背景:实验表明,通过激活单磷酸腺苷激活的蛋白激酶(AMP—ActivatedProteinKinase,AMPK)α2可以增加胰岛素的敏感性和骨骼肌葡萄糖的摄取,其有望成为预防和治疗2型糖尿病的新的生理和药理作用靶点。目的:克隆人的AMPKa2基因,并构建其野生型和突变型真核表达载体。设计:单一样本观察。时间及地点:实验于2007—04/2008—01在中山大学附属第二医院I临床分子生物实验室完成。材料:QuikChangeIISite—DirectedMutagenesisKit为Stratagene公司产品。真核表达载体pcDNA3.1(+),大肠杆菌DH5a为实验室保存。人骨胳肌组织来源于中山大学附属第二医院手术截肢患者,获患者知情同意,新鲜取材后液氮冷冻。方法:采用反转录-聚合酶链反应技术从人骨骼肌扩增AMPKα2基因,并将其克隆到T载体,通过测序对其进行鉴定。采用Quickchange定点诱变试剂盒对AMPKa2基因进行体外定点诱变,并将其野生和突变的编码基因亚克降到真核表达载体pcDNA3.1中,通过酶切和测序进行鉴定。主要观察指标:①目的基因的克隆。②定点诱变。③真核表达质粒的构建。结果:成功克隆了AMPKα2基因,大小约1700bp,与已发表的AMPKα2同源性为99%,GenBank录入号EF056019。成功将AMPKα2第45位Lysine(AAA)突变为Arginine(AGA),成功构建了野生型和突变型pcDNA—AMPKα2重组质粒。结论:实验成功克隆了AMPKα2基因,构建了其野生型和突变型真核表达载体。
BACKGROUND: The experimental results showed that insulin sensitivity and glucose uptake in skeletal muscle could be improved by activating adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase a2 (AMPKα2). AMPKa2 is expected to become a new physiological and pharmacological target for the prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus. OBJECTIVE: To clone human AMPKα2 subunit gene and to construct its wild-type and mutant eukaryotic expression vectors. DESIGN: A single sample observation. TIME AND SETTING: The experiment was performed in the Clinical Molecular Biology Laboratory, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University from April 2007 to January 2008. MATERIALS: QuikChange II Site-Directed Mutagenesis Kit was produced by Stratagene. Eukaryotic expression vector pcDNA3.1(+) and E. coil DH5α were provided by the laboratory. Human skeletal muscle tissue was from patients who received amputation surgery in the Second Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University. Informed consent was obtained from the patients, and fresh samples were collected and frozen in liquid nitrogen. METHODS: The human AMPKa2 subunit gene was amplified from human skeletal muscle by RT-PCR, cloned into T vector, and the recombinant plasmid was confirmed by sequencing. In vitro site-directed mutagenesis was carried out with Quickchange site-directed mutagenesis kit. The wild-type and mutant coding genes were subcloned into eukaryotic expression vector pcDNA3.1 and the recombinant plasmids were validated by enzyme digestion and sequencing. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: (1) The cloning of aim gene; (2) site-directed mutagenesis; (3) eukaryotic expression plasmid. RESULTS: The human AMPKα2 subunit gene (about 1 700 bp) was successfully cloned, with 99% homology to the reported AMPK α2 gene. A GenBank accession number was EF056019. The achieved mutation of the 45th Lysine (AAA) was found to Arginine(AGA). The wild-type and mutant pcDNA- AMPKα2 recombinant plasmids were constructed su