摘要
利用离体转录载体pSP18、pGEM-3Z和萤火虫荧光素酶基因(Luc)及其缺失片段构建了一组融合质粒。以这些质粒为模板,通过离体转录产生荧光素酶基因的mRNA,反义RNA及大小和结构不同的反义RNA缺失片段,再通过显微注射分别将其引入爪赡卵母细胞的细胞质。注射后的卵母细胞经一定时间培育,然后检测其翻译产物一荧光素酶的相对活性。结果表明,荧光素酶基因的表达受反义RNA及其缺失片段的严重阻抑,表达抑制和反义RNA之间存在明显的剂量效应。而且,基因表达的抑制程度主要的和反义RNA片段的结构有关。
In vitro transcriptional vectors' pSP18, PGEM-3Z and the cDNA gene of the firefly luciferase were used to construct a set of fusion plasmids.These plasmids were used as templates and yielded a mRNA of the firefly luciferase gene, its antisense RNA and a series of deletion fragments of the antisense RNA with different sizes and structures by transcription in vitro.Then, they were introduced into the cytoplasm of Xenopus oocytes by microinjection , respectively. The injected oocytes were incubated for definite periods and assayed their relative activities of the luciferase. Results suggested that the gene expression of the firefly luciferase are inhibited seriously by the antisense RNA and its deletion fragments. And there is a marked dosage effect between the inhibition of gene expression and amounts of the antisense RNA. In addition,the inhibition levels of the gene expression are majorly dependent on the structures of the antisense RNA.
出处
《中国科学院研究生院学报》
CAS
CSCD
1994年第1期97-103,共7页
Journal of the Graduate School of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
关键词
反义RNA
萤火虫
荧光素酶
基因
deletion fragments of antisense RNA
gene expression
firefly Juciferase gene
xenopus oocyte