人TPON端结构域在大肠杆菌中的表达、纯化及活性分析

在利用反转录－ＰＣＲ从人胎肝中获得编码人血小板生成素（ｈＴＰＯ）全长ｃＤ－ＮＡ的基础上,综合ＴＰＯ结构与功能的研究信息,在大肠杆菌中表达了成熟肽Ｎ端结构域．目的蛋白在菌体内以包涵体形式存在,表达量约占菌体总蛋白的３０％;包涵体经变性、复性、凝胶过滤、离子交换层析等步骤处理后,所得产物给Ｂａｂｌ／ｃ小鼠腹腔连续注射８ｄ,第９ｄ摘眼球采血,计数血小板的数量．结果表明,ＴＰＯＮ端结构域具有明显促进血小板生成的作用．     

人血小板生成素全长分子在酵母系统中的分泌表达及活性分析

外源基因可通过整合型载体被整合到毕赤酵母（Ｐｉｃｈｉａｐａｓｔｏｒｉｓ）染色体上,获得遗传性稳定分泌表达株．利用酵母信号肽ＭＦα,对该信号肽蛋白酶识别位点的相关序列进行重新设计,使天然人ＴＰＯ成熟肽在毕赤酵母系统中分泌表达成功．表达产物经Ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎ－ｂｌｏｔ进行分析,分子量约为６６ｋＤ处蛋白条带可被ＴＰＯ抗体识别;表达量约为０．１ｇ／Ｌ;Ｎ端氨基酸序列分析结果与设计的一致;表达产物对小鼠骨髓细胞形成巨核细胞集落形成单位（ｍｅｇａｋａｒｙ－ｏｃｙｔｅｃｏｌｏｎｙｆｏｒｍｉｎｇｕｎｉｔ,ＣＦＵ－Ｍｅｇ）具有明显的刺激作用．     

一种兼具NO和ACEI性质的新药斯诺普利的研究设计

一氧化氮（ＮＯ）在生物体内以巯－亚硝基类化合物的形式储存和释放。ＲＳＮＯ生物半衰期（ｔ１／２）生物半衰期（ｔ１／２）长,化学性质稳定,并保留了载体ＲＳ的生物功能。在内源性ＲＳＮＯ构效关系的启发下,我们把卡托普利（Ｃａｐ）的ＳＨ改造成Ｓ－ＮＯ,即斯诺普利,ＣａｐＮＯ具有Ｃａｐ的作用和ＮＯ的特性：（１）直接舒张离体血管,对抗血管紧张素Ⅱ,肾上腺素的缩血管作用;（２）在整体动物,ＣａｐＮＯ显著扩张血管,     

G蛋白偶联受体激酶—2的N端结构域缺失对其催化功能的影响

为揭示Ｇ蛋白偶联受体激酶（Ｇ ｐｒｏｔｅｉｎ－ｃｏｕｐｌｅｄ ｒｅｃｅｐｔｏｒ ｋｉｎａｓｅｓ，ＧＲＫｓ）的Ｎ端结构域在该酶家族磷酸化受体以及催化反应中的作用，对ＧＲＫ２的Ｎ端结构域进行了缺失突变研究。将Ｎ端结构域的ＧＲＫ２（ΔＮ－ＧＲＫ２）与谷城肽转硫酶融合表达。经过亲和纯化后，再用凝血酶酶切得到单独的ΔＮ－ＧＲＫ２蛋白。对磷酸化小肽的活力检测表明，Ｎ端结构域的缺失基本上不影响ＧＲＫ２的激酶催化     

CCK—8和NDAP对大鼠脑和脊髓组织c—fos表达的影响

为探讨八肽胆囊收缩素（ＣＣＫ－８）和阿片肽相互作用的分子机理,利用抗体免疫沉淀技术研究了ＣＣＫ－８与ＮＤＡＰ（κ阿片受体激动剂）对大鼠脑（去皮层和小脑）和脊髓背柱组织Ｆｏｓ蛋白的影响。结果表明,０．１μｍｏｌ／Ｌ ＣＣＫ－８可显著刺激脑和脊髓组织中Ｆｏｓ蛋白增加（分别是对照组的３．８倍和３．６倍）。相同浓度的ＮＤＡＰ对Ｆｏｓ蛋白的生成亦有一定的诱导作用,分别是对照组的２．７倍和２．６倍。ＣＣＫ－８     

CCK－8和NDAP对大鼠脑和脊髓组织c－fos表达的影响

为探讨八肽胆囊收缩素（ＣＣｋ－８）和阿片肽相互作用的分子机理,利用抗体免疫沉淀技术研究了ＣＣＫ－８与ＮＤＡＰ（ｋ阿片受体激动剂）对大鼠脑（去皮层和小脑）和脊髓背柱组织Ｆｏｓ蛋白的影响。结果表明,０．１μｍｏｌ／ＬＣＣＫ－８可显著刺激脑和脊髓组织中Ｆｏｓ蛋白增加（分别是对照组的３．８倍和３．６倍）。相同浓度的ＮＤＡＰ对Ｆｏｓ蛋白的生成亦有一定的诱导作用,分别是对照组的２．７倍和２．６倍。ＣＣＫ－８和ＮＤＡＰ共同处理组织,Ｆｏｓ蛋白生成水平相似（脑）或高于（脊髓）ＣＣＫ~－８单独诱导的水平。结果表明,ＣＣＫ－８和ＮＤＡＰ均可直接诱导大鼠脑和脊髓组织ｃ－ｆｏｓ的表达,它们对ｃ－ｆｏｓ表达的相互作用在脑和脊髓中呈现不同的模式。     

萝卜抗真菌蛋白1（Rs—AFP1）在大肠杆菌中的融合表达及其对大丽轮 …

利用聚合酶链式反应（ＰＣＲ）获得了萝卜（Ｒａｑｈａｎｕｓ ｓａｔｉｖｕｓ Ｌ．）抗真菌蛋白１（Ｒｓ－ＡＦＰ１）基因编码区核苷酸序列。将整个阅读框架片段和云除了Ｎ－端信号肽序列的片段分别装入原核表达载体ｐＥＴ－３２ｇ（＋）中,在大肠杆菌中表达,发现带有信号 的Ｒｓ－ＡＦＰ１不能在大肠杆菌中表达,而当这一序列去除后,表达出约２７ｋＤ的Ｒｓ－ＡＦＰ１的融合蛋白。用凝血酶处理融合蛋白以云除Ｎ－端Ｈｉｓ．ｔ     

刺槐宽叶和四倍体无性系的组织培养

１植物名称刺槐（Ｒｏｂｉｎｉａｐｓｅｕｄｏａｃａｃｉａ）优良无性系：Ｔｅｔｒａｐｌｏｉｄｌｏｃｕｓｔ、Ｇｌｇａｓｔｙｐｅｌｏｃｕｓｔ。２材料类别带腋芽的茎段。３培养条件（１）启动培养基：ＭＳ＋６－ＢＡ０．２５ｍｇ·Ｌ－１（单位下同）＋ＮＡＡ０．０５。（２）分化培养基和继代培养基：ＭＳ＋６－ＢＡ０．５＋ＮＡＡ０．１＋ＡｇＮＯ３１０,ＭＳ＋６ＢＡ０．５＋ＮＡＡ０．１。上述培养基均添加３％蔗糖、０．６％琼脂。（３）生根培养基：１／２ＭＳ＋ＩＢＡ０．２＋ＮＡＡ０．２,添加２％蔗糖０．６％琼脂。培养基ｐＨ…     

江浙蝮蛇神经生长因子在大肠杆菌中的表达及纯化

将江浙蝮蛇（ＡｇｋｉｓｔｒｏｄｏｎｈａｌｙｓＰａｌａｓ,Ａ．ｈ．Ｐ．）神经生长因子（Ｎｅｒｖｅｇｒｏｗｔｈｆａｃｔｏｒ,ＮＧＦ）基因克隆于分泌型原核表达载体ｐＥＴ２２ｂ＋,以Ｃ端融合了６个组氨酸的形式在大肠杆菌ＢＬ２１（ＤＥ３）中进行了ＩＰＴＧ诱导表达。ＳＤＳＰＡＧＥ分析确定有一比理论值略大的诱导表达条带,其表达量占全菌蛋白质的２０％左右,且表达蛋白质主要是以包涵体的形式存在。用６ｍｏｌ／Ｌ的盐酸胍溶解包涵体后,利用固定化金属离子（Ｎｉ２＋）配体亲和层析一步纯化目的蛋白质,纯度可达８０％左右。对该重组肽进行变复性研究。利用ＰＣ１２细胞进行生物活力测定,证明表达产物具有ＮＧＦ生物活力。     

蛇毒蛋白Echistatin的C端突变基因的构建，表达及其活性研究

通过ＰＣＲ定点突变的技术,将蛇毒蛋白Ｅｃｈｉｓｔａｔｉｎ基因的Ｃ端进行了突变（Ａｌａ４８→Ａｒｇ４８→,Ｔｈｒ４９→Ｖａｌ４９）,模拟纤维蛋白Ｎ端的四肽（Ｇｌｙ－Ｐｒｏ－Ａｒｇ－Ｖａｌ）,以期增加Ｅｃｓ（Ｅｃｈｉｓｔａｔｉｎ）的活性。突变的基因重组到表达质粒ｐＪＣ２６４上,经ＩＰＴＧ诱导,以ＣｈｅＹ－Ｅｃｓ融合蛋白方式进行了表达,表达量占菌体总蛋白的１５～２０％。ＳｅｐｈａｄｅｘＧ－７５初步纯化该融合蛋白,然后用ＣＮＢｒ裂解,透析,冻干,反相ＨＰＬＣ纯化Ｃ端突变体Ｅｃｓ蛇毒蛋白,Ｎ端十个氨基酸分析与天然的相符,在ＰＲＰ（ｐｌａｔｅｌｅｔ－ｒｉｃｈｐｌａｓｍａ）测活体系中,１０μｍｏｌ／Ｌ的ＡＤＰ诱导,Ｃ端突变体Ｅｃｓ抑制血小板凝聚的活性约为野生型４倍。得到了Ｅｃｓ的Ｃ端突变后使Ｅｃｓ抑制血小板凝聚的活性提高的结果。     

TPO模拟肽与人IgG1 Fc片段的融合表达及其生物学特性研究

依据本室获得的人TPO模拟肽序列,合成了该模拟肽的DNA序列,分别连接至4种不同长度的人IgG1 Fc基因片段的5′端,并克隆至质粒表达载体pET28a( ),转化大肠杆菌BL21（DE3）,筛选获得了4种重组工程菌,其中3种分别高效表达了3种不同长度的融合蛋白,而第4种工程菌未表达,表达的3种融合蛋白的分子量分别约为28kD,12kD和12kD。表达量约占菌体蛋白总量的30％左右,纯化获得了3种TPO模拟肽融合蛋白,3种融合蛋白均有较好的体外活性,维持TPO依赖细胞Ba/F3-mp1生长的EC50分别为：13,10,10nmol/L,用血小板减少症小鼠动物模型,测定了它们的体内活性,3种融合蛋白均有升高血小板和缩短血小板恢复时间的功能,分别比TPO模拟肽活性提高了18,8,8倍,而对白细胞及红细胞无显著影响,分别用3种融合蛋白免疫BALB／c小鼠,均未刺激小鼠产生抗TPO模拟肽抗体,并显示了较好的应用潜力。     

Tensin2 is a novel mediator in thrombopoietin (TPO)-induced cellular proliferation by promoting Akt signaling

Thrombopoietin (TPO) and its receptor c-Mpl are essential in the regulation of the hematopoietic stem and progenitors cells as well as for the differentiation of megakaryocytes into mature platelets. Once TPO binds to its receptor, an intracellular signaling process is initiated through Janus kinase (JAK-2)-induced phosphorylation of the c-Mpl intracellular domain. Although some protein mediators that transmit the effects of TPO have been identified, many remain undiscovered. Using an unbiased approach with peptide microarrays that contained virtually every Src Homology (SH)2 and Phosphotyrosine Binding (PT B) domains in the human genome, we discovered a previously unreported interaction between c-Mpl at phospho-Tyrosine631 (pY₆₃₁) and Tensin2, a protein for which limited information is available. Confirming the findings of the microarrays, we discovered that Tensin2 co-precipitates with a pY₆₃₁ bearing peptide. Furthermore, we found that Tensin2 becomes phosphorylated in a TPO-dependent manner. The functional consequence of Tensin2 was tested via knockdown of Tensin2, which dramatically decreased TPO-dependent cellular proliferation of UT7-TPO cell line as well as their activation of Akt signaling. These studies affirm the use of these arrays as an unbiased screening tool of proteinprotein interactions. We conclude that Tensin2 is an important new mediator in TPO/c-Mpl pathway and has a positive affect on cellular growth, at least in part through its effect on the PI3K/Akt signaling.Key words: tensin2, thrombopoietin, c-Mpl, signal transduction, cellular proliferation     

Expression of thrombopoietin by umbilical vein endothelial cells

Current data suggest that the primary source of thrombopoietin (TPO) is the liver. Extra-hepatic sites for TPO production have been demonstrated essentially through the study of the expression of TPO mRNA. In this work, we report that TPO is expressed at low levels by endothelial cells (EC) derived from the umbilical vein (HUVEC). Both TPO mRNA and the protein are expressed and the protein is functional as assessed by biological assay. Expression of TPO by HUVEC may be useful to study the regulation of the production of this cytokine and to understand the apparent specific interactions between mature megakaryocytes and EC in the bone marrow.     

Neuropilin-1 forms complexes with vascular endothelial growth factor receptor-2 during megakaryocytic differentiation of UT-7/TPO cells

We investigated whether the gene expression of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its receptors (VEGFR and neuropilin-1 [NRP-1]) could be specifically regulated during the megakaryocytic differentiation of human thrombopoietin (TPO)-dependent UT-7/TPO cells. Undifferentiated UT-7/TPO cells expressed a functional VEGFR-2, leading to VEGF binding and VEGF₁₆₅-induced tyrosine phosphorylation, cell proliferation, and apoptosis inhibition. The megakaryocytic differentiation of UT-7/TPO cells on treatment with phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) was accompanied by a marked up-regulation of NRP-1 mRNA and protein expression and by an increase in VEGF-binding activity, which was mainly mediated by VEGFR-2. VEGF₁₆₅ promoted the formation of complexes containing NRP-1 and VEGFR-2 in undifferentiated UT-7/TPO cells in a dose-dependent manner. Unlike human umbilical vein endothelial cells, PMA-differentiated UT-7/TPO cells exhibited complex formation between NRP-1 and VEGFR-2 even in the absence of VEGF₁₆₅. These findings suggest that NRP-1-VEGFR-2-complex formation may contribute to effective cellular functions mediated by VEGF₁₆₅ in megakaryocytic cells.     

cDNA cloning, functional expression and cellular localization of rat liver mitochondrial electron-transfer flavoprotein-ubiquinone oxidoreductase protein

A 64 kD protein was enriched from rat liver mito-chondria during the purification of choline dehydro-genase (CHDH)[1]. Homologous comparison and func-tional experiments demonstrated that the protein was electron-transfer flavoprotein-ubiquinone oxidoreduc-tase protein (ETF-QO). The N-terminal sequence determination of rat liver ETF-QO protein purified by various methods did not provide unequivocal result. However, when the protein was digested with V8 protease, peptide fragments could b…     

Differential signalling of NH2-terminal flag-labelled thrombopoietin receptor activated by TPO or anti-FLAG antibodies

In this report, we compared activation of NH2-terminal FLAG-labelled thrombopoietin receptor (Mpl) by anti-FLAG antibodies and by thrombopoietin (TPO). We found that anti-FLAG monoclonal antibodies M1 dimerize FLAG-labelled receptor and trigger proliferation of BaF3/FLAG-Mpl cells. In UT7/FLAG-Mpl cells, activation of the FLAG-Mpl receptor by low TPO concentrations triggered proliferation, while high concentrations triggered differentiation. Activation of FLAG-Mpl receptors in these cells by all tested concentrations of M1 antibodies induced proliferation but not differentiation. Low TPO concentrations induced similar to M1 antibodies level of Jak2, Stat3, Stat5 and Akt phosphorylation. In contrast, only TPO and not M1 antibodies activated Erks phosphorylation. Since the anti-FLAG antibodies do not react with the TPO binding site of the receptor, we hypothesize that they can trigger a distinct signal by dimerizing Mpl in a manner different from that induced by TPO.     

cDNA cloning,functional expression and cellular localization of rat liver mitochondrial electron-transfer flavoprotein-ubiquinone oxidoreductase protein

A membrane-bound protein was purified from rat liver mitochondria. After being digested with V8 protease, two peptides containing identical 14 amino acid residue sequences were obtained. Using the 14 amino acid peptide derived DNA sequence as gene specific primer, the cDNA of correspondent gene 5′-terminal and 3′-terminal were obtained by RACE technique. The full-length cDNAthat encoded a protein of 616 amino acids was thus cloned, which included the above mentioned peptide sequence. The full length cDNA was highly homologous to that of human ETF-QO, indicating that it may be the cDNA of rat ETF-QO. ETF-QO is an iron sulfur protein located in mitochondria inner membrane containing two kinds of redox center: FAD and [4Fe-4S] center. After comparing the sequence from the cDNA of the 616 amino acids protein with that of the mature protein of rat liver mitochondria, it was found that the N terminal 32 amino acid residues did not exist in the mature protein, indicating that the cDNA was that of ETF-QOp. When the cDNA was expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae with inducible vectors, the protein product was enriched in mitochondrial fraction and exhibited electron transfer activity (NBT reductase activity) of ETF-QO. Results demonstrated that the 32 amino acid peptide was a mitochondrial targeting peptide, and both FAD and iron-sulfur cluster were inserted properly into the expressed ETF-QO. ETF-QO had a high level expression in rat heart, liver and kidney. The fusion protein of GFP-ETF-QO co-localized with mitochondria in COS-7 cells.     

Expression of an antimicrobial peptide identified in the male reproductive system of rats

Bin1b is a β-defensins-like molecule originally isolated from the rat epididymis. Owing to its bactericidal activity, Bin1b may have therapeutic properties suitable for the treatment of sexually transmitted diseases. The amino terminus of the mature Bin1b peptide contains a conserved myristoylated Gly residue. We studied the requirement of the terminal myristoylated Gly residue in the bactericidal activity of Bin1b and found that the terminal myristoylated Gly residue is not essential for the bactericidal activity. In addition, we expressed the tandem repeats of Bin1b in Escherichia coli and found that two tandem repeats of Bin1b protein were successfully expressed. The bacterially expressed tandem Bin1b repeats may be used in a diverse array of biochemical and cell biological studies.