噬菌体gp17基因2种重组产物的抗菌效应比较

通过重组技术获得大肠埃希菌噬菌体内溶素纯化蛋白和表面展示噬菌体,并观察产物的生物效应。将肠侵袭性大肠埃希菌EIEC 8401噬菌体LSB-1内溶素基因gp17构建到质粒pET300中,并在大肠埃希菌BL21中诱导表达,通过Ni柱纯化系统纯化产物;利用噬菌体展示技术构建T7-LSB-gp17重组噬菌体,通过双层琼脂法纯化噬菌体,并观察2种产物的抗菌效应。2 139 bp的gp17基因通过重组技术表达出78.3 ku的可溶性蛋白,纯化后浓度为2.38 mg/mL,其对EIEC8401有良好的抑菌活性,但对其他试验菌无抗性;通过噬菌体展示技术构建的重组噬菌体T7-LSB-gp17通过SDS-PAGE电泳显示在78 ku处有表达增强,对EIEC8401无感染、裂解作用,但对EIEC8401及其他试验菌有明显溶菌作用,宿主谱增加。通过重组技术获得的噬菌体LSB-1内溶素基因gp17的产物对LSB-1噬菌体原宿主具有明显的抑制效应。其中gp17表达的纯化蛋白具有明显的宿主专一性,重组噬菌体悬液有较宽种类的抗菌作用。这可能是因为gp17蛋白与噬菌体表面复杂空间结构的相互作用产生的生物效应。     

噬菌体展示技术的发展及应用

噬菌体展示技术是一种用于筛选和改造功能性多肽的生物技术 ,编码多肽的ＤＮＡ片段与噬菌体表面蛋白的编码基因融合后 ,以融合蛋白的形式在噬菌体的表面表达出多肽序列。这是一种表型与基因型的统一。噬菌体展示技术最初是以Ｍ 13噬菌体为载体的 ,其宿主菌为大肠杆菌。以大肠杆菌为宿主的展示系统还有其他 ,如λ噬菌体和Ｔ4噬菌体等展示系统。还有利用真核细胞的病毒以及酵母菌作为展示系统的。这些展示系统各有各的优势 ,但最常用的仍是Ｍ 13噬菌体表达系统。最初的噬菌体展示系统是将外源肽或蛋白质与噬菌体外壳蛋白ＰⅢ或ＰⅧ的Ｎ末端融…     

多功能M13KE噬菌体展示系统的建立

以M13KE噬菌体为起始载体,建立一种无需辅助噬菌体的较长片段多肽库展示系统,以解决当前噬菌体展示仅能筛选短肽库现象,并扩大靶向高通量筛选范畴。根据M13KE次要外壳蛋白(Minor coat protein of wild-type M13KE,wt-pⅢ)基因III(wt-gene Ⅲ)结构与功能关系,设计并扩增出能发挥其基因功能的截短基因Ⅲ(Truncated gene Ⅲ,tgⅢ);通过拼接-重叠-延伸PCR(Splice-overlapping-extension polymerase chain reaction,SOEing-PCR)获得含启动子、信号肽和结构基因的融合基因片段,将其插入至M13KE载体的合适部位,进行蛋白质诱导表达,SDS-PAGE和Western blot分析。同时在wt-gⅢ和tgⅢ部位分别插入HA和c-Myc多肽标签,再次进行表达和检测。结果显示,tgⅢ被插入到M13KE的非必需部位,利用抗蛋白III(anti-M13 pⅢ)抗体进行Western blot检测发现,wt-gⅢ和tgIII均能表达pIII(protein Ⅲ,pⅢ);anti-HA和c-Myc抗体都能检测到2个标签蛋白和pⅢ蛋白质的表达。获得一种多功能M13KE载体,具有既能表达短片段多肽库,也能表达较长片段多肽库的潜能,而且无需辅助噬菌体,可用于更大范围的高通量靶向筛选。     

光学蛋白芯片技术在噬菌体M13KO7检测中的应用

将亲和素共价固定在表面改性后的硅片上,通过亲和素与生物素相互作用将生物素标记的噬菌体抗体GP3固定在亲和素膜层表面,当含有M13KO7噬菌体的样品经过抗体表面时,通过噬菌体与抗体之间的相互作用噬菌体就会被抗体捕获,生物学信号可以通过芯片上的膜层厚度变化表现出来,这种膜层厚度变化可以被椭偏生物传感器技术识别。结果表明,GP3抗体在芯片表面形成了饱和的抗体膜层,厚度为6.9nm;M13KO7噬菌体与芯片上固定的抗体会发生特异性相互作用,噬菌体被抗体捕获后形成的复合物膜层厚度为17.5nm,并且随着噬菌体浓度升高膜层厚度增加,检测含有M13KO7噬菌体的样品灵敏度为109pfu/mL。与其它研究病毒与抗体相互作用方法相比光学蛋白芯片技术具有简便快捷、无需标记待检样品和结果直观等优点,为研究病毒与其抗体相互作用以及疾病早期临床诊断提供了一个新的方法。     

噬菌体表面表达抗汉坦病毒衣壳蛋白单链抗体的研究

噬菌体展示表达(Phage display expression)的主要特点是将特定分子的基因型和表型统一 在同一噬菌体颗粒内,其基因组中含有表达蛋白基因,在噬菌体表面进行特定的表达.该技 术为研制工程抗体提供一新的途径,在九十年代逐渐被人们认识并得到极其广泛的应用 [1,2].噬菌体表面表达技术适于表达Fv和Fab分子片段,当表达的抗体基因与噬菌 体外壳蛋白基因Ⅲ融合时,在噬菌体颗粒表面呈现单价表达,与噬菌体外壳蛋白基因Ⅷ融合时,呈现多价表达.     

大分子量重组蛋白在丝状噬菌体表面的展示表达及其与小分子相互作用的初步研究

利用pHEN1KM13噬菌粒系统表达融合蛋白,进而确定大分子量重组蛋白在丝状噬菌体表达的部位及其表达后的生物活性。通过蛋白酶切处理前后噬菌体侵染细菌能力的变化快速地检测大分子蛋白质能否在噬菌体表面展示表达;比较了谷胱甘肽S转移酶及其与三个不同长度连接臂融合的外源蛋白在噬菌体表面的表达和组装,确定了不大于40kD的重组蛋白分子能展示表达在丝状噬菌体表面;并利用已知的小分子化合物与蛋白质的相互作用证明了组装在噬菌体表面的谷胱甘肽S转移酶重组蛋白仍保持其天然的结合活性,为利用噬菌体展示系统研究蛋白质与小分子化合物的相互作用建立了基础。     

利用重组噬菌体诱导表达的大肠杆菌表达系统

将编码噬菌体T7RNA聚合酶的基因克隆至噬菌体M13mpl8RFDNA中,置于lac启动子的控制之下,得到了可表达T7 RNA聚合酶的重组噬菌体M13HEP。利用该噬菌体感染含T7启动子表达质粒的宿主菌以提供T7RNA聚合酶,可以诱导T7启动子控制下的外源基因的表达。该噬茵体诱导表达系统已成功地表达了多种外源基因,特别是一些表达产物对宿主菌有毒性的基因。同时,通过细菌接合将F',因子从大脑杆菌XL1-blue转至大肠杆菌HMS174,构建了新的大脑杆菌菌株HMSl74F,,使得T7表达质粒构建、表达及单链制备可以在同一菌株中完成,得到了一个完整的T7表达系统。     

A型禽流感病毒M2e重组T7噬菌体疫苗构建及免疫原性研究

构建展示A型禽流感病毒M2e多肽的重组T7噬菌体,检测其对SPF鸡的免疫保护效果。比对GenBank近期发表的A型禽流感病毒M2e基因序列进行人工合成并重复至两拷贝,将其克隆到T7Select 415-1b噬菌体多克隆位点,构建重组噬菌体T7-M2e。经PCR鉴定并序列测定筛选阳性重组噬菌体,SDS-PAGE和Westernblot检测重组噬菌体表面M2e多肽。重组噬菌体以1×1010pfu/只剂量免疫SPF鸡,免疫后不同时间段采血通过ELSIA检测血清中抗M2e抗体,免疫荧光检测血清抗体与H9亚型禽流感病毒的结合能力,并以200个EID50/只剂量进行攻毒保护效率检测。成功构建重组噬菌体T7-M2e,插入两拷贝M2e基因获得表面展示,并与M2e抗体有免疫反应活性。噬菌体疫苗免疫后均产生抗M2e抗体,其抗血清能跟病毒粒子特异性结合,攻毒保护率达4/5(80%)。获得了展示禽流感病毒M2e多肽的重组噬菌体,噬菌体疫苗免疫鸡产生较高血清抗体并提供攻毒保护,为新型通用禽流感疫苗研制提供新思路。     

噬菌体展示文库筛选技术的研究进展

噬菌体展示技术是将编码外源蛋白或多肽的基因片段定向插入到噬菌体的外壳蛋白基因区,使外源蛋白或多肽通过与噬菌体外壳蛋白融合而表达并展示于噬菌体表面,进而筛选表达特异蛋白或多肽的噬菌体,已发展成为生物学后基因组时代一个强有力的实验技术.噬菌体展示文库的筛选是其关键环节.为了提高筛选效率,许多研究者对传统的筛选技术进行了改进,如选择性感染噬菌体、迟延感染性噬菌体、以DNA为基础的筛选方法、亲合力捕获和反复筛选和封闭筛选法等,用于筛选的靶标也越来越具有多样性,使得这一技术有了更加广阔的发展前景.     

噬菌体展示技术及其在寄生虫研究中的应用

噬菌体展示技术是将外源蛋白或多肽的编码基因或DNA序列插入到噬菌体外壳蛋白结构基因的适当位置,使外源基因随外壳蛋白的表达而表达,并随噬菌体的重新组装而展示到噬菌体表面的生物技术.在研究蛋白质识别或蛋白质与核酸相互作用的生物学过程、蛋白质定向改造、研制新型多肽药物、疫苗和抗体等多领域具有重要作用.就噬菌体展示技术基本原理及特点,以及噬菌体展示技术在寄生虫研究中的应用做一简要综述.     

Isolation and characterization of mutants deleted for the sulA-ompA region of the Escherichia coli K-12 chromosome

Abstract We have isolated mutants deleted for different segments of the sulA-ompA region of the Escherichia coli K-12 chromosome using gene fusion techniques. Genetic and physical analysis showed that the deletions ranged from 500 to more than 4000 base pairs (bp) Strains were found in which all, or part, of the sulA and ompA genes had been deleted.     

以GST融合蛋白为靶从噬菌体肽库中筛选结合肽

以重组的谷胱甘肽S-转移酶（GST）和目标蛋白的融合蛋白为靶,通过将其固定于谷胱甘肽琼脂糖凝胶上,可以方便地从噬菌体肽库中筛选目标蛋白的结合肽.用此方法筛选到含WWXF结构的HIV-1病毒蛋白R（Vpr）的结合肽,与经典的将Vpr包被于培养板上的筛选方法相比,此方法具有简便、快速的优点.     

Phage versus phagemid libraries for generation of human monoclonal antibodies

Non-immune (na?ve) phage antibody libraries have become an important source of antibodies for reagent, diagnostic, and therapeutic use. To date, reported na?ve libraries have been constructed in phagemid vectors as fusions to pIII, yielding primarily single copy (monovalent) display of antibody fragments. For this work, we subcloned the single chain Fv (scFv) gene repertoire from a na?ve phagemid antibody library into a true phage vector to create a multivalently displayed scFv phage library. Compared to monovalently displayed scFv, multivalent phage display resulted in improved efficiency of display as well as antibody selection. A greater number of antibodies were obtained and at earlier rounds of selection. Such increased efficiency allows the screening for binding antibodies after a single round of selection, greatly facilitating automation. Expression levels of antigen-binding scFv were also higher than from the phagemid library. In contrast, the affinities of scFv from the phage library were lower than from the phagemid library. This could be overcome by utilizing the scFv in a multivalent format, by affinity maturation, or by converting the library to monovalent display after the first round of selection.     

Optimization of peptidic HIV‐1 fusion inhibitor T20 by phage display

The HIV fusion inhibitor T20 has been approved to treat those living with HIV/AIDS, but treatment gives rise to resistant viruses. Using combinatorial phage‐displayed libraries, we applied a saturation scan approach to dissect the entire T20 sequence for binding to a prefusogenic five‐helix bundle (5HB) mimetic of HIV‐1 gp41. Our data set compares all possible amino acid substitutions at all positions, and affords a complete view of the complex molecular interactions governing the binding of T20 to 5HB. The scan of T20 revealed that 12 of its 36 positions were conserved for 5HB binding, which cluster into three epitopes: hydrophobic epitopes at the ends and a central dyad of hydrophilic residues. The scan also revealed that the T20 sequence was highly adaptable to mutations at most positions, demonstrating a striking structural plasticity that allows multiple amino acid substitutions at contact points to adapt to conformational changes, and also at noncontact points to fine‐tune the interface. Based on the scan result and structural knowledge of the gp41 fusion intermediate, a library was designed with tailored diversity at particular positions of T20 and was used to derive a variant (T20v1) that was found to be a highly effective inhibitor of infection by multiple HIV‐1 variants, including a common T20‐escape mutant. These findings show that the plasticity of the T20 functional sequence space can be exploited to develop variants that overcome resistance of HIV‐1 variants to T20 itself, and demonstrate the utility of saturation scanning for rapid epitope mapping and protein engineering.     

Morphological and genetic analysis of three bacteriophages of Serratia marcescens isolated from environmental water

Increases in multidrug-resistant strains of Serratia marcescens are of great concern in pediatrics, especially in neonatal intensive care units. In the search for bacteriophages to control infectious diseases caused by multidrug-resistant S. marcescens , three phages (KSP20, KSP90, and KSP100) were isolated from environmental water and were characterized morphologically and genetically. KSP20 and KSP90 belonged to morphotype A1 of the family Myoviridae , and KSP100 belonged to morphotype C3 of the family Podoviridae . Analysis of the DNA region coding virion proteins, together with their morphological features, indicated that KSP20, KSP90, and KSP100 were related to the P2-like phage (temperate), T4-type phage (virulent), and phiEco32 phage (virulent), respectively. Based on amino acid sequences of the major capsid protein, KSP90 formed a new branch with a Stenotrophomonas maltophilia phage, Smp14, in the T4-type phage phylogeny. Both Smp14 and phiEco32 have been reported as potential therapeutic phages. These results suggest that KSP90 and KSP100 may be candidate therapeutic phages to control S. marcescens infection.     

Genome comparison of Pseudomonas aeruginosa large phages

Pseudomonas aeruginosa phage EL is a dsDNA phage related to the giant phiKZ-like Myoviridae. The EL genome sequence comprises 211,215 bp and has 201 predicted open reading frames (ORFs). The EL genome does not share DNA sequence homology with other viruses and micro-organisms sequenced to date. However, one-third of the predicted EL gene products (gps) shares similarity (Blast alignments of 17-55% amino acid identity) with phiKZ proteins. Comparative EL and phiKZ genomics reveals that these giant phages are an example of substantially diverged genetic mosaics. Based on the position of similar EL and phiKZ predicted gene products, five genome regions can be delineated in EL, four of which are relatively conserved between EL and phiKZ. Region IV, a 17.7 kb genome region with 28 predicted ORFs, is unique to EL. Fourteen EL ORFs have been assigned a putative function based on protein similarity. Assigned proteins are involved in DNA replication and nucleotide metabolism (NAD+-dependent DNA ligase, ribonuclease HI, helicase, thymidylate kinase), host lysis and particle structure. EL-gp146 is the first chaperonin GroEL sequence identified in a viral genome. Besides a putative transposase, EL harbours predicted mobile endonucleases related to H-N-H and LAGLIDADG homing endonucleases associated with group I intron and intein intervening sequences.     

Large scale production of phage antibody libraries using a bioreactor

One of the limitations of the use of phage antibody libraries in high throughput selections is the production of sufficient phage antibody library at the appropriate quality. Here, we successfully adapt a bioreactor-based protocol for the production of phage peptide libraries to the production of phage antibody libraries. The titers obtained in the stirred-tank bioreactor are 4 to 5 times higher than in a standard shake flask procedure, and the quality of the phage antibody library produced is indistinguishable to that produced using standard procedures as assessed by Western blotting and functional selections. Availability of this protocol will facilitate the use of phage antibody libraries in high-throughput scale selections.     

Salmonella enterica phage-resistant mutant colonies display an unusual phenotype in the presence of phage Felix 01

AIMS: To investigate irregular colony morphology formation in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium DPC6046 in the presence of a lytic phage, Felix 01. METHODS AND RESULTS: Phage-resistant derivatives of the parent strain DPC6046 were isolated which exhibited an irregular colony morphology. These were subjected to viability studies by using confocal scanning laser microscopy and live/dead BacLight stain to evaluate the cell viability within the colony. The phenomenon was also observed with other S. enterica serotypes tested which were normally sensitive to phage Felix. In the case of strain DPC6046, dead cells were clearly evident at the irregular edges of the phage-resistant colonies in locations where the cell density was lower. This colony morphology was not apparent with two other Salmonella phages tested. CONCLUSIONS: These findings support the hypothesis that the unusual morphology is due to reversion to phage sensitivity and consequent cell death within the colony as it forms. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: The irregular colony morphology observed is peculiar to phage Felix. The confocal scanning laser microscopy methodology allowed the basis for the irregular morphology to be elucidated.