WO2011021666A1 - 環境ストレス下の翻訳抑制を回避する5'utrをコードする組換えdna分子 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a recombinant gene encoding a 5 'untranslated region (hereinafter also referred to as 5' UTR) that contributes to avoiding translational suppression under environmental stress, an expression vector comprising the recombinant gene, and the expression vector It mainly relates to a transformant containing
- Non-patent Document 1 the translation initiation reaction is generally the rate-limiting factor for protein synthesis in plants.
- This translation initiation is one of the important control steps for plants to respond to changes in the external environment and control gene expression. For example, translation from most mRNA to protein is suppressed by receiving various stresses such as temperature, osmotic pressure, and anaerobic (hypoxia). On the other hand, translation from all mRNAs is not suppressed, and translation from some mRNAs, that is, protein synthesis is maintained.
- Kawaguchi et al. Stipulated the regulation of translation under stress based on the relationship between the translational state of each mRNA species and 5'UTR characteristics in Arabidopsis plants under drought stress, as revealed by the polysome / microarray analysis described above. We have tried to search for factors in 5'UTR and reported that there is a correlation between translational state under drought stress and 5'UTR length and low GC content. However, even in this report, no important sequence features have been found, and Kawaguchi et al. Themselves thought that “the length of the 5′UTR and the GC content were not decisive factors for the translational state under stress. (Non-Patent Document 4).
- the main object of the present invention is to find a sequence characteristic in 5′UTR related to a change in the translational state of a plant under environmental stress, and to provide a recombinant gene, an expression vector, and a transformant having the sequence characteristic.
- the present inventor obtained 5′UTR sequence information and actual measurement data related to changes in the translation state under environmental stress, and based on the data, in silico By conducting analysis and further verification based on actual measurement data, we succeeded in identifying the important region and sequence of 5'UTR that regulates translation control, and completed the present invention through further intensive studies. .
- the present invention includes, for example, the following recombinant DNA molecules, artificial mRNA molecules, vectors, and transformants according to items 1 to 13, and a method for producing a protein encoded by the recombinant gene using the transformants: Includes gene production method and translation suppression avoidance method.
- Item 1 A recombinant DNA molecule encoding mRNA having 5'UTR of (a) or (b) below.
- the 1st to 7th nucleotides from the 5 ′ end are composed of the 1st to 7th nucleotide sequences of SEQ ID NO: 4, and the 12th to 32nd nucleotide sequences from the 5 ′ end are derived from the 12th to 32nd nucleotide sequences of SEQ ID NO: 4.
- 5'UTR which will (Ii)
- the first to seventh positions from the 5 ′ end are composed of the first to seventh base sequences of SEQ ID NO: 6, and the 12th to 32nd base sequences of the 5 ′ end are derived from the 12th to 32nd base sequences of SEQ ID NO: 6.
- 5'UTR which will (Iii)
- the 1st to 7th nucleotides from the 5 ′ end are composed of the 1st to 7th nucleotide sequences of SEQ ID NO: 20, and the 12th to 32nd nucleotide sequences from the 5 ′ end are derived from the 12th to 32nd nucleotide sequences of SEQ ID NO: 20.
- 5'UTR which will (Iv)
- the first to seventh positions from the 5 ′ end are composed of the first to seventh base sequences of SEQ ID NO: 36, and the 12th to 32nd base sequences of the 5 ′ end are derived from the 12th to 32nd base sequences of SEQ ID NO: 36.
- the first to seventh positions from the 5 ′ end are composed of the first to seventh base sequences of SEQ ID NO: 60, and the 12th to 32nd base sequences of the 5 ′ end are the 12th to 12th positions of SEQ ID NO: 60 5'UTR consisting of the 32nd base sequence
- B In the base sequence of 5′UTR in (a), one or several bases are substituted, and translation suppression by at least one environmental stress selected from the group consisting of heat stress and salt stress is avoided. 5'UTR to do. Item 2.
- Item 3. Item 3. A vector obtained by linking the recombinant DNA molecule according to Item 1 or 2 immediately after the start of transcription of a promoter.
- Item 4. A transformant transformed with the vector according to Item 3.
- the 1st to 7th nucleotides from the 5 ′ end are composed of the 1st to 7th nucleotide sequences of SEQ ID NO: 4, and the 12th to 32nd nucleotide sequences from the 5 ′ end are derived from the 12th to 32nd nucleotide sequences of SEQ ID NO: 4.
- 5'UTR which will (Ii)
- the first to seventh positions from the 5 ′ end are composed of the first to seventh base sequences of SEQ ID NO: 6, and the 12th to 32nd base sequences of the 5 ′ end are derived from the 12th to 32nd base sequences of SEQ ID NO: 6.
- 5'UTR which will (Iii)
- the 1st to 7th nucleotides from the 5 ′ end are composed of the 1st to 7th nucleotide sequences of SEQ ID NO: 20, and the 12th to 32nd nucleotide sequences from the 5 ′ end are derived from the 12th to 32nd nucleotide sequences of SEQ ID NO: 20.
- 5'UTR which will (Iv)
- the first to seventh positions from the 5 ′ end are composed of the first to seventh base sequences of SEQ ID NO: 36, and the 12th to 32nd base sequences of the 5 ′ end are derived from the 12th to 32nd base sequences of SEQ ID NO: 36.
- the first to seventh positions from the 5 ′ end are composed of the first to seventh base sequences of SEQ ID NO: 60, and the 12th to 32nd base sequences of the 5 ′ end are the 12th to 12th positions of SEQ ID NO: 60 5'UTR consisting of the 32nd base sequence
- B In the base sequence of 5′UTR in (a), one or several bases are substituted, and translation suppression by at least one environmental stress selected from the group consisting of heat stress and salt stress is avoided. 5'UTR to do.
- Item 10 By recombining the base sequence of any gene so as to encode the mRNA having 5′UTR of (a) or (b) below, by at least one environmental stress selected from the group consisting of heat stress and salt stress A method for avoiding suppression of translation of a protein encoded by the gene.
- A) (I) The 1st to 7th nucleotides from the 5 ′ end are composed of the 1st to 7th nucleotide sequences of SEQ ID NO: 4, and the 12th to 32nd nucleotide sequences from the 5 ′ end are derived from the 12th to 32nd nucleotide sequences of SEQ ID NO: 4.
- 5'UTR which will (Ii) The first to seventh positions from the 5 ′ end are composed of the first to seventh base sequences of SEQ ID NO: 6, and the 12th to 32nd base sequences of the 5 ′ end are derived from the 12th to 32nd base sequences of SEQ ID NO: 6.
- 5'UTR which will (Iii) The 1st to 7th nucleotides from the 5 ′ end are composed of the 1st to 7th nucleotide sequences of SEQ ID NO: 20, and the 12th to 32nd nucleotide sequences from the 5 ′ end are derived from the 12th to 32nd nucleotide sequences of SEQ ID NO: 20.
- the first to seventh positions from the 5 ′ end are composed of the first to seventh base sequences of SEQ ID NO: 36, and the 12th to 32nd base sequences of the 5 ′ end are derived from the 12th to 32nd base sequences of SEQ ID NO: 36.
- the first to seventh positions from the 5 ′ end are composed of the first to seventh base sequences of SEQ ID NO: 60, and the 12th to 32nd base sequences of the 5 ′ end are the 12th to 12th positions of SEQ ID NO: 60 5'UTR consisting of the 32nd base sequence
- B In the base sequence of 5′UTR in (a), one or several bases are substituted, and translation suppression by at least one environmental stress selected from the group consisting of heat stress and salt stress is avoided. 5'UTR to do. Item 11.
- the 5 ′ UTR in (a) is a 5 ′ UTR having the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4, 6, 20, 36, or 60 at the 5 ′ end, and the translation of the protein according to Item 10 is suppressed. How to avoid. Item 12.
- (I) The 1st to 7th nucleotides from the 5 ′ end are composed of the 1st to 7th nucleotide sequences of SEQ ID NO: 4, and the 12th to 32nd nucleotide sequences from the 5 ′ end are derived from the 12th to 32nd nucleotide sequences of SEQ ID NO: 4.
- 5'UTR which will (Ii) The first to seventh positions from the 5 ′ end are composed of the first to seventh base sequences of SEQ ID NO: 6, and the 12th to 32nd base sequences of the 5 ′ end are derived from the 12th to 32nd base sequences of SEQ ID NO: 6.
- 5'UTR which will (Iii) The 1st to 7th nucleotides from the 5 ′ end are composed of the 1st to 7th nucleotide sequences of SEQ ID NO: 20, and the 12th to 32nd nucleotide sequences from the 5 ′ end are derived from the 12th to 32nd nucleotide sequences of SEQ ID NO: 20.
- the first to seventh positions from the 5 ′ end are composed of the first to seventh base sequences of SEQ ID NO: 36, and the 12th to 32nd base sequences of the 5 ′ end are derived from the 12th to 32nd base sequences of SEQ ID NO: 36.
- the first to seventh positions from the 5 ′ end are composed of the first to seventh base sequences of SEQ ID NO: 60, and the 12th to 32nd base sequences of the 5 ′ end are the 12th to 12th positions of SEQ ID NO: 60 5'UTR consisting of the 32nd base sequence
- B In the base sequence of 5 'UTR in (a), 1 or several bases are substituted, and 5' avoids translational suppression due to at least one environmental stress selected from the group consisting of heat stress and salt stress UTR.
- Item 13 Item 9. The artificial mRNA molecule according to Item 8, wherein the 5 ′ UTR in (a) is a 5 ′ UTR having the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4, 6, 20, 36, or 60 at the 5 ′ end.
- a recombinant gene capable of avoiding translational suppression under environmental stress.
- a vector obtained by linking the recombinant gene immediately after the transcription start point of the promoter, and a transformant containing the vector are provided.
- gene expression can be performed with high efficiency without being suppressed by translation even under environmental stress.
- these techniques contribute to the establishment of environmental stress resistant plants and the establishment of stable useful substance production techniques.
- a sequence consisting of t bases appearing at least once in a sequence of length L in the range from base position k to k + L-1 in N samples is R 1 (t), R 2 (t), ..., R v (t), R V (t).
- the appearance frequency of each sequence is expressed as f i (k, k + L-1) (R 1 (t)),..., f i (k, k + L-1) (R v (t)), ..., F i (k, k + L-1) (R V (t)).
- the v-th array frequency is expressed as a variable f i (k, k + L-1) (R v (t)).
- m 7 G represents the cap structure
- B After linking the 5'UTR of the selected gene and introducing + cap_5'UTR_f-luc_pA mRNA into the protoplast together with the control + cap_r-luc_pA mRNA, and dividing the protoplast introduced with the mRNA FIG.
- FIG. 2 is a drawing showing the results of measuring the f-luc and r-luc activities after allowing to stand for 20 minutes at normal temperature (22 ° C.) and heat stress (37 ° C.), respectively, and then recovering protoplasts.
- the vertical axis shows the AGI code of the selected gene and the value of ⁇ PS in parentheses.
- the horizontal axis shows the relative activity value with the activity value at 22 ° C. being 1 for each construction.
- (A) shows a relative f-luc activity value
- (b) shows a relative r-luc activity value. Values are shown as the mean and standard error of three independent experiments.
- (A) is a drawing in which ⁇ PS values of 22 genes selected centering on the top ranking of ⁇ PS are indicated by circles on the histogram of ⁇ PS.
- (B) Introduces the same amount of + cap_5'UTR_f-luc_pA mRNA ligated with 5'UTR of the selected gene into the protoplast together with the control + cap_r-luc_pA mRNA, and divides the protoplast introduced with mRNA. Thereafter, each is allowed to stand at normal temperature (22 ° C.) and heat stress (37 ° C.) for 20 minutes, after which the protoplasts are collected and the f-luc and r-luc activities are measured.
- the vertical axis shows the AGI code of the selected gene and the value of ⁇ PS in parentheses.
- the horizontal axis shows the relative activity value with the activity value at 22 ° C. being 1 for each construction.
- (a) shows a relative luc activity value
- (b) shows an r-luc activity value. Values are expressed as the mean and standard error of three independent experiments.
- FIG. 9 is a drawing showing the correlation between the relative activity value at 37 ° C. with respect to 22 ° C. and the ⁇ PS value shown in FIGS. 7 and 8, for a total of 39 genes tested.
- the vertical axis is a logarithmic display.
- r represents the Pearson correlation coefficient. The presence or absence of correlation is statistically tested (p).
- 14 to 34 (12 to 32) indicate the region of the 14th to 34th base from the 5 ′ end (the actual 5 ′ UTR region is 12 to 32 bases obtained by subtracting 2 from the value of the region).
- the vertical axis indicated by in silico analysis illustrates the Q 2 value representing the prediction accuracy. The higher the Q 2 value is, the higher the prediction accuracy is, and it is possible to explain a model constructed only in that region. This indicates that the region directly affects the selective translation of reporter mRNA under heat stress.
- GG was added to the 5 'end of the mRNA used in the transient expression experiment after transcription from the T3 promoter, and the sequence including it (GG + 5' UTR sequence) was used for in silico analysis.
- the actual 5'UTR area is the area value minus 2.
- 6 is a drawing showing the correlation between the relative activity value predicted by the PLS method based on the 1st to 7th bases and the measured relative activity value.
- the vertical axis shows the relative activity values predicted from the regression model based on the 5 'end 9 bases (actually 7 bases) by the PLS method, and the horizontal axis shows the measured relative activity values of 39 genes.
- . r represents the Pearson correlation coefficient.
- p ⁇ 0.01 indicates the result of uncorrelated test. It is the figure which showed the influence which 5 'terminal 7 base of 5'UTR has on translation under heat stress of reporter mRNA.
- 5'UTR with high relative activity (good (1); At4g14560, good (2); At3g15450, good (3); At1g77120, black characters) and 5'UTR with low relative activity (bad (1); At3g47610 , Bad (2); At5g57440, white letters)
- A), (c), (e), (g), (i), (k) are mRNAs consisting of the full length of 5 'UTR.
- (b), (d), (f), (h), (j), (l) are obtained by replacing the first to seventh bases of each 5'UTR with the indicated 5'UTR. is there.
- + cap_5'UTR_f-luc_pARNAmRNA with each 5'UTR added is introduced into the protoplast together with the control + cap_r-luc_pA mRNA, and then the protoplast introduced with the mRNA is divided, respectively.
- 2 is a diagram showing the correlation between the relative activity value predicted from the regression model based on the 12th to 32nd bases constructed by the PLS method and the measured relative activity value.
- the vertical axis represents the relative activity value predicted from the regression model based on the 12th to 32nd bases by the PLS method.
- the horizontal axis shows the measured relative activity values of 39 genes.
- r represents the Pearson correlation coefficient.
- p ⁇ 0.01 indicates the result of uncorrelated test. It is the figure which investigated the influence which 5 'terminal 7 base of 5'UTR and the 12th-32nd base have on the translation under the heat stress of reporter mRNA by exchanging a short pair (47 bp and 42 bp).
- + cap_5'UTR_f-luc_pA mRNA with each 5'UTR added is introduced into the protoplast together with the control + cap_r-luc_pA mRNA, and after dividing the protoplast into which the mRNA has been introduced, Let stand for 20 minutes at a temperature °C (22 ° C) and heat stress (37 ° C), then collect protoplasts and measure the activity of f-luc and r-luc. The f-luc activity value is shown. Values are expressed as the mean of three independent experiments and the standard error.
- + cap_5'UTR_f-luc_pA mRNA with each 5'UTR added is introduced into the protoplast together with the control + cap_r-luc_pA mRNA, and after dividing the protoplast into which the mRNA has been introduced, Let stand for 20 minutes at a temperature °C (22 ° C) and heat stress (37 ° C), then collect protoplasts and measure the activity of f-luc and r-luc. The f-luc activity value is shown. Values are shown as the mean of three independent experiments and the standard error. It is drawing which shows the result of having investigated the distance of the area
- + cap_5'UTR_f-luc_pA mRNA with each 5'UTR added is introduced into the protoplast together with the control + cap_r-luc_pA mRNA, and after dividing the protoplast into which the mRNA has been introduced, Let stand for 20 minutes at temperature (22 ° C) and heat stress (37 ° C), then collect the protoplasts and measure the activity of f-luc and r-luc at 22 ° C for each construct. The f-luc activity value is shown. Values are expressed as the mean of three independent experiments and the standard error.
- the horizontal axis indicates the base position within the 5 'UTR.
- the vertical axis represents the weight (expression intensity) of each base calculated based on the model constructed by the PLS method. This indicates that the higher this is, the more the suppression of translation of reporter mRNA under heat stress is. Among the statistically significant ones (p ⁇ 0.05), the one with the highest weight of each base was selected and indicated by a square.
- the base with the highest base weight is selected and indicated by a circle.
- GG was added to the 5 'end after transcription from the T3 promoter in the mRNA used in the transient expression experiment, and the sequence ⁇ ⁇ (GG + 5' UTR sequence) including that was added for in silico analysis.
- the actual 5'UTR area is the area value minus 2.
- + cap_5'UTR_f-luc_pA mRNA with each 5'UTR added is introduced into the protoplast together with the control + cap_r-luc_pA mRNA, and after dividing the protoplast into which the mRNA has been introduced, Let stand for 20 minutes at temperature (22 °C), heat stress (37 °C), then collect protoplasts and measure the activity of f-luc and r-luc at 22 °C for each construction. The result which showed the f-luc activity value when doing was shown. The value showed the average value of three independent experiments, and the standard error.
- (b) shows a result obtained by substituting the base region of the indicated number with the same region of 5 ′ UTR (At4g12000, good) having a high relative activity value as compared with (a).
- (C), (d), and (e) show the respective 5 ′ UTRs in which the base region of the indicated number is replaced with the optimal sequence.
- AUG occurs when the 12th to 32nd bases are replaced with the optimal sequence, so the 33rd u is replaced with a.
- CaMV35S represents a promoter region derived from the cauliflower mosaic virus 35S rRNA gene
- NOS-T represents a terminator region derived from an Agrobacterium nopaline synthase gene
- Xb and Sac represent XbaI and SacI restriction enzyme recognition sites, respectively.
- the arrow indicates the transcription start point and the transcription direction.
- 1 is a diagram showing an outline of a synthetic mRNA used for verification. At1g77120 + indicates mRNA when a sequence derived from a vector expected to 5′UTR of At1g77120 is added. At1g77120 indicates an mRNA having only the 5′UTR of At1g77120.
- FIG. 25 shows f-luc activity values when the activity value at 22 ° C. is set to 1 for each of the constructs At1g77120 + and At1g77120 shown in FIG. The value showed the average value of three independent experiments, and the standard error.
- a construction diagram of a binary vector constructed by adding 5′UTR of At4g14560, At1g77120, At3g47610, At5g39740 to a reporter GUS gene having an HSP terminator downstream and under the control of the CaMV35S promoter is shown.
- FIG. 1 shows a construction diagram of binary vectors introduced into At4g14560 + transformed cells and At1g77120 + transformed cells.
- An outline of polysome / RT-PCR analysis is shown.
- the polysome / RT-PCR analysis result in an At3g47610 transformed cell is shown.
- the results using two lines of transformed cells obtained independently are shown.
- the polysome / RT-PCR analysis result in an At5g39740 transformed cell is shown.
- the results using two lines of transformed cells obtained independently are shown.
- the extracted RNA solution was subjected to denaturing gel electrophoresis by equal volume and EtBr staining was performed. The positions of 28S and 18S rRNA are shown in the figure.
- C The extracted RNA was subjected to RT-PCR analysis for each equal volume, and the results of detecting the mRNA of At5g39740 5′UTR-added GUS, At1g77120, At3g47610, and Actin2 present in each fraction are shown.
- the polysome / RT-PCR analysis result in an At4g14560 transformed cell is shown. The results using two lines of transformed cells obtained independently are shown.
- sucrose density gradient obtained by fractionating cell extracts derived from normal cells and cells subjected to heat stress treatment at 37 ° C./10 ⁇ min was collected in 15 fractions, and RNA was extracted from each fraction. The position of each fraction corresponds to the absorbance profile of (A) above.
- the extracted RNA solution was subjected to denaturing gel electrophoresis by equal volume and EtBr staining was performed. The positions of 28S and 18S rRNA are shown in the figure.
- sucrose density gradient obtained by fractionating cell extracts derived from normal cells and cells subjected to heat stress treatment at 37 ° C./10 ⁇ min was collected in 15 fractions, and RNA was extracted from each fraction. The position of each fraction corresponds to the absorbance profile of (A) above.
- the extracted RNA solution was subjected to denaturing gel electrophoresis by equal volume and EtBr staining was performed. The positions of 28S and 18S rRNA are shown in the figure.
- sucrose density gradient obtained by fractionating cell extracts derived from normal cells and cells subjected to salt stress treatment of 200 mM NaCl / 10 min was divided into 15 fractions and collected, and RNA was extracted from each fraction. The position of each fraction corresponds to the absorbance profile of (A) above.
- the extracted RNA solution was subjected to denaturing gel electrophoresis by equal volume and EtBr staining was performed. The positions of 28S and 18S rRNA are shown in the figure.
- sucrose density gradient obtained by fractionating cell extracts derived from normal cells and cells subjected to salt stress treatment of 200 mM NaCl / 10 min was divided into 15 fractions and collected, and RNA was extracted from each fraction. The position of each fraction corresponds to the absorbance profile of (A) above.
- the extracted RNA solution was subjected to denaturing gel electrophoresis by equal volume and EtBr staining was performed. The positions of 28S and 18S rRNA are shown in the figure.
- the extracted RNA is subjected to RT-PCR analysis in equal volumes, and the results of detecting the mRNA of At1g77120 5′UTR-added GUS, At1g77120, At3g47610, and Actin2 present in each fraction are shown.
- the graph shows the relative GUS activity value on the 4th day when the activity value on the 3rd day is 1 when the transformed cells are normally cultured for 3 days and then cultured under heat stress conditions (24 hours / 32 ° C). As shown.
- the culture conditions and the number of measurements are as follows. After normal inoculation, each transformed cell was cultured for 3 days at 22 ° C. under normal conditions, and the cells were collected.
- an operation means keyboard or the like
- a display means display or the like ordinarily provided in a computer
- the processing performed by the system 1 actually means processing performed by the CPU 10 of the system 1.
- the CPU 10 temporarily stores necessary data (intermediate data during processing, etc.) using the memory 11 as a work area, and appropriately records data to be stored for a long time such as calculation results in the recording unit 12.
- the system 1 records a program used for performing each step of the prediction method of the present invention in, for example, an execution format (for example, generated by being converted by a compiler from a programming language such as C language).
- the system 1 performs processing using the program recorded in the recording unit 12.
- the gene entity is a DNA molecule encoding mRNA.
- the mRNA transcribed from the gene is divided into three regions: 5'UTR, ORF (open reading frame), and 3'UTR.
- the recombinant gene of the present invention is a gene recombined to encode mRNA having a specific 5 ′ UTR sequence. In other words, it can be said to be a recombinant gene encoding a specific 5 ′ UTR sequence. It may be said that it is a recombinant gene that expresses mRNA having a specific 5 ′ UTR sequence.
- the recombinant gene of the present invention is not a gene existing in nature (that is, a gene possessed by various biological species) but a gene produced by artificially changing the base sequence of at least the portion corresponding to 5 ′ UTR.
- a protein can be obtained by translating the mRNA encoded by the gene.
- the gene encodes a protein.
- mRNA encodes a protein.
- a recombinant gene can be restated as a recombinant DNA molecule.
- the recombinant gene of the present invention is a recombinant DNA molecule obtained by recombining (changing) the base sequence of DNA encoding mRNA.
- an isolated recombinant DNA molecule is also preferred.
- the mRNA molecule obtained by transcription from the recombinant DNA molecule has a specific 5 'UTR sequence.
- the present invention also includes an artificial mRNA molecule having the specific 5 'UTR sequence.
- the artificial mRNA molecule may be obtained by transcription of the recombinant DNA molecule of the present invention, or may be chemically synthesized.
- Various known methods are known for artificially changing the base sequence of a gene, and can be appropriately selected and used. For example, by cleaving a gene with an appropriate restriction enzyme and then ligating a new nucleic acid fragment to the cleavage site, or by designing a primer pair that is not completely complementary to the target gene, or performing PCR, or By combining these techniques, the base sequence of the gene can be modified.
- the recombinant gene of the present invention can avoid translational suppression under environmental stress (especially heat stress and salt stress) by encoding a specific 5 'UTR sequence. That is, since the mRNA molecule transcribed from the recombinant gene (recombinant DNA molecule) of the present invention has a specific 5 ′ UTR sequence, translation from the mRNA molecule to the protein is suppressed by environmental stress. It can be reduced, preferably translation can be prevented from being suppressed, and more preferably translation can be promoted.
- the specific 5 'UTR sequence is a 5' UTR sequence in which the first to seventh positions from the 5 'end are specific base sequences, and the 12th to 32nd positions from the 5' end are specific base sequences.
- the 8-11th base sequence from the 5 'end of the specific 5' UTR sequence is not particularly limited.
- the 8th to 11th bases from the 5 'end can be any of adenine, uracil, guanine, or cytosine (A, U, G, or C).
- it is the 8th to 11th nucleotide sequence from the 5 'end of 5' UTR possessed by mRNA existing in nature.
- SEQ ID NO: 4 is the 5 ′ UTR sequence of gene At4g14560
- SEQ ID NO: 6 is the 5 ′ UTR sequence of gene At1g77120
- SEQ ID NO: 20 is the 5 ′ UTR sequence of gene At3g15450
- SEQ ID NO: 36 is 5 of the gene At4g12000.
- 'UTR sequence SEQ ID NO: 60 is the optimal 5' UTR sequence predicted by the method described below. Each 5'UTR sequence is as shown in Table 1.
- the 8th to 11th bases of the predicted optimal sequence (SEQ ID NO: 60) are represented by “n”, where n represents adenine, uracil, guanine, or cytosine (A, U, G, or C). Show. That is, n indicates any base of A, U, G, or C.
- the 1st to 7th and 12th to 32nd base sequences of the respective sequences are underlined in Table 1. It can also be said that the specific 5′UTR sequence is a 5′UTR sequence in which the 1st to 7th and 12th to 32nd base sequences from the 5 ′ end are the base sequences indicated by the underline in Table 1, respectively.
- the specific 5'UTR is 5'UTR in which the 1st to 7th base sequence from the 5 'end is acacaag, and the 12th to 32nd base sequence from the 5' end is uucaaggauaucaaaucacaa, 5'UTR in which the 1st to 7th base sequence from the 5 'end is uacauca, and the 12th to 32nd base sequence from the 5' end is cacacaaaacuaacaaaagau, 5'UTR in which the 1st to 7th base sequence from the 5 'end is auaacac, and the 12th to 32nd base sequence from the 5' end is caagcauuggauuaaucaaag, 5'UTR in which the 1st to 7th base sequence from the 5 'end is auuaaca, and the 12th to 32nd base sequence from the 5' end is aaccgaaaaaagaaaaaaacu, or The 1st to 7th base
- the base length is not particularly limited as long as the specific 5 'UTR sequence has a length of 32 bases or more.
- the length is preferably 32 to 250 bases, more preferably 32 to 210 bases, still more preferably 32 to 120 bases, and even more preferably 32 to 60 bases.
- bases other than the 1st to 7th and 12th to 32nd positions from the 5 'end are not particularly limited.
- the base other than the 1st to 7th and 12th to 32nd positions from the 5 'end is adenine, uracil, guanine, or cytosine (A, U, G, or C).
- the recombinant gene of the present invention is selected from the group consisting of heat stress and salt stress in which one or more (preferably one or several) bases are substituted in the specific 5′UTR sequence described above. Also included is a gene encoding 5 ′ UTR that avoids translational repression by at least one environmental stress.
- the recombinant gene (recombinant DNA molecule) of the present invention includes -Encoding mRNA having 5'UTR as a 5'UTR polynucleotide comprising a base sequence in which one or more (preferably one or several) bases are substituted in the specific 5'UTR sequence described above;
- the number of bases substituted in the 5′UTR sequence is preferably 1 to 9, more preferably 1 to 5, and further preferably 1 to 3.
- Whether or not the recombinant gene can avoid translational suppression due to heat stress and / or salt stress is determined by, for example, using a host (preferably a plant, preferably a vector obtained by linking the recombinant gene immediately after the start of transcription of the promoter. More preferably dicotyledonous plants, more preferably Arabidopsis thaliana, or cells derived from these plants) to produce transformants, and when the transformants are grown under heat stress and / or salt stress, It can be determined whether or not the protein encoded by the recombinant gene is produced in an amount equal to or greater than that produced under normal conditions.
- Comparison of protein amounts can be performed by, for example, polysome analysis, RT-PCR analysis, or protein quantification. These analyzes can be performed according to known methods. Protein quantification can also be performed according to a known method (for example, Bradford method).
- More specific preferred specific 5 ′ UTR sequences may include 5 ′ UTR sequences having the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 4, 6, 20, 36, or 60 at the 5 ′ end, more preferably SEQ ID NO: Mention may be made of 5 'UTR sequences consisting of 4, 6, 20, 36 or 60 sequences.
- the recombinant gene of the present invention may be any gene that has been recombined so as to encode mRNA having the specific 5 ′ UTR sequence, and the type of protein (including peptide) encoded by the gene is not particularly limited.
- Preferred examples of proteins (including peptides) include proteins having pharmacological activity. Specific examples include enzymes, transcription factors, cytokines, membrane-bound proteins, various peptide hormones (for example, insulin, growth hormone, somatostatin), medical proteins such as vaccines and antibodies, and the like.
- the recombinant gene of the present invention is a gene obtained by linking a gene encoding such a protein to a reporter gene such as GFP or luciferase, or a tag peptide sequence such as a His tag or a FLAG (registered trademark) tag.
- a reporter gene such as GFP or luciferase
- a tag peptide sequence such as a His tag or a FLAG (registered trademark) tag.
- an artificially designed chimeric gene may be used.
- a known gene (DNA molecule) used as a raw material for the recombinant gene can be used.
- Known gene sequences can be obtained from databases such as a sequence database GenBank operated by NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information). Based on the sequence information, genes (DNA molecules) can be isolated from various organisms by conventional methods such as PCR. In addition, known genes are sold in the form of, for example, cDNA libraries from each sales company, and can be purchased and used.
- the gene used as a raw material for the recombinant gene of the present invention is not particularly limited, but is preferably a plant-derived gene, more preferably a dicotyledonous plant-derived gene, and even more preferably an Arabidopsis-derived gene. That is, the protein encoded by the recombinant gene (DNA molecule) of the present invention is preferably a plant-derived protein, more preferably a dicotyledonous plant-derived protein, and even more preferably an Arabidopsis-derived protein.
- the vector of the present invention is a vector obtained by linking the above-described recombinant gene of the present invention immediately after the transcription start point of the promoter. More specifically, the vector of the present invention is an expression vector obtained by linking the recombinant gene of the present invention to a cloning vector having a promoter sequence immediately after the transcription start point of the promoter.
- cloning vectors examples include plasmid vectors, cosmid vectors, virus vectors, artificial chromosome vectors (eg, YAC, BAC, PAC) and the like. Of these, plasmid vectors and virus vectors are preferred.
- the cloning vector to be used can be appropriately selected depending on the organism or cell (ie host) into which the vector is introduced in order to express the protein from the gene.
- the vector of the present invention has a feature that expression of a protein encoded by a recombinant gene is not suppressed under environmental stress such as heat stress and / or salt stress, particularly when introduced into a plant (including plant cells).
- Agrobacterium-derived plasmids usually used in plants are preferable, and Agrobacterium-derived plasmids having T-DNA (Ti-plasmids) are more preferable.
- a cloning vector having a promoter sequence is used.
- a promoter sequence can be appropriately selected and used depending on the type of host. For example, when the host is an animal (including animal cells), a human cytomegalovirus-derived promoter (CMV promoter), or an SV40 promoter can be exemplified. Moreover, when a host is a plant (a plant cell is included), CaMV35S promoter etc. which are promoters derived from a cauliflower mosaic virus can be illustrated. Moreover, when the host is a bacterium such as Escherichia coli, examples thereof include T7 promoter, T3 promoter, SP6 promoter, tac promoter, lac promoter and the like.
- the vector of the present invention has a feature that expression of a protein encoded by a recombinant gene is not suppressed under environmental stress such as heat stress and / or salt stress, particularly when introduced into a plant (including plant cells). Therefore, the CaMV35S promoter is particularly preferable.
- the cloning vector preferably has a gene group that can be used as a selection marker such as a drug resistance gene.
- Such cloning vectors may be known ones, particularly those that can be purchased from each sales company.
- a known method can be used as a method for incorporating the above-described recombinant gene into a cloning vector.
- the above-mentioned recombinant gene can be amplified by PCR using a primer with a restriction enzyme site, treated with a restriction enzyme, and linked to a restriction enzyme-treated cloning vector.
- the vector of the present invention is one in which the above-mentioned recombinant gene is ligated immediately after the transcription start point of the promoter.
- the promoter sequence and the recombinant gene sequence are ligated.
- the restriction enzyme site exists in the part.
- inverse PCR may be performed so as to remove the restriction enzyme site, and the amplified product obtained may be self-ligated to prepare a vector excluding the restriction enzyme site present in the ligation part.
- the primer set used for the inverse PCR is preferably designed so that the PCR amplification product can self-ligate.
- ligase may be used for self-ligation.
- linkage immediately after the start of transcription means that the recombinant gene of the present invention is 5 ′ of mRNA encoded by the recombinant gene of the present invention when the recombinant gene of the present invention is expressed in a host.
- a transcription product in which a base transcribed from a promoter sequence of 0, 1, 2, or 3 bases (preferably 0, 1, or 2 bases) is bound to the end (ie, 5 ′ UTR end).
- ligation is performed so that there is no extra base sequence between the promoter sequence and the recombinant gene sequence of the present invention.
- a small number for example, 1, 2, or 3 bases
- a vector in which such transcription occurs is also included in the vector of the present invention.
- the transformant of the present invention is a transformant containing the vector of the present invention. More specifically, the transformant of the present invention is a transformant into which the vector of the present invention has been introduced and transformed with the vector of the present invention.
- the organism or cell (host) into which the vector of the present invention is introduced is not particularly limited, but the vector of the present invention is an environment such as heat stress and / or salt stress, particularly when introduced into a plant (including plant cells). It is preferably a plant (including plant cells) because it has a feature that expression of the recombinant gene is not suppressed under stress.
- bacteria such as Escherichia coli are preferably used as hosts.
- Examples of the plant include dicotyledonous plants, and more specifically, Arabidopsis, tobacco, soybean, chrysanthemum, lettuce and the like can be exemplified.
- Examples of plant cells include dicotyledonous plant-derived cells, and more specifically, Arabidopsis-derived cells, tobacco-derived cells, soybean-derived cells, chrysanthemum-derived cells, lettuce-derived cells, and the like. Plant cell-derived protoplasts are also included in the plant cells here.
- cultivating the transformed plant cell is also contained in the transformant of this invention. In addition, when a tumor tissue, a shoot, a hairy root, etc.
- a plant tissue culture method known in the art can be used to regenerate a plant body by administration of an appropriate concentration of a plant hormone such as auxin, cytokinin, gibberellin, abscisic acid, ethylene, brassinolide, or the like.
- a transformed plant body can also be regenerated by using transformed plant cells.
- a regeneration method a method is employed in which callus-like transformed cells are transferred to a medium with different hormone types and concentrations and cultured to form somatic embryos to obtain complete plants. Examples of the medium to be used include LS medium and MS medium.
- the method for introducing the vector of the present invention into the host is not particularly limited, and an appropriate known method can be appropriately selected and used depending on the type of the host and the vector. Examples thereof include, but are not limited to, an electroporation method, a particle gun method, and a method using a Ti plasmid (for example, a binary vector method and a leaf disk method).
- PCR Southern hybridization
- Northern hybridization or the like.
- DNA is prepared from the transformant, and a vector-specific primer is designed to perform PCR. Thereafter, the amplified product is subjected to agarose gel electrophoresis, polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, capillary electrophoresis, etc., stained with ethidium bromide, SYBR Green solution, etc., and the amplified product is detected as a single band, Confirm that it has been transformed.
- PCR can be performed using a primer previously labeled with a fluorescent dye or the like to detect an amplification product.
- a method of binding the amplification product to a solid phase such as a microplate and confirming the amplification product by fluorescence or enzyme reaction may be employed.
- the transformant of the present invention is transformed with the vector of the present invention. More specifically, in the transformant of the present invention, the recombinant gene of the present invention is transcribed from the vector of the present invention to produce mRNA, and the protein is translated from the mRNA. As described above, the recombinant gene of the present invention encodes a specific 5 'UTR sequence and can avoid or reduce translational suppression under heat stress and / or salt stress. Therefore, the transformant of the present invention can preferentially produce the protein encoded by the recombinant gene of the present invention under heat stress and / or salt stress.
- heat stress refers to stress generated by growing a transformant at a temperature higher than normal temperature (room temperature: about 20 to 22 ° C.).
- room temperature about 20 to 22 ° C.
- the temperature is such that the transformant can survive.
- the temperature at which the transformant can survive can be appropriately set according to the type of protein expressed from the recombinant gene, the type of host, and the like. More specifically, it is preferably 25 ° C. or higher, more preferably 25 to 37 ° C., and further preferably 25 to 32 ° C.
- the salt stress in this specification means the stress which arises by growing a transformant with the salt concentration (typically sodium chloride (NaCl) concentration) more than normal salt concentration in a soil or a culture medium.
- the salt concentration is preferably such that the transformant can survive.
- the salt concentration in normal soil or medium is substantially 0 mM.
- the salt concentration at which the transformant can survive can be appropriately set according to the type of protein expressed from the recombinant gene, the type of host, and the like. More specifically, it is preferably 50 mM NaCl or more, more preferably 50 to 200mM NaCl, still more preferably 50 to 100 mM NaCl.
- the transformant of the present invention is grown (cultured) under at least one environmental stress selected from the group consisting of heat stress and salt stress, A method for producing a protein encoded by a gene is also included.
- environmental stress may be applied in the method for growing or culturing a host.
- the production protein may be purified by a known method, for example, by chromatography. More specifically, for example, it can be purified by affinity chromatography using an antibody that recognizes the produced protein. In addition, when the produced protein has some tag sequence, it can be purified using the tag as an index.
- the recombinant gene of the present invention encodes an enzyme necessary for producing a secondary metabolite, so that the secondary metabolite is preferentially produced. It is also possible. That is, the plant produces various secondary metabolites.
- the recombinant gene of the present invention is modified by modifying the 5′UTR-encoding portion of the gene of the enzyme necessary for producing the secondary metabolites. And if you create a transformed plant containing a vector formed by ligating it immediately after the transcription start point of the promoter, supplying the transformed plant with ingredients that are raw materials for secondary metabolites and applying environmental stress, It is also possible to produce the desired secondary metabolite preferentially.
- the present invention also provides a method for modifying a nucleotide sequence of a 5 ′ UTR coding site in a stress environment by modifying the base sequence of the 5 ′ UTR coding site so that the 5 ′ UTR sequence encoded in any gene becomes the specific 5 ′ UTR sequence. Also included is a method for producing a recombinant gene (recombinant DNA molecule) that can avoid or reduce the suppression of translation of a protein encoded (preferably under heat stress and / or salt stress).
- the gene whose base sequence of the 5 'UTR coding site is modified.
- the same protein as the protein encoded by the above-mentioned recombinant gene can be exemplified.
- the gene can also be obtained in the same manner as the gene used as a raw material for the above-mentioned recombinant gene.
- the modification of the base sequence may be performed according to a conventional method, for example, the method described above. Other conditions can be performed in the same manner as the production of the recombinant DNA molecule described above.
- the present invention is also suitable for any gene under a stress environment (preferably by modifying the base sequence of the 5 ′ UTR coding site so that the 5 ′ UTR sequence to be encoded becomes the specific 5 ′ UTR sequence described above. Includes a method for avoiding or reducing the suppression of translation of a protein encoded under heat stress and / or salt stress).
- the gene whose base sequence of the 5 'UTR coding site is modified.
- the same protein as the protein encoded by the above-mentioned recombinant gene can be exemplified.
- the gene can also be obtained in the same manner as the gene used as a raw material for the above-mentioned recombinant gene.
- the modification of the base sequence may be performed according to a conventional method, for example, the method described above. Other conditions can be performed in the same manner as the production of the recombinant DNA molecule described above.
- Artificial mRNA molecule The present invention also encompasses the “mRNA molecule having a specific 5 ′ UTR sequence” described in the above “Recombinant gene (recombinant DNA molecule)” column. Note that the mRNA molecule is an artifact (ie, an artificial mRNA molecule) and does not include mRNA molecules that exist in nature.
- the artificial mRNA molecule may be obtained by transcription of the recombinant DNA molecule of the present invention or may be chemically synthesized.
- the above-described transformant is grown under environmental stress (preferably under heat stress and / or salt stress), and mRNA is recovered from the transformant by a conventional method, thereby efficiently obtaining the artificial mRNA molecule. be able to.
- the artificial mRNA molecule By introducing the artificial mRNA molecule into a cell (preferably a plant cell or protoplast) by a conventional method and culturing the cell under environmental stress (preferably under heat stress and / or salt stress), the above-mentioned transformant.
- the protein encoded by the artificial mRNA molecule can be preferentially produced.
- the introduction method into cells and stress conditions may be the same as described above, for example.
- Sequence feature to avoid or reduce translational repression by environmental stress prediction method is to avoid or reduce translational repression by environmental stress in plants, also predicting method of sequence features in 5'UTR provided.
- a nucleic acid having a 5 ′ UTR having the sequence characteristics predicted by the prediction method is also provided.
- the present invention includes, for example, the inventions described in the following items A to F.
- a nucleic acid sequence comprising a 5 ′ untranslated region derived from a gene naturally expressed in a plant or a modified sequence thereof, which avoids or reduces translational suppression due to environmental stress, In the 5 ′ untranslated region, the region from the base position k ′ to k ′ + L′ ⁇ 1 set in item 1 in the 5 ′ untranslated region derived from a gene naturally expressed in a plant is the specific sequence of item 1.
- An array, In the modified sequence the region from base position k ′ to k ′ + L′ ⁇ 1 set in item 1 in the 5 ′ untranslated region derived from a gene naturally expressed in plants is substituted with the specific sequence of item 1.
- a nucleic acid sequence which is a sequence.
- Item C A gene comprising the nucleic acid sequence according to Item B.
- Item D An expression vector comprising the nucleic acid sequence according to Item B, wherein the nucleic acid sequence is linked immediately after the transcription start point.
- Item E A transformant comprising the expression vector according to Item D.
- Item F A transformed plant comprising the expression vector according to Item D.
- sequence feature in the 5 ′ untranslated region means a specific sequence in the region from the base position k ′ to the k ′ + L′ ⁇ 1 from the 5 ′ end in the 5 ′ UTR.
- the present invention includes the following steps (1) to (6) to perform in-silico analysis of 5′UTR sequence characteristics that regulate translational control due to environmental stress (preferably heat stress and / or salt stress). Provide a method of using and predicting.
- N is the number of gene samples and is an integer of 2 or more.
- the N genes include a plurality of genes having different translation states.
- the translation state for example, a test result obtained by comprehensively analyzing changes in the translation state of a gene by polysome / microarray analysis or the like can be referred to.
- the nucleic acid molecule containing 5 ′ UTR is not particularly limited as long as the translation level can be measured, and examples thereof include synthetic mRNA incorporating a reporter gene such as f-luc gene downstream of 5 ′ UTR.
- the form of the nucleic acid molecule used for the measurement is not particularly limited, and may be, for example, a form in which the synthetic mRNA is introduced into an appropriate protoplast.
- the environmental stress condition means a condition in which stress (preferably heat stress and / or salt stress) is applied under a different environment such as high temperature, high osmotic pressure, and high salt concentration.
- the control condition means a normal condition, in other words, a condition similar to the environmental stress condition except that the environmental stress is not applied.
- the method for obtaining the relative activity value of the translation level is not particularly limited, and can be performed according to a known method. For example, using a synthetic mRNA in which a reporter gene such as an f-luc gene is inserted downstream of a 5'UTR of a gene, a transient transformant is prepared and the transformant is subjected to environmental stress conditions or a control.
- the expression level (translation amount) of the reporter gene compared to when placed under conditions is measured as an activity value, and the ratio can be defined as a “relative activity value”.
- K is a variable indicating the base position from the 5 ′ end in 5′UTR, and is an integer of 1 or more and 5′UTR or less.
- T is a value indicating the number of consecutive bases in a partial sequence that appears at least once in a sequence of length L from k to k + L ⁇ 1, and is an integer of 1 or more and L or less.
- a sequence consisting of t bases appearing at least once in a sequence of length L in the range from base position k to k + L-1 in N samples is R 1 (t ), R 2 (t),..., R v (t), R V (t).
- the frequency of occurrence of each sequence is f i (k, k + L-1) (R 1 (t)),..., f i (k, k + L-1) (R v (t)),... , f i (k, k + L ⁇ 1) (R V (t)).
- the v-th array frequency is expressed as a variable f i (k, k + L ⁇ 1) (R v (t)).
- constructing a correlation equation represents a relative activity value as a function of the frequency of appearance of the base sequence. And the regression coefficient of the appearance frequency of each base sequence is calculated
- test method is t test.
- Bases that are statistically significant in the relative activity value y are extracted for each base position, and any base at any position in the sequence of length L ranging from the base position k to k + L-1 is positive or negative. Information on whether to contribute to the relative activity value under any condition can be obtained.
- factor X (N ⁇ V matrix) is linearly related to response y (N ⁇ 1).
- factor X and response Y are expressed as in the following equations (5) and (6). be able to.
- p k is a weight vector of the k-th component in X
- q k is a coefficient of the k-th component in y.
- D is the number of PLS components
- t k is the kth latent variable
- E is the residual of X
- e is the residual of y.
- D which is the number of components of PLS, is calculated as the number of components when the prediction accuracy is maximized by sequentially calculating the prediction accuracy by leave-one-out cross-validation every time the number of components is increased.
- the calculation of the prediction accuracy can be performed using an index that associates the predicted value with the actual measurement value by leave-one-out cross-validation such as the Q 2 value, the correlation coefficient between the predicted value and the actual measurement value.
- Q 2 is a scale indicating the prediction accuracy of the model, and can be expressed by the following equation (7).
- y obs is a relative activity value obtained experimentally
- y pred is a predicted value by the constructed model.
- F is the residual of y.
- a regression model with base positions k ′ and L ′ having a prediction accuracy relative to the relative activity value equal to or higher than a set value is selected from a plurality of regression models constructed by changing k and L, and the selected regression A specific sequence in the region from base position k ′ to k ′ + L′ ⁇ 1 is predicted using the model.
- a plurality of regression models are constructed by changing the values of k and L. And the regression model of base position k 'and L' which makes the prediction precision with respect to a relative activity value more than a setting value is selected from them.
- the prediction accuracy a known index can be used, and an example is Q 2 value.
- Q 2 value is used as the prediction accuracy, it is considered that the region having a higher Q 2 value has a higher prediction accuracy, and that region directly affects the translation state under the environmental stress condition. From this, base positions k ′ and L ′ are selected as regions for improving such prediction accuracy, and regression models of the base positions k ′ and L ′ are selected.
- k ′ is a constant that sets the prediction accuracy of the variable k to a set value or more
- L ′ is a constant that sets the prediction accuracy of the variable L to a set value or more.
- the region from k ′ to k 1 ′ + L 1 ′ ⁇ 1 determined by k ′ and L ′ is an important region for avoiding or reducing translational suppression due to environmental stress in plants.
- the set value can be appropriately set according to the purpose, but is usually 0 or more, preferably 0.5 or more, more preferably 0.6 or more, and particularly about 0.8 or more.
- a plurality of k ′ and L ′ can be selected according to the prediction accuracy.
- k 1 ′ and L 1 ′ with the highest prediction accuracy are selected from k ′ and L ′ that are equal to or higher than the set value, and k 2 ′ and L 2 ′ with the second highest prediction accuracy are selected. be able to.
- the specific sequence 1 in the region from the base position k 1 ′ to k 1 ′ + L 1 ′ ⁇ 1 is predicted using k 1 ′ and L 1 ′, and further the base position k using k 2 ′ and L 2 ′. It is also possible to predict the specific sequence 2 in the region from 2 ′ to k 2 ′ + L 2 ⁇ 1.
- the specific sequence is a base sequence obtained from the selected regression model and a base sequence having a prediction accuracy equal to or higher than a set value. In other words, it is a base sequence excellent in the function of avoiding or reducing translational suppression due to environmental stress in plants.
- the prediction method of the present invention can also be realized by a computer system using a computer program, for example.
- it can be realized in a computer (computer system) shown in FIG. .
- the present invention also includes a prediction system that realizes the prediction method of the present invention.
- the present invention includes the following prediction system.
- a system for predicting sequence features in a 5 ′ untranslated region (5′UTR) that avoids or reduces translational suppression due to environmental stress in plants Means for determining the relative activity value of the translation level under environmental stress conditions with respect to the control conditions of the nucleic acid molecule containing each 5 ′ UTR for N genes that are naturally expressed in plants, Means for determining the appearance frequency of a base sequence consisting of t bases that appears at least once for a sequence of length L from the base position k to k + L-1 from the 5 'end in the 5'UTR; Means for constructing a correlation between the relative activity value and the appearance frequency of the base sequence, and determining a regression coefficient of the appearance frequency of each base sequence by multivariate analysis; Using the regression coefficient, the regression coefficient values corresponding to the four bases A, U, G, and C at each base position in the length L region from the base position k to k + L ⁇ 1 are obtained, Means for determining the contribution of each base to the relative activity value; Means for
- the prediction method of the present invention can include other steps other than the above (1) to (6) as long as the effects of the present invention are not impaired.
- polysome / microarray analysis it is possible to add a step of analyzing changes in the translational state of a gene that is naturally expressed in plants under control conditions and environmental stress conditions.
- N genes used in the step (1) can be selected.
- the present invention can include known methods that are usually used in in silico analysis and multivariate analysis, as necessary.
- Nucleic acid molecules comprising predicted 5 ′ untranslated regions or modified sequences thereof The present invention also includes nucleic acid molecules comprising 5 ′ untranslated regions or modified sequences thereof having sequence characteristics obtained by the predicting method.
- the present invention relates to (1) a nucleic acid molecule comprising a 5 ′ untranslated region having a sequence feature obtained by the above-mentioned 1 prediction method, and (2) a sequence feature obtained by the above-mentioned 1 prediction method.
- the nucleic acid molecule of (1) is a nucleic acid molecule containing a 5 ′ untranslated region derived from a gene naturally expressed in a plant, and the prediction method in a 5 ′ untranslated region derived from a gene naturally expressed in a plant
- the region from base position k ′ predicted in step k ′ + L′ ⁇ 1 is a nucleic acid molecule having a specific sequence predicted by the prediction method.
- 5'UTR1 (good (1)): SEQ ID NO: 4 in the sequence listing acacaagcauuuucaaggauaucaaaucacaaucccaagaagagcaauaacaagagaagaagaaguaguucaagaauuaaggaagagagcuucuccguuaaaguauagugagagaau Array of 5'UTR2 (good (2)): SEQ ID NO: 5 in the sequence listing auaacacauuucaagcauuggauuaaucaaagacaaagaaaacgaaa Array of 5'UTR3 (good (3)): SEQ ID NO: 6 in the sequence listing uacaucacaaucacacaaaaacuaacaaaagaucaaaagcaaguucuucacuguugaua Of the sequence.
- Modified 5'UTR1 The 1st to 7th sequence from the 5 'end in the sequence of the 5' untranslated region derived from the gene naturally expressed in plants is replaced with the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 7 (uuaaaa)
- Modified 5'UTR2 A sequence in which the 12th to 32nd sequence from the 5 'end in the 5' untranslated region derived from a gene naturally expressed in plants is replaced with the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 8 (acaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa)
- Modified 5′UTR3 The 1-7 base sequence from the 5 ′ end in the 5 ′ untranslated region derived from a gene naturally expressed in plants is replaced with the sequence of SEQ ID NO: 7 (uuaaaa)
- the nucleic acid molecule comprising the predicted 5 'untranslated region of the present invention having the above sequence characteristics or a modified sequence thereof has a characteristic that it can avoid or reduce translational suppression due to environmental stress in plants.
- ⁇ Normal plants are inhibited from translating proteins from most mRNAs when subjected to environmental stress.
- a nucleic acid molecule containing the 5 'untranslated region of the present invention or a modified sequence thereof is introduced, suppression of translation under environmental stress conditions can be avoided and protein synthesis can be maintained.
- the present invention also includes a gene comprising a nucleic acid sequence containing the predicted 5 'untranslated region or a modified sequence thereof in the present invention.
- the gene of the present invention contains a protein coding sequence in addition to the predicted 5 'untranslated region or a modified sequence thereof.
- the gene of the present invention includes a nucleic acid sequence containing the predicted 5 ′ untranslated region of the present invention or a modified sequence thereof, thereby preventing or reducing translational suppression caused by environmental stress. In this case, the protein synthesis ability is maintained.
- the present invention also includes an expression vector into which the nucleic acid molecule is inserted.
- the type of vector, the method for inserting the nucleic acid molecule into the vector, the mode of linking the nucleic acid molecule and the vector, etc. are the same as described above.
- the present invention also includes a transformant that can be obtained by introducing the expression vector into a host.
- a transformant that can be obtained by introducing the expression vector into a host.
- the type of host and the method for introduction into the host are the same as described above.
- an area important for translation control under environmental stress can be accurately predicted.
- the prediction method of the present invention is a method for predicting sequence features in 5′UTR that are important for translational control under environmental stress, and predicting important regions in 5′UTR that avoid translational suppression due to environmental stress with high accuracy. It was confirmed by experimental verification that this could be done (Example).
- the sequence of the gene indicated by the AGI code can be obtained from, for example, the homepage of The Arabidopsis Information Resource (TAIR).
- TAIR The Arabidopsis Information Resource
- Plasmid pT3-FL-pA vector which is a template for Firefly luciferase (hereinafter “f-luc”) vector
- pT3 which is a template for Renilla luciferase (hereinafter “r-luc”) vector -RL-pA vector was prepared by the following method.
- the f-luc and r-luc forward primers were designed to have the following restriction enzyme sites and T3 promoter sequences upstream of the ATG corresponding to the start codon.
- the f-luc and r-luc backward primers were designed to have the following restriction enzyme sequences downstream of the TAA corresponding to the stop codon.
- telomere sequence at the 3 'end is the following synthetic oligonucleotide:
- the double-stranded fragments annealed with pT3-FL and pT3-RL were prepared by inserting them into EcoRI / BanIII sites, which were designated as pT3-FL-pA and pT3-RL-pA, respectively.
- Amplification of the coding region of Firefly luciferase was performed by PCR reaction using the above pT3-FL-pA as a template.
- the forward primer was designed to have BssHII and NcoI restriction enzyme sites upstream of ATG corresponding to the start codon.
- a part of the downstream sequence of the start codon was mutated to design an AatII site (GACGCC ⁇ GACGTC). Adding a mutation will change the third alanine of f-luc to valine.
- Each PCR product was digested with BssHII / NspV and inserted into the BssHII / NspV site of the pT3-FL-pA vector to obtain a template plasmid pFL-pA for in vitro synthesis.
- a sequence in which a part of the 5 'UTR sequence was substituted was prepared as a PCR amplified fragment or a synthetic oligonucleotide using a mutation-introducing primer and inserted into the NcoI / AatII site of pFL-pA.
- plasmids for transcription in vitro pT3- 5'UTR- FL-pA in which various kinds of 5′UTR sequences were linked were obtained.
- FIG. 1 An outline of plasmid construction is shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, a DNA fragment ligated with a 5 'UTR sequence to be tested downstream of the T3 promoter was inserted into a plasmid for f-luc mRNA synthesis using an NcoI / AatII site. In-vitro synthesized f-luc mRNA has a GG derived from the T3 promoter added to the 5 'end of the 5' UTR to be tested.
- the synthesis was performed according to the protocol attached to the kit.
- the synthesized RNA was treated with DNase I attached to the kit, purified by LiCl precipitation, and dissolved with attached RNase-free water.
- the cap structure was added using the ScriptCap m 7 G Capping System (EPICENTRE). The operation followed the protocol attached to the kit.
- the capped RNA was purified using RNeasy kit (QIAGEN) and eluted with RNase-free water. RNA concentration was measured using a spectrophotometer. RNA quality was assayed by 1.5% denaturing agarose gel electrophoresis.
- Protoplasts were collected again by centrifugation, and suspended in an MMG solution (0.4 M mannitol, 15 mM MgCl 2 , 4 mM Mes-KOH, pH 5.7) so that the cell concentration was 1 ⁇ 10 4 cells / ⁇ l.
- MMG solution 0.4 M mannitol, 15 mM MgCl 2 , 4 mM Mes-KOH, pH 5.7
- sequence information related to relative activity values 2-1 Definition of sequence information and activity information
- sequence information and activity information Experiments according to the above methods 1-1 to 1-7 (in other words, several genes with different translation states are extracted and a reporter in which 5'UTRs of these genes are linked Relative f-luc activity value in protoplasts (ie, normal) obtained by standing at normal temperature (22 ° C) and heat stress condition (37 ° C) obtained in transient expression experiments conducted by introducing mRNA into cultured cell protoplasts
- the relative f-luc activity value in the protoplasts kept at the heat stress condition (37 ° C.) relative to the f-luc activity value in the protoplasts kept at the temperature (22 ° C.) is expressed as “relative activity value”.
- the relative activity value of the i-th sample is y i .
- Fig. 2 shows the relationship between sequence information and the definition of relative activity values.
- each sequence is expressed as f i (k, k + L-1) (R 1 (t)),..., f i (k, k + L-1) (R v (t)), ..., F i (k, k + L-1) (R V (t)).
- the v-th sequence frequency is represented as a variable f i (k, k + L ⁇ 1) (R v (t)).
- FIG. 3 shows t consecutive bases (R 1 (t), R 2 (t),..., R v (t in a sequence of length L in the interval [k, k + L ⁇ 1] in N samples. )) Frequency.
- I the regression coefficient at the v-th base frequency. Further, the contribution to the relative activity value in the sequence region was compared by Q 2 by calculating the regression coefficient described in 2-4.
- a matrix is created in which the coefficients are arranged at the positions of k + j, k + j + 1,..., k + j + t-1 in the i-th sample (see the upper part of Fig. 4).
- the mean and unbiased variance of the regression coefficients having four bases A, U, G, and C at the k + j-th base position are av (A) k + j , av (U) k + j , av (G) k + j , av (C) k + j and V (A) k + j , V (U) k + j , V (G) k + j , V (C) k + j . That is,
- base corresponds to each base of A, U, G, and C.
- This p (base) k + j is a probability that the regression coefficient of the base corresponding to base in k + j is assumed to be zero by chance, so that the sequence of length L in the range from base position k to k + L-1 Information on which base at which position contributes to the relative activity value under either positive or negative conditions can be obtained.
- Fig. 4 shows the regression coefficient at the j + kth base position and the average and universal variance of the regression coefficients corresponding to the four bases.
- a regression model was constructed by PLS (Partial Least Squares) method.
- the PLS method is a method of linearly associating factor X (N ⁇ V matrix) with response y (N ⁇ 1).
- p k is a weight vector of the k-th component in X
- q k is a coefficient of the k-th component in y.
- D is the number of PLS components
- t k is the kth latent variable
- E is the residual of X
- e is the residual of y.
- D is a number of components of the PLS is sequentially calculates the Q 2 value by Leave-one-out cross-validation each time increasing the number of components, Q 2 value is determined as the number of components when maximized.
- Q 2 is a scale indicating the prediction accuracy of the model, and is expressed by the following equation (7).
- y obs is an experimentally obtained value obtained experimentally
- y pred is a predicted value based on the constructed model.
- PLS equations (5) and (6) can be combined into equation (8).
- F is the residual of y.
- a normal cell prepared by dividing a cultured cell obtained by culturing under the same conditions and a cell subjected to heat stress treatment (37 ° C., 10 minutes) were each subjected to polysome analysis using sucrose density gradient centrifugation. It was confirmed by an absorption profile that the polysome fraction was decreased by the heat stress treatment and at the same time the non-polysome fraction was increased. Extract and purify RNA from the polysome fraction and non-polysome fraction respectively, and prepare antisenseantiRNA (aRNA) fluorescently labeled with Cy3 (polysome fraction) or Cy5 (non-polysome fraction) using the purified RNA as a template.
- aRNA antisenseantiRNA
- oligoarray® (Arabidopsis 3oligo® microarray® 44K; Agilent Technologies). Based on the microarray data obtained, the polys ⁇ ⁇ score (polysome fraction [Cy3] / non-polysome fraction [Cy5] Log ratio) and polysome fractions are used as indicators to indicate the translation state (polysome formation state) of individual mRNA species. A polygon ratio (corresponding to Cy3 / [Cy3 + Cy5]) indicating the percentage (%) of mRNA present in the minute was calculated.
- Polysomescore in normal cells was determined by the following formula.
- poly con represents the Cyanine3 (Cy3) signal value in normal cell-derived microarray data, in other words, the amount of mRNA present in the polysome fraction in normal cells.
- nonpoly con represents the Cyanine5 (Cy5) signal value in microarray data derived from normal cells, in other words, the amount of mRNA present in the fraction that is not a polysome fraction in normal cells.
- polyscore in the heat-stressed cells was determined by the following formula.
- poly heat represents the Cy3 signal value in microarray data derived from cells subjected to high-temperature stress treatment, in other words, the amount of mRNA present in the polysome fraction in heat-treated cells.
- nonpoly heat represents the Cy5 signal value in microarray data derived from cells subjected to high-temperature stress treatment, in other words, the amount of mRNA present in a fraction that is not a polysome fraction in cells subjected to heat stress treatment.
- ⁇ PS represented by the following formula was determined for each gene as an index for evaluating changes in the translational state due to heat stress treatment.
- the mRNA of 19099 gene was ranked according to the magnitude of ⁇ PS. That is, the higher the value of ⁇ PS, the higher the ranking, and the lower the value, the lower the ranking. A larger ⁇ PS value indicates that the translation state is not affected, and a smaller ⁇ PS value indicates that translation is significantly inhibited.
- FIG. 7 (A) shows a diagram in which the ⁇ PS values of the selected 17 genes are circled on the ⁇ PS histogram.
- FIG. 8 (A) shows a diagram in which ⁇ PS values of 22 genes are circled on the ⁇ PS histogram.
- FIG. 6 shows an outline of the transient expression experiment.
- f-luc firefly luciferase
- r-luc Renilla luciferase
- Firefly luciferase mRNA has a cap structure in which 5 'UTRs of each gene are linked and a poly A sequence, and is also represented as + cap_5' UTR_f-luc_pA mRNA.
- RenillaRluciferase (r-luc) mRNA is a control RNA having a cap structure and a poly A sequence, and is also expressed as + cap_r-luc_pA mRNA.
- Fig. 8 (B) shows the test results of 22 genes selected mainly in the top ranking.
- An equal amount of + cap_5′UTR_f-luc_pA mRNA ligated with the 5′UTR of the selected gene was introduced into the protoplast together with the control + cap_r-luc_pA mRNA.
- Relative f-luc activity value (a) or r-luc activity value with the AGI code of the selected gene on the vertical axis and the ⁇ PS value in parentheses on the horizontal axis, and the activity value at 22 ° C. for each construct on the horizontal axis (b) is shown.
- the results showed the mean value of three independent experiments and the standard error.
- FIG. 7 (B) (a) At4g14560 and FIG. 8 (B) (a) At1g55330, At1g77120, etc. Such a decrease in relative activity value was not observed.
- 5'UTR is the level of mRNA translation under heat stress. It was shown to be an important factor in determining the response.
- a sequence of length L was extracted from any position k of the 5 'UTR, such as 10 bases from the 5' end or 20 bases from the 10th base (Fig. 10-B).
- Partial 3 base sequence included in the extracted region for example, count the frequency of AAA, AUG, UUC, etc. (Fig. 10-C), build a regression model of the specified range using the PLS method, 3 base sequence regression The coefficient for which the coefficient was obtained (FIG. 10-D).
- Figure 11 shows the effect on translation under heat stress in 5'UTR by in silico analysis using the sequence information of 39 'gene 5'UTR treated in this study and the relative activity value obtained from transient expression experiments. The analysis result of the area which affects is shown.
- 5 'UTR 7' base plays a very important role in avoiding translational suppression under heat stress Transient expression experiment of the importance of 7 bases 5 'UTR side predicted from in silico analysis, in other words, 9 bases predicted from in silico analysis excluding GG derived from T3 promoter It verified by.
- At4g14560 is indicated as good (1)
- At3g15450 is indicated as good (2)
- At1g77120 is indicated as good (3).
- At3g47610 is indicated by bad (1)
- At5g57440 is indicated by bad (2).
- FIG. 13 shows the full length of the 5 ′ UTR of the gene used and the structure of the 5 ′ UTR in which the 1st to 7th bases are replaced with the other 5 ′ UTR by the 1st to 7th bases.
- Table 2 also shows the AGI code, sequence and base length for the 5 'UTR (a)-(l) used in the analysis of FIG.
- the underlined part in bold indicates the sequence after exchanging 7 bases at the 5 'end.
- the + cap_5′UTR_f-luc_pA mRNA added with (a) to (l) was introduced into the protoplast together with the control + cap_r-luc_pA mRNA. After dividing the protoplast into which the mRNA was introduced into two samples, each was allowed to stand at normal temperature (22 ° C.) and heat stress (37 ° C.) for 20 minutes. Thereafter, protoplasts were collected from each sample, and f-luc and r-luc activities were measured.
- FIG. 13 shows the f-luc activity value of each construct when the activity value at 22 ° C. is 1. The results are shown as the average value of three independent experiments and the standard error.
- the region excluding GG derived from the T3 promoter was estimated from the 14th to 34th bases predicted from in silico analysis.
- FIG. 14 shows the relative activity values predicted from the regression model based on the 12th to 32nd bases by the PLS method, and the horizontal axis shows the measured relative activity values of 39 genes.
- r represents the Pearson correlation coefficient.
- p ⁇ 0.01 indicates the result of uncorrelated test.
- the 5'UTR length of the paired genes to be replaced is as close as possible, and the short pair (47nt and 42nt) and the long pair (210nt) 198nt) exchanged with each other.
- Figure 15 shows the results of a short pair replacement test.
- 5′UTR white frame of gene At3g15450 with a high relative activity value
- 5 ′ end 7 bases and 12th to 32nd bases of 5′UTR gray frame of gene At5g39740 with a low relative activity value
- FIG. 15 (a), (a) and (e) show the 5 'UTR full-length sequence.
- (b), (c), (d), (f), (g), and (h) are obtained by substituting the 5 ′ UTR of the indicated base region with the other 5 ′ UTR. Indicates.
- Table 3 shows the AGI code, sequence and base length of the 5 'UTR (a)-(h) used in the analysis of FIG.
- the underlined portion in bold indicates the sequence after exchanging the 7 'base at the 5' end and the 12th to 32nd bases, or both.
- the + cap_5′UTR_f-luc_pA mRNA added with each 5 ′ UTR shown in (a)-(h) was introduced into the protoplast together with the control + cap_r-luc_pA mRNA. After dividing the protoplast into which the mRNA was introduced into two samples, each was allowed to stand at normal temperature (22 ° C.) and heat stress (37 ° C.) for 20 minutes. Thereafter, protoplasts were collected from each sample, and f-luc and r-luc activities were measured.
- FIG. 15 shows the f-luc activity value when the activity value at 22 ° C. is 1 for each construction.
- the results showed the mean value of three independent experiments and the standard error. Note that, regardless of the type of + cap_5′UTR_f-luc_pA mRNA tested, the expression level from + cap_r-luc_pA mRNA decreased to the same extent.
- Fig. 16 shows the result of the long pair exchange test.
- (A) and (e) show the full-length sequence of 5 'UTR.
- (b), (c), (d), (f), (g) and (h) are obtained by substituting the 5′UTR with the other 5′UTR for the 5′UTR. Indicates.
- Table 4 shows the 5 'UTR AGI code, sequence and base length of (a) to (h) used in the analysis of FIG.
- the underlined portion in bold indicates the sequence after exchanging the 7 'base at the 5' end and the 12th to 32nd bases, or both.
- the + cap_5′UTR_f-luc_pA mRNA added with each 5′UTR illustrated in (a)-(h) was introduced into the protoplast together with the + cap_r-luc_pA mRNA as a control.
- Two samples of protoplasts into which mRNA had been introduced were separated, and each was allowed to stand at normal temperature (22 ° C.) and heat stress (37 ° C.) for 20 minutes. Thereafter, protoplasts were collected from each sample, and f-luc and r-luc activities were measured.
- FIG. 16 shows the f-luc activity value when the activity value at 22 ° C. is 1 for each construction.
- the results showed the mean value of three independent experiments and the standard error. Note that, regardless of the type of + cap_5′UTR_f-luc_pA mRNA tested, the expression level from + cap_r-luc_pA mRNA decreased to the same extent.
- Fig. 17 shows the structure of the structure.
- (a) shows the full length of 5 'UTR.
- (b), (c), and (d) show the 5′UTR in which the 5′UTR of the gene having a high relative activity value is substituted for the base region of the indicated number.
- Table 5 shows the 5 'UTR AGI code, sequence, and base length from (a) to (d) used in the analysis of FIG.
- the underlined portion in bold indicates the sequence after exchanging the 7 'base at the 5' end and the 12th to 32nd bases, or both.
- the + cap_5′UTR_f-luc_pA mRNA added with each 5 ′ UTR shown in (a) to (d) was introduced into the protoplast together with the control + cap_r-luc_pA mRNA. After dividing the protoplast into which mRNA was introduced, each was allowed to stand at normal temperature (22 ° C.) and heat stress (37 ° C.) for 20 minutes. Thereafter, the protoplasts were recovered and the f-luc and r-luc activities were measured.
- FIG. 17 shows the f-luc activity value when the activity value at 22 ° C. of each construction is 1.
- the results showed the mean value of three independent experiments and the standard error. Note that, regardless of the type of + cap_5′UTR_f-luc_pA mRNA tested, the expression level from + cap_r-luc_pA mRNA decreased to the same extent.
- FIGS. 17-c and d) show relative activity values similar to those of the full-length sequence before exchanging the important region.
- the 5'UTR 5 'end 7 bases and the 12th to 32nd base important regions of 5'UTR, which had a high relative activity value, exist not only in the 5'UTR but also on the 5' end side. It was shown that this could be important.
- Non-patent Document 4 in which the full-length 5′UTR sequence was arranged by Kawaguchi et al., The relative activity value predicted from the 5′UTR sequence and the construction model was calculated. The degree of correlation was verified with respect to the ⁇ PS value ⁇ calculated from the polysome / microarray analysis described in 1), that is, the index indicating the change in the translational state due to heat stress.
- Fig. 18 shows the results of examining the correlation between the relative activity predicted from the model formula constructed by PLS analysis in silico and ⁇ PS analyzed by polysome / microarray.
- the horizontal axis of ⁇ PS obtained by polysome / microarray, the vertical axis of in silico by PLS obtained in 3-2-1 for the 1746 gene whose 5'UTR sequence information has already been arranged The relative activity value predicted from the constructed model obtained by the analysis is shown.
- r represents the Pearson correlation coefficient.
- p ⁇ 0.01 indicates the result of uncorrelated test. *
- FIG. 19 based on the regression coefficient of the partial base sequence calculated by the PLS model constructed based on the 5th end 7 bases and 12th to 32nd base information in 4-1.
- the PLS regression coefficient of each base at each position was placed (FIG. 19-A), the average value of each of the four bases at each base position was determined, and t-test was further performed (FIG. 19-B).
- the optimal sequence was extracted by calculating the weight of each base at each base sequence position (influence on expression intensity).
- the horizontal axis in FIG. 20 shows the base position within the 5 ′ UTR.
- 9 represents the ninth base from the 5 ′ end of the.
- the vertical axis represents the weight of each base, that is, the expression intensity calculated based on the model constructed by the PLS method. This indicates that the higher this is, the more the suppression of translation of reporter mRNA under heat stress is.
- the one with the highest weight among the four bases was selected (black frame). If all four bases were not significant, the base with the highest base weight was selected (black circle).
- GG was added to the 5 'end after transcription from the T3 promoter in the mRNA used in the transient expression experiment, and the sequence ⁇ ⁇ (GG + 5' UTR sequence) including that was added for in silico analysis. Using.
- the actual 5 'UTR area is the area value minus 2.
- 5′UTR As a verification method, using two types of 5′UTR having a low relative activity and different lengths, specifically, 5′UTR (42 bp) of At5g39740 and 5′UTR (198 bp) of At2g41630, Transient expression experiments were carried out by replacing the 5′-end 7 bases, the 12th to 32nd bases, or both with the optimal sequences shown above, and verified the effect on translation of reporter mRNA under heat stress.
- the 5 ′ end 7 bases are uuaaaaa
- the 12th to 32nd bases are acaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
- the test 5′UTR 5 ′ end 7 bases and the 12th to 32nd bases or both The region of was replaced with the same sequence.
- Fig. 21 shows the result of a short 5'UTR (At5g39740) replacement test.
- the left figure of Fig. 21 shows the 5'UTR configuration.
- (a) shows the full-length sequence of 5 'UTR.
- (b) shows a result obtained by replacing the base region of the indicated number with the same region of 5′UTR (indicated by “good”) of the gene At3g15450 having a high relative activity value with respect to (a).
- (c), (d), and (e) show the respective 5 ′ UTRs in which the base region of the indicated number is replaced with the optimum sequence (shown as “best”).
- Table 6 shows the 5 'UTR AGI code, sequence and base length from (a) to (e) used in the analysis of FIG.
- the underlined portion in bold indicates the sequence after exchanging the 7 'base at the 5' end and the 12th to 32nd bases, or both.
- the + cap_5′UTR_f-luc_pA mRNA added with each 5′UTR shown in (a)-(e) was introduced into the protoplast together with the control + cap_r-luc_pA ⁇ ⁇ mRNA. After dividing the protoplast into which the mRNA was introduced into two samples, each was allowed to stand at normal temperature (22 ° C.) and heat stress (37 ° C.) for 20 minutes. Thereafter, protoplasts were collected from each sample, and f-luc and r-luc activities were measured.
- the right figure of FIG. 21 shows the f-luc activity value when the activity value at 22 ° C. of each construction is 1.
- the results showed the mean value of three independent experiments and the standard error. Note that, regardless of the type of + cap_5′UTR_f-luc_pA mRNA tested, the expression level from + cap_r-luc_pA mRNA decreased to the same extent.
- FIG. 22 shows the result of a long 5 ′ UTR (At2g41630) replacement test.
- At2g41630 was examined the effect on the translation of reporter mRNA by replacing the 7 'base of the 5' UTR (gray frame) and the 12th to 32nd bases of the 5 'UTR (gray frame) of the gene At2g41630 with a low relative activity value, or both. .
- Fig. 22 shows the 5'UTR configuration.
- (a) shows the full-length sequence of 5 'UTR.
- (b) shows a result obtained by replacing the base region of the indicated number with the same region of 5′UTR (indicated by “good”) of the gene At4g12000 having a high relative activity value with respect to (a).
- (C), (d), and (e) show the respective 5′UTRs in which the base region of the indicated number is replaced with the optimal sequence (indicated by “best”).
- AUG was generated when the 12th to 32nd bases were replaced with the optimal sequence, so the 33rd u was replaced with a.
- the optimal sequence presented by calculating the weight of each base at each base position using in ⁇ ⁇ silico analysis increased the relative activity value by the replacement experiment for two kinds of 5 ′ UTRs. This is considered to be a result supporting the usefulness of the in silico analysis using the PLS analysis that derived the importance of the 7 'base and the 12th to 32nd bases presented so far.
- FIG. 23 shows a construction diagram of a general plant expression vector. In this case, a 5 ′ UTR and a gene are introduced into the XbaI and SacI sites of the basic expression vector.
- the 5'UTR features that can avoid translational suppression due to heat stress include 5'UTR 5 'end 7 bases, 12th to 32nd base regions, It has become clear that it is important to be at the 5 'end rather than within the 5' UTR. Therefore, when the construction as shown in FIG. 23 is performed, there is a possibility that the ability to avoid translational suppression due to stress cannot be exhibited.
- FIG. 24 shows the configuration of the 5 ′ UTR.
- (At1g77120 +) indicates mRNA when a sequence derived from a vector expected to 5'UTR of At1g77120 is added, and (At1g77120) indicates mRNA having only 5'UTR of At1g77120.
- C represents the transcription start point of the CaMV35S promoter, that is, the 5 ′ end of 5′UTR.
- Table 8 shows 5'UTR sequences of (At1g77120 +) and (At1g77120).
- the + cap_5′UTR_f-luc_pA mRNA added with each 5′UTR shown in FIG. 24 was introduced into the protoplast together with the control + cap_r-luc_pA ⁇ ⁇ mRNA. After dividing the protoplast into which the mRNA was introduced into two samples, each was allowed to stand at normal temperature (22 ° C.) and heat stress (37 ° C.) for 20 minutes. Thereafter, protoplasts were collected from each sample, and f-luc and r-luc activities were measured.
- FIG. 25 shows the f-luc activity value when the activity value at 22 ° C. of each construct At1g77120 + and At1g77120 shown in FIG. 24 is 1. The results showed the mean value of three independent experiments and the standard error. Note that, regardless of the type of + cap_5′UTR_f-luc_pA mRNA tested, the expression level from + cap_r-luc_pA mRNA decreased to the same extent.
- the PCR products were self-ligated, and the resulting plasmids were named At4g14560 NF HSP-T, At1g77120 NF HSP-T, At3g47610 NF HSP-T, At5g39740NF HSP-T, At5g39740-S NF HSP-T, respectively. Moreover, it was confirmed that there was no mutation by determining the base sequence.
- HindIII / ERI fragment of At4g14560 + NF HSP-T, At1g77120 + NF HSP-T, At4g14560 NFHSP-T, At1g77120 NF HSP-T, At3g47610 NF HSP-T, At5g39740 NF HSP-T, At5g39740-S NF HSP-T was inserted into pRI910 (TAKARA-BIO) to prepare a transformation vector.
- the prepared binary vector was introduced into Agrobacterium tumefaciens EHA105 strain by electroporation and stored at ⁇ 80 ° C. as a glycerol stock.
- FIG. 26 illustrates a construction diagram of the prepared binary vector.
- washing medium 1 ml or 500 ⁇ l of washed culture cells and the same amount of washed medium, modified LS Km Cb plate (modified LS medium, 40 mg / l kanamycin, 250 mg / l carbenicillin sodium, 3 g / l gellan gum ).
- Subculture of stably transformed cells is carried out under conditions of 22 ° C, 18 hours light period / 6 hours dark period, stirring speed 120 rpm, 95 ml modified LS Km Cb liquid medium in 300 ml Erlenmeyer flask Used in. Every week, 4 to 10 ml of cells that reached the stationary phase were transplanted to 95 ml of fresh medium and subcultured.
- KCl 25 mM MgCl 2 , 2 mM EGTA, 100 ⁇ g / ml heparin, 2% polyoxyethylene 10-tridecyl ether, 1% sodium deoycholate) were added and suspended gently.
- the outline of polysome / RT-PCR analysis is shown in FIG.
- the number of ribosomes bound to the mRNA is the efficiency of translation (translation occurs actively in mRNAs in which a large number of ribosomes are combined to form polysomes, and translation is suppressed in mRNAs in which ribosomes dissociate into non-polysomes. ) (Mathews et al., (2007). (Cold Spring Harbor, NY: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press), pp. 1-40 .; Kawaguchiand Bailey-Serres, KawaguchiR., And Bailey-Serres J. (2002). Curr Opin Plant Biol.
- Polysome analysis that can fractionate mRNA present in cell extract by sucrose density gradient centrifugation according to the number of ribosome binding, Widely used as a method for analyzing changes in translation status.
- RNA from each fraction of sucrose density gradient fractionated by the number of ribosome binding and performing RT-PCR the behavior of GUS mRNA with different 5 'UTR and endogenous gene mRNA depending on the presence or absence of stress can be analyzed.
- the translation maintenance ability of each 5 'UTR can be verified.
- two lines were used for analysis for each transformed cell.
- the RT-PCR method was used to examine the distribution of mRNA of At1g77120 or At4g14560, which is a gene that maintains translation under heat stress, in the sucrose density gradient solution. Even at 10 min), translation was not suppressed and remained in the polysome fraction (FIG. 28C).
- the mRNA distribution of the housekeeping genes Actin2 (Act2) and At3g47610 that undergo translational repression under heat stress is significantly shifted from the polysome to the non-polysome fraction due to heat stress treatment.
- Act2 Act2
- At3g47610 As with At3g47610 mRNA, GUS mRNA to which At3g47160 5'UTR was added was also shown to inhibit polysome formation and suppress translation (FIG. 28C).
- At5g39740 transformed cells For the At5g39740 transformed cells, the same analysis as the At3g47610 transformed cells was performed. As a result, as with At3g47610 transformed cells, the polysome fraction decreased by stress treatment and the non-polysome fraction increased (Figure 29A), the distribution of 28S rRNA and 18S rRNA in the sucrose density gradient and the behavior of its absorption profile. (FIG. 29B), and maintenance of polysome formation of At1g77120 mRNA and transfer of Act2 and At3g47610 mRNA to non-polysome fractions were observed (FIG. 29C).
- GUS mRNA with the addition of 5'UTR of At5g39740 which is a gene that suppresses translation under heat stress, inhibited translation under heat stress as in the case of using 5'UTR of At3g47610 ( Figure 29). C).
- At4g14560 transformed cells The same analysis was performed on At4g14560 transformed cells. As a result, as before, the heat stress treatment at 37 ° C for 10 minutes reduced the polysome fraction and increased the non-polysome fraction (Figure 30A), and the distribution of 28S rRNA and 18S rRNA in the sucrose density gradient. (Fig.30B), and the translation of the At4g14560 mRNA, which maintains translation even under heat stress, and the suppression of Act2 and At3g47610 mRNA by heat stress treatment, which undergoes translational suppression under heat stress. Transition to the polysome fraction was observed (FIG. 30C).
- GUS mRNA with 5'UTR of At4g14560 which maintains translation even under heat stress, remained in the polysome fraction even under heat stress (Fig. 30 C).
- At5g39740-S transformed cells Create a 5'UTR by replacing the 5'UTR of At5g39740, whose translation is suppressed under heat stress, with the predicted optimal sequence (1-7 bases from the 5 'end: uuaaaaa, 12-32 bases: acaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, see Figure 20)
- An expression vector expressing this 5 ′ UTR was constructed.
- the predicted optimal sequence was introduced into At5g39740 5′UTR at the same position as in FIGS. 21 (e) and 22 (e).
- At5g39740-S transformed cells into which the constructed binary vector was introduced were created, and the effect of the predicted optimal sequence was verified in the same manner as the analysis of the transformed cells described above. The results are shown in FIG.
- At4g14560-5'UTR and At1g77120-5'UTR which have translation maintenance ability at least under heat stress, show translation maintenance ability under salt stress and use At3g47610-5'UTR, which suppresses translation under heat stress. It was shown that the translation was similarly suppressed even under salt stress.
- GUS activity was measured according to the method of Jefferson et al. (Jefferson et al., (1987). EMBO J. 6, 3901-3907). The cultured cells were centrifuged (800 rpm, 1 min, 22 ° C) to precipitate the cells, added with 300 ⁇ l Passive Lysis buffer (Promega), and disrupted by Handy Sonic (TOMY SEIKO CO., LTD) . The disrupted cells were centrifuged again (15000 rpm, 5 min, 4 ° C.), and 200 ⁇ l of the supernatant was collected.
- reaction product 100 ⁇ l of supernatant and 200 ⁇ l of 1.5 mM 4-Methylumbelliferyl- ⁇ -D-glucuronide solution are mixed and reacted, and then reaction product is used with SPECTRAFLUOR (TECAN) at excitation wavelength of 365 nm and fluorescence wavelength of 455 nm
- SPECTRAFLUOR TECAN
- the fluorescence intensity of 4-methyl-umbelliferone (4-MU) was measured every minute for 30 minutes.
- the average value of 4MU per minute was determined by subtracting the average value of blank from the average value of the increase in measured value per minute from 10 minutes to 20 minutes.
- GUS activity was calculated as pmol / min / mg protin.
- Protein assay reagent Commassie Brilliant blue G-250 100 mg / l 95% Ethanol 50 ml / l 85% (w / v) Phosphoric acid 100 ml / l
- the 5′UTR of these genes has a translation maintaining ability, and the gene encoding the mRNA having the 5′UTR is expressed in the cell and placed under heat stress conditions. This indicates that the protein encoded by is preferentially produced.
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的な要因ではないと考えられる」と言及している(非特許文献4)。
項1.
以下の(a)又は(b)の5’UTRを有するmRNAをコードする組換えDNA分子。
(a)
(i)5’端から1~7番目が配列番号4の1~7番目の塩基配列からなり、5’端から12~32番目の塩基配列が配列番号4の12~32番目の塩基配列からなる5’UTR、
(ii)5’端から1~7番目が配列番号6の1~7番目の塩基配列からなり、5’端から12~32番目の塩基配列が配列番号6の12~32番目の塩基配列からなる5’UTR、
(iii)5’端から1~7番目が配列番号20の1~7番目の塩基配列からなり、5’端から12~32番目の塩基配列が配列番号20の12~32番目の塩基配列からなる5’UTR、
(iv)5’端から1~7番目が配列番号36の1~7番目の塩基配列からなり、5’端から12~32番目の塩基配列が配列番号36の12~32番目の塩基配列からなる5’UTR、又は
(v)5’端から1~7番目が配列番号60の1~7番目の塩基配列からなり、5’端から12~32番目の塩基配列が配列番号60の12~32番目の塩基配列からなる5’UTR
(b)(a)の5’UTRの塩基配列において、1又は数個の塩基が置換され、かつ、熱ストレス及び塩ストレスからなる群より選択される少なくとも1種の環境ストレスによる翻訳抑制を回避する5’UTR。
項2.
(a)の5’UTRが、5’端に配列番号4、6、20、36、又は60の塩基配列を有する5’UTRである、請求項1に記載の組換えDNA分子。
項3.
項1又は2に記載の組換えDNA分子をプロモーターの転写開始点直後に連結してなるベクター。
項4.
項3に記載のベクターで形質転換された形質転換体。
項5.
形質転換体が形質転換植物である、項4に記載の形質転換体。
項6.
項4又は5に記載の形質転換体を、熱ストレス及び塩ストレスからなる群より選択される少なくとも1種の環境ストレス下で生育させ、前記組換えDNA分子がコードするタンパク質を産生させる方法。
項7.
項3に記載のベクターを植物に導入し、熱ストレス及び塩ストレスからなる群より選択される少なくとも1種の環境ストレスによる翻訳抑制を回避できる植物を製造する方法。
項8.
以下の(a)又は(b)の5’UTRを有するmRNAをコードするよう塩基配列を組み換えて、熱ストレス及び塩ストレスからなる群より選択される少なくとも1種の環境ストレスによる翻訳抑制を回避する遺伝子を製造する方法。
(a)
(i)5’端から1~7番目が配列番号4の1~7番目の塩基配列からなり、5’端から12~32番目の塩基配列が配列番号4の12~32番目の塩基配列からなる5’UTR、
(ii)5’端から1~7番目が配列番号6の1~7番目の塩基配列からなり、5’端から12~32番目の塩基配列が配列番号6の12~32番目の塩基配列からなる5’UTR、
(iii)5’端から1~7番目が配列番号20の1~7番目の塩基配列からなり、5’端から12~32番目の塩基配列が配列番号20の12~32番目の塩基配列からなる5’UTR、
(iv)5’端から1~7番目が配列番号36の1~7番目の塩基配列からなり、5’端から12~32番目の塩基配列が配列番号36の12~32番目の塩基配列からなる5’UTR、又は
(v)5’端から1~7番目が配列番号60の1~7番目の塩基配列からなり、5’端から12~32番目の塩基配列が配列番号60の12~32番目の塩基配列からなる5’UTR
(b)(a)の5’UTRの塩基配列において、1又は数個の塩基が置換され、かつ、熱ストレス及び塩ストレスからなる群より選択される少なくとも1種の環境ストレスによる翻訳抑制を回避する5’UTR。
項9.
(a)の5’UTRが、5’端に配列番号4、6、20、36、又は60の塩基配列を有する5’UTRである、項8に記載の遺伝子を製造する方法。
項10.
以下の(a)又は(b)の5’UTRを有するmRNAをコードするよう、任意の遺伝子の塩基配列を組み換えて、熱ストレス及び塩ストレスからなる群より選択される少なくとも1種の環境ストレスにより、当該遺伝子がコードするタンパク質の翻訳が抑制されるのを回避する方法。
(a)
(i)5’端から1~7番目が配列番号4の1~7番目の塩基配列からなり、5’端から12~32番目の塩基配列が配列番号4の12~32番目の塩基配列からなる5’UTR、
(ii)5’端から1~7番目が配列番号6の1~7番目の塩基配列からなり、5’端から12~32番目の塩基配列が配列番号6の12~32番目の塩基配列からなる5’UTR、
(iii)5’端から1~7番目が配列番号20の1~7番目の塩基配列からなり、5’端から12~32番目の塩基配列が配列番号20の12~32番目の塩基配列からなる5’UTR、
(iv)5’端から1~7番目が配列番号36の1~7番目の塩基配列からなり、5’端から12~32番目の塩基配列が配列番号36の12~32番目の塩基配列からなる5’UTR、又は
(v)5’端から1~7番目が配列番号60の1~7番目の塩基配列からなり、5’端から12~32番目の塩基配列が配列番号60の12~32番目の塩基配列からなる5’UTR
(b)(a)の5’UTRの塩基配列において、1又は数個の塩基が置換され、かつ、熱ストレス及び塩ストレスからなる群より選択される少なくとも1種の環境ストレスによる翻訳抑制を回避する5’UTR。
項11.
(a)の5’UTRが、5’端に配列番号4、6、20、36、又は60の塩基配列を有する5’UTRである、項10に記載のタンパク質の翻訳が抑制されるのを回避する方法。
項12.
以下の(a)又は(b)の5’UTRを有する人工mRNA分子。
(a)
(i)5’端から1~7番目が配列番号4の1~7番目の塩基配列からなり、5’端から12~32番目の塩基配列が配列番号4の12~32番目の塩基配列からなる5’UTR、
(ii)5’端から1~7番目が配列番号6の1~7番目の塩基配列からなり、5’端から12~32番目の塩基配列が配列番号6の12~32番目の塩基配列からなる5’UTR、
(iii)5’端から1~7番目が配列番号20の1~7番目の塩基配列からなり、5’端から12~32番目の塩基配列が配列番号20の12~32番目の塩基配列からなる5’UTR、
(iv)5’端から1~7番目が配列番号36の1~7番目の塩基配列からなり、5’端から12~32番目の塩基配列が配列番号36の12~32番目の塩基配列からなる5’UTR、又は
(v)5’端から1~7番目が配列番号60の1~7番目の塩基配列からなり、5’端から12~32番目の塩基配列が配列番号60の12~32番目の塩基配列からなる5’UTR
(b)
(a)の5’UTRの塩基配列において、1又は数個の塩基が置換され、かつ、熱ストレス及び塩ストレスからなる群より選択される少なくとも1種の環境ストレスによる翻訳抑制を回避する5’UTR。
項13.
(a)の5’UTRが、5’端に配列番号4、6、20、36、又は60の塩基配列を有する5’UTRである、項8に記載の人工mRNA分子。
本発明では、遺伝子の実体はmRNAをコードしているDNA分子である。遺伝子から転写されたmRNAは5’UTR、ORF(open reading frame)、及び3’UTRの3つの領域に区分けされる。本発明の組換え遺伝子は、特定の5’UTR配列を有するmRNAをコードするように組み換えられた遺伝子である。すなわち特定の5’UTR配列をコードする組換え遺伝子であるともいえる。特定の5’UTR配列を有するmRNAを発現する組換え遺伝子であるともいってもよい。本発明の組換え遺伝子は、自然界に存在する遺伝子(つまり、各種生物種が有する遺伝子)ではなく、人工的に少なくとも5’UTRに相当する部分の塩基配列を変化させて製造した遺伝子である。
5’端から1~7番目の塩基配列がacacaagであり、5’端から12~32番目の塩基配列がuucaaggauaucaaaucacaaである5’UTR、
5’端から1~7番目の塩基配列がuacaucaであり、5’端から12~32番目の塩基配列がcacacaaaacuaacaaaagauである5’UTR、
5’端から1~7番目の塩基配列がauaacacであり、5’端から12~32番目の塩基配列がcaagcauuggauuaaucaaagである5’UTR、
5’端から1~7番目の塩基配列がauuaacaであり、5’端から12~32番目の塩基配列がaaccgaaaaaagaaaaaaacuである5’UTR、又は
5’端から1~7番目の塩基配列がuuaaaaaであり、5’端から12~32番目の塩基配列がacaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaである5’UTRである。
-上述の特定の5’UTR配列おいて1又は複数個(好ましくは1又は数個)の塩基が置換された塩基配列からなるポリヌクレオチドを5’UTRとして有するmRNAをコードし、かつ、
-当該mRNAからタンパク質への翻訳が、熱ストレス及び塩ストレスからなる群より選択される少なくとも1種の環境ストレスにより抑制されるのを回避する
という特徴を有する組換え遺伝子(組換えDNA分子)も包含される。
本発明のベクターは、上述の本発明の組換え遺伝子をプロモーターの転写開始点直後に連結してなるベクターである。より詳細には、本発明のベクターは、プロモーター配列を備えたクローニングベクターに、本発明の組換え遺伝子をプロモーターの転写開始点直後に連結してなる発現ベクターである。
本発明の形質転換体は、本発明のベクターを含む形質転換体である。より詳細には、本発明の形質転換体は、本発明のベクターが導入され、本発明のベクターにより形質転換された形質転換体である。
本発明は、本発明の形質転換体を、熱ストレス及び塩ストレスからなる群より選択される少なくとも1種の環境ストレス下で生育(培養)し、前記組換え遺伝子がコードするタンパク質を産生させる方法も包含する。形質転換体の生育又は培養方法は、宿主の生育又は培養方法において、環境ストレスを加えればよい。
本発明は、また、任意の遺伝子において、コードする5’UTR配列が上記特定の5’UTR配列となるように、5’UTRコード部位の塩基配列を改変することにより、ストレス環境下(好ましくは熱ストレス及び/又は塩ストレス下)でコードされるタンパク質の翻訳が抑制されるのを回避又は低減することができる組換え遺伝子(組換えDNA分子)を作製する方法も包含する。
本発明は、また、上記「組換え遺伝子(組換えDNA分子)」欄で記載した“特定の5’UTR配列を有するmRNA分子”も包含する。なお、当該mRNA分子は人工物(すなわち人工mRNA分子)であり、自然界に存在するmRNA分子は含まない。
さらにまた、本発明は、植物における環境ストレスによる翻訳抑制を回避又は低減させる、5'UTRにおける配列特徴の予測方法も提供する。また、当該予測方法で予測された配列特徴を備えた5'UTRを有する核酸等も提供する。具体的には、本発明には、例えば以下の項A~Fに記載する発明が包含される。
植物内で天然に発現するN個の遺伝子について、各5’UTRを含む核酸分子の対照条件下に対する環境ストレス条件下における翻訳レベルの相対活性値を求める工程、
前記5′UTRにおける5'末端からの塩基位置kからk+L-1までの長さLの配列について、少なくとも1回出現するt個の塩基からなる塩基配列の出現頻度を求める工程、
前記相対活性値と、前記塩基配列の出現頻度との相関式を構築し、多変量解析により各塩基配列の出現頻度の回帰係数を求める工程、
前記回帰係数を用いて、塩基位置kからk+L-1までの長さLの領域における各塩基位置における4つの塩基A、U、G、Cに対応した回帰係数の値を求め、各塩基位置における前記相対活性値に対する各塩基の寄与度を求める工程、
得られた寄与度及び前記相対活性値を用いて多変量解析により回帰モデルを構築する工程、
k及びLを変えて構築した回帰モデルの中から、相対活性値に対する予測精度を設定値以上とする塩基位置k'及びL'の回帰モデルを選定し、選定した回帰モデルを用いて塩基位置k'からk'+L'-1の領域における特定配列を予測する工程
を含む予測方法。
前記5’非翻訳領域は、植物内で天然に発現する遺伝子由来の5’非翻訳領域における項1で設定した塩基位置k'からk'+L'-1の領域が項1の特定配列である配列であり、
前記改変配列は、植物内で天然に発現する遺伝子由来の5’非翻訳領域における項1で設定した塩基位置k'からk'+L'-1の領域が項1の特定配列で置換されている配列である、核酸配列。
i番目のサンプルにおいて、k+jを開始とする長さtの配列を
植物における環境ストレスによる翻訳抑制を回避又は低減させる、5'非翻訳領域(5'UTR)における配列特徴の予測システムであって、
植物内で天然に発現するN個の遺伝子について、各5’UTRを含む核酸分子の対照条件下に対する環境ストレス条件下における翻訳レベルの相対活性値を求める手段、
前記5′UTRにおける5'末端からの塩基位置kからk+L-1までの長さLの配列について、少なくとも1回出現するt個の塩基からなる塩基配列の出現頻度を求める手段、
前記相対活性値と、前記塩基配列の出現頻度との相関式を構築し、多変量解析により各塩基配列の出現頻度の回帰係数を求める手段、
前記回帰係数を用いて、塩基位置kからk+L-1までの長さLの領域における各塩基位置における4つの塩基A、U、G、Cに対応した回帰係数の値を求め、各塩基位置における前記相対活性値に対する各塩基の寄与度を求める手段、
得られた寄与度及び前記相対活性値を用いて多変量解析により回帰モデルを構築する手段、
k及びLを変えて構築した回帰モデルの中から、相対活性値に対する予測精度を設定値以上とする塩基位置k'及びL'の回帰モデルを選定し、選定した回帰モデルを用いて塩基位置k'からk'+L'-1の領域における特定配列を予測する手段
を備える予測システム。
本発明には、上記予測方法により得られる配列特徴を備えた5’非翻訳領域又はその改変配列を含む核酸分子も含まれる。換言すると、本発明は、(1)上記1の予測方法により得られた配列特徴を備えた5’非翻訳領域を含む核酸分子、及び(2)上記1の予測方法により得られた配列特徴を備えた5’非翻訳領域の改変配列を含む核酸分子を含む。
5'UTR1(good(1)):配列表の配列番号4
acacaagcauuuucaaggauaucaaaucacaaucccaagaagagcaauaacaagagaagaagaaguaguucaagaauuaaggaagagagcuucuccguuaaaguauagugagagaau
の配列、
5'UTR2(good(2)):配列表の配列番号5
auaacacauuucaagcauuggauuaaucaaagacaaagaaaacgaaa
の配列、
5'UTR3(good(3)):配列表の配列番号6
uacaucacaaucacacaaaacuaacaaaagaucaaaagcaaguucuucacuguugaua
の配列が挙げられる。
改変5'UTR1:植物内で天然に発現する遺伝子由来の5’非翻訳領域の配列における5'端から1~7番目の配列が配列表の配列番号7(uuaaaaa)の配列で置換されている配列を含む核酸分子、
改変5'UTR2:植物内で天然に発現する遺伝子由来の5’非翻訳領域における5'端から12~32番目の配列が配列表の配列番号8(acaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa)の配列に置換されている配列を含む核酸分子、
改変5'UTR3:植物内で天然に発現する遺伝子由来の5’非翻訳領域における5'端から1~7番目の塩基配列が配列表の配列番号7(uuaaaaa)の配列に置換され、かつ5'端から12~32番目の配列が配列表の配列番号8(acaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa)の配列に置換されている配列を含む核酸分子が挙げられる。
1-1. 使用した培養細胞
シロイヌナズナ培養細胞 (Arabidopsis thaliana T87)は、理化学研究所ジーンバンク室植物細胞開発銀行より分与して頂いた。300 ml容のマイヤーフラスコに改変LS培地 (Nagata, T. et al., 1992. Int. Rev.Cytol. 132: 1-30)を95ml入れ、培養は22℃、18時間明期/6時間暗期、攪拌速度120rpmの条件で行った。1週間ごとに定常期に達した細胞4 mlを新しい培地95mlに移植し継代培養を行った。実験には8ml移植したものを3日間培養した細胞を用いた。また、後述する安定形質転換細胞作出に使用した培養細胞は、定常期に達した細胞2 mlを植えつぎ、3-4日間培養した細胞を使用した。
大腸菌を用いた遺伝子操作は、公知の方法(例えばMolecular Cloning (Sambrook et al., 2001)に記載の方法)に従った。
Firefly luciferase(以下、「f-luc」)用ベクターの鋳型となるpT3-FL-pAベクター、並びにRenilla luciferase (以下、「r-luc」用)ベクターの鋳型となるpT3-RL-pAベクターを下記の方法で作製した。
ポリA配列を持つin vitro転写用プラスミド (pT3-5’UTR-FL-pA、pT3-RL-pA)はin vitro転写反応に先立ち、SspI(AATATT)によりポリA配列の末端部分を切断し直鎖状にした。従って、合成されるmRNAの3’末端には49塩基のアデニン残基 (ポリA配列)に続いてチミン残基が1塩基付加されることになる。SspI処理したDNA断片は、QIAquick PCR Purification Kit (QIAGEN)を用いて精製した。精製されたDNA断片を鋳型に、Megascript T3 transcription kit (Ambion)を用いて、キャップ構造を持たないmRNAを合成した。合成は、キットに添付されたプロトコールに従って行った。合成されたRNAはキットに付属のDNaseIで処理した後、LiCl沈殿により精製し、付属のRNase-free水で溶解した。キャップ構造の付加はScriptCap m7G Capping System (EPICENTRE)を用いた。操作は、キットに添付されたプロトコールに従った。
キャップを付加したRNAはRNeasy kit (QIAGEN)を用いて精製し、RNase-free水で溶出した。RNA濃度は分光光度計を用いて測定した。RNAの品質は1.5%変性アガロースゲル電気泳動により検定した。
シロイヌナズナ培養細胞T87からのプロトプラスト調製は、佐藤らの方法に若干の変更を加えて行った (Satoh J. et al., 2004, J.Biosci. Bioeng. 1: 1-8)。
培養細胞を0.4Mマンニトールで洗浄した後、酵素液 (0.4M Manitol、10% Cellulase RS [Yakult Honsha]、0.1% Pectolyase [Kikkoman]、pH 5.5)を加え、25℃にて2時間穏やかに攪拌した。40μmナイロンメッシュ (Cell Strainer;BD Falcon)でろ過した後、遠心 (800rpm、5min、4℃)を行い、沈殿を回収した。回収した沈殿に0.4Mマンニトールを加え、再度遠心 (800rpm、5min、4℃)することによりプロトプラストを得た。更に、0.4Mマンニトールで洗浄した後、プロトプラストをW5溶液 (154mM NaCl、125mM CaCl2、5mM KCl、2mM Mes-KOH、pH 5.6)に再懸濁し、氷中に30分静置した。細胞数の計測は血球計算板を用いて行った。再度遠心操作によりプロトプラストを回収し、細胞濃度が1×104cell/μlになるようにMMg溶液 (0.4M mannitol、15mM MgCl2、4mM Mes-KOH、pH5.7)に懸濁した。
mRNAのプロトプラストへの導入は、基本的にKovtunのpolyethlen glycol (PEG)を用いた方法に従った (Kovtun et al., 2000, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 6: 2940-2945)。典型的にはmRNA (5μl前後)に1×104 cell/μlのプロトプラストを加えた後、混合液と等量のPEG溶液 (40% PEG 4000、0.2M Mannitol、0.1M Ca (NO3)2) (Sheen J., 2001, Plant Physiol. 127:1466-1475)を加えてゆっくりと混和した。5分間室温にて静置した後、W5溶液を加えて転倒混和し、遠心操作により回収した細胞をprotoplast-medium (Dansako et al.,2003. J. Biosci. Bioeng. 95: 52-58)により再懸濁した。再懸濁した細胞は、試験温度に一定時間静置した後、超小型遠心器を用いた遠心操作を行い、上清を除いた。その後、液体窒素で凍結して-80℃にて保存した。
細胞の溶解は、5×105個のプロトプラスト当たり75μlのpassive lysis buffer (Promega)を用い、室温で15分間、ミキサーで溶解させた。溶解液中のf-luc、r-luc活性測定には、Dual-luciferase reporter assay system (Promega)とルミノメータ (Lumat LB 9501;Berthold)を付属のプロトコールに従って使用した。
2-1 配列情報と活性情報の定義
上記1-1~1-7の方法に従った実験(換言すると、翻訳状態が異なるいくつかの遺伝子を抽出し、それら遺伝子の5’UTRを連結したレポーターmRNAを培養細胞プロトプラストに導入して行う一過性発現実験)において得られる、通常温度 (22℃)と熱ストレス条件 (37℃)に静置したプロトプラストにおける相対f-luc活性値 (つまり、通常温度 (22℃)に静置したプロトプラストにおけるf-luc活性値に対する、熱ストレス条件 (37℃)に静置したプロトプラストにおける相対f-luc活性値)を、以降「相対活性値」と表現する。
N個のサンプルにおける塩基位置kからk+L-1の範囲の長さLの配列において少なくとも1回出現するt個の塩基からなる配列をR1(t), R2(t), …, Rv(t), RV(t)とした。今回の実験では、t=3とした。
i番目のサンプルにおいて、k+jを開始とする長さtの配列を
得られた配列情報及び相対活性値を基に、PLS (Partial Least Squares)法により回帰モデルを構築した。PLS法は、因子X(N×V行列)を応答y(N×1)へ線形的に関連付ける方法である。
3-1.試験に用いた39遺伝子の選択
植物における環境ストレスによる翻訳状態の変化をゲノムワイドに解析するために、シロイヌナズナにおける通常細胞及びストレス処理した細胞由来の19099遺伝子について、ポリソーム/マイクロアレイ解析を行った。
即ち、ΔPSの値が大きいほど、ランキングの上位とし、値が小さいほど、下位に順位づけした。△PSの値が大きいほど、翻訳状態が影響を受けないことを示し、ΔPSの値が小さいほど翻訳が顕著に阻害されることを示す。
選択した39遺伝子の5’UTRの熱ストレス下における翻訳への寄与を検証するために、試験する5’UTRを付加したin vitro合成レポーターmRNAをプロトプラストに導入し、レポーターの発現を評価する一過性発現実験を行った。
プロトプラストサンプルの1方を通常温度下(22℃)、もう1方を熱ストレス下(Heat stress)に20分間静置した。その後両プロトプラストサンプルを回収し、f-luc及びr-luc活性を測定した。m7Gはキャップ構造を、n=49はポリA配列の長さを示す。
前記3では、5’UTRが熱ストレス下におけるmRNAの翻訳レベルの応答を決定する重要な要因であることが示された。
先の一過性発現実験に供した計39遺伝子の5’UTRの配列情報と22℃に対する37℃の相対活性値の情報を基に、実際の相対活性値に対する変数 (部分塩基配列)の係数を求める多変量解析法 (PLS法)による回帰モデルの構築を行った。概念図を図10に表した。
in silico解析から予測された5’UTRの5’端側7塩基 、別言するとin silico解析より予測された9塩基からT3プロモーター由来のGGを除く7塩基、の重要性を一過性発現実験により検証した。
4-2より、熱ストレスによる翻訳抑制の回避に、5’UTRの5’端7塩基以外の領域も、貢献している可能性が示唆された。
これまでの実験結果より、5’UTR内の5’端7塩基及び12~32番目の塩基が、熱ストレス下におけるレポーターmRNAの発現を規定する重要な要因であることが示された。
これまでの実験では、一過性発現実験により実際に試験した5’UTRの配列情報とその実測値 (相対活性値)を基に、PLS法を用いたモデル構築を行い、熱ストレス下におけるレポーターmRNAの翻訳に寄与する重要領域 、即ち、5’端7塩基及び12~32番目の塩基を見出した。
5-1.in silico解析を用いた、熱ストレス下においても翻訳の抑制を受けない最適5’UTR配列の抽出
続いて、PLS法により構築されたモデルを基に、熱ストレスによるレポーターmRNAの翻訳抑制の回避に寄与する最適配列の抽出を行った。
5-1に示すin silico解析の結果を受けて、提示された最適配列が実際のレポーターmRNAの熱ストレス下での翻訳抑制回避に寄与しているのかどうかを一過性発現実験によって検証した。
相対活性値の低かった遺伝子At2g41630の5’UTR(灰色枠)の5’端7塩基および12~32番目の塩基、またはそれら両方を最適配列に入れ換えることによるレポーターmRNAの翻訳への影響を検証した。
通常、有用遺伝子や5’UTRを連結した植物発現ベクターは、基本となるベクターのプロモーター領域下流に位置する制限酵素部位を利用して構築する(図23)。図23に一般的な植物発現ベクターの構築図を示す。この場合は、基本となる発現ベクターのXbaIおよびSacI部位に5’UTRおよび遺伝子を導入している。
相対活性値が高いAt1g77120の5’UTR 、およびその末端に図23でXbaI部位を利用してベクターに連結した場合に予想されるベクター由来の配列が付加された場合のmRNAをそれぞれ合成し、ベクター由来の配列が付加された場合の翻訳抑制回避への影響を一過性発現実験によって検証した。
7-1 バイナリーベクターの構築
At1g77120+の5’UTRがCaMV35SプロモーターとGUS遺伝子(β-グルクロニダーゼ遺伝子)の間に挿入されているプラスミドAtADH NF (Sugio et al., J. Biosci. Bioeng., 3, 300-302.2008)のNOSターミネーター領域をSacI/EcoRIサイトを用いてHSPターミネーター (Nagaya et.al., Plant Cell Physiol. 51(2): 328-332 (2010))と置換した(At1g77120+ NF HSP-T)。At4g14560、At3g47610、At5g39740、At5g39740-Sの5’UTRについてXbaIサイトを持つforwardプライマーと3’側にStuIサイトを持つbackwardプライマー(表9)を用い、各5’UTRが挿入されているpT3-5’UTR-FL-pA を鋳型としてPCRを行った。得られたPCR産物をXbaI/StuIサイトを用いてAt1g77120+ HF HSP-TのAt1g77120の5’UTRと置換した。得られたプラスミドをそれぞれAt4g14560+ NF HSP-T、At3g47610+ NF HSP-T、At5g39740+NF HSP-T、At5g39740-S+ NF HSP-Tと名付けた。次にCaMV35Sプロモーターの転写開始点とそれぞれの5’UTRとの間の余分配列を取り除くために、forwardとbackward プライマー(表10)を用いてインバースPCRを行った。PCR産物を自己連結し、得られたプラスミドをそれぞれ At4g14560 NF HSP-T、At1g77120 NF HSP-T、At3g47610 NF HSP-T、At5g39740NF HSP-T、At5g39740-S NF HSP-Tと名付けた。また塩基配列を決定することで変異がないことを確認した。最後に、At4g14560+ NF HSP-T、At1g77120+ NF HSP-T、At4g14560 NFHSP-T、At1g77120 NF HSP-T、At3g47610 NF HSP-T、At5g39740 NF HSP-T、At5g39740-S NF HSP-TのHindIII/EcoRI断片をpRI910 (TAKARA-BIO)に挿入し形質転換用ベクターを作製した。作製したバイナリーベクターをエレクトロポレーション法によりAgrobacterium tumefaciens EHA105株に導入し、グリセロールストックとして-80℃で保存した。なお、図26に、作製したバイナリーベクターの構築図を例示する。
定常期に達した7日目のシロイヌナズナ培養細胞T87を新しい改変LS培地(95 ml)に2 mlを植え継ぎ、3日間24時間明期、22℃にて振蘯培養した。3日目シロイヌナズナ培養細胞T87培養液に2×YT培地(Molecular Cloning (Sambrook et al., 2001)に記載)で培養したアグロバクテリウム(作製した各バイナリーベクターが導入されている)を500 μlまたは1 ml (O.D.600測定値≒1)接種した。同時に終濃度100 μMのアセトシリゴンを添加し、22℃、連続明期、攪拌速度120 rpmの条件下で2日間、振蘯共存培養した。その後、共存培養液50 ml(全量の半分)を50 mlファルコンに移し、遠心(800×g, 1 min, 4℃)を行った後、上清を除き、100 mg/l カルベニシリンナトリウムを含む改変LS培地(洗浄培地)を約20 ml加え、洗浄を行った(5回)。洗浄の後の培養細胞を洗浄培地100 mlに移し、22℃、連続明期、攪拌速度120 rpmの条件下で2日間、振蘯回復培養した。回復培養後の培養細胞全量を洗浄培地で洗浄を行った(洗浄方法は上記と同様)。洗浄後の培養細胞と等量の洗浄培地を加えたものを1 ml又は500 μl、改変LS Km Cbプレート(改変LS培地, 40 mg/l カナマイシン, 250 mg/lカルベニシリンナトリウム, 3 g/l ゲランガム)に広げた。22℃、連続明期に2~3週間静置し、形成したカルスを新たな改変LS Km Cbプレートに移し、さらに増殖の良好なカルスを選択し、後述するGUS染色を行い、GUS遺伝子の発現を確認の後、十分に増殖したカルス塊を、95 mlの改変LS Km Cb液体培地中で培養し、その後の実験に使用した。
基本的にJeffersonらの方法 (Jefferson et al., (1987). EMBO J. 6, 3901-3907)に従い、GUS染色を行った。調整したGUS Extraction Buffer (50 mM NaH2PO4 pH7.0, 10 mMbeta-Mercaptoethanol, 10 mM Na2EDTA)に0.1 mM 5-Bromo-4-chloro-3-indoxyl-beta-D-glucuronide cyclohexylammonium salt (x-gluc)を染色の直前に加え、混合液を回収したカルス塊に1 ml加え攪拌し、37℃にて30分~2時間静置した。色の変化を観察した。GUS遺伝子の発現が確認されたカルスを形質転換細胞として以下の実験(ポリソーム解析、RT-PCR、及びGUS活性測定)に用いた。
培養は22℃、18時間明期/6時間暗期、攪拌速度120 rpmの条件で行い、95 mlの改変LS Km Cb液体培地を300 ml容の三角フラスコに入れ使用した。一週間ごとに、定常期に達した細胞4~10 mlを新しい培地95 mlに移植し、継代培養を行った。
8-1 安定形質転換細胞の生育条件及びストレス処理
形質転換細胞に対し、熱ストレス処理又は塩ストレス処理を行った。形質転換細胞の熱ストレス処理には、培養3日目の細胞を用い、37℃で10分間振蘯培養した。熱ストレス処理後、吸引濾過により培地を除き、液体窒素中で凍結させ、-80℃にて保存した。通常細胞は温度が22℃である以外は、熱ストレス処理した細胞と同様に扱った。塩ストレス処理にも、培養3日目の形質転換細胞を用いた。終濃度200 mMとなるようにNaClを細胞培養液に加えた後、通常の培養条件(上記7-4に記載の条件)で10分間振蘯培養した。吸引濾過した細胞を液体窒素中で凍結させ、-80℃にて保存した。
ショ糖密度勾配遠心を利用したポリソーム解析は、Davisらの方法に準じて行った (Davies, E., and Abe, S. (1995). Methods Cell Biol. 50, 209-222.)。通常細胞もしくは熱ストレス/塩ストレス処理した細胞約300 mgを乳棒と乳鉢を用いて液体窒素中で細かく破砕した後、破砕粉末に1.5 mlのbuffer U (200 mM Tris-HCl, pH 8.5, 50 mM KCl, 25 mM MgCl2, 2 mM EGTA, 100 μg/ml heparin, 2% polyoxyethylene 10-tridecyl ether, 1%sodium deoycholate)を加え、緩やかに懸濁した。遠心(15,000 ×g, 10 min, 4℃)により細胞残さを除いたのち、buffer B (50 mM Tris-HCl, pH8.5, 25 mM KCl, and 10 mM MgCl2)により調製した15-60%ショ糖密度勾配4.5 ml上に上清を重層し、超遠心を行った (SW55Ti rotor, 55,000 rpm, 50 min, 4℃, brake-off) (Beckman Coulter)。ペリスタポンプ (Minipuls 3; Gilson)に連結したマイクロピペット (40 μl Calibrated Pipet; Drummond)をショ糖密度勾配の上部から挿入し、下部からショ糖密度勾配液を約1 ml/minの速度で吸引すると同時に、バイオミニ紫外吸収モニターAC-5200 (ATTO)を用いて254 nmの吸光度を記録した。
ショ糖密度勾配遠心液約350 μlずつを、終濃度5.1 Mになるように8 Mグアニンジン塩酸塩を予め加えておいたチューブ15本に回収した。混合液と等量の100% エタノールを加え、-20℃にて一晩冷却した後、遠心操作(12,000×g, 45 min, 4℃)を行った。得られたペレットは85%エタノールにて一度洗浄した後、乾燥させた。その後のRNA精製にはRNeasyMini Kit (Qiagen)を付属のプロトコールに従い用いた(DNaseI処理をオプションとして行った)。 すべての画分のRNAをそれぞれ30 μlのRNase-free waterで溶解した。精製したRNAの品質は、1.5%変性ゲル電気泳動により検定した。
15の画分から精製したRNA溶液を、等容量ずつ用いて逆転写反応を行った。逆転写反応には、Transcriptor First Strand cDNA Synthesis Kit (Roche)を用い、反応系は20 μlとした (oligo dTプライマー使用)。PCR反応による特異的なcDNA産物の増幅は、2倍希釈した逆転写反応液2-3 μlを鋳型とし、遺伝子特異的なプライマー(表11)及びKAPA Taq Extra PCR Kit (KAPABIOSYSTEMS)を用いて行った(反応系は20 μl)。増幅産物は、アガロース電気泳動及びEtBr染色により可視化した。PCRのサイクル数はPCR産物の指数増加期内に設定した。
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(At3g47610形質転換細胞)
At3g47610形質転換細胞に37℃10分間の熱ストレス処理を行うことで、通常細胞と比較してポリソーム画分が減少するとともに非ポリソーム画分が増大していることがRNA量の指標とした254 nmの吸光プロファイルから示された(図28 A)。また、リボソームの構成因子である28S rRNAと18S rRNAのショ糖密度勾配液における分布が、吸光プロファイルの挙動を反映していることも、遠心後のショ糖密度勾配液を分画し、それぞれの画分から回収したRNAをアガロース電気泳動することにより確認された(図28 B)。さらに、アレイ解析の結果から、熱ストレス下でも翻訳が維持される遺伝子であるAt1g77120もしくはAt4g14560のmRNAのショ糖密度勾配液における分布をRT-PCR法により調べたところ、熱ストレス条件(37℃/10 min)においても、翻訳が抑制されることなくポリソーム画分にとどまっていた(図28 C)。一方で、アレイ解析の結果から、熱ストレス下で翻訳抑制を受けるハウスキーピング遺伝子Actin2 (Act2)とAt3g47610のmRNAでは熱ストレス処理により、mRNAの分布がポリソームから非ポリソーム画分に著しく移行しており(図28 C)、At3g47160の5’UTRを付加したGUS mRNAでも、At3g47610 mRNAと同様に、熱ストレス下においてポリソーム形成が阻害され、翻訳が抑制されることが示された(図28 C)。
At5g39740形質転換細胞についても、At3g47610形質転換細胞と同様の解析を行った。その結果、At3g47610形質転換細胞と同様、ストレス処理によるポリソーム画分の減少と非ポリソーム画分の増大(図29 A)、28S rRNAと18S rRNAのショ糖密度勾配液における分布とその吸光プロファイルの挙動の一致(図29 B)、そしてAt1g77120 mRNA のポリソーム形成の維持とAct2、At3g47610 mRNAの非ポリソーム画分への移行が観察された(図29 C)。また、熱ストレス下で翻訳が抑制される遺伝子であるAt5g39740の5’UTRを付加したGUS mRNAではAt3g47610の5’UTRを用いた場合と同様に熱ストレス下での翻訳が抑制された(図29 C)。
At4g14560形質転換細胞についても、同様の解析を行った。その結果、これまでと同様に、37℃10分間の熱ストレス処理による、ポリソーム画分の減少と非ポリソーム画分の増大(図30 A)、28S rRNAと18S rRNAのショ糖密度勾配液における分布とその吸光プロファイルの挙動の一致(図30 B)、そして熱ストレス下でも翻訳が維持されるAt4g14560 mRNAのポリソーム形成の維持と熱ストレス下で翻訳抑制をうけるAct2とAt3g47610 mRNAの熱ストレス処理による非ポリソーム画分への移行が認められた(図30 C)。一方で、At3g47610形質転換細胞とAt5g39740形質転換細胞とは異なり、熱ストレス下でも翻訳が維持されるAt4g14560の5’UTRを付加したGUS mRNAでは熱ストレス下においてもポリソーム画分にとどまっていた (図30 C)。
At1g77120形質転換細胞についても、同様の解析を行った。その結果、37℃10分間の熱ストレス処理によりポリソーム画分の減少と非ポリソーム画分の増大(図31 A)、28S rRNAと18S rRNAのショ糖密度勾配液における分布とその吸光プロファイルの挙動の一致(図31 B)、熱ストレス下でも翻訳が維持されるAt1g77120 mRNAの熱ストレス下でのポリソーム形成の維持と熱ストレス下で翻訳抑制をうけるAct2とAt3g47610 mRNAの熱ストレス処理による非ポリソーム画分への移行が認められた (図31 C)。一方、At1g77120の5’UTRを付加したGUS mRNAでは熱ストレス下においてもポリソーム画分にとどまっていた (図31 C)。
At4g14560+形質転換細胞及びAt1g77120+形質転換細胞を、それぞれ2ラインずつ、計4種類の形質転換細胞を用い、通常条件下(22℃)と熱ストレス下(37℃/10 min)で培養した細胞のGUS mRNAの挙動を、ポリソーム/RT-PCRにより解析した。その結果、余分配列を含むAt4g14560+形質転換細胞とAt1g77120+形質転換細胞では、上記4種の形質転換細胞を用いた解析結果と同様、熱ストレス処理によりポリソーム画分の減少と非ポリソーム画分の増大(図32 A, 図33 A)、28S rRNAと18S rRNAのショ糖密度勾配液における分布とその吸光プロファイルの挙動の一致(図32 B, 図33 B)、そして熱ストレス下で翻訳が維持されるAt4g14560及びAt1g77120 mRNAのポリソーム形成の維持、熱ストレス下で翻訳抑制を受けるAct2とAt3g47610 mRNAの非ポリソーム画分への移動が確認された (図32 C, 図33 C)。一方で、At4g14560+ 5’UTRを付加したGUS mRNAでは、At3g47610 やAt5g39740の5’UTRを付加したGUS mRNAほどではないが、At4g14560形質転換細胞のGUS mRNA(図30 C)と比較して、熱ストレス処理により、GUS mRNAの分布が非ポリソーム画分へ移行した(図32 C)。また、At1g77120+形質転換細胞の場合も、At1g77120形質転換細胞と比較してAt1g77120+ 5’UTRを付加したGUS mRNAが全体として非ポリソーム画分に移行していることが確認された(図31 C, 図33 C)。これらの結果は、6-1で行った一過性発現実験の結果と一致しており、5’UTRの5’側に余分な配列が存在すると、熱ストレス下での翻訳維持能力が損なわれることを示している。またこの結果は、発現ベクターを構築する際には、5’UTRにできるだけ余分な配列が付加されないように考慮する必要であることを示している。
熱ストレス下で翻訳が抑制されるAt5g39740の5’UTRを予想最適配列(5’端から1-7塩基:uuaaaaa, 12-32塩基:acaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa, 図20参照)に置換した5’UTRを作製し、この5’UTRを発現する発現ベクターを構築した。予想最適配列のAt5g39740 5’UTRへの導入は図21(e)及び図22(e)と同じ位置に行った。構築したバイナリーベクターを導入したAt5g39740-S形質転換細胞を作出し、予想最適配列の効果を上述の形質転換細胞の解析と同様にして検証した。結果を図34に示す。
熱ストレス下でも翻訳を維持する5’UTR(At4g14560及びAt1g77120)と翻訳が抑制される5’UTR(At3g47610)を用いて、塩ストレス下での翻訳維持能力を検証した。すなわち、At4g14560形質転換細胞、At1g77120形質転換細胞、及びAt3g47610形質転換細胞を用いてポリソーム/RT-PCR解析を行った。
上述のポリソーム/RT-PCR解析では、短時間の強い熱ストレス処理(37℃/10 min)を行い、mRNAのポリソーム形成状態の変化から5’UTRの翻訳能力評価を行った。ここでは、形質転換細胞を長時間の熱ストレス下におき、翻訳産物であるGUSタンパク質の蓄積量の変化を調べることにより各5’UTRの翻訳維持能力を検証した。なお、37℃で長時間細胞を培養すると形質転換細胞は死滅するため、本検討では、下述するようにより弱い熱ストレスである32℃で培養を行った。
植え継ぎ後3日目の安定形質転換細胞を、24時間32℃で培養し、熱ストレス処理とした。それ以外の条件は上記8-1に記載の条件と同様とした。
Jeffersonらの方法 (Jefferson et al., (1987). EMBO J. 6, 3901-3907)に従い、GUS活性を測定した。培養細胞を遠心操作(800 rpm, 1 min, 22℃)により、細胞を沈殿させ、300 μlのPassive Lysis buffer (Promega)を加え、Handy Sonic(TOMY SEIKO CO., LTD)による細胞破砕を行った。破砕した細胞を再度遠心(15000 rpm, 5 min, 4℃)し、200 μlの上清を回収した。100 μlの上清と200 μlの1.5 mM 4-Methylumbelliferyl-β-D-glucuronide液を混合し、反応させたのち、SPECTRAFLUOR(TECAN)を用いて励起波長365 nm、蛍光波長455 nmで反応生成物4-methyl-umbelliferone (4-MU)の蛍光強度を1分毎に30分間測定した。10分から20分までの1分あたりの測定値の増加量の平均値からblankの平均値を引き、1分あたりの4MU平均増加量を決定した。GUS活性はpmol/min/mg protinとして算出した。
総タンパク質量の測定はBradfordの方法(Bradford, M. (1976).Anal. Biochem. 72, 248-254.)に従った。10 μlのタンパク質溶液に500 μlのタンパク質定量試薬を加えSPECTRAFLUOR (TECAN)を用いて測定し、既知濃度のBSAを用いて作製した検量線からタンパク質濃度を決定した。
Commassie Brilliant blue G-250 100 mg/l
95% Ethanol 50 ml/l
85%(w/v) Phosphoric acid 100 ml/l
32℃/24時間の熱ストレス条件下において、翻訳維持能力のある遺伝子由来の5’UTR (At4g14560とAt1g77120)を付加した形質転換細胞では、GUSタンパク質蓄積量の維持傾向が見られた(図38)。一方、翻訳抑制を受ける遺伝子由来の5’UTR (At3g47610とAt5g39740)を用いた形質転換細胞では緩やかな熱ストレスに長時間曝される(24時間32℃)ことにより、GUSタンパク質の蓄積量に減少傾向が見られた(図38)。
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- 以下の(a)又は(b)の5’UTRを有するmRNAをコードする組換えDNA分子。
(a)
(i)5’端から1~7番目が配列番号4の1~7番目の塩基配列からなり、5’端から12~32番目の塩基配列が配列番号4の12~32番目の塩基配列からなる5’UTR、
(ii)5’端から1~7番目が配列番号6の1~7番目の塩基配列からなり、5’端から12~32番目の塩基配列が配列番号6の12~32番目の塩基配列からなる5’UTR、
(iii)5’端から1~7番目が配列番号20の1~7番目の塩基配列からなり、5’端から12~32番目の塩基配列が配列番号20の12~32番目の塩基配列からなる5’UTR、
(iv)5’端から1~7番目が配列番号36の1~7番目の塩基配列からなり、5’端から12~32番目の塩基配列が配列番号36の12~32番目の塩基配列からなる5’UTR、又は
(v)5’端から1~7番目が配列番号60の1~7番目の塩基配列からなり、5’端から12~32番目の塩基配列が配列番号60の12~32番目の塩基配列からなる5’UTR
(b)
(a)の5’UTRの塩基配列において、1又は数個の塩基が置換され、かつ、熱ストレス及び塩ストレスからなる群より選択される少なくとも1種の環境ストレスによる翻訳抑制を回避する5’UTR。 - (a)の5’UTRが、5’端に配列番号4、6、20、36、又は60の塩基配列を有する5’UTRである、請求項1に記載の組換えDNA分子。
- 請求項1に記載の組換えDNA分子をプロモーターの転写開始点直後に連結してなるベクター。
- 請求項3に記載のベクターで形質転換された形質転換体。
- 形質転換体が形質転換植物である、請求項4に記載の形質転換体。
- 請求項5に記載の形質転換体を、熱ストレス及び塩ストレスからなる群より選択される少なくとも1種の環境ストレス下で生育させ、前記組換えDNA分子がコードするタンパク質を産生させる方法。
- 請求項3に記載のベクターを植物に導入し、熱ストレス及び塩ストレスからなる群より選択される少なくとも1種の環境ストレスによる翻訳抑制を回避できる植物を製造する方法。
- 以下の(a)又は(b)の5’UTRを有するmRNAをコードするよう塩基配列を組み換えて、熱ストレス及び塩ストレスからなる群より選択される少なくとも1種の環境ストレスによる翻訳抑制を回避する遺伝子を製造する方法。
(a)
(i)5’端から1~7番目が配列番号4の1~7番目の塩基配列からなり、5’端から12~32番目の塩基配列が配列番号4の12~32番目の塩基配列からなる5’UTR、
(ii)5’端から1~7番目が配列番号6の1~7番目の塩基配列からなり、5’端から12~32番目の塩基配列が配列番号6の12~32番目の塩基配列からなる5’UTR、
(iii)5’端から1~7番目が配列番号20の1~7番目の塩基配列からなり、5’端から12~32番目の塩基配列が配列番号20の12~32番目の塩基配列からなる5’UTR、
(iv)5’端から1~7番目が配列番号36の1~7番目の塩基配列からなり、5’端から12~32番目の塩基配列が配列番号36の12~32番目の塩基配列からなる5’UTR、又は
(v)5’端から1~7番目が配列番号60の1~7番目の塩基配列からなり、5’端から12~32番目の塩基配列が配列番号60の12~32番目の塩基配列からなる5’UTR
(b)(a)の5’UTRの塩基配列において、1又は数個の塩基が置換され、かつ、熱ストレス及び塩ストレスからなる群より選択される少なくとも1種の環境ストレスによる翻訳抑制を回避する5’UTR。 - (a)の5’UTRが、5’端に配列番号4、6、20、36、又は60の塩基配列を有する5’UTRである、請求項10に記載の遺伝子を製造する方法。
- 以下の(a)又は(b)の5’UTRを有するmRNAをコードするよう、任意の遺伝子の塩基配列を組み換えて、熱ストレス及び塩ストレスからなる群より選択される少なくとも1種の環境ストレスにより、当該遺伝子がコードするタンパク質の翻訳が抑制されるのを回避する方法。
(a)
(i)5’端から1~7番目が配列番号4の1~7番目の塩基配列からなり、5’端から12~32番目の塩基配列が配列番号4の12~32番目の塩基配列からなる5’UTR、
(ii)5’端から1~7番目が配列番号6の1~7番目の塩基配列からなり、5’端から12~32番目の塩基配列が配列番号6の12~32番目の塩基配列からなる5’UTR、
(iii)5’端から1~7番目が配列番号20の1~7番目の塩基配列からなり、5’端から12~32番目の塩基配列が配列番号20の12~32番目の塩基配列からなる5’UTR、
(iv)5’端から1~7番目が配列番号36の1~7番目の塩基配列からなり、5’端から12~32番目の塩基配列が配列番号36の12~32番目の塩基配列からなる5’UTR、又は
(v)5’端から1~7番目が配列番号60の1~7番目の塩基配列からなり、5’端から12~32番目の塩基配列が配列番号60の12~32番目の塩基配列からなる5’UTR
(b)(a)の5’UTRの塩基配列において、1又は数個の塩基が置換され、かつ、熱ストレス及び塩ストレスからなる群より選択される少なくとも1種の環境ストレスによる翻訳抑制を回避する5’UTR - (a)の5’UTRが、5’端に配列番号4、6、20、36、又は60の塩基配列を有する5’UTRである、請求項10に記載のタンパク質の翻訳が抑制されるのを回避する方法。
- 以下の(a)又は(b)の5’UTRを有する人工mRNA分子。
(a)
(i)5’端から1~7番目が配列番号4の1~7番目の塩基配列からなり、5’端から12~32番目の塩基配列が配列番号4の12~32番目の塩基配列からなる5’UTR、
(ii)5’端から1~7番目が配列番号6の1~7番目の塩基配列からなり、5’端から12~32番目の塩基配列が配列番号6の12~32番目の塩基配列からなる5’UTR、
(iii)5’端から1~7番目が配列番号20の1~7番目の塩基配列からなり、5’端から12~32番目の塩基配列が配列番号20の12~32番目の塩基配列からなる5’UTR、
(iv)5’端から1~7番目が配列番号36の1~7番目の塩基配列からなり、5’端から12~32番目の塩基配列が配列番号36の12~32番目の塩基配列からなる5’UTR、又は
(v)5’端から1~7番目が配列番号60の1~7番目の塩基配列からなり、5’端から12~32番目の塩基配列が配列番号60の12~32番目の塩基配列からなる5’UTR
(b)
(a)の5’UTRの塩基配列において、1又は数個の塩基が置換され、かつ、熱ストレス及び塩ストレスからなる群より選択される少なくとも1種の環境ストレスによる翻訳抑制を回避する5’UTR - (a)の5’UTRが、5’端に配列番号4、6、20、36、又は60の塩基配列を有する5’UTRである、請求項12に記載の人工mRNA分子。
- 植物における環境ストレスによる翻訳抑制を回避又は低減させる、5'UTRにおける配列特徴の予測方法であって、
植物内で天然に発現するN個の遺伝子について、各5’UTRを含む核酸分子の対照条件下に対する環境ストレス条件下における翻訳レベルの相対活性値を求める工程、
前記5′UTRにおける5'末端からの塩基位置kからk+L-1までの長さLの配列について、少なくとも1回出現するt個の塩基からなる塩基配列の出現頻度を求める工程、
前記相対活性値と、前記塩基配列の出現頻度との相関式を構築し、多変量解析により各塩基配列の出現頻度の回帰係数を求める工程、
前記回帰係数を用いて、塩基位置kからk+L-1までの長さLの領域における各塩基位置における4つの塩基A、U、G、Cに対応した回帰係数の値を求め、各塩基位置における前記相対活性値に対する各塩基の寄与度を求める工程、
得られた寄与度及び前記相対活性値を用いて多変量解析により回帰モデルを構築する工程、
k及びLを変えて構築した回帰モデルの中から、相対活性値に対する予測精度を設定値以上とする塩基位置k'及びL'の回帰モデルを選定し、選定した回帰モデルを用いて塩基位置k'からk'+L'-1の領域における特定配列を予測する工程
を含む予測方法。 - 植物における環境ストレスによる翻訳抑制を回避又は低減させる、5'UTRにおける配列特徴の予測システムであって、
植物内で天然に発現するN個の遺伝子について、各5’UTRを含む核酸分子の対照条件下に対する環境ストレス条件下における翻訳レベルの相対活性値を求める手段、
前記5′UTRにおける5'末端からの塩基位置kからk+L-1までの長さLの配列について、少なくとも1回出現するt個の塩基からなる塩基配列の出現頻度を求める手段、
前記相対活性値と、前記塩基配列の出現頻度との相関式を構築し、多変量解析により各塩基配列の出現頻度の回帰係数を求める手段、
前記回帰係数を用いて、塩基位置kからk+L-1までの長さLの領域における各塩基位置における4つの塩基A、U、G、Cに対応した回帰係数の値を求め、各塩基位置における前記相対活性値に対する各塩基の寄与度を求める手段、
得られた寄与度及び前記相対活性値を用いて多変量解析により回帰モデルを構築する手段、
k及びLを変えて構築した回帰モデルの中から、相対活性値に対する予測精度を設定値以上とする塩基位置k'及びL'の回帰モデルを選定し、選定した回帰モデルを用いて塩基位置k'からk'+L'-1の領域における特定配列を予測する手段
を備える予測システム。
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