反义抑制和过表达miR-219引起斑马鱼胚胎发育异常

业已表明,miRNA在转录后水平对基因表达起调控作用,参与诸多重要的生理、病理过程。本研究利用整体原位杂交和Northern杂交技术发现miR-219主要从16体节期开始在中后脑和脊髓表达。在此基础上,采用基因沉默和过表达技术观察到斑马鱼受精卵在显微注射miR-219和反义miR-219后均导致其胚胎发育缺陷。进一步研究表明,miR-219过表达可以诱导胚胎细胞凋亡。我们的初步结果为深入研究miR-219在胚胎发育过程中的调控机制提供了基础。     

Skeletal muscle-specific expression of human blood coagulation factor Ⅸ rescues factor Ⅸ deficiency mouse by AAV-mediated gene transfer

The efficacy of recombinant adeno-associated virus (AAV) vector to deliver and express human blood clotting factor DC (hFIX) gene in skeletal muscle of coagulation factor IX deficiency mouse strain (FactorIX-knockout) is e-valuated. The muscle creatine kinase enhancer (MCK) and βactin promoter ((3A) were used to drive the hFIX minigene (hFIXml), which was flanked by AAV inverted terminal repeats (ITRs). Following intramuscular injection of high liter (2.5 x 1011 vector genomes/mL) of AAV, increased hFIX expression (256 ng/mL of plasma) was achieved. The time course of hFIX expression demonstrated that the expression level gradually increased over a period of two weeks before anti-hFIX antibodies developed in mouse circulating plasma. Those results provided a promising evidence that rAAV-me-diated gene transfer and skeletal muscle-specific expression of hFIX is a feasible strategy for treating patients for hemophilia B.     

mir-34a在神经元中的表达特征及功能研究

本研究采用Northern Blotting、ISH／FISH等手段首次发现mir-34a在恒河猴大脑神经元中呈年龄梯度表达的规律。同时我们发现mir-34a在大鼠前额叶原代培养神经元中的表达亦呈随培养时程增加而递增的趋势。进一步研究表明,过表达mir-34a可能通过抑制BCL-2而引起神经元凋亡。我们的研究结果提示mir-34a可能在神经元的发育与衰老机制中起着重要作用。     

AAV介导的hFⅨ基因在血友病B小鼠骨骼肌中特异性表达研究

采用重组腺相关病毒(rAAV)介导人凝血因子Ⅸ(hFⅨ)微基因在Ⅸ因子基因剔除小鼠骨骼肌中有效表达.在构建的质粒中,rAAV两侧反转重复末端顺序中插入肌酸肌酶增强子(MCK)和β肌动蛋白启动子(βA)调控下的hFⅨ微基因(hFⅨm1).直接肌肉注射高滴度rAAV(2.5×1011/mL),血友病B小鼠血浆hFⅨ最高表达量256ng/mL,凝血活性明显改善.从hFⅨ表达时效曲线来看,hFⅨ水平在第15天达到高峰,随后因血循环中抗hFⅨ抗体的出现而渐次下降.该结果提示采用rAAV系统,体内直接途径开展血友病B基因治疗是值得进一步探索的方向.