绒山羊细菌人工染色体重组及细胞转染系统

Cashmere goat bacterial artificial chromosome recombination and cell transfection system

绒山羊(Cashmere goat)是一类以生产山羊绒为主的山羊品种,因其绒毛纤细有光泽、轻盈、保暖而备受青睐。绒山羊角蛋白关联蛋白(Keratin associated protein,KAP)和骨形态发生蛋白(Bone morphogenetic protein,BMP)在羊绒纤维毛囊细胞的增殖和分化过程中起重要作用。为了提高山羊绒的产量和品质,对包含kap6.3,kap8.1和bmp4基因的细菌人工染色体(Bacterial artificial chromosome,BAC)进行研究。首先采用同源重组的方法对BAC进行修饰,其次将哺乳动物密码子优化过的Tol2转座子加入BAC中,最后采用Amaxa Nucleofector核转染技术将修饰过的BAC转入绒山羊成纤维细胞。结果表明成功构建了含有目的基因的BAC-Tol2载体。载体上包含UBC启动元件的egfp标记基因和真核筛选抗性neo基因,并且载体的两端加有loxp元件,为转染细胞后标记和抗性基因的去除作准备。载体转染细胞效率达到1%-6%,最高可达10%。成功获得了外源整合kap6.3、kap8.1和bmp4基因的细胞株,为以后克隆绒山羊作准备。研究表明,在BAC的修饰中应用Tol2转座子系统增加了电转染后的整合率,提高了BAC无错重组的效率和精确性。

The Cashmere goat is mainly used to produce cashmere, which is very popular for its delicate fiber, luscious softness and natural excellent warm property. Keratin associated protein（KAP） and bone morphogenetic protein（BMP） of the Cashmere goat play an important role in the proliferation and development of cashmere fiber follicle cells. Bacterial artificial chromosome containing kap6.3, kap8.1 and bmp4 genes were used to increase the production and quality of Cashmere. First, we constructed bacterial artificial chromosomes by homology recombination. Then Tol2 transposon was inserted into bacterial artificial chromosomes that were then transfected into Cashmere goat fibroblasts by Amaxa Nucleofector technology according to the manufacture’s instructions. We successfully constructed the BAC-Tol2 vectors containing target genes. Each vector contained egfp report gene with UBC promoter, Neomycin resistant gene for cell screening and two loxp elements for resistance removing after transfected into cells. The bacterial artificial chromosome-Tol2 vectors showed a high efficiency of transfection that can reach 1% to 6% with a highest efficiency of 10%. We also obtained Cashmere goat fibroblasts integrated exogenous genes（kap6.3, kap8.1 and bmp4） preparing for the clone of Cashmere goat in the future. Our research demonstrates that the insertion of Tol2 transposons into bacterial artificial chromosomes improves the transfection efficiency and accuracy of bacterial artificial chromosome error-free recombination.