基于脂质体的纳米基因载体的研究进展

基因治疗是指将外源基因导入目标细胞,用以修正因基因缺陷和异常导致的疾病,达到治疗疾病的目的。 外源基因在细胞中高效、持续地表达是基因治疗成功的关键,这与载体的选择息息相关。 随着科技的发展,脂质体纳米复合物作为基因载体受到人们广泛关注,其具有功能多样、易于修饰、生物相容性好、转染效率高等优点。 本文介绍了脂质体的结构特点,并对磁性纳米、金纳米、量子点、壳聚糖、上转换纳米与脂质体的复合物作为基因载体进行综述和展望。     

聚酰胺-胺型树枝状大分子及其衍生物在基因传递中的应用

基因治疗通过基因载体将治病基因导入病患的特异细胞以治疗心血管、神经系统疾病和癌症等。寻找安全高效的非病毒基因载体一直是基因治疗以及生物材料领域中的前沿课题。聚酰胺-胺型(PAMAM)树枝状高分子作为一类三维的、结构高度有序的新型载体,由于具有安全性好、易于修饰、携带外源基因容量大等特点,已经引起了广泛的关注。但是另一方面,合成步骤相对繁琐、后期产物纯化困难以及转染效率相对较低等问题限制了这类载体的进一步发展。本文结合本课题组的研究情况,针对如何提高PAMAM的转染效率以及增强其基因传递的靶向性等相关问题,对近几年在PAMAM树枝状分子修饰改性方面所做的一些有意义的工作进行了综述,并对前景进行了展望。     

阳离子聚合物基因转染载体的研究进展

安全有效的基因载体是实现基因治疗的必要条件,由于阳离子聚合物易于合成和改性,无免疫原性,可以方便地与DNA形成紧密的超分子复合物,保护DNA免受核酸酶的降解,并促进其进入细胞,从而成为非病毒基因载体中的一个重要类型;但阳离子聚合物基因载体,对细胞具有电荷相关的毒性,转染效率低于病毒载体,这成为限制其进入临床使用的瓶颈.本文从提高阳离子聚合物作为基因载体时的转染效率及降低其毒性方面综述了阳离子聚合物基因载体的研究进展,归纳了改善阳离子聚合物基因载体转染特性的八种方法,预测了阳离子聚合物基因载体的发展前景.     

以光诱导Fenton反应控制M-PEIs纳米凝胶的粒径

基因治疗,就是将正常基因导入体内以弥补缺失或替换突变基因来医治囊性纤维化和血友病等[1]多种疾病.而制备高效安全的基因转染载体至今仍是基因治疗的一个瓶颈.非病毒类载体的基因转染效率目前虽不高,但由于其具有低毒、低免疫反应、无基因插入片断大小限制、制备方便、易保存     

pH敏感基因载体的研究现状

基因治疗正成为遗传病、癌症等疾病的有效治疗方法. 基因治疗实现的最大挑战是开发安全有效的基因运载载体以将目的基因从血液运送到细胞质或细胞核. 目前, 常用的基因治疗载体有病毒载体和非病毒载体. 非病毒载体由于安全性好, 易于合成, 易于修饰而得到了更为广泛的研究. 其中pH敏感载体作为功能性非病毒载体, 不仅安全性高, 而且有更好的体内基因转染效率, 为非病毒性载体在临床上的应用开辟了广阔的前景. 本文主要从pH敏感脂质和pH敏感聚合物两方面对pH敏感基因载体进行简要综述, 介绍了该两类载体的构建方法及其对基因的运载机制.     

非病毒性基因载体的合成研究

基因治疗是一种有效的治疗先天性遗传性疾病以及后天获得性疾病的手段。它通过激发细胞的生物活性或者抑制细胞非正常的功能来治疗或者预防疾病的发生,例如细胞的基因紊乱,细胞的无序增殖。目前基因治疗所面临的问题是缺乏有效的基因递送载体。基因载体主要分为病毒性基因载体和非病毒性基因载体。与病毒性基因载体相比,非病毒性基因载体具有毒性小、安全性高、易于制备、能够荷载分子量大的DNA等优点。本文综述了非病毒性基因载体的合成研究进展。     

基于环糊精构建的基因载体进展

安全有效的基因载体对于基因治疗有着重要的潜在价值。相对于病毒性基因载体,化学合成的载体具有低免疫原性,易于大规模生产和生产成本较低的特性,因而受到越来越多的关注,但是非病毒基因载体在转染效率和选择性方面有一定的限制性,当前的主要研究工作集中在这两方面。基于环糊精构建的基因载体,可以有效地提供基因载体的立体构象和功能性的选择性。作为FDA批准的生物材料,环糊精具有无毒和生物降解性,其不但可以保护基因,避免在体内降解,同时有助于通过细胞膜,进入细胞内达到基因转染的作用。环糊精具有大量可修饰的羟基基团,因此对环糊精修饰不但可以通过主客体作用构建超分子体系,并且可以作为多官能团核形成星状高分子,被广泛应用于制备低毒、可降解、靶向性和高效率的转基因载体。目前,环糊精修饰的非病毒正离子载体转移siRNA,已经成功进行了色素瘤的临床试验,取得了很好的治疗效果,表明了环糊精非病毒载体的巨大应用前景。本文对基于环糊精基因载体的最新研究进展进行了综述,详细介绍了基于环糊精的超分子自组装构建的聚轮烷型、侧链分子识别型的基因载体,以及基于环糊精多羟基构型而构建的星型聚合物基因载体和树枝状基因载体,并对环糊精基因载体的优越性和未来应用做了相应的介绍。     

含氟高分子基因载体

阳离子高分子被广泛应用为非病毒类基因载体,但这类高分子材料的转染效率与细胞毒性之间通常存在"恶性"关联,即获得高转染效率时往往会伴随严重的细胞毒性.如何制备兼具高效、低毒特点的高分子载体是成功实施基因治疗的关键.含氟高分子是一类具有独特理化性质的高分子,能够在低电荷密度条件下与核酸形成稳定的复合物,从而实现高效、低毒的基因转染.含氟功能基团可帮助阳离子高分子改善复合物稳定性、细胞内吞、内涵体逃逸、胞内核酸释放等多个环节,从而赋予了含氟高分子在基因递送过程中的氟效应.该专论系统地总结了含氟高分子基因载体的研究,介绍了含氟高分子的基因递送性能、作用机理以及在基因治疗、基因编辑中的应用,并对含氟高分子载体的未来发展进行了展望.     

胆固醇修饰的低分子量聚乙烯亚胺接枝化聚[L-天冬酰胺-co-L-赖氨酸]作为基因载体的性能研究

通过将低分子量的聚乙烯亚胺(PEI600)及其胆固醇衍生物与聚(L-天冬酰胺-co-L-赖氨酸)(PSL)进行开环反应, 合成了一类新型的肿瘤靶向基因载体, 研究了这类载体与DNA形成复合物的性质以及介导绿色荧光蛋白质粒pEGFP-C1转染不同细胞的性能. 结果表明, 在复合质量比大于5∶1时, 各载体均能与DNA形成结构稳定的复合物. 同时转染实验结果证明, 通过在侧链引入一定数目的胆固醇, 可以明显提高载体对于癌细胞HepG2和Hela的转染效率. 这类新型的载体具有良好的细胞相容性、较高的转染效率以及易于进行靶向修饰等特点, 在基因治疗研究领域中将具有较好的潜在应用价值.     

含酯键的可降解聚合物基因载体研究进展

基因治疗作为一种极富潜力、用于替代传统化学治疗的方法,为先天性遗传疾病和严重后天获得性疾病的治疗提供了一条富有前景的新途径。有效释放是基因高效表达的关键,将降解基团引入基因载体可有效地提高基因释放效率,且降解后的小片段更易代谢排出体外,从而有效降低细胞毒性。本文依据材料结构及制备方法对新型聚酯材料进行分类,从转染效率、细胞毒性以及降解性能方面综述了可降解聚酯类基因载体的最新研究进展,并对发展前景进行了展望。     

Total Synthesis and Expressions in E. coli of Three Redesigned Genes for the Mature Small Subunit (rbcS) of Rubisco Fron Tobacco, Wheat and Rice

Three structural genes, which code for the mature small subunits (rbcS) of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase from tobacco, wheat and rice, respectively,have been redesignedwith the aid of a computer,totally synthesized by combining chemical method and enzymatic ligation,and expressed in E. coli with high yields.     

Bidirectional Regulation of mRNA Translation in Mammalian Cells by Using PUF Domains

The regulation of gene expression is crucial in diverse areas of biological science, engineering, and medicine. A genetically encoded system based on the RNA binding domain of the Pumilio and FBF (PUF) proteins was developed for the bidirectional regulation (i.e., either upregulation or downregulation) of the translation of a target mRNA. PUF domains serve as designable scaffolds for the recognition of specific RNA elements and the specificity can be easily altered to target any 8‐nucleotide RNA sequence. The expression of a reporter could be varied by over 17‐fold when using PUF‐based activators and repressors. The specificity of the method was established by using wild‐type and mutant PUF domains. Furthermore, this method could be used to activate the translation of target mRNA downstream of PUF binding sites in a light‐dependent manner. Such specific bidirectional control of mRNA translation could be particularly useful in the fields of synthetic biology, developmental biology, and metabolic engineering.     

Chemical synthesis of a structural gene coding for trichosanthin

A structural gene (750 bp), which codes for a type I ribosome inactivating protein, trichosanthin, has been designed according to the codon usage of highly expressed gene in E. coli and chemically synthesized. In the synthesized gene, twenty-seven unique restriction sites were evenly dispersed with an average distance between two adjacent sites less than 50 bp to facilitate a systematic investigation on structure-functional relationship of this protein by site-directed muta-genesis. To synthesize it, the whole gene was divided into three large fragments (EP, PN and NH) which were assembled from several chemical synthetic oligonucleotides by enzymatic method. The assembly of both the fragment EP from six oligonucleotides (A-F) and the fragment PN from four oligomers (G-J) was catalyzed by T4 DNA ligase in using the single stranded DNA method [Chen, H.-B. et al, Nucl. Acids Res., 18, 871(1990)]. And fragment NH was formed from three duplexes K, L and M by the classical double stranded DNA method. Finally,     

Noise-induced coherent switch

Taking the famous genetic toggle switch as an example,we numerically investigated the effect of noise on bistability.We found that extrinsic noise resulting from stochastic fluctuations in synthesis and degradation rates and from the environmental fluctuation in gene regulatory processes can induce coherent switch,and that there is an optimal noise intensity such that the noise not only can induce this switch,but also can amplify a weak input signal.In addition,we found that the intrinsic noise introduced through the Poisson τ-leap algorithm cannot induce such a switch.     

TRANSFER OF FOREIGN GENES BY ELECTROPORATION AND THEIR EXPRESSION IN MAMMALIAN CELLS

Expression of foreign genes transferred into mammalian cells by electroporation has been studied. The pX1TK gene, pSV2Neo gene and pUCEJ oncogene have been introduced into MLTK-cells and NIH/3T3 cells, respectively. Stable transformation transient expression of TK gene by MLTK-cells as well as stable and malignant transformation of NIH/3T3 cells have been obtained. Transient expression frequency is about 80% and stable transformation frequency is about 10~(-4). Integration of foreign genes into the cellular genome was verified with molecular hybridization. Tumor development was observed after inoculation of transformed celts into nude mice.     

Phosphoester modified poly(ethylenimine) as efficient and low cytotoxic genevectors

Cyclic phosphoester monomer ethyl ethylene phosphate (EEP) modified poly(ethylenimine) (PEI),denoted as PEI-EEP,was developed for gene delivery.Three PEI-EEP polymers were synthesized and their structures were characterized by 1H and 31P NMR methods.All the PEI-EEP polymers could condense DNA efficiently at N/P ratios higher than 0.5/1.The physiochemical characteristics of PEI-EEP/DNA complexes were analyzed by particle size and zeta potential measurements.The particle sizes of complexes were around 160–250...     

aprE基因表达的分子生物学和微量热法分析

利用分子生物学方法(SDS-PAGE和酶活检测法)未检测到所克隆的aprE基因在大肠杆菌中的表达产物(碱性蛋白酶), 而微量热法检测结果发现: 重组菌株的生长代谢产热曲线之间存在明显的差异. 根据这些差异, 分析了该基因的上、下游调控序列对该基因在大肠杆菌中表达的重要作用, 从而进一步对该基因进行了亚克隆, 得到了生物学方法可检测到的表达产物. 由此推测, 微量热技术有可能为检测外源基因表达及其调控, 以及为指导进一步基因工程操作提供一种新的快速灵敏的技术和方法.     

Syntheses of polyamidoamine dendrimers starting from a hexadimensional core and application in gene transfer

Gene therapy refers to the concept and practice of applying gene to treat diseases. It may be defined as a method for inserting a functioning gene into the cells of a patient to correct an inborn error of metabolism (i.e. genetic abnormality or birth defect) or to provide a new function in a cell. There are numerous diseases that may be treated by gene therapy including genetic defects, com-mon illnesses such as cancer, AIDS and chronic diseases such as diabetes[1]. A gene medicine sys-tem c…     

CLONING, EXPRESSION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF Pro3 GENE OF YEAST Saccharomyces cerevisiae

The proline biosynthetic pathway and Pro genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae have just begun to be studied recently. In our laboratory, Pro2 gene of S. cerevisiae had been cloned in yeast. As described in this paper, yeast Pro3 gene was also cloned, which can complement yeast Pro3 mutants, and be expressed efficiently in E. coli. The high activities of this gene product, L-pyrroline-5-carboxylate (P5C) reductase, can be detected in both organisms. The activity of the Pro3 gene product in multiple copy plasmids is not higher than that of single copy genes in chromosomes in both yeast and E. coll. The preliminary characterization of the gene is also reported.