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目的 研究鼠疫耶尔森菌PhoP/PhoQ在不同培养条件下的自调控关系.方法 PCR扩增YPO1635启动子区DNA序列,并克隆入pRW50质粒β-半乳糖苷酶基因的上游,构建LacZ重组质粒,进而将该重组质粒转入鼠疫菌野生株(WT)和phoP突变株(ΔphoP)中,通过测定二者中β-半乳糖苷酶活性差异来判定PhoP对YPO1635的调控关系.提取WT和ΔphoP的总RNA,采用引物延伸实验研究phoP的转录起始位点,并根据产物的丰度判断PhoP对phoP的调控关系.结果 LacZ结果表明,在低Mg2+TMH和BHI培养基中,PhoP能激活YPO1635的转录,而在高Mg2+TMH中,PhoP对YPO1635的转录无调控作用.引物延伸结果显示,phoP有两个转录起始位点G(-90)和A(-118)(分别记为P1和P2,翻译起始位点为+1),在低Mg2+ TMH中,PhoP能激活P1的转录,而对P2无调控作用;在高Mg2+TMH中,PhoP对二者均无调控作用;在BHI中,PhoP对二者的转录均具抑制作用.结论 PhoP/PhoQ的自调控关系随周围环境的变化而表现出不同的模式,这有利于鼠疫菌快速适应外界生存环境的改变.“,”Objective To investigate the transcriptional autoregulation of PhoP/PhoQ under different growth conditions in Yersinia pestis.Methods The entire promoter region of YPO1635 was amplified and cloned into the pRW50 vector containing a promoterless lacZ reporter gene.The recombinant LacZ reporter plasmid was transformed into the wild-type strain (WT) and the phoP mutant strain (ΔphoP),respectively,to measure the promoter activity (the β-galactosidase activity) of the target gene in WT and ΔphoP by using the β-galactosidase enzyme assay system.Total RNAs were extracted from WT and ΔphoP strains,and primer extension assay was employed to detect the promoter activity by examining the amount of primer extension products of YPO1635 in WT and ΔphoP.Results The LacZ fusion results showed that the transcription of YPO1635 was positively regulated by PhoP under L-TMH and brain-heart infusion(BHI) conditions,but it was not regulated in H-TMH medium.The primer extension assay detected two transcriptional start sites located at 90 and 118 bp upstream of the translation initiation site of phoP,named P1 and P2,respectively.Under low Mg2+ TMH conditions,the promoter activity of P1 rather than P2 was positively regulated by PhoP.Under high Mg2+ TMH conditions,the promoter activities of both P1 and P2 showed no obvious difference in the WT and ΔphoP strains.Under rich BHI conditions,both promoters were under negative control of PhoP.Conclusion Different autoregualtion patterns of PhoP/PhoQ under different growth conditions would help Y.pestis to quickly adapt to the changing living environment.