优化重叠PCR法进行单链抗体基因扩增和点突变

利用重叠PCR技术扩增单链抗体基因或位点突变是抗体文库构建或稳定表达的关键和难点,国内外文献未见其方法学的系统报道.以不同VH、VL和Linker基因为拼接模板进行重叠PCR,针对影响重叠PCR扩增的拼接类型,引物设计,反应条件等进行优化.结果表明两段重叠连接比三段更容易实现,且扩增效果好;引物的互补序列长度一般应大于15 bp,且在18～24 bp 时扩增效果最好;退火温度在52～60℃,Mg2+浓度在1.5～2.5 mM时对拼接的效果影响较小;直接或间接使用拼接模板均可以实现重叠PCR的扩增.利用优化策略,首次构建了抗除虫菊酯的scFv基因文库并引入抗XAC糖蛋白scFv基因的点突变,为除虫菊酯抗体文库构建和抗XAC重组抗体的稳定表达奠定了基础.     

人癌胚抗原单链抗体基因的构建和筛选

从分泌抗癌胚抗原(carcinoembryoni antigen, CEA)单抗的杂交瘤细胞株C50中提取总RNA, 逆转录成cDNA, PCR扩增分别得到抗体轻、重链可变区基因, 再利用两对PCR引物合成和扩增得到全单链抗体基因. 将含轻、重链可变区序列的DNA片段克隆于含噬菌体基因Ⅲ的噬菌粒pCANTAB5. 重组克隆在噬菌体表面表达基因Ⅲ与单链抗体的融合蛋白. 表达具抗原结合活性的单链抗体的重组噬菌体可以通过亲和筛选的方法筛选得到并富集. 利用该方法我们可以从许多分泌不同抗体的杂交瘤细胞RNA中快速克隆和筛选功能性抗体可变区基因.     

人源抗狂犬病毒糖蛋白Ⅲ号表位链置换基因工程抗体研究

为获得针对狂犬病毒糖蛋白Ⅲ号表位的人源单抗,本研究采用噬菌体展示平台,对一株狂犬病毒糖蛋白Ⅲ号抗原表位的人源单抗CR4098采用链置换法进行改造。以CR4098单链抗体为骨架,从狂犬疫苗接种者外周血分离淋巴细胞,提核酸逆转录,PCR扩增抗体轻链可变区基因,替换CR4098的轻链基因,构建轻链置换文库。经纯化狂犬病毒aG株富集筛选,以上述筛选出的轻链阳性克隆为骨架,构建重链置换抗体库,富集筛选后通过ELISA和IFA鉴定阳性抗体克隆并进行序列测定。利用IgG表达载体VH/VK双质粒系统瞬时转染293T细胞实现IgG抗体的分泌型表达,通过亲和力测定和中和试验鉴定IgG抗体功能。结果显示,通过轻链置换,我们获得14株抗狂犬病毒scFv抗体,通过ELISA、IFA、亲和力测定及中和试验确定人源抗体RV3A5特异性结合狂犬病毒糖蛋白,对狂犬病毒CVS株和aG株均具有良好的中和活性,亲和力达到2.8×10-9 M。通过竞争ELISA对抗体结合表位进行鉴定,结果表明RV3A5特异性识别糖蛋白Ⅲ号抗原表位。通过链置换法成功获得1株全新的针对狂犬病毒糖蛋白Ⅲ号表位的高亲和力人源中和抗体,为狂犬病毒抗体制剂鸡尾酒治疗奠定了基础。     

基于狂犬病病毒G蛋白scFv介导的靶向shRNA制备与鉴定

【目的】探讨以狂犬病病毒G糖蛋白单链抗体介导的载体表达shRNA靶向制剂,靶向抑制狂犬病毒复制的可行性。【方法】应用PCR技术获得狂犬病毒G糖蛋白单链抗体scFv(G)和绿脓杆菌跨膜区-酵母DNA结合结构域ETA-GAL4基因,通过搭桥PCR法获得scFv(G)-ETA-GAL4(SEG)嵌合基因;克隆至原核表达载体pET28a(+),构建重组表达质粒pET28a(+)-scFv(G)-ETA-GAL4(pET28a-SEG);在大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)中经IPTG诱导表达,利用镍柱亲和层析法纯化包涵体,经复性、鉴定制得SEG蛋白;ELISA法检测表达蛋白与狂犬病毒特异结合活性;将SEG蛋白与含shRNA的质粒(pRNATU6.3-shRNA)连接制成靶向shRNA,接入100 TCID50狂犬病毒感染BHK-21细胞,35 h观察细胞中绿色荧光蛋白(GFP)表达情况;48 h用直接免疫荧光抗体试验测定复合物抑制病毒效果。【结果】克隆得到1557 bp的SEG蛋白编码基因,大肠杆菌中成功表达57 KDa的SEG蛋白,能与抗His的单克隆抗体发生特异性反应,SEG蛋白经镍柱纯化、复性后得率为2.8 mg/mL。ELISA试验证明SEG蛋白在一定浓度范围内与RV结合呈正相关。细胞试验表明GFP在细胞内得到表达;直接免疫荧光试验测定该复合物能抑制76%病毒复制。【结论】SEG蛋白能与携带shRNA的质粒结合,可运送该质粒至RV感染BHK-21细胞中,抑制狂犬病毒的复制。     

抗PRRSV双功能单链抗体基因的构建、序列分析及蛋白结构预测

为构建抗PRRSV与抗人红细胞单链抗体(2E8-Sc Fv)融合的双功能单链抗体基因并预测其结构和功能,本研究以PRRSV杂交瘤细胞株为模板,通过RT-PCR和SOE-PCR构建PRRSV-Sc Fv基因,将其重组到2E8-Sc Fv C端构建双功能单链抗体基因并测序分析,利用生物信息学软件预测其结构功能。结果显示,成功获得长735 bp的PRRSV-Sc Fv基因,由Linker、VH和VL组成,VH、VL均含明确的CDR和FR区及特征性Cys,与多种鼠源Sc Fv基因高度同源,具有重组功能性鼠源抗体可变区特征,与2E8融合后形成全长1 470 bp的2E8-PRRSV-Sc Fv基因。经生物信息学分析,融合基因编码490个氨基酸,亲水性评估值为-0.365,为亲水性蛋白;结构预测分析显示,其存在丰富的二级结构,可折叠形成含有多个沟槽结构的空间构象,利于抗原的结合,理论上具有良好的抗原结合活性。本研究成功构建抗PRRSV双功能单链抗体基因并对其编码的蛋白质结构进行了预测,为今后进行融合蛋白的表达及最终研究PRRSV抗原快速检测方法奠定基础。     

H5N1亚型禽流感病毒血凝素蛋白单链抗体基因的克隆及表达

构建并表达H5N1亚型禽流感病毒血凝素蛋白单链抗体,为禽流感靶向治疗药物的研制制备靶向载体。从分泌血凝素单克隆抗体的杂交瘤细胞株中提取mRNA,采用RT-PCR法扩增出重链和轻链可变区基因,通过SOE-PCR法将重链和轻链通过Linker连接起来构建单链抗体基因,将获得的单链抗体基因装入原核表达载体pET28a(+)中,构建重组质粒并表达,以Western blot鉴定单链抗体的特异性。结果成功构建了单链抗体基因,全长714bp,经原核表达,所构建的单链抗体可与H5亚型禽流感病毒HA蛋白特异结合,为禽流感的靶向治疗奠定了基础。     

人源抗狂犬病毒单克隆抗体Fab段基因的获得和表达

运用噬菌体表面呈现（phage display）技术获得了人源抗狂犬病毒糖蛋白基因工程单克隆抗体Fab段基因及其表达。从狂犬病毒PM株Vero细胞疫苗免疫的人抗凝血中分离获得外周淋巴细胞,提取细胞总RNA,通过RTPCR方法,用一组人IgG Fab基因4特异性引物,从合成的cDNA中扩增了一组轻链和重链Fab段基因,将轻链和重链Fab段基因,将轻链和重链先后克隆入噬菌体载体pComb3,成功地建立了抗狂犬病毒抗原的方法,对此抗体库进行富积筛选表达,成功地获得了抗狂犬病毒的人源单抗Fab段基因及其在大肠杆菌中的有效表达,对其中一株单抗G10进行了较为系统的分析,发现它与一株鼠源中和性狂犬病毒糖蛋白特异性单抗存在竞争,证实该单抗能识别狂犬病毒糖蛋白,其序列资料分析表明,该单抗为一株新的抗狂犬病毒人源基因工程抗体。     

狂犬病毒糖蛋白的克隆表达及其在中和抗体检测中的应用

目的:制备基因工程表达的狂犬病毒糖蛋白优势表位抗原,并评价其在疫苗免疫后中和抗体检测中的应用价值。方法:TRIzol法从狂犬病疫苗中提取总RNA,经RT-PCR获得糖蛋白目的基因片段,构建相应的原核表达质粒,转化大肠杆菌HB101,诱导表达获得纯化重组蛋白,以重组蛋白作为包被抗原,初步建立检测糖蛋白中和抗体的ELISA方法。结果:获得狂犬病毒糖蛋白优势表位区段抗原,建立了糖蛋白中和抗体ELISA检测方法。该检测方法对59例健康献血员血浆样本检测特异性为98.31%(58/59),接种狂犬疫苗免疫个体血浆样本抗体阳性率为98.95%(94/95)。结论:基因工程表达的狂犬病毒糖蛋白优势表位抗原可用于人接种狂犬疫苗后疫苗免疫效果评价。     

抗伏马菌素单链抗体与碱性磷酸酶的融合表达及活性鉴定

为原核表达抗伏马菌素单链抗体-碱性磷酸酶融合蛋白并分析其活性,本研究根据抗伏马菌素单链抗体H2的基因序列设计引物,PCR扩增获得目的基因,经限制性核酸内切酶SfiⅠ和Not Ⅰ的酶切位点克隆到pDAP2/S载体中,转化大肠杆菌(Eschrichia coli)菌株XL1-Blue并鉴定阳性转化子.IPTG诱导H2-AP融合蛋白基因的表达,利用Western blot检测其表达情况,AP显色反应和ELISA鉴定其活性.结果显示成功构建了 pDAP2/S-H2原核表达载体,融合蛋白在大肠杆菌中实现可溶性表达,并保留单链抗体和碱性磷酸酶的活性.因此,H2-AP融合蛋白通过原核表达后可用于发展伏马菌素的快速免疫检测方法.     

抗肠炎沙门氏菌单链抗体制备及其特异性分析

目的:利用基因工程技术制备抗肠炎沙门氏菌的单链抗体.方法:从抗肠炎沙门氏菌单克隆抗体的杂交瘤细胞中纯化RNA,反转录后扩增出抗体的重链可变区(VH)和轻链可变区(VL)基因片段,采用重叠延伸的方法,用柔性多肽Linker接头(Gly4 Ser)3按VL-Linker-VH方式将VH基因和VL基因拼接成单链抗体基因片段后,连接到pGEX-4T-1载体上,进行重组转化.挑取阳性克隆,经IPTG诱导后,通过GST柱进行亲和层析,最后利用ELISA检测抗体的活性.结果:成功构建了表达抗肠炎沙门氏菌单链抗体的基因工程菌株,经SDS-PAGE和ELISA检测结果表明,诱导表达的单链抗体scFv分子量约为60 kDa,其能特异与肠炎沙门氏菌结合,但与副甲伤寒沙门氏菌、鸭沙门氏菌、鼠伤寒沙门氏菌有轻度交叉反应.结论:成功构建了抗肠炎沙门氏菌单链抗体的表达菌株,表达的单链抗体scFv可作为沙门氏菌的检测的候选抗体分子.     

Identification of binding epitope for anti-rabies virus glycoprotein single-chain Fv fragment FV57

Single-chain Fv fragment (scFv) of anti-rabies glycoprotein (G protein) has been recommended as a new agent for detecting and neutralizing lethal rabies virus. In this study, we constructed scFv that corresponded to the FV fragment of CR57, a monoclonal antibody against rabies virus, and called it FV57. Despite its virus neutralization activity, FV57 may or may not recognize the same epitope as that recognized by CR57. To resolve this issue, the binding epitope of rabies virus G protein recognized by FV57 was identified. A recombinant rabies virus G protein fragment (RVG179; residues 179-281) comprising several epitopes was expressed in E.coli, purified, and the specificity of its binding with FV57 was determined. In addition, a peptide (abbreviated as EP, residues 224-236) comprising the known epitope of G protein to which CR57 binds was synthesized and the potency of its binding with FV57 was also determined. The results showed that FV57 could specifically bind to RVG179 and EP. Competitive ELISA experiments indicated that RVG179 and EP were able to compete with the rabies virus G protein for binding with FV57. Since no other epitope within residues 224- 236 has been reported, except for the epitope to which CR57 binds (residues 226-231), the epitope recognized by FV57 was the same as its intact antibody CR57. This demonstrated that the complementarity-determining regions (CDRs) of the heavy and light chains of FV57 have folded into the correct conformation as those of CR57.     

B lymphocyte activation by coinfection prevents immune control of friend virus infection

Although the adaptive immune response almost invariably fails to completely eliminate retroviral infections, it can exert significant protection from disease and long-term control of viral replication. Friend virus (FV), a mouse retrovirus, causes persistent infection in all strains of mice and erythroleukaemia in susceptible strains, the course of which can be strongly influenced by both genetic and extrinsic factors. In this study we examine the impact of coinfection on the requirements for immune control of FV infection. We show that congenic C57BL/6 mice, in which the introduction of an allele of the Friend virus susceptibility 2 gene provides the potential for FV-induced leukemia development, effectively resist FV infection, and both T cell- and Ab-dependent mechanisms contribute to their resistance. However, we further demonstrate that coinfection with lactate dehydrogenase-elevating virus (LDV) renders these otherwise immunocompetent mice highly susceptible to FV infection and subsequent disease. The presence of LDV delays induction of FV-specific neutralizing Abs and counteracts the protective contribution of adaptive immunity. Importantly, the disease-enhancing effect of LDV coinfection requires the presence of a polyclonal B cell repertoire and is reproduced by direct polyclonal B cell activation. Thus, immune activation by coinfecting pathogens or their products can contribute to the pathogenicity of retroviral infection.     

Do We Produce Enough Fruits and Vegetables to Meet Global Health Need?

Background

Low fruit and vegetable (FV) intake is a leading risk factor for chronic disease globally, but much of the world’s population does not consume the recommended servings of FV daily. It remains unknown whether global supply of FV is sufficient to meet current and growing population needs. We sought to determine whether supply of FV is sufficient to meet current and growing population needs, globally and in individual countries.

Methods and Findings

We used global data on agricultural production and population size to compare supply of FV in 2009 with population need, globally and in individual countries. We found that the global supply of FV falls, on average, 22% short of population need according to nutrition recommendations (supply:need ratio: 0.78 [Range: 0.05–2.01]). This ratio varies widely by country income level, with a median supply:need ratio of 0.42 and 1.02 in low-income and high-income countries, respectively. A sensitivity analysis accounting for need-side food wastage showed similar insufficiency, to a slightly greater extent (global supply:need ratio: 0.66, varying from 0.37 [low-income countries] to 0.77 [high-income countries]). Using agricultural production and population projections, we also estimated supply and need for FV for 2025 and 2050. Assuming medium fertility and projected growth in agricultural production, the global supply:need ratio for FV increases slightly to 0.81 by 2025 and to 0.88 by 2050, with similar patterns seen across country income levels. In a sensitivity analysis assuming no change from current levels of FV production, the global supply:need ratio for FV decreases to 0.66 by 2025 and to 0.57 by 2050.

Conclusion

The global nutrition and agricultural communities need to find innovative ways to increase FV production and consumption to meet population health needs, particularly in low-income countries.     

肝靶向穿膜肽与家蝇天蚕素基因的融合及其分子特征分析

本研究利用改进SOE-PCR技术构建肝靶向穿膜肽(HTPP)与家蝇天蚕素(MDC)融合基因并对其分子特征进行了预测和分析。结果表明:成功融合了HTPP与MDC,并构建了HTPP-MDC融合基因的克隆重组质粒HTPP-MDC/pMD20-T。PCR和KpnⅠ/HindⅢ双酶切结果显示获得与预期大小一致的基因片段,测序结果显示获得的基因序列没有发生突变,与预期完全一致。分子特征分析表明,该融合基因编码60个氨基酸,分子量为6516.2Da,理论等电点为9.31,二级结构主要由α-螺旋、无规则卷曲、延伸链和β-转角组成。研究结果为HTPP-MDC后续的功能研究奠定了基础,同时也为应用SOE-PCR技术构建融合基因提供了有益借鉴。     

An extensive interaction interface between thrombin and factor V is required for factor V activation

The interaction interface between human thrombin and human factor V (FV), necessary for complex formation and cleavage to generate factor Va, was investigated using a site-directed mutagenesis strategy. Fifty-three recombinant thrombins, with a total of 78 solvent-exposed basic and polar residues substituted with alanine, were used in a two-stage clotting assay with human FV. Seventeen mutants with less than 50% of wild-type (WT) thrombin FV activation were identified and mapped to anion-binding exosite I (ABE-I), anion-binding exosite II (ABE-II), the Leu(45)-Asn(57) insertion loop, and the Na(+) binding loop of thrombin. Three ABE-I mutants (R68A, R70A, and Y71A) and the ABE-II mutant R98A had less than 30% of WT activity. The thrombin Na(+) binding loop mutants, E229A and R233A, and the Leu(45)-Asn(57) insertion loop mutant, W50A, had a major effect on FV activation with 5, 15, and 29% of WT activity, respectively. The K52A mutant, which maps to the S' specificity pocket, had 29% of WT activity. SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis analysis of cleavage reactions using the thrombin ABE mutants R68A, Y71A, and R98A, the Na(+) binding loop mutant E229A, and the Leu(45)-Asn(57) insertion loop mutant W50A showed a requirement for both ABEs and the Na(+)-bound form of thrombin for efficient cleavage at the FV residue Arg(709). Several basic residues in both ABEs have moderate decreases in FV activation (40-60% of WT activity), indicating a role for the positive electrostatic fields generated by both ABEs in enhancing complex formation with complementary negative electrostatic fields generated by FV. The data show that thrombin activation of FV requires an extensive interaction interface with thrombin. Both ABE-I and ABE-II and the S' subsite are required for optimal cleavage, and the Na(+)-bound form of thrombin is important for its procoagulant activity.     

基于猪细小病毒病毒样颗粒的结肠癌靶向纳米载体的构建

【目的】获得具有结肠靶向的纳米载体。【方法】采用SOE-PCR方法将具有结肠靶向的TK肽序列插入到猪细小病毒(PPV)结构蛋白VP2的环2和环4区域得到TK-vp2(?vp2)基因,在Bac-to-Bac?杆状病毒表达系统中构建、表达和自组装。【结果】通过SOE-PCR方法扩增获得?vp2基因,在Bac-to-Bac?杆状病毒表达系统中构建得到Bacmid-?vp2,经脂质体转染至Sf9昆虫细胞得到重组杆状病毒。直接免疫荧光试验、SDS-PAGE和Western blot检测结果表明?VP2蛋白在Bac-to-Bac?杆状病毒表达系统中获得融合表达,目的蛋白约70 k D;透射电子显微镜结果显示?VP2能自组装形成病毒样颗粒(TK-VLPs),直径范围在22 nm-30 nm。【结论】获得纳米载体TK-VLPs,为进一步研究其作为结肠靶向的纳米载体奠定物质基础。     

An efficient and rapid method for cDNA cloning from difficult templates using codon optimization and SOE-PCR: with human RANK and TIMP2 gene as examples

As gene cloning from difficult templates with regionalized high GC content is a long recognized problem, we have developed a novel and reliable method to clone such genes. Firstly, the high GC content region of the target cDNA was synthesized directly after codon optimization and the remaining cDNA fragment without high GC content was generated by routine RT-PCR. Then the entire redesigned coding sequence of the target gene was obtained by fusing the above available two cDNA fragments with SOE-PCR (splicing by overlapping extension-PCR). We have cloned the human RANK gene (ten exons; CDS 1851 bp) using this strategy. The redesigned cDNA was transfected into an eukaryotic expression system (A459 cells) to verify its expression. RT-PCR and western blotting confirmed this. To validate our method, we also successfully cloned human TIMP2 gene (five exons; CDS 660 bp) also having a regionalized high GC content. Our strategy for combining codon optimization and SOE-PCR to clone difficult genes is thus feasible and potentially universally applicable.     

Improved knockout methodology reveals that frog virus 3 mutants lacking either the 18K immediate-early gene or the truncated vIF-2alpha gene are defective for replication and growth in vivo

To better assess the roles of frog virus 3 (FV3; genus Ranavirus, family Iridoviridae) genes in virulence and immune evasion, we have developed a reliable and efficient method to systematically knock out (KO) putative virulence genes by site-specific integration into the FV3 genome. Our approach utilizes a dual selection marker consisting of the puromycin resistance gene fused in frame with the enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP) reporter (Puro-EGFP cassette) under the control of the FV3 immediate-early (IE) 18K promoter. By successive rounds of selection for puromycin resistance and GFP expression, we have successfully constructed three recombinant viruses. In one, a "knock-in" mutant was created by inserting the Puro-EGFP cassette into a noncoding region of the FV3 genome (FV3-Puro/GFP). In the remaining two, KO mutants were constructed by replacement of the truncated viral homolog of eIF-2α (FV3-ΔvIF-2α) or the 18K IE gene (FV3-Δ18K) with the Puro-EGFP cassette. The specificity of recombination and the clonality of each mutant were confirmed by PCR, sequencing, and immunofluorescence microscopy. Viral replication of each recombinant in cell culture was similar to that of parental FV3; however, infection in Xenopus laevis tadpoles revealed that FV3-ΔvIF-2α and FV3-Δ18K replicated less and resulted in lower mortality than did GFP-FV3 and wild-type FV3. Our results suggest that 18K, which is conserved in all ranaviruses, and the truncated vIF-2α gene contribute to virulence. In addition, our study describes a powerful methodology that lays the foundation for the discovery of potentially new ranaviral genes involved in virulence and immune escape.