A cDNA microarray technique applied for analysis of global gene expression profiles in tributyltin-exposed ascidians

To analyze global gene expressions, we constructed a cDNA microarray from a basal chordate, the ascidian Ciona intestinalis. Ciona is a cosmopolitan species and a genomic analysis of Ciona revealed that ascidians had approximately 15,500 protein-coding genes. Our "Ciona intestinalis cDNA chip version 1 (Ci cDNA chip ver. 1)" has arrayed 13,400 unique Ciona cDNAs. To establish a detection system for gene expression profiles in wild ascidians using a cDNA microarray, we analyzed gene expressions in the whole body of Ciona adults after exposure to 100 nM tributyltin (TBT) for 24 h. In our preliminary array data using Ci cDNA chip ver. 1, we found more than 200 genes that showed strong differential expressions. These genes encoded proteins that were concerned with stress response, detoxification, oxidoreduction reaction, biosynthesis, and catabolism. This, the first large cDNA microarray of this animal, should facilitate analyses of global gene expressions following exposure to TBT.     

海洋青鳉鱼专用型基因芯片的设计及其在生态毒理学上的应用研究

以生物芯片技术为核心,结合生态毒理学与功能基因组学的方法,制备了海洋青鳉鱼专用型生物芯片,包含180个与细胞分裂、解毒反应、缺氧反应、氧化应激反应、凋亡、生长和发育、性别决定和性腺分化以及生殖激素分泌等功能相关的基因.我们提取了雌性海洋青鳉鱼成体在正常培养和缺氧处理12周后的肝脏和卵巢组织总RNA,利用自制的基因芯片进行了基因表达谱分析,结果显示海洋青鳉鱼在缺氧压力环境下,肝脏和卵巢组织的差异性表达基因分别检测出9个和6个,表明应用此类自制良好的芯片可有效获得海洋青鳉鱼的组织特异性基因表达图谱,也将加强对海洋缺氧状态、氧化应激等反应的分子生物学机制的理解.本研究对于识别异常环境状态下的基因表达模式和组织特异性标志物,进一步开展监测海洋生态毒理因素的研究奠定良好的基础.     

基于四种水产病原弧菌的简型芯片检测体系的优化

基因芯片技术在病原菌检测领域展现出良好的前景,本文依托水产病原菌基因检测芯片的检测体系,以水产常见病原弧菌的hsp60、toxR基因检测探针为研究对象,系统研究不同点样液配方、寡核苷酸探针浓度、荧光标记物质浓度、杂交温度、杂交时长对芯片杂交效果的影响,并进行相应优化。结果表明,杂交温度为60℃、杂交时长为2h、探针浓度为1μmol/L、Cy3标记的随机引物的用量为150pmol时,芯片的经济性、灵敏度、检测效率达到均衡;以0.1mol/L磷酸氢二钠和25%二甲基亚砜混合溶液作为点样液,效果较好。优化后的芯片对4种弧菌的检测没有出现交叉杂交现象,探针特异性达到100%;对溶藻弧菌全基因组DNA检测灵敏度为10fg,高出PCR方法约2个数量级。     

一种基于16S rRNA基因检测海洋浮游细菌群落的微阵列基因芯片

A better understanding of bacterioplankton community shifts following change in marine environments is critical to predict the marine ecosystem function. In order to get a snapshot of the microbial taxonomy profiling of a wide range marine area, a quick, convenient and low cost method would be favorable. In this study, we developed a 16S rRNA gene-based microarray using ARB software, which contained 447 probes targeting 160 families of marine bacteria. The specificity, sensitivity and quantitative capability of this microarray were assessed by single cloned16S rRNA genes. The reliability of this microarray was tested by eight environmental samples. The results showed that the microarray was specific, only 1.16% false results were detected in five single-clone hybridization tests. The microarray could detect DNA samples as few as 1 ng/μL and the signal intensity could reflect the relative abundance of the bacteria in the range of 1 ng/μL to 100 ng/μL of DNA concentration. Hybridization with environmental samples showed that it can discriminate bacterioplankton communities by sites and time. High throughput sequencing results from the eight samples confirmed the hybridization results. It indicated that this developed microarray could be used as a convenient tool to monitor the bacterioplankton community in marine environment.     

Fascaplysin sensitizes cells to TRAIL-induced apoptosis through upregulating DR5 expression

This study investigated the molecular mechanism of anti-tumor effect of fascaplysin, a nitrogenous red pigment firstly isolated from a marine sponge. Microarray analysis show that the TNF and TNF receptor superfamily in human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVEC) and human hepatocarcinoma cells (BEL-7402) were significantly regulated by fascaplysin. Western Blot results reveal that fascaplysin increased the expression of cleaved caspase-9, active caspase-3, and decreased the level of procaspase-8 and Bid. Flow cytometry and cytotoxicity tests indicate that fascaplysin sensitized cells to tumor necrosis-related apoptosis-inducing ligand-(TRAIL) induced apoptosis, which was markedly blocked by TRAIL R2/Fc chimera, a dominant negative form of TRAIL receptor DR5. Therefore, our results demonstrate that fascaplysin promotes apoptosis through the activation of TRAIL signaling pathway by upregulating DR5 expression.     

3种水产病原菌简型基因芯片检测技术的建立

根据水产养殖中常见的3种病原菌鳗弧菌(Vibrio anguillarum)、嗜水气单胞菌(Aeromonas hydrophila)及迟缓爱德华氏菌(Edwardsiella tarda)的研究资料,筛选3个毒力相关基因toxR、aerA、evpA设计引物和探针,构建简型基因芯片,并使用对虾白斑病综合征病毒(WSSV)variable region的PCR荧光标记产物作为表面化学质控。通过已构建和优化的多重PCR反应条件,获得了3个目的基因的PCR产物;经过芯片制作过程的优化,将探针以终浓度20μmol/L溶于50%DMSO,在室温、相对湿度45%的条件下点印于醛基基片表面。扩增的PCR产物与杂交液混合后,在42℃杂交2 h就可检测到理想的杂交信号。芯片的灵敏度试验结果表明,可以检测到的3种水产病原菌的最低模板DNA为:鳗弧菌3×102拷贝、嗜水气单胞菌5×103拷贝、迟缓爱德华氏菌6×101拷贝。该芯片可成功应用于患病大菱鲆内脏的细菌分离物的鉴定。     

Development and application of antibody microarray for white spot syndrome virus detection in shrimp

Detecting white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) in shrimp in high efficiency and veracity is important for disease prevention in aquaculture. Antibody-based microarray is a novel proteomic technology that can meet the requirements. In this study, we developed an antibody microarray for WSSV-detection in a specific and parallel way at multiple samples. First, seven slides each with different modifications were characterized by atomic force microscope, and were compared in the efficiency of immobilizing proteins. Of the seven, 3-dimensional structured agarose gel-modified slides were chosen appropriate for the microarray for having higher signal value and superior spot size. A purified rabbit anti-WSSV antibody was arrayed as the capture antibody of the microarray on the agarose gel-modified slides, and then the microarray slides were incubated in the tissue homogenate of sampled shrimp and the antibody-antigen complex was detected by Cy3-conjugated anti-WSSV monoclonal antibody. The results were measured by a laser chipscanner and analyzed with software. To obtain satisfied fluorescence signal intensity, optimal conditions were searched. The detection limit of the antibody microarray for WSSV is 0.62 μg/mL, with a proven long shelf life for 6 months at 4°C or 8 months at -20°C. Furthermore, concordance between antibody microarray and traditional indirect ELISA reached 100% for WSSV detection. These results suggest that the antibody microarray could be served as an effective tool for diagnostic and epidemiological studies of WSSV.     

蛋白质芯片在食品安全方面的应用

近年来,食品安全问题越来越引起人们的重视。由于蛋白质芯片能够在一次实验中对大量样本中的目的蛋白质同时进行检测,这一技术已引起人们的很大兴趣。蛋白质芯片在食品安全的检测方面有着很大的潜在价值,本文中作者就蛋白质芯片的基本原理、技术特点以及其在食品安全中的应用近况进行综述。