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HOUR EXAM 1: September 29, 2009 (Tuesday)
EXAM WILL COVER:
CHAPTER 25
CHAPER 4
CHAPTER 5 TO END of Sept 24 Lecture
EXAM 1 REVIEW: Monday, Sept. 28, 2008, 5-6:00 PM, BSW208
CHAPTER 5
Exploring Genes and Genomes
Sept 18, 2008
Dangers of Genetic Engineering?
The Bubble Boy
Gene Therapy of Human Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID)-X1 Disease. (2000)
[Bubble boy disease] Cured by introducing engineered DNA coding for cytokine receptor γ-chain [bone-marrow transplant]
Problems with X-SCID gene therapy will be discussed near end of Chapter 5.
CHAPTER 5: EXPLORING GENES and GENOMES
LECTURE TOPICS (4 Groups)
1) RESTRICTION ENZYMES CUT DNA
2) GEL ELECTROPHORESIS OF DNA
3) DNA SEQUENCING, RNA SEQUENCING, DNA SYNTHESIS
4) POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR)
5) RECOMBINANT DNA CONSTRUCTION AND GENE CLONING
6) DNA CLONING VECTORS
7) GENE LIBRARIES: MAKING AND SCREENING THEM
8) CHROMOSOME MAPPING
9) EXPRESSION OF CLONED GENES
10) ENGINEERING NOVEL PROTEINS
Recombinant DNA technology(started in mid-late 1970's)
• An incredibly powerful set of tools for gene manipulation.
• Methods associated with this "technology" make genetic
engineering a reality.
• DNA (genes), RNA, and protein structure and function can be
altered by design for beneficial (or detrimental – biological
warfare/terrorism?) results.
KEY TOOLS and METHODS OF GENE EXPLORATION
1. ENZYMES to cut, join and replicate DNA in test tubes (in vitro)
a) restriction enzymes are DNA cutters
b) DNA ligases are DNA joiners
c) DNA polymerases for DNA replication
2. GEL ELECTROPHORESIS to separate and isolate specific DNAs
3. BLOTTING METHODS based on hybridization (BASE-PAIRING)of complementary DNA and/or RNA
4. SOLID PHASE methods to sequence and synthesize DNA
5. POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR) for gene detection andamplification
Sac II Restriction Enzyme Recognition Site
180 degree rotation(2-fold axis of symmetry
Ex: Eco RI
G AATT C
C TTAA G
G AATT C
C TTAA G3`OH 5` P
5`P 3` OH
Cut
Cut
5'
3'
3'
3'
3'5'
5'
5'
single strand overhang
Blunt ends
4 bp site
6 bp site
Symmetry axis
Cut
DNA cut with three different restriction enzymes
Longer DNA
DNA moves to
(+)electrode
Shorter DNA
Detect fluorescence of a dye (Ethidium Bromide) that binds to DNA
(-)
(+)
(-)Agarose gel
electrophoresis of DNA
Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis for DNA Sequencing
(-)
(+)
Longer
Shorter
ELECTROPHORESIS
ALL adjacent
bands differ in length by only ONE
base
DNA Blotting: “Southern blot” method devised in 1975At First rejected, Ed Southern’s paper has since been cited about 50,000 times.
Southern found that:1) DNA transfers by diffusion from the gel to the Millipore (nitrocellulose) filter. 2) DNA on filter can be denatured and detected by hybridizing to a radioactive probe.
[“Probe” is a DNA or RNA that is identical or related enough to form stablebase- paired regions – i.e, has complementary sequences to the DNA.]
DNA
DNA Blotting and Hybridization to a “probe”
“Probe” is either identical or related
complementaryDNA (or RNA)
(X-Ray film)
1.1 kb1.3 kb
Normal Sickle cell
Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP):
Ex: MstII RFLP for Sickle-Cell detection
Normal Sickle-CellParent CarriersParent carriers
*
CHAPTER 5: EXPLORING GENES
LECTURE TOPICS
3) DNA SEQUENCING, RNA SEQUENCING, DNA SYNTHESIS
4) POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR)
5) RECOMBINANT DNA CONSTRUCTION AND GENE CLONING
6) DNA CLONING VECTORS
7) GENE LIBRARIES: MAKING AND SCREENING THEM
8) CHROMOSOME MAPPING
9) EXPRESSION OF CLONED GENES
10) ENGINEERING NOVEL PROTEINS
75 bases tRNA - (1964) [slow, complicated method]
5386 bases NX174 DNA (1977) [fast]
155,844 bases tobacco chloroplast DNA (1986)
1.8 million bases H. influenzae (1995)
3 million bases E. coli (1997)
3 billion bases human (2000!!) [fastest!!!!]
DNA Sequencing: Landmark genomes completed
Haemophilus influenzae genome (1995)
1.8x106 bp
Year 2000
Human DNA sequence
completed!! (sort of…. mostly)
(3x109 bp)
Gene sequences are now precisely located on human chromosomes
Gene sequencing shows how similar chromosomal location of related genes are in different organisms
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DNA sequencing by chain termination of DNA synthesis method: (Sanger method)
Reaction Conditions that must be satisified:• Reactions specific for each base (A,T,G,C)
• Controlled random reactions on all elongating DNA chains
• Equimolar collection of reaction products (same frequency of DNA chain stopping for all 4 bases and all elongating chains)
Chain terminating dideoxynucleotide
DNA sequencing by chain termination of DNA synthesis
DNA sequencing by Chain Termination
Reaction products For A :ddA
ddA
ddA
ddA
(etc.,etc. for as many T’s as there are in template)
****5` 3`
• Do same for C, G, T
• Denature and separate by electrophoresis
• Detect fluorescence
Example: for A[Template]
[Primer]
dNTP’s too*
DNA Sequencing Movie
Dideoxy_Sequencing_of_DNA.mov[From Berg et al. textbook website]
DNA Sequencing Gel (from Lehninger)
(+)32P, 35S
radioactivity
Longer (3` end of new chain)
Shorter (5` end, nearer primer)
Electrophoresis(-)
Now use fluorescence
l l l lA C G T
A C G T
DNA Sequencing: Automated Detection by Fluorescence• Key to human genome project
• Read 400-1000 (even more!) bases at a time. [1 x 106bases/day/machine].
• All 4 dNTP reactions run in same tube at the same time with 4 fluorescent ddNTPs
• All 4 detected at same time.A T G C
Shorter(near 5`end of primer)
(Time) Longer(3`end of growing chain)
CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS OF DNA (SOLID PHASE, AUTOMATED METHODS)
Make oligodeoxynucleotide chain from 3’ to 5’ end (short DNA, parts of genes for probes and primers) [oligo means 2-20 bases]
Use in DNA/RNA sequencing, cloning, and gene probing by hybridization
Easy to make DNA 100 nucleotides long (18-20 used most often)
Chemically synthesized DNAs are key to protein engineering by site-directed mutagenesis.
Start synthesis with blocked nucleotide linked to a solid support (glass bead).
Blocked nucleotide for DNA Synthesis:Phosphite triester method
5`-block
protected by NH2 groups(A,G,C,T)
Modified 3`-end
Solid Phase DNA Synthesis
v
5` 3` DMT off
5`
Last steps: 1. Remove βCE2. “deprotect” bases NH3 removes all
3`
CHAPTER 5: EXPLORING GENES
LECTURE TOPICS
3) DNA SYNTHESIS – LARGE ARRAYS OF DNAs
4) POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR)
5) RECOMBINANT DNA CONSTRUCTION AND GENE CLONING
6) DNA CLONING VECTORS
7) GENE LIBRARIES: MAKING AND SCREENING THEM
8) CHROMOSOME MAPPING
9) EXPRESSION OF CLONED GENES
10) ENGINEERING NOVEL PROTEINS
Synthesizing Oligonucleotides Movie
SynthesizingOligonucleotide.mov[From Berg et al. textbook website]
A DNA chip
DNA Chip: 256 Octanucleotides• Ink jet printer head robots deposit DNA on chips
• Hybridize with 8-mer test sequenceGCGGCGGC
All Octanucleotides (8 bases): 48 = 65,536
Need chip of 1.6 cm2 with 50 μm sites
Only 32 steps of synthesis (8 hours)
DNA chips to identify BCRA1 mutants (breast cancer gene)
C T
Use a DNA chip with 48,300 spots
Green: normal
Red: test gene (mutant)
Yellow: red and green superimposed (red is mutation)
DNA chip study of gene expression in 84 human breast tumor samples.
Red: Genes with higher than normal activity in tumor.
Green: genes with lower than normal activity in tumor.
DNA chips identify changes in yeast gene expression under different conditions.
[Red: higher than normal]
[Green: lower than normal]
1918 pandemic Flu virus induces altered mouse gene expression:
Studied by DNA chip analysis.
Data gives clues about what may be gene targets in humans of H5N1 bird flu
Modern human flu strain
1918 pandemic flu strain
(overexpressed)
Connectivity Concept: Using gene expression profiles (DNA chips) to connect perturbed gene expression (like in diseases) with “correcting” drug treatments. [Lamb, et al, Science 313, Sept. 29, 2006 p.1929]
CHAPTER 5: EXPLORING GENES
LECTURE TOPICS
2) GEL ELECTROPHORESIS OF DNA (continued)
3) DNA SEQUENCING, RNA SEQUENCING, DNA SYNTHESIS
4) POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR)
5) RECOMBINANT DNA CONSTRUCTION AND GENE CLONING
6) DNA CLONING VECTORS
7) GENE LIBRARIES: MAKING AND SCREENING THEM
8) CHROMOSOME MAPPING
9) EXPRESSION OF CLONED GENES
10) ENGINEERING NOVEL PROTEINS
DNA polymerase chain reaction: Concept(starting with only one of two strands of DNA)
3` 5`
5`3`
3` 5`
5`3`
3` 5`
5`
5`
3` 5`
3`
3`
3` 5`
5`3`
3` 5`
5`3`
+
+
Original DNA (n=0)
1 Copy(n=1)
2 Copies(n=2)
primer1
primer1
primer2
(Taq) DNA polymerase + dNTPs
Denature (separate strands), then cool mixture
template
Heat
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR): Concept
Many cycles DNA Amplification
1 Copy (D.S.)
One “cycle”(n=1)
2 copies (D.S.)
&Primers
Short products predominate. They are amplified as 2n
cycle 1
cycle 2
cycle 3
n cycles
Short products (target sequence)
Polymerase Chain Reaction Movie
Polymerase_Chain_Reaction.mov[From Berg et al. textbook website]
PCR: # Copies of DNA = 2n
1
2
48 16 32 64 Copies
Cycle Copies
0 1
1 21
2 22
3 23
4 24
5 25
6 26
n 27
Start with one copy
(D.S.)
After 45 cycles: 245 = 3.5 x 1013 = 3,500 billion copies
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For ages 10 and up.
USE OF PCR in CRIMINOLOGY
(D) (D)D = Defendant
V = Victim
* Data shows that defendant’s clothes have victim’s DNA (in bloodstains)
* * *
Probability of a random DNA match is 1 in 33 billion!!
CHAPTER 5: EXPLORING GENES
LECTURE TOPICS
2) GEL ELECTROPHORESIS OF DNA (continued)
3) DNA SEQUENCING, RNA SEQUENCING, DNA SYNTHESIS
4) POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR)
5) RECOMBINANT DNA CONSTRUCTION AND GENE CLONING
6) DNA CLONING VECTORS
7) GENE LIBRARIES: MAKING AND SCREENING THEM
8) CHROMOSOME MAPPING
9) EXPRESSION OF CLONED GENES
10) ENGINEERING NOVEL PROTEINS
CONSTRUCTION, CLONING AND EXPRESSION OF DNA
Novel combinations of genes can be cloned, amplified and expressed in foreign environments
KEY STEPS / PROCEDURES
1. Construct recombinant DNA molecule.
• DNA inserted in a vector
2. Clone and amplify DNA in vector`s host cells
3. Select individuals that have recombinant gene
• ***Antibiotic resistance***
• Gene probing
• Antibody reaction
Foreign DNA (insert)Plasmid vector
[cut both with same enzyme]
[Join with DNA ligase]
Construct recombinant DNA molecule
Select cells that have recombinant DNA
Cloning
CLONING DNA
Introduce DNA into host cells by transformation or viral infection
“Cut”
“Join”
Cutting and joining DNA molecules
*
Linkers- to clone blunt-ended DNA
Synthetic Linker DNA
Step 1: “Join”
Step 2
Clone
Plasmid Cloning Movie
Plasmid_Cloning.mov[From Berg et al. textbook website]
All Recombinant DNA Vectors:
Properties must allow to:
1. Clone in specific sites
2. Select [antibiotic, β-galactosidase]
• Insertional inactivation
3. Replicate in host cells
12
2
2
3
1
Ex: Prokaryotic (E.coli) Plasmid Vector: Example that satisfies requirements
1 Select
2 Specific cloning sites
3 Replication
pUC18 prokaryotic plasmid vector: Polylinker with many cloning sites
1
1
2
3
1 Select
2 Specific cloning sites
3 Replication
(An E.coli vector)
SOME CLONING VECTORS
• Plasmids (Autonomously replicating)
• - [2-6 kbp inserts – prokaryotic gene sizes]
• - Insertional inactivation of antibiotic resistance orβ-galactosidase activity
• Lambda phages (good for libraries of eukaryotic cDNA’s) [10-23 kbp inserts – a few eukaryotic genes]
• YAC’s (yeast artificial chromosomes) – For big pieces of chromosomes[1 Mb inserts (106 base pairs; about 1000 genes)]
• Ti plasmid of Agrobacterium tumefaciens (for plant genetic engineering [one or a few genes insert into chromosomes]
Bacteriophage lambda (λ) lifecycle
*
Bacteriophage lambda (λ) as a cloning vector
L R
Delete this piece
L R
Recombinant λ DNA in new phage particle
L R
Yeast Artificial Chromosome (YAC)
Up to 106 bp
To clone large chromosomal
pieces
PLANT GENETIC ENGINEERING(With Ti plasmid of Agrobacterium tumefaciens)
Crown Gall DiseaseCaused by
Agrobacterium
Cells are transformed
T-DNA inserts in chromosomesDelete and
insert genes
Delete these genes
Ti plasmid
T-DNA
Delete some T-DNA
*
Infect with Agrobacteriumcontaining recombinant Ti plasmid that has a selectable marker
Agar with growth hormones and kanamycin (antibiotic for selection)
Kanamycin-resistantplants contain the foreign gene
Transformation and selection of transgenic plants
CHAPTER 5: EXPLORING GENES
LECTURE TOPICS
2) GEL ELECTROPHORESIS OF DNA (continued)
3) DNA SEQUENCING, RNA SEQUENCING, DNA SYNTHESIS
4) POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR)
5) RECOMBINANT DNA CONSTRUCTION AND GENE CLONING
6) DNA CLONING VECTORS
7) GENE LIBRARIES: MAKING AND SCREENING THEM
8) CHROMOSOME MAPPING
9) EXPRESSION OF CLONED GENES
10) ENGINEERING NOVEL PROTEINS
MAKING GENE LIBRARIES
Genomic library – from all fragments of a cell`schromosomal DNA (large pieces)
• YAC’s
• Bacteriophage lambda
cDNA library – DNA copies of a mix of all cellular mRNA (a few kbp cDNA’s of all expressed genes)
• lambda phage
• plasmids
λ Genomic Library Construction
1. Cut
2. Ligate3. Get recombinant λ DNA
4. reconstituted λ virus
5. Get more virus from infected cells
L R
*
Making a cDNA library from mRNA
5`-------CCnCCPrimer
[OH-] cuts RNA
Primer
2nd strand cDNA
1st strand
Add linkers Clone in a vector
Terminal transferaseadds dG’s
SCREENING GENE LIBRARIES(searching for a needle in a phagestack!!)
Need to screen 500,000 clones to find a specific sequence in a genomic library
• Easier for “abundant RNA” in a cDNA library
• Immunochemical (antibody) screening of an expression library
• N.A. hybridization screening (with gene probe)
• Make synthetic DNA probes (can even predict DNA sequence by reverse translation of protein)
• Chromosome walking (connecting long pieces)
• map whole chromosomes (Clone in λ, YAC, or BAC)
Screening gene (or cDNA) libraries: replica plating
1) λ phage plaques
or
2) bacterial colonies
Hybridize to DNA probeor
Antibody reaction Clone containing
gene
Master plate Autoradiogram of replica plate
DNA/DNA hybrid or antibody
Make replica plateon filter
Screening a lambda library (genomic or cDNA)
(or cDNA)
Get recombinant λ DNA
Infect cells Isolate individual plaques
Screening a lambda genomic library: use DNA probe
Individual plaques
(dead cells –clear spots)
Hybridize to gene
DNA probe λ clone containing
gene
Master plate Autoradiogram of replica plate
DNA/DNA hybrid
Make replica plate
Immunological Screening
Antibody detects cells that contain the protein of interest
“Blotting” replica
*
*
*
Bacterial colony or λ
plaque
For cDNA library(protein expressed)
1.
2.
Reverse translation: To find DNA clone coding for a specific protein
256 possible DNA coding sequences (2x4x2x2x4x2 = 256)
1. Use amino acid sequence to predict gene sequence.
2. Synthesize (and label with radioactivity) 21bp DNA of all possible gene sequences and use to “screen” a library. (need to consider degenerate codons)
Screening OligonucleotidesMovie
Screening_Oligonucleotide.mov[From Berg et al. textbook website]
Ways to use recombinant DNA Technology
From Gene to unknown protein
From Protein to get unknown Gene
CHAPTER 5: EXPLORING GENES
LECTURE TOPICS
2) GEL ELECTROPHORESIS OF DNA (continued)
3) DNA SEQUENCING, RNA SEQUENCING, DNA SYNTHESIS
4) POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION (PCR)
5) RECOMBINANT DNA CONSTRUCTION AND GENE CLONING
6) DNA CLONING VECTORS
7) GENE LIBRARIES: MAKING AND SCREENING THEM
8) CHROMOSOME MAPPING
9) EXPRESSION OF CLONED GENES
10) ENGINEERING NOVEL PROTEINS
“Chromosome Walking” (use YACs)
Start with DNA (A’): hybridize to library
Order of A D deduced by successive hybridizations
CHAPTER 5: EXPLORING GENES
LECTURE TOPICS
9) EXPRESSION OF CLONED GENES
10) ENGINEERING NOVEL PROTEINS
Dangers of Genetic Engineering?
Be careful what you ask for!
DNA vector delivery
Microinjection
Gene gun
viruses DNAelectroporation
liposomes
Delivering DNA vector to cells
• Calcium phosphate precipitated DNA
• Microinjection
• Virus vectors (SV40, vaccinia, retroviruses)
• GENE GUN (microprojectiles coated with DNA)
• Liposomes (coat DNA with “cell membrane”)
• Electroporation
Electroporation: DNA delivery to
plant cellsMake holes in cell wall
Protoplast
CLONED GENES / VECTOR SYSTEMS:(some examples)
• Human Proinsulin cDNA
• Engineered mammals (giant mice – somatotropin gene)
• Engineered Plants (Ti-plasmid of Agrobacterium tumefaciens) Ex: Flavr-Savr tomatoes (Calgene)
• 1918 pandemic influenza virus – reconstructed from cloned pieces of its genome. [samples recovered from victims buried in Arctic permafrost]
Human insulin cDNA
CLONING Expression
(No introns)
Identify proinsulin by antibody reaction
Creating a Transgenic Mouse
Creating_a_Transgenic.mov[From Berg et al. textbook website]
Engineering a Giant Mouse:Somatostatin gene injected into mouse male pronucleus
Engineered Giant Mouse: Somatostatin
Add Cd++
• 2x normal weight
• 500x hormone levels
Control: no Cd++ or
no extra rat growth hormone
(somatostatin)
Somatostatin
Microinject plasmid
PLANT GENETIC ENGINEERING(With Ti plasmid of Agrobacterium tumefaciens)
Crown Gall DiseaseCaused by
Agrobacterium
Cells are transformed
T-DNA inserts in chromosomes
Delete these genes
Ti plasmid
T-DNA
Delete some T-DNA
*
Delete and insert genes
FLAVR SAVR Tomatoes: FDA APPROVED FOR SALE
CALGENE: to market in 1995
“Antisense”Gene
Disruption Strategy
Gene is transcribed as complementary RNA to mRNA for normal plant gene involved in fruit ripening.
from the New Yorker, 1994
Ti plasmid, mouse vector chromosome insertions: relate to concept of Homologous/Non- homologous Recombination. These events result in:
• Gene replacement, Gene disruption, or random chromosome insertions
The Bubble Boy
Gene Therapy of Human Severe Combined Immunodeficiency (SCID)-X1 Disease. (2000)
[Bubble boy disease] Cured by introducing engineered DNA coding for cytokine receptor γ-chain [bone-marrow transplant]
Correction of ADA-SCID by Stem Cell Gene Therapy Combined with Nonmyeloablative Conditioning (2002)
Cured by introducing engineered DNA coding for the enzymeADA (Adenosine deaminase)
BUT: Random insertions correlated with leukemia occurrence after a few years in treated X-SCID patients.
• leukemia correlates with insertion of DNA into a gene.
• Gene disruption - loss of normal function leads to leukemia.
CHAPTER 5: EXPLORING GENES
LECTURE TOPICS
9) EXPRESSION OF CLONED GENESRNAi gene silencing
10) ENGINEERING NOVEL PROTEINS
RNA interference (siRNAs)
A mechanism for gene disruption.
RISC: RNA-induced gene silencing complex
[21 bp dsRNA]
ssRNA
Gene Silencing disrupts gene expression.
**2006 Nobel Prize in Medicine!!
Practical Applications of Cloning by Recombinant DNA Methods.
NOT a DINOSAUR, BUT: [Fall, 2005 news]An infectious flu virus was created in the lab
of from cloned pieces of its genes.
• Influenza virus that caused 1918 Spanish flu pandemic. (killed 20 million people.)
• Used “Jurassic Park” type DNA cloning methods– RNA cloning (cDNA’s) in a DNA vector.
• 1918 virus is a bird flu strain. – That’s why H5N1 bird flu is so worrisome.
1918 pandemic Flu virus induces altered mouse gene expression:
Studied by DNA chip analysis.
Modern human flu strain
1918 pandemic flu
strain
PROTEIN ENGINEERING by SITE-SPECIFIC MUTAGENESIS
PROTEIN ENGINEERING:
SITE-SPECIFIC MUTAGENESIS
Modify coding information to get a different amino acid sequence
Change base with mismatch primer for DNA replication
SITE-SPECIFIC MUTAGENESIS
A mismatch changes only one codon
How to do it??
1. Hybridize mismatch primer
2. Replicate DNA (plasmid)
3. Half of daughter DNA has mutation!!
In Vitro Mutagenesis Movie
In_Vitro_Mutagenesis.mov[From Berg et al. textbook website]
Current and Future Applications ofRECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY
• Complete chromosome gene maps
• Whole genome sequencing by shotgun approach
• Discovery of molecular bases of development, evolutionary relationships
• New proteins with new functions (or old proteins with new functions!)
• Human hormone synthesis in bacteria
• Antiviral agents
• AIDS vaccine development
• New pharmacological agents (proteins, RNA, DNA)• Antisense RNA therapy (RNAi, gene silencing)
• Medical diagnostic reagents (gene probes) for detection of genetic diseases, infections and cancers
• Gene therapy: delivery with disarmed viruses to alleviate diseases caused by known gene defects.
• Agricultural revolution with animals having altered traits, more nutritious plants, heat/drought resistant crops, etc.
• Forensics - molecular detectives
Current and Future Applications of RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY