Transgenic tobacco plants harboring tomato proteinase inhibitor II gene and their insect resistance

The plant expression vectors pBCT2 and pBT2 were constructed with the cDNA sequence (tin2) and genomic DNA sequence (tin2i) of tomato proteinase inhibitor II gene respectively. Then the two expression vectors were transferred into tobacco via the Agrobacterium tumefaciens strain LBA4404, and transgenic tobacco plants were generated. Molecular analysis and trypsin activity assay showed that both cDNA and genomic DNA were expressed properly in the transgenic plants. Insecticidal activities in these transgenic plants indicated that transgenic tobacco plants carrying tin2i sequence were more resistant to 2-instar larvae of Heliothis armigera Hubner than those carrying tin2 sequence. Therefore the intron of tin2i sequence might be a contributor to insecticidal activity of the transgenic tobacco.     

Expression of human clotting factor Ⅸ mediated by recom- binant lentiviral vector in cultured cells and hemophilia B mice

Hemophilia B, a serious bleeding disorder, is an inherited X chromosome-linked disease for the deficiency or inactivity of human clotting factor Ⅸ (hFⅨ). Though factor substitution therapy has greatly improved the lives of hemophiliac patients, there are still limitations to the current treatment, which have triggered interest in alternative treatments by gene therapy[1]. Based on preclinical studies in rabbits[2], our lab had first initiated an ex vivo gene therapy clinical trial whereby a…