核酶的化学合成及其对烟草花叶病毒RNA片段的体外剪切

设计并用化学方法合成了针对烟草花叶病毒ＲＮＡ的核酶ＲＺ－１及ＲＺ－１小型化的核酶ＲＺ－２以及它们的底物ＲＮＡ片段Ｓｂ,研究了两种核酶对底物Ｓｂ的体外催化活性,并把核酶Ｒｚ－１与生物合成的相同组成的核酶Ｒｚ－１’进行了比较试验。     

一个特殊的顺式发夹核酶对感染烟草原生质体的影响

研究一个烟草花叶病毒(TMV)cDNA3′末端被特异切割的发夹核酶对感染原生质体的作用。选用一个外源基因绿色水母荧光蛋白(GFPuv)作为报道基因，取代了大部分的CP编码区域，以研究在烟草原生质体中发夹核酶对TMV载体的复制，通过GFP的表达来确定表达量。顺式发夹核酶对TMV载体感染效率的影响通过体外转录来观察。TMV GFPRIB体外转录感染原生质体的效率比与其不含该核酶的对应物的感染效率高3～5倍。Northern杂交结果表明，包括核酶在内的3’末端非病毒序列在体外转录反应开始后就被顺式发夹核酶切除了。当直接用载体DNA pSTMVGFPRIB感染原生质体时，感染原生质体的数量比与之相对应的pSTMVGFP NOS感染原生质体数多50％～80％。     

Applications of synthetic oligoribonucleotide analogues in studies of RNA structure and function

The study of RNA structure and function has been considerably aided by the development of methods for the chemical synthesis of oligoribonucleotides into which have been incorporated modified nucleosides carrying site-specific alterations. Such modifications are designed to eliminate or alter individual functional groups in the RNA which potentially can take part in hydrogen-bonding or other non-covalent interactions. Comparison of the properties of the modified RNA with unmodified RNA models allows conclusions to be drawn concerning the importance or otherwise of specific functional groups within the RNA. The methods have been applied to studies of RNA structure, RNA catalysis, and interactions of RNA with proteins.     

HER-2基因特异性核酶在MDA-MB-453细胞内的瞬时效应

目的确定人表皮生长因子受体-2(HER-2)特异性锤头状核酶(hammerhead ribozyme,RZ)对雌激素受体阴性乳腺癌细胞MDA-MB-453的影响.方法应用RT-PCR、免疫细胞化学检测RZ对MDA-MB-453细胞HER-2表达的影响;MTT法检测RZ对细胞增殖的影响.结果RZ转染入MDA-MB-453细胞中,RT-PCR检测出转染RZ的MDA-MB-453细胞中HER-2 mRNA表达量明显下降;免疫细胞化学方法检测细胞内的HER-2蛋白表达下降;MTT法检测细胞增殖活性明显受抑.结论RZ在MDA-MB-453细胞内有效抑制靶基因HER-2mRNA和蛋白的表达,同时可抑制细胞增殖,有助于进一步研究雌激素受体阴性乳腺癌细胞HER-2信号转导通路.     

Chemical synthesis of an artificially branched hairpin ribozyme variant with RNA cleavage activity

Due to the development in the field of RNA synthesis over the past decade of years, preparation of RNA oligonucleotides longer than 50 nucleotides is possible today. In this report, we describe the chemical preparation of a branched RNA molecule with RNA cleavage activity consisting of 81 nucleotides. It is derived from the hairpin ribozyme, a small catalytic RNA occurring in nature. The hairpin ribozyme consists of two separately folded domains (loop A and loop B domain), which can be joined in a number of different ways without loss of activity. In the construct presented here, 2′-deoxy-N4-(6-hydroxyhexyl)-5-methylcytidine was introduced to connect the loop B domain with the loop A domain via an artificial branch. The synthesized branched RNA is able to catalyze the cleavage of a number of suitable substrates. Compared with the corresponding non-branched reverse-joined ribozyme it cleaves its substrates only 5-fold slower. Surprisingly, no ligation activity could be detected.     

核酶转基因载体的构建及在烟草原生质体中对TMV感染的抑制作用

设计切割烟草花叶病毒RNA的锤头型核酸Rz－2，分别以pKyLx7和pBin19为载体，构建含Rz－2基因及核酸和底物连接的RzSb－2基因的重组质粒，通过三亲交配将目的基因转入土壤农杆菌中的Ti质粒．重组Ti质粒通过PEG法转化烟草原生质体，同时对转化的原生质体接种TMVc一定时间后以半叶法检测原生质体中病毒的侵染性．结果表明转基因原生质体中TMV侵染性明显低于未转基因的对照，推测病毒在转基因的原生质体中复制受到干扰；且核酸Rz－2（正向）表达后作用最为明显，核酸连底物RzSb－2（正向）与RzSb～2（反向）之间有明显差别．