Isolation and Identification of Submergence-induced Genes in Maize (Zea mays) Seedlings by Suppression Subtractive Hybridization

To investigate the expression profile of maize genes induced by submergence, a subtracted cDNA library of maize seedling roots was constructed using suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH). The cDNA of maize seedling roots treated with submergence (ST) was used as tester and what from untreated roots (UT) as driver. Products of the secondary PCR from the forward subtraction were cloned into T/A vector and transferred into Escherichia coli strain JM10B by electroporation. Four hundred and eight randomly chosen transformants carrying cDNA fragments were screened with PCR-Select Deferential Screening Kit. One hundred and eighty-four cDNA clones were identified as, submergence specifically induced or highly expressed. After sequencing and removing redundant cDNAs, we got 95 submergence-induced cDNA clones. Of the 95 cDNA clones, 68 contain the regions with 60%-90% identity to their homolog in GenBank, 21 are expected to be novel genes, only 6 correspond to the published maize sequences.

Construction of Two Suppression Subtractive Hybridization Libraries and Identification of Salt-Induced Genes in Soybean

Soybean is planted worldwide and its productivity is significantly hampered by salinity. Development of salt tolerant cultivars is necessary for promoting soybean production. Despite wealth of information generated on salt tolerance mechanism, its basics still remain elusive. A continued effort is needed to understand the salt tolerance mechanism in soybean using suitable molecular tools. To better understand the molecular basis of the responses of soybean to salt stress and to get an enrichment of critical salt stress responsive genes in soybean, suppression subtractive hybridization libraries （SSH） are constructed for the root tissue of two cultivated soybean genotypes, one was tolerant and the other was sensitive to salt stress. To compare the responses of plants in salt treatment and non-treatment, SSH1 was constructed for the salt-tolerant cultivar Wenfeng 7 and SSH2 was constructed for the salt-sensitive cultivar Union. From the two SSH cDNA libraries, a total of 379 high quality ESTs were obtained. These ESTs were then annotated by performing sequence similarity searches against the NCBI nr （National Center for Biotechnology Information protein non-redundant） database using the BLASTX program. Sixty-three genes from SSH1 and 49 genes from SSH2 could be assigned putative function. On the other hand, 25 ESTs of SSH1 which may be not the salt tolerance-related genes were removed by comparing and analyzing the ESTs from the two S SH libraries, which increased the proportion of the genes related to salt tolerance in S SH 1. These results suggested that the novel way could realize low background of SSH and high level enrichment of target cDNAs to some extent.

Identification of Phosphorus Starvation Inducible Genes in Rice by Suppression Subtractive Hybridization

Phosphorus is one of the three essential macroelements for plant growth. Plants respond to phosphorus starvation through adaptive mechanisms involved in morphological, biochemical and molecular changes. To investigate the molecular background of the adaptive mechanisms, the suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) method was used to construct a rice phosphorus-starvation ( Pi-starvation) induced cDNA library. Through screening of the cDNA library and sequencing of the enriched cDNAs, 18 known genes and 47 novel genes were identified. The known genes are involved in different metabolic processes, including phosphate uptake and transport, signal transduction, protein synthesis and degradation, carbon metabolism and stress response. Northern analysis was performed to detect the expression patterns of some known genes and novel genes under different phosphorus levels. Different expression patterns of the selected genes were identified, which suggests that genes involved in different pathways may have different responses to Pi-starvation.

Construction of Suppression Subtractive Hybridization Library for Testis of Male Tilapia Under the Stress of Methomyl

[Objectives]This study was conducted to construct forward and reserve libraries of suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) in the testis of male tilapia under the stress of methomyl by using SSH technology.[Methods]Using male tilapia as the test animal,the forward and reserve libraries of SSH in the testis of tilapia under the stress of methomyl were constructed by using the SSH technology.[Results]45 expressed sequence tags (ESTs) were obtained,and 25 expressed sequence tags were successfully noted,including 13 forward libraries and 12 reverse libraries.The genes with confirmed functions were classified into five types.Genes related to catalytic activity and cell characteristics were up-regulated,while genes related to structural molecule's activity and biological process were down-regulated.The expression amount of integrin β1 was up-regulated,while serine/threonine protein kinase pim-3,Ca^2+-ATPase,Na^+-K^+-ATPase and ribosomal protein L22 were down-regulated.[Conclusions]The research results could lay a foundation for revealing the molecular mechanism of methomyl's reproductive toxicity to tilapia.

Construction and screening of suppression subtractive hybridization library of renal cell carcinoma

Objective To construct and screen the suppression subtractive hybridization (SSH) library of human renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Methods Poly A+ RNA was isolated from RCC lines 786-O(tester) and renal cell(RC) lines HK-2 ( driver), respectiely. SSH procedure was performed according to the protocol of the PCR-Select cDNA Subtraction Kit ( Clontech), and PCR products were cloned into pT-Adv vector and transformed E. coli TOP10F’. All positive clones picked out were digested and some of which were sequenced. Results The SSH library contained 362 clones with SSH cDNA fragments distributed mainly from 0.3 to 0.9 kb. Among 50 clones sequenced randomly,2 represented unknown genes and the other 48 derived from 36 known genes. Conclusion The quality of the SSH library of human RCC is reliable and is construction is the basis for further screening differentially expressed genes of RCC. 6 refs,4 figs, 1 tab.

Isolating Soil Drought-Induced Genes from Maize Seedling Leaves Through Suppression Subtractive Hybridization

In this study, a forward cDNA library was constructed by suppression subtractive hybridization using seedling leaves of CN165, a drought-tolerant maize inbred line. In the suppression subtractive hybridization （SSH） library, 672 positive clones were picked up randomly. After polymerase chain reaction （PCR） of each clone, all the single clones were sequenced. Totally 598 available sequences were obtained. After cluster analysis of the EST sequences, 80 uniESTs were obtained, among which 57 uniESTs were contigs and 23 uniESTs were singlets. The results of BLASTN showed that all the uniESTs had homologous sequences in the nr database. The BLASTX results indicated that 68 uniESTs had significant protein homology, 8 uniESTs with homology of unknown proteins and putative proteins, and 4 uniESTs without protein homology. Those drought stress-induced genes were involved in many metabolism pathways to regulate plant growth and development under drought stress.

Identification of Differentially Expressed Genes in the Salivary Gand of Rhipicephalus haemaphysaloides by the Suppression Subtractive Hybridization Approach

For the purpose of screening and analyzing the differentially expressed genes from the salivary gland of Rhipicephalus haemaphysaloides, two salivary gland-subtracted cDNA libraries of partially fed female ticks and fed male ticks were constructed using suppression subtractive hybridization （SSH）. A total of 247 female expression sequence tags （ESTs） and 168 male ESTs were obtained from the two SSH cDNA libraries. It is predicted that 25 female ESTs and 44 female ESTs contain the 5＂ and 3＂ ends, respectively, and that 53 male ESTs and 74 male ESTs contain the 5＂ and 3＂ ends, respectively. To identify the subtraction rate of the two SSH cDNA libraries, the RT-PCR method was used to test 24 female ESTs and 21 male ESTs selected randomly but not repeatedly. The results showed that there were 13 upregulated or differentially expressed genes in the partially fed salivary gland of the female R. haemaphysaloides and that the differentially expressed rate was 54%. In addition, they indicated that there were 9 upregulated or differently expressed genes in the fed salivary gland of the male R. haemaphysaloides and that the differentially expressed rate was 43%. Putative translations of 141 （57%） female ESTs and 125 （74%） male ESTs had similarity to GenBank sequences, and 32 （23%） female ESTs and 29 （23%） male ESTs exhibited similarity to tick proteins, which showed that most of the proteins in the libraries were mainly related to the feeding blood physiology of the ticks.

Construction and Analysis of Suppression Subtractive cDNA Library from Fertile Disk Floret Buds of Zinnia elegans

In order to isolate genes related to anther development and understand molecular basis of male sterility,cDNA library of Zinnia elegans was constructed using suppression subtractive hybridization（SSH） approach.672 different expressed clones were selected from the fertile disk floret buds.PCR results showed that cDNA inserts were ranged from 100 to 750 bp.303 positive clones screened by dot-blot hybridization were sequenced.273 out of 303 sequenced clones produced readable sequences;these sequences represent 87 non-repetitive sequences.The homology alignment showed that 76 expressed sequence tags（ESTs） had functional annotations in GenBank,the other 11 ESTs without any homology to the known gene.In addition,87 ESTs were divided into 17 groups according to MIPS of Arabidopsis thaliana database.Sequence data from the cDNA library have been deposited with the GenBank under the accession numbers GT067016-GT067085.As an important result in this study,7 genes related to anther development were isolated.Results from semi-quantitative RT-PCR showed 6 genes were expressed only in disk florets of fertile plants compared with that of male sterile plants.These ESTs obtained provide important clues for further isolation and identification of fertility-related genes in Z.elegans.

Identifcation of up-regulated genes in human uterine leiomyoma by sup-pression subtractive hybridization

In searching for differentially expressed genes in human uterine leiomyomas (ULs), suppression sub-tractive hybridization was used to construct an UL up-regulated library, which turned out to represent 88genes. After two rounds of screening by reverse Northern analysis, twenty genes were proved to be up-regulated, including seventeen known genes and three genes with unknown function. All these genes werefirstly associated with UL. Three genes with notable difference were selected for Northern confirmationOur results proved the authenticity of the twenty genes. One gene named Phospholipase A2 (PLA2) showedup-regulation in 4/6 of the patients and investigation of tissue distribution indicated that it had obviousexpression in prostate, testis, liver, heart and skeletal muscle.

Identification of up-regulated genes in human uterine leiomyoma by sup-pression subtractive hybridization

In searching for differentially expressed genes in human uterine leiomyomas (ULs), suppression sub-tractive hybridization was used to construct an UL up-regulated library, which turned out to represent 88genes. After two rounds of screening by reverse Northern analysis, twenty genes were proved to be up-regulated, including seventeen known genes and three genes with unknown function. All these genes werefirstly associated with UL. Three genes with notable difference were selected for Northern confirmationOur results proved the authenticity of the twenty genes. One gene named Phospholipase A2 (PLA2) showedup-regulation in 4/6 of the patients and investigation of tissue distribution indicated that it had obviousexpression in prostate, testis, liver, heart and skeletal muscle.

Suppression subtractive hybridization for identifying differentially expressed genes in renal cell carcinoma

Objective To construct a renal cell carcinoma (RCC) cDNA subtractive library using suppression subtractive hybridization.Methods Polyadenylated RNA ［Poly (A)+ RNA］ was isolated from tissues of RCC and normal kidney, and single-strand cDNAs and double-strand cDNAs were synthesized in turn. RCC cDNAs were divided into two groups and ligated to the specific adaptors l and 2, and then hybridized with normal kidney cDNA twice with two rounds of suppression PCR. Second round PCR products were cloned to T/A plasmid vectors to set up the subtractive library. One hundred clones were randomly picked to perform enzyme digest analysis, and some underwent sequence analysis and Northern blot to identify RCC specifically expressed genes. SMART RACE procedure was operated to clone full length novel RCC specifically expressed genes.Results A human RCC subtractive library with high subtractive efficiency was successfully set up. The amplified library contains 350 positive clones. Random analysis of 100 clones with enzyme restriction showed that 85 plasmids in the clones contained 50-400?bp inserts. Sequence analysis was performed for 10 clones. All the 10 sequences were unknown before and derived from 6 unique, novel genes among which the cDNA insert RCC18 had five copies. Northern blot analysis showed that RCC18 cDNA was highly expressed in RCC, but no signal could be detected in normal kidney. Using SMART RACE technique, we obtained the full length of the novel gene RCC18.Conclusions The constructed cDNA subtractive library of human RCC is a highly efficient one and lays a solid foundation for large scale screening and cloning new and specific oncogenes or tumor suppressor genes of RCC. The novel specifically expressed genes provided an important clue for studying the mechanisms of occurrence and development of RCC.

Use of suppression subtractive hybridization strategy for cloning and identifying specifically expressed genes of renal cell carcinoma

Using suppression subtractive hybridization, a renal cell carcinoma (RCC) cDNA subtractive library which only contains differently expressed cDNAs between human RCC and normal kidney has been constructed. 200 clones were picked out randomly to perform enzyme digest analysis, a part of them underwent sequence analysis and Northern blot to identify RCC specially expressed genes. Results showed that 190 clones contain 50-400 bp inserts respectively. Sequence analysis was performed in 10 clones. All the 10 sequences were unknown before and derived from 6 unique novel genes among which the cDNA insert RCC18 has five copies. Northern blot analysis showed that RCC18 cDNA expressed highly in RCC, but there was no signal detected in normal kidney, and the full length of RCC18 was about 2.5 kb. The constructed cDNA subtractive library of human RCC is a highly efficient one and lays the solid foundation for large-scale screening and cloning new and specific oncogenes or tumor suppressor genes of RCC. The novel

Construction of the Subtracted cDNA Library of Striatal Neurons Treated with Long-term Morphine

Objective To construct a morphine tolerance model in primarily cultured striatal neurons, and screen the differentially expressed genes in this model using suppression subtractive hybridization （SSH）. Methods Sbtracted cDNA libraries were constructed using SSH from normal primarily cultured striatal neurons and long-term morphine treated striatal neurons （10^-5 mol/L for 72 hours）. To check reliability of the cell culture model, RT-PCR was performed to detect the cAMP-responsive element-binding protein （CREB） mRNA expression. The subtracted clones were prescreened by PCR. The clones containing inserted fragments from forward libraries were sequenced and submitted to GenBank for homology analysis. And the expression levels of genes of interest were confirmed by RT-PCR. Results CREB mRNA expression showed a significant increase in morphine treated striatal neurons （62.85± 1.98） compared with normal striatal neurons （28.43 ± 1.46, P〈0.01）. Thirty-six clones containing inserted fragments were randomly chosen for sequence analysis. And the 36 clones showed homology with 19 known genes and 2 novel genes. The expression of 2 novel genes, mitochondrial carrier homolog 1 （Mtchl ; 96.81±2.04 vs. 44.20±1.31, P〈0.01） and thyrnoma viral proto-oncogene 1 （Akt1 ; 122.10±2.17 vs 50.11±2.01, P〈0.01）, showed a significant increase in morphine-treated striatal neurons compared with normal striatal neurons. Conclusions A reliable differential cDNA library of striatal neurons treated with long-term morphine is constructed. Mtchl and Aktl might be the candidate genes for the development of morphine tolerance.

Identification of over-expressed genes in human renal cell carcinoma by combining suppression subtractive hybridi-zation and cDNA library array

To isolate the over-expressed genes in human renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and analyze its molecular basis of carcinogenesis, we used the mRNA from human RCC tissues as tester and that from the matched normal kidney tissues as driver to construct the suppression subtractive hybridization library. 379 of the subtracted clones were arrayed onto a nylon mem-brane and the over-expressed genes were then screened by hybridizing the filter with radioac-tively labeled cDNA from RCC and matched normal kidney tissues. 67 clones over-expressed in RCC by a factor of 6 or more were sequenced and its identities were analyzed in GenBank da-tabase. 4 clones were previously unknown fragments and 2 clones represent KIAA genes. The rest clones were the known genes and some of them were RCC-related, including vascular en-dothelial growth factor, vimentin and tissue factor. Most of the known genes were the RCC-related genes previously unknown, including zinc ribbon domain-containing 1 protein (ZNRD1), pituitary tumor transforming gene1 (PTTG1). Northern blot and semi-quantitative RT-PCR confirmed that the mRNA levels of the 3 novel fragments and 1 KIAA and 3 known genes were significantly higher in RCC than in the matched normal kidney tissues. Immunohis-tochemical and Western blot analysis for PTTG1 and ZNRD1 revealed increased protein level in RCC. The over-expressed genes in RCC are the potential molecular targets for diagnosis and therapy and it is very important to understand the molecular mechanism of RCC through the profile of over-expressed genes.

干旱胁迫下柠条锦鸡儿叶片SSH文库构建及CkWRKY1基因克隆

为研究柠条锦鸡儿抗旱的分子机制,挖掘干旱响应相关基因,成功构建干旱胁迫下柠条锦鸡儿叶片的抑制性差减杂交(SSH)文库,获得1286条高质量的EST序列,平均长度475bp,拼接得到Unigenes645条。对这些Unigenes进行Blast比对注释后发现很多抗旱相关基因,例如LEA蛋白、DHN蛋白编码基因,MYB、bZIP、WRKY、NAC和bHLH转录因子等。通过RACE技术克隆其中1个WRKY转录因子的cDNA全长,命名为CkWRKY1,GenBank登录号为JX987095。CkWRKY1编码330个氨基酸的蛋白质,氨基酸序列中有1个"WRKYGQK"的WRKY转录因子家族保守序列,属于第Ⅱ类WRKY转录因子。利用实时荧光定量PCR技术检测发现,CkWRKY1基因在干旱处理后mRNA的表达水平明显上升,预示该转录因子可能与柠条锦鸡儿抗旱的分子机制相关。

干旱胁迫下棉花SSH文库构建及其抗旱相关基因分析

以耐旱自交系邯郸177为材料,利用抑制性差减杂交技术(SSH),构建棉花苗期叶片的正向差减文库。挑取300个阳性克隆进行PCR验证,并对验证后的单克隆进行测序和分析,共获得284个有效序列。聚类后得到202条uniESTs序列,其中174条singlets,28条contigs。经过BlastN分析,156个unigene可以在GenBank中找到同源序列,46个unigene未能找到同源匹配。经BlastX分析,40个unigene与未知功能蛋白或假定蛋白有较高相似性,116条unigene与已知功能蛋白有较高同源性。用KOBAS系统将33个unigene定位到55个Pathways中,其中P值小于0.5的Pathway有23条。初步分析发现,丙酮酸盐代谢(pyruvate metabolism)途径、乙醛酸和二羧酸代谢(glyoxylate and dicarboxylate metabolism)途径与棉花抗旱相关性较大。这些unigene基因涉及信号传导、能量代谢、蛋白质代谢、核酸代谢、光合作用及膜运输等代谢过程。发现了苹果酸合成酶基因(Ms1,001_B03;Ms2,003_E04)、苹果酸脱氢酶基因(Md1,001_C12;Md2,002_F01);NAC(001_C08)、锌指蛋白(zfp,003_C06)、BZR1/BES1(003_G04)等转录调节因子,以及翻译控制肿瘤蛋白基因(TCTP,002_C04)等耐旱相关基因。

辣椒Me3基因介导抗根结线虫相关基因的SSH分析

以辣椒(Capsicum annuum L.)双单倍体HDA149为试验材料,接种南方根结线虫(Meloido-gyne incognita)12、24、36h的根尖材料作为测验方(Tester),相应的未接种根尖材料作为驱动方(Driv-er),构建一个南方根结线虫诱导Me3基因表达早期的抑制消减杂交cDNA文库,通过高密度点阵膜杂交差异筛选,获得了309条表达序列标签(EST)。通过测序,除去重复序列共得到259条EST序列,在Gen-Bank上进行BLAST分析,30个EST片段未发现同源性基因,229个为具有同源性的已知基因,其中71个为功能未知的基因。在显微观察和抗性相关EST表达谱分析的基础上,推测在Me3基因介导的不亲和互作中,编码NBS-LRR结构的抗病基因参与了寄主对根结线虫的识别,激发了过敏性坏死反应的信号基因,同时多种抗性相关的转录因子基因表达,使以代谢为基础的防御反应和保护机制发挥抗线虫作用。

黏类小麦育性相关基因SSH文库的构建

为了深入研究黏类小麦雄性不育的分子遗传机制,利用抑制差减杂交技术构建了黏类小麦育性相关基因的cDNA文库。文库质量检测表明,差减杂交效率较高,质量较好。在不育和可育cDNA文库中随机挑选120个阳性克隆进行测序,获得100余条高质量的表达序列标签(EST)。对序列进行BLAST比对及功能注释,比较了不育和可育cDNA文库的基因表达谱,发现在可育cDNA文库中参与能量代谢的基因出现频率较高,在不育cDNA文库中检测到了与花发育调控相关的MADS-box转录因子、细胞凋亡相关的泛素结合酶及阻遏淀粉合成的腺苷二磷酸葡萄糖磷酸化酶等相关基因。这些基因很可能与育性相关。

辣椒N基因介导抗根结线虫作用早期表达基因的抑制性消减杂交SSH分析

以含N基因的辣椒(Capsicum annuumL.)为试验材料,接种南方根结线虫(Meloidogyne in-cognita)12、24、36h的根尖材料作为测验方(tester),相应的未接种根尖材料作为驱动方(driver),构建一个南方根结线虫诱导N基因表达早期的正向抑制消减杂交cDNA文库,并结合文库高密度点阵膜杂交差异筛选,获得了237条表达序列标签(EST)。在GenBank上进行BLASTn与BLASTx分析,得到148条功能已知的EST序列,获得已知的上调抗性相关EST68个。分离出了具有NBS-LRR结构的抗线虫蛋白和类LRR抗性蛋白的基因,防御作用相关的类萌芽素(GLP)、HSR203J蛋白、蜜腺蛋白、蛇毒素肽等基因,抗性相关的WRKY、ERFBP等转录因子基因,以及G蛋白、14-3-3蛋白等多种信号蛋白基因。通过Gene Ontology分析,N基因介导的早期表达抗病基因涉及病原物的识别、抗性信号传导、过敏性坏死、系统获得性抗性以及植物细胞保护机制等多个方面,并有许多功能未知的基因有待于进一步的研究。

抑制性差减杂交(SSH)技术在分离植物差异表达基因中的应用

抑制性差减杂交技术(SSH)是基于抑制PCR作用的cDNA差减杂交,是在转录水平上研究差异基因表达的技术。该技术在一个循环过程中完成差异表达基因丰度的均等化及目标群体和对照群体中相同基因的去除,从而实现差异表达基因的高度富集。一个典型的SSH过程,可在一个差减杂交过程中将稀有基因序列富集上千倍。本文通过详细分析该技术在植物差异表达基因分离中的应用发现:SSH技术主要用于分离组织特异性表达和诱导型表达的基因。首先,SSH技术广泛应用在分离植物发育过程中不同发育阶段和不同组织器官中的组织特异性表达的基因,为揭示植物生长发育过程的分子机理提供了有效手段;另外,在不同植物中,该技术被大量应用于分离各种生物及非生物胁迫条件下诱导表达的抗性相关基因,可以揭示植物抗逆的分子机理。目前,SSH技术已开始应用于分离与次生代谢产物合成相关的基因。SSH技术是分离植物差异表达基因,揭示植物复杂生命现象分子机理的有效方法,将在植物差异表达基因研究中得到更广泛的应用。