-terminal of the target genes was constructed.[Result] After enzyme digestion and sequencing,the fusion expression of α-galactosidase-EGFP in cucumber was constructed successfully.[Conclusion] The research laid the experimental basis for further study on the subcellular localization of α-galactosidase in cucumber.展开更多
基金Supported by grants from the Nationl Natural Scientific Foundation of China, No.30300082, 30470467, and Scientific Foundation Committee of Guangdong Province, China, No.04009360
文摘AIM： To explore the effects of ultrasound exposure combined with microbubble contrast agent （SonoVue） on the permeability of the cellular membrane and on the expression of plasrnid DNA encoding enhanced green fluorescent protein （pEGFP） transfer into human umbilical vein endothelial cells （HUVECs）. METHODS： HUVECs with fluorescein isothiocyanatedextran （FD500） and HUVECs with pEGFP were exposed to continuous wave （1.9 MHz, 80.0 mW/cm^2） for 5 min, with or without a SonoVue. The percentage of FD500 taken by the HUVECs and the transient expression rate of pEGFP in the HUVECs were examined by fluorescence microscopy and flow cytornetry, respectively. RESULTS： The percentage of FDS00-positive HUVECs in the group of ultrasound exposure combined with SonoVue was significantly higher than that of the group of ultrasound exposure alone （24.0%± 5.5% vs 66.6% ± 4.1%, P 〈 0.001）. Compared with the group of ultrasound exposure alone, the transfection expression rate of pEGFP in HUVECs was markedly increased with the addition of SonoVue （16.1% ± 1.9% vs 1.5% ± 0.2%, P 〈 0.001）. No statistical significant difference was observed in the HUVECs survival rates between the ultrasound group with and without the addition of SonoVue （94.1% ± 2.3% vs 91.1% ± 4.1% ）. CONCLUSION： The cell membrane permeability of HUVECs and the transfection efficiency of pEGFP into HUVECs exposed to ultrasound are significantly increased after addition of an ultrasound contrast agent without obvious damage to the survival of HUVECs. This non- invasive gene transfer method may be a useful tool for clinical gene therapy of hepatic tumors.
文摘We have mapped the expression of the tonoplast intrinsic protein （TIP） gene family members in Arabidopsis seeds by fluorescent protein tagging of their genomic sequences and confocal microscopy. Three isoforms （TIP1;1, TIP2;1, and TIP2;2） have distinct patterns of expression in maternal tissues （outer integument and placento-chalazal region）. Two isoforms, TIP3;1 and the previously uncharacterized TIP3;2, are the only detectable TIPs in embryos during seed maturation and the early stages of seed germination. Throughout these developmental stages, both isoforms co-locate to the tono- plast of the protein storage vacuoles, but also appear to label the plasma membrane. Plasma membrane labeling is specific to TIP3;1 and TIP3;2, is independent of the position of the fluorescent protein tag, and appears to be specific to early seed maturation and early germination stages. We discuss these results in the context of the predicted distribution of aquaporins in Arabidopsis seeds.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.30430030)Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education(Grant No.20061117004)
文摘The highly efficient novel methods to produce transgenic chickens were established by directly in-jecting the recombinant plasmid containing green fluorescent protein (GFP) gene into the cock's testis termed as testis-medianted gene transfer (TMGT), and transplanting transfected spermatogonial stem cells (TTSSCs). For the TMGT approach,four dosages of pEGFP-N1 DNA/cationic polymer complex were injected intratesticularly. The results showed: (1) 48 h after the injection,the percentages of testis cells expressing GFP were 4.0%, 8.7%, 10.2% and 13.6% in the 50, 100, 150 and 200 μg/mL group, re-spectively. The difference from the four dosage groups was significant (P<0.05). On day 25 after the injection, a dosage-dependent and time-dependent increase in the number of transgenic sperm was observed. The percentages of gene expression reached the summit and became stable from day 70 to 160, being 12.7%, 12.8%, 15.9% and 19.1%, respectively. The difference from the four dosage groups was also significant (P<0.05). (2) 70 d after the injection, strong green fluorescent could be observed in the seminiferous tubules by whole-mount in-situ hybridization. (3) 70 d after the injection, the semen was collected and used to artificially inseminate wild-type females. The blastoderms of F1 and F2 transgenic chicken expressed GFP were 56.2% (254/452) and 53.2% (275/517), respectively. The detec-tion of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) of F1 and F2 transgenic chicken blood genomic DNA showed that 56.5% (3/23) of F1 and 52.9% (9/17) of F2 were positive. Southern blot showed GFP DNA was in-serted in their genomic DNAs. (4) Frozen whole mount tissue sections of F1 and F2 transgenic chicken liver, heart, kidney and muscle showed that the rates of green fluorescent positive were between 50.0% and 66.7%. (5) With the TTSSCs method, SSCs ex vivo transfected with GFP were transplanted into recipient roosters whose endogenic SSCs had been resoluted. The donor SSCs settled and GFP ex-pression became readily detectable in the frozen whole mount
文摘Embryogenic calli were induced from the seeds of creeping bentgrass ( Agrostis palustris Huds.) cv. Regent and colonial bentgrass ( Agrostis Tenuis Sibth. Fl. Oxen.) cv. Tiger. The embryogenic calli were precultured on fresh medium for 4-7 days and then co cultivated with Agrobacterium tumefaciens , LBA4404, which contains plasmid vector pSBGM harboring bar coding region, synthetic green fluorescent protein (sGFP) coding region and matrix attachment region (MAR). After 3 days of co cultivation, the calli were washed thoroughly and transferred to MS medium containing 2 mg/L of 2, 4 D, 12-15 mg/L phosphinothricin (PPT) and 250 mg/L of cefotaxime. After 2-3 months of selection, the actively growing calli of 'Regent' and 'Tiger' were transferred to MS medium with 12-15 mg/L PPT and 250 mg/L cefotaxime for regeneration. The putative transformants were maintained on MS medium with 3 mg/L PPT for long period but control died within 1 month. After establishing in greenhouse, the transformants also showed strong resistance to 0.4% of herbicide Basta but control plants died within 2 weeks. Under confocal microscope, both young leaves and roots showed significant GFP expression. PCR analysis revealed the presence of a DNA fragment of GFP gene at the expected size (380 bp) in the transformants and its absence in a randomly selected control plant.
基金supported by grants from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (31070072,31171201)the Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University (NCET-0900717)partially supported by the National Key Technologies Research and Development Program (2011BAE06B04)
文摘Marine-derived Bacillus strains have been proved to be a very promising source for natural product leads.However,transformation of environmental strains is much more difficult than that of domesticated strains.Here,we report the development of an efficient and robust electroporation-based transformation system for marine-derived Bacillus marinus B-9987,which is a macrolactin antibiotics producer and a very promising biological control agent against fungal plant diseases.The transformation efficiency was greatly enhanced 103-fold by using unmethylated plasmid to bypass modification-restriction barrier,and using glycine betaine to protect cells from electrical damages during electroporation.Addition of HEPES and 2 mmol L?1MgCl2 further improved the efficiency by additional 2-fold,with a maximum value of 7.1×104 cfu/μg pHT3101.To demonstrate the feasibility and efficiency of the protocol,a green fluorescent protein reporter system was constructed;furthermore,phosphopantetheinyl transferase gene sfp,which is essential to the biosynthesis of polyketides and nonribosomal peptides,was overexpressed in B-9987,leading to increased production of macrolactin A by about 1.6-fold.In addition,this protocol is also applicable to marine-derived Bacillus licheniforms EI-34-6,indicating it could be a reference for other undomesticated Bacillus strains.To our knowledge,this is the first report regarding the transformation of marine-derived Bacillus strain.
基金This work was supported,in part,by Grants AA025379,AA021191,AA022815,and DK073336 from the USA National Institutes of Health(NIH).Imaging facilities were supported,in part,by P30 CA138313 and 1S10OD018113.
文摘Mitophagy(mitochondrial autophagy)in hepatocytes is an essential quality control mechanism that removes for lysosomal digestion damaged,effete and superfluous mitochondria.Mitophagy has distinct variants.In type 1 mitophagy,typical of nutrient deprivation,cup-shaped sequestration membranes(phagophores)grow,surround and sequester individual mitochondria into mitophagosomes,often in coordination with mitochondrial fission.After sequestration,the outer compartment of the mitophagosome acidifies and the entrapped mitochondrion depolarizes,followed by fusion with lysosomes.By contrast,mitochondrial depolarization stimulates type 2 mitophagy,which is characterized by coalescence of autophagic microtubule-associated protein 1A/1B-light chain 3(LC3)-containing structures on mitochondrial surfaces without the formation of a phagophore or mitochondrial fission.Oppositely to type 1 mitophagy,the inhibition of phosphoinositide-3-kinase(PI3K)does not block type 2 mitophagy.In type 3 mitophagy,or micromitophagy,mitochondria-derived vesicles(MDVs)enriched in oxidized proteins bud off from mitochondrial inner and outer membranes and incorporate into multivesicular bodies by vesicle scission into the lumen.In response to ethanol feeding,widespread ethanol-induced hepatocellular mitochondrial depolarization occurs to facilitate hepatic ethanol metabolism.As a consequence,type 2 mitophagy develops in response to the mitochondrial depolarization.After chronic high ethanol feeding,processing of depolarized mitochondria by mitophagy becomes compromised,leading to release of mitochondrial damage-associated molecular patterns(mtDAMPs)that promote inflammatory and profibrogenic responses.We propose that the persistence of mitochondrial responses for acute ethanol metabolism links initial adaptive ethanol metabolism to mitophagy and then to chronic maladaptive changes initiating onset and the progression of alcoholic liver disease(ALD).
基金This work was supported by Basic Science Research Pro-gram through the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF)funded by the Ministry of Science,ICT&Future Planning(NRF-2021R1A6A3A01087300 to JEK,NRF-2021M3H9A2098553 to YL,NRF-2022M3E5F3080873 to SC,NRF-2022R1A4A1018900 to LKH,NRF-2020R1A2C3008993,and NRF-2021M3A9D3024752 to JWL).
文摘Background:Transmembrane 4 L six family member 5(TM4SF5)translocates subcellularly and functions metabolically,although it is unclear how intracellu-lar TM4SF5 translocation is linked to metabolic contexts.It is thus of interests to understand how the traffic dynamics of TM4SF5 to subcellular endosomal membranes are correlated to regulatory roles of metabolisms.Methods:Here,we explored the metabolic significance of TM4SF5 localization at mitochondria-lysosome contact sites(MLCSs),using in vitro cells and in vivo animal systems,via approaches by immunofluorescence,proximity labelling based proteomics analysis,organelle reconstitution etc.Results:Upon extracellular glucose repletion following depletion,TM4SF5 became enriched at MLCSs via an interaction between mitochondrial FK506-binding protein 8(FKBP8)and lysosomal TM4SF5.Proximity labeling showed molecular clustering of phospho-dynamic-related protein I(DRP1)and certain mitophagy receptors at TM4SF5-enriched MLCSs,leading to mitochondrial fis-sion and autophagy.TM4SF5 bound NPC intracellular cholesterol transporter 1(NPC1)and free cholesterol,and mediated export of lysosomal cholesterol to mitochondria,leading to impaired oxidative phosphorylation but intact tri-carboxylic acid(TCA)cycle andβ-oxidation.In mouse models,hepatocyte Tm4sf5 promoted mitophagy and cholesterol transport to mitochondria,both with positive relations to liver malignancy.Conclusions:Our findings suggested that TM4SF5-enriched MLCSs regu-late glucose catabolism by facilitating cholesterol export for mitochondrial reprogramming,presumably while hepatocellular carcinogenesis,recapitulating aspects for hepatocellular carcinoma metabolism with mitochondrial repro-gramming to support biomolecule synthesis in addition to glycolytic energetics.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.20336010 and No.20176025).
文摘To establish a rapid quantification method for heparinase I during its production in recombinant Escherichia coli, a translational fusion vector was constructed by fusing the N terminus of heparinase I to the C terminus of a green fluorescent protein mutant （GFPmutl）. As a result, not only was the functional recombinant expression of heparinase I in E. coli accomplished, but also a linear correlation was obtained between the GFP fluorescence intensity and heparinase I activity, allowing enzyme activity to be quantified rapidly during the fermentation.
基金Supported by National Basic Research Program of China( 2009CB119000)National Natural Science Foundation(30871721)~~
文摘[Objective] The research aimed to construct the fusion protein expression vector of α-galactosidase-EGFP （enhanced green fluorescent protein） in cucumber controlled by CaMV35S promoter.[Method] CaMV35S promoter sequence and the coding region of EGFP were amplified by polymerase chain reactions （PCR） with vector pCambia 1303 as the template.Using reverse transcript PCR technology,with total RNAs of cucumber as template,the coding region of acid α-galactosidase Ⅰ in cucumber was amplified.The above three fragments were inserted into the multiple cloning sites of expression vector pCambia 1381c.The fusion expression vector of α-galactosidase-EGFP located at the C-terminal of the target genes was constructed.[Result] After enzyme digestion and sequencing,the fusion expression of α-galactosidase-EGFP in cucumber was constructed successfully.[Conclusion] The research laid the experimental basis for further study on the subcellular localization of α-galactosidase in cucumber.
