Teng, Man Kuen. / Thesis submitted in: November 2006. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2007. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 160-169). / Abstracts in English and Chinese. / Thesis Committee --- p.i / Declaration --- p.ii / Acknowledgments --- p.iii / Abstract --- p.iv / 摘要 --- p.vi / List of Abbreviation --- p.viii / Table of Contents --- p.x / List of Figures --- p.xiv / Chapter Chapter 1 --- General Introduction / Chapter 1.1 --- Biochemistry of the Renin-Angiotensin System --- p.2 / Chapter 1.2 --- Physiological Roles of Angiotensin II --- p.7 / Chapter 1.3 --- Physiological Roles of Angiotensin Receptors --- p.9 / Chapter 1.4 --- Characterization of Type 2 Angiotensin Receptor --- p.12 / Chapter 1.5 --- Trafficking of Type 2 Angiotensin Receptor --- p.16 / Chapter 1.6 --- SUMO and protein SUMOylation --- p.19 / Chapter 1.7 --- Aims of Study --- p.21 / Chapter Chapter 2 --- Preparation of EGFP-and FLAG tagged wild-type AT2 and K343R-AT2 mutant constructs / Chapter 2.1 --- Introduction --- p.26 / Chapter 2.2 --- Materials --- p.27 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Chemicals --- p.27 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- Enzymes --- p.27 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- DNA Purification Kit --- p.27 / Chapter 2.3 --- Methods --- p.28 / Chapter 2.3.1 --- Preparation of pEGFP/AT2 Construct --- p.28 / Chapter 2.3.1.1 --- PCR amplification --- p.30 / Chapter 2.3.1.2 --- Agarose gel electrophoresis --- p.30 / Chapter 2.3.1.3 --- Restriction enzyme digestion --- p.31 / Chapter 2.3.1.4 --- Purification of DNA fragment by ethanol precipitation --- p.31 / Chapter 2.3.1.5 --- Ligation --- p.32 / Chapter 2.3.1.6 --- Preparation of competent cells --- p.33 / Chapter 2.3.1.7 --- Bacterial transformation --- p.33 / Chapter 2.3.1.8 --- Minipreparation of plasmid DNA --- p.34 / Chapter 2.3.1.9 --- Quantitation of DNA --- p.35 / Chapter 2.3.1.10 --- DNA sequencing --- p.36 / Chapter 2.3.2 --- Preparation of pEGFP/AT2-01igo Construct --- p.36 / Chapter 2.3.2.1 --- PCR amplification of AT2-oligo --- p.39 / Chapter 2.3.2.2 --- PCR amplification of oligo-GFP --- p.39 / Chapter 2.3.2.3 --- Overlapping PCR amplification --- p.40 / Chapter 2.3.2.4 --- Gel extraction of DNA fragment --- p.41 / Chapter 2.3.2.5 --- Restriction enzyme digestion --- p.41 / Chapter 2.3.2.6 --- Ligation and transformation --- p.42 / Chapter 2.3.2.7 --- Construction of pEGFP/oligo --- p.42 / Chapter 2.3.3 --- Preparation of pCMV/AT2 Construct --- p.43 / Chapter 2.3.3.1 --- PCR amplification --- p.45 / Chapter 2.3.3.2 --- Restriction enzyme digestion --- p.45 / Chapter 2.3.3.3 --- Ligation and transformation --- p.45 / Chapter 2.3.4 --- Preparation of mutants --- p.46 / Chapter 2.3.4.1 --- Site directed mutagenesis at SUMOylation site --- p.46 / Chapter 2.3.4.2 --- Transformation of mutants --- p.47 / Chapter 2.4 --- Results --- p.48 / Chapter 2.4.1 --- Preparation of pEGFP/AT2 Construct --- p.48 / Chapter 2.4.2 --- Preparation of pEGFP/AT2-oligo Construct --- p.50 / Chapter 2.4.3 --- Preparation of pCMV/AT2 Construct --- p.53 / Chapter 2.4.4 --- Preparation of Mutants --- p.55 / Chapter 2.5 --- Discussion --- p.57 / Chapter Chapter 3 --- Transient Expression of AT2 and K343R mutants in CHO-K1 and HEK-293 cells / Chapter 3.1 --- Introduction --- p.61 / Chapter 3.2 --- Materials --- p.64 / Chapter 3.2.1 --- Chemicals --- p.64 / Chapter 3.2.2 --- Antibodies --- p.64 / Chapter 3.2.3 --- Protein Concentration Measurement Kit --- p.65 / Chapter 3.3 --- Methods --- p.66 / Chapter 3.3.1 --- Expression of AT2 in Mammalian Cells --- p.66 / Chapter 3.3.1.1 --- Cell culture --- p.66 / Chapter 3.3.1.2 --- Counting cells --- p.67 / Chapter 3.3.1.3 --- Transient transfection --- p.67 / Chapter 3.3.2 --- Western Blot Analysis --- p.68 / Chapter 3.3.2.1 --- Preparation of protein sample from total lysate --- p.68 / Chapter 3.3.2.2 --- Protein sample derived from immunoprecipitation --- p.69 / Chapter 3.3.2.3 --- SDS PAGE and Western blot analysis --- p.70 / Chapter 3.3.3 --- Confocal microscopy --- p.71 / Chapter 3.4 --- Results --- p.73 / Chapter 3.4.1 --- Expression Analysis of GFP-tagged AT2 --- p.73 / Chapter 3.4.1.1 --- Western blot analysis with anti-GFP antibody --- p.73 / Chapter 3.4.1.2 --- Western blot analysis with anti-AT2 antibody --- p.79 / Chapter 3.4.1.3 --- Confocal microscopy --- p.81 / Chapter 3.4.2 --- Western Blot Analysis of FLAG-tagged AT2 --- p.90 / Chapter 3.5 --- Discussion --- p.92 / Chapter Chapter 4 --- Stable Expression of AT2 and K343R mutants in CHO-K1 cells / Chapter 4.1 --- Introduction --- p.97 / Chapter 4.2 --- Materials --- p.99 / Chapter 4.2.1 --- Chemicals --- p.99 / Chapter 4.2.2 --- Enzymes --- p.99 / Chapter 4.2.3 --- Antibodies --- p.99 / Chapter 4.2.4 --- Protein Concentration Measurement Kit --- p.100 / Chapter 4.3 --- Methods --- p.101 / Chapter 4.3.1 --- Linearization of Vector --- p.101 / Chapter 4.3.2 --- Transfection by Lipofectamine 2000 --- p.101 / Chapter 4.3.3 --- Screening for the Stably Transfected Cells --- p.101 / Chapter 4.3.4 --- Western Blot Analysis --- p.103 / Chapter 4.3.5 --- Confocal Microscopy --- p.103 / Chapter 4.4 --- Results --- p.104 / Chapter 4.4.1 --- Stable expression of wild type and mutant AT2-GFP in CHO-K1 --- p.104 / Chapter 4.4.2 --- Stable expression of wild type and mutant AT2-Gly10Ser5-GFP in CHO-K1 --- p.115 / Chapter 4.4.3 --- Stable expression of wild type and mutant AT2-FL AG in CHO-K1 --- p.123 / Chapter 4.5 --- Discussion --- p.125 / Chapter Chapter 5 --- Co-immunoprecipitation Analysis of CHO-K1 stably expressing wild type and mutant AT2-Gly10Ser5-GFP / Chapter 5.1 --- Introduction --- p.129 / Chapter 5.2 --- Materials --- p.129 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Chemicals --- p.130 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- Antibodies --- p.130 / Chapter 5.2.3 --- Protein Concentration Measurement Kit --- p.130 / Chapter 5.3 --- Methods --- p.131 / Chapter 5.3.1 --- Transfection by Lipofectaime 2000 --- p.131 / Chapter 5.3.2 --- Western Blot Analysis --- p.131 / Chapter 5.4 --- Results --- p.132 / Chapter 5.4.1 --- Western blot analysis of SUMO 1 transfected stable cell lines --- p.132 / Chapter 5.4.2 --- Western blot analysis of SUM03 transfected stable cell lines --- p.136 / Chapter 5.5 --- Discussion --- p.143 / Chapter Chapter 6 --- General Discussion / Chapter 6.1 --- Investigation of AT2 trafficking in mammalian cells --- p.147 / Chapter 6.2 --- Future Aspects --- p.153 / Appendix I Buffer composition --- p.155 / Appendix II Sequence of Primers --- p.156 / Appendix III Sequencing Results --- p.157 / References --- p.160
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_325842 |
| Date | January 2007 |
| Contributors | Teng, Man Kuen., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Biochemistry. |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English, Chinese |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, xvi, 169 leaves : col. ill. ; 30 cm. |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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