采用电子克隆方法克隆到大小为925 bp的人天然免疫蛋白BCL10的猪同源基因完整cDNA序列(GenBank登录号：EU088132), 并利用RT-PCR方法从猪的全血中扩增出包含702 bp的完整开放读码框架(ORF)的cDNA片段。经核酸测序, 证明与电子克隆结果相符。利用NCBI BLAST分析该cDNA包含3个大小为57 bp、289 bp和356 bp的外显子, 并且定位于猪的4号染色体上。采用半定量PCR技术检测基础水平猪各组织BCL10基因mRNA表达丰度, 并将该基因构建到带有绿色标签的真核表达载体pEGFP-C1中, 采用脂质体转染法将该基因转入PK-15细胞, 通过绿色荧光标记和RT-PCR方法检测实验组的BCL10蛋白表达。研究结果表明, BCL10基因mRNA在脾脏中表达最高; 胸腺、大脑和淋巴结表达次之, 而肝脏只有微量表达, 肾脏没有检测到表达; 同时BCL10基因在PK-15细胞中得到了有效表达。

We identified and characterized a novel swine gene Bcl10 with GenBank (Accession No. EU088132) which was homologous to human BCL10 (B-cell CLL/lymphoma 10) gene. The full-length cDNA of 925 bp for swine BCL10 was in silico cloned, and then its ORF of 702 bp coding 233 amino acid residues was verified by RT-PCR and DNA sequencing. NCBI BLAST assay indicated that this cDNA contained three extrons with a length of 57, 289 and 356 bp respectively, and it was located on the chromosome 4 of pig genome. Using semi-quantitative PCR, preliminary expression profiles of swine BCL10 were verified in different swine tissues. The expression of swine BCL10 was verified by GFP marker and RT-PCR assay. We found that, BCL10 expressed in high level in swine spleen, and with a modest level in thymus, brain and lymph node; low level mRNA was expressed in liver and not detectable level in kidney. The swine BCL10 gene was cloned to the GFP-containing eukaryotic expression vector pEGFP-C1 and transfected to PK-15 cell line by lipofectin. BCL10 was ex-pressed effectively in PK-15 cells. In summary, we cloned a novel swine BCL10 gene, and investigated its expression char-acters. This will be the fundament of the future research on its function.